Committee/Speakers
Chairman NPMF 2020
Prof. Maria Stamatin, MD PhD
National Chairman
President of the Romanian Neonatology Association
Professor at University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa"
Head of the Regional Center for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Clinical Hospital of Obstetrics – Gynecology "Cuza-Vodă"
Iasi, Romania
Prof. Rangasamy Ramanathan, MBBS MD
International Chairman
Division Chief, Division of Neonatal Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center
Good Samaritan Hospital
Director, NPM Fellowship Program and NICU
Director, Neonatal Respiratory Therapy Services
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, California, USA
Prof. Silvia Maria Stoicescu, MD, PhD
National Vice-Chairman
Head, Department of Neonatology
National Institute of Mother and Child Care “Alfred Rusescu”
Medical University Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Virgilio P. Carnielli, MD, PhD
International Vice-Chairman
Professor of Neonatal Pediatrics
Director of the Division of Neonatal Medicine
G. Salesi Hospital and Polytechnic University of Marche
Ancona, Italy
Scientific Board NPMF 2020
Prof. Virgilio P. Carnielli, MD, PhD
Member Scientific Board
Professor of Neonatal Pediatrics
Director of the Division of Neonatal Medicine
G. Salesi Hospital and Polytechnic University of Marche
Ancona, Italy
Dr. Oleg Ionov, MD
Member Scientific Board
Head of NICU named by Prof. A.G. Antonov
"National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology
and Perinatology named by V.I. Kulakov"
Ministry of Health
Moscow, Russia
Assoc. Prof. Katrin Klebermass-Schrehof, MD PhD
Member Scientific Board
Deputy Head, Department of Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care and Neuropediatrics
Medical University Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Prof. Boris W. Kramer, MD PhD
Member Scientific Board
Neonatologist, Professor of Experimental Perinatology
Director of Pediatric Research
Maastricht University Medical Center
Maastricht, Netherlands
Dr. Mark Prutkin, MD
Member Scientific Board
Head of NICU, Regional Perinatal Center, Regional Children Hospital #1
Director of Medicos Ltd. Ekaterinburg, Russia
Ekaterinburg, Russia
Prof. Rangasamy Ramanathan, MBBS MD
Member Scientific Board
Division Chief, Division of Neonatal Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center
Good Samaritan Hospital
Director, NPM Fellowship Program and NICU
Director, Neonatal Respiratory Therapy Services
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, California, USA
Dr. Merran Thomson, MD MB ChB FRCPCH MRCP
Member Scientific Board
Honorary Consultant Neonatologist
The Hillingdon Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Invited Speakers NPMF 2020
Federico Bianco PhD
Invited Speaker
Project Leader
Chiesi Corporate Research and Development
Parma, Italy
Prof. Dmytro Dobryanskyy, MD PhD
Invited Speaker
Professor of Pediatrics/Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics No2
Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University
Lviv, Ukraine
Dr. Mahmood Ebrahimi MD RDCS
Invited Speaker
Diagnostic Ultrasound Technician, Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics
Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center
Co-director of “Functional Echocardiography for the Neonatologist”
Los Angeles, California, USA
Prof. Christoph Fusch, MD PhD
Invited Speaker
Head, Department of Neonatology, Children and Adolescents
General Hospital Nuremberg
Paracelsus Medical Private University
Nuremberg, Germany
Prof. Martin Langer, MD PhD
Invited Speaker
Senior Specialist
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of Feto-Maternal Medicine
University Clinic of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Prof. Francesco Raimondi, MD PhD
Invited Speaker
Division Chief, Neonatology and NICU
Neonatal Transport Program
Università “Federico II” di Napoli
Naples, Italy
Dr. Peter Reynolds, MD MB.BS MSc PhD
Invited Speaker
Consultant Neonatologist and Specialty Lead
NICU, St. Peter's Hospital
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Royal Holloway University of London
Clinical Lead (Joint) South East Coast Neonatal Network
London; United Kingdom
Dr. David Sweet, MD, FRCPCH
Invited Speaker
Consultant Neonatologist
Royal Maternity Hospital, Belfast
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Prof. Dick Tibboel, MD PhD
Invited Speaker
Director of Research
Erasmus MC – Sophia Children Hospital
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Assoc. Prof. Adrian Ioan Toma, MD PhD
Invited Speaker
Head of Neonatology Department, Life Memorial Hospital
Unviersity ”Titu Maiorescu” , Faculty of Medicine
Bucharest, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Daniele Trevisanuto, MD PhD
Invited Speaker
Department of Woman's and Child's Health
Azienda Ospedaliera di Podova, University of Podova
Podova, Italy
Karen Walker, PhD MN BAppSc RGN RSCN
Invited Speaker
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Sydney
President, Council of International Neonatal Nurses
Australian Program Manager, Global Women's Health
The George Institute for Global Health
Sydney, Australia