Senior Consultant, Director of Quality and Clinical Accreditation, at MOH/UAE. Achieved his PhD in Quality Management in Health Care, 2010 – UK .  One of the Quality and patient Safety leaders in the Middleeast and a trainer for the CPHQ and CPPS. Dr Al Attal is an Independent JCI consultant with Joint Commission International since 2006. The former Director of Quality and Performance Management at Dubai Health Authority. An active member in the Quality council of Dubai Health Care City.  Lecturer at Dubai Medical College on Quality and Patient Safety. Senior Assessor for Dubai Quality Award (EFQM) 2002– 2004. Provided consultations and training on quality, patient safety and accreditation to so many organizations in Jordan, KSA, UAE, Singapore, Thailand, Europe, Turkey, Germany, Egypt, Oman, Bahrain and others. Dr Attal is a subject matter expert on Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, Data Management and Accreditation. International Speaker on Quality, Patient Safety, Accreditation and Organizational Development. 

Ged is the Nursing and Allied Health Consultant for SEAH, the public health service for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE overseeing professional standards for nurses and allied health practitioners and technicians.

From 2007-2013 he was Executive Director of Nursing & Midwifery at Gold Coast Health Service, Australia where he was responsible for transforming the nursing workforce to align with the building and expansion of two contemporary hospitals (combined building cost over $2.2 Billion). He is also a Professor of Nursing with Griffith University, Queensland.

Ged’s research and publication interests are broad including clinical practice and safety, workforce planning, education and training program development and other management and leadership issues in nursing and health. He has published over 75 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and is regularly involved in strategic nursing and health activities at the state, national and international level.

Marie Richards is currently working as Director of Nursing Education, Training  and Development at SEHA Dialysis Services (SDS) in Abu Dhabi. Marie has over 30 years’ experience in the UK, Australia and the UAE working in nursing roles such as Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nurse Lecturer Practitioner and Chief Nursing Officer.  From an academic perspective she has led clinical programs in faculties of Nursing, Nephrology Nursing, Public Health and Clinical Genetics. She has been in the UAE Since 2012 and in 2014 launched the Masters in Renal Nursing Program at SDS in collaboration with De Montfort University (UK) and Fatima College, Abu Dhabi. The program is the first and only if its kind in the region and is highly sought after with applicants from across the entire Middle East. 

Clinically, Marie has also led the development of a nurse led community based CKD early detection program (the thesis for her PhD) and a vascular access clinical pathway, both of which have won awards. Marie was also selected as the UAE ambassador for the European Dialysis and Transplant Nurses Association ( EDTNA), the largest multidisciplinary nephrology association in the world with over 3,000 members from 70 countries.   

Her areas of expertise are Nephrology Nursing, Education, Clinical Genetics and Leadership Development.She has had numerous publications and is a regular speaker at international meetings. 

Vincent Madaray is a Unit Manager at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in charge of a 36 bed Medical unit, 27 beds Oncology unit and 30 beds Long term non-ventilated area.  Vincent Madaray trained in South Africa at the RK Khan Campus in Chatsworth. He completed his Diploma in Nursing (General, Community, Psychiatry) and Midwifery in 2002. He worked at the RK Khan Hospital in Medical, Surgical and Casualty until 2006.  During this period Vincent lectured at the Protea Nursing College in Durban, South Africa.  In 2007 Vincent relocated to Abu Dhabi where working as a Charge Nurse in a Medical Unit. In 2008 Vincent was promoted to Clinical Nurse Coordinator.  The following year he was then promoted to Unit Manager.  Vincent has since completed a Diploma in Health Care Management and his Master’s Degree in Business Administration at the Chifley Business School.  Vincent is currently the chair of the SEHA Oncology Advisory Group, Chair of the Clinical Ladder Committee at SKMC and also Co-chair of the Patient and Family Rights chapter of JCIA at SKMC.