About Us
Emergency Medicine (EM) is implemented as a primary specialty in many countries all over the world.
International Federation for Emergency Medicine define EM as follow: “Emergency medicine is a field of practice based on the knowledge and skills required for the prevention, diagnosis and management of acute and urgent aspects of illness and injury affecting patients of all age groups with a full spectrum of episodic undifferentiated physical and behavioural disorders; it further encompasses an understanding of the development of pre-hospital and in-hospital emergency medical systems and the skills necessary for this development”
The European Society for Emergency Medicine adds some specific elements: “Emergency Medicine is a specialty based on the knowledge and skills required for the prevention, diagnosis, and management of urgent and emergency aspects of illness and injury affecting patients of all age groups with a full spectrum of undifferentiated physical and behavioural disorders. It is a specialty in which time is critical. The practice of Emergency Medicine encompasses the pre-hospital and in-hospital triage, resuscitation, initial assessment, and management of undifferentiated urgent and emergency cases until discharge or transfer to the care of another physician or health care professional. It also includes involvement in the development of pre-hospital and in-hospital emergency medical systems.”
There are still many improvements to achieve in care organization, education, research, and EM settings designing that need collaborative initiatives at the Global level.
The vision of GNEM is to develop science in all areas of EM and spread the knowledge through scientific events gathering EM healthcare providers, students, residents, senior doctors, nurses, and administrators all over the world with a focus on developing world. The motto of GNEM is: “One Global World, One Global Science, One Global Emergency Medicine for one Global Network.”
GNEM is a non-profit association of EM healthcare providers with a special interest for Global Health, Clinical EM, Quality & Safety, Education in EM, Point of Care Ultrasound, Pre-hospital EM and Life Support, Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric EM, Disaster Medicine, Trauma EM, EM Organisation and Structures (Architecture, Design, Technology innovation), and Research in EM.
GNEM was founded in 2012 and organized three international congresses and is involved in the annual Emirati Critical Care Conference held in Dubai. GNEM leads 3-days scientific track sessions in different areas of EM as life support and critical care, pediatric emergency medicine, disaster medicine, global healthcare, ethics and education, geriatric emergency medicine, quality and safety, clinical and basic research, pre-hospital EM, general EM as cardiology, neurology…In 2023, ECCC will merge with GNEM to organize the International Critical Care and Emergency Medicine Conference in Dubai.
The missions of GNEM are (1) to gather EM healthcare providers involved in EM in developing countries and create a positive atmosphere of collaboration with developed countries and (2) to develop global innovation in education in EM, (3) to develop research in EM at the global level, (4) to develop quality & safety in EM at the global level (as creation of International Fellowships as Leadership, Administration, and Quality & Safety in EM, Geriatric EM, Disaster Medicine, Pre-Hospital, Pediatric EM, Trauma EM, Critical Care and Life Support), (5) to develop new concepts in designing and organizing emergency medicine settings (emergency department, pre-hospital), (6) to develop new innovation technology, (7) to develop new concepts in disaster medicine and emergency response, (8) to promote education and sharing knowledge through meetings, workshops, webinars, online courses and hands on sessions, (8) to collaborate with a scientific journal that will be the international scientific voice of GNEM.
GNEM is a non-Profit organization, the GNEM Foundation is based in the state of Massassuchets in USA, Identification number 001600787. Societies Act: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division, One Ashburton Place, 17th Floor, Boston, MA 02108-1512. Telephone (617) 727-9640.
Members of GNEM
Prof. Abdelouahab Bellou
GNEM President
Dr. Zoubir Boudi
Dr. Hani Hariri
GNEM Treasurer
Officers
The GNEM Officers are responsible of the daily GNEM activities and spread the vision and missions of GNEM.
GNEM President: Prof Abdelouahab Bellou
MD, PhD, MSc, HdirR, President and Founder of GNEM, Executive Liaison for North Africa, Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia; Honorary Fellow of the European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM), Director of the Institute of Sciences in Emergency Medicine, Academic Leader of the Department of EM, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, 106 Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou 510080, People's Republic of China; Adjunct Professor, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, USA; Adjunct Professor, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Al Ain, UAE; Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France.
GNEM Secretary: Dr Zoubir Boudi
MD, MSc, MBA, GNEM Secretary, Director of GNEM Leadership, Quality & Safety Academy, Executive Liaison for North Africa and Middle East Chapters; Head of the department of Emergency Medicine, Academic Director, Dr Sulaiman Alhabib Hospital, Dubai, UAE.
GNEM Treasurer: Dr Hani Hariri
MD, PhD, GNEM Treasurer, Director of GNEM Ultrasound EM Academy, GNEM Liaison for Middle East; Consultant, Department of Emergency Medicine, Director Point of Care Ultrasound and chairman of Emergency POCUS Committee, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Associate professor, Al Faisal University, College of Medicine; EUSEM ultrasound Section, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
GNEM Board of Directors
GNEM President: Prof Abdelouahab Bellou
MD, PhD, MSc, HdirR, President and Founder of GNEM, Executive Liaison for North America, Latin America, Asia; Honorary Fellow of the European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM), Director of the Institute of Sciences in Emergency Medicine, Academic Leader of the Department of EM, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, 106 Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou 510080, People's Republic of China; Adjunct Professor, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, USA; Professor of Emergency Medicine, Rennes, France.
Prof Said Hachimi-Idrissi
MD, PhD, FCCM, FAAP, FACEP, co-founder of GNEM, Director of GNEM Research Academy and Co-Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Academy, Executive Liaison for Europe Chapter; Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Ghent; Professor of Pediatrics and Critical Care Medicine at the “Vrije Universiteit Brussel” Brussels Belgium; Clinic Chief of the Emergency Department at UZ Ghent, Belgium; Chairman of the Cerebral Resuscitation Research Group, Belgium; National Member of the Agency for quality Assurance in Education and Training; Member of the National Academic Recognition Information Centre-Flanders; European Council member of the pediatric section at the European Society of Emergency Medicine.
Dr Steve Photiou
MD, MSc (DM), MHA, co-founder of GNEM, Director of GNEM Disaster Medicine and Emergency Medicine Response Academy, Executive Liaison for Europe Chapter; Chair of the EUSEM Disaster Medicine Section; Senior attending Emergency physician, and Chief of Maxi Emergency planning, Hospital of Montebelluna (TV), Veneto, Italy.
Dr Nagi Souaiby
MD, Legal Medicine specialist, co-founder of GNEM, Co-Director of GNEM Global Health Emergency Medicine Academy, Executive Liaison for Middle East Chapter; Head of the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of Saint Joseph, Lebanon.
GNEM Executive Committee
The role of the GNEM Executive Committee is to ensure that the vision of GNEM is respected, spread, and all the missions realized with excellence. It is responsible of the daily activities of GNEM.
Members of the GNEM Executive Committee
Prof Abdelouahab Bellou
President and Founder of GNEM.
Dr Hussain Al Rahma
MD, GNEM Director and Co-Founder of GNEM.
Prof Said Hachimi-Idrissi
GNEM Director and Co-Founder of GNEM.
Dr Steve Photiou
GNEM Director and Co-Founder of GNEM.
Dr Nagi Souaiby
GNEM Director and Co-Founder of GNEM.
Dr Abdo Khoury
GNEM Director and Co-Founder of GNEM.
Dr Eric Revue
GNEM Director of GNEM Clinical Academy
Dr Zoubir Boudi
MD, MSc, MBA, GNEM, Treasurer, Director of GNEM Leadership, Quality & Safety Academy, Treasurer of GNEM.
Dr Hani Hariri
MD, PhD, Secretary, Director of GNEM Ultrasound Academy
Dr Shina Ogunbiyi
Nigeria CMH, MD, FNAMed, FMCA, FWACS, LMIHCert (Wash), Dip. HSM (Israel), Executive Liaison for GNEM Africa Chapter, Nigeria, Co-Director of GNEM Disaster Medicine and Emergency Medicine Response Academy Maj Gen (rtd), Assoc Prof of Anaesthesia (KASU, 2014-2017), Project Director, AANI-PAS, Lagos, Nigeria.
Prof Xin Li
MD., PhD., Executive President of GNEM China Chapter and Executive Liaison for Asia; Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, Academy of Medical Sciences, Provincial People Hospital, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, Adjunct Professor, Medical School, South China University of Technology, China.