Prof Fathima Paruk presented this webinar, which will earn you one CPD point. 

Presenter: Prof Fathima Paruk

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Prof Fathima Paruk bio 

Key appointments  

• Critical Care Society of Southern Africa

-President (current)
-EXCO of Council and Honorary Secretary (2015- current)
-Council Member (2009-current)

• University of Witwatersrand, Human Research Ethics Committee (2011-current))
• University of Pretoria Human Research Ethics Committee (2016-2018)
• Discovery Foundation Awards Screening Committee (2017-2021)
• CMSA – Chair: Committee for Critical Care (2021-current)
• Provincial Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee(2021-current)
• University of Pretoria Finance Committee (1 term)
• University of Pretoria: SOM Readmission Committee
• University of Pretoria: SOM Postgraduate Program Committee
• 10.SBAH: Chair of SBAH Audit Committee
• 11.SBAH: Chair of Critical Care Committee
• 12.SBAH: Palliation Committee
• Co-Chair: Africa Telehealth Collaboration (Current).

Ministerial appointments 

• HPCSA Medical and Dental Board (2016-2025)

- EXCO of MDB (2nd term, current)
- Chairperson of the Chairs of Preliminary Enquiry Committee (2nd term, current)
-Chair: Preliminary Enquiry committee 

• Postgraduate Education and Training (Committee (2016-2018)
• National Health and Research Committee (2010-2015)
• National Committee for Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths (10 years/2 terms).

Achievements 

• First obstetric intensivist in SA 
• International Scientific Chair, World Federation Society of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM) Congress 2013 
• International Scientific Advisory Committee member: WFSICCM 2015 (Seoul) 
• Trained 15 critical care subspecialists 
• International lectures >30 (Includes Plenary invitations), National lectures >220 PhDs,MMeD, MMSc: 15 graduates 
• First publication (SAMJ)as an undergraduate (medical student) 
• Intercontinental Tele-ICU Collaboration (Charite University and RKI). 

Multiple research related awards including: 

• Young investigator Award(Canada) 
• MRC Research Fellowship 
• Faculty Research Day Award 
• Best oral paper awards 

Key opinion Leader (Critical Care) 

Speaker bureaux of multiple (more than 15) local and international pharmaceutical organisations. 

Over 100 publications: 70 in peer-reviewed journals/texts.