Afif El-khuffash MB, BCh, FRCPI, MD, DCE

Afif graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 2002 and enrolled in the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland paediatric specialist training scheme in 2005. He completed a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree in University College, Dublin in 2008 and his neonatal specialty training in Toronto, Canada (2009-2011). Following this, he was appointed as a consultant Neonatologist and Assistant Professor of paediatrics at the University of Toronto in January of 2011.

He obtained diploma in clinical epidemiology during his time in Toronto. Afif explored the use of novel technology in monitoring the haemodynamic status of preterm infants and was part of the only neonatal echo training course in Canada. He co-devised the world’s first echo teaching website and mobile device application. Recently, Afif have assumed a leadership role at a European level in devising training guidelines for echocardiography by the Neonatologist.