International Faculty

Prof. Brahim Tabarki Melaiki

Dr. Tabarki completed his medical school at University of Tunisia and his residencies in pediatrics, pediatric neurology, and neurophysiology at Paris V University, France, and UCL-Brussels, Belgium. His currently Professor and consultant pediatric neurology, universities of Alfaisal, Riyadh and Sousse (Tunisia). His fields of clinical and research interest include epilepsy,

Dr. Maher Shahroor

Dr. Maher Shahroor is a neonatologist, and Assistant Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto, based at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. His clinical and research interests focus on neonatal respiratory medicine, targeted neonatal echocardiography (TNE), neonatal hemodynamics, and cardiopulmonary (lung–heart) interactions, with the goal of improving outcomes for premature

Prof. Victor Han

Professor of Pediatrics, Chair of the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine of the Schulich School of Medicine, The University of Western Ontario. Also, the Director of Children’s Health Research Institute, Canada Research Chair in Maternal and Fetal Health and Douglas and Vivian Bocking Chair in Fetal and Newborn Growth. Internationally recognized

Prof. Karen Choong

Dr. Karen Choong is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Critical Care, and the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact at McMaster University. She is a graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and completed fellowships in Neonatology as well as Pediatric Critical Care at

Dr. Chris Tomlinson

Dr. R. Christopher Tomlinson, MB ChB, BSc, PhD, is Division Head of Neonatology at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, and Associate Professor in the Departments of Paediatrics and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto. He is also the Womens Auxiliary Chair in Neonatology and Academic Lead

Prof. Grace van Leeuwen

Dr. Grace van Leeuwen, MD, MSc, is Medical Director of the ECMO Program and Senior Attending Physician in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care at Sidra Medicine (Qatar), and Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar. She leads neonatal and pediatric ECMO transport services at the region’s national

Prof. Diane Wilson

Diane is a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, with over 35 years of experience in Neonatology and over 10 years in Neonatal Neurology. Her primary role is in the neonatal intensive care unit at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, where she is the Program Lead for Neonatal Neurocritical Care. Diane works

Prof. Michael Narvey

Dr. Narvey began his training in Pediatrics at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg where he completed a year of further training in Neonatology. This was followed by two years of Neonatal fellowship at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Afterwards he began his career as a Neonatologist in the

Prof. Robert Green

Prof. Robert C. Green, MD, MPH, is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and directs the Genomes2People Research Program at Mass General Brigham, Ariadne Labs and the Broad Institute. He led pioneering genomic sequencing trials, including BabySeq, and the ACMG working group behind the widely adopted list of actionable

Prof. Patricia Abboud

Dr. Patricia A. Abboud is the Executive Director of Medical Services at Sidra Medicine in Doha Qatar where she works closely with the Chief Medical Officer and the leadership team to drive clinical administration, medical workforce management, and the delivery of Clinical Key Performance Indicators across the Medical Branch. Her