Ashraf Al Tayar

I am very well experienced in managing critically ill patients at bed side, following and observing my fellows; specialists as well as trainees, whom I helped train. I carry out all administrative jobs as well, with many years of experience as head of different well known hospital's ICU departments.

I am very proficient in critical care ultrasonography, with experience running many courses in the field as director and trainer.

• Middle East Representative and council member, ESICM (European Society Of ICU), 07/2018, 07/2021
• Director of Critical care ultrasonography course, Eastern Province, KSA
• Chairman of the annual Critical care ultrasound update conference, Saving Lives Academy
• Director of Eastern province ICU club, 2019, present
• CPR committee chairman, SFHD
• Trauma committee chairman, SFHD
• Member of senior Medical Board committee, SFHD
• WINFOCUS faculty trainer of Critical care ultrasonography
• SCCM faculty instructor of Critical care ultrasonography
• ATLS instructor
• AHA faculty and instructor of ACLS

• Royal College of Physician of Ireland, Collegiate member, 2005, present
• European Society of Intensive care medicine, Member, 2018, present
• Saudi Society of Critical care medicine, 2007, present
• Saudi Commissions for Health Specialties, # 04-R-M-17662, 2002, present
• Egyptian Medical Syndicate, 1995, present
• American Society of Critical Care (SCCM), 10/2011, present

• Expert in Chest Ultrasound examination of ICU patients
• Expert in US guided Procedures, Pericardiocentesis, Pleurocentesis, Paracentesis
• Expert in using Ultrasound in CV line insertion and Deep veins examination
• Expert in using Echocardiography in ICU patients
• Expert in TEE for critically ill patients
• Course Instructor/Director, Critical care ultrasonography course, Gulf Region - the only critical care ultrasound course recognized and affiliated by ESICM in the middle east
• Instructor/Faculty, American Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), Critical care ultrasound course
• Expert in using all recent hemodynamic invasive and non-invasive modalities, Swan Ganz, PICCO, Vigelio
• Expert in NAVA, Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist mode for difficult weaning and ventilation
• ACLS, American Heart Association (AHA), Instructor, 2012, present
• ATLS, Instructor

• Can the regional cerebral saturation be a perfusion parameter in ICU patients with shock, Intensive Care Medicine Journal, 10/2014
• Basic ultrasound head-to-toe skills for intensivists in the general and neuro intensive care unit population, Intensive Care Medicine, 12/2021
• Use of critical care ultrasound in Saudi Arabia: Questionnaire Analysis, Saudi Critical Care Journal, 06/2023
• Diaphragm Electromyography Versus Ultrasonography in the Prediction of Mechanical Ventilation Liberation Outcome, Journal of Respiratory Care, 07/2022
• Optic nerve sheath diameter by ultrasound is a good screening tool for high intracranial pressure in TBI, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 04/2020
• Optic nerve sheath diameter measurement by US to predict increased ICP in TBI, Intensive Care Medicine Journal, 10/2017
• Role of Presepsin for the Diagnosis of Sepsis and ICU Mortality: A Prospective Controlled Study, IJCCM, 2021
• Severe Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Decompressive Craniectomy in a Case of Severe Methanol Intoxication, American J Emerg Crit Care Med, 11/03/2020
• Consensus Statement for Pharmacological Management of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Pragmatic Approach, Asp Biomed Clin Case Rep, 2020
• Dynamic ultrasound guidance versus landmark technique in insertion of internal jugular CV line in ICU ventilated patients, Am Sci, 2013

• Course director of critical care ultrasonography that is ESICM affiliated as the only course in Middle East
• Chairman of the annual critical care ultrasonography conference
• ESICM task force member of critical care ultrasonography , I shared in writing the consensus of the society
• AHA/ACLS courses instructor/Faculty

Research Experience

• Al Tayar etal, can the regional cerebral saturation be a perfusion parameter in ICU patients with shock; intensive care medicine Journal ,Oct.2014;sup(1),vol 40
• Robba C,Wong A,Poole D,Al Tayar A,etal. Basic ultrasound head-to-toe skills for intensivists in the general and neuro intensive care unit population: consensus and expert recommendations of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Intensive care medicine. 2021 Dec;47(12):1347-67.
• Al Tayar etal, Use of critical care ultrasound in Saudi Arabia: Questionnaire Analysis.Saudi Critical care journal.2023,June
• Al Tayar etal, Diaphragm Electromyography Versus Ultrasonography in the Prediction of Mechanical Ventilation Liberation Outcome.Journal of respiratory care,2022,July
• Al Tayar etal,Optic nerve sheath diameter by ultrasound is a good screening tool for high intracranial pressure in TBI;Irish Journal of medical science ,Apr. 2020; /doi.org/10.1007/s11845-020-02242-2
• Al Tayar etal, Optic nerve sheath diameter measurement by US to predict increased ICP in TBI; intensive care medicine Journal: October 2017; 5(sup2)0165.
• Al Tayar etal, Role of Presepsin for the Diagnosis of Sepsis and ICU Mortality: A Prospective Controlled Study;IJCCM,2021: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23715.
• Hassan B, Ashraf Al Tayar, Severe Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Decompressive Craniectomy in a Case of Severe Methanol Intoxication; American J Emerg Crit Care Med. 2020 Nov 03;3(2): 068-071.
• Ravi etal, Consensus Statement for Pharmacological Management of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Pragmatic Approach; Asp Biomed Clin Case Rep2020: 0370-3-241
• Al Tayar etal,Can the regional cerebral oxygen saturation be a perfusion parameter in ICU patients with shock; Journal of Critical care medicine 38(2017):164-167
• Al Tayar etal, Dynamic ultrasound guidance versus landmark technique in insertion of internal jugular CV line in ICU ventilated patients Am Sci 2013;9(11):53-59
• As a part of fullfiment of master degree of critical care , I had a thesis about ( short term effects of prone position on mechanically ventilated patients with acute respiratory failure.)

Teaching Experience

• Lecturer in Prince Sultan Military college , Dhahran, SA; Neurocritical care curriculum for Undergraduate of Anesthesia Technician MBBcH
• Speaker , 5Th annual International conference of Saudi Society of Critical care Medicine, Riyadh ,13-18 April 2014;NAVA work experience at KFMMC ,Dhahran.
• Speaker,33rd ESICM annual conference, Barcelona, Spain: can the regional cerebral saturation be a perfusion parameter in ICU patients with shock; Abstract presentation;September2105
• Speaker ,Sepsis symposium of KFSH-Dammam; Prognostication of sepsis in critically ill patients,16-April 2015
• Speaker,35th ESICM annual conference, Vienna, Austria :Optic nerve sheath diameter measurement by US to predict increased ICP in TBI; Abstract presentation; October 2017
• Speaker and instructor in Critical care Us course conducted by American society of Critical care (SCCM), Abu Dhabi ;December 2017
• Speaker, 6th Pan Africa Critical care conference , Alexandria ,Egypt: February 2018;Can regional cerebral Oxygen saturation be a perfusion parameter in patients with shock
• Speaker, Emirates Critical care conference ,Dubai; April 2018; 2 presentations ( NAVA to ventilate and wean ARDS patients , and ONSD by US to predict high ICP in TBI)
• Speaker , Echo in Emergency course; Dammam; April 2018
• Speaker ,3rd Sepsis symposium of KFSH-Dammam; Antimicrobial stewardship, May 2018
• Regular speaker in Critical care Nutrition course conducted in Gulf 2016 till present
• Course Director , speaker and trainer in Critical care Ultrasonography course ;2014 till present ( 11 courses)
• Virtual zoom courses in 2020 including Basic, advanced critical care echo and Lung US for intensivists and non-intensivist : 5 courses , 6 sessions each and 2 hours in every session
• Lectures series for rotating residents to critical care section, KFSH-RC, Jeddah.
• Speaker, Annual medical emergencies symposium at King Khalid National Guard hospital 09/2006.
• Speaker, Annual internal medicine symposium 03/2009, Hera Hospital, Mecha , Ministry of health, SA.
• Speaker, grand round, critical care section 2008-2009, KFSH-RC,Jeddah.
• Speaker, First annual clinical lab conference, KFMMC, august 2011; PRBCs transfusion when and when not to transfuse in ICU patients, a literature review.
• Speaker, Annual update of pulmonary and critical care at Dammam University November 2011; Management of refractory septic shock.
• Speaker at Eastern region monthly ICU club meeting June 2012; Fatal Fat Embolism Syndrome in poly trauma patient ,Case presentation and literature review.
• Speaker, Update of critical care medicine conference at National guard hospital, Al Hassa,; Update in refractory septic shock ,literature review November 2012.