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is the Project Director and Co-Principal Investigator at the University of Michigan for the NHLBI Clinical Trials Network for the Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury (PETAL). Previously he served as the PI of the Clinical Core for the University of Michigan NIH SCCOR in Acute Lung Injury. He has lectured nationally and internationally, contributes 14 topics on mechanical ventilation to the online site UpToDate and is the author of over 130 peer review articles. Dr. Hyzy has edited a volume of Critical Care Clinics entitled "Enhancing the Quality of Care in the ICU" and is the Co-Editor of the Critical Care textbook, "Evidence-Based Critical Care: A Case Study Approach," whose second edition was published in 2020 by Springer. Dr. Hyzy has been active in the Michigan Health and Hospital Association Keystone ICU project since its inception in 2003. He is a former Chair of the Board of Directors of the MHA Keystone Center. Dr. Hyzy is member of the American Thoracic Membership Committee and is a member and former Chair of the ATS Quality Improvement and Implementation Committee.





Dr. Ahmed Taha MD, M.Sc., MRCP (UK), FRCP(London) (Edinburgh), FCCP, EDIC, FCCM

Dr. Taha is an Intensivist in the Cardiac ICU at the Institute of Critical Care Medicine; Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Graduated from Ain Shams University and received a Master's Degree in Cardiology and second Masters Degree in Intensive Care Science from Ain Shams University. He was awarded a Diploma by the Royal Collage of Physician of the United Kingdom (MRCP UK) and was nominated fellowship of the American College Of Chest Physician (FCCP) in 2007. He also received the European Diploma of Intensive Care Medicine (EDIC) from Brussels, Belgium in 2008. He was awarded fellowship by the Royal Collage of Physician of Edinburgh and London (FRCP) in 2013. He is currently a distinguished educator, Course Director and Committee member at the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) for the Fundamental Critical Care Support Course (FCCS) and the Paediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support Course (PFCCS) and recently the (FCCS Obstetrics), currently a Fellow of the American collage of Critical care Medicine (FCCM). He is also a director of critical care Ultrasound Courses (SCCM), MCCRC - SCCM and BASIC collaboration Intensive Care Courses that conducted across multiple countries in the middle east and North Africa. He conducted researches in critical care ultrasound, congenital heart diseases, surgical airway, mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic, ICU logistics and Simulation based medical education.

Selected as an ambassador for neurocritical care society and helped in stabilising Emergency neurology life support in multiple countries in middle east.

Dr. Taha served as an author in critical care chapters (Scientific American Critical Care, evidence-based web clinical resource UpToDate, Springer, SCCM publications.) . He is also a member of numerous committees and international societies and chair in acute cardiac care working group, he shared as a chairman, speaker and faculty in multiple national and international meetings and conferences.

Dr. Yasser Younis A Tolba PhD, FCAI, FRCA, EDIC, EDAIC, FFICM, FCCP, FIPP

Associate Professor and Consultant in Critical Care Medicine and Anaesthesiology,King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre and Alfaisal University, Riyadh, KSA.Winner of James Cook Medal of Honour, UK, Previous Posts included Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesiology, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT), University of Birmingham Hospitals, UK, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine (Q), New York, USA, Senior Lecturer, Cairo University, Egypt.

Book Contributor, researcher, International speaker and Examiner in Critical Care Medicine
Research Adviser for Medical Trainees, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Examiner, Fellowship in Intensive Care Medicine, Saudi Commission for Health Care Specialities, KSA, and EDIC examiner; the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine.Faculty Tutor, the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, UK, Instructor, Critical Care Hepatology Course, Neuro Critical Care Society, USA, Primary trauma foundation.Course Director, Mechanical Ventilation, Critical Care Nephrology ; beyond BASIC & BASIC Courses, Endorsed by European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Instructor, CCrISP, FCCS, MCCRC, FDM.