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
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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. 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
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Waleed Kadro
Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Zulekha Hospital
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Dr. Zafar Khan
Consultant Cardiologist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates