MEET THE SPEAKERS

ACC Middle East 2022 Together With 13th Emirates Cardiac Society Congress is designed to deliver an engaging forum to critically examine evidence-based strategies as well as contemporary best practices and clinical decision-making to reach our common objective of improving heart health of patients with cardiovascular disease.

Adel Khalifa Hamad BMS, MD, FGHRS, FRCP
Consultant Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Bahrain Defense Force Hospital
Riffa, Bahrain

Ahmed Bafadel MD
Cardiac Imaging and Consultant Cardiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Ahmed Gabroun MB Bch, MRCP, MRCPS, PGDHM, SMBA
Consultant Cardiologist, Medical Director
United Medical
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Albert Alahmer MD
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Alison L. Bailey MD, FACC
Chief, Centennial Heart at Parkridge
Physician Director, HCA Healthcare
Chattanooga, TN, USA

Ami B. Bhatt, MD, FACC
Chief Innovation Officer, American College of Cardiology
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA

Amrish Agrawal FRCP, MRCP, FCSI, MD, DM
Senior Consultant Cardiologist
Fujairah Hospital
Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

Bassam Albaba MD
Consultant of Cardiology & Interventional Cardiology
Al-Qassimi Hospital
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Bassam Atallah Pharm.D., M.S., BCPS-AQ Cardiology, FHFSA
Senior Pharmacotherapy Specialist, Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD, FACC, FACP, FHFSA
The Mary and Gordon Cain Chair, Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, USA

Dima Quraini MD, FACC
Staff Physician, Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Douglas Jennings PharmD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP, FHFSA
Associate Professor of Pharmacy
Long Island University
New York, United States of America

Edward T. A. Fry, MD, FACC
President, American College of Cardiology
Chair, Ascension Health CV Service Line
Indianapolis, IN, USA

Feras Bader MD, MS, FACC, FHFSA
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Director, Section of Heart Failure and Transplant
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Fereidoon Shafiei MD
Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist
Mediclinic City Hospital
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Firas Albadarin MD, FACC
Consultant Cardiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Ghadeera Al Mansoori MD, M.Sc., MRCP, FRCPC
Consultant Cardiologist
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Gopal Bhatnagar MD
Department Chair for Cardiac Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Guirgis Gabra MD
Associate Staff Physician, Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Gurusher Panjrath MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist, Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Heart Failure
The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Washington DC, United States of America

Hadi Abu-Hantash MB, ChB, FACC
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Private Practice
Amman, Jordan

Hadi Skouri MD
Consultant Cardiologist
Sheikh Shakbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Hamad Fayez AlHabib MD, FRCSc
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
King Fahad Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Hani Mahmoud-Elsayed MD, FESC, FASE
Consultant Echo-Cardiologist
Aswan Heart Centre, Magdi Yacoub Foundation
Cairo, Egypt

Hani Sabbour MD
Consultant Cardiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Hatim Al Lawati MD, FRCPC, FACC, FSCAI
Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
Muscat, Oman

Hussam Ghalib MD, FACC
Staff Physician, Heart and Vascular Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Hussien Heshmat Kassem MD, PhD, FSCAI
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Fujairah Hospital
Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

Joanna Saleh Pharm.D
Internal Medicine and Transitions of Care Pharmacotherapy Specialist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Joseph Maalouf MD
Chair, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Julia H. Indik MD PhD, FACC
Chair, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Juwairia Alali, MD
President Emirates Cardiac Society, Consultant Cardiologist
Rashid Hospital
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Khaled M. Ziada, MD, FACC
Chief Academic Officer, Cardiovascular Interventions, Co-Director, Coronary Artery Disease Center
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA

Khalid Al Rasadi MD, FRCPC
Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemistry
College of Medicine & Health Sciences at Sultan Qaboos University
Muscat, Oman

Magdy Abdelhamid MD, FACC, FESC, FRCP, FSCAI
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Cairo University, Egyptian Society of Cardiology
Cairo, Egypt

Mahmoud Traina MD
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Manyoo Agarwal MD
Consultant Cardiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Marta Acena MD
Consultant Electrophysiologist
Rashid Hospital
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Mario Njeim MD
Consultant Electrophysiologist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Medhat Soliman MD
Associate Staff Physician, Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Mehmood Zeb MBBS, PhD, MRCP, EEGC
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Mediclinic Parkview Hospital
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Mirvat Alasnag MD
Director of the Catheterization Laboratory & Deputy Head of the Adult Cardiology Division
King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Mohamed Al Jaabari MB BCh, MRCPI, FACC, FHRS
Consultant Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Mohamed El Harari MRCP, FRCP
Consultant Cardiologist
Tawam Hospital
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Mohamed Sobhy MBChB, FACC
Professor of Cardiology
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt

Mohammed Balghith MD, FACC, FSC, FRCP, FACP
Consultant Inverventional Cardiologist, Associate Professor
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Khalil MD, FACC, FASE
Section Head, Clinical and Imaging Services
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Monvadi Barbara Srichai-Parsia MD, MS, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine & Radiology
Georgetown University
Washington DC, United States of America

Mosaad Alhussein, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Moutaz El Kadri MD, MRCP, MSc, PhD, FHRS
Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist
Valiant Clinic, Mediclinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Naeem Alshoaibi
Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist
Dr.Soliman Fakeeh Hospital
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Nidal Asaad MD
Medical Director – Heart Hospital, Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology.
Hamad Medical Corporation
Doha, Qatar

Noha Yaseen MD
Consultant Cardiologist
Al Qassimi Hospital
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Omar Al Falasi MD
Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Safaa Al Mohdar FRCPI, GPT, CBCCT, FSCCT
Consultant Cardiologist
Zayed Military Hospital
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Salem Al-Kaabi MBBS, FACC, FRCP(C), CCDS
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist
Zayed Military Hospital
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Scott M. Lilly, MD, PhD, FACC
Associate Professor
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, USA

Shady Abdelsayad
Associate Staff Physician, Heart and Vascular Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Sondos Samargandy MD
Consultant Cardiologist
Prince Sultan Cardiac Center Riyadh
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Syed Farrukh Jamal MD
Consultant Cardiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Tarek Helmy MD, FACC, FSCAI
Professor and Chief of Cardiology
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, MACC
Director, Physician-in-Chief
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, United States of America

Virendra Misra MD, PGDC (UK), FAHA(USA), FAPSC, FISC, FGHA
Head, Department of Cardiology
Burjeel Reem
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Wael Jaber, MD FACC, FESC
Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Cleveland, OH, USA

Wail Ahmed AlKashkari MD, FPICS
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Congenital and Structural Intervention
King Faisal Cardiac Center, National Guard
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ziad Sadik Pharm.D., BCCP
Senior Pharmacotherapy Specialist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Ziyad Ghazzal MD, FACC, FSCAI
Professor of Medicine, Interventional Cardiology
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon