Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Course description
QPEM – POCUS is a two-day interactive hands-on practical workshop which will guide the clinician to gain the required knowledge and competence in the pediatric point of care ultrasound.
Who should take the course and why?
This course is for physicians in Emergency Medicine, Anesthesia, Critical care, Neonatal Intensive Care and Pediatrics.
The use of point of care ultrasound is now the standard of care and has been recognized as a major element in various board training programs in Canada and the ACGME training programs in the US. Clinicians at pediatric institutions are expected to be able to provide this point of care bedside standard.
What is involved and what makes it special?
It is an interactive course which provides practical hands-on experience in performing scans on high fidelity manikins and volunteers. The course instructors are highly experienced clinicians from Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatric anesthesia, Interventional Radiology, Pediatric Intensive care and Neonatal Intensive care. A comprehensive course manual will be emailed to participants prior to course.
MEET THE FACULTY
Course Chair
Dr Muthukumar Sakthivel (Kumar) is an Attending Physician in Pediatric Emergency at Sidra Medicine. His qualifications include MBBS, MD, PG Dip in Neurodisability, FRCPCH. He completed post graduate training at Institute of Child Health, Madras Medical College, India and higher specialist training from North Western Deanery, UK. He was working as a consultant at Paediatric Assessment Unit, Emergency Department at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust from 2011-2017. He is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine- Qatar. He is the chair person for POCUS scientific committee and PALS instructor.
Course Facilitator
Dr. Sheik Abdul Razak is an Attending Physician currently working in the ED at Sidra Medicine where he also holds the title of Quality Lead for the Department. He works in conjunction with the Sidra Medicine Quality and Safety Committee, working to maintain a very high standard of both quality and patient safety in the busy ED. He previously worked as Consultant Pediatrician in York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust since February from 2015 to 2018. After completion of Post graduate Diploma in Child Health in Madras Medical College, he completed his Pediatric training in the UK. He was an undergraduate lead and Honorary Lecturer of Hull & York Medical School. Dr. Abdul Razak was Royal College Tutor before started his work in Sidra. He regularly instructs in Advanced Pediatric Life Support course (UK).
Course Facilitator
Dr. Al Yafei is a licensed and practicing Senior Attending physician at Sidra Medicine’s Children’s Emergency Department and the Medical Director of pediatric life support (PALS), he assists in developing health education programs in pediatric emergencies. He is a strong advocate in public education, particularly interested in injury prevention, home safety, and child abuse prevention. He is also a former CMIO of Sidra Medicine. Dr. Al Yafei led the organization’s medical informatics strategy and digital transformation from 2017 till August 2023. Before joining Sidra Medicine in 2017, Dr. Al Yafei worked at Hamad Medical Corporation across various services, including Pediatric intensive care, emergency medicine, and critical care support. Dr. Al Yafei obtained his fellowships in pediatrics critical care and emergency from the London Health Science Hospital (University of Western Ontario) in Canada and his Bachelor of Medicine from Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain. In addition to various leadership certifications from Qatar Leadership Center and Harvard Business School, Dr. Al Yafei obtained a diploma and fellowship in Medical Health Informatics and quality from HMC Qatar (in partnership with the IHI Institute) and a master's degree in leadership from Georgetown University and EMBA from HEC Paris
Course Facilitator
Dr. Sohail Ghani is an Attending Physician at Sidra pediatric emergency medicine since 2017. He graduated from Pakistan and completed his Pediatric fellowship at renowned Nishtar Medical Institute, Multan. Dr. Ghani pursued further training in Pediatrics in the South West of England achieving certificate of completion of training (CCT) and special interest module in Pediatric Epilepsy by the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, London (RCPCH) Dr. Ghani served as national trainee representative for the RCPCH examinations for 2 years and is a member of central board of examiners for the RCPCH. Dr Ghani has extensive experience in clinical as well as teaching and training in pediatrics. He is currently an Assistant Professor in Pediatric and Emergency Medicine at Weill-Cornell Medicine Qatar where he is actively involved in teaching and assessment of medical students.
Course Facilitator
Dr. Tajeldin is a consultant in Emergency Medicine. He obtained his MBBS from University of Gezira, Sudan. He completed his Fellowship in Emergency Medicine (FRCEM) at the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and was awarded a certificate of completion of training (CCT) in the UK. He worked in different hospitals in England and Wales.
Dr. Tajeldin is an instructor for the advanced resuscitation courses including ALS, APLS and ATLS. Before joining Sidra in November 2018, he worked as a consultant in Emergency Medicine in Morriston Hospital, Swansea.
Dr. Tajeldin’s special interest is in quality improvement in health care, health promotion and patient education. He led successful quality improvement projects in the UK and Sidra ED. He is currently the patient education lead in the Sidra emergency department. Using technology and principles of quality improvement, he is leading the transformation of education material delivery to emergency department patients and families.
Outside work he enjoys photography and film editing.
Course Facilitator
Dr Ali joined the Sidra Neonatology Center of Excellence, Doha, Qatar in 2018 from the Royal Hobart Hospital in Australia. He is the clinical program lead for quality in the NICU and has completed a post-graduation certification in quality and safety from the Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA apart from being accredited by the National Association of Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) as a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ). He has worked on reducing unplanned extubations, improving oxygen saturation targeting in NICU, implementing central line infection prevention bundles, optimizing preterm nutrition and auditing neonatal transports during present and past appointments. The main focus of Dr Ali’s clinical research is in the field of automated oxygen control for preterm infants on respiratory support in addition to investigating the utility of minimally invasive surfactant therapy (MIST). He is also involved in simulation training for enhancing the management of complex resuscitation scenarios, organizing difficult airway workshops and providing functional echocardiography services as a member of the neonatal hemodynamic team.
Course Facilitator
Dr Sundaram joined Sidra Medicine in January of 2018 as a Physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care. He is Medical for Quality at Sidra Medicine and an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar. Dr Sundaram worked as an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics after qualifying from the Saurashtra University, India in 2001. He moved to UK in 2004 and has been trained in pediatric intensive care medicine with an interest in respiratory medicine. He completed his PICU training from Birmingham Children’s Hospital and has worked as a Consultant in Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine at the University Hospital of North Midlands, UK. He has been frequently invited to talk on his areas of interest at various international conference and to run the European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) endorsed course on Acute Non Invasive Ventilation courses internationally.
Course Facilitator
Dr Sajith had his training in United Kingdom and has been working as consultant anaesthetist since 2011. His Qualifications include MD Anaesthesiology ( All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, FRCA ( Royal College of Anaesthetists, London. He has special interest in Pediatric vascular access and has run the Advanced Pediatric Vascular Access course since 2018 in Sidra Medicine. He is co-inventor of 'IV-Assist' an ultrasound guided vascular access assistance tool currently being developed in Collaboration with Texas A&M University, Qatar. He is also regular invited Faculty for Kings College Hospital Difficult Airway Management Workshop.
Get in touch with us!
16 - 18 January 2026
CONTACT US:
+974 4003 1025
Sidra Medicine
Plaza Level, Office PB 200
Al Luqta Street
Education City, North Campus, Qatar Foundation
Doha, Qatar
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The 10th Qatar - Pediatric Emergency Medicine (QPEM) International online conference 2026 is open to the following target audience Physician, Nurse, Pharmacy, Allied Health Professional, Dentists, Others (Paramedics, EMTs, & Medical Students) with an interest in or practice involving providing emergency and urgent care to children.
