Applied Microbiology in Intensive Care Medicine

Dr. Nissar Shaikh (MD, EDIC, DID, FCCM) graduated from the Marathwada university of India. He is a senior consultant and SICU fellowship director at Hamad medical corporation Doha-Qatar, assistant professor at Weill Cornell Medical College in Doha-Qatar, and associate professor at College of Medicine Qatar University. Dr. Nissar made numerous oral and poster presentations at national and international conferences. He has around 150 peer-reviewed publications, written three medical critical care books, and 30 medical book chapters. He is a founding faculty and the first associate director of the surgical fellowship at Hamad Medical Corporation and Qatar. He won three prestigious stars of excellent awards for distinguished services. Dr. Arshad Hussain Chanda is a Consultant in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar. Dr. Arshad brings over 20 years of experience in intensive care medicine to his role as a consultant. Dr. Arshad expertise lies in providing critical care to surgical patients. Drawing on his extensive background in critical care, Dr. Arshad strives to deliver the best possible care for surgical patients. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Arshad is actively involved in medical education and knowledge dissemination. He has authored several chapters on topics related to intensive care management, demonstrating his commitment to sharing his expertise with the broader medical community. Dr. Arshad has co-authorship of numerous articles published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals. These publications contribute significantly to the advancement of knowledge in the field of intensive care.

1 Necrotizing fasciitis: Pillars for improved patients’ outcome.- 2 Hospital acquired infections: Key for prevention and clinical bundles.- 3 Antimicrobial Stewardship in ICU: A success story.- 4 Perioperative Sepsis and Septic Shock: An update.- 5 Urosepsis and Septic Shock: A simple infection progressing to complex one.- 6 Community Acquired pneumonia- Recent Advances.- 7 Septic abdomen: An update on its microbiology and management.- 8 Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis: A Life-threatening infection.- 9 Acute adult supraglottitis: An update.- 10 Meningitis and neurosurgical treatment: an update.- 11 MRSA to VRE: Management and prevention.- 12 Future of Applied Microbiology in Critical Care.- 13 Importance of Infectious Disease specialist and/or Clinical Microbiologist during multidisciplinary rounds in Intensive Care Unit.- 14 Obstetric Sepsis and Management.- 15 Infection and sepsis management in trauma.- 16 Intensivist's Role in Epidemic and Pandemic.