Tiny Breaths, Big Futures: Updates and Controversies in Neonatal Respiratory Care

- 13-15 November 2025
- 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
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Simulation center, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar (13th Nov)
Sidra Ballroom, JW Marriott Marquis, West Bay, Doha, Qatar (14th-15th Nov)
Registration Fees
Outside Sidra + Online | ||
Workshop (all) | early | $75 / Qar 275 |
late | $100 / Qar 375 | |
Physicians / Nurse Practitioners | 1 day – early | $50 / Qar 175 |
1 day – late | $70 / Qar 250 | |
2 days combined – early | $100 / Qar 350 | |
2 days combined – late | $140 / Qar 500 | |
Nurses/ AHP/ Fellows | 1 day – early | $30 / Qar 100 |
1 day – late | $50 / Qar 175 | |
2 days combined – early | $55 / Qar 200 | |
2 days combined – late | $85 / Qar 300 | |
Sidra Staff | ||
Physicians / Nurse Practitioners | 1 day | Qar 150 |
2 days | Qar 300 | |
Nurses/ AHP/ Fellows | 1 day | Qar 100 |
2 days | Qar 200 | |
Gala Dinner | $30 / Qar 100 |
- Categories: Early Registration- Physicians / Nurse Practitioners
Early Registration Trainees, Allied Health and Nurses live - Capacity (Maximum Seats): 300 for conference & 50 for workshop
Note: Starting from 15 September, the face-to-face registration fee will increase. Additionally, online registration will be available starting from the same date and will have the same late registration fee as the face-to-face option.
Overview
The goal of the Neonatal respiratory 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 2-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
Update on neonatal respiratory topics and controversies
Topics/Sessions
- Respiratory support for preterm infants & long-term 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 respiratory care
- 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
- Neonatology & Pediatric physicians
- Neonatal nurse practitioners
- Respiratory therapists
- Neonatal nurses
Reward Credits CPD
Type 1 CPD from QCHP
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
- Ms. Mr Ismail Azzam – Respiratory Therapist
- Ms. Cyndy Visita – Executive Assistant
Speakers
- Professor Peter Davis (Australia)
- Professor Lex Doyle (Australia)
- Professor Ola Saugstad (Norway)
- Professor Charles Christopher Roehr (UK)
- Professor Gianluca Lista (Italy)
- Professor Manuel Sanchez Luna (Spain)
- Dr. Neil Patel (UK)
- Professor Daniel de Luca (France)
- Professor Philip Levy (USA)
- Professor Martin Keszler (USA)
Agenda
Day 1 – Advanced Ventilation Workshop 13th Nov 2025 | |
9:00 am – 5:00 pm |
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Day 2 – Conference 14th November 2025 | |
8:30 am – 8:45 am | Welcome & Introduction |
8:45 am – 10:15 am |
Session 1:
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10:15 am – 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
10:45 am – 12:00 pm |
Session 2:
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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Prayer & Lunch |
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm |
Session 3
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3:00 pm – 3:30 pm | Coffee Break |
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm |
Session 4:
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Day 3 – Conference 15th November 2025 | |
8:30 am – 10:30 am |
Session 5:
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10:30 am – 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am – 12:45 pm |
Session 6:
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12:45 pm – 1:45 pm | Prayer & Lunch |
1:45 pm – 3:00 pm |
Session 7:
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3:00 pm – 4:30 pm |
Session 8:
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