Dr. Verklan's main research emphasis is on the development of the fetal and neonatal cardiopulmonary and autonomic nervous systems as evaluated by linear and non-linear methods of analysis. She works with the University of Houston Superconductivity Center and uses magnetocardiography to obtain heart rate signals from the fetus and EKGs to obtain physiologic variability from the neonate. Terese has taught in all programs (baccalaureate, masters and doctoral (both PhD and DNP) prior to coming to UTMB. Currently she is teaching in the PhD program, GNRS 6350 Clinical Nurse Investigations in Nursing Grant Proposal. Dr. Verklan still works at the bedside in a Level IIIC Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. She is an internationally recognized expert in the care of neonates and consults both nationally and internationally as a Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist on matters related to the care of the newborn. Dr. Verklan is a member of several editorial boards and is the Associate Editor for Nursing and Health Sciences and a Contributing Editor for the Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing. She also reviews for nursing and medical journals.

Neonatal, Maternal fetal-Medicine

Dr Frederik Loersch MD has his expertise in intra- and interhospital transport of pre- and newborn baby's. He is senior consultant and has been for the last 12 years coordinator of the Study Group of transport neonatology at the University Hospital Mannheim. Though a large ECMO (Extra Corporal membran Oxygenation) Programm and a delivery room who ist dezentral to the NICU there are a lot of experience with transport of Newborn baby's. He has developed a hybrid bed solution after years of experience in research, evaluation, teaching and administration for a save transports. With the hybrid there was moren than 1000 intrahospital transports in the last years. He is also an external consultant for KITS (children intensiv transport system) for the European air ambulance. He has developped a intrahospital unit for newbors for transports under ECMO, NO and high frequenz ventilation. Dr Loerschs primary research interests include pediatric and neonatal transports, ECMO, RSV related diseases and neonatal nutrition. He was the leading investigator of the first ECMO transports in Europe.

paediatrics

Dr Wei Siang Yu is a globally renowned pioneer in healthcare TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunication). He is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Borderless Healthcare Group of companies which operates borderless healthcare initiatives around the world. Dr Wei graduated as one of the top students at Monash Medical School in 1995 and went against the conventional career path of an honours student to become a medical inventor in the space of digital bio-communication. Dr Wei gained worldwide recognition in his work on social application of digital bio-communication and became the youngest nominee of CNN People’s Choice Award in 2003. Dr Wei's work is also frequently featured by international media all around the world including Discovery Channel, CNN, BBC, Fox News, CNBC, ABC, Time, Wired, ZDF German TV, ARTE French TV, Japan TV, Yomiuri Shimbun, Korean SBS TV, Figaro, Asian Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Guardian UK, LA Times, Channel News Asia, Age, Sunday Times UK, Newsweek, Tatler, Bazaar, Marie Claire New York, Glamour Paris etc. As a global key opinion leader in healthcare TMT, disruptive healthcare solutions and healthcare business hybridisation process in Asia, Dr Wei is a regular speaker in major international conferences including the World Medical Tourism and Global Healthcare Congress, Slush, IATI BIOMED, BIOKOREA and mHealth Israel. He is also frequently invited by renowned institutions and organizations such as Stanford University, Oxford University, Singapore Management University, Renmin University, La Trobe University, the World Health Organization and United Nations to share his valuable insights on healthcare evolution and his vision on "consumerising" healthcare. Today, Dr Wei chairs the Borderless Healthcare Group of companies with the key role of converging global healthcare practices with technology, media and telecommunication applications via strategic partnerships, disruptive business models, and mergers & acquisitions.

Healthcare

Luana Pesco Koplowitz, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, received her MD from Rutgers Medical School and her PhD from Rutgers College of Pharmacy and Columbia Pacific University. She completed her training in Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Miami School of Medicine. She is adjunct Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine at the Medical Center of Delaware and is also adjunct faculty at the University of Miami Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology. She is a fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Dr. Pesco Koplowitz is President & Chief Medical and Scientific Officer of DUCK FLATS Pharma, LLC, a biopharmaceutical consulting and contract company. Previously, she was Chief Medical & Scientific Officer of Research Assist, Inc. She also held the position of Global Group Director of Clinical Pharmacology and US Nonclinical Development for the Janssen Research Foundation of Johnson & Johnson. She has worked at Knoll Pharmaceuticals, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Company, the Squibb Institute for Medical Research (now Bristol-Myers Squibb) and Key Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Pesco Koplowitz is a member of numerous medical and clinical pharmacology organizations and committees, most recently being asked to serve on the FDA/PhRMA QT Working Group Committee. Dr. Pesco Koplowitz has been responsible for numerous successful INDs and NDAs during her 22-year career and holds several use patents in the treatment of various diseases. She has worked in multiple therapeutic areas, and has personal interests in the areas of overall drug development, PK/PD modeling and drug-drug interactions, receptor-binding modeling and special population clinical trials, especially pediatric, elderly and critical-care patients. She is author or co-author on over 30 publications

Neonatal, Pediatrics

I’ve practiced midwifery for 38 years. I was medically trained in the 1970’s. My midwifery training was not what I expected it to be. Mothers and babies were separated. Birth was not calm or peaceful. It was not the stories from my grandmother who was a baby catcher in the villages of Poland and who birthed 13 children at home. Nor was it anything like the home birth stories of my mothers or my sisters. I’ve spent my entire life observing systems and learning more wonderful ways to deliver care and be connected with women. “Why can’t we lower interventions, why can’t we see less post-partum depression, why can’t we be more human?” I’ve spent my entire life observing practices, developing new ways, implementing change and learning more wonderful ways to stay connected with women. “I have lowered intervention rates. I have hardly seen a woman depressed after birth under my care and I am definitely human”. Most of my knowledge and expertise came from observing and being with the women and families that I’ve cared for. I’ve taken more than 1000 women through the continuity of care program. My homeopathic mind was my greatest asset. Women were educated and learned to connect with their body and their baby. They learned to understand and trust the entire process. They used traditional and complimentary therapies. They birthed well and celebrated birth in quiet calm environments. “Babies, mothers fathers and family were confident healthy and happy.” Unfortunately that is not the case for millions of women across the globe….Where we have system centred care and medically driven care that causes long term psychological harm to the mother and her baby… We have a fear of what’s natural. We have lost touch with nature…. That’s why we are all here today…. …Finding wonderful peaceful and loving ways towards….Birthing Humanity…..

Midwifery

Dulanie Gunasekera MBBS MD FRCP(Lon) FSLCP, is a consultant paediatrician and professor of Paediatrics. She is the current Chair and Academic Head of t department of Paediatrics, University of Sri Jayawardenepura, Sri Lanka. Her interests are in neonatology, breast feeding promotion, immunization and dengue infection and has authored over 40 publications in peer reviewed national and international journals. She is also a Master Trainer for the POQI method of quality improvement. Professor Gunasekera has been Past President of the Sri Lanka College of Pediatricians and the Perinatal Society of Sri Lanka, during which time she was instrumental in promoting basic newborn care in the peripheral regions of Sri Lanka.

neonatology, breast feeding promotion, immunization and dengue infection

Midwifery profession, Founder of China Midwifery Alliance, Founder of China Midwifery website, President of Qingdao Huikang Nursing Training School, Cochairman of China Maternal and Child Health Care Action Coalition, Director of China Medical Council for Promotion Modern Maternity Science and Technology Development. Awarded the “Top Ten Midwifery Angle ” in China from 2014 to 2015, Mengxue enjoys a higher reputation in midwifery circles in China, highly respected by the midwifery colleagues. She developed her own distinctive midwifery management system, team training method, maternity service modes, and held more than 300 lectures across China with high recognition. Mengxue , with more than 30 years of clinical working experience , leads the revolution and regeneration of modern maternity service in China. Starting from 2006，she undertook an journey of learning and investigation about midwifery education, midwifery technique and maternity service across New Zealand , America, Canada, German, Netherlands, Japan, UAE etc. Extremely obsessed with midwifery profession, she has accumulated extensive experience and resources, and studied midwifery technology and obstetric service model with a unique perspective.

Midwifery