Convenors
The Approval Committee is headed by Convenors who act as the ‘friend, philosopher and guide’ of this exercise and help in evolving consensus on the final draft SOP.
Dr. Gordon Caruana Dingli:
President: Association of Surgeons of Malta; Past President: Commonwealth Medical Association
The Approval Committee is headed by Convenors who act as the ‘friend, philosopher and guide’ of this exercise and help in evolving consensus on the final draft SOP.
Dr. Gordon Caruana Dingli:
President: Association of Surgeons of Malta; Past President: Commonwealth Medical Association
Advisory Committee
Lawyers, law professionals, and other prominent persons associated with the healthcare sector or having the requisite expertise in medical negligence form this committee. The Advisory Committee aids and advices the Organising Committee on the legal aspects of the SOP.
Adv. Arunava Mukherjee
Advocate: Supreme Court of India; Associate: The Medlegal Attorneys
Adv. Mahendrakumar Bajpai
Advocate: Supreme Court of India; Associate: The Medlegal Attorneys
Adv. Mayank Kshirsagar
Advocate-on-record: Supreme Court of India; Associate: The MedLegal Attorneys
Adv. Yogendra Singh
Advocate: High Court, Mumbai
Dr. Chirag Balyan
Program Director: PG Diploma in Arbitration and Mediation; Editor-in-Chief: Indian Review of International Arbitration, MNLU
Lawyers, law professionals, and other prominent persons associated with the healthcare sector or having the requisite expertise in medical negligence form this committee. The Advisory Committee aids and advices the Organising Committee on the legal aspects of the SOP.
Adv. Arunava Mukherjee
Advocate: Supreme Court of India; Associate: The Medlegal Attorneys
Adv. Mahendrakumar Bajpai
Advocate: Supreme Court of India; Associate: The Medlegal Attorneys
Adv. Mayank Kshirsagar
Advocate-on-record: Supreme Court of India; Associate: The MedLegal Attorneys
Adv. Yogendra Singh
Advocate: High Court, Mumbai
Dr. Chirag Balyan
Program Director: PG Diploma in Arbitration and Mediation; Editor-in-Chief: Indian Review of International Arbitration, MNLU
Approval Committee
The Approval Committee comprise of doctors only, especially those who are well versed in the Medico-legal space. The Approval Committee is responsible for making the necessary changes in the draft SOP after considering the comments of all the reviewers and for preparing the final draft SOP after due deliberations.
Dr. Anas Babu
Quality and Patient Safety Professional: Qatar Red Crescent, Doha
Dr. Marie Andrades
Professor: Family Medicine; Vice Chair: MRCGP International, South Asia
Dr. Neesha Ajit Nair
AGM Medical Affairs: Quality & Patient Safety - Aster DM Healthcare GCC, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Shehla Naseem
Director Academic & Research: College of Family Medicine, Pakistan; Member: Ethics Working Group - IFAPP
Prof. S M Mustafa Zaman
Professor: Interventional Cardiology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University; President: Bangladesh Cardiovascular Research Foundation
The Approval Committee comprise of doctors only, especially those who are well versed in the Medico-legal space. The Approval Committee is responsible for making the necessary changes in the draft SOP after considering the comments of all the reviewers and for preparing the final draft SOP after due deliberations.
Dr. Anas Babu
Quality and Patient Safety Professional: Qatar Red Crescent, Doha
Dr. Marie Andrades
Professor: Family Medicine; Vice Chair: MRCGP International, South Asia
Dr. Neesha Ajit Nair
AGM Medical Affairs: Quality & Patient Safety - Aster DM Healthcare GCC, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Shehla Naseem
Director Academic & Research: College of Family Medicine, Pakistan; Member: Ethics Working Group - IFAPP
Prof. S M Mustafa Zaman
Professor: Interventional Cardiology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University; President: Bangladesh Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Reviewers
Reviewers comprise of nominees from medical societies, editors of medical journals, medico-legal experts, prominent doctors, and hospitals. They suggest changes in the draft SOP and any new clauses that needed to be added in the SOP.
Dr. (Prof.) M Rajadurai
Regional Director: OZ Resus, Australia
Dr. Ashfaq
Dr. Ashok Kumar Sankaranarayanan
Specialist Senior Registrar: Emergency Department, Rashid Hospital, UAE; involved in academic initiatives, teaching medical students & residents, and in various clinical audits & quality improvement projects focused on enhancing patient care
Dr. Balachandran Krishnan
Dr. Bina Rabadia
Specialist Dermatologist
Dr. Christophe Wiart
Ethnopharmacologist; Author, Malaysia
Dr. Clemencia Mayorga
Sec. General: Federación Médica Colombiana
Dr. D S Chakravarthi
Global COO: Humancare World Wide; 28+ years of Industry Experience in Healthcare Management, Academics, and Research
Dr. Jorge Núñez
Family Medicine
Dr. Joy Karamana Mugambi
Vice President: Commonwealth Medical Association - East / Central / South Africa Region; Convenor: Human Rights Committee, Kenya Medical Association; Chair: Kenya Association of Family Physicians
Dr. Kaumba Tolopu
Zambia Medical Association
Dr. Luswata Herbert
President: Uganda Medical Association; Member: Advisory Council, Baylor College of Medicine, Uganda
Dr. Maher Al Bahrani
Senior Consultant: Anaesthesiologist & Intensivist, Oman
Dr. Mary Amoakoh-Coleman
Clinical Epidemiologist & Public Health Physician: University of Ghana; Research focus in pregnancy related outcomes and non-communicable disease prevention and treatment outcomes
Dr. Mayank Vats
Senior Pulmonologist, Sleep Medicine, Interventional Pulmonologist, & Critical Care Medicine; Executive Member: Inclusion & Diversity Committee - American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
Dr. Muruga Raj Rajathurai
President: Commonwealth Medical Association; Past President: Malaysian Medical Association
Dr. N Hettiarachchi
Consultant Physician: Internal Medicine; Head: Toxicology Unit
Dr. Nigel Kuriakose
Specialist Anaesthesiologist & Intensivist: Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman
Dr. Prab Prabhakar
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist: Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) NHS Foundation Trust; Hon. Associate Professor: Paediatric Neurology, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Dr. Prashant Nasa
Head: Critical Care Medicine and Chairman: Prevention and Infection Control - NMC Specialty Hospital, Dubai
Dr. Robert Francilin
Internist: Hilton Head Island
Dr. Roland Aigbovo
Vice President - West Africa Region: Commonwealth Medical Association
Dr. Sai Prasad Gadapa
Nephrologist, USA; Founder: TelemedReferral App for Doctors
Dr. Seema Tekwani
Critical Care Medicine Specialist: Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, USA
Dr. Vasu Pillai Letchumanan
Hon. General Secretary: Malaysian Medical Association
Dr. Vivek Dubey
Consultant: Acute Medicine - Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Prof. Russell D'Souza
World Medical Association Cooperating Centre
Reviewers comprise of nominees from medical societies, editors of medical journals, medico-legal experts, prominent doctors, and hospitals. They suggest changes in the draft SOP and any new clauses that needed to be added in the SOP.
Dr. (Prof.) M Rajadurai
Regional Director: OZ Resus, Australia
Dr. Ashfaq
Dr. Ashok Kumar Sankaranarayanan
Specialist Senior Registrar: Emergency Department, Rashid Hospital, UAE; involved in academic initiatives, teaching medical students & residents, and in various clinical audits & quality improvement projects focused on enhancing patient care
Dr. Balachandran Krishnan
Dr. Bina Rabadia
Specialist Dermatologist
Dr. Christophe Wiart
Ethnopharmacologist; Author, Malaysia
Dr. Clemencia Mayorga
Sec. General: Federación Médica Colombiana
Dr. D S Chakravarthi
Global COO: Humancare World Wide; 28+ years of Industry Experience in Healthcare Management, Academics, and Research
Dr. Jorge Núñez
Family Medicine
Dr. Joy Karamana Mugambi
Vice President: Commonwealth Medical Association - East / Central / South Africa Region; Convenor: Human Rights Committee, Kenya Medical Association; Chair: Kenya Association of Family Physicians
Dr. Kaumba Tolopu
Zambia Medical Association
Dr. Luswata Herbert
President: Uganda Medical Association; Member: Advisory Council, Baylor College of Medicine, Uganda
Dr. Maher Al Bahrani
Senior Consultant: Anaesthesiologist & Intensivist, Oman
Dr. Mary Amoakoh-Coleman
Clinical Epidemiologist & Public Health Physician: University of Ghana; Research focus in pregnancy related outcomes and non-communicable disease prevention and treatment outcomes
Dr. Mayank Vats
Senior Pulmonologist, Sleep Medicine, Interventional Pulmonologist, & Critical Care Medicine; Executive Member: Inclusion & Diversity Committee - American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
Dr. Muruga Raj Rajathurai
President: Commonwealth Medical Association; Past President: Malaysian Medical Association
Dr. N Hettiarachchi
Consultant Physician: Internal Medicine; Head: Toxicology Unit
Dr. Nigel Kuriakose
Specialist Anaesthesiologist & Intensivist: Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman
Dr. Prab Prabhakar
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist: Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) NHS Foundation Trust; Hon. Associate Professor: Paediatric Neurology, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Dr. Prashant Nasa
Head: Critical Care Medicine and Chairman: Prevention and Infection Control - NMC Specialty Hospital, Dubai
Dr. Robert Francilin
Internist: Hilton Head Island
Dr. Roland Aigbovo
Vice President - West Africa Region: Commonwealth Medical Association
Dr. Sai Prasad Gadapa
Nephrologist, USA; Founder: TelemedReferral App for Doctors
Dr. Seema Tekwani
Critical Care Medicine Specialist: Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, USA
Dr. Vasu Pillai Letchumanan
Hon. General Secretary: Malaysian Medical Association
Dr. Vivek Dubey
Consultant: Acute Medicine - Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Prof. Russell D'Souza
World Medical Association Cooperating Centre