Dr. Aaron Baggish
Director, Cardiovascular Performance Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts, United States of America
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Dr. Abdullah Shehab
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Editor-in-Chief, New Emirates Medical Journal
General Secretary, Emirates Cardiac Society
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Abdulmajeed Al Zubaidi
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
President, Emirates Cardiac Society
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Ahmed Bafadel
Cardiac Imaging and Consultant Cardiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Alana Morris
Assistant Professor
Emory University School of Medicine
Georgia, United States of America
Dr. Albert Alahmer
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Amrish Agrawal
Senior Consultant Cardiologist
Fujairah Hospital
Fujairah Hospital, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Ayman Elbadawi
Cardiology Specialist
University of Texas
Texas, United States of America
Dr. Bassam Atallah
Senior Pharmacotherapy Specialist, Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Biykem Bozkurt
Professor of Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas, United States of America
Dr. Clyde Yancy
Chief of Cardiology
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, United States of America
Dr. Craig Broberg
Associate Professor of Medicine
OHSU School of Medicine and Knight Cardiovascular Institute
Oregon, United States of America
Dr. Cynthia Tracy
Associate Director of Cardiology
George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences
DC, United States of America
Dr. David Frankel
Associate Professor of Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, United States of America
Dr. Donald Lloyd-Jones
Cardiologist and Cardiovascular Epidemiologist
President, American Heart Association
Northwestern University
Chicago, United States of America
Dr. Elaine Wan
Physician
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, United States of America
Dr. Elizabeth Saarel
Pediatric Cardiologist
St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital
Idaho, United States of America
Dr. Emmanouil Brilakis
Director of the Center for Complex Coronary Interventions
Minneapolis Heart Institute
Minneapolis, United States of America
Dr. Erin D. Michos
Director of Women’s Cardiovascular Health
John Hopkins Hospital
Maryland, United States of America
Dr. Fahad Alsindi
Consultant Heart Failure Cardiologist
Mohamed Bin Khalifa Cardiac Center
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Francisco Alpendurada
Cardiologist
Royal Brompton Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Dr. Feras Bader
Director, Section of Heart Failure and Transplant, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Head of Heart Failure Working Group, Emirates Cardiac Society
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Firas Albadarin
Consultant Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Firas Zahr
Director of Interventional Cardiology
Oregon Health & Science University
Oregon, United States of America
Dr. Ghadeera Al Mansoori
Consultant Cardiologist
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Gregg Stone
Interventional Cardiologist
Mount Sinai Heart
New York, United States of America
Dr. Guirgis Gabra
Associate Staff Physician
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Gurjyot Bajwa
Associate Staff Physician
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Habib Gamra
Interventional Cardiologist
Hôpital Universitaire Fattouma Bourguiba
Monastir, Tunisia
Dr. Haitham Khraisha
Internist
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Massachusetts, United States of America
Dr. Hani Sabbour
Assistant Professor of Cardiology Brown University Medical School Rhode Island, United States of America Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Harmony Reynolds
Associate Professor of Medicine
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York, United States of America
Dr. Hussam Ghalib
Staff Physician, Heart and Vascular Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Hussien Heshmat Kassem
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Fujairah Hospital
Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Jacqueline Tamis-Holland
Associate Professor of Medicine
Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital
New York, United States of America
Dr. James Flaherty
Medical Director
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, United States of America
Dr. Jehad Ramahi
Associate Staff Physician
Heart and Vascular Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. John Teerlink
Director of Heart Failure
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center
California, United States of America
Dr. Joseph Maalouf
Chair, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Juwairia Tahir
Consultant Cardiologist
Vice President, Emirates Cardiac Society
Rashid Hospital
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Khaled Almerri
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Chest Diseases Hospital
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Dr. Khalid Almuti
Staff Physician and Section Head
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Laura Kristin Newby
Professor of Medicine
Duke Clinical Research Institute
North Carolina, United States
Dr. Laxmi Mehta
Associate Professor of Medicine
Ohio State University
Ohio, United States of America
Dr. Laurence Sperling
Director
Heart Disease Prevention Center, Emory University School of Medicine
Georgia, United States of America
Dr. Leslie Cooper, Jr.
Elizabeth C. Lane, Ph.D. and M. Nadine Zimmerman, Ph.D. Professor of Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic in Florida
Florida, United States of America
Dr. Louai Razzouk
Cardiologist
NYU Langone Hospitals
New York, United States of America
Dr. Mahmoud Traina
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Mario Njeim
Consultant Electrophysiologist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Mark Link
Professor of Medicine and the Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Texas, United States of America
Dr. Marta Acena
Consultant Electrophysiologist
Rashid Hospital
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Marwan Refaat
Associate Professor of Medicine
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Dr. Mary Cushman
Professor of Medicine and Pathology
University of Vermont Medical Center
Vermont, United States of America
Dr. Medhat Soliman
Associate Staff Physician
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Michael Miller
Professor of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Maryland, United States of America
Dr. Mikhail Kosiborod
Director of Cardiometabolic Research
Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
Missouri, United States of America
Dr. Mintu Turakhia
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Stanford University Cardiac Arrhythmia Service
California, United States of America
Dr. Mohamed Al Jaabari
Consultant Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Mohammed Magdy
Head of Department
Al Qassimi Hospital
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Mohamed El Harari
Consultant Cardiologist
Tawam Hospital
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Mohamed Salah Osman
Consultant Cardiologist
Kalba Hospital, Ministry of Health
Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Mohamed Sobhy Aly
Professor of Cardiology
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt
Dr. Mohammed Balghith
Consultant Inverventional Cardiologist, Associate Professor
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Mohammed Kurdi
Founder and Consultant Interventionalist Cardiologist
Pioneers Treatment Specialized Clinic
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Mousa Akbar
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Al Sabah Hospital
Kuwait, Kuwait City
Dr. Moutaz El Kadri
Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist
Sheikh Khalifa and Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Nasrien Ibrahim
Cardiologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts, United States of America
Dr. Nizar Atallah
Staff Physician
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Noha Yaseen
Consultant in Cardiology
Al Qassimi Hospital
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Omar Al Falasi
Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Omar Hallak
Head of Cardiovascular Department
King’s College Hospital Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Omar Elhag
Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist
Mediclinic City Hospital
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Omer Goktekin
Interventional Cardiologist
Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital
Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Pam Taub
Associate Clinical Professor
UC San Diego School of Medicine
California, United States of America
Dr. Paul Ridker
Senior Physician
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Massachusetts, United States of America
Dr. Prem Soman
Associate Chief of Cardiology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pennsylvania, United States of America
Dr. Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman
Cardiology Specialist
Geisinger Heart Institute
Pennsylvania, United States of America
Dr. Rakesh Gopinathannair
Cardiac EP Lab Director
Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute
Kansas, United States of America
Dr. Rami Harb
Consultant Cardiologist
Cure Medical Center
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Rebecca Hahn
Professor of Medicine
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, United States of America
Dr. Safaa Al Mohdar
Consultant Cardiologist
Zayed Military Hospital
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Salem Al-Kaabi
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist
Zayed Military Hospital
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Salim Virani
Professor Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas, United States of America
Dr. Sandy Gupta
Consultant Cardiologist
Whipps Cross and BartsHealth NHS Hospitals Trust
London, United Kingdom
Dr. Righab Hamdan
Consultant Cardiologist
Clemenceau Medical Center-DHCC
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Rod Passman
Jules J. Reingold Professor of Electrophysiology
Northwestern University Center for Arrhythmia Research
Chicago, United States of America
Dr. Ronney Shantouf
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Sadiya Khan
Cardiologist
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Illinois, United States of America
Dr. Stephanie Turrise
Associate Director for Administration and Associate Professor
University of North Carolina Wilmington
North Carolina, United States of America
Dr. Umer Darr
Consultant Physician
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Vivek Reddy
Director of Cardiac Arrhythmia Services
Icahn School of Medicine
New York, United States of America
Dr. Viviany R. Taqueti
Director, Cardiac Stress Laboratory
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Massachusetts, United States of America
Dr. Wael Al Mahmeed
Chair, Scientific Committee
Consultant Cardiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Wael Jaber
Cardiology Specialist
Cleveland Clinic
Ohio, United States of America
Dr. Walid El Tahwaly
Associate Staff Physician
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Waleed Kadro
Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Zulekha Hospital
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Waqar Ahmed
Interventional Cardiologist
King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Zafar Khan
Consultant Cardiologist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
STROKE SESSION SPEAKERS
Dr. Alessandro Terruzzi
Consultant Neurologists
Mediclinic Middle East
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Prof. Anjail Sharrief
Professor and Director
UT Health
Texas, United States of America
Dr. Derk Krieger
Consultant Neurologist
Mediclinic City Hospital
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Eliza Miller
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Columbia University
New York, United States of America
Dr. Hany Aref
Professor of Neurology
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
Prof. James Grotta
Director of Stroke Research, Clinical Institute for Research and Innovation
Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center
Texas, United States of America
Dr. Lee Schwamm
Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts, United States of America
Dr. Louise D. McCullough
Chief Of Neurology
Texas Medical Center
Texas, United States of America
Dr. Maria Khan Junaidi
Consultant Neurologist
Rashid Hospital
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Suhail Abdulla Alrukn
Consultant Neurologist, Head of Stroke Program
Rashid Hospital
Dubai, United Arab Emirates