ACC Middle East Conference 2018 Invitation
FACULTY
Planning Committee
Mirvat A. Alasnag, MB, ChB
King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Yahya Al Hebaishi, MD
Saudi Heart Association Headquarters
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Hamad Aljizeeri, MD, FACC
Consultant, Adult Cardiology and Advanced Imaging
Alhassa, Saudi Arabia
Alison Bailey, MD, FACC
Erlanger Health System/University of Tennessee
COM Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN
Dipti Itchhaporia, MD, FACC
Newport Coast Cardiology
Newport Beach, CA
Abdulhalim Kinsara, MB, ChB
King Khalid National Guard Hospital
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Ghassan S. Kiwan, MD, FACC
ACC Lebanon Chapter Governor
Director, Division of Cardiology
Bellevue Medical Center University
Affiliated Hospital Mansourieh El Metn
Beirut, Lebanon
Nasser A. Mahdi, MD, FACC
Chairman, Cardiovascular Department
King Faisal Hospital and Research Centre
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Wael Al Mahmeed, MD, FACC
Board Member, Emirates Cardiac Society
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Waleed Abdullah Al Habeeb, MD
President, Saudi Heart Failure Working Group ,Assistant Professor of Medicine ,Al Faisal University King Saud University ,Consultant Cardiologist, Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation ,King Faisal Heart Center-King Faisal Specialist Hospital ,Consultant Cardiologist, King Fahad Cardiac Center ,King Khalid University Hospital ,Consultant Heart Failure Cardiologist ,Prince Sultan Cardiac Center-Qassim Riyadh, KSA
Feras M. Bader, MD, MS, FACC
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University .Director, Section of Heart Failure and Transplant Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Chairman, Heart Failure Working Group of Emirates Cardiac Society Consultant Cardiologist, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi , Abu Dhabi, UAE
Mohamed Sohby Aly, MBChB, FACC
Professor of Cardiology, Alexandria University Alexandria, Egypt
Featured Speaker
Faculty
Magdy Abdelhamid Abdel Aziz, MD
President, Egyptian Society of Cardiology , Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine ,Faculty of Medicine Cairo University Giza, Egypt
Naeem Abdulmoneem Al-Shoaibi, MBBS
Consultant, Cardiology and Electrophysiology , Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital Jeddah, KSA
Bernard Abi-Saleh, MD, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine , American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center Beirut, Lebanon
Waqar H. Ahmed, MD, MS, FACC, FACP, FSCAI, FESC
Consultant, Interventional Cardiology King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital Jeddah, KSA
Dr. Seraj Abualnaja, MD
Consultant Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology
Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital.
Jeddah, KSA
Hussein S. Alamri, MD
Prince Sultan Cardiac Centre Riyadh, KSA
Husam Al-Faleh, MD
President, Saudi Heart Association Riyadh, KSA
Khalid A. Al Faraidy, MBBS, MD
President, Saudi Arabian Cardiac Interventional Society Director, KFMMC Cardiac Center
Al Khafjī, KSA
Osama Al-Hadramy, MD, MBBCh, FRCPC
Consultant, Interventional Cardiology Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz National Guard Hospital Almadinah Almonawrah, KSA
Zohair Y. Al-Halees, MD, MBBS, FACC
Advisor for Cardiovascular Services to the CEO Distinguished Senior Cardiac Surgeon/Consultant King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Riyadh, KSA
Maryam Mohamed Al Qaseer, MBBCh, BAO
Deputy Director of Residency Training Program in Internal Medicine Quality Program Director in Cardiology Department Consultant Cardiologist King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Khaled F. Al-Shaibi, CHB, MB, FACC
King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital Jeddah, KSA
Muhammad Naeem Aslam, FACC
Professor and Chief of Cardiology at Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology Lahore, Pakistan Hospital & Health Care Faisalabad, Pakistan
Atif Alzahrani, MBBS, MD
Consultant, Adult Cardiologist and Advanced Cardiac Imaging King Abdulaziz Medical City – Western Region Jeddah, KSA
Fahad Baslaib, MBBS, FACC
Director, Cardiology Department Rashid Hospital Immediate Past President, Emirates Cardiac Society Dubai, UAE
Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD, FACC
Professor of Medicine-Cardiology Mary and Gordon Cain Chair of Internal Medicine in the Winters Center for Heart Failure Research Medicine-Cardiology A. “Tex” and Deborah Moncrief, Jr. Chair Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX, USA
Hassan Chamsi-Pasha, MD, FACC
Consultant Cardiologist King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital Jeddah, KSA
Ammar Chaudhary, MBChB, FRCPC
Consultant Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center Jeddah, KSA
Mohamed Ali El Sabah, MBBS
Consultant Adult Cardiologist Non-invasive (Echocardiography) King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital Jeddah, KSA
James C. Fang, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine John and June B. Hartman Presidential Endowed Chair Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Executive Director, Cardiovascular Service Line, University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Mohammed A. Habbab, MD
Senior Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist Director of Academic and Training Affairs Administration Prince Sultan Cardiac Center Riyadh, KSA
Nabeel Ismail, MD, ABIM, FRCPC
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center Jeddah, KSA
Anwar D. Jelani, MD
Head, Section of Cardiology Consultant Cardiology King Abdulaziz Medical City Acting Program Director, EMS Program, KSAU, MNGHA General Secretary, Saudi Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation Group, Saudi Heart Association Al Ahsa, KSA
Saibal Kar, MD, FACC
Director, Interventional Cardiac Research Associate Professor, Medicine Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA, USA
Feras H. Khaliel, MD, PhD, DESC
Consultant Cardiovascular Surgeon, CVS Residency Program Director Associate Professor of Surgery, Alfaisal University King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Riyadh, KSA
Neal Kleiman, MD, FACC(Neal)
Associate Professor of Medicine Methodist DeBakey Heart Center Houston, TX, USA
Ahmed M. Krimly, MD
Consultant Interventional and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Cardiologist King Faisal Cardiac Centre King Abdul Aziz Medical City National Guard Adjunct Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiology King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Health Sciences Jeddah, KSA
Stephen Henry Little, BSc, MD, FACC
Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship Program John S. Dunn Chair in Clinical Cardiovascular Research and Education Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medicine Houston Methodist Hospital Adjunct Associate Professor of Bioengineering of Engineering Rice University, George R. Brown School Active Staff Houston Methodist Hospital Methodist DeBakey Cardiology Associates Houston, TX, USA
Roxana Mehran, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials at the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY, USA
Mohammed Qutub, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Consultant Interventional Cardiologistn Chairman of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Unit Deputy Chairman of Department of Medicine Director of Coronary Care Unit Program Director of Cardiology Fellowship King Abdulaziz University Hospital Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Biljana Parapid, MD, PhD, FESC
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine – Cardiology School of Medicine University of Belgrade Belgrade, Serbia
Hany I. Ragy, MBBCh, MSc, MD
Attending Consultant Cardiologist Head of Department National Heart Institute – Imbaba Cairo, Egypt
Syed Ishtiaq Rasool, MD, PhD, FACC
Professor of Clinical and Interventional Cardiology National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Karachi, Pakistan
Georges A. Saade, MD, FACC
Cardiovascular Disease Specialist Bellevue Medical Center Chair, Cardiovascular Prevention Working Group at the Lebanese Society of Cardiology Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine Beirut, Lebanon
Walid I. Saliba, MD, FACC
Director, Electrophysiology Lab Associate Section Head, Pacing and Electrophysiology Section Co-Director, Ventricular Arrhythmia Center Medical Director, Center for Atrial Fibrillation Staff Cardiologist, Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH, USA
Fadi Sawaya, MD, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology Interventional and Structural Cardiology Director Structural Heart Program American University of Beirut Medical Center Beirut, Lebanon
Yosra Turkistani, MD
Adult Cardiologist Assistant Professor Umm Al-Qura University Consultant Cardiology/ Echocardiography King Abdullah Medical City Makkah, KSA
Uthman AlUthman, MD
Robotic, Minimal Invasive & Transcathater Valve Cardiac Surgeon Cardiothoracic Surgery Section Cardiovascular Department King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center Jeddah, KSA
Salim S. Virani, MD, FACC
Associate Professor, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research Baylor College of Medicine Investigator, Health Policy Quality and Informatics Program Staff Cardiologist Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Houston, TX, USA