PLENARY PRESENTATIONS

Prof. Dr. A. F.Al-ASSAF
Congress Chairman, American Institute for Healthcare Quality, Associate Dean for International Health, College of Public Health Univ. of Oklahoma

Dr. Al-Assaf is a physician and a consultant in preventive medicine and quality management.
Dr. Al-Assaf is serving the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center as the Associate Dean for International Health the Presbyterian Health Foundation Presidential Professor and Professor of Health Administration and Policy at the college of Public Health.He is frequent consultant for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Veterans Affairs Health  System, US Agency for International Development (USAID), Hospital Corporation of America, Selected Professional Associations, World Bank, UNDP, UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO), and the American Association for World Health. He has provided advice on healthcare quality and preventive medicine to a number of organizations in countries in the Mid-East, North America, North Africa, South East and Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Dr. Al-Assaf is a recipient of 50 awards and recognitions.
As a researcher and public speaker, Dr. Al-Assaf has published ten books, five book chapters, and over 120 scientific and professional publications in national and international journals, and presented lectures, seminars, or workshops to over 2500 groups and organizations both nationally and internationally. He is the recepient of many awards and honors including Who’s Who in America and the World.

Prof. Dr. Seval Akgün
Congress Chair
Başkent University Hospitals Network, Chief  Quality Officer, School of Medicine, Public Health Department

Professor Akgun is a Professor of Public Health in Baskent University School of Medicine and Oklahoma University, School of Public Health with more than 20 plus years of strong experience in data management, statistical analyses, quality and accreditation in health care, patient safety and epidemiological studies including the assessment of burden of diseases and health and nutritional status indices.  She is also a quality expert and serving Baskent University as their Chief Quality Officer for the 12 hospitals that belong to the University since 1997. The variety of research topics she has addressed with collaboration of several international technical supports demonstrates the wide scope of her interests in public health and her commitment to a comprehensive and holistic approach to health issues. She serves many European, Turkish and international organizations as their advisor on healthcare reform and on system assessment and monitoring. She led a number of projects in the Middle East and Mediterranean Region (Saudi Arabia, Syria, Kuwait, Jordan, and Turkey); Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan) and Europe including projects supported by World Bank, EU and WHO on system reform and evaluation of alternative care delivery models and mechanisms, performance assessment, hospital surveying, patient care outcomes assessment, migrant health, burden of disease among many more such projects. She also accumulated considerable experience performing system assessment, capacity building and performance measurements of a variety of healthcare facilities in rural areas of Azerbaijan and several other Eastern European countries.  She serves a number of European, Turkish and international organizations as their advisor on healthcare reform and on system assessment and monitoring and  delivered a number of workshops and seminars on system development, data management, and performance improvement to multiple health professional groups in Azerbaijan, India,  Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, Germany and some other countries.
In her recent experience leading a country-wide project in Azerbaijan; Professor Akgun was able to develop a national 5-year strategic plan and completed a country-wide accreditation and licensing system. Professor Akgun completed a similar but much wider focus project for the Turkish Ministry of Health looking at the burden of the top ten diseases on the economics of the healthcare system in the country in collaboration with the WHO.  As an international expert and heath service researcher, Professor Akgun has been extremely active in the scientific presentation circles and has presented in excess of 200 presentations to a wide range of audiences world-wide.  She is also a prolific writer and has to her credit more than 250 scientific articles and three books in such topics as quality and accreditation in health care, healthcare management, health system assessment and design, strategic planning and data management. 

H. Erdal Akalın, MD, FACP, FIDSA

Prof. H. Erdal Akalın is a graduate of Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey. He completed his training in internal medicine and infectious diseases at the University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago, USA between 1971-1976. He was a faculty member at the same institute from 1981 to 1983, and was a member of the team for Continuous Medical Education at MacNeal Memorial Hospital, Berwyn, Illinois. On his return to his home country, Dr. Akalın founded the Infectious Disease Section at Hacettepe University Medical School, and was the director of the section from 1983 to 1994. He became professor of medicine on 1988. Dr. Akalın was associate dean for medical education, and was also a member of Continuous Medical Education Commission of the Turkish Medical Association. He is member of 8 international and 5 national scientific societies. He has published more than 250 original articles, presented over 490 scientific studies in international and national meetings, and he is author of 50 book chapters, and editor of 8 books.  Dr Akalın’s research interests are on antibiotic use, bacterial resistance, health care systems, quality in health care and disease management.
From September 1994 to January 2007, he was a director and medical advisor at Pfizer-Turkey, Istanbul, and a team member/leader in various international functions of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group, NY.

Professor Martin Rusnak, MD, PhD

Martin Rusnak is a Professor of Public Health and he is currently working as President of the Board of Trustees, International Neurotrauma Research Organization (Internationale Gesellschaft zur Erforschung von Hirntraumata), Vienna, Austria since 1999, Full Professor of Public Health and Chairman of the Department of Public Health. School of Health and Social Work, Trnava University, Slovak Republic since 2006 and Associated Expert at CEEN Economic Project and Policy Consulting GmbH since 1999. Some his key qualifications are as follows:
Research and Development activities on national and international levels in the area of Traumatic Brain Injuries with a specific focus on trauma systems, quality of care and evidence based approaches;
Health policy design, follow up and evaluation, mostly in the area of public health, health of minorities, quality improvement in outpatient and inpatient care through application of principles of Scientific Evidence Based Medicine – implementation in clinical settings, quality assurance;
20 years experiences in medical informatics including hospital, regional and national health information systems, Internet systems and Web page development;
Experiences in evidence based medicine, implementation of clinical guidelines and treatment protocols for outpatient and inpatient management, outcome evaluation and Continuous Quality Management;
Leadership positions locally and internationally: Secretary to the National Health Committee at Slovak Government, director of National Center for Health Promotion, Slovakia, head of WHO Collaborative Center in Slovakia, head of Department of Medical Informatics, School of Nursing Bratislava, head of consultancy team in Bulgaria,  principal investigator in several research projects;
Development curricula and teaching principles of public health, evidence based quality of hospital care assessment and development, health promotion, and health care system reforms programs, international health care systems;
Established registers of chronic diseases; epidemiological and statistical analysis for assessment of needs for public health;

Research in models of chronic disease, health resource allocation, health technologies; over 50 publications in professional journals, 2 monographs, and participation in many national and international conferences.
 

Place of birth:  Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Status: married, two children
Present Working Status :  Head of  Epidemiological Departement, Public Health Institut Sarajevo / Ass.Professor,  Faculty of Health Studies, University of  Sarajevo, Medical Faculty  of  Tuzla, B&H,
Education:
1974- 1978.- High school : “Gymnasium 25 oktobar” Stolac,B&H
1978- 1983. Medical Faculty,  University of Sarajevo.
1987- 1990  Specialisation –Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, University  of  Sarajevo
1990- 1992  Postgraduate study – Medical ecology, Medical Faculty, University  of  Sarajevo
1997: Master of medical science Degrees Thesis : „Socio-medical study of malaria in Herzegovina and prevention of its appearing“ ,Medical Faculty,University of Sarajevo
I have published 117 scientific papers till now.
International engagement : -  visiting profesor on Medical Faculty in Bucharest, Romania. / external evaluator for Ph.D. thesis  on The University Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan.

He was graduated from University of Ankara Medical School in 1977. He completed his residency training at Hacettepe University Medical School, Department of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery between 1977-1983. He was appointed as “Chief Intern” to Upper Residency Hospital in 1983. He received the degree of “Clinical Chief” at Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery in 1990 and the title of “Associate Professor” in 1991. In 1992, he contributed the establishment of Bayındır Hospital that was known as Bayındır Medical Centre at that time. He worked as Chief of Staff and Medical Director of Bayındır Hospital since 1995 until 1999. He was appointed as Clinical Chief of Ankara Numune Hospital Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery between 2002-2004. He was appointed as Medical Director (2004) and Quality Coordinator (2006) of Bayındır Hospitals.
Today he is on duty as Chief of  Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Director of Medical Services and Quality Coordinator of Bayındır Health Group.

Doç. Dr. Eleni PATROZOU,  Tıbbi Direktör,
Medical Director, Institute of Preventive Medicine,  Environmental and Occupational Health, Hygeia Hospital,
Greek Center of Disease Control),Consultant, Athens, GREECE

Dr Eleni Patrozou is a Clinical Instructor in Medicine in the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. She obtained her Medical  Diploma (MD) from the University of Athens, in 2000. She completed her training in Internal Medicine at the Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, in Pawtucket, RI, USA and subsequently completed her subspecialty in Infectious Diseases at Rhode Island and Miriam Hospital, in Providence, RI, USA. She is certified by the American Board of Internal medicine (ABIM) in both Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Her interests are in infection control, adult vaccinations, and HIV care.
She is currently an Infectious Diseases consultant at Hygeia Hospital in Athens Greece and consultant for the Greek Center of Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO). Furthermore, she is the Project Manager for the EU funded project PROMOVAX,  a 3-year project that includes 11 associated partners from 9 European countries and collaborators from IOM, WHO and 8 more institutions, in Europe, Asia and the US.

Prof.Dr.Yeşim ÇETİNKAYA
Hacettepe University School of Medicine (1985-1992)

Postgraduate Eucation:
Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (1992-1996)
Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases (1996-1998)
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Department of Healthcare Epidemiology (1998-1999)
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine: 2001
Professor of Internal Medicine: 2007
Research interests:
Epidemiology and control of healthcare-associated infections
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus
Infective endocarditis
Current position: Faculty member, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases (1999-……)
Publications: 23 international original articles, more than 30 national articles and book chapters

Dina N.S.Baroudi , PhD Anesthesia University of Hannover , Certified in Hospital Accreditation from the American Agency of Quality ,Chairman of Anesthesia Department and Quality& Patient safety Director in M.S.Basharahil Hospital ,Makkah Saudi Arabia ,very much interested in Patient safety issues , Member of the American Society of Quality since 2003 , ISQUA 2006 , Dr. Baroudi Contributed in several events on national and international level as regards anesthesia as well as Patient safety . her several publications specially in Pain and Anesthesia safety were well recognized from American Society of Anesthesia , mother of two children and grand Mother of adorable little Dina.

Madalina Lucic, MD, is Marketing Director Specialty Care for CEE countries, in Merck. She studied at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest (Romania), from which she earned his medical degree.
Hepatitis is a major area of interest in which she is involved in development of several programs: increase patient access to therapy, screening programs, introduction of the non-invasive techniques as an alternative to liver biopsy in hepatitis guidelines.
She is also very interested in research, mainly in digestive motility and hepatology.
She have also a second University degree, in Psychology (University of Psychology and Social Sciences, Bucharest, Romania).

Prof. Dr. Metin ÇAKMAKÇI,
Anadolu Health Center., TURKEY

Dr. Fida KHAN, MBBS, DTM, MPH, PhD, CIC,
Director, Prevention and Control of Infections Program at Mouwasat Hospitals,
Dammam, Kingdom of SAUDI ARABIA

Dr. Fida Muhammad Khan, had graduated from Khyber Medical University in Peshawar, Pakistan and obtained a degree of M.B.B.S. Dr Khan then joined Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences as Medical Officer in Islamabad, Pakistan only then to proceed to Ireland to complete his Diploma in Tropical Medicine (DTM) from Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Dublin. Later he then left for MPH Program at University of Texas, School of Public Health at Houston Texas in U.S. where he completed his MPH Program. He then received a formal training in Enteric Infectious Diseases under the supervision of Prof. Herbert DuPont, the Program Director. Dr Khan later came to Saudi Arabia and joined Mouwasat Group of Hospitals and became the first full-time Infection Control Physician at Mouwasat in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Dr Khan has also obtained his Ph.D Degree from U.S. in Healthcare Management. He is also Certified and re-certified in Infection Control (CIC) from CBIC in U.S. Dr Khan has also served for one year as Project Director and Assistant Professor, MPH Program, Institute of Public Health, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan. Dr. Khan has also served as Master Trainer and Resource Person in “Testing and Assessment” in Semester System in Medical Sciences” for Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan in Islamabad. He has also participated as PCI Chapter Leader in many Joint Commission International Accreditation Surveys in Saudi Arabia. Being a regular national and international speaker, Dr Khan has presented numerous lectures in Infection Prevention and Control, Epidemiology as well as lectures on antibiotics usage in healthcare.  
Currently Dr Khan is the leading Infection Control Physician in the region Heading the Prevention and Control of Infections Program at Mouwasat Group of Hospitals Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Badriya Al-Ali, joining Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QATAR

Dr. Badriya Al-Ali  currently serves as Executive Director for Quality Management Department  at Hamad Medical Corporation. Since joining Hamad Medical Corporation  in 1983;  she  has held a number of positions such as Director of Regulatory and Accreditation Department, Assistant  Director Quality Management, Sr. Asst. Director of Nursing  and Clinical Instructor in Staff Development . 
She participated as a member in :
Preparing of the Curriculum for the Nursing college  with Qatar University and WHO .
GCC  meeting for Quality improvement
Qatar Cancer Committee
Joint commission international Advisory Council
Clinical QI  Committee
HMC Policy Committee  
Participated in  HMC Quality day as Speaker
Dr. Badriya Al Ali holds a Ph.D.  degree  & Masters in Hospital Administration from  Alexandria University;  and received a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing from Jordan University.  She also got additional Diploma in Education and Training .
As Director of Regulatory & Accreditation Department , one of her major accomplishment is the Joint Commission International Accreditation of HMC – 5 hospitals in 2006  (Hamad, Women’s, Rumailah, Al Amal and Al Khor). 
As Executive Director of Quality Management Department, she had accomplished the JCI Re-Accreditation of HMC – 5 Hospitals in 2009.

Prof. Dr. Mondher LETAIF, MD, MPH,
Monastir University Hospital, TUNUSIA

Dr Mondher Letaief is a Professor of Preventive Medicine, in the University Hospital of Monastir, Tunisia. Dr Letaief is managing a Health care Quality research unit in Tunisia. He teaches a variety of public health and epidemiology topics in the faculty of medicine of Monastir, Tunisia. He is also contributing to post graduate quality education and training in Tunisia.  Dr Letaief is a member of the WHO/EMRO Patient safety experts and is a WHO consultant in Patient Safety. Dr Letaief is coordinating Quality and Patient safety operation research in Tunisia and He is also consultant with European Commission for reproductive health and population programme in Yemen. Dr Letaief is also member of the WHO World Alliance reviewers for Patient safety small grants and the ISqua conference 2009,2010. Dr Letaief is also member of the JCI North Africa and Middle East advisory Council, and The JCI International Editorial Advisory Board.

Prof. Dr. Jaafar HEIKEL,
Inisan Group, MOROCCO

Prof. Dr. Jaâfar Heikel is a 46 years old expert in community health, holding an MD degree, Infectious Disease specialist (Fellow of the Canadian and Moroccan college of specialist), a master of sciences (MSc) in community health, a doctoral degree (PhD) in epidemiology, an MBA degree in management and finance of organizations obtained at the Universities of  Montréal, and Sherbrooke and a MSc. in Leadership at the Revans University of London .
IRCA certified Auditor ISO9001 and ISO22000
CEO of  INISAN a group especialized in health project management
Professor  at the university of Medicine in Casablanca and Marrakech
Professor at the National Institute of Health Administration (INAS)
Expert member in the JCI advisory council for Middle East and North Africa
A professional  and operational experience of 18 years
WHO consultant and good knowledge of international agencies dealing with health projects :North Africa, Middle East, Sub Saharian countries, Southern Europe countries etc…
A polyvalent training in several fields as strategic and operational planification, management, statistics and applied computer sciences.
A three year experience in international project management or consulting in health sector: World Bank, UNPD, WHO, UNFPA, USAID (Canada, USA, Egypt, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia,, Japan, South Africa, Netherland, Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Ouganda, Cyprus, Germany) with funding around 17Million$US/year
A five years experience in health organization management as a regional director of health for the region of Casablanca (6Millions inhabitants)
A six year experience as CEO of English and French companies specialized in health facility management

Prof. Dr. Ata Nevzat YALÇIN,
Akdeniz University, Medicine Faculty, TURKEY

Viera Rusnakova is a Professor of Public Health and she is currently working as a Chair, Department of Medical Informatics, School of Public Health, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Slovakia, and Associate Professor of Public Health at the Department of Public Health, Trnava University, Slovakia, and President of the Board of Directors, Health Management School (HMS) Bratislava, Slovakia.
Since early 80-ties she is active user and developer of IT applications in clinical environment (hospital) and education of medical informatics (collection data, analyzing data, trends in health information systems). Some of the key qualifications of Dr. Rusnakova are as follows;
As the Chair of the Department of Medical Informatics continuing experience in preparing and providing training programmes in the field of health information systems. Wide-ranging teaching experiences and teaching programmes development in medical informatics for students of medicine, residents, CME, PhDs and nurses.
As a part of projects development for quality improvement in hospitals and health care she acquired practical experiences with the provision and/or organization of  IT services and quality and performance indicators. Health services management on MBA degree from the University of Leeds, UK (2 years), Hospital and Health
Management study in University of Groningen, The Netherlands (3 years), Health services management, University of Scranton, PA, USA (3 years), In total 8 years education related to health services management
Profound knowledge in the areas of health service management, organizational management and change management.
Extensive experience in reform of health care inclusive mananagement education and training   in Slovakia and other countries in transition (Romania, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazachstan, Georgia).

Prof. Dr. Levent DOĞANCI,
Director, Prevention and Control of Infections Program at  Bayındır Hospitals Network Ankara, TURKEY

Date of birth       : 21 March 1957
High School       : Ankara Atatürk Lisesi / Wade Hampton High School
Medical School  : Ankara University Medical School 1975-1981
Specialty           : Infectious Diseases, Gülhane Military Medical Academy 1984-1988
Assoc. Prof.       : 1993
Professor           : 2000
Missions            : NATO/SHAPE (Allied Physicians, MD), GMMA (Microbiology & Clinical Microbiology, Chief of Department;  Supreme Scientific Council; Member, Ondokuz Mayis University; Academic Staff MD in Infectious Diseases, BAYINDIR Hospital Infectious Diseases & Hospital Infection Board; Member.
Area of interest : Tropical Diseases, Hemorrhagic Fevers, Hepatitis- B, Bone-marrow transplantation associated infections, Parasitic diseases, Travel Clinic.
SCI-e indexed articles: 72
Citations                     : 100 (approximately)
Editorial referee         : 6
Text book chapter      : 7  

Ophthalmologist & vitreoretina specialist, Assistant professor with joint appointment in the department of community medicine and department of surgery, Coordinator of ethics teaching at the health sciences center in Kuwait University (faculties of medicine, dentistry, allied health and pharmacy)
Manal Bouhaimed is the member of the national committee of research ethics in Kuwait and health sciences center IRB. She is the coordinator of the undergraduate research committee as well as the head of steering committee to introduce a master program in public health (MPH) to Kuwait University. Manal Bouhaimed is also working as UNESCO consultant to establish a data base of ethics committees and ethics experts in the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC).

Dr. Amin NİMER, CEO, Mouwasat Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Eman Ahmed Darwish
Nationality: Jordanian
Mouwasat Hospital, Dammam

Education:
PhD in healthcare Management -  2009 and had
Certified Clinical Research Associate – CRA -2009
several certificates in healthcare quality , Risk management and hospital surveyor
Bachelor degree in Clinical Pharmaceutical Science –Second Honor degree
Activity & Awards:
Awarded as speaker in several national and international conferences
Share as lecturer in several international courses of RM and HCQ   
Related Experience:
Corporate Performance improvement Manager –
Mouwasat Medical Services ….
▪    Participate in approving and supporting the development and    implementation of quality improvement training programs.
▪    coordination the activities of various committees and task forces working on reviewing and updating performance standards and indicator.
▪    Team leader of maintaining and coordinating in implementation of guidelines of accreditation programs.
Team leader in computerized physician order entry system (CPOE)
Implementation and key person in physician training
Assigned as escort to JCI-international surveyor during different surveys
Trained physicians/nurses/pharmacists in interpreting JCI standards
Chairman and Co-Chairman of several hospital committees as Performance Improvement and Patient Safety Council ,  JCI-steering committee and Accreditation task force  and others .. 
Consultant Hospital surveyors –Current-
Work closely in different hospitals in different countries in Middle East  , providing a consultation and advises in healthcare quality , system design , assessment  of performance and JCI accreditation .
Publication and Papers: Journal of Arab Child – Dec. 2003
Topic: Common Metabolic Complications in Preterm Infants Receiving Potential Nutrition

AISHA A. AZIZ AL-ZEYARA, Ph.D
Director of Quality Department, Supreme Council of Health, Qatar

PhD Heal After her graduation from University Of Jordan,  School Of Nursing Al-Zeyara continued her post graduate studies at University of Portsmouth, UK on Research Training and Health Management. Al- Zeyara, who works as a director of Quality Department at the Supreme Council of Health, was participated in numerous national and international conferences, seminars and workshops. Some of which included: 2008 Quality day – Qatar Gas; 2004 “ Canadian Trainning Center In Human  Development” Cairo – Egypt;  2003 Workshop  “Evidence-Based Practice” Geneva; 2000 Third International  Conference Of The Global Network Of Who Collaborating Centres For Nursing & Midwifery - Manchester, U. K.; 1998 Inter Symposium On “Current Nursing (26th – 28th) Trends & Health Care At King Faisal Hospital And Research Center In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;  1997 Attended And Participated In A Course Of Quality Assurance At Alleghany Hospital, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A; 1996 2nd GCC Nursing Conference Specialization In Nursing Muscat – Sultanate Of Oman; 1993 Attended And Participated In The  First Seminar On “Strategy To Improve Nursing In GCC”  -  Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

Uzm. S. Kaya KARS
T.S.E , Manager of Antalya Personel And System Documenting

He was born in 1968 in Ankara. He graduated from Ankara Bahçelievler Primary School and Ankara and Ankara Cumhuriyet High school. He graduated from Ankara Balgat Technique and Industry Profession High School in 1985 as an electric technician. He worked in a liquid fuel firm in private sector in 1985-1989 and in hotel sector in 1989-1992. He had the right og receiving a diploma of bachelor degree from Hacettepe University Faculty of Science Department of Statistics in 1992. He received certificate from the courses of English and Profession Management in Linguarama Collage Birmingham U.K. in 1993. He kept on his English courses in Richmont Collage and Brasshouse Birmingham U.K. in the same year. He was dutied in Ankara Quality Directory in 1993. In 1994 he was appointed to Quality Directory of Quality Campus from İstanbul Quality Directory. In 2001 he graduated from Marmara University Institute of Social Sciences Department of Administration Science of the International Quality Management Master Degree Program. He was designated to Antalya in 2003, S. Kaya, who was the Manager of Antalya Personel And System Documenting and stil maintains this task, is also a trainer and offical of ISO 9001 ISO 14001 TS 18001 ISO 22000 Main Scrutiny.

He was born in Ankara in 1968. He was graduated from Middle East Technical University Metallurgical Engineering Department in 1990. He got the MSc. Degree in 1993 in the same Department. He worked in an aluminum cast factory as a Production Engineer between 08/1990-10/1993 in Ankara. He worked in TSE Istanbul Regional Directory in between 1993-2001 as an Inspector and Quality and Environmental Management System Auditor. He also carried out TS EN ISO 9000 Quality Management System and TS EN ISO 14000 Quality Management System activities in Navy Academy between 08/1998-03/1999He worked as a Technician Specialist in TSE Directory of Personnel Certification Directory between 10/2001-02/2006. Currently he is working in TSE Head of Personnel and System Certification Center as the Director of Planning and Coordination Department.

Associate Professor Dr. Mustafa ERTEK, President, Refik Saydam Hygiene Center Presidency, TURKEY

Dr. Ercan BAL,
Director, Division of Communicable Disease,  Primary Health Care Department, Ministry of Health,  TURKEY

Education
Fellowship in Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Ankara University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey; 1994
Research assistant in Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey; 1992
Medical Doctor (M.D.), Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey; 1984
Positions Held
2003-date; Professor of  Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine: Medical Faculty of Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
1998-2003 Associated  Professor of  Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine: Medical Faculty of Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
1996-date Assistant of Medical Director of Akdeniz University Hospital, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
1995-1997 Assistant Professor of  Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine: Medical Faculty of Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
1992-1994 Research assistant: Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Medical Faculty of Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
1987-1992 Research assistant: Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Faculty of Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
1984-1986 General Practitioner; Kayseri, Turkey

In 1985, 9 Eylul University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in 1995, graduated from Anadolu University Faculty of Business. Administrative and Financial Affairs Directorate of Ontario Health Branch for many years worked. Administrative Director of Financial Affairs, Directorate of Çeşme and İzmir Atatürk State Hospital, Director of Training and Research Hospital, has held assistant tasks.
In 2002, the Provincial Health Director has been appointed as assistant. Since this date in Ontario hospitals in Quality Work, Training and Consulting services provides. Quality Management Systems, Health and Quality Performance, Corporate Services Management, Health Management Systems, Patient Records and Archive Files and areas of interest are research subjects.

PROFFESSOR DR.MAMOUN ELSHEIKH ABDEL RAHIM ELSHEIKH is Assistant Executive Director, Infection Prevention & Control Program, Chairman, Corporate Infection Prevention & Control Committee,  Hamad Medical Corporation Doha, Qatar. Chairman, Infection Control Committees
(Infection Control Units) & Senior Consultant Microbiologist/Virologist at different hospitals,
KSA, UAE & Germany and Professor of Microbiology & External Examiner, at different Universities
He has the following degrees;
Certificate of Specialist Training in Medical Microbiology, Medical Board of Lower Saxony (Arztekammer), Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) (1991)                                                  
MD- Renal Involvement in Infectious Diseases, Hanover Medical School, Federal Republic of Germany (1988)
Diploma – Physician in General Medicine (Doctor Medic) , Faculty of Medicine, Bucharest University, Romania (1981)
Advanced Disaster Administration & Management Support Course (ADAMS),Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar (2006).
Immediate Life Support (ILS), Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar (2006, 2009)
Essential Disaster Administration & Management Support(EDAMS)
Over seventy publications in internationally recognized journals & many presentations in international and regional conferences and workshops

Dr. Guldem OKEM,
Health Economist, CEPS,
Brussels, BELGIUM

Yrd. Doç. Dr.  Mehtap TÜRKAY,
Akdeniz University, Medicine Faculty,
ANTALYA, TURKEY
 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : MD, College of  Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain, 1989-1995    / 1995
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND EMPLOYMENT
Post-doctoral training including residency/fellowship
Arab Board,  Internal Medicine,       Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar , 2002
Clinical Attachment in Infectious Diseases, Wayne University, Michigan / MD-Anderson Cancer Center, Texas,2005-2006
Current Posts
1-ID
2-Assistant Prof                     Consultant at HMC    WC-Q 2006-Present   2008-present
3- Chairman,                          Infection Prevention  & Control Committee,           Women Hospital, Jan/2008-present
HONORS AND AWARDS: Best Employee in Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, April 2001
Academic Activities
Teaching  (list courses and your role)
Taking an active role in medical education programs:
Training of Internal Medicine & other Junior Medical Staff
Training of Medical students and medical staff
Participated with my colleagues  in the development of HIV web site for publics  and teenage
Speaker at the 4th GCC  IC conference,9-13/Nov/09, Doha, Qatar
Administrative duties (including committees)         
Member of the JCI sub-committee,March 2004
Member of the Corporate Infection Prevention & Control Committee, HMC
Vice-chairman Corporate Infection Prevention & Control Program
Member of Executive committee in W.H
Member of QPS committee in W.H
Member of food-borne diseases committee
Chairman of I.C polices sub-committee
Member of the Advisory Board of the GCC Centre of Infection Control
Member of the GCC States Study Group on Meningitis     Feb 2008, April2008- present
Ongoing Research Activities:
HIV Epidemiology in Qatar
Post Cesarean Surgical Site Infections: Rate and risk factors, Retrospective study.
Out-break investigation of post-streptococcus group A in two post-surgical patients