Work Experience:25 years experience in Internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology and medical education. Awards from UAEU: Best Service, Best Teaching and Best clinical research. Professional Affiliations: Immediate Past President of Emirates Society of Cardiology, currently General Secretary Emirates Cardiac Society and Vice President of Gulf Intervention Society. Fellow of royal college of physicians UK, fellow American college of physician, fellow European society of cardiology, fellow of American college of cardiology, fellow American society of cardiac intervention and fellow of American heart association. Areas of Special Interest: Heart failure, Coronary artery disease, Dyslipidaemia, Hypertension, Arrhythmias, Cardiac intervention, Cardiac imaging, Screening for cardiac disease in sport players, Cardiovascular disease in pregnancy
Professor Shehab is a Chief editor of Emirates medical Journal and also service as editor in many other regional and international journals. Professor has published 156 paper in Medline.
Pediatric cardiologist with expertise in interventional cardiology and complex congenital heart problems management.
My goal is to deliver to all patients best understanding of their kids heart problem and help them to take the right decision for them
Been privileged to participate in interventional and surgical charity missions for less fortunate kids with CHD in Asia and Africa
Passionate about medical education with many years of experience in organizing big international medical conferences in Dubai
Consultant none invasive cardiologist. Head of none invasive and echo department. MRCP (UK), FRCP (Edinburgh) National board of Echo (NBE) USA. Arab board of cardiology. Saudi Fellowship of cardiology. American board of CT coronary angio. Master degree of cardiology (ALEXANDRIA).
Fellowship Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Professor of Medicine university paris-cité
Former chairman working group interventional cardiology of European society of cardiology
Co-Founder EAPCI
Former chairman interventional cardiology Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou
Founder of 2 startups: Arterial Remodeling Technologies and Scarcell Therapeutics
Dr Colombo was born in Busto Arsizio, Italy on June 17, 1950.7 After completing his schooling in Gallarate, he went on to the University of Milan School of Medicine in 1968, before attending the University of Parma Postgraduate School to study Cardiovascular Medicine. From a young age, he was a gifted student; and ultimately graduated Summa Cum Laude from his medical school.7
In 1967, Dr Colombo’s love of travel took him all the way to Iran in his Volkswagen (which he affectionately named “Maggiolino”).5 In 1986, he opened a private centre based on his innovative ideas after feeling ostracised by the academic environment.5 At the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session in 2012, Dr Colombo was dubbed a “Legend in Cardiovascular Disease.”2
Dr.Batool Abuhalimeh is a Vascular Medicine Consultant in the Cleveland Clinc in AbuDhabi. Dr.Abuhalimeh completed her residency and fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. She is a fellow and member of multiple prestigious national and internatinal socities and is passionate on venous diease, PAD, vascular disease in women and health inequilities.
Medical school at Berlin Free University;
Cardiology Departement University Hospital Steglitz Berlin (Prof. Rolf Schoeder);
Head of Cardiovascular Center Berlin-Charlottenburg;
Senior Physician Vivantes Klinikum Am Urban/ Berlin;
Founding Chair ACC GHATI (Global Heart Attack Treatment Initiative)
Director of Electrophysiology&Cardiac Pacing Dept; Professor of Cardiology. Extensive experience in catheter ablation and pacing; pioneer of “leadless pacemakers” , left atrial appendage closure, cryoablation and PFA of atrial fibrillation. Currently, much interest in cardioneuroablation
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic. Advanced Imaging Cardiologist with a clinical and research focus in the non-invasive diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis and cardiomyopathies.
Prof. Grube is Professor of Medicine, Head, Center of Innovative Interventions in Cardiology (CIIC) University Hospital Bonn, Germany and Consulting Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, at Stanford University School of Medicine.
He received his first degree in Medicine at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm-University in Bonn. His cardiology training was completed at University of Wisconsin, Medical School and University of Bonn, Medical School.
He received his Board Certification in Internal Medicine, in Cardiology and in Angiology from the North Rhine Chamber of Medical Doctors and his post-doctoral lecturing qualification “Internal Medicine“ from the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm-University in Bonn.
He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Angiology and the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions.
His research interest includes drug eluting stents, distal protection devices, debulking devices, restenosis and in-stent restenosis.
Dr. Emad Aziz is a Professor of Medicine and Section Chief of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Director of the Arrhythmia Institute at the Rutgers-NJMS University Hospital. Dr. Aziz is triple certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine, the American Osteopathic Board of Cardiology, and Cardiac Electrophysiology.
Dr. Aziz completed his residency training in Internal Medicine and fellowships in Cardiology and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, a University Hospital of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, along with a fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure at Montefiore-Einstein Heart Institute. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society.
Since coming to NJMS, there has been significant growth of the electrophysiology department with the latest innovations in rhythm management now being offered in both in- and outpatient settings. The procedure volume of the EP lab has increased by over 400% compared to the prior year. Dr. Aziz has introduced new procedures not previously offered in the state of NJ, including the Impulse Dynamic implantation and Wise-CRT device, through the international SOLVE-CRT trial, for advanced heart failure. University Hospital is also the first site in the state to use the newly approved MICRA AV leadless pacemaker.
University Hospital will also be one of the first institutions in the country to offer Respicardia Remedē device for central sleep apnea. In addition to the SOLVE-CRT trial, Rutgers is also enrolled in two other clinical trials: MARVEN study sponsored through NIH looking at risk factors associated with ventricular tachyarrhythmias in non-ischemic cardiomyopathy and the SAF-ILR trial studying the safety and cost effectiveness of same day loop recorder implantation vs. traditional telemetry observation for patients with unexplained syncope.
Dr. Aziz is actively involved in education and established an EP rotation for residents and an EP curriculum for fellows, including weekly ECG rounds as well as fostering multiple active research projects. He has extensively published more than 170 abstracts, over 100 manuscripts, and book chapters in peer-reviewed and professional journals. Dr. Aziz has future endeavors that include developing an ACGME accredited Electrophysiology fellowship program, comprehensive atrial fibrillation and advanced ventricular tachycardia management programs as well as introducing stereotaxis GENESIS system for advanced robotic ablations.
Biologist specialized in cardiovascular genetics, with experience in the interpretation of genetic variants in cardiovascular diseases. Researcher in the PhD program in Molecular Biology, Biomedicine and Health at the University of Girona. Researcher in the group Cardiovascular Diseases and Child Development, Arrhythmia, Familial Heart Disease and Sudden Death Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu. Graduate in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Barcelona and Master in Genetics and Genomics from the same university. Awarded in 2023 with the Daniel Bravo Competitive grant, for a training stay at the Mayo Clinic in the United States, in the unit “The Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory”, led by Dr. Ackerman.
Interventional cardiologist at Galeazzi-Sant’Ambrogio Hospital in Milan.
I trained in Trieste receiving my medical degree in 2007, and specifically in interventional cardiology at ISALA Hospital in Zwolle, De Netherlands. I have worked closely to Prof Antonio Colombo at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan for 5 years. From 2019 to 2022 I was chief of the interventional cardiology department at Maria Cecilia Hospital in Cotignola and coordinator of the educational program of 2nd level master in interventional cardiology at Ferrara University.
I have a strong interest in research and education. I have published 270 scientific articles in prestigious international scientific journals in the field of interventional cardiology.
Dr. Ing’s professional affiliations include: Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and Master of Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (MSCAI). He served as the chairman of the Congenital Heart Disease Council of the SCAI (2017-20) and as a member of the SCAI Board of Trustee (2019-22). He was a member on the steering committee for Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology (ACPC) section of the American College of Cardiology (ACC)-2020-2022. He is a regular faculty at numerous national and international scientific conferences.
Pediatric cardiologist, head of Pediatric Arrhythmia and Sudden Death unit in Hospital Sant Joan de Déu (Barcelona), one of the largest children’s hospital in Europe. Loves teaching from pregraduate to specialized courses. Believes in absolute dedication and tenderness towards patients and their
families.
Professor of cardiology at Almeda Group And Oman International Hospital
Dr Ghaliah is also a Fellow of HeartRhythm Society(FHRS), Fellow of aEuropean Society of Cardiology (FESC),Member of European Heart Rhythm Association(EHRA) and board of trustees at the World Arrhythmia society.
She is well known international speaker in world class conferences, reviewer of Europaceand editorial board of JAFIB Journal. She is also on the advisoryboard of emerging new technologies.She was a winner of Cuore Sabina Award in Italy for great Professionality and Humanity in Cardiology.
Senior consultant Cardiologist, MD,MBA,FACP, FRCPC, FACC, started Medical school at the French Faculty Of Medicine(FFM) in Beirut then graduated from Paris University-France, did his Internship and started his Fellowship in Internal Medicine at Sherbrook University-Quebec-Canada, continued , trained and completed his Fellowship and Board Certification in Medicine and Adult Cardiology at” McGill University”. He detains an MBAIP from Sorbonne –Dauphine-USJ universities. He was Associate Cardiologist at The Montreal General Hospital-McGill University- and Chief Cardiology at “Centre Hospitalier De Lanaudière” affiliated teaching University Hospital in Quebec-Canada- and is an honorary member for life at the same hospital. Dr Kiwan was Principal Investigator and Investigator in many national Canadian and International studies .He continues to be involved in clinical research by being local and national PI of international studies in Lebanon. He detains an Award from Saudi Aramco for his services as Consultant Cardiologist and in Charge of the Non-invasive cardiology Lab where he introduced the stress echo and contrast echo technique. He is currently and since 2009 Chief of Medical Staff at “Bellevue University Medical Center” in Lebanon; a JCI accredited 170 beds hospitals. He is chief of Cardiology Division at BUMC and founding director of the BITC-Bellevue International Training Center /American Heart Association. He is Co-founder and current director of STRKE unit at BMC.He is the Chairman of the Non Invasive working group at the Lebanese Society of Cardiology (second mandate). He is a Co-Founder of the” Lebanese Chapter of the American College of Cardiology” and is currently Governor of this Chapter. Dr Kiwan has been and continues to be involved in many national and international conferences as a speaker, chairman, member of many scientific committees and co- organizer.
Gregg Stone, MD, senior faculty of medicine, cardiology, and population health science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has joined the Mount Sinai Health System as director of academic affairs for Mount Sinai Heart. He also will serve as a professor of cardiology and population health sciences and policy at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Stone previously was director of cardiovascular research and education at New York–Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy.
— Gregg W. Stone, MD, Senior Faculty, Medicine, Cardiology, Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, Academic Affairs, Mount Sinai Heart
Professor Habib Gamra obtained his medical degree from Sousse University School of Medicine (Tunisia) in 1987 before starting a residency in Cardiology at Charles Nicolle Hospital, Rouen (France) and a fellowship in interventional cardiology at the Good Samaritan Hospital and University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA that he completed in 1993. He is currently professor in cardiology at the university of Monastir (Tunisia) since 1996 and he currently holds the following positions:
– Head of Cardiology A Department at Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital – Monastir, Tunisia
– Chairman of the Pan African Course on Interventional Cardiology (PAFCIC) that is held annually since 2000 (www.pafcic.org)
– President of the Tunisian Heart Foundation
– Vice President North of The Panafrican Society of Cardiology (PASCAR)
– Director of Africa PCR
– Co-Director of CSI Africa congress
– Co-Chairman of Cardio Vascular Clinical Trialists MEMA meeting
– Co-Editor European Heart Journal for North Africa
– Past President of the working group on interventional cardiology of the Tunisian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery (GTCI)
– Past President of the African Heart Network
– Co-Chair of of The Panafrican Society of Cardiology (PASCAR) Interventional Cardiology Task Force (PASCI)
– Stent Save A Life country champion for Tunisia
– President of the regulatory specialised commission at the Tunisian ministry of health
He is also in the editorial board of various national and international journals.
Dr Horst Sievert, MD, is the Director of the CardioVascular Center Frankfurt, Sankt Katharinen, and the Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Vascular Medicine of the Sankt Katharinen Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany.
Dr Sievert is also an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine/Cardiology at the University of Frankfurt. Dr Sievert became Director of the Department of Interventional Cardiology and Angiology of the Heart Center Rotenburg in 1990, Senior Consultant at the Bethanien Hospital in Frankfurt in 1993, and Director of the CardioVascular Center Frankfurt, Sankt Katharinen in 2003. He has been the principal investigator in a number of clinical trials and has authored more than 130 manuscripts and 500 abstracts in peer-reviewed journals and 50 books and book contributions.
MD in cardiology ( Imperial college London), completed higher Cardiology training and had his CCST in cardiology 2006, Consultant invasive cardiologist at Princess Alexandra Hospital and Essex Cardiothoracic centre, London.
Have multiple international publications and participate in multi international trials.
Currently Head of cardiac imaging at Princess Alexandra Hospital with special interest in advanced echo and pacemaker implant.
Dr. Houssam Younes is the chairman of the department of vascular surgery at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and clinical associate professor of surgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
Professor James Spratt is an Interventional Cardiologist at St George’s Hospital, London and a Professor of Cardiology at St George’s, University of London. He is a globally recognised expert in complex coronary disease, internationally recognised for his knowledge of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Professor Spratt is a key innovator and educational expert who performed live case demonstrations at conferences around the world.
Professor of Medicine at the University of Valencia
Researcher Emeritus, INCLIVA Research Institute, University of Valencia
Graduated in Medicine and PhD from the Medical School of the University of Valencia (1968-1974). Training in Internal Medicine and Fellowship in Nephrology and Hypertension by the Northwestern University, Chicago. From 2009 to 2017, Scientific Director of the Research Institute INCLIVA. President of the European Society of Hypertension (2011-2013). Associate Editor of Journal Hypertension. Awarded with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Carol Davila, Bucharest and the Folkow Award in Research of the ESH.
Julia Grapsa has been a consultant cardiologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust since March 2020. She leads the imaging team for tricuspid services.
She is also a Reader for King’s College London.
She is editor in chief for JACC Case Reports, under the American College of Cardiology.
She chairs the women in imaging task force under the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), European Society of Cardiology (ESC). She is also a secretary (treasurer) for the ESC valvular heart disease council.
Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Edith and Benson Ford Heart and Vascular Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Henry Ford Health,
and CHIP Fellowship Program Director
Clinical Assistant Professor Wayne State University
Board Certified in Cardiovascular Diseases, Interventional Cardiology
Patient care is my “North Star,” which guides my transformational leadership style
Passionate about cardiovascular health care delivery and patient-focused care, utilizing innovative systems and therapy.
National and international leader in catheter-based treatments of complex heart artery disease
A regular speaker at national and international cardiology conferences
Authored and co-authored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers in Interventional Cardiology, book chapters, and abstracts
Inventor, holding one US patent in mechanical circulatory support and other pending in coronary and peripheral vascular device-based revascularizations
Enjoy teaching residents and fellows, educating and working with community physicians, and mentoring the next generation of physician leaders
Professor and Director of the 1st Department of Cardiology, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Greece. Prof Tsioufis works as an interventional Cardiologist and Hypertension Specialist. He has special interest in cardiorenal disease, heart failure, hypertension, neuromodulation and peripheral arterial disease. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Veterans Affairs Medical Centre, Georgetown University Washington DC, USA. He has more than 650 publications in peer-reviewed Journals, H-index> 60, more than 15000 citations. Member of the Task Force for the 2018 ESC/ESH hypertension guidelines. He has served as President of European Society of Hypertension (2017-19) and President of the Hellenic Society of Cardiology (2016-18).
Dr. Lawrence Phillips is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He is the Director of Nuclear Cardiology since 2010 and serves as Associate Program Director of the Training Program in Cardiovascular Diseases. He is the 2024 President of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
Lucy M. Safi, DO, FACC, FASE, FSCAI is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine and currently works as an echocardiographer and interventional echocardiographer at the Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Safi completed cardiology fellowship at Cooper University Hospital where she was selected as both chief cardiology fellow and chief GME fellow. Subsequently, she completed an advanced echocardiography fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Prior to joining Mount Sinai, Dr. Safi was Director of Interventional Echocardiography at Hackensack University Medical Center. Her research interests focus on valvular heart disease, structural heart imaging, and AI in echo. Dr. Safi has been an active member in the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) for many years and has served on numerous ASE councils and committees, currently serving on the ASE education committee and ASE scientific Sessions planning committee. She is a graduate of the inaugural ASE leadership academy and was recently elected as a member of the ASE Board of Directors.
Dr El-Omar is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at the Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester, England. He graduated from St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. He did his General Medical training in London and Oxford, including a 2-year General Medical rotation at St Thomas’ Hospital, working under Sir Professor Richard Thompson (ex-Physician to the Queen and ex-President of the Royal College of Physicians). He then embarked on a career in Cardiology, completing his General Cardiology training in Birmingham, Oxford and Wales. He subspecialized in coronary intervention, which included a 2.5 year interventional fellowship at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, and the New York University Medical Centre, New York, USA. His specialist interests include complex coronary intervention, and the management of acute and stable coronary artery disease. He is one of the highest volume coronary intervention operators in the UK. He is currently the lead for the acute chest pain and PCI services at the Manchester Heart Centre.
Dr.Botros is Consultant of cardiac EP at Critical Care department, Cairo University and at Al Qassimi hospital UAE, Fellow of cardiac electrophysiology Asklepios klinik Hamburg-Germany. Dr.Botros is EHRA certified Electrophysiology Specialist and IBHRE Certified cardiac Device specialist. Member of German society of cardiology (DGK), Member of European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), Member of Egyptian society of cardiology (EgSC), Member of Egyptian Cardiac Arrhythmia Association (ECRA)
Dr. Botros practice include management of all cardiac rhythm abnormalities, catheter ablation and advanced Device therapy. Dr.Botros Research work includes published manuscripts and abstracts in the field of Afib and SVT, Reviewer of international journals and principle investigator of international research registries. He has lectured both nationally and internationally. He has been involoved in clinical teaching of EP fellows since 2015.
Dr Ebeid is a tenured Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) and Director of Pediatric Catheterization Laboratory at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. recognized nationally and internationally as a pioneer in the field of catheter intervention for complex congenital heart disease; receiving referrals and awards from within and outside the United States. He has been invited to multiple countries to perform and teach catheter interventions. Principal investigator for many devices. The first in his region to perform many cardiac interventions; authored multiple papers and book chapters; Presented live interventions before national and international audiences. He has been invited as a moderator, chair person, speaker, and faculty in many prominent international cardiac conferences
Professor Mamas Mamas trained in Medicine at the University of Oxford, completing his clinical training in 2000. He is a Professor of Cardiology at Keele University and is a practicing interventional cardiologist. Professor Mamas is a Board member of EAPCI and an Associate Editor of Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. Professor Mamas is the Clinical Director of the Centre for Prognosis Research at Keele University, and leads a group of clinicians, data scientists and statisticians whose research interests focus around the use of routinely collected electronic healthcare data to inform the diagnosis, treatment and clinical outcomes of real-world patients with cardiovascular disease. He has published over 850 peer-reviewed manuscripts using big data in populations with cardiovascular disease, with a particular interest in studying real world PCI outcomes.
Multimodality Imaging Cardiologist. Skilled in clinical cardiology, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, cardiac MRI, cardiac CT, and clinical research.
EACVI accreditation in transthoracic, transesophageal echocardiography, cardiovascular MR imaging (level 3), and cardiac CT (level 3).
Associate Editor European Heart Journal Imaging Methods and Practice
Fellow of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (FEACVI).
Fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular CT (FSCCT).
Past Chairman of the CT&Nuclear Working Group of the Italian Society of Cardiology (SIC)
MD at University of Naples ( Italy) 2nd Medical School
Trained in Cardiovascular Surgery in Paris ( France)
Consultant Cardiovascular Surgeon at Hopital Européen de Paris La Roseraie ( Aubervilliers) from 1986 to 2006
Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Hopital Foch (Suresnes) from 2002 to 2004
Since 2006 Senior Consultant Cardiovascular Surgeon at Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transcatheter and Vascular Therapies-Hopital Prive Jacques Cartier-Massy
Professor Mohamed Abdel-Wahab is currently holding the position of Senior Consultant Cardiologist and Head of the Structural Heart Disease Department at the Leipzig Heart Center, and is a Professor of Interventional Cardiology at the University of Leipzig – Germany. The Leipzig Heart Center is one of the largest centers for cardiovascular disease management in Europe. He is leading clinical and research programs in the field of transcatheter valve replacement and complex coronary interventions. Before he moved to Leipzig, Abdel-Wahab was leading the coronary and structural heart disease program at the Heart Center of the Segeberger Kliniken in Bad Segeberg – Germany. He was presented the 2013 Publication Award of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the German Society of Cardiology and the 2015 Andreas Grüntzig Award of the German Society of Cardiology. Professor Abdel-Wahab was a nucleus member of the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the German Society of Cardiology, and is a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, a member of several international academic boards, and has published more than 200 papers in the field of interventional cardiology in peer review journals.
Dr Mohamed Magdi is Head of Department of Electrophysiology (EP) at AL Qassimi Hospital in Sharjah, UAE, as well as Chairman and Director of Gulf EP Live international meeting. He is also Professor of Critical Care Cardiology and Electrophysiology at Cairo University in Egypt.
Dr Magdi obtained his Doctorate of Critical Care Cardiology and Electrophysiology at Cairo University Hospital in 2009. He was a Consultant and Fellow in the EP department at the University Hospital of Nancy, France from 2005 to 2007, where he performed over 1000 cases of ablation.
Dr Magdi is a member of the European Society of Cardiology, European Heart Rhythm Association, Egyptian Heart Rhythm Association and instructor at the American College of Trauma. He was the chair and presenter of several international meetings such as Cardiostim and Heart Rhythm Society meeting in 2016.
With a research interest in electroanatomic mapping and ablation, Dr Magdi has authored over 10 publications in international journals including the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, Annales de Cardiologie et d’Angéiologie and Europace.
Dr Sulaiman is an American Board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology since 1998, he has completed his residency training from Columbia University, New York and his Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship from University of Illinois, Chicago
Consultant interventional cardiologist Ex-head of cardiology 2012-2018, Kuwait Heart Center Chest Diseases Hospital, Kuwait.
Mohammad Almutairi is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Ex- Chairman of the Department of Cardiology in Chest Diseases Hospital. He obtained his MB, ChB with honour from Kuwait medical school, Kuwait University in 1997. He did his internship year in Farwaniya Hospital followed by a year serving as an assistant registrar in internal medicine.
He went to do an internal medicine residency program in McGill University in Montreal, Canada from 1999 to 2002. He then stayed at McGill University to complete a three years cardiology fellowship from 2002 to 2005 and one extra year of interventional fellowship mainly trained to be a specialist in catheterization via the radial approach.
Dr. Almutairi returned to Kuwait in July, 2006 and immediately joined the Cardiology Department in Chest Diseases Hospital. Since his return he made sure to establish the radial approach as the preferred approach for catheterization in Kuwait and now more than 85% of cases are done radially. He also completed level II training in multislice cardiac CT.
Dr. Almutairi has served as a speaker and/or panelist in several international meetings.
Dr. Almutairi is a member of Kuwait Cardiac Society, a fellow of the Gulf Heart Association,
a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC), a fellow of the American college of Cardiology (FACC), a fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (FSCAI).
Dr. Almutairi served as the president of Kuwait Medical Association 2014-2018 , the president of Arab medical Medical union 2017-2018 and the president of Gulf Intervention Society 2017-2019
MOHAMMED OMAR GALAL, M.D., PhD, MBA
Email: omar@galal.ch or ogalal@yahoo.com
1966, German Abitur (German school, Cairo), 1973 Medical Diploma, Marburg/L, W. Germany
1979: M.D, 1982: Facharzt Diploma for Pediatrics, 1983: Pediatric Cardiology.
1981 – 1988 – Consultant for Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology
1987 – (PhD) for Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Essen, West Germany
1996 – Professor for Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology at university of Essen, Germany
2004- MBA for Health Care Administration, University of Krems, Austria
1988- Established Department Pediatric Cardiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh,
2007- Established Department Pediatric Cardiology at King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, KSA
Since June 2016 till February 2023 I worked at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & RC, Jeddah, KSA.
2002 – Founder of PanArab Congenital Heart Disease Association.
Over 170 publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals, invited speaker, organizer of symposia
Conducted numerous Workshops on how to start clinical research and on self improvement to excel at work
Since February 2023, I no more employee at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Jeddah.
Senior Interventional Cardiologist and CEO of Procare Private hospital in Saudi Arabia, The Ex-president of the Saudi Arabian interventional cardiovascular society, experienced health care management between the governmental and private sectors in Saudi Arabia
Dr. Mousa Akbar is currently Consultant Cardiologist and Head of Cardiology unit, Al-Sabah hospital. He serves as a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at the Chest Disease Hospital.
Dr. Akbar graduated from the Medical School, Kuwait University – Kuwait in 1990 and has a Bachelor of Basic Medical Science and Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery.
Between 1993 – 1997 he did his residency in internal medicine at University of Western Ontario, Canada and received the American Board of Internal Medicine ( ABIM) in 1996 as well as the Canadian Board of Internal Medicine in 1997.
He also received a fellowship of Royal College of Physician and Surgeon of Canada ( FRCPC) in 1997 and became a Member of American College of Physician ( MACP) as well.
He did his Cardiology residency at Ottawa Heart Institute- Ottawa, Canada from 1997 – 2000.
Assistant Prof at King Khalid University. Abha, Saudi Arabia
Consultant Interventional Cardiology, Prince Faisal bin Khalid Cardiac Center. Abha, Saudi Arabia
Mendiz, MD, MSCAI. MSCAI. Oscar Mendiz is the Director of the Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Institute and Chief of Interventional Cardiology at Favaloro Foundation University Hospital at Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Associated Professor of Cardiology
EACVI HIT Board Member
EACVI Education Committee Member
Turkish Society of Cardiology Member(2021-2023)
EACVI Training grant in 2017
Multimodality Imaging Specialist
EACVI Level 3 CMR certification
Co-Editor for Eastern Europe, European Heart Journal
Vice-president, European Society of Cardiology (2020-2022)
President, Heart Failure Association of the ESC (2018-2020)
Academician, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Professor of Cardiology, University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine and
Heart Failure Center, Belgrade University Medical Center
Dr. Aziz completed his pediatric cardiology fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in 2010 and continued his training there in pediatric electrophysiology. During his fellowship, Dr. Aziz was awarded a training grant under the National Institute of Health (NIH) to investigate genotype and phenotype correlations in pediatric patients with long QT syndrome. Dr. Aziz also acquired skills in catheter ablation of pediatric arrhythmias and device (pacemaker and ICD) implantation. Following his fellowship, Dr. Aziz joined the Cleveland Clinic as a pediatric electrophysiologist. He is active in the training and teaching of medical students, residents and fellows, an activity that continuously inspires him. Dr. Aziz is also quite active in research and was the recent recipient of the SADS 2011 Young Investigator Award for his work on long QT syndrome.
Dr Aziz acquired skills in Catheter Ablation of pediatric arrhythmias and device implantation which is a regular part of his clinical practice. He is the director of the Inherited Arrhythmia Clinic and of Pediatric Sports Cardiology.
1. Saudi Health Council for Medical Specialists classification as Consultant in Cardiology.
2. Saudi Health Council for Medical Specialists classification as Consultant in Internal Medicine.
3. Arab Board of Adult Cardiology.
4. Saudi Board of Adult Cardiology.
5. Completed the Cardiology Fellowship Program in Prince Sultan Cardiac Center in Riyadh from 1/1/2003 to 31/12/2006 with a training completion certificate from the Saudi Council.
6. Saudi Board in Internal Medicine in January / 2003.
7. Jordanian Board in Internal Medicine in February / 2003.
Raj Makkar, MD is a world-renowned leading expert in interventional cardiology and is one of the most widely cited researchers on the management of valvular heart disease. He has performed the greatest number of transcatheter valve implantation (TAVI) procedures in the world and has led the field in advancing the procedure to ensure the best outcomes for patients. In 2020, he performed the most transcatheter mitral valve repair procedures with the MitraClip system in the United States and is the national principal investigator for mitral valve replacement research studies. He has authored over 500 manuscripts, abstracts and book chapters in peer-reviewed literature including practice-changing contributions in the New England Journal of Medicine and the Lancet. He has lectured extensively around the world and regularly performs live case transmissions for major international conferences to demonstrate cutting-edge interventional cardiology techniques to a world-wide audience. His research interests focus on novel transcatheter therapies to treat structural heart disease, with a focus on studies that directly demonstrate improvements in patient outcomes. Since 2010, he has been the Stephen R. Corday Chair in Interventional Cardiology at Cedars-Sinai and has led the clinical program and trained over 50 fellows both from within the United States and internationally.
Professor of Pediatric and Fetal Cardiology at King Abdul Aziz University , Jeddah ; KSA
President / Founder of Fetal Gulf Heart Group ;
Vice president of Saudi Women Heart Group
Primary author of ( The Perinatal Cardiology Handbook / Bader , Hornberger and Huhta ; Publisher Mosby -Elsevier
German Board in Pediatrics
German Suboard in Pediatric Cardiology
Canadian and American Fellowships in Fetal Cardiology
Dr. Hendel has served at the national level as the President of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and as President of the Cardiovascular Council of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) and received the Hermann Blumgardt Award from the SNM for outstanding service in nuclear cardiology.
Associate Professor Shibu Mathew is Head of Electrophysiology at the University of Essen.
He studied Medicine in Hamburg (Germany) and Cape Town(SA) and was trained in Mannheim and Hamburg (Germany). Shibu Mathew worked as Head of EP from 2019-2022 at the University of Giessen (Germany). He is an elected Board Member of the German National Arrhythmia Society (AGEP/DGK).
Dr. Stefan Jahnel is a developmental biologist by training. During his PhD he studied the evolution of muscle cells using sea anemones as a model.
2018 he joined Sasha Mendjan’s group at the Institute of Molecular Biology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Vienna), where he co-developed the first self-organizing cardiac organoid system (cardioids) using human pluripotent stem cells.
Dr Sundeep Mishra, MD, DM, FACC, FSCAI is Vice Chancellor / President NIMS University
Rajasthan and Director NIMS Heart & Brain Hospital. He was former Director Professor
of Cardiology, Cath Lab-in charge, AIIMS, New Delhi. After pursuing DM
Cardiology from AIIMS, he undertook Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology from
Washington Hospital Center, USA. He has been Guest Editor of Catheterization &
Cardiovascular Interventions Journal, Editor-in-Chief of Indian Heart Journal,
International Editor, Sri Lanka Journal of Cardiology and is on the Editorial Board of
several journals. He served on Board of Trustees, SCAI, USA, Course Director, TCT India.
He served as Chairman, National Intervention Council, India, Gen Secretary, Delhi CSI
and Organizing Secretary, 1st Healthy Food Symposium in AIIMS. He is Winner of Global
Interventional Quiz, New Orleans, USA & National Cardiology Quiz by CSI. Recipient of
“Young Leader Award” by CRT, Washington DC, USA, Best Academician Award by Tamil
Nadu CSI, Visionary Leader of year 2022 by CEGR, India, Sujoy B Roy “Young Investigator
Dr. Helmy currently is a professor and chief of cardiology at Louisiana State University and co-director of the Heart and Vascular Institute at Ochsner-LSU Health Science Center, Shreveport, Louisiana.
Consultant in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Dr. Thomas Alexander, MD, DM, FACC, FICC, FCSI is an Interventional Cardiologist who is the Head of the Division of Cardiology at Kovai Medical Center and Hospital in Coimbatore, India.
Thomas Binder, MD was born 1960 in Vienna and studied medicine at the Medical University in Vienna from where he graduated 1985. Prof. Binder was trained in internal medicine and cardiology at the general hospital of the University of Vienna (AKH). Research activities brought him to the Huntington Memorial Research Institute in Pasadena, Ca, USA where he was engaged in basic vascular research. In addition, he served as a clinical fellow at the Loma Linda Medical Center, Loma Linda, Ca, USA. Starting at an early stage of his career Dr. Binder was devoted to imaging techniques and, specifically echocardiography. His scientific focus is clinical echocardiography and new techniques such as three-dimensional echo and speckle tracking. Dr. Binder published numerous peer review articles in national and international journals and contributed to several textbooks dealing with echocardiography.
Dr. Dilsizian has been a professor of radiology and medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine since 2001, and chief of the division of nuclear medicine since 2007. He served as the President of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (2019-2020) and Vice President of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (1999-2000). He was awarded the 2014 Hermann Blumgart Award and the 2023 Taplin Memorial Lecture Award for his innumerable contributions to the science of nuclear cardiology. He served as the Vice-Chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI; 2021-2022), and is currently Vic-Chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center (2022-2024). His has published over 280 original, peer-reviewed manuscripts and invited editorials/articles, 11 books, and 51 book chapters.
Dr Wael Abdulrahman Almahmeed is a Consultant Cardiologist at the Heart and Vascular Institute in Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. He is also a Clinical Professor at the Khalifa University and has an Adjunct Staff position at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio.
Prof. Hijazi is an interventional cardiologist who specializes in treating congenital and structural heart disease in both children and adults. He is a pioneer in the non-surgical repair of congenital and structural heart defects.
In 2007 Prof. Hijazi became the Director of the Rush Center for Congenital and Structural Heart Disease at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago and in 2010, he became the James A. Hunter, MD, University Chair. In January 2014, he became the inaugural chair of Pediatrics at Sidra Medicine and in April 2021 became the Chief Medical Officer.
On May 11, 2008, Prof. Hijazi became the 31st president of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), the major organization for interventional cardiologists that has more than 4,000 members worldwide.
On September, 2020, Professor Hijazi became the Founding President of a newly formed the PICS Society (Pediatric & Congenital Interventional Cardiovascular Society), the only Society that caters to the needs of pediatric and congenital interventional cardiologists as well as patients with congenital heart disease.
In 2011, Mayor Thomas Menino declared July 25, 2011 as the Ziyad M. Hijazi day in Boston, MA.
On March 23rd 2019 Dr. Hijazi was honored by the Ministry of Defense of Kuwait for his pioneering work helping children with congenital heart Disease in Kuwait and worldwide.
On November 30th, 2021 Dr. Hijazi was honored by the FIFA Arab World Cup as a migrating bird and his photo was displayed in the stadium.
