Naveed Ur Rehman Siddiqui is an Assistant Professor, Section Head Pediatric Critical Care and Consultant Pediatric Intensivist at Aga Khan University, Karachi. He graduated from Sindh Medical College in 2006, completed his residency in Pediatrics at Aga Khan University in 2012, and subsequently completed his fellowship training in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) at Aga Khan University in 2014. He then joined King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSHRC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2015, where he worked for three years before returning to Aga Khan University in 2018. Dr. Siddiqui holds an FCPS degree in Pediatric Medicine from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan (CPSP) and a European Board Certification in Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine (EPIC Dipl.) from the European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC). He further pursued an Advanced Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Canada, which he completed in 2020. Dr. Siddiqui is a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM) and an active member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), ESPNIC, Pakistan Pediatric Association (PPA), CPSP, and the American Heart Association (AHA). He has served as a Consultant, Director, and Instructor for the Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support (PFCCS) course offered by SCCM, several other pediatric critical care courses. His research interests focus on healthcare analytics, artificial intelligence (machine and deep learning) applications in healthcare, quality and safety in pediatric critical care, bedside ultrasonography, and the role of simulation in medical education. He has a strong academic and research portfolio, with numerous peer-reviewed publications both nationally and internationally.

Dr Mohammad Bayoumi is a neonatologist and the lead of the Neonatal Simulation Program at Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar. He is the manager of the Mobile Pediatric Simulation. He has a Bachelor’s Master’s and Doctorate of Medicine Degrees and the Egyptian Board in Pediatrics from Egypt. He got the MRCPCH and the FRCPCH from the United Kingdom. He is an active examiner in the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health. Dr Bayoumi completed the Pediatric Residency Program at Al-Azhar University in Egypt the Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Program in Qatar the Pediatric Leadership Program at Harvard Medical School and the IPSS-INSPIRE Pediatric Simulation Fellowship Program. Dr Bayoumi has 26 publications 125 local presentations and 54 international presentations. Besides he moderated 35 sessions at international conferences and reviewed 205 abstracts and manuscripts in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences.

Dr. Nordia Thompson-Newell, BMSc, MBBS, DM (EM) is a Consultant Emergency Physician at the University Hospital of the West Indies Kingston Jamaica. She completed fellowship training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Simulation at the Hospital for Sick Children and The University of Toronto Canada. Additionally she completed a certificate course: The Teaching Scholars Program at the Hospital for Sick Children which covered principles and approaches to teaching and learning. She has over 11 years’ experience practicing medicine in various hospitals in Jamaica and spent two years in Canada. Determined to leave an indelible mark in the field of medicine Dr Thompson-Newell has held several professional teaching appointments of undergraduate and postgraduate medical trainees. She has embarked on a career in simulation over the last three years where she has facilitated various interprofessional simulation activities both virtual and in-person. Beyond teaching and training Dr. Thompson-Newell currently serves as an executive member of the Board of Directors for the International Pediatric Simulation Society. Her prior leadership positions include Assistant Treasurer and Vice President for the Jamaica Emergency Medicine Association (JEMA). Her passion is to contribute to the improvement in clinical care and patient experience in both Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine through Simulation in Jamaica and the region.

Dr Khatri is an active teacher and facilitator in many simulation-based programs including the Certification Program in Emergency Medicine Foundation Program in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Collaborative Advance Trauma Course and is leading the Simulation Instructors programs from Indus Hospital. He is also a faculty and co-chair of the IPSS Academy and founding member of Network of Simulation in Pakistan (NSP). He’s a recipient of the Chad Epps Bursary for Master Debriefers course (the Debriefers Academy Canada). His main area of interest is low-cost solutions for integration of inter-professional- system-level simulations into curricula and hospital operations for development of a sustainable simulation culture in LMICs. His innovative ideas for low-cost easily accessible solutions to deliver simulation-based experience to learners in areas with low resources and development of simulation educators and faculty who can deliver at regional and national level are truly remarkable.

Dr. Jabeen Fayyaz, MD, FCPS, MCPS, DCH, CHSE, MHPE, PhD, MGH IHP is a distinguished leader in pediatric emergency medicine simulation-based education and resuscitation training. She serves as the Medical Director of SimKIDS and an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto while also working as a Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) Staff Physician and Resuscitation Lead at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). Her medical journey began in Pakistan where she was among the pioneering PEM faculty at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH). She later expanded her expertise at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (Oman) where she implemented the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) and quality improvement initiatives using Lean Sigma methodology. Committed to advancing medical education she earned a master’s in health Professions Education (MHPE) from AKUH and a Ph.D. in Simulation from MGH IHP USA. Dr. Fayyaz is actively shaping the future of medical training and patient safety as the Chair of the IPSS-INSPIRE PED Simulation Fellowship and PEM International Fellowship Director. She has led major educational initiatives including developing a PEM curriculum for Emergency Medicine residents launching a one-year PEM certification program that graduated 27 physicians in 2023 and training over 50 educators through her Simulation Instructor Course. At SickKids she spearheads multiple key programs serving as Resuscitation Lead for the Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) Program Chair of the Resuscitation Oversight Committee and a core member of the Simulation Steering Committee since 2019. Passionate about global capacity-building through simulation she holds visiting faculty positions at IHHN and UCMD UOL (Pakistan) and AIIMS Jodhpur (India) fostering international collaborations. Beyond her leadership in education she is a prolific researcher in quality improvement patient safety and system testing and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Healthcare Simulation (JoHS) and other prominent journals. Dr. Fayyaz remains a visionary in simulation-driven learning and healthcare innovation continuously shaping the future of medical education and emergency medicine worldwide.

Brittany Dahlen MSN, RN, CHSE, NPD-BC, CPN has a clinical background as a pediatric critical care nurse and is the Co-Founder and President of Shifting Frames Consulting LLC. Brittany supports healthcare organizations and healthcare professionals in building bias interruption skills and achieving measurable health equity outcomes. Brittany is passionate about interrupting bias in the many facets of healthcare from orientation of new hires precepting and charge nurse roles to patient care front desk interactions and patient family experience. She has expertise in quality improvement work and has presented on the use of simulation-based assessment and the use of simulation for health equity at various national and international conferences. Brittany’s research focus is investigating the translational outcomes of simulation for bias interruption and health equity outcomes. Brittany has published articles in Clinical Simulation in Nursing and Simulation in Healthcare.