lectures and presentations

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- Clinical Faculty, Caritas Baby Hospital / Nursing School.

October 1995- April 1999. Anatomy

- Clinical Faculty, Nursing Training Center in Jerusalem.

October 1996- March 1999. Anatomy and Physiology

- Speaker, Pediatric Critical Care Nursing Class. Hope Children’s Hospital

July and December 2000. Chest Tubes and Pneumothorax

- Speaker, Pediatric Advance Life Support. Hope Children’s Hospital

March, April, June and October 2001: Integration of Shock and Respiratory Failure

May 2001: Trauma

September 2001: Recognition of Respiratory Failure and Shock 

- Instructor, Advanced Training Skills Lab. Hope Children’s Hospital

March and October 2001 

- Speaker, PICU lectures for First Year Residents. Hope Children’s Hospital

June 2001, 2002 and 2003:  Status Asthmaticus. Mechanical Ventilation.

- Invited Speaker, Caritas Baby Hospital, Bethlehem Palestine

April 2005:  Status Asthmaticus. Emergency Procedures.

Recognition of Shock and cardiopulmonary failure.

Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome/Multiorgan System Failure  (MODS/MOSF) Case Presentation

- Fundamental Critical Care Support, Instructor 2002 (Active).

2005-2017. Pediatric Considerations (Lecture)

Pediatric Mechanical Ventilation skills (Workshop).  

- Speaker, CME, Pediatrics Grand Rounds. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System

June 2006. Guidelines for Management of Status Asthmaticus. 

- Speaker/Panel Participant, CME, PICU Grand Round. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System

August 2006.  PICU Trauma Patient “From the Scene to Discharge”

- Speaker, Organizer, Planner, CME, First Annual Pediatric Critical Care Symposium. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System/Children’s Regional Health. 

November 2006. Status Asthmaticus

- Speaker, CME, Pediatrics Grand Rounds. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System 

February 2007. Guidelines for Management of Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Children. 

- Organizer and Planner, CME, Second Annual Pediatric Symposium. Spartanburg  Regional Healthcare System/Children’s Regional Health.

May 2007. 

- Invited Speaker, Caritas Baby Hospital, Bethlehem Palestine, Educational 3 days

September 2007: Status Asthmaticus, Noisy Breathing in Children, Pediatric Emergency Medications, Status Epilepticus, Innovative Respiratory Care, ARDS and HFOV

- Speaker, CME, Pediatric Grand Round. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System 

October 2007. Noisy Breathing in Children

- Invited Speaker, Emergency Department Staff, Spartanburg Regional

January 2008: Cuffed vs. Uncuffed ETT in Children

- Speaker, Organizer, Planner, CME, Second Annual Pediatric Critical Care Symposium. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System/Children’s Regional Health.

April 2008: Noisy Breathing in Children

- Speaker, CME, Pediatric Grand Round. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System 

October 2008. Laryngomalacia and Subglottic Stenosis

- Invited Speaker, Emergency Department Staff, Spartanburg Regional

December 2008: Helium-Oxygen (Heliox) Therapy in Children

- Speaker, CME, Pediatric Grand Round. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System 

February 2009. Heliox Treatment in Severe Respiratory Distress

- Organizer and Planner, CME, Third Annual Pediatric Symposium. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System/Children’s Regional Health.

April 2009. 

- Invited Speaker, Emergency Department Staff, Spartanburg Regional

May 2009: Nitrous Oxide

- Speaker, CME, Pediatric Grand Round. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System 

June 2009. Drowning

- Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support, Instructor 2009 (Active).

- Speaker, Organizer, Planner, CME, Third Annual Pediatric Critical Care Symposium. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System/Children’s Regional Health.

April 2010: Initial Assessment of the Critically Ill Child

- Speaker, CME, Pediatrics Grand Round. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System 

June 2010. Kawasaki Disease

- Invited Speaker, Anesthesia Department Staff, Spartanburg Regional

December 2010: AHA 2010 CPR ECC Guideline Review & Update

- Speaker/Panel Participant, Organizer, planner, CME, PICU Grand Round. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System

March 2011.  A PICU Success Story “From Harm to Healing”

- Organizer and Planner, CME, Fourth Annual Pediatric Symposium. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System/Children’s Regional Health.

April 2011. 

- Speaker, Organizer/Director, Planner, Nursing CE. Pediatric Clinical Nursing Conference. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. 

May, June, July 2011. Seizures, Respiratory Distress, Congenital Heart Disease/Heart sounds and Murmurs.

- Speaker, CME, Pediatrics Grand Round. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System 

July 2011. AHA 2010 CPE ECC Guidelines Updates and Review

- Invited Speaker, Emergency Medical Services, Spartanburg County

August 2011: Keys to Successful Resuscitation

- Invited Speaker, SC Society for Respiratory Care, Piedmont Region, Education Forum

February 2012: Advances in Management of Severe Respiratory Distress in Children

- Invited Speaker, Department of Respiratory Care, Spartanburg Regional. 

April 2012: Respiratory Distress, Advanced Technology

- Speaker, Organizer, Planner, CME, Fourth Annual Pediatric Critical Care Symposium. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System/Children’s Regional Health.

April 2012: Airway Management Skill Station

- Invited Speaker, Emergency Medical Services, Spartanburg County

May 2012: Pediatric Emergency Transport: Be Prepared, Always Be Ready

- Invited Speaker, CME, Pediatrics Grand Round. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System 

July 2012. Seizures in Children-Clinical Approach

- Organizer and Planner, CME, Fifth Annual Pediatric Symposium. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System/Children’s Regional Health.

April 2013. 

- Invited Speaker, CME, Pediatrics Grand Rounds. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System 

July 2013. Seizures in Children

- Invited Speaker, CME, Second Annual Summer Workshop, Spartanburg County School Nurses. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System/Children’s Regional Health.

August 2013: Concussion in Schools

- Organizer and Planner, CME, Fifth Annual Pediatric Critical Care Symposium. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System/Children’s Regional Health.

April 2014 

- Invited Speaker, CME - Palliative and Hospice Medicine Fellowship Program. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System 

June 2016 and June 2017. Pediatric Palliative and Hospice Care in Children-The Basics.

- Speaker, CME, Pediatrics Grand Round. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System 

March 2017. Kawasaki Disease. A Clinical review

- Organizer, Speaker, and Planner. Nursing Continuing Education (10.08 contact credit hours). Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System.

June 2018. Pediatric Intensive Care Course

- Speaker, CME, Pediatric Grand Round. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System.

June 2018. Seizures in Children. 2017 New Classifications

- Speaker, CME, Pediatric Grand Round. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System.

September 2018. Status Diabeticus Management Guidelines

- Speaker, CME, Pediatric Care Symposium. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System/Regional Children's Health.

November 2018. Types of Seizures in Children 

- Director, Speaker, and Course developer. Nursing Continuing Education (10.08 contact credit hours) and Physician Continuous Medical Education (8 contact hours). Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System.

December 2019. Pediatric Intensive Care Course (PICU Boot Camp)

- Invited Speaker, South Carolina Osteopathic Medical Society (SCOMS)-2021 Winter CME Conference.

February 2021. Management Guidelines of Status Asthmaticus in Children

- Director, Speaker, and Course developer. Second Year Osteopathic Medical Students. Credit hours 0.5 (8 contact hours). Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

April 2021. Pediatric and Neonatal Skills Course (Peds-Neo Boot Camp)

- Invited Speaker, CME. 2021 VCOM Research retreat. Credit hours 1 (1 contact hour). Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

December 2021. Engaging DO Students in Research

- Director, Speaker, and Course developer. Nursing Continuing Education (5.5 contact credit hours). Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System.

September 2022. Pediatric Acute and Critical Care Refresher Course

- Invited Panelist Speaker, CME. 2022 VCOM Research retreat. Credit hours 1 (1 contact hour). Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

November 2022. How to Conduct Medical Research in a Busy Clinical Practice

- Director, Speaker, and Course developer. PICU Boot Camp course (VCOM Course# MED 8163): for AY2022-2023 the course is delivered monthly for OMS-IV students rotating in PICU from all VCOM campuses (Total 40-50 students per year)

- Director, Speaker, and Course developer. Virtual PICU Course:  for AY 2022-2023, some OMS-IV VCOM students of all campuses took the elective online course developed and implemented by Dr. Hanna Sahhar and earned 4 academic credit hours.

- Director, Speaker, and Course developer. Pediatric Acute and Critical Care Refresher Course: Twenty-Two pediatric nurses and respiratory therapists participated in the 5.5 hours on-site course on September 12th and 13th, 2022. They earned 5.5 CE hours. 

- Lumbar Puncture Clinical Skills Workshop: for AY 2022-2023, the Sahhar adopted the role of Course champion, prepared all the course materials for the students and instructors, delivered the faculty development session for all the course instructors. The instructor led lab session was delivered February 6 and 7, 2023 for all 1st year VCOM Carolinas students.

- Director, Speaker, and Course developer. Second Year Osteopathic Medical Students. Certificate of Completion (8 contact hours). Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine- Carolinas Campus 

April 2023. Pediatric and Neonatal Skills Course (Peds-Neo Boot Camp)

- Director, Speaker, and Course developer. Pediatric Acute and Critical Care Refresher Course: Twenty-Two pediatric nurses and respiratory therapists participated in the 4.5 hours on-site course on November 1st and 2nd, 2023. 

- Director, Speaker, and Course developer. PICU Boot Camp course (VCOM Course# MED 8163): for AY2023-2024 the course is delivered monthly for OMS-IV students rotating in PICU from all VCOM campuses (Total of 40 students participated and completed the course)