Chairman’s Message
8th Surgical Research and Innovation Ideas Ibn Ishaq Symposium 2018
Excellent research needs to be built on a foundation of equally excellent clinical practice, and this is crucial if we are to tackle the increasing burden on healthcare in Qatar. Delivery of the best care is always guided by the latest research breakthroughs as clinical research and treatment are not separate, but symbiotically linked. By integrating clinical care, research and education in HMC’s journey towards achieving a world class ‘Academic Health System’ status, we can build a solid foundation of existing core research facilities and highlight some unique opportunities for Qatar to become a world leader in healthcare delivery.
The Surgical Research and Innovation Ideas series of Symposia was thus conceived - to enable a platform for a strong foundation for perioperative research. The symposium will include a research ideas brain storming workshop on multidisciplinary peri-operative care (Surgeons, Anesthesiologists, Perioperative nurses and Allied Health Professionals). It will also include two days of presentations and didactic sessions, and a third day of one-to-one extensive feedback sessions for the presenters.
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Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-Ibadi (809 – 873)
Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-Ibadi was an influential Arab Nestorian Christian translator, scholar, physician, and scientist. Born to a Nestorian druggist in al-Hira near BabyIon Hunayn ibn-Ishaq followed in the footsteps of his father. In his lifetime, he devoted himself to working on a multitude of writings; both translations and original works. He and his students transmitted their Arabic and Syriac translations of many classical Greek texts throughout the Islamic world, during the apex of the Islamic Abbasid Caliphate.
Ibn-Ishaq became famous in medieval Europe by his introduction to the Ars Parva Galeni, which was translated into Latin under the title Isagoge Johannitii. His greatest success among Asians came by his Questions on Medicine and Ophthalmology. Other books covered diverse subjects such as the diet of the old, the diet of convalescent patients, different remedies, symptoms, pulse, fever, urine, bath, hygiene, veterinary medicine, anecdotes of ancient philosophers and medical men, colors, actions of the sun and moon, the reason why seawater is salty, etc.
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