22^nd International Conference on Gastroenterology and Hepatology December 08-09, 2021 Barcelona, Spain

Ephraim Suhir is on the faculty of the Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA, Technical University, Vienna, Austria and James Cook University, Queensland, Australia. He is also CEO of a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) ERS Co. in Los Altos, CA, USA, is Foreign Full Member (Academician) of the National Academy of Engineering, Ukraine (he was born in that country); Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society of Optical Engineers (SPIE), and the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS); Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK, and the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE); and Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Ephraim has authored 450+ publications (patents, technical papers, book chapters, books), presented numerous keynote and invited talks worldwide, and received many professional awards, including 1996 Bell Laboratories Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS) Award (for developing effective methods for predicting the reliability of complex structures used in AT&T and Lucent Technologies products), and 2004 ASME Worcester Read Warner Medal (for outstanding contributions to the permanent literature of EPHRAIM SUHIR, Ph.D. Bell Laboratories, Physical Sciences and Engineering Research Division, Murray Hill, NJ, USA (ret); Portland State University, Depts. of Mech. and Mat., and Elect. and Comp. Engineering, Portland, OR, USA; Technical University, Dept. of Applied Electronic Materials, Inst. of Sensors and Actuators, Vienna, Austria; James Cook University, Mackay Institute of Research and Innovation, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; and ERS Co., 727 Alvina Ct., Los Altos, CA 94024, USA, www.ERSuhir.com, Tel. 650.969.1530, Cell. 408-410-0886, e-mail: suhire@aol.com and e.suhir@ieee.org 2 2 engineering and laying the foundation of a new discipline “Structural Analysis of Electronic Systems”). Ephraim is the third “Russian American”, after S. Timoshenko and I. Sikorsky, who received this prestigious award. His most recent awards are 2019 IEEE Electronic Packaging Society (EPS) Field award for seminal contributions to mechanical reliability engineering and modeling of electronic and photonic packages and systems and 2019 Int. Microelectronic Packaging Society’s (IMAPS) Lifetime Achievement award for making exceptional, visible, and sustained impact on the microelectronics packaging industry and technology.

 Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Applied and Mathematical Physics  Analytical (Mathematical) Modeling in Applied Science and Engineering  Materials Science and Engineering  Aerospace and Automotive Electronics and Photonics  Design for Reliability (DfR) of Electronic, Opto-Electronic and Photonic Assemblies, Packages and Systems  Applied Probability and Probabilistic DfR (PDfR) of Electronic and Photonic Devices and Systems  Photonics, Fiber Optics, Mechanics of Optical Fibers  Thin Film Mechanics and Physics  Shock and Vibration Analyses and Testing  Dynamic Response of Materials and Structures to Shocks and Vibrations  Thermal Stress Analysis, Prediction and Prevention of Thermal Stress Failures in Electronics and Optics  Solder Materials and Solder Joint Interconnections in Electronic and Optical Engineering  Polymeric Materials in Electronics and Photonics  Photovoltaic and Thermo-Electric Modules: Physical Design for Reliability  Stretchable (Large Area) Electronics and Photonics: Physical Design for Reliability  Lattice-Misfit Systems: Stress Analysis and Reliability Evaluations  Technical Diagnostics, Prognostics and Health Monitoring (PHM)  Vehicular (Aerospace, Automotive, Maritime, Railroad) Electronics and Photonics: Design for Reliability  “Human-in-the-Loop”: Human-System Interaction and Integration, with an emphasis on analytical modeling

Dr. Mohamed Amin El Gohary is a Chief, Department of Paediatric Surgery, Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi. He worked as a President of Pediatric Surgical Association of UAE in 2012-2014, Chief, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Al- Noor Hospital, Abu Dhabi in 2009-2014, Deputy Chair of the Department of Surgery, Mafraq Hospital in 2008-2009, Head of Pediatric Surgery Mafraq Hospital in 1983-2009. He is Executive member of the ISHID (International Society of Intersex 2007-to present. He completed his F.R.C.S. (Eng.) in 1980 England, F.R.C.S. (Edin.) in 1979 Scotland, F.R.C.S (Glsg) in 1997 and Diploma in Gen. Surgery at Cairo University in 1975, MBBCh at Cairo University in 1972.

Pediatric Surgery