OVERVIEW

5th Surgical Annual Research Day (SARD) is organized by Sidra Medicine and will be held on Feb 04, 2027 at Sidra Medicine, Ar Rayyan, Doha, Qatar.

Description:
Now in its fifth year, Sidra Medicine’s Surgical Annual Research Day (SARD) 2026 is a multidisciplinary effort to share our work around clinical research.The acronym SARD in Arabic means “narrating” and is meant to represent the exchange of information, which has been the foundation that our SARD series has been built on.

Topics and Sessions:

Understanding and Evaluating Surgical Evidence
From Evidence to Impact: Why Research Alone is Not Enough
Congenital Malformations
Selected Research Podium Presentations
Poster Presentation
Conducting High-Quality QI Projects
Selected Quality Improvement Podium Presentations
Navigating Research in a busy surgical environment.
WORKSHOP: Practical AI for Surgical Research: Build Your First AI Model
WORKSHOP: Protocol Development: Practical Statistics for Surgical Research

Conference Objectives:

Describe the current status of research in pediatric surgical subspecialties locally and internationally
Outline available resources for research at Sidra
Explore health economics in the context of pediatric surgery and the conduct of relevant research and quality improvement projects
Appraise and evaluate the selected presented research and quality projects that have been conducted at Sidra Medicine
Create an annual gathering to allow exchange of valuable information from research and quality projects in surgery