International Faculty

Flor Munoz is Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology and
Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX. She is a
physician-scientist with research activities focusing on the evaluation of vaccines in pregnant women,
children and immunocompromised hosts, vaccine safety, and the epidemiology and treatment of
infectious disease in these special populations. She is a clinical trialist, investigator and consultant on
projects supported by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Diseases Control and
Prevention (CDC), the Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI) where she leads the Special
Populations workstream as part of the Brighton Collaboration and Safety Platform (SPEAC) group, the
Global Vaccine Data Network (GVDN), and other projects of the WHO and BMGF that focus on maternal
and infant health.
Dr Munoz is a member of various national and international academic societies, including the US
National Foundation of Infectious Diseases (NFID) and the Latin American Society of Pediatric Infectious
Diseases (SLIPE). She serves as a member in the American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP) Section on
Infectious Diseases (SOID), the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) Immunization
Expert Group, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the CDC’s Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices (ACIP) working groups, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) Research
Committee, and the Research Committee of the European Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
(ESPID). She serves as chair of the Institutional Review Board and Ethics Committee at BCM, associate
editor for Vaccine and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journals, and a member of various data safety
monitoring committees for vaccines in development. Dr. Munoz is on faculty in various vaccinology
courses including various US and international universities, the National Foundation of Infectious
Diseases (NFID), the Institut Pasteur in Paris, the International Vaccine (IVI) Institute in South Korea, and
in Latin America (PEIVAP).

Stanley Zlotkin is an Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics, Public Health Sciences
and Nutritional Sciences and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
at the University of Toronto and a Senior Scientist Emeritus in The Hospital for
Sick Children Research Institute. His current research and advocacy is focused on
controlling malnutrition in children globally. He was awarded the CIHR National
Knowledge Translation Award in 2006, the Order of Canada in 2007 and the Order
of Ontario in 2015 for his contributions to improving the lives of children globally.
He is the inaugural Chief of Global Child Health at SickKids.

I am Dr. Ramla Kalaay , pediatrician with a Doctor of Medicine (MD) in Pediatrics from
Privolzhsky Research Medical University in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia ,MBchB, Treasurer
secretary – Somali Pediatric Association

Dr Hadjipanayis is an Associate Professor of Paediatrics. His primarily teaching areas include paediatrics, communication skills and information technology.

His research has mainly been focused on environmental hazards, human biomonitoring, use and abuse of antibiotics and vaccines.  Dr. Hadjipanayis has published more than hundred peer reviewed articles in paediatric journals. He is an author and co-editor of the book “European Mastercourse in Paediatrics” and he has also published numerous books for parents.

He is the immediate past president of the European Academy of Pediatrics,  he is the director of the paediatric department of Larnaca General Hospital and the medical director of the hospital.

• Médecin chef Pédiatrie Centre Hospitalier Régional de Tahoua
• Médecin chef Pédiatrie Centre Hospitalier Régional de Dosso
• Médecin chef Pédiatrie Centre de Santé Mère Enfant de Dosso
• Enseignant Université Islamique du NIGER
• Formateur National en PCIME, HBB, PCIMA, SONU, Soins Essentiels du Nouveau-Né, VIH
• Appui technique institutionnel en PTME/VIH
• Assistance technique aux mineurs en milieu carcéral (appui en besoin social et sanitaire)

Dr Anju Virmani  is Director. Pediatric Endocrinology, Max Smart Super Specialty Hospital, Saket, New Delhi

Senior Consultant Endocrinologist, Madhukar Rainbow Children Hospital, Malaviya Nagar, New Delhi

2021-22: Lead Author, ISPAD Guidelines 2022 on Diabetes in Resource Limited settings

2021-present: Director, Ispae Diabetes Education And Learning program (IDEAL) for Pediatric Diabetes educators and physicians.

2023-present: Member, Initiative for Diabetes Education & Awareness in Schools (IDEAS)

2023-: Lead, Program Area of NCD-Diabetes, International Pediatric Association (IPA

Dr. Anne Akullo is a Pediatric Hematologist and oncologist at the Joint Clinical Research Center in Kampala, Uganda. She is the Associate Director for clinical operations at the Texas Children’s Hospital Global HOPE (Hematology-Oncology Pediatrics Excellence) Program. She is also the President of the Uganda Pediatric Association (UPA), board member of Bless a Child Foundation, and member of the advisory board of CUAMM (Doctors with Africa). Dr. Akullo previously served as vice president and treasurer of the Uganda Pediatric Association. She was also Chief of Service at Life Link Hospital, a prominent private Hospital in Uganda.

National President of CIAP 2020

President Intensive Care Chapter CIAP 2019

IAP Mumbai President, 2007

Honorary Secretary General -South Asian Pediatric Association 2023-2026

President IPA Congress 2023

Chairperson IPA Infectious Diesease Programme

Advisor IPA Bulletin

Global Academic Convenor GAPIO

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Bruce Lanphear, MD, MPH, a preventive medicine physician and professor
at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, has investigated
the toxicity of lead, fluoride, pesticides, and other chemicals on human
health for the past 30 years. Bruce led studies used by federal agencies to
set standards for lead in air, water and house dust, and his studies were the
impetus for federal agencies to conclude that no amount of lead is safe for
children. He has served on science advisory committees of the Commission
for Environmental Cooperation, the US Environmental Protection Agency,
Health Canada, the Centers for Disease Control, and the American Academy
of Pediatrics. He has also testified in U.S. Congress and the Canadian House
of Commons about ways to prevent lead poisoning. Bruce has served as an
unpaid expert witness on behalf of lead-contaminated communities and in
a federal case about fluoride toxicity. Bruce and his brother, Bob, co-
founded Little Things Matter to make the science on toxic chemicals
publicly accessible. They produce videos to show how human health is
inextricably connected with exposures to toxic chemicals and to elevate
efforts to prevent disease.

Dr Dhanya Dharmapalan is a Senior Consultant in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Apollo Hospitals,
Navi Mumbai, India. She is currently the National Coordinator of the Apollo Antimicrobial
Stewardship Programme for over 70 hospitals.
She earned her MD degree in Pediatrics from University of Pune, India and then pursued post
graduate diploma in pediatric infectious diseases from University of Oxford, UK.
She is currently serving as the Chair of the AMR Working Group of the International Pediatric
Association (IPA) (2023-25). She is also the co-lead of global health subcommittee of Pediatric
Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), USA since 2018.

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Ekanem Ekure is a Full Professor of Paediatrics at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos
and Honorary Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.
In addition to her paediatric fellowship from the West African College of Physicians (WACP),
she has a Paediatric Cardiology clinical Fellowship from Frontier Lifeline International Centre
for Cardio-thoracic and Vascular Disease, Chennai, India. She is a Proctor & Gamble Nurturing
Children’s Development Scholar in Paediatric cardiology (Cincinnati Children’s Heart Institute -
2012). She was the Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Annual Gathering Lecturer in 2018 speaking on
the topic – Precision Medicine: Molecular Diagnosis and Digital Facial Analysis Technology
Applications in Congenital Cardiovascular Disorders. She delivered the 10 th inaugural lecture in
the 2021/2022 session of the University of Lagos, Nigeria on the title “A heartfelt journey of
discoveries: ‘Little hearts’, Genes and Faces”.
She has trained and mentored many undergraduate and postgraduate students including
successful supervision of 16 postgraduate dissertations. She has been Secretary and President-
Elect of the Paediatric Association of Nigeria (2010-2013; 2022-2024); Secretary, Faculty of
Paediatrics, WACP and Coordinator (Academics) of the WACP/Royal College of Physicians, UK

Doctors as Educators programme (2021-2024). She has been a postgraduate examiner of the
WACP for the past 19years. She has 89 publications in reputable journals and books. Her
research areas include infectious diseases, neonatology and paediatric cardiology. Her current
research interest is Genetics of Congenital Heart Disease and Global health.
She is the current President, Paediatric Association of Nigeria (2024-2026).

Head of Pediatrics Dept. of Baku Medical Plaza Hospitals

Assistant Professor at Azerbaijan State Advanced Training Institute for Doctors named after A. Aliyev

President of Azerbaijan Pediatric Society

Chief Pediatrics Advisor to Ministry of Healthcare of Azerbaijan Republic

Gabrielle Obeng-Koranteng is a paediatric infectious disease fellow at the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital and member of the West African College of Physicians (WACP).

She graduated from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in 2012 with an MBChB degree.

She is a self-driven and thoughtful individual with a passion to make people around her feel good. She has a keen interest in child and adolescent advocacy and also enjoys coaching/mentoring younger generations on career choices and life goals.

Dr Gaby, as affectionately referred to, loves to organize events and programmes centered around promotion of child health, community building and fostering development. She has a special interest in Paediatric HIV,Tuberculosis awareness and management,Infection Prevention Control and antibiotic stewardship.

Dr. Han-Suk Kim is a neonatologist with a special interest in both clinical and basic science
research on neonatal lung diseases.

Dr. Kim obtained his MD (1990) and PhD (1996) from Osaka Medical College (OMC) in
Japan, where he also completed his pediatric residency and clinical fellowship in
neonatology. For 3 year since 1999, he engaged in bench-side research in lung biology as a
postdoctoral fellow at the Lung Biology Laboratory of Georgetown University (1999–2000)
and at the Institute for Environmental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (2000–2002) in
US.

In 2002, Dr. Kim joined the Department of Pediatrics at OMC as a faculty member and
subsequently moved to Seoul National University College of Medicine (SNU-CM) in South
Korea in 2004. He has served as a tenured Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at
SNU-CM since 2012.

Dr. Kim was Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for 10 years beginning in
2008, and later served as Vice Director (2016–2019) and Director (2019–2023) of SNU
Children’s Hospital. He currently holds leadership positions as the Chairman and CEO of the
Korean Pediatric Society (KPS) and as President of the Federation of Asia-Oceania
Perinatal Societies (FAOPS).

His research interests include:
(i) Regulation of antioxidant protein expression during the perinatal period,
(ii) Fetal and neonatal inflammatory responses related to neonatal outcomes,
(iii) Impaired pulmonary vascular development in bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), and
(iv) Clinical trials exploring novel strategies for ventilatory support, nutrition, and
pharmacologic interventions for infants in the NICU.

In addition, Dr. Kim has published extensively on infection control in NICUs and the clinical
etiology of various neonatal diseases. (https://snu.elsevierpure.com/en/persons/y-kim-177)

Dr. Magge currently serves as the Senior Officer, Innovation to Scale on the Africa
Health team at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where she leads the team’s
portfolio on integrated high quality clinical service delivery to women and infants.
From 2020-2024, she led the strategic investment portfolio for global newborn
health on the Maternal, Newborn, Child Nutrition and Health team prior to moving
into a new role focused on supporting innovation uptake and scale in Africa.

Elected Fellow Trinity College Dublin, Royal Society of Medicine London, Royal College of
Physicians London, Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health UK, Royal College of Physicians of
Ireland and Fellow of the Academy of Medicine in Ireland
Serve on many national and international councils, committees and working parties.
Member of Directors of CPD Committee Academy of Medical Royal Colleges UK; European
Accreditation Council for CME; International Academy for CPD Accreditation and of the
European CPD Forum. Member of the Steering Committee of the Irish Childhood National
Diabetes Register and the North European Small for Gestation Age Study Group 2008-to-date
Received the EPA/UNEPSA Educator Award for significant contributions to education and
leadership training in Paediatrics in Belgrade 2023; International Collaboration Award Croatian
Medical Association 2021; the ESPE Outstanding Clinician Award 2016 and the Irish Health Care
Award 2017. Recipient of Lifetime achievement awards; Down Syndrome Ireland and the Prader
Willi Syndrome Association.

Prof Iqbal Ahmad Memon is a Professor of Pediatrics with special interest in Gastroenterology/ Nutrition and Liver diseases and child health promotion along with rights of children for over 38 years. Advisor to Ministry of health for Development and implementation of In service and pre-service Integrated Management of Integrated Neonatal, Child Illnesses; He has been a participant/ trainer in multiple child health programs like: IMNCI, ARI/CDD, Lactation Management Programs & Expanded program of Immunization and has been an ardent promotor of child health issues on electronic media, be it radio/ TV or print media with hundreds of talk shows about child health including immunization campaigns. He had various opportunities to contribute to National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) for EPI and he has been a national member of WHO EMRO NITAG- Polio Pakistan. He had the privilege of being the member of executive committee of Pakistan Pediatric Association in different capacities: Joint secretary, Secretary General, Vice President, President Elect and President over last 30 years, promoting and advocating for Child health issues in the country, the region (APPA) and internationally (IPA).

He is involved in collaborative translational research in molecular cardiology and is on
faculty with the Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine Department as well as the
Cardiovascular Research Institute. His specific clinical interests include cardiac ablation
techniques in children, management of genetic arrhythmia syndromes, and evaluation
and management of sudden death in cardiomyopathy and pediatric heart disease. His
research interests include the clinical characterization of arrhythmias and
cardiomyopathies, as well as the delineation of their molecular and genetic basis, and
innovative approaches in care and management of arrhythmias in children and patients
with congenital heart disease. Additionally, Dr. Kim has academic interest in
organizational dynamics and has served as the Chief of Strategic Operations in the
Heart Center Executive Committee. Nationally, he is on the executive board for SADS
(Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes) Foundation and is the President for the
Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society. He is also appointed as a fellow for
the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Heart Association, American College of
Cardiology, and the Heart Rhythm Society, and is an elected member of the American
Pediatric Society.

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He is an active member of the Paediatric Society of Ghana and is now the Immediate Past
President after serving two terms. He has been quite active with UNAPSA supporting activities
to improve and strengthen its membership.
Dr Appiah was the Team leader of the COVID-19 Case Management at WHO AFRO and a
Consultant of the Clinical Management Unit. Served as a board member of the World Federation
Paediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, and SC member of International Paediatric
Association. He is a past executive member of the Africa Sepsis Alliance.
Dr Appiah's research is interest focuses on sepsis, critical care training, and palliative care in PICU
in resource-limited settings.

Dr. Jorge A. Coss-Bu, MD,

FAAP, FACN, FCCM

Dr. Jorge A. Coss-Bu received his MD degree from The Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, School of Medicine, in Monterrey, Mexico. Subsequently completed a Pediatric residency and fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston TX, USA. He is board-certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics and is currently appointed Professor of Pediatrics, at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital. He previously served as Director of Research for the Division of Critical Care Medicine at Texas Children’s Hospital and currently, he serves as Director of Continuing Education. Dr. Coss-Bu is a member of multiple medical organizations and professional societies and at a national level serves as a member of committees at the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and the Society of Pediatric Research. His research interest is the nutrition support and metabolism of critically ill children. He has been leading a research team that has produced over 200 scientific publications including manuscripts, abstracts, and book chapters. Dr. Coss-Bu has shared his research work at 150 scientific events and presented more than 200 lectures in the US and worldwide

Jose Honold, MD

Medical School at the University of Baja California, campus Mexicali.

Then pediatric Residency at the University of Texas Southwestern, Children's Hospital of Dallas Texas

Followed by Neonatology Fellowship at the University of California Los Angeles

Has been working as a Neonatologist and ECMO specialist at Rady Children's Hospital San Diego since 1996

I am currently the Medical Director of the Neuro Nicu at Rady Children's Hospital

Medical Director of the Neonatal Transport team in San Diego California

I am the current President of the International Association of Neonatologist

I have multiple publications in the area of Neonatology and have been invited as a speaker in multiple international conferences

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Currently Senior Consultant Paediatrician, General Hospital Negombo & Consultant/Clinical Head, Centre for Clinical Management of Dengue & Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (CCMDDHF), Negombo, Sri Lanka

Worked as a Board-Certified Consultant in Paediatrics in different parts of the country for 25 years

Had the opportunity to join the premier Children’s Hospital in the country, The Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children (LRH) as a Senior Paediatrician in the past but declined due to the commitments for dengue related work at Negombo at CCMDDHF

Dra. Magaly Zurita Villazón

Estudios en Medicina en la Facultad de Medicina "Aurelio Meleán" de la Universidad Mayor de San Simón

Realizó la especialidad de Pediatria en el Hospital Obrero N° 2 de la ciudad de Cochabamba

Actualmente Presidente de la Sociedad Boliviana de Pediatría

Miembro del Directorio del Comité de Adolescencia de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Pediatría ALAPE

Secretaria general del Tribunal de Ética y Deontología Médica del Colegio Médico de Cochabamba

Miembro del Comité Cientifico del Colegio Médico de Cochabamba

Presidenta de la Sociedad Panameña de Pediatría

Médico Pediatra con entrenamiento en Quemaduras, Texas, Estados Unidos

Profesora y Preceptora Clínicas en diferentes universidades

Maestría en Gerencia Hospitalaria

Jefa del Servicio de Quemados del Hospital del Niño

Miembro del Benemérito Cuerpo de Bomberos de Panamá

Conferencista Nacional e Internacional 

Correo Electrónico: [email protected]

Panamá, Ciudad de Panamá

Cel. +507 6480-9919

Experiencia como Conferencista:

Manejo integral del paciente quemado.

Impacto de la Pandemia a nivel escolar en niños, niñas y adolescentes.

Aspectos Generales de un Banco de Piel y Tejidos.

Presidenta de la Sociedad Panameña de Pediatría

Médico Pediatra con entrenamiento en Quemaduras, Texas, Estados Unidos

Profesora y Preceptora Clínicas en diferentes universidades

Maestría en Gerencia Hospitalaria

Jefa del Servicio de Quemados del Hospital del Niño

Miembro del Benemérito Cuerpo de Bomberos de Panamá

Conferencista Nacional e Internacional

Experiencia como Conferencista:

Manejo integral del paciente quemado.

Impacto de la Pandemia a nivel escolar en niños, niñas y adolescentes.

Aspectos Generales de un Banco de Piel y Tejidos.

Dr. Mohammod Shahidullah, professor of neonatology, is pioneer of modern neonatology in
Bangladesh. He established the department of neonatology in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib
Medical University and served as Chair of the department as well as Pro-Vice Chancellor of the
university before retiring from the university. He is currently Principal Investigator of several
multicounty studies in Projahnmo Research Foundation, most of them are coordinated by WHO.
Dr. Shahidullah has conducted several landmark research on newborn health in collaboration
with WHO, Johns Hopkins University, Projahnmo Research Foundation and many other
organizations. His research contributed to developing several national and global guidelines
and policies. He published more than 100 articles in peer reviewed journals.
He is the Chair of the national technical committee of newborn health, president of the
Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chair of the National Technical Advisory
Committee on COVID-19 and many more.

Prof. Monika Arora is a public health scientist working in the area of Health Promotion, Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) prevention and control and adolescent health. She is the Vice President (Research and Health Promotion) at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI). She is the President of the NCD Alliance (2023-25), the founding Chairperson of the South East Asia NCD Alliance (2020-23), and a Founding Governing Board member of the Healthy India Alliance. She is Executive Director of HRIDAY- an NGO working with and for adolescents, patients and the community

Standing Committee Member of the International Pediatric Association (IPA)
(2019 - 2023)
2. President Elect of the International Society of Tropical Pediatrics (ISTP) (2017-
2022); then President of ISTP (2022 to Date)
3. Member: American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD), then
Fellow of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (FAASLD)
4. Member: European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)

Olga Cîrstea – pediatrician, Associate Professor at the Department of Pediatrics, “Nicolae Testemitanu” State University of Medicine and Pharmacy (Chisinau, Republic of Moldova).

Being a Faculty member, I am responsible for training students in the field of Pediatrics. My research interests focus on Early Child Development. In the period January-May 2018 I was coordinating the Moldovan part of the “Vaccination Confidence Study” organized by the European Academy of Paediatrics in 15 European countries. Also, I work on supportive supervision on strengthening Home Visiting programme as part of Child Health, Growth and Development Standards (2017 – Present) in collaboration with the regional UNICEF office. An important area of my professional work is strengthening the process of childhood immunization by promoting the latest WHO recommendations and evidence-based medicine.

Professor Ousmane Ndiaye
• Pediatrician, specialist of neonatology, Diploma in epidemiology
• Chair of Pediatrics Department of Medecine Faculty- Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (UCAD)
• Head of Pediatrics of Albert Royer National Hospital Center (Dakar)

• Director of the of the African Center of Excellence for Mother and Child Health (CEA-
SAMEF/ACE-SAMEF) of Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (UCAD) (Senegal);

• Past-President of francophone Association of French-speaking African countries (APANF)
• Past-President of Senegalese Society of Pediatrics (SOSEPED)
• Past Vice-President of The African Neonatal Association (ANA)
• Member of the executive committee of “Association des Pédiatres de Langue Française” –APLF (France)
• Teaching experience in several African Universities (Bénin, Niger, Mali, Guinée, Rwanda, RD Congo, Madagascar)
• Past-president of WHO Afro Task force on Mother, Perinatal, child and adolescent health
• Author of several studies and congress lecture in Pediatrics field with more
concentration on neonatology, nutrition and public health

Dr. Pramod Jog MD (Ped), DNB (Ped), FIAP, FICMCH, 
Professor of Pediatrics & Head of Family Medicine Department, D.Y. Patil Medical College, Pune,
 President, Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) 2016, 
Former Standing Committee Member, International Pediatric Association (IPA), 
Former Steering Committee Member GAVI, (CSO), (SC),
 Consultant Pediatrician @ Medipoint, Jupiter, Deenanath, Ankura Hospitals, Pune

Dr Queen Dube leads work on newborn program implementation, policies and standards at WHO Headquarters Geneva. She is also currently the Co-Chair of the ENAP/EPMM country Implementation group. Over the past decade she has been involved in various WHO technical committees on the development of standards and guidelines for maternal newborn and child health. She has also been supporting countries in the Sub-Saharan region to strengthen small and sick newborn care through development and implementation of national strategies. She has led several research studies on the small and sick newborn, point of care diagnostics, HIV, malaria, diarrhoea and Emergency Paediatric care. She is also part of various technical advisory panels for neonatal research trials across the globe. She has wide experience from local, regional and global level on health systems, maternal newborn and child health, having worked in various portfolios on these areas. Prior to joining WHO she was the Chief of Health Services in the Ministry of Health in Malawi. She is a Paediatrician and Clinical epidemiologist who holds a PhD from the University of Liverpool.

Strategy Director, Newborn and Child Health Uttar Pradesh Technical Support Unit, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh January 2020, till date

National Programme Officer Norway India Partnership Initiative May 2016
National Coordinator, Special Newborn Care Units (SNCU)

National Health Mission, MoHFW, GoI, New Delhi January 2012 to May 2016

Senior Consultant Paediatrician, Combined District Hospital, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Medical and Health Services (UP PM & HS), Government of Uttar Pradesh May 2009 to January 2012

 Surveillance Medical Officer (SMO), National Polio Surveillance Project (NPSP) – World Health Organization (India), September 2004 – April 2009

Dr Ruchira Gupta

MBBS,MD,PGDPN,FIAP

National Joint Secretary Liaison IAP 2024-25

Senior Consultant, Kailash Hospital & Heart Center Noida

Chief Organising Secretary ,National Pedicon 2022

Jt Organising Secretary IPA-IAP PEDICON 2023

Jt National Coordinator IAP Presidential Plan 2022

Jt National coordinator IAP WW2022

Zonal coordinator IAP Advance NRP Program 2022

Edito in chief..Child Today -official journal of IAP UP,2018-Till date

Member Editorial Board IJPP 2014-15 & 2021-23

Chief Editor-Applied spiritual Biology book

Core committee member IAP NCD Program

Executive Board Member CIAP 2014,2019,2020,21

State General Secretary IAP Uttar Pradesh2015-16

Trainer: IAP NRP, BLS, Mission Uday, APT, HOPE,EPID,Safe Injection Practices,

Minirespire, Growth Monitoring ,AMS module,EPID,UAD,NTEP,Clinical

clues,UMP etc

Contributor- various IAP Modules,IAP WW Parenting Module,Chapters in book

Currently I am the Secretary General of the Syrian Pediatric Society, in addition to a previous period extended between 2008 and 2011 Previously worked for 2 years as a nutrition expert in UN WFP Syria and more than 4 years of experience as a consultant nutrition building capacity at UNICEF Syria, where I developed guidelines and teaching materials and trained more than a thousand doctors and health workers on different topics such as infant & young children feeding (IYCF), community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM), and nutrition in an emergency (NIE). Before joining the UN, and for 30 years, I was a teaching staff member in the Pediatric Endocrinology Unit in the Children's Department, Faculty of Medicine, Damascus University. Also, I am a member in National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) and am a lecturer member in many associations and committees like Syrian Newborn & Preterm Association, Syrian Diabetes & Nutrition Society and Arabic Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition Society, I have conducted many studies about endocrine and growth diseases in children such as; Transient Diabetes mellitus in Infancy (Medical review), Hypoglycemia in Infants, stunting in Syria, congenital adrenal syndrome etc.…. I participated in many Workshops such as the Medical Static (WHO), EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE (UNICEF), Neonatal Screening (AUCB Beirut, Lebanon), Programming for infant and young child feeding training course (Cornell University), WHO Child Growth Standards, and many others

Dr Sayaka Horiuchi is a pediatrician and a dedicated and experienced public health
researcher with a Doctor of Public Health and a Master of Science in Epidemiology. She
works at the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Medicine at University of
Yamanashi in Japan and at the Women, Children and Adolescent Health Program at the
Burnet Institute in Australia. Her research interest is in improving the quality of care
from birth to the postnatal period. She was a candidate for the International Pediatric
Association Leadership Programme (IPA LEAD Programme) between 2019 and 2022. She
is a member of the Japan Pediatric Society and serves on the International Liaison
Committee, the Promotion Committee for National Strategies for Maternal and Child
Health, and the Japan Pediatric Society (JPS)-American Academy of Pediatrics
Collaborative Working Group for Child Advocacy.

Education
1. Fatima University Medical Center, Manila, Philippines
Diploma of Specialized Doctor in Pediatrics, 2018-2022
2. Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Certificate of Completion of 3-years General Pediatric, 2012-2016
3. The University of Sydney, Australia
Completed DCH/IPPC (Diploma of Child health), 2014-2015
4. International University, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Doctor of Medicine, 2004-2012
5. Royal University of Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Bachelor of English Education, 2004-2008
Working Experiences
1. National Pediatric Hospital, 2022 - Present
Pediatrician at Department B, Respiratory and Allergy Ward
2. Sunrise Japan Hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2016
3. Angkor Hospital for Children
Pediatric trainee, 2012 - 2016

Teaching Experiences
1. Lecturer at International University, 2023-Present
Clinical Attachments
1. Pediatric Surgery Attachment, Monash Children Hospital, Melbourne,
Australia, 2015
2. Pediatric Surgery Attachment, Starship Children Hospital, Auckland,
New Zealand, 2015
Medical Certificates
1. 2014: Certificate of Skill in Trauma and Resuscitation
(Basic, Intermediate, Advance)
2. 2019: Certificate of completion of Basic Life Support (BLS)
3. 2019: Certificate of completion of Pediatric Advance Life Support
(PALS)

Steve qualified from the medical school at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and trained in 1992 in paediatrics in the North East of England, New Zealand and Australia. He has been a consultant in general and respiratory at Aberdeen Royal Children’s Hospital since 2003 and became professor in 2017.  His research interests include early origins of non-communicable diseases and monitoring asthma. He has been an officer of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health since 2016 and was elected president in 2024.

DR DORCAS SUPA TUNJE
National Chair | Kenya Paediatric Association
Senior Medical Specialist| Paediatric neurologist| Machakos County Referral hospital

Dr Supa is the current Chairperson of Kenya Paediatric Association with a vision to impact the
community through collaborative advocacy and championing for quality healthcare delivery.
She is a practicing consultant Paediatrician and neurologist at Machakos County Referral
Hospital with over twenty years of clinical practice. She is also the deputy Medical
Superintendent and Head of clinical services. She is a policy and guideline developer
providing technical support to the Ministry of health and the County government of Machakos.
She is also a visiting consultant with Aga Khan University hospital outreach clinics, Gertrude’s
Children Hospital and Metropolitan Hospital in Nairobi. She attained her undergraduate
(M.B.Ch. B) and postgraduate (MMED) degrees from the University of Nairobi. She pursued
her Fellowship in Paediatric neurology at Aga Khan University Nairobi. She has a diploma in
Health Systems Management from Galilee Institute of Management, Israel. Dr Supa has vast
experience in leadership and governance. She is one of the leads in advocacy committee at
KPA. She is a strong advocate on matters child health and especially for those with
neurological disorders and children in special circumstances. She is one of the key founders
of a consultant led initiative to end preventable maternal and perinatal deaths in Kenya. She
has also served as a member of the National Adoption Committee in Kenya providing
oversight of adoption activities in Kenya. Dr Supa is a member of the interim committee of
East Africa Child Neurology Association and an active member of international child neurology
association.

Dr. Kressly has served key leadership roles at the American Academy of Pediatrics with focuses on
practice transformation, payer advocacy, pediatric health IT, and quality care. She currently serves as
President-elect for the Academy and assumes the Presidency role in January of 2025. In addition, she is
co-author of two AAP Policy Statements: Nonemergency Acute Care: When It’s Not the Medical Home,
and Guiding Principles for Team-Based Pediatric Care.
Sue believes that all children deserve access to a well-coordinated patient-centered medical home
which maximizes the use of Health IT, and all pediatricians deserve the resources and support to
transform their practices to meet their patient’s needs in a constantly changing healthcare environment.
Dr. Kressly understands that every pediatrician is a child health expert, an advocate and a healer and
champions the voices of children and pediatricians wherever she goes.

Susan’s clinical and educational areas of emphasis include neonatal resuscitation,
cardiopulmonary physiology in infancy, and global neonatal survival. She served as co-chair of
the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Neonatal Resuscitation Program Steering
Committee, edited the ILCOR (International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation) neonatal
resuscitation guidelines in 2000, and served as editor for development of Helping Babies
Breathe, 1 st and 2 nd editions. Susan worked as a Senior Medical Advisor for Newborn Health
with the United States Agency for International Development in Washington DC and as a
consultant for development of operational guidance on scaling up a WHO/UNICEF model of
small and sick newborn care. She currently serves as a member of the AHA Neonatal Writing
Group and Technical Advisory Groups for the World Health Organization Essential Newborn
Care Course second edition (incorporating Helping Babies Breathe and Helping Babies Survive
content) as well as educational materials for small and sick newborn care currently under
development.

NATIONAL PRESIDENT ELECT IAP 2024

Consultant Pediatrician & Neonatologist

MD (Ped), FIAP, FICMCH

PG Dip. in Ped. Inf. Disease (UNSW)

Fellow Guide Diploma Child Health (DCH)

Vice Chairperson International Society of Topical Pediatric

National Chairperson Pediatric Infectious Diseases Chapter (PIDA) 2023

National Chairperson Academy of Pediatric Neurology Chapter 2022-23

Coming soon.

Chika Duru, is a Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, Niger Delta
University and an Honorary Consultant Paediatrician, Department of Paediatrics and Child
Health, Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital Okolobiri Bayelsa State. She is a Fellow of the
West African College of Physicians and a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child
Health. She is the current Secretary General of the Paediatric Association of Nigeria. Her major
Interests are Cardiology, Infectious diseases and Global Health.

My name is Beishebaeva Nasira Adylbekovna, I was born in a very friendly
and big family. My father, Beishebaev Adylbek, he was the best person in the
world, he was strong and at the same time a simple peasant, he raised 8 children, I
am number 6 on this list. My mother, Khanipova Khadicha, she was the kindest
and most generous person in the world, worked as a cook in a canteen. All my
childhood we grew up in a close-knit family, and the motto of our family was one
for all and all for one. Now my parents are gone, but they are in my heart, because
in each of us, and there are 8 of us children, a part of our parents lives.
I graduated from the Kyrgyz State Medical Academy in 1996, specializing
in pediatrics.
I successfully completed clinical residency at the Department of Nephrology
of the Kyrgyz State Medical Academy, and the pediatric faculty of the Republican
Children's Clinical Hospital in 1998.
In 1998-2002, while continuing my studies in graduate school at the
Department of Pediatrics of the Academy, I began my scientific work and in 2004
defended my PhD dissertation on the topic “Glomerulonephritis in children of
Kyrgyzstan against the background of HBV-infection and its consequences.”
As the Chairperson of the Youth Scientific Council of the National Center
for Maternity and Childhood Welfare in 2010-2017, I made a lot of efforts to teach
the younger generation the basic principles of a scientific approach to medicine.
I has become a member of the Academic Council of the National Center for
Maternal and Child Health since 2010.
The beginning of the teaching stage since 2004, when I worked as an
assistant at the Department of Pediatrics of the Kyrgyz Medical Academy and
today I am an acting associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the
Higher International School of Medicine for Foreign Students.
Practical activities of a nephrologist 1998 – 2007 at the Republican Center
for Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery. I have been heading the nephrology
department of the National Center of Maternity and Childhood welfare since 2007.
My main scientific research is devoted to studying the structure of kidney
diseases in children, the features of their clinical course, improving their
diagnostics and therapy. More than 40 scientific papers have been published,
including three clinical guidelines.
Today, my family is in the first place for me, my husband Serik Kuatbekov
and two daughters Marzhan, she is 11 years old, and Aruzhan, she is 8 years old.
Thanks to the Almighty, I can proudly say that I am a happy mother and wife.

Currently, Dr. Franklin is a Consultant Pediatrician at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Monrovia and a
part-time lecturer at the University of Liberia’s College of Health Sciences, Faculty of Pediatrics. Her
leadership extends to coordinating national initiatives, including the Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell
Disease program under the Consortium on Newborn Screening in Africa, where she ensures
comprehensive care and support for affected families.
A Fellow of the West African College of Physicians, Dr. Franklin’s academic pursuits are complemented
by her ongoing studies in International Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). Having
recently completed the prescribed requirements for the award of the Master of Science and awaiting
the official award, she is optimistic about her future in blending her rich clinical expertise with her public
health degree to make more meaningful contributions to advancing child health across the globe. Her
diverse professional development includes certifications from globally recognized institutions like
Harvard University and the University of Washington, enhancing her skills in healthcare management,
project leadership, and pediatric innovation.

Dr. Phan Huu Phuc completed his residency program in Pediatrics at Hanoi Medical University & Vietnam National Children’s Hospital in 2000 and then pursued his career in pediatric critical care medicine since then. He also hold PhD degree in clinical epidemiology from the University of Texas Health Science at Houston, USA. Currently, he serves as Deputy Director, Vietnam National Children’s Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam. He also is affiliated lecturer at Hanoi Medical University and Haiphong University of Medicine and Pharmacy. His research interests include clinical & epidemiology of sepsis/septic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome, emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in critically ill children.

Medical Doctor Degree – “Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
(UPCH)”
? Pediatrician – “Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
(UNAM)”
? Neonatologist – “Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal”
? Master's Degree in Medicine – “Universidad Peruana Cayetano
Heredia (UPCH)”
? Doctorate in Medicine – “Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
(UPCH)”
? IBCLC – International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant since
1999; international speaker
? Former Faculty Member – “Universidad Peruana de Ciencias
Aplicadas (UPC)”, School of Health Sciences, Academic Program
of Human Medicine (until 2020)
? Member of the Board of Directors and Advisor of the Breastfeeding
Committee of the “Asociación Latinoamericana de Pediatría -
ALAPE (Latin American Association of Pediatrics)”
? Peruvian Country Coordinator for the International Board of
Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE) since 2000

? Graduate of the Master's in Health Governance and Management –
“Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH)”
? Certified Ontological Coach
? Past President of the “Sociedad Peruana de Pediatría (Peruvian
Society of Pediatrics)”
? Founder and Past President of the “Asociación de Consultores en
Lactancia Materna IBCLC del Perú” (Peruvian Association of the
IBCLC Lactation Consultants” (ACLAM-Peru)
? Associate Academic Member of the National Academy of Medicine
of Peru
? Emeritus Member of the “Sociedad Peruana de Pediatría (Peruvian
Society of Pediatrics)”
? Recipient of the Medal of Honor for Extraordinary Merit from the
“Colegio Médico del Perú”
? Author of the parenting book "Magníficas Madres, Excelentes
Abuelas (Magnificent Mothers, Excellent Grandmothers)
? Editor and Co-author of the book "Health Education for Maternal
and Child Care"
? Pioneer in Peru in the Promotion and Advocacy of Breastfeeding
? Former General Director of the Directorate of Family and
Community at the “Ministerio de la Mujer y Desarrollo Social”
? Former Surgical-Medical Manager at the “Hospital Nacional
Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen” of Peru
? Ministerio de Salud: Former Director of Women, Children, and
Adolescents at the Directorate General of Health of the Population
? Private Sector: Former Medical Director at “Hogar Clínica San Juan
de Dios”; currently practicing as a Pediatrician and in charge of the
Program of Breatfeeding at the “Clínica Ricardo Palma”- Lima-Peru

Muhammad Ashraf Sultan is a director at Mid-City Hospital in Lahore, Pakistan. Prior to this he was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Paediatrics, King Edward Medical University/Mayo Hospital Lahore. Professor Sultan is a member of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (UK) and a fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK). Professor Sultan had served as a member of national technical advisory group (NITAG) on immunization and as the focal person of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses Strategy pre-service induction program. He is currently a member standing committee of International Pediatric Association (IPA) for the second term and Asia Pacific Pediatric Association (APPA) alongside other national and international professional societies.

Damte Shimelis Awoke is a pediatrician, pediatric nephrologist, and Health Science Education
specialist. He has served in various positions at Addis Ababa University, Department of Pediatrics
and Child Health as a clinician, researcher, and instructor. He did his undergraduate and post-graduate
studies at Addis Ababa University, and a sub-specialty fellowship in pediatric nephrology at Ben
Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel. He did his masters degree in health science education at Addis
Ababa University. He has published several articles in international and national journals in his field
of study. Currently works at Addis Ababa University, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health with
the rank of full professor.

Damte Shimelis Awoke is a pediatrician, pediatric nephrologist, and Health Science Education
specialist. He has served in various positions at Addis Ababa University, Department of Pediatrics
and Child Health as a clinician, researcher, and instructor. He did his undergraduate and post-graduate
studies at Addis Ababa University, and a sub-specialty fellowship in pediatric nephrology at Ben
Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel. He did his masters degree in health science education at Addis
Ababa University. He has published several articles in international and national journals in his field
of study. Currently works at Addis Ababa University, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health with
the rank of full professor.

Dr. Lisine Tuyisenge is a Senior Consultant Paediatrician practicing since more than fifteen years and a current Director of Medical services in the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali ( CHUK), a biggest public teaching hospital in Rwanda . She has been the Head of the Paediatric and child health Department in the same hospital during 3 years and she is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Rwanda, College of Medicine and Health Sciences.  She was the General Secretary of the Rwanda Paediatric Association ( RPA) during last 13 years and was elected recently as a  Chair of the same Association . Under RPA  and with different partners, she is coordinating several successful paediatric programs in Rwanda which improved the capacity building for the health professionals at different levels of pediatric care and include the management of pediatric emergency cases through ETAT+ courses in pre/in services, the coordination of implementation of usage of CPAP machines in several hospitals, the  implementation of an innovative mentorship program at lower levels of health facilities involving the maximum of Pediatricians to increase the early quality of care for sick children at the nearest of their home. This is helping Rwanda to reduce neonatal and child mortality especially due to the main killers like pneumonia, diarrhea, neonatal infection,...

Vithanage Pujitha WICKRAMASINGHE, MBBS(Col), DCH(Col), MD(Paed), PhD(Col),
FSLCPaed, FSLCNP, FRCPCH (UK), is the Senior Professor in Paediatrics at the University
of Colombo and Honorary Consultant Paediatrician, Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children,
Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Prof Pujitha completed his primary and secondary education from DS Senanayake college
and graduated from Faculty of Medicine, university of Colombo in 1996. Pujitha joined
University in 1998 as a probationary lecturer and was elevated in the ranks to be the senior
professor in paediatrics in 2017. A practicing paediatrician with special interest in childhood
nutrition has research interests in, childhood body composition and growth, childhood
malnutrition including obesity and metabolic syndrome, maternal & child nutrition, and
effects of early nutrition on diseases in later life. He has published more than 140 scientific
papers, 200 research communications, 8 books and 24 book chapters. He served as the
Chairperson of the Editorial Board for development of Health and Physical Education School
Text Books for Ministry of Education. He has delivered 11 National Orations and more than
125 CME lectures.
He is an experienced researcher who had secured grants worth more than LKR 200 million
from national and international bodies. He has presented his work both national and
international forum and has won more than 40 awards. He was the prestigious recipient of
CVCD award 2018, for the most outstanding Senior Researcher in field of Health
Science/Medicine/Dental Science/Veterinary Science/Allied Science. (Life Time Award
from All Universities).
His clinical interests are general paediatrics and has a special interest in childhood nutrition
and infectious diseases. He has a special interest in childhood malnutrition both under and
over nutrition. He was presented with the lifetime award of Outstanding Asia
Paediatrician Award 2024, by the Asia Pacific Paediatric Association.
Serves in number of national committees on nutrition, of the Ministry of Health and Nutrition
and Ministry of Education, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine (curricular development,
secretary and member of BOS in Paediatrics, member and current chairperson in specialty
board in Nutrition and PG examiner). Provided consultative services to WHO SEARO and
has worked with WHO HQ on Guideline development for children under 5 on sleep, physical
activity and sedentary behaviour, and Management of adolescent obesity. Contributed in
developing WHO-UNICEF toolkit for policy-makers to implement the who
recommendations on food and non-alcoholic beverages to children. A member of WHO-
UNICEF Technical Expert Advisory group on nutrition Monitoring (TEAM).