Conference Program | Day 01
Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad | 
Wednesday , October 29th 2025
First Session
“Advancing Emergency Medicine: Local Realities, Global Standards“
| Presenter | Lecture Title | |
| 09:00–09:05 | Recitation of Verses from Holy Quran | |
| 09:05–09:10 | National Anthem | |
| 09:10 – 09:15 | Dr. Abdus Salam Khan | Chair Organizing Committee, Consultant EM | Welcome – Conference Chair |
| 09:15–09:30 | Dr. Khawaja Junaid Mustafa | President PSEM | Opening remarks by President PSEM |
| 09:30–09:45 | Dr. Taj Hassan | Chair, International Faculty | Opening Remarks – Chair cHALO |
| 09:45–10:00 | Dr. Rizwan Naseer | Secretary, Emergency Services Department, Govt. of Punjab | Integrating EMS into National Disaster and Trauma Plans: The Pakistan Experience |
| 10:00–10:15 | Prof. Mohammad Shoaib Shafi | CPSP, Sr. V. President | Address – President CPSP Public Health and Emergency Medicine – Bridging the Divide |
| 10:15–10:35 | Dr. Saleh Fares Al-Ali | President IFEM | Address – President IFEM (Proposed) Defining Excellence – Global Standards for Local Practice |
| 10:35–11:00 | Tea & Networking | |
Second Session
“Clinical Core Skills “
Track A | Hall 1
| Time | Presenter | Lecture Title |
| 11:00–11:15 | Dr. Qasim Sahi | Clinical Director EM, Lahore., SMH | Airway Controversies – Video vs Bougie |
| 11:15–11:30 | Dr.Tamkeen Pervez | CMH Hospital, Rawalpindi, EM Consultant | Massive Haemorrhage – ED MTP Triggers |
| 11:30–11:45 | Dr. Anwer Qureshi | Ischaemic Stroke – Strategies and pathways |
| 11:45–12:00 | Dr. Nadeem Ashraf | ED Approach to Chest Pain in the ED: Simplifying Complexity |
| 12:00–12:15 | Dr. Mahvish Ahmad | Consultant, EM Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust | Shortness of Breath in the ED – Cardiac, Pulmonary, or Panic? |
| 12:15–12:45 | Dr. Badar Afazl (AKU). Dr Amjid Mohammed ( UK) Dr Adris Razzaq (UK), Dr Faraaz Bhatti (USA), Dr Mueed Ahmad (UAE). | Challenge the experts: Pak EM Residents & International Faculty |
| 12:45–13:30 | Lunch & Prayer Break | |
| 13:30–13:45 | Dr. Zafar Qasim | Penn USA | Human Factors in Multi-victim Resus |
| 13:45–14:00 | Dr. Turab Fatima Abidi | Emergency Physician, Wah Cant | DNACPR & Extubation – Grey Zones in PK Law |
| 14:00–14:15 | Dr. Adeel Tariq | Consultant ED | Documentation That Defends – Courts & Care |
| 14:15–14:30 | Dr. Mustafa Mehmood | The tsunami of geriatric EM - how best to prepare ? |
| 14:30–14:45 | Dr. Khawaja Junaid Mustafa | President PSEM | Strategies to retain EM professionals- Capacity building |
| 1445 - 1520 | Dr Anser Mahmood (UAE) , Dr Immad Qureshi (UK), Dr Saleem Nasir, Dr Nasir Ali (UK), Dr Anwer Qureshi (UK). | |
| 15:20–15:40 | Poster Presentations | |
| 15:40–16:10 | Dr. Taj Hassan | Chair, International Faculty | CHALO Program launch – Strategy & launch of PSEM Manuals for Excellence in Emergency Care – Chairs of Theme Leads to present launch materials |
| Dr Azer Sheikh (Pak), Dr Tamkeen (Pak), Dr Anser Mahmood, Dr Zaff Qasim (US), Mr Fergal Hickey | Major Trauma | |
| – Dr Shahan Waheed (Pak), Dr Mahvish Ahmad (UK) Dr Naeem Toosy (UAE) | Adult Resuscitation | |
| Dr Tayyaba (Pak), Dr James Hayton (UK), Dr Irfan Habib (Pak), Dr Anisa Jafar (UK) | Paediatric EM | |
| Dr Turab ( Pak), Mr John Heyworth, Dr Asim Ijaz, Dr Abdus Salam | Leadership | |
| Dr Adeel Khatri ( Pak), Dr Mustafa Mehmood (Ire), Dr Adris Razzaq (UK) | Simulation | |
| Dr Salman Khan (UK) / Dr Mashood Qazi (UAE) & Pak TBC | Major Incident planning & Prehospital care | |
| 16:10–16:40 | Discussion : Implementing cHALO strategies into Pakistan | |
| 1640 – 1700 | Discussion & Closing of Day 1 | |
Track B | Hall 2
| 11:00–11:15 | Dr. Syeda Sobya Owais | PEM Consultant Shifa Intl Hospital | Severe Sepsis in Children – Fluid vs Pressor |
| 11:15–11:30 | Dr. Nuzhat | Childlife Foundation | Febrile Child – High-risk Algorithms |
| 11:30–11:45 | Dr. Emadudin Siddiqi | PEM Consultant AKU | Seizure Cessation – Drugs & RSI |
| 11:45–12:00 | Dr. Tayyaba Ali | Childlife Foundation, Sr. Consultant | life threatening Asthma- |
| 12:00–12:15 | Dr. Anisa Jafar | Emergency Physician & Founder of GECCO, Manchester, UK | DKA Fluid Strategy – Avoid Cerebral Oedema |
| 12:15–12:45 | Questions & Answers Session | |
| 12:45–13:30 | Lunch & Prayer Break | |
| 13:30–13:45 | Dr Jabeen Fayyaz ( Canada) | High-Fidelity Paeds Code-Blue Simulation |
| 13:45–14:00 | Dr. Emadudin Siddiqi | PEM Consultant AKU | Peadiatric Emergencies |
| 14:00–14:15 | Mr. Umar Khitab | Sr. Nurse Manager & Head of ED Shifa | How do we fix our pediatric Nursing gaps? - Supervision & skillmix |
| 14:15–14:30 | Dr. Mashood Qazi | UAE | Paeds trauma- PEARLS |
| 14:30–14:45 | Dr. Syeda Sobya Owais | PEM Consultant Shifa Intl Hospital | Safe Sedation Competencies |
| 1445 - 1520 | Dr. Muhammad Irfan Habib | Childlife Foundation, Medical Director, Pakistan | Safeguarding the Next Generation: Climate Change & Environmental Hazards in Children |
| 15:20–15:40 | Poster Presentations | |
| 1640 – 1700 | Discussion & CLOSE day 1 (Merge in Hall 1) | |
DAY 01
CLOSED
Conference Program | Day 02
Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad | Wednesday , October 30th 2025
First Session
“Systems, Leadership & Educational Innovation“
| Time | Presenter | Lecture title |
| 09:00–09:15 | Dr. Junaid Razzak | Director, Centre of Excellence for Trauma and Emergencies | Resuscitation Science - latest strategies that we can deliver |
| 09:15–09:30 | Dr. Abdul Sattar | Consultant, Emergency medicine, Mukhtar A. Sheikh Hospital | Post- ROSC care – Cooling, perfusion and Neuro-Prognostication. |
| 09:30-09:45 | Dr. Beenish Hameed | Consultant Emergency Medicine SMBB-IT | Strengthening the chain of survival in Pakistan |
| 09:45–10:00 | Dr. Faraz Bhatti | EM Medical Director & Chair (California, United States). | How to develop teams in ED to focus on optimising resuscitation? |
| 10:00–10:15 | Dr. Naeem Toosy | Adult EM, Consultant, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City Abu Dhabi UAE. | KPIs That Matter in resuscitation– From Dashboard to Bedside |
| 10:15–10:25 | Questions & Answers Session | |
| 10:25–10:45 | Tea & Networking | |
Last Session
“Policy & System Design (Track A | Hall 1)“
Track A | Hall 1
| Time | Presenter | Lecture title |
| Policy & System Design | ||
| 10:45–11:00 | Dr. Faisal Subhani | DOW University of Health Sciences, Emergency Physician, Karachi | When there's no CBC: Lessons from a low resource ER |
| 11:00–11:15 | Dr. Salman Khan | EM Consultant, HEMs flight doctor | Urban Disaster Readiness – Are we ready? |
| 11:15–11:30 | Dr. Mueed Ahmed | High Consequence Infectious diseases – how should we best prepare in ED. |
| 11:30–11:45 | Dr. Asim Ijaz | Heatwave & Flood Surge – Climate-Proofing Eds |
| 11:45–12:00 | Dr. Misbah Zehra | Supporting residents - How to achieve success? |
| 12:00–12:15 | Dr. Azer Shaikh | Head of Emergency Department, Karachi, SMBBIT | Priority perspective: Are we any closer to a national triage system? |
| 12:30–12:40 | Block Q & A | |
| 12:40–13:30 | Lunch & Prayer Break | |
| Workforce & Leadership Development | Co- Chairs Dr Abdus Salam Khan & Dr Taj Hassan | ||
| 13:30–13:45 | Mr. Fergal Hickey | Irish Association for EM, Past President | Leadership models -what works best in EM? |
| 13:45–14:00 | Mr. John Heyworth Past President, RCEM | How Colleges can help influence the corridors of power ? |
| 14:00–15:00 | Dr. Naeem Uz Zafar. Chief Statistician of Pakistan. | Dr. Shabana DG Population Federal | Opinion one on one: |
| 15:00–16:30 | PSEM Exec & International Faculty | DISCUSSION – The next roadmap for EM in Pakistan – Defining clear goals & delivering change |
| 16:30–16:40 | Closing Ceremony | |
| Dr. Abdus Salam Khan | Chair Organizing Committee, Consultant EM | Vote of Thanks | |
Track B | Hall
| Time | Presenter | Lecture title |
| Academic & Tech Innovation | ||
| 10:45–11:00 | Dr. Saima Ali | Integrating Digital Portfolios in Training (Recorded) |
| 11:00–11:15 | Dr. Asad Yaqoob, CEO | Saleem Memorial Hospital, Lahore. | How Executive teams can best support training in EM in Pakistan? |
| 11:15–11:30 | Dr. Amna Tariq | Resident voice - what are our training gaps? |
| 11:30–11:45 | Dr. Anser Mahmood | Supporting educational strategies for rural emergency care systems in Pakistan – the why, what and how? |
| 11:45–12:00 | Dr. Mir Abdul Waheed | MD HOD ED Maroof Intl Hospital | Latest Advances in Trauma Care |
| 12:00–12:40 | Dr. Adeel Khatri | Simulation in Shoe String: High Impact Low Cost |
| 12:40–13:30 | Q & A | |
| 15:20–16:00 | Lunch & Prayer Break | |
| Merge in Hall 1 | ||
DAY 02
CLOSED
Conference ENDS