Neonatal Intensive Care at the Crossroads of the Great Silk Road in Uzbekistan
- April 13 - 14, 2026
- Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Objectives
This IPOKRaTES seminar will bring together international experts in neonatology and neonatologists from Central Asia. They will focus on the main problems and management of the respiratory problems of the neonate, nutritional needs, and infections, particularly of the preterm infant, transportation of newborns, issues concerning neonatal surgery and topics of general interest in Perinatology and developmental care of prematurely born infants.
Faculty
- Josef Neu
University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA and
Operational Director IPOKRaTES Foundation - Boris Kramer
Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland - Mario Rüdiger
Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany - Christian Kruppa
Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany - Kathrin Schughardt
Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany - Salmai Turial
Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany - Josephine Jahnke
Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany - Timur Azhibekov
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA - Arina Malakhova
Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Program
MON, April 13, 2026
08.30-09.00
Registration
09.00-09.20
Welcome speech
Deputy Minister, Director of the Republican Perinatal Center
09.20-10.00
Speeches: Excellence in Perinatology in Uzbekistan
Chief Neonatologist of the Republic of Uzbekistan\ Deputy Director of the Republican Perinatal Center
10.00-10.20
Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Misnomer in Need of a Revised Paradigm
Josef Neu
10.20-10.40
New ERC Guidelines 2026
Mario Rüdiger
10.40-11.00
TBD
11.00-11.30
Coffee break
11.30-11.50
Lung ultrasound and surfactant delivery
Boris Kramer
11.50-12.10
Comparison of Laparoscopic and Open Surgical Options for Congenital Duodenal Obstruction
Christian Kruppa
12.10-12.30
Cerebral autoregulation and perinatal brain injuries
Timur Azhibekov
12.30-12.50
Advanced laparoscopic procedures in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants
Salmai Turial
12.50-13.15
TBD
13.15-13.40
Prophylactic surfactant administration to premature newborns less than 28 weeks gestation
Boris Kramer
13.40-14.00
Beyond the Basics: High Impact Updates in Neonatal Nursing
Arina Malakhova
14.00-15.00
Lunch
15.00-15.20
Practical Issues in the Nutritional Support of ELBW Infants
Josef Neu
15.20-15.40
Hypothermia for Asphyxia management
Mario Rüdiger
15.40-16.00
Thoracoscopic Therapy of Bronchiogenic Cysts in Newborns and Infants
Kathrin Schughardt
16.00-16.20
Psychosocial support as an essential part of neonatal care
Josephine Jahnke
16.20-16.40
Neonatal shock: challenges and controversies
Timur Azhibekov
17.00
Coffee break
16.40-17.00
Thoracoscopic Therapy of Bronchiogenic Cysts in Newborns and Infants
Christian Kruppa
TUE, April 14, 2026
09.00-11.00
Workshop 1: Lung US
Workshop 2: Developmental Care (nurses): Evidence Based Nursing Care of Fragile Neonatal Skin (ELBW skin care, preventative practices, positioning to avoid injury, fixation of devices/IVs
Workshop 3: Neonatal Surgery: Еsophageal atresia
10.15-11.00
Workshop 4: sponsors (we will have this information later)
11.00-11.30
Coffee break
11.30-14.00
Workshop 1: Intubation with Video-laryngoscope
Workshop 2: Developmental Care (nurses): nursing treatment of rare fragile skin disorders (EB), proper bathing techniques, etc
Workshop 3: Neonatal Surgery: Duodenal atresia
Workshop 4: sponsors (we will have this information later)
14.00-14.30
Coffee break
Subject to change
Target Audience
Neonatologists, nurses, neonatal surgeons, nutritionists and affiliates of University and non-University Hospitals in the field of Neonatology.
Republican Perinatal Center
Local Organizers
Nilufar Urinbaeva
Director of the Republican Perinatal Centre
Doctor of medical sciences
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Phone: +998 99 059 00 00
email: urinbaevanilufar2@gmail.com
Nodira Kasimova, MD, PhD
Republican Perinatal Centre
Deputy director on Neonatology
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Phone: +998 90 355 47 27
email: nkasimova65@gmail.com
Bakhtiyor Ergashev
Republican Perinatal Centre
Head of the Center for Neonatal Surgery
Doctor of medical sciences, Professor
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Phone: +998 91 163 33 35
email: neosurgery@list.ru
Ministry of health of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Main Sponsors
Local Sponsors
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