Dr. Alan Meyers and 724 other physicians from 43 countries don’t like the fact that an Israeli (pronounced “Jew”), Dr. Yoram Blachar, was appointed president of the World Medical Association. They want him removed and have signed a petition to that effect.

Here is a country by country break down of the medical rats: United Kingdom 235, Canada 129, USA 79, South Africa 40, Egypt 24, Jordan 19, Lebanon 19, Norway 17, Algeria 14, Palestine (occupied by Arab invaders 1187 – 1967) 15, Saudi Arabia 11, Malaysia 11, Spain 9, Germany 7, Switzerland 7, Morocco 6, Australia 6, Pakistan 5, France 4, Syria 4, Qatar 4, Iraq 3, Turkey 3, Bahrain 3, Denmark 3, New Zealand 3, Eire 3, Dubai 2, Greece 2, Tunisia 2, Libya 2, Israel 2, Peru 1, Argentina 1, Sweden 1, Belgium 1, Nigeria 1, Czech Republic 1, Kuwait 1, Zambia 1, India 1, and Kuwait 1.

80% of the names are Arabic or Muslim and 20% are Dhimmis.

Britain is notorious for Islamist activities and Antisemitic currents, but note the alarming per capita stealth Jihadis in Canada, where an Islamization process is taking place under the radar. Of course, where there are Jew-haters there is Paul Hamel, the terror groupie who hates America. Hamel is an obscure Antisemite peddling his hate in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, in the Health Studies program.

Dr. Meyers, turns out to be a conspiracy nut.

He has been a fixture of the self-loathing anti-Zionist scene for years as a member of Jewish Voice for Peace and Jews for a Just Peace (or whatever it is they’re calling themselves these days). If there’s a demonstration being held against Israel somewhere, you’re likely to find Meyers there. He was there when two border guards were injured at the “non-violent” protests in Bil’in, and he was active in the staged barring of “health professionals” from Gaza back in August.

But what makes his involvement truly tragicomic, is his other obsession: The assassination of John Lennon: Yes, Alan Meyers has an entire blog dedicated to the thesis that the CIA killed John Lennon: CIA killed Lennon

This is a forum for discussing the CIA’s assassination of John Lennon and what we collectively might do about it. Think that’s nuts? Read Fenton Bresler’s “Who Killed John Lennon?” and John Marks’ “The Search for the Manchurian Candidate: the CIA and Mind Control”. The motive? Reagan’s “transition team” was clearing the decks for slaughter in Central America…so, at the very least, let’s set the record straight…

If you are involved in the medical profession, you can help counteract the anti-Israel petition. Read the paragraph below and link to the anti-petition petition.

Anti-Israel activity and campaigns in the medical press are unfortunately nothing new; however they have reached a new “low” in the last few months. The most recent manifestation of the anti-Israel phenomenon infecting the medical world is a letter spearheaded by Dr. Derek Summerfield and signed by 725 physicians, “publicly protesting and appealing against the recent appointment of Dr. Yoram Blachar, longstanding President of the Israeli Medical Association, as President of the World Medical Association.” The “facts” set out in the letter are nothing new. There were allegations made against Israel of torture, but no names were provided. An effort was made by the Israeli Medical Association to speak personally with each and every physician who signed the letter. Most were never employed by, nor had any connection to, the Israeli Prison Services as claimed in the letter. All of the three physicians who were employed there vigorously denied any involvement in interrogations, torture or medical approval for the above. The letter further states that Dr. Blachar has made statements which were untrue on at least 10 occasions in the Lancet and the BMJ. No basis is made for these claims other than the opinion of the authors. Finally, Summerfield goes so far as to accuse the IMA ethics chairman, Prof. Avinoam Reches, of being personally involved in torture. Whatever political views one may hold, we firmly believe that politics has no place in medicine. Medicine is meant to serve as a bridge, not a divide. The intermingling of medicine and politics is dangerous, particularly when opinions, presented as facts, are printed on the pages of medical journals. The current situation is viewed as extremely dangerous for the future of Israeli medicine, of academic freedom and international cooperation. ACTION – IF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, a letter of support for Dr. Blachar, for the IMA and for Israeli medicine can be found at Petition against anti-Israel activity and campaigns in the medical press.

Here is the entire anti-Israel petition addressed to Dr. Edward Hill and the Council.

Dear World Medical Association Council Chair, Dr Edward Hill and the Council,

We the undersigned 725 physicians represent both academic medicine (114 professors) and clinical practice in 43 countries. A matter of grave concern to us, and a threat to the public reputation of the World Medical Association, has brought us together in this perhaps unprecedented medical initiative. We wish to publicly protest and appeal against the recent appointment of Dr Yoram Blachar, longstanding President of the Israeli Medical Association, as President of the World Medical Association. We believe that his Presidency makes a mockery of the principles on which the WMA was founded in 1947, which was as a response to egregious abuses by German and Japanese doctors in World War Two.

The WMA’s own Declaration of Tokyo (1975) specifies that “physicians shall not countenance, condone or participate in the practice of torture or other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading procedures, and in all situations, including armed conflict and civil conflict”. The WMA Annual General Assembly of 2007 made it clear that inaction was not an option, stating that “this is the first time the WMA has explicitly obliged doctors to document cases of torture of which they become aware. The absence of documenting and denouncing such acts might be considered as a form of tolerance and of non-assistance to the victims”.(1) There are still more recent calls from authoritative academic sources for the international medical community to go much further in actively allying itself with efforts to suppress mistreatment of prisoners. (2)

Amnesty International concluded as long ago as 1996 that Israeli doctors working with the security services “formed part of a system in which detainees are tortured, ill treated and humiliated in ways that place prison medical practice in conflict with medical ethics”. (3) Dr Blachar, already IMA President, took no action. Amnesty’s briefing to the UN Committee against Torture in September 2008 “focuses on Amnesty International’s (continuing) concerns about Israel’s failure to implement the Convention against Torture in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the intensification of measures amounting to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment”.(4)

A well publicized report in 2007 by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), based on the detailed testimony of 9 Palestinian men tortured between 2004 and 2006, gives a graphic demonstration of the extent to which Israeli doctors continue to form an integral and everyday part of the running of interrogation suites whose output is torture. (5) The IMA have conceded that they were aware of this report, but did nothing. More recently, at a meeting on December 10 2008 in Tel Aviv, with Dr Blachar presiding only weeks after his inauguration as WMA President, Physicians for Human Rights Israel again sought (unsuccessfully) to get the IMA to face this report and all the other evidence in the public domain.

In its 2008 annual report to the UN Committee Against Torture, the UAT Coalition, a coalition of 14 Israeli and Palestinian human rights organizations, concluded that “since the Committee last reviewed Israel, the practice of torture and ill treatment has continued unabated. The UAT Coalition wishes to inform the Committee that in its opinion the use of torture and ill treatment by Israeli authorities against Palestinians is both widespread and systematic. The UAT Coalition has recorded evidence of acts, omissions and complicity by agents of the State at all levels….until this culture of impunity is addressed this situation is unlikely to improve”.(6)

In November 2008, PCATI filed a contempt of court motion to the High Court of Justice against the government of Israel and the General Security Service for their responsibility for a policy that grants a-priori permits to use torture in interrogations. The IMA have never challenged torture as state policy in Israel.

Dr Blachar went as far as to justify the use in Israel of “moderate physical pressure” (condemned as torture by the UN Committee Against Torture) in the fourth paragraph of a letter published in the international medical journal The Lancet in 1997 (7, and attached pdf ). This surely unprecedented action by the president of a national medical association has not been disowned, and renders him unfit for the office of WMA President. In the age of evidence based medicine his rejection of the documentary record has been unprofessional and frequently contemptuous. On the British Medical Journal (BMJ) website he dismissed a BMJ paper on health and human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories- which cited Amnesty, Johns Hopkins University, the International Court of Justice, a UN Rapporteur and Physicians for Human Rights Israel- as “the lies and filth he spews and “reminiscent of some of the worst forms of anti-semitism ever espoused” (8) Indeed Dr Blachar has made statements which were untrue, and which he must have known were untrue, on at least 10 occasions in the Lancet and the BMJ in the past decade.(9) Given that these 2 international medical journals are amongst the world’s most prestigious and influential, this is an intended corruption of the public record.

IMA membership of WMA appears to have been a figleaf: The IMA website pays lip service to medical ethics but Dr Blachar has overseen a studied failure to take the actions mandated by the Declaration of Tokyo.

We conclude that under Dr Blachar’s leadership the IMA made a decision on political grounds years ago to turn a blind eye to torture in Israel and the institutionalized involvement of doctors. This stance continues with Dr Blachar as WMA President. On an issue that goes to the heart of the moral authority of the profession, Dr Blachar has offered shameful ethical leadership to doctors in Israel and worldwide.

It could scarcely be more scandalous that he now assumes the Presidency of the official international body overseeing medical ethics. This appointment will seriously damage the public reputation of the WMA and its work, and risks making it a laughing stock. We call upon the WMA Council to oblige Dr Blachar to step down as a matter of priority. Since the WMA is mandated to ensure that its member associations conform to its codes, we also request an investigation into the IMA record highlighted above.

In view of the public importance of this issue we are copying our letter and supporting documentation to international medical journals and mainstream newspapers for coverage.

We hope to hear from you and the WMA Council as soon as possible please.

Yours sincerely

Professor Alan Meyers (afmeyers@bu.edu) and 724 other physicians from: United Kingdom, Canada, USA, Lebanon, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Italy, South Africa, Norway, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Malaysia, Switzerland, Algeria, Iraq, Eire, Spain, Australia, India, New Zealand, Germany, France, Sweden, Pakistan, Tunisia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Greece, Libya, Turkey, Bahrain, Belgium, Peru, Syria, Qatar, Nigeria, Czech Republic, France, Zambia, Denmark, Dubai, Kuwait, Argentina.

REFERENCES

1. World Medical Association. Doctors urged to document cases of torture. Press Release 8 Oct 2007.

2. Miles S, Freedman A. Medical ethics and torture: revising the Declaration of Tokyo. Lancet 2009: 373:344-48.

3. Amnesty International. “Under constant medical supervision”, torture, ill-treatment and the health professions in Israel and the Occupied Territories. London. Amnesty International. MDE 15/37/96. 1996.

4. Amnesty International. Israel/OPT. Briefing to the Committee Against Torture. MDE 15/040/2008.

5. Public Committee Against Torture in Israel. Ticking Bombs testimonies of torture victims in Israel. PCATI 2007.

6. Defence for Children International. Palestine Section. UAT Report: Torture and ill-treatment in Israel and the OPT. 2008.

SIGNATORIES

Professor Alan Meyers, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine Boston USA

Sir Iain Chalmers, James Lind Library Oxford, UK

Baroness Dr Jenny Tonge, House of Lords, London, UK

Professor Ahmed Okasha, Past President, World Psychiatric Association

Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Dr Belgacem Sabri, World Health Organization, Cairo, Egypt

Professor Hani Abdeen, Al Quds Medical School, Jerusalem, Palestine

Professor Wendy Savage, Middlesex University, London, UK

Professor Alice Rothchild, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Boston, USA

Professor Leslie London, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town

South Africa, Dr Brian Martindale, Member of World Psychiatric Assoc., Educational Committee Sunderland, UK

Professor Zaleha Mahdy, Member, Malaysian Medical Council, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dr Ruchama Marton, Founder President, Physicians for Human Rights, Tel Aviv, Israel

Professor James Martin, Medicine; Respiratory diseases, Westmount, Canada

Professor Pat Bracken, Clinical Director, West Cork Mental Health Services, Eire

Professor Michael Benny, Associate Professor of Medicine, Virginia, USA

Professor Colin Green, Surgical Research, Northwick Park Hospital, London, UK

Assoc Professor Jon Jureidini, Disciplines of Psychiatry & Pediatrics, University of Adelaide, Australia

Professor David Pegg, University of York, UK

Professor Mary Ganguli, Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology & Epidemiology, Pittsburgh, USA

Professor Ala Sharara, Head of Gastroenterology, American University Beirut, Lebanon

Professor Cassim Motala, Pediatrician, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Professor Pierre L Auger, Clinical Professor, Occupational Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

Professor Juan Gervaas, Professor of International & Public Health, Spain

Dr Pauline Cutting OBE, Accident & Emergency Consultant, Bangor, UK

Dr Ben Alofs, General Practitioner, Bangor, UK

Dr David Halpin, Consultant Orthopedic & Trauma Surgeon, Newton Abbott, UK

Dr Chris Burns-Cox, Consultant Physician, Wotton under Edge, UK

Professor Tarek Okasha, Professor of Psychiatry, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Professor Abdul-Latif Elmor, Public Health, Zagzig University, Egypt

Professor Marwan Haiz, Edmond J. Safra, Chair of Functional Neurosurgery, London, UK

Professor Wa-il Abouhendy, Head of Emergency/Disaster, Psychiatry unit, Zagazig University, Arab Federation of Psychiatrists, Egypt

Professor Svein Haugsgjerd, Psychiatry, Oslo, Norway

Professor Mohamed Tikly, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Dr Hafizur Rehman, Senior Pediatrician, President of Islamic Medicine, Association of North America, New York, USA

Professor Mohamed Jeebhay, Specialist Occupational Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa

Professor Abdul Hakim Babar, Professor of Plastic Surgery, Lahore, Pakistan

Professor Masbah Omar, Orthopedic Surgery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Professor Abder Ahmane, Cardiac Surgery, Canada

Professor Husain Saleh, Chief, Department of Pathology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Professor Shabbir Wadee, Division of Forensic Science, Stellenbosch, University, South Africa

Professor Nida Hawash, Pediatrics, Willowdale, Canada

Professor A. Shamisa, Neurosurgery, Windsor, Canada

Professor Ismail Zayid, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada

Professor Basim Al-Shihabi, Consultant Neuro-otologist, Stevenage, UK

Professor Mohammad Abbas, Orthopedic Surgery Consultant, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Professor Hamdy Elsayed, President Egyptian Medical Syndicate, Egypt

Professor Mahmoud Elshandidi, Professor of Pediatrics, Cairo, Egypt

Professor Zafar Hussain, Medical Microbiology, Canada

Dr Jackie Applebee, Medical Foundation for Victims of Torture, London, UK

Dr Sylvia Watkins, Medical Oncologist, Stevenage, UK

Dr Fady Joudah, Internal Medicine, Houston, USA

Dr Brian Robinson, Psychiatrist, Milton Keynes, UK

Dr Sam Richmond, Consultant Neonatologist, Sunderland, UK

Professor Hamed, Oakton College, Illinois, USA

Dr John Bell, Medical Foundation for Victims of Torture, London, UK

Dr Elizabeth Gordon, Consultant Surgeon, London, UK

Dr Andrew Rouse, Public Health Physician, Birmingham, UK

Dr A. Peer, Med Microbiologist, Durban, South Africa

Dr Janine Molleyres, Internal Medicine, Ecoteaux, Switzerland

Dr Mona Hamed Imam, El Nadim Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture – Cairo, Egypt

Dr Ayman El Badry, Rheumatology & Rehabilitation, Gaza, Palestine

Dr Omar Mangoush, Thoracic Surgeon, London, UK

Dr Andy Oxman, Norwegian Knowledge Center for Health Services, Oslo, Norway

Dr Jesse Soodalter, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhodes Island, USA

Dr Diana Warner, GP, Bristol, UK

Dr Francis Nathan, Senior Visiting Ophthalmologist, Adelaide, Australia

Dr Ahmed Almari, Radiologist, Bradford, UK

Dr Colin Brewer, Research Director, London, UK

Dr Debbie Goldman, GP, Oxford, UK

Dr Jamel Turky, Psychiatrist, Tunisia

Dr Ranjeet Brar, Vascular Surgical Research Registrar, London, UK

Dr Hashem Jaddou, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science & Tech., Irbid, Jordan

Dr Gabor Mate, Family Practice, Vancouver, Canada

Dr Jalaluddin Soni, GP, Johannesburg, South Africa

Dr Anna Livingstone, Honorary Senior Lecturer in General Practice, London, UK

Dr Abdul Sattar Majzoub, Ophthalmology, Canada

Dr Haidar Dekmak, Chief Anesthetics & Resuscitation, Canada

Dr M M Al Hasan, Primary Care, South Africa

Dr Najat Khenyab, Chief, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Canada

Dr Adriano Sassi, President Centrale Sanitaria Svizzera, Switzerland

Dr Felicity de Zulueta, Consultant Psychiatrist, London, UK

Dr Hadil Kamal, Periodontal Surgeon, Ramallah, Palestine

Dr Kathleen Panama, GP, London, UK

Dr Alaoui Driss, Psychiatry, Canada

Dr Abdullah Abba, Pulmonology, Canada

Dr David Toowara, GP, Hemel Hempstead, UK

Dr Rand Askalan, Pediatric Neurology, Toronto, Canada

Dr Bharathi Kamineni, Family Practice, New York, USA

Dr Gill Yudkin, GP, London, UK

Dr Mamdouh El-Adl, Consultant Psychiatrist, Northampton, UK

Dr Muhammad Dadibhai, GP Registrar, Dewsbury, UK

Dr B Farkat, Gastroenterologist, Beirut, Lebanon

Dr Charles Essex, Consultant Pediatrician, Leamington Spa, UK

Dr Mohamed Ali, Internal Medicine, Leicester, UK

Dr Paola Canarutto, General Medicine, Turin, Italy

Dr Samir Mourad, Psychiatrist, Case Western University, Cleveland, USA

Dr Nazim Merchant, Consultant Maxillo-Facial Surgeon, Ayr, UK

Dr Nibal Lubbad, Family Medicine, Toronto, Canada

Dr Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu, Chest Physician, Association of Human Rights & Solidarity for Oppressed people, Ankara, Turkey

Dr Ranjit Mani, Neurologist, Rockville, USA

Dr Feras Mustafa, Psychiatrist, Northampton, UK

Dr Tarik Al-Kubaisy, Consultant Psychiatrist, Lincolnshire, UK

Dr Shahid Latif, Consultant Psychiatrist, Northampton, UK

Dr Arthur Hertzberg, Specialist General Practice & Community Medicine, Oslo, Norway

Dr Luisella Grandori, Pediatrician, Modena, Italy

Dr Luay Kafienah, Old Age Psychiatry, UK

Dr David Crowley, GP, Moray, UK

Dr Siri Slastad, Consultant Occupational Medicine, Trondheim, Norway

Dr Wael Hakmeh, Emergency Medicine Physician, Detroit, USA

Dr Murat Coskun, Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Istanbul, Turkey

Dr M Asmal, Boston, USA

Dr Mouna Ghanem, Medical Resident, Damascus, Syria

Dr Rohana Jaafar, Lecturer in Pediatrics Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dr Qasim Bhorat, GP, Soweto, South Africa

Dr Catriona Morton, General Practice, Edinburgh, UK

Dr Peter Kandela, GP, London, UK

Dr Christianne Kolberg, Psychiatrist, Tromso, Norway

Dr Marco Chiesa, Director Personality Disorder Research, London, UK

Dr Amin El Hihi, Consultant Psychiatrist, Manchester, UK

Dr Martin Birnstingl, Consultant Surgeon, London, UK

Dr Susan Rosenthal, Ontario, Canada

Dr K Khan, GP, Croydon, UK

Dr Ian Whetter, Family Physician, Quebec, Canada

Dr Ashraf Jedaar, Forensic Psychiatrist, Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Ayman Aboguddah, Director of Echocardiography, Regina, Canada

Dr Zeenath Asma, Associate Pathologist, Illinois, USA

Dr Maria Luisa Agnolio, Family Doctor, Sandrigo, Italy

Dr Nadia Al Hawashim, Consultant Pathologist, Saudi Arabia

Dr M T Bailony, Pediatrics, San Diego, USA

Dr Sarwat W Ahmad, Psychiatry, North Carolina, USA

Dr El Hattab El Ibrahimi Youssef, Ear, Nose & Throat, Taroudant, Morocco

Dr Linn Abusalameh, Pediatrics, Cardiff, UK

Dr Nayef Agel, Medical Consultant, London, UK

Dr Hoda Makkawi, Clinical Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, Canada

Dr Sarwat Sadek, Examiner for Royal College of Surgeons of England, Taunton, UK

Dr Sabur Malek, Trauma & Orthopedics, Swansea, UK

Dr Magdi El-Guindi, Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Buckingham, UK

Dr Tariq Khan, Cardiac Surgery, London, UK

Dr Estela Welldon, Consultant Psychiatrist, London, UK

Dr Gabe Woollam, Family Medicine, Goose Bay, Canada

Dr Robert Haynes, Cardiology, Washington State, USA

Dr Zahra Kassam, Oncologist, Toronto, Canada

Dr Nadia Dabbagh, Child Psychiatrist, London, UK

Dr Mahmoud El-Wasify, Psychiatrist, Egypt

Dr Haroun Patel, Urologist, Durban, South Africa

Dr Rola Alkurdi, Anesthetist, London, UK

Dr Gamal Mohamed Hassan, Consultant Psychiatrist, UK

Dr Shuaib Mangra, Occupational Health/Sports Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Simonetta Pagliani, General Medicine, Milan, Italy

Dr Sare Davutoglu, Consultant Obstetrician & Gynecologist, Istanbul, Turkey

Dr Filippo Bianchetti, Family Medicine, Varese, Italy

Professor Amina Balafreij, Pediatrician, Rabat, Morocco

Dr Salam Ismael, Doctors for Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Dr Adam Forman, GP, London, UK

Dr Merlin Willcox, GP, Oxford, UK

Dr Sally Reynolds, GP, Oxford, UK

Dr Ibrahim Omari, Family Medicine, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Dr Aslam Bhorat, Urologist, Glenwood, South Africa

Dr Zeinab Abrong, Psychiatrist, Tunisia

Dr A Basyuni, Orthopedic Surgeon, Cairo, Egypt

Dr K. El Farra, Consultant Gynecologist, Hertfordshire, UK

Dr M. Namazie, Anesthetist, Kuala Lumbur, Malaysia

Dr Mikram Malik MBE, GP, Lancashire, UK

Dr As’ad Bhorat, Family Physician, South Africa

Qasim Bhorat, GP, South Africa

Dr R Ismail, GP, South Africa

Dr Z. Goondiwala, Family Physician, Johannesberg, South Africa

Dr George Nossar, Specialist Occupational Medicine, New South Wales, Australia

Dr Amr Salem, Ear, Nose & Throat, Leicester, UK

Prof M Darrat, Assistant Professor, Anesthesia, Hamilton, Canada

Raymond Brown, Consultant Pediatrician, Buckinghamshire, UK

Dr Marco Albonico, Specialist Infectious Diseases, Turin, Italy

Dr Nabil Sultan, Chief Nephrology Fellow, Univ. of Western Ontario, Canada

Dr Mohammed Naji, Anesthetist, Virginia, USA

Dr Maged Agour, Psychiatrist, Cambridge, UK

Dr Fahed Al-Daour, GP trainee, Mansfield, UK

Dr Duaa Bakri Saeed, Internist, Blackburn, UK

Dr Nabil Asfour, Internal medicine, Saskatoon, Canada

Dr Khalid Al Wahhabi, General Surgeon, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Dr M C Solwa, Family Physician, Durban, South Africa

Dr George Longstreth, Gastroenterologist, San Diego, USA

Dr Ahmed Manjra, Pediatrician, Westville, South Africa

Dr Suleiman Nayal, Gastroenterologist, Canada

Dr Bouchamma Sakina, Endocrinology, Canada

Dr Olivier Dezeustre, Rheumatology, Canada

Dr Grabois, Stomatology, Canada

Dr Said Sellam, Medecin General, Emergency Medicine, Canada

Dr Ismail Jalili, Opthamologist, Stamford, UK

Dr Arti Maini, London, UK

Dr Luay Kafienah, Walsall, UK

Dr Manaf Ubaidat, Bathurst, Canada

Dr Dina Al Khatib, Bathurst, Canada

Dr Omer Moghraby, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, London, UK

Dr Shasnkar Vijayodeva, Harrow, UK

Dr Nazem Alzalam, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Canada

Dr Joseph El-Khoury, Adult Psychiatrist, Oxford, UK

Dr Hashim Reza, General Psychiatry, London, UK

Dr Tayyeb Tahir, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, University Hospital of Wales, UK

Dr Sadia Malick, Clinical Lecturer, Birmingham University, UK

Dr Hanif Awan, Accident & Emergency Registrar, Oldham, UK

Dr Mario Valpe, Speccialist in General Medicine, Rome, Italy

Dr Yasser Tolba, Academic Dept of Anesthesia, Intensive Care, Birmingham, UK

Dr Wilfred Sircus, Gastroenterologist, St. Andrews, UK

Dr Santa di Prima, Internist, Turin, Italy

Dr Simon Lewin, Public Health, Oslo, Norway

Dr Tia MacGregor, GP, Oxford, UK

Dr Roberto Ruani, Psychiatrist, Bologna, Italy

Dr Clementina Peris, Gynecological Endocrinology, Turin, Italy

Dr Miriam Garfinkle, Family Physician, Toronto, Canada

Dr Piersabatino Deola, Italy

Dr Talib Abbas, Consultant Psychiatrist, Kent, UK

Dr Jonathan Fluxman, GP, UK

Dr Paul Lévesque, Chargé d’enseignement Clinique, Emergency Physician

Dr Berry Beaumont, GP, London, UK

Dr Edward Morris, General Practitioner, Witney, UK

Dr Alaa Dekis, Resident, Internal Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Dr Ahmed Elsehety, Southwestern Institute of Neurology, Texas, USA

Dr Saskeer Hussain, Haematology & Oncology, Council Bluffs, USA

Dr Samir Monir, USA

Dr Radi Ahmad, Consultant Nephrologist, Amman, Jordan

Dr Ali Hadi, Consultant Psychiatrist, Luton, UK

Dr Arid Bjorndal, Public Health, Oslo, Norway

Dr Paul Malone, Plastic Surgery, Manchester, UK

Dr Esperanza Diaz, General Practice, Bergen, Norway

Dr David Dash, Cardiothoracic Medicine, Canada

Dr Sarah Zaher, Opthalmology, London, UK

Dr Samir Shaheen-Hussain, Pediatrics, Montreal, Canada

Dr Omar Abu-Hijleh, Consultant Endocrinologist, Amman, Jordan

Dr Giuliana Bondielli, General Medicine, Massa, Italy

Dr Jose Tallon Aviles, Family Doctor, Irun, Spain

Dr Olav Thorssen, Stavanger, Norway

Dr Juan Enrique Cimas, Family Doctor, Asturias, Spain

Dr Mohammad Habbal, Consultant Physician, Damman, Saudi Arabia

Ass Professor Hakon Lasse Leira, Dept of Occupational Medicine, St Olav University Hospital, Norway

Professor Spiro Tams, Professor of Dermatology, Jerusalem, Israel

Professor Andrew Zweifler, Professor of Internal Medicine, Michigan, USA

Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi, Professor of Neurology & Complex Disease Genetics, London, UK

Dr David Bell, President elect, British Psychoanalytic Society, London, UK

Professor Warren Gold, Professor of Medicine, San Francisco, USA

Professor Mamoun Kremli, Pediatric Orthopedics, Riyadh, South Arabia

Professor Rayaz Malik, Professor of Medicine, Manchester, UK

Professor Frederico Allodi, Consultant Psychiatrist, Toronto, Canada

Professor Jamil Fayez, Microsurgery & Laser Surgery specialist, Washington DC, USA

Professor Faisal Mirza, Dept of Orthopedic Surgery, Stanford University, USA

Professor Hisham Mehanna, Hon Professor/Consultant Surgeon, Coventry, UK

Professor Ahmed Shabaik, Professor of Pathology, University of California, USA

Professor Morten Lindbaek, Professor of General Practice, University of Oslo, Norway

Professor Louis Reynolds, School of Child & Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Professor Errol Holland, Executive Dean, Health Sciences, Medical University of South Africa, Limpopo, South Africa

Professor Tom Hutchinson, Professor of Medicine, McGill University, Canada

Professor Franco Cavalli, Immediate Past President, International Union Against Cancer, Switzerland

Professor Suzanna Moreno, Dept of Clinical Science, Rome, Italy

Professor Ellen Isaacs, New York Medical College, Youken, USA

Professor Vimala Isaac, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Canberra, Australia

Professor Noha Abokrysha, Neurology, Cairo University, Egypt

Dr Mads Gilbert, Trauma Surgeon, Tromso, Norway

Professor Aneez Esmail, Professor of General Practice, University of Manchester, UK

Professor Mohammed Abou-Saleh, Professor of Addictions Psychiatry, London, UK

Dr Swee Ang, Orthopedic & Trauma, Consultant Surgeon, London, UK

Professor Mohamed El-Fakharany, Assist Professor of Pathology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Professor Brian Johnston, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

Prof Said Osman, Assistant Professor Diagnostic Radiology, London, Canada

Professor Radwan Banimustafa, Consultant Psychiatrist, Amman, Jordan

Professor Aida Seif El Dawla, Professor of Psychiatry, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Dr Eyad El Sarraj, Head, Gaza Community, Mental Health Program, Palestine

Professor Phil Thomas, Centre for Ethnicity & Health, University of Central Lancashire, UK

Professor Marwan Hariz, Neurosurgery, University College London, UK

Professor Munir Gharaibeh, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Jordan

Professor Ibrahim Mohamed, Neonatology & Pediatrics, Montreal, Canada

Professor Norbert, Medicine, Montreal, Canada

Dr Derek Summerfield, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, UK

Professor Faisal Rehman, Professor of Medicine, London, Canada

Professor Ghaith Shubailat, Plastic surgery, Montreal, Canada

Professor Hala Makhlouf, Professor of Pathology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Professor Abida Haque, Professor of Pathology, Houston, USA

Professor Khalifa Ghenghesh, Al~Fateh University for Medical Science, Tripoli, Libya

Professor Hossam Fadel, Clin. Prof. Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medical College of Georgia, USA

Professor Hafeez ur Rahman, Peshawar Medical College, Pakistan

Professor Ismail Rammouz, Faculty of Medicine, Fez, Morocco

Professor Abdulkarim Ebrahim, Professor of Psychiatry, Bahrain

Dr Marc Sapir, Ret Medical Director, California, USA

Dr Lee Cranberg, Neurologist, Harvard, Boston, USA

Dr Kambiz Boomla, Senior Clin. Lecturer, University of London, UK

Dr Flavia Donati, Psychiatrist, Rome, Italy

Dr Nuri Gene-Cos, Consultant Psychiatrist, London, UK

Dr Sushrut Jadhav, Consultant Psychiatrist, London, UK

Dr Ghada Awad, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Auckland, New Zealand

Dr Azad Mashari, Resident Physician in Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Canada

Dr Shazia Malik, Consultant Obstetrics & Gynecology, London, UK

Dr Abdulaziz Zorgani, Medical Microbiologist, Tripoli, Libya

Dr Susanne Yound, Anesthetist, Glasgow, UK

Dr Sam Noumoff, McGill University, California, USA

Dr Ahmed El-Laboudi, Diabetes, Leeds, UK

Dr Colin McKean, GP, Liverpool, UK

Dr Adib Essali, Consultant Psychiatrist, Damascus, Syria

Dr Bassem Saab, Programme Director Family Medicine, American University Beirut, Lebanon

Dr Sarah Wakeman, Brown Medical School, Rhode Island, USA

Dr Bilal Farhat, Gastroenterology, Beirut, Lebanon

Dr Khalid Mansour, Consultant Psychiatrist, Essex, UK

Dr Nicholas Batley, Emergency Medicine, American University Beirut, Lebanon

Dr Muneer Deeb, Consultant General Surgeon, Kassel, Germany

Dr Khalil Elbayouk, Rugby, UK

Dr Tom Marshall, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, University of Birmingham, UK

Dr Martin Birnstingl, Consultant Surgeon, London, UK

Dr Osama Omari, General Surgeon, Canada

Dr Roland Farhi, Brussels, Belgium

Dr Mahnaz Hashmi, Psychiatrist, London, UK

Dr Samer Jabbour, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University, Beirut, Lebanon

Dr Malika Sharma, Internal Medicine, Toronto, Canada

Dr Bassam Odeh, Consultant Haematologist, Damascus, Syria

Dr Akkache Abd Nacer, General Surgery, Blida, Algeria

Dr Ahmed Elmeshhedany, Clinical Hematology, Hawler Medical University, Irbil, Iraq

Dr Huda Salman, Pathologist, Penang, Malaysia

Dr Husni Al-Robb, Consultant Psychiatrist, Northampton, UK

Dr Harry Williams, Psychiatrist, Ontario, Canada

Dr Mohsin Moola, GP, Dublin, Eire

Dr Ahmed Rashad, Pediatric Specialist, Saudi Arabia

Professor Hana Soliman, Psychiatry, Rochester, UK

Dr Ireo Bono, Oncology Specialist, University of Genoa, Italy

Dr Henrik Pelling, Psychiatrist, Uppsala, Sweden

Dr Mazen El-Khairy, Gaza, Palestine

Dr Sameh El-Kawy, Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Warwick, UK

Dr Anand Trip, Neurologist, London, UK

Dr Lara El Zahabi, General Medicine, Toronto, Canada

Dr Ron Singer, GP, London, UK

Dr Minella de Souza, Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada

Dr Ian Kerr, Consultant Psychiatrist, Coatbridge, UK

Dr Paul Malone, UK

Dr Gilberto Calzolari, Internal Medicine, Turin, Italy

Professor Allie Moosa, Pediatrician, Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Shakir Alani, Physician, Leeds, UK

Dr Saleh El-Hilu, General Adult Psychiatrist, West Bromwich, UK

Dr Shereen Habib, GP, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dr Guido Ginstetta, Family Medicine, Pino Torinese, Italy

Dr Simon Quinn, London, UK

Dr Farhana Lockhat, GP, UK

Dr Shuaib Manjra, Chairman, Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture, Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Jo Moncrieff, Senior Lecturer Social Psychiatry, University College London, UK

Dr Saleyha Ahsan, Internist, London, UK

Dr Syira Ahsan, GP, London, UK

Dr Saima Ahsan, Internist, London, UK

Dr Hisham Tassi, Chief Medical Officer, Internal Medicine, Thompson, Canada

Dr Ramzy Wahhab, Internal Medicine, Mount Royal, Canada

Dr Maha Almahmudi, Radiation Oncology, Hamilton, Toronto, Canada

Dr Dahlia Wasfi, USA

Dr Waleed Libda, Clinical Toxicology, Canada

Dr Warren Bell, President, Medical Staff, Family Medicine, Shuswap Lake General Hospital, Salmon Arm, Canada

Dr Ghassan Joundi, Dermatology, Winnipeg, Canada

Dr Sahar Khorsheed, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Ancaster, Canada

Dr Rahmah Rasat, Paediatrics, University Kebangsaan, Malaysia

Dr Stephen Cummings, American Board of Family Medicine, Hope Valley, USA

Dr Barry Mohamed Atik, Medecine Generale, Khouribga, Morocco

Hisham Thabet, Ophthalmology, Essen, Germany

Abdel-Raouf Ismail, Plastic Surgery, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Dr E Sayed, Family Practice, Welland, Canada

Dr Raisa Malik, GP, Lancashire, UK

Dr Mark Struthers, GP/ Prison Medicine, Bedford, UK

Dr Ibrahim Hanif Awan, UK

Dr Jamil Gharaba, Surgery, Padua, Italy

Dr Alfonso Coletta, Anesthetist, Forence, Italy

Dr Essam Hassan, Consultant Psychiatrist, Milton Keynes, UK

Dr Jill Donnelly, Consultant Surgeon, Hereford, UK

Dr Fouad Alani, Associate Specialist in Medicine, Blackburn, UK

Dr Raied Haris, General Medicine, Blackburn, UK

Dr Sukaina Hirji, GP, Harrow, UK

Dr Jan ter Laak, Senior Lecturer, Utrecht, Netherlands

Dr Sue Black, GP, Bristol, UK

Dr Teresa Poltronieri, Medical Psychotherapist, Rovigo, Italy

Dr Clyde Farris, Orthopedic Surgeon, Oregon, USA

Dr Patrick Boyd, Consultant Urologist, London, UK

Dr Aideen Naughton, Consultant Pediatrician, Abergavenny, UK

Dr Hellme Najim, Consultant Psychiatrist, Basildon, UK

Dr Faysal El-Kak, Senior Lecturer, American University Beirut, Lebanon

Dr Shahnaz Aslam, Karachi, Pakistan

Dr Naseer Nuaman, GP, Dartford, UK

Dr Marwa Shoeb, Radiologist, London, UK

Dr Marryum Hussain, Consultant Psychiatrist, Liverpool, UK

Dr Susan Kurien, Psychiatrist, London, UK

Dr Bianca Fossati, General medicine, Monza, Italy

Dr Karam Jayyoussi, Palestine

Dr Laila Obeid, Pediatric trainee, Canada

Dr Alberto Martin, General Surgeon, Girona, Spain

Dr Tsepo Motsohi, Family Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Jill Austin, Anesthetist, Aberdeen, UK

Dr Marie-Claire Calothy-Abram, Child Psychiatrist, Orsay, France

Dr Ani Zainudden, Consultant Obstetrician & Gynecologist, University Kebangsaan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dr Efrossini Moureli, Psychiatrist, Thessaloniki, Greece

Dr Muhammad Hussein, Canada

Dr Yasmin Jabr, Montreal, Canada

Dr Magda Adly, Anesthetist, Cairo, Egypt

Dr Kamal Al-Tawil, Cairo, Egypt

Dr Hina Ansari, UK

Dr Christiana Sessa, Oncology, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Dr Shameen Oliviera, Respiratory Medicine, UK

Dr Mahmoud Sehwail, General Director, Treatment & Rehabilitation Centre, Ramallah, Palestine

Dr Susan Sohonfield, Public Health, London, UK

Dr Sabba Maqbool, Gastroenterologist, Philadelphia, USA

Dr Amin ur Rahman, Birmingham, UK

Dr Salah A Kouta, Consultant Endocrinologist, Bury, UK

Dr Adel Elalfy, Physician, Staffordshire, UK

Dr Ghassan Alami, Orthopedic Surgery, Montreal, Canada

Dr Julia Aram, Consultant Neurologist, Brighton, UK

Dr Ahmad Kamal, Orthopedic Surgeon, Irbid, Jordan

Dr Hyman Sam Glatt, GP, Sunderland, UK

Dr Angelo Stefanini, Dept. of Medicine & Pub. Health, University of Bologna, Italy

Dr Shahnaz Anwar, General Physician, Karachi, Pakistan

Dr Hussein Nagi, Consultant in Pain Management, Birmingham, UK

Dr Hoda Mer, Dept of Pathology/Laboratory Med., New Jersey Medical School, USA

Dr Mohammed Yunus, Internal Medicine, Florida, USA

Dr Zein Khairullah, Hospital Director, Aleppo, Syria

Dr Tim Khater, Ophthalmologist, Texas, USA

Dr Malcolm Dow, Medicine, Derby, UK

Dr Sharof Ibrahim, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dr F Shaikh, GP, Durban, South Africa

Dr J Qadri, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Orlando, USA

Dr Fahmida Chowdhury, Clinical Research Fellow in Epilepsy, King’s College, London, UK

Dr Basil Ridha, Neurology Registrar, London, UK

Dr Sam Fateema, Internal Medicine, Pennsylvania, USA

Dr Ghizlane Zoulati, GP, Taza, Morocco

Dr Zakaria Siddiqui, Psychiatry, Omaha, USA

Dr Masood Ansari, Internal & Emergency Medicine, Tampa, USA

Dr Ismail Kaloul, Anesthetics, Val-d’or, Canada

Dr Tareq Aldabbas, Neurology, Czech Republic

Dr Habib Rahman, Consultant Surgeon in Trauma, & Orthopaedics, Solihull, UK

Dr Rafael Gracia Ballarin, Family Physician, Alava, Spain

Dr A M Faghihi, Radiology, London, UK

Dr Muin Fedah, Director, In Vitro Fertilization & Genetics Centre, Amman, Jordan

Dr Fouad Siddiqui, Consultant Physician, Birmingham, UK

Dr F Rahman, Pathologist, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dr Masood Shariff, Psychiatry Residency, Philadelphia, USA

Dr Sheraz Butt, Copenhagen, Denmark

Dr Mariaguilia Agnoletto, Psychiatrist, Milan, Italy

Dr Bilal Butt, GP, Rochdale, UK

Dr Nadeem Jilani, Specialist Registrar in Pediatrics, Manchester, UK

Dr Zeyn Green-Thompson, Specialist Registrar, Cambridge, UK

Dr Urfan Zahoor Amed, Copenhagen, Denmark

Dr Giovanni Pettenella, GP, Verona, Italy

Dr Jawad Yahya Hadi, Cons. Internist & Cardiologist, Amman, London, UK

Dr Achilla D’Anna, General Medicine, Milan, Italy

Dr Jane Hamilton, Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist, West Lothian, UK

Dr Adi Hadi, Consultant Psychiatrist, Luton, UK

Dr Umar Abdulaziz, Nigeria

Dr Anna Athow, Consultant Surgeon, London, UK

Dr Ahmed Bayoumi, Internal Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada

Dr Bahaa Ghalayani, Head of Department, Al Awda Hospital, Gaza, Palestine

Dr Mazen El-Zibdeh, Senior Consultant, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Amman, Jordan

Dr Ohnmar John, GP, Melbourne, Australia

Dr N Naggar, President of Arabmed, Freiberg, Germany

Dr Safiya Ahsan, Internist, London, UK

Dr Ibrahim Taher, Consultant Microbiologist, Ottawa, Canada

Dr Layth Yahya Ibrahim, King Hussein Cancer Centre, Amman, Jordan

Dr Yamina Quahrani, Resuscitation Medicine, Blida, Algeria

Dr D. Allouache, Surgeon, Blida, Algeria

Dr Zouhir Afiane, Surgery, Blida, Algeria

Dr Omar Benmeberik, Surgical Resident, Blida, Algeria

Dr Fatiha Kadri, General Medicine, Blida, Algeria

Dr Zeidu Fodhil, Surgery, Blida, Algeria

Dr Kartina Noor, Clinical Microbiology, University Kebangsaan, Malaysia

Dr H. Medjdoub, Surgeon, Blida, Algeria

Dr Rachid Elghribi, Physician, Blida, Algeria

Dr Salwa Abu Afieh, Family Physician, Canada

Dr Sharif Nasr, President, Diagnostic Informatics, New Jersey, USA

Dr Zeeshan Ramzan, Fellow in Gastroenterology, Philadelphia, USA

Saren Azer, Clinical Investigator, Respiratory Medicine, Canada

Dr Jay Brophy, Cardiology & Epidemiology, Montreal, Canada

Dr Shehnaz Nadir Ali, Ex. Head of Paediatrics Dept., Surrey, Canada

Dr Asmal Bil, Professional Lead Surgeon, Neurosurgery, Canada

M.Tabib, Radiology, Windsor, Canada

Dr Shazia Peer, Ear, Nose, Throat Registrar, Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Nazia Peer, Registrar in Public Health, Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Rachid Omar, Neurology, Tripoli, Lebanon

Dr Rachid Mohamad, Neurology, Tripoli, Lebanon

Dr Abomohammad Hawarey, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Amman, Jordan

Dr Waseem Barham, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan

Dr Ritika Goel, Family Medicine, Toronto, Canada

Dr Kamel Afifi, Orthopedics, Amman, Jordan

Professor Edwin Daniel, Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Canada

Professor Mohammed Tikly, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Professor Raif Geha, Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard, Boston, USA

Professor Cesar Mondragon, National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru

Dr Hans Husum, Surgeon, Tromso Mine Victim Resource Centre, University of Northern Norway

Professor Ayman Chamma, Professor of Medicine, Point-Claire, Canada

Professor M Miqdady, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Canada

Professor Derek Hellenberg, Family Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa

Professor Gene Feder, Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, UK

Professor Pat Coll, Clinical Associate/Professor, University of Calgary, Canada

Prof Tina Dobsevage, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA

Professor Sami Kaidbey, Assist Professor of Cardiology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Professor Paul Hamel, Director, Health Studies, University of Toronto, Canada

Professor Nizar Maraqa, Pediatrics, University of Florida, Jacksonville, USA

Professor Mounir Hanna Samy, Psychiatrist, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Professor Michele Ghielmini, Head, Medical Oncology, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland

Professor Marcel-Francis Kahn, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Paris, France

Professor Michael Benny, Associate Professor of Medicine, Vienna, USA

Professor Hosny Selim, Clinical Associate, Radiation, Oncologist, New York USA

Professor Abdelmajid Saari, Surgery, Blida, Algeria

Professor Tony Davies, Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia

Dr William Slaughter, Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard, Cambridge, USA

Professor Aibah Osman, Public Health, Beirut, Lebanon

Professor Susy Kurian, Pathology, Vellore, India

Professor Hosny Selim, Radiation Oncology, New York, USA

Professor Gilles Bertschy, Professor of Psychiatry, Geneva, Switzerland

Professor Pierre Biron, Clinical Pharmacology, Canada

Prof Gilles Desroches, Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Ottawa, Canada

Professor Ehsan Fahmy, Professor of Psychiatry, Egypt

Dr Paquita de Zulueta, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Medical Ethics & Law, London, UK

Dr Susan Fayad, Psychiatrist, El Nadim Centre for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence, Cairo, Egypt

Dr Ghada Karmi, Senior Lecturer, Exeter University, UK

Dr Asad Khan, Respiratory Physician, Blackburn, UK

Professor Mohamed Hatta Shaharom, Consultant Psychiatrist, Malaysia

Professor Ismail Zayid, Halifax, Canada

Dr Jonathan Dare, Consultant Child & Adolescent, Psychiatrist, London UK

Dr Nahed Mikki, Pediatrician, Ramallah, Palestine

Dr David Leighton, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Bethlehem, Palestine

Dr Joanna Santa Barbara, Child Psychiatrist, Motueka, New Zealand

Dr Alain Pernet, Specialist Internal Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

Dr James Deutsch, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada

Dr Ana Sanchez, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Newport Beach, USA

Dr Robert Shearer, Urological Surgeon, Somerset, UK

Dr Malila Noone, Microbiologist, Darlington, UK

Dr Daniel McQueen, Psychotherapy Specialist Registrar, London, UK

Dr Helen McColl, Rehabilitation Centre for Torture, Copenhagen, Denmark

Dr William Dienst, Family & Emergency Physician, Washington State, USA

Dr Alaa Hasan Alsadadi, Consultant Psychiatrist, Bahrain

Dr Sajida Ajjawi, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Ramallah, Palestine

Dr Pam Wortley, GP, Sunderland, UK

Dr Ahmed Abou-Zeid, Neurosurgery, Manchester, UK

Dr Frank Arnold, Clinical Director, Medical Justice Network, Reading, UK

Dr Gerard Reissmann, GP, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Dr Axel Wannag, Occupational Physician, Bergen, Norway

Dr Elizabeth Dick, Consultant Radiologist, London, UK

Dr Maryam Navsa, Family Physician, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Runa Mackay, Paediatrician, Edinburgh, UK

Dr Najib Safieddine, Fellow in Thoracic Surgery, Toronto, Canada

Dr Mahommed Siddique Tayob, Clinical Research Unit, Middelberg, South Africa

Dr Eric Brenman, Consultant Psychiatrist, London, UK

Dr Laure Sayyed Kassem, Internal Medicine, Cleveland, USA

Dr Bajes Hamad, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, Qatar

Dr Shabbir Amanullah, Psychiatrist, Charlottetown, Canada

Dr Ghassan Al Amar, Internal Medicine, American University Beirut, Lebanon

Dr Nazim Ismail, Consultant Medical Microbiologist, Pretoria, South Africa

Dr I Osman, GP, Durban, South Africa

Dr Numan Shah, Surgeon, Manchester, UK

Dr John Phillips, Consultant Pediatrician, Eniskillen, UK

Dr Salma Shebaik, California School of Medicine, University of San Diego, USA

Dr Talib Mearza, GP, Bedfordshire, UK

Dr Fatiha Kadri, General Medicine, Blida, Algeria

Hisham Thabet, Ophthalmology, Essen, Germany

Dr Shazad Amin, Consultant Psychiatrist, Manchester, UK

Dr L Azhar, Obstetrics, Canada

Dr Dina Al Khatib, Family Doctor, Bathurst, Canada

Dr Mohammad Abu Hilal, School of Medicine, Southampton University, UK

Dr Khalid Khabn, GP, Croydon, UK

Dr Ali Dabbagh, Ophthalmologist, Dubai

Dr Lydia Cairncross, General Surgeon, Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Deema Abdul Hadi, Family Physician, Canada

Dr Reem Abdul Hadi, Internal Medicine, Canada

Dr Imad Khreim, Psychiatrist, Mass., USA

Dr Hafez Alhous, Cardiology, Aberdeen, UK

Dr Chris Evans, Consultant Psychiatrist, Nottinghamshire, UK

Dr Brakat Sharabati, Pathologist, Hebron, Palestine

Dr Jonathan Flaxman, GP, London, UK

Dr Abbas Azadian, Psychiatrist, Toronto, Canada

Dr Majdy Shakkoura, Gaza, Palestine

Dr Nuzhat Sarfraz, GP, Billericay, UK

Dr Stephen Ginn, Psychiatrist, London UK

Dr Maha Elias, Consultant Anaesthetist, Weston-super-Mare, UK

Professor Sami Timimi, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, Lincoln University, UK

Dr Sameh Hassan, Consultant Psychiatrist, Rugby, UK

Dr Rabih El Chammay, Psychiatrist, Beirut, Lebanon

Dr Tarek El-Gohary, Consultant Psychiatrist, Birmingham, UK

Dr Gianni Marin, Cardiology and Paediatrics, Trviso, Italy

Dr Ranio Abusamra, Paediatrician, London, UK

Dr Aynur Gormez, Psychiatrist, London, UK

Dr Biba Stanton, Cinical Lecturer Neurology Research, London, UK

Dr Faisals Suliman, GP, Durban, South Africa

Dr K. Jaffar, Consultant Psychiatrist, Basildon, UK

Dr Frederick Holmes, Urologist, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

Dr Aisha Sarwar, GP, Manchester, UK

Dr Goretta Bonacorsi, Ematologia, Modena, Italy

Dr Abdelmoniem Ali, Consultant Psychatrist, Doncaster, UK

Dr Joan Giller, Area Medical Officer, Cork, Eire

Dr Shahid Salim, GP, Manchester, UK

Dr S Alani, Clinical Neurophysiology, Leeds, UK

Dr Catherine Houghton, Consultant Chest Physician, Bury, UK

Dr Gunhild Nybork, GP/Researcher, University of Oslo, Norway

Dr Bernardino Oliva Fanlo, Family Physician, Mallorca, Spain

Dr Klaus Melf, Assisting County Doctor, Tromso, Norway

Dr Nicholas Embleton, Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Dr Heinz Eckel, Doctor and Sociologist, Berlin, Germany

Dr Dave Knight, Occupational Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Fawad Zaman, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Burnley, UK

Dr Aroushka James, Psychiatry, London, UK

Dr John Vaughan, GP, North Haven, Australia

Dr Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Essack Mitha, Contract Clinical Research, Johannesberg, South Africa

Dr Manal Khorsheed, Family Medicine, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Dr Claire Jenkins, Consultant Psychiatrist, London, UK

Dr Sukaina Hirji, GP Registrar, St Albans, UK

Dr D F Annabi, Internist – Endocrinologist, Amman, Jordan

Dr Sonia Allam, Consultant Anaesthetist, Stirling, UK

Dr Ahmad Bakr, Paediatrician, Cairo, Egypt

Dr Shiroma De Silva Minor, Consultant Oncologist, UK

Dr Jalaluddin Soni, GP, Johannesburg, South Africa

Dr Khaled Fathy, Lecturer Internal Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Dr M Al-Bustami, Consultant Cardiologist, Hertfordshire, UK

Dr Abdulla Bashir, General Surgeon, Amman, Jordan

Dr Azhar Aziz, Senior Consultant Emergency Physician, Doha, Qatar

Dr Faisal Moosa, Birmingham, UK

Dr R M Kajee, GP, Johannesburg, South Africa

Dr Neveen Elkholy, Family Practitioner, New Jersey, USA

Dr Wahaj-ud-Din Ahmad, Neurologist, North Carolina, USA

Dr Mahmoud Loubani, Bathurst, Canada

Dr Sara Loubani, Bathurst, Canada

Dr Eman Loubani, Ottawa, Canada

Dr Mohammed Loubani, Family Medicine, London. Canada

Dr Osama Loubani, Halifax, Canada

Dr Rhona MacDonald, Medical Journal Editor, London, UK

Dr Tarek Loubani, Montreal, Canada

Dr Imad Khreim, USA

Dr Sarfaraz Ahmad, Physician, Juvail, Saudi Arabia

Dr Enzo Farina, Dept of Surgery, Turin, Italy

Dr Adel Elmary, Cardiology, Alexandria, Egypt

Dr Monica Malventano, Family Paediatrics, Ferrara, Italy

Professor Hazem, Orthopaedic Surgery, Saudi Arabia

Dr Atyabi Haley, Family physician, Canada

Dr Aseel Hegazi, Genitourinary/HIV Medicine, London, UK

Dr Emad Fawzy, Anaesthesia/Intensive TreatmentUnit, London, UK

Dr Hisham Al-Qassab, consultant Physician/Geriatrician, London, UK

Dr Zafir Hawa, Interventional Cardiologist, Kansas City, USA

Dr Mario Franzini, General Surgery, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Dr Diana Menzies, Consultant Psychiatrist, London, UK

Dr Ahmad Alramahi, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Amman, Jordan

Dr Jose Aparicio Garcia, Family Practitioner, Zafra, Spain

Dr Maged Sonkor, Consultant Physician, Birmingham, UK

Dr Liliana Perez, Anaesthetist, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Dr Heba Ghazy, Paediatrician, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Dr Suhaila Ameeri, Histopathologist, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Dr A A Mishal, Internist Endocrinologist, Amman, Jordan

Dr Roberto Maisto, Psychiatrist, Bologna, Italy

Dr Ali Al-Hakim, ENT surgery, Manchester, UK

Dr Aneesa Peer, Psychiatry, London, UK

Dr Gerhard Lotze, General Practitioner, Heidelberg, Germany

Dr Afra Al Dayel, Consultant Haematopathologist, Damman, Saudi Arabia

Professor Yahia Dajani, Consultant Pathologist, Amman, Jordan

Dr Ahmed Sabra, Intensive Care, Bristol, UK

Dr Tapanari Eleni, Paediatrician, Thessaloniki, Greece

Dr Bahoo Ghalayani, Al-Awda Hospital, Gaza, Palestine

Dr Jacqueline Le Corre, General Physician, Gonvix, France

Dr Elia Abi-Jaoude, Psychiatry, York, Canada

Dr Atalla Hamada, Plastic Surgery, Qatar

Dr Robert Dickson, Family Practitioner, Calgary, Canada

Dr Mohamed Khodr, Public Health, Virginia, USA

Dr Jamshid Marvasti, Child & Adult Psychiatrist, Manchester, USA

Dr Amal Shamma, Paediatrician, Kuwait

Dr M F Kamal, Jordan University, Amman, Jordan

Dr Maqsood Khan, Internal Medicine, Chicago, USA

Dr Ayman Askari, Consultant Rheumatologist, Sheffield, UK

Dr Sarimah Omar, Radiologist, Melaka, Malaysia

Dr Renza Martinelli, Occupational Medicine, Reggio Emilio, Italy

Dr Agnese Moro, Cardiologist & General Medicine, Treviso, Italy

Alfred Homsy, Anaesthesia, Cote-des-Neiges, Canada

Dr Beukhalifa Riadh, Psychiatry, Canada

Dr Iziki Abderrahim, General Medicine, Canada

Yashar Salek, Family Medicine, Willowdale, Canada

Dr Hassan Mostafa, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, London, Canada

Asif Kazmi, Pediatrics, Toronto, Canada

Dr Muhammad Shoib, Dermatology, Lahore, Pakistan

Dr Fasahat Wasty, Pathology, London, Canada

Dr Abde Ikhalek Beu Rejeb, France

Dr Adeel Mahmood, Family Medicine, Mississauga, Canada

M. A.Diwan, Ears, Nose & Throat, Guelph, Canada

François Milette, Pathology, Longeuil, Canada

Loraine Telleria, Medecine Familiale, Ville Saint-Pierre, Canada

Dr Carinne Minne, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, London, UK

Ahmed Ahmed, Chief of Standards Committee, Paediatrics, Thompson, Canada

Dr S Gardee, Family Practice, Ottawa, Canada

Dr Abdel-Nacer Akkache, Surgery, Blida, Algeria

Dr Jamila Khatri, Surgery, Blida, Algeria

Dr Farida Mokhtari, Resuscitation Medicine, Blida, Algeria

Dr Kamal Mattar, Urology, Toronto, Canada

Dr Ayesha Jafri, Office Medical Director, Rockville, USA

Dr Anthony Duerksen, Family Medicine, Toronto, Canada

Dr Hisham Alsher, Medical Technology/Physician, Toronto, Canada

Dr Walid Abdel Wahed, Gaza, Palestine

Dr William Ralph, USA

Dr Ibrahim Renno, Anaesthesiology, Shawinigan, Canada

Dr Lois Yelland, Medical Health Officer, Vancouver, Canada

Dr Georges Lévesque, Chargé d’enseignement clinique, Université McGill, Médecine d’urgence, Notre-Dame-de-Grace, Canada

Dr John M Tallon, Emergency Medicine and Trauma, Halifax, Canada

Dr H M Azzam, Vice President for Medical Services, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Thompson, Canada

Dr Michaela Beder, Psychiatry, Toronto, Canada

Dr Fayad Hamideh, Internal Medicine, Irvine, Canada

Dr Lalla Latifa Aboussiba, Gynaecologist, Medecin Legiste, Morocco

Dr Sajida Hussain, Pathology/Obstetrics, Pierrefonds, Canada

Neueen Elkholy, Family Practice, New Jersey, USA

Dr Basma El Mor, Psychiatrist, Cairo, Egypt

Dr Ragia el Gerzawi, Clinical Pathologist, Cairo, Egypt

Dr Raisa Malik, GP, Burnley, UK

Dr Manof Ubaidat, General Pathologist, Bathurst, Canada

Dr Shankar Vijaydeva, GP, UK

Dr Sameer Abdul Hadi, Family Physician, Canada

Dr Jeremy Isaacs, Neurology, London

Dr David Nicholl, Dept of Neurology, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK

Dr Abdulla Darwish, Pathologist, Bahrain

Dr Khalid Al-Abbadey, Consultant Psychiatrist, Hampshire, UK

Dr Shireen Kassam, Haematology, London UK

Dr K S Majeed, Forensic Psychiatrist, New Zealand

Dr Pau Perez, Psychiatrist, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain

Dr Susan Schonfield, Public Health Consultant, London, UK

Dr Azhar Abdul Aziz, Consultant Emergency Physician, Doha, Qatar

Dr Eid Mustafa, Plastic Surgeon, Past President National Arab American Medical, Association Wichita Falls, USA

Dr Mohd Abed Al Karkhi, Psychiatrist, Iraq

Dr Rofaat Shokeik, Gastroenterologist, Tripoli, Lebanon

Dr Gassan Maassarani, Neurology, Tripoli, Lebanon

Dr Hisham Solayman, Tripoli, Lebanon

Dr Hassan Masri, Anaesthetics, Tripoli, Lebanon

Dr Junaid Al Khaznachi, Internal Medicine, Amman, Jordan

Dr Bernhard Klinghammer, Anaesthetics, Ronnenberg, Germany

Dr Saideh Khadir, Emergency Medicine, Saint-Lambert, Canada

Dr Juan Enrique Cimas, Family Doctor, Asturias, Spain

Dr Mohammad Habbal, Consultant Physician, Damman, Saudi Arabia

Dr Fouad Rifai, President, Islamic Medical Association, Lebanon

Dr Georges Jalaby, MN Angels Clinic, Toledo, USA

Dr Lanny Smith, USA

Dr Veronica Chinchon, Psychiatry, London, UK