Overview

The goal of the Neonatal Respiratory Care Conference “Tiny Breaths, Big Futures: Updates and Controversies in Neonatal Respiratory Care”, is to explore innovative strategies, share best practices, and foster collaboration in the realm of neonatal respiratory care.

The three-day event will feature a pre-conference ‘Advanced Ventilation Workshop’ on 13 November, followed by the two-day main conference on 14-15 November 2025. The main conference will feature lectures and panel discussions by international experts. It will provide networking opportunities to inspire, educate and empower the attendees.

Conference Objectives

• Monitoring and evaluation of babies with respiratory failure
• Understanding various modes and modalities of invasive ventilation & non-invasive respiratory support
• Prevention and management of chronic lung disease and associated complications
• Principles of management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia
• Pulmonary hypertension and treatment strategies

Advanced Ventilation Workshop

• Ventilation Graphics & Bedside monitoring
• Non-invasive respiratory support & LISA/MIST
• Conventional ventilation and patient trigger modes
• High frequency ventilation

Conference Topics

• Changes in Respiratory Support for Preterm Infants & Long-Term Respiratory Outcomes in Survivors Since the 1960s
• Postnatal Corticosteroids to Prevent or Treat BPD – Which Drugs, at What Times?
• Post-Extubation Respiratory Support for Preterm Infants: CPAP, NIPPV or Nasal High Frequency Ventilation
• Bedside Use of Lung Ultrasound to Guide Respiratory Management
• Management of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Associated Pulmonary Hypertension
• Respiratory Outcomes Following Definitive Closure of the Patent Ductus Arteriosus
• Oxygenation of Preterm Infants in the Delivery Room
• Searching for Evidence, Gaps in Knowledge and Future Directions in Neonatal Medicine
• Lung Recruitment – How and Why?
• Surfactant Administration: Traditional and Alternative Routes
• European RDS Guideline 2025
• Non-Invasive Monitoring of Gas Exchange and Assessment of Lung Function
• Established and Evolving Therapies for RSV Prophylaxis
• New Ventilatory Strategies for Protection of the Immature lung, the Role of HFOV Today
• Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) Phenotypes and Principles of Management
• Recent Advances in Pharmacotherapy for Pulmonary Hypertension in Newborn
• Respiratory Management of Extreme Preterm Infants at Borderline Viability
• Adjunctive Therapies for Respiratory Support in Newborn Infants
• Transport of the Ventilated Infant
• Mechanical Ventilation: Disease-Specific Strategies

Target Audience

• Physicians
• Nurse Practitioners and Hospitalists
• Respiratory Therapists and Allied Health
• Clinical Nurses

Scientific Committee

• Professor Samir Gupta – Division Chief Neonatology (Conference Chair)
• Dr. Mai Al Qubaisi – Director Neonatal Services WWRC
• Dr. Roshan Adappa – Medical Director – Education and Medical Staff
• Dr. Dhullipala Anand – Medical director NICU
• Dr. Haytham Ali – Fellowship Program Director
• Dr. Naharmal Soni – Senior Attending Physician
• Dr. Sanoj Ali – Lead for Quality & Attending Physician
• Dr. Ghalib Daoud – Specialist Neonatologist
• Ms. Jennifer Daily – Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
• Ms. Nqobile Sigola – Neonatal nurse manager
• Ms. Susanne Bohm-Langford – Manager, Operations NICU
• Mr. Ismail Azzam – Respiratory Therapist
• Ms. Cyndy Visita – Executive Assistant