Plenary Speakers
Dr. Victoria Brazil
Victoria Brazil is an emergency physician, educator, simulation specialist and healthcare team coach. She is Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Director of the Simulation Service at Gold Coast Health, and leads the Bond University Translational Simulation Collaborative. Victoria’s main interests are in connecting education with patient care - through translational simulation in healthcare, and in developing high performing healthcare teams. She has authored over 80 peer reviewed publications in health professions education, simulation and teamwork in healthcare. Victoria also writes for the International Clinician Educators Network blog and is Senior Editor at Advances in Simulation. Victoria is co-producer of Simulcast, a podcast about healthcare simulation.
Dr. Simon Carley
Professor Simon Carley FRCEM, MPhil, MD, PhD is a Consultant in Adult and Paediatric Emergency Medicine at Manchester NHS Foundation Trust. He is also a Consultant in Enhanced Pre-Hospital Care with North West Air Ambulance, a BASICS doctor with North West Pre-Hospital Critical Care Charity and a MERIT doctor with North West Ambulance Service. He is a Professor at the Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre (University of Manchester) and visiting Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is co-founder of the BestBets website, St.Emlyn’s social media learning platforms and the MSc in emergency medicine at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Dr. Paul Atkinson
Dr. Paul Atkinson is a Professor in Emergency Medicine at Dalhousie University and Clinical Academic Head for Emergency Medicine, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, NB, Canada. Current Assistant Dean, Research at Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick; He is Deputy Editor of the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine; and was previously Chief Medical Officer for WorkSafe NB, and has recently returned to WorkSafe NB as Chief Medical Consultant. His international career began at the Queen’s University of Belfast, followed by postgraduate programs in Internal Medicine in Belfast and Emergency Medicine in Cambridge, UK. He completed a fellowship at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, Australia. He was a faculty member at Cambridge University and Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK until 2009,beforemoving to Canada where he has been involved with DMNB for the past 14 years.
Dr. Olita Shilpakar
Dr. Olita Shilpakar, MD, DM EM, FRCP Edin, is an Assistant Professor and a Consultant Emergency Physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. She is one of the first female emergency physicians in the history of Nepal to be trained in Emergency Medicine with a Doctorate degree. She serves in the executive board of the Nepalese Society of Emergency Physicians (NSEP) which is a voting member of IFEM (International Federation for Emergency Medicine). She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. She is associated with the World Health Organization Nepal, the Department of Health Services and the Ministry of Health and Population, Government of Nepal in numerous projects which includes a leading role as an expert in the development of the first ever National document on Standard Treatment Protocol (STP) of Emergency Health Services, National Patient Safety Strategic Action plan of Nepal and the National Guidelines on the management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). She is an American Heart Association (AHA) certified BLS, ACLS and PALS instructor and is an IFEM accredited BEC (Basic Emergency Care) Trainer. She has been leading numerous trainings related to emergency medicine and prehospital care being conducted by the Ministry of Health and Population, National Health Training Center, Health Emergency Operation Center and WHO.
Dr. Lise Mumporeze
Dr Lise Mumporeze is an emergency Medicine and Critical Care physician and a university lecturer. She was the head of the Emergency Department at King Faisal Hospital, Rwanda and the Chair of Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency Medicine at the School of Medicine and Pharmacy at University of Rwanda for 3 years then she joined a 3-year fellowship in Paediatric Intensive Care at Wolfson Medical Center in Israel where she currently is based. After completing the fellowship, she will return to Rwanda where she will continue her clinical and academic roles. As one of the pioneers in the field, she is mandated contribute to the growth and sustainability of paediatric emergency medicine and paediatric intensive care in her home country. She is interested in Paediatric acute medicine and post operative care of children with heart diseases. Her expertise as a Covid-19 focal point during the Covid 19 pandemic not only enriched her medical knowledge on the subject but opened her eyes on the public health aspect as well as surge management/improvisation in the practice of emergency medicine.
Dr. Saleh Al Fares
Dr. Saleh Fares Al-Ali is the Executive Director Emergency Preparedness & Response Center at Department of Health Abu Dhabi where he has also served as an advisor at the Undersecretary office and a deputy commander of Zayed Military Hospital. He has more than 21 years of experience in the healthcare sector including Zayed Military Hospital, McGill University teaching hospitals, University of Toronto and Harvard teaching hospitals. He is a Canadian and American Board certified in Emergency Medicine since 2007 and holds a prehospital care fellowship from the University of Toronto and Disaster Medicine fellowship. He holds a master and doctorate degree in public health / Healthcare management and policy from Johns Hopkins University / School of Public Health. In addition, Dr. Saleh Al-Ali has organized several local and international conferences in Emergency Medicine, prehospital care and Disaster Medicine. He is an active member of several committees in WHO, IFEM, Arab Board of Emergency Medicine and many others. In June 2024, Dr Saleh is officially appointed as the president of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Ffion Davies
Dr Ffion Davies works as a Consultant Emergency Physician at the University Hospitals of Leicester and Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Leicester. She is the Immediate Past President of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine. IFEM is an umbrella organisation serving the Emergency Medicine professional societies of over 70 nations and regions. She is also the medical lead for The Children’s Air Ambulance charity: a UK national PICU/NICU helicopter retrieval and ECMO service. Her areas of interest are multi-professional Education, Paediatric Emergency Medicine and Global Emergency Medicine. Her varied career has been dedicated to improving care in emergency departments, in particular the care of children through training and education, and in influencing national healthcare policy. She is the main author of the textbook Emergency Care of Minor Trauma in Children and developed the eLearning website www.spottingthesickchild.com
Dr. Don Melady
George Podgorny Lecturer
Dr. Don Melady is an Emergency Physician at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto; a scholar at the Schwartz-Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute; and a professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. His particular interest, developed during his 38-year career, is excellent Emergency Department care of older people. He created a fellowship in Geriatric Emergency Medicine; and is the founding chair of the Geriatric Emergency Medicine Committee at both the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians and the International Federation of Emergency Medicine. He has been involved in leadership roles with IFEM for nearly two decades and is the immediate past-chair of the Clinical Practice Committee. He has been involved in educational projects in Australia, Ethiopia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Chile, Costa Rica, and the United States. He is a core founding member of the grant-supported Geri ED Collaborative; and sits on the board of the Geriatric ED Accreditation program of American College of Emergency Physicians. He recently co-authored a book, Creating a Geriatric Emergency Department: A Practical Guide, published by Cambridge University Press.