Dr Hatim A. Omar is Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Kentucky, having previously served as Chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine at the university. He completed his medical training at the Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria, and received postgraduate training in Adolescent Medicine at West Virginia University and Physiology at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. He is the Founder and Chairman of the Stop Youth Suicide Campaign, and an executive committee member of the International Society of Holistic Health. He has published extensively in all areas of care for adolescents in various peer-reviewed scientific journals, and has served as an ambassador for the wellbeing of adolescents worldwide.