35^th World Nursing and Nursing Care Congress

Louis P. Perrault received his medical degree from University of Montreal in 1986. He completed 3 years of training in basic science research in Paris under the supervision of Professor Paul VanHoutte at Université Louis-Pasteur and obtained a doctor degree (PhD) in fundamental research in 1997. He is the current president for the CSCS.Dr. Perrault is a local Principal Investigator for the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSNet) for the NIH/CIHR since 2007. He is also an investigator of the FRSQ (Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec). Dr. Perrault has authored and co-authored more than 250 articles in peer-reviewed publications including New England Journal of Medicine, J Chir Thorac Cardio-Vasc, Circulation and J Heart Lung Transplant. His areas of clinical expertise include: Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery (CABG), valve surgery and heart transplantation ,endothelial dysfunction in left ventricular hypertrophy, pulmonary hypertension following CPB, stem cells therapy and heart transplantation.

Hypertension, Cardiovascular Nursing

Shari Dingle Costantini has 20 years of experience leading international healthcare staffing organizations. She is the CEO of Avant, a company she founded in 2003. She has a BSN from the University of Florida and a MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management in Chicago.

Health Care

Kathryn Weaver is Nurse Psychotherapist and Associate Professor in the University of New Brunswick where she teaches mental health, community development, and advanced nursing practice; and healthcare ethics Instructor for Graduate and Medical students, Atlantic Region Training Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland. She completed her PhD from the University of Alberta and postdoctoral fellowships through the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology and Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. She has published more than 30 papers and is principle investigator of two documentaries, Through True Eyes: Recovery from Eating Disorders and It’s Not about Food!, produced by Atlantic Media works, Fredericton.

Nursing

Jawahar Jay Kalra, an educator, researcher, and quality health care advocate, is a Professor of Pathology in the University of Saskatchewan and has served as Head of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. He is recognized for his many contributions as a clinical scientist, academic leader, and health system administrator. He has been a pioneer in establishing guidelines for thyroid-function testing, quality assurance program and contributed nationally and internationally in the area of total quality management. He has published extensively and is the author of the book “Medical Errors and Patient Safety: Strategies to reduce and disclose medical errors and improve patient safety.

Quality management

He is P.hd in biomedical sciences in neuroscience and traumatology and neuropharmacology sector. Prof. in Human Movement Anatomy, Phd in Applied biomedical sciences, Research in Neuro Rehabilitation and Kinesiology.

The lines of research on which he worked at the University of Catania, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences, section of applied physiology and kinesiology and motion control, have been in the field of neuroscience, in particular in the role of beta-amyloid and glycoprotein F3 in the synaptic plasticity of hippocampal memory of mice and then in Alzheimer's disease; he dealt with behavior and various behavioral tests in mice; of electrophysiology of in vitro slices of hippocampus, stereotaxy and cannulation implantation, administration of drugs and animal welfare.

Inés Llamas Ramos graduated in physiotherapy from the University of Salamanca, Nursing and Physiotherapy School in the year 2007-2010. She got her doctorate degree from the same university in the year 2015. Currently she is working as associate professor in the University of Salamanca. Experience HYGEA Physiotherapy in Salamanca (February 2018 – present). “El Telar” ASPRODES in Salamanca (November 2017 – present). Associate Professor of the University of Salamanca (September 2015 – February 2016). Physiotherapist at Medical Center MALGRAT in Benavente (December 2012 – November 2017).

Investigation Poster communication: “Fracture, section and nervous pulling in upper limb. Physiotherapy treatment for a case” in IV International Congress of Physiotherapy and Pain. Valladolid 5th and 6th May 2017. Oral communication: “Reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the “Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale” in oncology patients” in World Congress of Cancer and Infectious Diseases. Madrid 3rd, 4th y 5 th May 2017. Llamas-Ramos I, Llamas-Ramos R. Cancer and physiotherapy. Palliat Med Hosp Care Open J. 2017; 3(1): 5. doi: 10.17140/PMHCOJ-3-119. Llamas Ramos I, Llamas Ramos R, Martìn Nogueras AM, Alvarado Omenat JJ, Calvo Arenillas JI, Fonseca Sánchez E, Cortés Rodrìguez M. Reliability and Validity of the Spanish Version of the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale in Oncology Patients. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2016 Dec. 52 (6): 864-91. Llamas-Ramos R, Pecos-Martìn D, Gallego-Izquierdo T, Llamas-Ramos I, Plaza-Manzano G, OrtegaSantiago R, Fernández-de-las-Peñas C, Cleland J. MISREPORT OF TRIGGER POINT DIAGNOSIS RELIABILITY. RESPONSE. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2015; 45 (2): 144-146. doi:10.2519/jospt.2015.0202 2014 JOSPT Excellence in Research Award for the publication “Comparison of the Short-Term Outcomes Between Trigger Point Dry Needling and Trigger Point Manual Therapy for the Management of Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial”. Llamas-Ramos R, Pecos-Martìn D, Gallego-Izquierdo T, Llamas-Ramos I, Plaza-Manzano G, OrtegaSantiago R, Cleland J, Fernández-de-Las-Peñas C. Comparison of the short-term outcomes between trigger point dry needling and trigger point manual therapy for the management of chronic mechanical neck pain: a randomized clinical trial. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2014 Nov; 44(11):852-61. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2014.5229. Epub 2014 Sep 30. Poster communication: “Effectiveness of Manual Therapy and Neuromuscular Bandage in low back pain. Pilot study” in II International Congress of Physiotherapy and Pain. Alcalá de Henares 3rd and 4 th February 2012.

Early 2016-Present, Assistant Professor in the Vice Deanship for Quality and Development and Department of Medical Education at the College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University. Multi-Disciplinary University Researcher specializing with Nursing Research and Quality Management System Author. Specializes in the Quality Assurance and Accreditation and researcher in Patient-Centeredness and quality and safety in healthcare.

His research interests focus on social determinants of health and the quality and accreditation of medical education.

Shari Dingle Costantini has 20 years of experience leading international healthcare staffing organizations. She is the CEO of Avant, a company she founded in 2003. She has a BSN from the University of Florida and a MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management in Chicago.

Molecular cell biology • Molecular medicine • Bioinformatics and computational biology