Speakers

International and local speakers, and the moderators of each session.

Portraits will replace the initials once photographs are received.

International speakers

Prof. Manaf M. Alqahtani

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Gulf Center for Disease Prevention and Control (Gulf CDC) – Bahrain

Dr. Khalid Eljaaly

Associate Professor & Consultant Infectious Diseases Pharmacist, King Abdulaziz University – Saudi Arabia

Prof. Muhammad Abdulrahman Halwani

Professor of Infection Control & Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Baha University; Consultant Infection Control, Al Hada Military Hospital – Saudi Arabia

Local speakers

Prof. Wadha A. Al Fouzan

Chair, Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee, Al Salam Al Assima Hospital – Kuwait

Ph. Zainab Mohammad

Clinical Pharmacist – AMS Member, Al Salam Al Assima Hospital – Kuwait

Dr. Mustafa Dashti

Consultant General Surgeon, Farwaniya Hospital – Kuwait

Dr. Mohammad Marzouq Al-Ghounaim

Specialist in Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases & Clinical Microbiology, Al Salam Al Assima Hospital – Kuwait

Dr. Ahmed Taqi

President, Kuwait Pharmaceutical Association – Kuwait

Ph. Munirah Tawfiq Burizq

Head of Clinical Pharmacy Unit, Farwaniya Hospital – Kuwait

Ph. Adnan Hajiiah

President, Clinical Pharmacy Association – Kuwait

Dr. Hussain Salem AlShammari

Senior Specialist in Clinical Microbiology & Head of AMR Unit, Kuwait CDC – Kuwait

Ph. Dalal Boaliyan

Clinical Pharmacist, KOC Hospital – Kuwait

Moderators

Dr. Nasser Behbehani

Clinical Professor, Kuwait University College of Medicine; Head of Chest Diseases / Consultant Internist and Pulmonologist, Al Salam Hospital – Kuwait

Dr. Hessah Al-Otaibi

Program Director for Clinical Microbiology, Kuwait Institute of Medical Specialties (KIMS) – Kuwait

Dr. Osama Al-Baqsami

Head of the Infectious Diseases Department, Infectious Diseases Hospital – Kuwait