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Trauma Research Priority Group
Core Members:
Faculty of Medicine
and Health Sciences
Professor Fikri Abu-Zidan
Professor Frank Branicki
Professor Peter Corr
Professor Elsadig Kazzam
Assoc Prof Fawaz Torab
Assoc Prof Fayez Hammad
Assoc Prof Michael Grivna
Asst Prof Ali Jawas
Asst Prof Sami Shaban
Asst Prof Mohd Al Houqani
Dr Mohamed Sadig
Dr Ashraf Hefny
Dr Alaa Abbas
Mr Abdulla Jamal
Al Rahba Hospital, Abu Dhabi
Dr Masoud Bashir
Tawam Hospital
Dr Said Abuhasna
Dr Abdel Norueldin
Dr Masoud ur Rahman
Al Ain Hospital
Professor Stefan Marlovits
Dr Mohammad Kamal Idris
Emirates International Hospital
Dr Yousef El Ashaal
Sharjah Kuwait Hospital
Dr Hani Eid
Summary
During 2011 the Trauma Group has made major contributions
in trauma education and research both nationally and internationally.
The “hands on training” in point-of-care ultrasound
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published 15 papers related to trauma in international refereed
journals, and presented more than fifty abstracts at national and
international meetings. Trauma Group members organized the
Second International Conference on Trauma Management, Critical
Care and Prevention which was highly successful, more than
600 participants attending the meeting.
Mission
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of a high standard in the field of trauma so as to improve patient
care.
Major achievements of the Trauma Group in 2011 include:
A) Road Traffic Collision Registry:
This project has run as planned and was successfully completed.
We have collected detailed information on more than 1000
patients involved in road traffic collisions and pre-event information.
A full time Senior Research Fellow, Dr Ashraf Hefny, and a
Research Fellow, Dr Alaa Abbas, have been appointed to analyze
the data of this registry. This has tremendously increased the
research activity of the Trauma Group. The Trauma Group car-
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Tawam Hospital, Al-Ain Hospital, Al-Rahba Hospital (Abu Dhabi)
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goal is the establishment of a nationwide registry. Professor
Abu-Zidan chaired the Trauma Registry Subcommittee of the
Trauma System Initiative of Abu Dhabi Emirate. Recommendations
and Standards for establishing a Trauma Registry for Abu
Dhabi Emirate was established (Fig 1). This Committee is now
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Group.
B) Participation in trauma training courses
The Trauma Group was actively involved in the organization and
conduct of numerous courses.