Dr. Samar Aboulsoud, MD, PhD, MSc Med Ed, FHEA, MAcadMEd is Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners (QCHP) and Director of the Accreditation and Health Profession Education Department. She works closely with national and international partners to advance standards in healthcare professional education, accreditation, and licensing across Qatar. She was the thought leader and project manager behind the establishment of Qatar’s national CME/CPD accreditation system and currently represents Qatar on several Gulf Cooperation Council committees, serving as Chair of the Qatar CPD Accreditation Committee.

Dr. Aboulsoud is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at both Cairo University and Qatar University Colleges of Medicine. She completed her MD and PhD in Internal Medicine at Cairo University, specializing in diabetic vasculopathy, and holds an MSc in Medical Education from Cardiff University (UK). Her academic and professional work focuses on medical education, healthcare policy, accreditation systems, and clinical guideline development.

Recognized among the Top 100 Chief Executive Officers in the Arab World (2017), she is an active international speaker in medical education. She is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, a member of the Academy of Medical Educators (UK), and affiliated with the International Academy for CPD Accreditation.

Dr. Sabine C. Girod, MD, DDS, PhD, FACS is an internationally recognized oral and cranio-maxillofacial surgeon and Emeritus Professor at Stanford University. Trained in medicine, dentistry, and surgical science in Germany, her career has focused on advancing interdisciplinary patient care, surgical innovation, and global professional education.

Her clinical and academic work spans craniofacial reconstruction, orthognathic surgery, implant rehabilitation, and interdisciplinary management of complex conditions such as obstructive sleep apnea. She has been widely involved in resident and fellow education, mentoring surgeons who now hold academic and leadership roles internationally.

Professor Girod is Co-Founder and President of SurgeON Events, a global nonprofit educational platform dedicated to open-access surgical education, collaboration, and professional development. Through this initiative, she continues to promote equitable access to high-quality surgical knowledge worldwide.

Her ongoing work emphasizes innovation, ethical integration of emerging technologies, and strengthening global collaboration to improve patient outcomes and surgical education.

Dr. Anastasiya Quimby MD DDS is a dual-degree, fellowship-trained Head & Neck Oncologic and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgeon, board-certified in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery with additional qualifications in Head & Neck Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction. Dr. Quimby is the lead editor of Complex Head and Neck Microvascular Surgery (Springer, 2023) and frequently presents at major national and international surgical conferences. She earned her DDS from the University of Illinois at Chicago, graduating top of her class, and completed her MD and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery residency at the University of Florida. She further honed her expertise through a specialized fellowship in Head & Neck Oncologic and Microvascular Surgery under Dr. Rui P. Fernandes at UF Health Jacksonville.

As founder and president of AQ Surgery in West Palm Beach, Florida, Dr. Quimby focuses on complex jaw reconstruction, microvascular free-flap surgery, and regenerative techniques for head and neck restoration. She has served as an Associate Professor and Director of Microvascular Surgery at Nova Southeastern University and remains actively involved in research and education.