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Connecting Knowledge, Saving Lives: The First Euro-Egyptian Critical Care Summit

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THE-FIRST-EURO-EGYPTIAN- Summit conference CRITICAL-CARE-Connecting Knowledge, Saving Lives: The First Euro-Egyptian Critical Care Summit

Dates: 26–27 November, 2026

Venue: Safir Cairo Hotel, Cairo, Egypt

Organizers: Egyptian College of Critical Care Physicians (ECCCP) in partnership with the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) 

Shaping the Future of Intensive Care Medicine

When minutes count and lives hang in the balance, bedside expertise and cutting-edge science make all the difference. The Egyptian College of Critical Care Physicians (ECCCP), in proud partnership with the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) invites intensive care specialists, cardiologists, nephrologists, pulmonologists, residents, and emergency physicians to a landmark event: The First Euro-Egyptian Critical Care Summit.

Under the theme “Connecting Knowledge, Saving Lives,” this premier two-day summit creates an unprecedented bridge between world-renowned European intensive care leaders and the vibrant, expanding critical care community across Egypt and the broader region.

Why You Cannot Miss This Summit

1. Global & Regional Leadership Under One Roof

Engage directly with global authorities who are actively shaping international guidelines, clinical trials, and ICU standards.

ESICM Faculty : 

  • Prof. Jan De Waele (ESICM President 2024–2026, Ghent University) – Global leader in antimicrobial stewardship, PK/PD, and sepsis management.
  • Prof. Marlies Ostermann (ESICM President-Elect, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust) – Renowned expert in Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and renal replacement therapies.
  • Prof. Julia Wendon (Pioneer in Critical Care & Hepatology, UK) – World authority on acute liver failure, organ failure prognostication, and immune dysfunction.

ECCCP Leadership:

  • Prof. Sherif Mokhtar (President of ECCCP, Cairo University)
  • Prof. Alia A. Fattah (Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Cairo University)
  • Prof. Tarek Al Gohary (Chairman of Critical Care Department, Cairo University)

2. Practice-Changing Scientific Sessions

From breakthrough insights in artificial intelligence to precision sepsis treatment and bedside hemodynamic monitoring, the program is engineered to upgrade your daily clinical decision-making.

Program Highlights & Key Scientific Pillars

AI & Innovation in the ICU

  • Plenary Lecture: AI in the ICU – Prof. Jan De Waele

 ESICM Guidelines & Practice Protocols

  • Fluid De-escalation Strategies – Prof. Marlies Ostermann
  • Sepsis Bundles vs. Precision Biology – Prof. Jan De Waele
  • Updated Cardiovascular Guidelines – Prof. Ahmed Ghaly

Resuscitation & Dynamic Physiology

  • Beyond Static Targets: Why $MAP > 65 \text{ mmHg}$ is no longer enough and bedside CPR changes – Prof. Mohamed Amin
  • Early Recognition of the Deteriorating Patient – Prof. Julia Wendon
  • ECPR (Extracorporeal CPR): When to consider and when to avoid – Prof. Alia Abdel Fattah

 Sepsis & Antimicrobial Stewardship

  • Biology-Guided Antibiotic Duration: BLING III, ADAPT-Sepsis, & BALANCE — Ending the default 14-day rule – Prof. Jan De Waele
  • The Kidney in Sepsis – Prof. Marlies Ostermann
  • Precision Biology in High-, Middle-, and Low-Resource Settings – Prof. Adel Al Ansary

 Cardiogenic Shock & Refractory Failure

  • Phenotype-Guided Shock Management: Moving beyond SCAI stages – Prof. Khaled Farouk
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support (VA-ECMO, Impella, IABP): Who gets what and when? – Prof. Akram Abdel Bary
  • Interactive Case Presentations & Expert Panel Discussions

Organ Cross-Talk & Physiology

  • Intra-abdominal Hypertension & Pancreatitis Management – Prof. Jan De Waele
  • Renal Protection: When to start and when to stop RRT – Prof. Marlies Ostermann
  • Hepato-GI Dysfunction in Sepsis – Prof. Jan De Waele

 Immunology, Coagulation & Neuro-ICU

  • Immune Phenotypes, Sepsis & Sterile Inflammation – Prof. Julia Wendon
  • Encephalopathy & The Neuro-Immune Connection in the ICU – Prof. Ihab Shaker
  • Managing Coagulation Disorders in the Critically Ill – Prof. Hala Farawila

Medical Exhibition: Discover Next-Gen Technologies

Step into the summit’s Medical Exhibition, the innovation hub of the event. Connect with global pharmaceutical leaders and medical tech pioneers showcasing:

  • State-of-the-art bedside diagnostic devices
  • Advanced hemodynamic monitoring systems
  • Novel pharmaceutical therapies in sepsis, organ protection, and critical care pharmacotherapy

Event Details & Registration

  • Dates: 26–27 November, 2026
  • Location: Safir Cairo Hotel, Cairo, Egypt

Reserve Your Seat Today

Be part of this historic gathering and elevate your clinical practice. Seats are limited to ensure interactive dialogue and discussion.

Join us in Cairo to bridge borders, connect knowledge, and save lives.

ECCCP to organize Pulmonary Critical Care Update Conference 2025

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ECCCP to organize Pulmonary Critical Care Update Conference 2025

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The Pulmonary Critical Care Working Group -a division of ECCCP – will organize on 20 November, 2025  Pulmonary Critical Care Update conference in celebration of World COPD Day.

The conference program include the following lectures:

  • New Treatment options in COPD, Dr Antonio Anzueto, University of Texas , USA
  • Corticosteroids in CAP: Timing, Indications and Evidence Dr Marcos Restrepo, University of Texas,USA
  • Precision Ventilation: How Electrical Impedance Tomography Enables Individualized Respiratory Support ? Dr Fernando Sipmann, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
  • Interesting Mechanical Ventilation Cases, Dr Oscar Penuelas, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain

Featured Speakers of the Egyptian Spanish Critical Care Summit

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Featured Speakers of the Egyptian Spanish Critical Care Summit

The Egyptian Spanish Critical Care Summit will feauture a panel of Spanish and Egyptian Speakers who will present over the two days of the conference the latest knowledge in Critical Care medicine.

The scientific program will include besides lectures two workshops on:

  • Mechanical ventilation conducted by Dr Fernanado Sipmann and Dr Oscare Penuelas from SEMICYUC 
  • ECMO Essentials conducted by Dr Mohamed Yousri from ECCCP 

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ECCCP to co-organize with SEMICYUC the Third Egyptian Spanish Critical Care Summit

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ECCCP to co-organize with SEMICYUC the Third Egyptian Spanish Critical Care Summit

3rd-Egyptian-Spanish-Critical-care-conferenceThe Egyptian College of Critical Care Physicians (ECCCP) will co-organize with the Spanish ICU society (SEMICYUC) the Third Egyptian Spanish Critical Care Medicine summit. The summit is hosted by the Critical Care Unit at Assiut Faculty of Medicine. and is scheduled on 1 and 2 October, 2025 and will be held at Assiut University.

The conference scientific program includes lectures and workshops delivered by a panel of Egyptian and Spanish faculty. 

ECCCP has initiated with SEMICYUC the Egyptian Spanish Critical Care  series in 2023 under the theme of Averroes (Ibn Rushd) The initiative aims to exchange knowledge and experiences between the two socities.

Lectures of the third critical care summit are : 

  • Importance of Heart-Lung Interactions and pulmonary vascular dysfunction in ARDS
  • Update in non-invasive respiratory support in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure.
  • Lung and diaphragmatic protection during assisted ventilation
  • How to manage difficult to wean patients
  • Ventilation strategies in cardiogenic shock
  • Steroids in ARDS: Is there still a role?
  • Lung Ultrasound role in critical care medicine
  • Pulmonary Emergencies in the ICU
  • Updated guidelines for the management of VAP
  • Defining the best fluid and pharmacological management strategies in cardiogenic shock
  • Mechanical Circulatory support modalities in Cardiogenic shock: options and evidences
  • Advanced management of Right Ventricular Failure.
  • Update in Myocardial dysfunction in sepsis
  • Severe Refractory Heart Failure: What’s New?
  • The Expanding role of Cardiac assist devices
  • Preserving the Ischemic Brain in Cardiac Arrest
  • Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure

The summit will provide as well two workshops on Mechanical Ventilation and ECMO 

SAVE THE DATE: 29-31 March, 2022 : The Egyptian Critical Care Summit 2022

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SAVE THE DATE: 29-31 March, 2022 : The Egyptian Critical Care Summit 2022

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The Egyptian College of Critical care Physicians ( ECCCP) is proud to organize the Egyptian Critical care Summit 2022  which is scheduled from 30 March till1 April at the Grand Nile Tower ( Hyatt) , Cairo, Egypt.

The Summit topics will highlight recent advances in critical care medicine. It will also include several mini courses which will take place at the Learning Resource Center , Kasr Al Ainy on Tuesday 29 March, 2022.

Join us at the summit and connect to knowledge.

The Critical Care Center Celebrates its 40th Anniversary in March 2022

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The Critical Care Center Celebrates its 40th Anniversary in March 2022

critical-care-center-cairo-university-egyptInaugurated in March 2nd, 1982 by its founder Professor Sherif Mokhtar, President of the Egyptian College of Critical Care Physicians (ECCCP), the Critical Care Center of Kasr Al Ainy will celebrate its 40th Anniversary.

In the photograph Dr Mokhtar with Prime Minister Mohie- Eldin and Dr Hasan Hamdy President of Cairo University.

The photograph was taken on inauguration day 

The center is an icon for dedication of the team which started the critical care medicine specialty in Egypt and continues to serve patients with the highest  healthcare standards.

In this occasion, ECCCP is organizing its conference: The Egyptian Critical Care Summit 2022 featuring the latest updates in Critical Care medicine on 29 -31 March , 2002.

The summit will offer as well pre-conference mini courses. 

The presentation shows the timeline of the center.

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Dr Lluis Blanch Presentation: High Respiratory Drive in Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure

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Presentation by Dr Lluis Blanch , Senior Critical Care , Parc Tauli, University of Barcelona , Spain at Pulmonary Medicine Update Conference on 11 March, 2021

The conference theme is : Respiratory care for COVID-19 patients 

 


Dr Blanch lecture is one of six virtual lectures included in the conference program.

The conference is endorsed by the Egyptian College of Critical care Physicians ( ECCCP) . It is also presided by Professor Medhat Abdel Khalek Soliman, Professor of Pulmonary Medicine , Cairo University and member of ECCCP Board of Directors