Dr. Candice Whealon is the DNP Program Co-Director at the University of California Irvine Sue and Bill Gross School of Nursing. She is an Assistant Professor and focuses on nursing research to improve hospital patient outcomes, promote ER nurse wellness, and advance the utilization of advanced practice providers in the emergency room. She obtained her doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh with a concentration as a family nurse practitioner and a minor in nursing education. Prior to joining UC Irvine as DNP faculty, she was the West Division Regional Lead Advanced Practice Provider for Envision Physician Services, managing the physician assistants and nurse practitioners of three community emergency departments in Southern California. She is the immediate past president of the California Association for Nurse Practitioners Orange County and the immediate past founding President of the UC Irvine Alumni Association School of Nursing Chapter.

Junjie Zhang is an associate professor at the School of Medicine of Jiangsu University, the deputy director of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery in Wujin Hospital Affiliated with Jiangsu University, and the supervisor of graduate students at the School of Medicine of Jiangsu University. Member of the Cardiovascular Surgery Branch of Changzhou Medical Association. His research projects focus on basic and clinical research on cardiopulmonary diseases.

Dr. Ana Raquel Ortega-Martínez is a full professor at the University of Jaén in the areas of Nursing and Psychology, respectively, and is responsible for the PAIDI research groups: CTS990 and HUM434. Dr. María Luisa Grande-Gascón has developed her work in the field of Nursing and is currently the director of the University of Distance Education in the province of Jaén her teaching and research work has been carried out in the area of Nursing. All three have extensive experience in the field of research and for some time have been developing a line of research focused on physical and psychological health problems related to fibromyalgia.

Manmal Manikchand Begani is a consultant surgeon, at Bombay Hospital, Associate professor at B.H.I.M.S.bombay University, and Medical Director at Abhishek Day Care Institute & Medical Research Centre. He is a Member of the Association of Surgeons of India 1979.  (A.S.I.). (L.M.2833). In May 2023 he conducted a Workshop & training program conducted for the benefit of staff and resident Guests at Club Mahindra La Vintuna Hotel Gangtok. The topics covered namely: Role of the Public in Disaster Management, Integrating Science and Spirituality in Holistic Wellness, and the Potential of Day Care Surgery in India.

Robert Hoss, M.S. is the International Conference Director and Past President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, from which he received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021. He also directs the DreamScience Foundation for co-funding dream research grants. He is a member of APA, on the research committee of the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology, a Haden Institute faculty instructor, and on the board of the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare. He and his wife, Lynne Hoss, M.A. Clinical Psychology, CEHP, developed the Dream to Freedom protocol along with a uniquely scripted role-play dreamwork protocol derived from Gestalt Therapy training. They authored the handbook Dream to Freedom (EP Press) extracts of which have been published in two other clinical manuals and three peer-reviewed journals. He is the author/editor of four books including the two-volume Dreams: Understanding Biology, Psychology & Culture (Greenwood), and a chapter author in 8 other professional or dream-related publications.  www.dreamscience.org  

Dr. Aisha Y Malik is an Associate of the Phronesis Foundation, an Associate Tutor at Warwick Medical school, University of Warwick, and a Tutor at the Dept. for Continuing Education, University of Oxford. She has experience in conducting empirical ethics research and teaching medical and research ethics, to undergraduate and postgraduate students in varied cultural contexts. Her research interests are mainly in gender’s role in decision-making, justice in medical research and phronesis. She developed a staged approach to making practically wise decisions that are being used in developing an app- the ‘wisdom wheel’  for making ethically wise decisions at the moment as also in debriefing and MDT  sessions.

Colleen F Inouye is the Interim Executive Director for the Hawaii Independent Physicians Association.  She graduated from Rosalind Franklin University/Chicago Medical School and completed an internship/residency at the University of Southern California/Los Angeles County Medical Center. She has a Master’s degree from both Thomas Jefferson University in Population Health and the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California in Medical Management.  She is a Board-certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist and an Assistant Professor, co-directing the University of Hawaii Manoa JABSOM students who complete clinical rotations on Maui.  She has written about physician burn-out. Colleen has earned Fellowships from both the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American Association for Physician Leadership, where she is a Board member.  She enjoys working with physicians and advocating for them.

Maria Clelia Zurlo is a Full Professor of Dynamic Psychology and Head of the Dynamic Psychology Laboratory at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. Her research covers the areas of Health Psychology and focuses on the development and applications of models and tools for the evaluation of stress dimensions and psychological and physical health conditions with reference to a wide range of target populations i.e., nurses, students, teachers, immigrant workers, partners of infertile couples, clinical patients. She is the author of more than 100 scientific publications in these areas of expertise, with several international co-authors. She has been involved in national and international research projects aimed at gaining a greater understanding of stress and well-being processes in different contexts (e.g., healthcare sector, educational contexts, occupational contexts).

Dr. Brunsvold is the Program Director of the General Surgery Residency. She also serves as the Clinical Director of the SimPORTAL Simulation Center. She serves as the Medical Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit and as the Medical Director of the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Program. Nationally, Dr. Brunsvold participates in leadership and committee work in several organizations, including recently serving as Chair of the Education Research Committee of the Association for Surgical Education. She has contributed substantially to the Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum and the ASPIRES project of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Brunsvold has been nationally recognized for her contributions to education, she received the Phillip J. Wolfson Outstanding Teaching Award from the Association for Surgical Education in 2014. She also received the 2009 Education Specialty Award for a submission to the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Mark Gray is an independent Nurse Consultant in Learning Disability and a Visiting Tutor at the Birmingham City University School of Rehabilitation Studies (Visual Impairment). Which trains Rehabilitation officers for the Visually Impaired. Mark is a frequent guest lecturer at twelve other UK universities for the Degree in Learning Disability Nursing. Mark runs a successful Health & social care training and consultancy business and is involved in a mixture of clinical practice, teaching, and Policy development most recently working with the British Council and the Government of Azerbaijan in promoting employment for disabled people. He is a former Chair of the British Institute of Learning Disabilities and Pohwer a UK-wide Advocacy Organisation.

Dr. Summers is a Speciality Doctor in Emergency Medicine and has been working since 2015 in the Emergency Department at Airedale General Hospital, West Yorkshire, UK. She moved to live in the UK in 1996 and qualified as a nurse in 2002, obtaining  BSc(Hons) in Nursing Practice from the University of Bradford, and in 2005 completed PG Cert MSc Advancing Clinical Practice at Huddersfield University. In 2006 she enrolled to study medicine and was awarded an MBBS (Distinction) by the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

Dr. Summers worked as an Emergency Nurse for 3 years at Calderdale Royal Hospital and whilst studying medicine, she continued to work as a qualified Nurse across different hospitals and EDs.

Dr. Summers is passionate about education and contributing towards advancing clinical knowledge for all healthcare professionals.

Stéphane Pasquet is a Ph.D. student in Social psychology at the University of Rennes 2, France. Studying the research on the "Effectiveness of hypnosis in the prevention of fatigue of compassion in pediatric hemato-oncology nurses". Since 2018 he worked as a Nurse teacher, at the Nursing School of Saint Brieuc, France. In 2017, Master 2  Recherche en soins palliatifs. From 2012 – 2018, worked as a Nursing manager in palliative care units. Completed his Diploma of Nurse Anaesthesist in 2001.

Juji Resurreccion is the Director of Nursing for Inpatient Services at Kaiser Permanente Irvine. She holds a Master of Science in Nursing from California State University, Dominguez Hills, California. She will graduate with her Doctorate in Nursing Practice in December 2023 from Aspen Univerity in Phoenix, Nevada. She is knowledgeable about quality initiatives and practice change to improve health outcomes and is a catalyst of practice change, creating innovative ideas to drive staff engagement in implementing creative workflows. Her work at the organizational level includes being the Co-leader for the Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury committee, which is instrumental in decreasing hospital-acquired pressure injuries.

Fernanda Ramos Franco de Sá is a Medical Doctor / Dermatologist from Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia (SBD) / Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Dermatológica (SBCD) / Brazilian Melanoma Group (GBM), in Rio de Janeiro. She has her own private practice, working mainly with Surgical and Aesthetic Dermatology. Her concern for aesthetic results and safety brought speed and care to the case in question. She is the main author, responsible for reviewing the manuscript and providing guidance to the other authors. Intellectual participation in propaedeutic and/or therapeutic conduct of the case.

Dr. Prashanth Gunanayagam is an unaccredited registrar in vascular surgery working at Liverpool Hospital, South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD). His research interests are in the complex management of diabetic foot disease, endovascular therapies for peripheral arterial and venous disease, and wound care management. He is committed to the delivery of holistic care to patients with DFD in a cost-effective manner.  

Joycelyn Desarno is a Nurse Educator in a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at University Health. She has worked at bedside as a NICU Staff Nurse III For 34 years and has developed clinical practice guidelines on Skin Care of Neonates, Gastrostomy Care in infants, and Prevention and Management of Peripheral intravenous Infiltration/Extravasation in Infants (Published by Neonatal Network). She actively participates in Quality and Process Improvement for patients to achieve better health outcomes and positive experiences.

Heidi Blomqvist Doctoral Researcher at Åbo Akademi University at the Department of Health Sciences, MHS, RN. Member of a research project on Compassion and ethical sensitivity for alleviating the patient's suffering in care. Research interests include elderly care and home-based care, leadership as well as ethical issues within caring contexts.

Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Takroni, a Cardiac Rehabilitation Consultant, Fellowship program in Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation at Duke University and Medical (DUMC), North Carolina, USA, 1996. Master's degree in physical therapy from King Saud University 2008, Master's degree in Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), UK, 2009. Ph.D., in Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK, 2011. Member of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR), member of the Irish Association of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation (IACR), member of the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (BACPR), member of Saudi Heart Association (SHA). Develop the Cardiac Rehabilitation programs at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Currently, head the section of the cardiac rehab team at King Faisal Heart Institute, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, and Research Center, and the inpatient supervisor, of the physical therapy department.

Carlene is an advanced clinical nurse specialist and Independent Nurse Prescriber at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT). She developed the continence service across all pelvic poor disciplines when first started at GSTT 21 years ago. First nurse in the UK to lead the nurse-led telephone assessment clinic for pelvic poor dysfunction. This is a new service set up by the colorectal department at GSTT. Carlene has lectured extensively in both the UK and internationally about the role of nurse-led conservative assessment and management of pelvic poor dysfunction.

Dr. Becker is the Clinical Director of the Neurocognitive Diagnostic Treatment Center. He is also a Behavioral Health Consultant to United Health Care and a professional disability consultant to Brown and Brown Absence Services. Previous Faculty Positions Include: New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Behavioral Sciences (Fall, 2018); University of Rhode Island, North Kingston RI, Adjunct Professor, Physiological Psychology (2009-2011). Dr. Becker is a clinician involved in research that directly impacts community health from a neurocognitive and behavioral health perspective.

Euzeli da Silva Brandão is an Associate Professor of the Department of Fundamentals of Nursing and Administration and a Permanent Professor of the Professional Master's Degree in Assistantial Nursing at the Fluminense Federal University. President of the Brazilian Association of Nursing in Dermatology - Rio de Janeiro Regional. Ph.D. in Nursing from the State University of Rio de Janeiro. Specialist in Dermatological Nursing by the Brazilian Society of Nursing in Dermatology. Experience in Nursing, with an emphasis on Dermatology, working on the topics: of maintenance and recovery of skin integrity, and care for people with skin conditions such as immunobullous dermatoses and psoriasis.

Nilay Unsal is an Assistant Professor, in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Political Sciences, at Ankara University. Her research focuses on program evaluation, particularly on workplace wellness programs. 

Hanan Daghash is a nurse and researcher with experience in healthcare systems. Currently residing in Saudi Arabia, Hanan has a Master of Medicine Science from Malaya University in Malaysia and a Bachelor of Nursing Science from The Hashemite University in Jordan. Hanan has pursued continuing education in various subjects such as Data Skills Workforce Development, Data Management for Clinical Research, and Statistical Analysis. Her research experience includes being a Graduate Researcher at the University of Malaya, where she coordinated program development, implementation, evaluation, and budgeting. Hanan's current role is as a Research Coordinator at Al-Gahd International College, where she works with faculty to improve data entry, management, and analysis. She is also a peer reviewer, providing written and unbiased feedback on the scholarly merits and scientific value of works.

He holds a degree in Medicine from the University of São Paulo (1983) and a Doctorate in Medicine from the University of São Paulo. He is currently an assistant doctor at the University of São Paulo, a Full Professor at the Ribeirãopretano Institute for Combating Cancer and was Full Professor of Oncology at the Medicine Course at the University of Ribeirão Preto. He has experience in the field of Medicine, with an emphasis on Cancerology, working mainly on the following topics: cancer, lung cancer, clinical research in the development of new medicines, psychosomatic aspects of cancer patients, and teaching in Oncology.

Margaret DiRuggiero is a senior at the US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO. She looks forward to graduating in May 2024 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in Mandarin. She plans to attend medical school in Fall 2024. Her passion for scientific publishing and presenting began in high school starting the first online, peer-reviewed, open-access journal for middle and high school girls to encourage them to stay in STEM. In undergrad, she has published 8 articles focused on dermatology and primary care and is excited to continue learning through publishing and presenting. 

Dr. Amira Daher has completed her PhD at Haifa University and physical-therapy studies at Tel-Aviv University School of Medicine. She is a senior lecturer at the physical therapy department at Safed Academic College. She has published papers in reputed journals. The focus of her professional interest over the past 20 years has been musculoskeletal pain and impairment, specifically neck-pain and its consequences.

Jolanta Tupikiene is an anaesthetic nurse at Republican Klaipeda Hospital, Lithuania. She holds a master's degree in health sciences obtained at Klaipeda University, Lithuania 2023. For many years Jolanta practiced nursing in the United Kingdom, where she gained experience in respiratory and cardiac nursing also interventional radiology. Her program of research is focused on quality of life. 

Terry Treadwell, MD, FACS, FAAWC, practiced vascular and general surgery in Montgomery, Alabama and, since 1998, Dr. Treadwell has practiced full-time wound care.  He has been involved with numerous wound care educational and research initiatives in the United States, Africa, and Haiti.  He was the Clinical Editor of Wounds for 17 years and now serves as Editor Emeritus.  He is a member of the Wound Healing Society and the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care where was on the AAWC Board of Directors, the President-elect, President, and Past-President.  He serves on the World Health Organization Neglected Tropical Disease Committee.  

Nicholas Danzima Yakubu is expertise in clinical Nursing management and the application of Nursing models in clinical care to enhance the provision of quality and patient-centered-individualistic care. His passion is to ensure the use of Evidence-based-nursing care in ensuring quality and precision in nursing decision-making during care. He is an ardent follower of the interpretivist/constructivist paradigm in conjunction with the Philosophical views of Martin Heidegger in finding the truth/reality. As a health worker and Lecturer, he believes this is the way to go about caring for our patients since human beings cannot be reduced to static entities, human behavior cannot be independent of time and context as opposed to the view of positivism, and human beings have multiple experiences of the same phenomenon and hence should be considered individualistic as against the view of positivism.

Prof. Coşkun Usta has been working as a lecturer in the Department of Pharmacology at Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine since 1993. In 2003, He participated in research in Rome, Italy. His main research areas include central nervous system diseases and diabetes. His special interest is microbiota and nutrition.

Catherine Justice is an integrative physical therapist, a certified yoga therapist, an integrative health researcher, and an artist. She received her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Minnesota in 2010 and graduated with honors from the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine’s two-year Integrative Medicine Fellowship program in 2022. Catherine served as adjunct faculty for the University of St Catherine’s Masters in Holistic Health program from 2011-2020. Catherine currently works as the Program Manager for Integrative Health at Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis, a safety-net hospital system that includes a level-one trauma center, eight community clinics, and state-wide programming and advocacy work. At Hennepin Health, she serves on both the provider and employee wellness committees. She is the founder of The Art of Wellness, LLC - an organization dedicated to whole-person care for individuals, communities, and organizations. Catherine is a Certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists and serves as the Associate Editor for the International Journal of Yoga Therapy. In her research work, she has focused on the fields of therapeutic yoga, integrative health, and healthcare worker well-being/burnout prevention. Catherine has dedicated her career to health equity, social justice, and reducing suffering in our world.

Nirupama Esther Jerome is a Principal Investigator at Pinnacle Clinical Research, Austin, Texas. She worked with Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) clinical trials for 3 years. She is responsible for ensuring the safety of the participants throughout the life cycle of the clinical trial. Provide oversight to the research team, clinical staff, and cross-functional teams managing the trial. Previously she has worked as a Nurse practitioner at Lutheran Orthopedic Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana engaging in pre-op clearance and post-op rounding for joint replacement surgeries. She has done research and advocacy in the state of Indiana to reduce teen e-cigarette addictions. She has also developed a face-to-face education program on self-management of patients with type 2 diabetes as well as designed and published a brochure on Diabetes and diet education for patients. 

Jolanta Wilczynska grew up in a very small country in south Poland not far from Cracow. After graduating from high school she decided to study medicine at Jagiellonian University in Cracow. During this period she took part in the ERASMUS Program to study medicine in Bonn City Germany for one year. After becoming a physician she moved to Chicago, She was a visitor doctor in the Colon and Robotic Surgery in the Department of University Hospital of Illinois and there she got her ECFMG Certificate. The residency program in General Surgery started in her own country at the Military Hospital in Warsaw. After a few years, she moved to Switzerland. She took part in rotations in different hospitals in Basel, Luzern, and Zuerich. After graduating from her residency program in general surgery in 2020, she wrote a few publications on surgery. Currently, she is living and working in Switzerland.

Prof. Antonio Grassi is a Founder in 2010, President and Teacher, to date, of LIRPA-Italian Laboratory of Research in Analytical Psychology, an Association recognized by the International Association of Analytical Psychology (Junghian)-IAAP and in Italy, one of the four associations Jungians recognized internationally. School of Specialization in Psychotherapy authorized by the MIUR (Ministry of Education, University and Research) for the training of Jungian-oriented Psychotherapy Specialists.

Dr. Samira Obeid is a public health researcher and nurse educator, focusing on health issues within the minority community in Israel.

After completing her nursing degree in 1988, Samira held various nursing and administrative positions before obtaining her PhD in Public Health in 2012. Since then, she has worked as a lecturer at Emek Yezreel College while also serving as Head of the Health Promotion Department and the Head of the Research Department within the north district of the Ministry of Health.

Samira's research interests include promoting healthy lifestyles, investigating risk behaviors within minority populations, and assessing intervention programs. She has published several papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented at numerous international conferences.

Nathan Stephens is a PhD student at the University of Worcester, researching a novel countywide approach to scaling out the provision of the Meeting Centre intervention for people affected by dementia. He is also a Research Assistant at Worcester Business School working to understand the influence of Artificial Intelligence-powered Knowledge Management System (AI-KMS) on productivity in Adult Social Care. Furthermore, Nathan is a member of the INTERDEM Task Force for methodologies used in psycho-social dementia research and has committed nearly a decade of his professional career to Health, Social Care, and Public Health in areas such as dementia care, health improvement, and child protection. 

Kay qualified as a physiotherapist in 1989 and worked in Saudi Arabia, the USA, England, and Ireland.  She was certified as a lymphoedema therapist in 2002.  She completed an MSc in Healthcare Management, in 2016 and a diploma in Project Management, in 2018.  Kay was Project Manager for the National Lymphoedema Working Group which developed the Lymphoedema/Lipoedema Model of Care, 2019 and her current role is to oversee the implementation of the Model of Care.  Kay is chair of the HSE National Lymphoedema Oversight Team and the Irish representative of the National Lymphoedema Partnership.  Kay was co-author of the All Ireland clinical guidelines for lymphoedema.

Craig Minor, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CCRN, is an innovative nurse leader affiliated with Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX. He utilizes his 13 years of nursing expertise through clinical bedside practice, leadership roles, and academia roles. His program of research focuses on advancing vascular access efforts. He is actively furthering research on the study of blood sampling from midline catheters in an effort to create a recognized standard for this practice by the Infusion Nurses Society.

Kayla LeMarbe is a Doctor of Nursing Practice and Certified Nurse Midwife at a private practice in the Oakland Macomb area of Michigan, USA. Her undergraduate education in nursing was completed at Oakland University and she completed her midwifery program as well as her doctoral education at the University of Michigan. Her interest is in women’s health and well-being across the lifespan, with a special focus on trauma-informed perinatal care and support both prenatally and in the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods. 

Jennifer Green-Wilson is an Associate Professor in the Healthcare Administration program (HCA) at SUNY Brockport. She is also the principal of the Institute for Business Literacy and Leadership in Rochester, NY. She is the founding Director of the LAMP Leadership for the Academy of Leadership and Innovation of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), as well as a past member of the American Council of Academic Physical Therapy’s (ACAPT) Student Leadership Development Committee and APTA Private Practice’s Education Committee. Previously serving as a Director on the Board of Directors of the APTA, she speaks nationally and internationally on topics related to leadership, business literacy, and management in healthcare. Dr. Green-Wilson is the primary editor and lead chapter author of “Learning to Lead in Physical Therapy” (June 2020); this is the first textbook of its kind, targeted at Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) programs in the United States. Dr. Green-Wilson holds an Ed.D. degree in Executive Leadership from St. John Fisher University in Rochester, NY, an MBA degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and a BS degree in physical therapy from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Ottomar Bahrs, PhD, is a German medical sociologist. He was born in Hamburg in 1951 and studied social sciences from 1971 to 1978 in Göttingen. 1979 - 2017 Research assistant at the Institutes of medical sociology and general medicine at the University of Göttingen and Hannover Medical School and at the Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology at the University of Göttingen. He obtained his doctorate in 1990 with a thesis on seizure patients' occupational and social rehabilitation ("Rehabilitation begins at home"). He was co-founder of the Institute for Applied Quality Promotion and Research in Healthcare (aQua). After retirement in 2017, he worked as a freelancer at the Institute for General Medicine at the University of Düsseldorf. Lecturer in salutogenesis at Fulda University of Applied Sciences since 2022. A spokesperson for the umbrella organization Salutogenesis and editor of the journal "Der Mensch - Zeitschrift für Salutogenese und anthropologische Medizin". Main areas of work: Dealing with chronic illness, destigmatization and empowerment, salutogenesis, health promotion, quality development through quality circles, inter-professional cooperation, self-help promotion, person-centered medicine, biographical research and qualitative interaction analyses.

Patricia West, PhD, RN, is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University College of Nursing, USA. Her research focuses on supporting children with developmental disabilities and their families. As a registered nurse, she has a background in school nursing and is dedicated to family-focused nursing care. She was a participant in a competitive traineeship program, the Michigan Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental & Related Disabilities (MI-LEND) through the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Institute. She is an experienced nurse educator, teaching undergraduate nursing courses and co-teaching an interprofessional elective course focusing on the transitional needs of adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.

Sezai Demirbaş is a Senior lecturer in the School of Medicine at TOBB-ET University in Ankara Turkey. He did Robotic surgery certification, and a scholarship at Asan Medical Center, Seoul- South Korea in 2015. From 2012 to 2016, he was a Vice-Chair at the Center of Renal Transplantation in GMMA-Ankara. He is interested in GI Tract Disorders and diseases like Colorectal cancers & Benign Diseases, Minimally invasive surgery (Robotic surgery, advanced laparoscopic surgery, Transanal minimally invasive surgery -TAMIS), and also interested in Peritoneal surface malignancy and Treatment and Renal Transplantation.

Agi McFarland is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Stirling. She has 18 years of post-graduate teaching expertise within the higher education sector. She holds MSc degrees in Nursing with Applied Education (Edinburgh Napier University) and Health Economics, Policy, and Management (London School of Economics) and is currently in the final stages of PhD (Cost Effectiveness of Surgical Site Infection Prevention Strategies, Glasgow Caledonian University). Her research expertise is in economic modeling (with a particular focus on cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analysis), systematic reviews, meta-analysis, and quantitative evidence synthesis.  

Mahdi is a Clinical Nurse Manager, at Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar. He works currently as a Clinical Site Manager at the Clinical Site Management office. From 2009-2017, Mahdi worked as a Clinical Nurse at the Children’s Cancer Center (Inpatient) at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. From 2017 when he joined Sidra until 2022, he served as a Clinical Nurse Leader in the Inpatient Hematology Oncology ward where he led the QI project in relation to the above title.  Mahdi has also participated in programs focusing on patient care, especially with the Pediatric Oncology population, including evidence-based practices. He holds a master's degree in Hospital Management and published with his colleague Kurt Thompson last year their paper for the Journal of Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology Nursing. In 2021 Mahdi spoke at the APHON conference (Online) about the supportive care program that was running in the Oncology inpatient unit.

Patience Udonsi is a Lecturer in Learning Disabilities Nursing and Social Work at the University of Salford, England, United Kingdom. Patience has an extensive background in professional practice, as a Community Learning Disability Nurse and a Mental Health Social Worker. Her research interests include promoting equity for individuals with intellectual disabilities who are neurodivergent and anti-racist practice within the context of Health and Social Care practice. ORCID: 0000-0001-9769-3656

Mark Gray is an independent Nurse Consultant in Learning Disability and a Visiting Tutor at the Birmingham City University School of Rehabilitation Studies (Visual Impairment). Which trains Rehabilitation officers for the Visually Impaired. Mark is a frequent guest lecturer at twelve other UK universities for the Degree in Learning Disability Nursing. Mark runs a successful Health & social care training and consultancy business and is involved in a mixture of clinical practice, teaching, and Policy development most recently working with the British Council and the Government of Azerbaijan in promoting employment for disabled people. He is a former Chair of the British Institute of Learning Disabilities and Pohwer a UK-wide Advocacy Organisation.

Consultant Emergency Medicine, Director Quality & Safety & trust Appraisal lead, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, Wigan, UK

Professor (Adjunct) of Emergency Medicine Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad, Pakistan. Specialist Advisor CQC (Care Quality Commission) for Emergency and Unscheduled Care, UK

Honorary Senior Lecturer Edge Hill University and Visiting Lecturer University of Bolton, UK

Member of International Education Committee Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), and Member of BAME committee General Medical Council (GMC),

Lead for Emergency Foundation programme in Pakistan and Masters in Emergency and Trauma at Edge Hill University.

Dr. Becker is the Clinical Director of the Neurocognitive Diagnostic Treatment Center. He is also a Behavioral Health Consultant to United Health Care and a professional disability consultant to Brown and Brown Absence Services. Previous Faculty Positions Include: New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Behavioral Sciences (Fall, 2018); University of Rhode Island, North Kingston RI, Adjunct Professor, Physiological Psychology (2009-2011). Dr. Becker is a clinician involved in research that directly impacts community health from a neurocognitive and behavioral health perspective.

Dr. Brunsvold is the Program Director of the General Surgery Residency. She also serves as the Clinical Director of the SimPORTAL Simulation Center. She serves as the Medical Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit and as the Medical Director of the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Program. Nationally, Dr. Brunsvold participates in leadership and committee work in several organizations, including recently serving as Chair of the Education Research Committee of the Association for Surgical Education. She has contributed substantially to the Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum and the ASPIRES project of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Brunsvold has been nationally recognized for her contributions to education, she received the Phillip J. Wolfson Outstanding Teaching Award from the Association for Surgical Education in 2014. She also received the 2009 Education Specialty Award for a submission to the Society of Critical Care Medicine.