FACULTY
FORUM FACULTY
Chairs, moderators and speakers shaping the scientific program.
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Dr
Safaa Almohdar
Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi
Head of Cardiology; Consultant Cardiologist
Speaker - Session 4, Case 3: ARVC/ALVC
Time:
15:50-16:05
UAE
Dr
Moutaz El Kadri
Mediclinic Airport Road Hospital, Abu Dhabi / Valiant Clinic, Dubai
Consultant Cardiologist & Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Speaker - Session 4, Case 2: Genetic or tachycardia-mediated CM
Time:
15:35-15:50
UAE
Dr
Yousef Alattar
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Chair, Division of Cardiology; Consultant Cardiologist
Moderator - Session 4
Time:
15:20-16:20
UAE
Dr
Juwairia Al-Ali
Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health
Consultant Non-Invasive Cardiologist; President, Emirates Cardiac Society
Moderator - Session 4
Time:
15:20-16:20
UAE
Dr
Aiman Smer
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Consultant Cardiologist; Associate Professor of Medicine; Programme Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship
Imaging Workshop - Presenter
Time:
13:45-14:45
UAE
Dr
Noha Yaseen
Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah (Emirates Health Services)
Consultant Cardiologist
Speaker - Session 3, Case 3: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
Time:
14:20-14:30
UAE
Dr
Shadi Hamouda
Speaker - Session 3, Case 1: Dilated cardiomyopathy
Time:
14:00-14:01
Dr
Bashayer Geyath
Healthpoint Hospital, Abu Dhabi
Consultant Cardiologist, Cardiovascular Imaging
Speaker (virtual) - Session 3: Multimodality imaging for NICM
Time:
13:45-14:00
UAE
Dr
Hussam Ghalib
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Consultant Cardiologist; Director, Cardiomyopathy Centre; Medical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support
Keynote Lecture: The year in HCM; Moderator - Session 3 (13:45-14:45)
Time:
11:35-12:05
UAE
Dr
Hani Sabbour
Mediclinic Airport Road Hospital, Abu Dhabi
Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist; Clinical Assistant Professor, Brown University
Speaker - Session 2: ATTR-CM mimics
Time:
11:05-11:20
UAE
Dr
Firas Al Badarin
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Consultant Cardiologist & Multimodality Cardiac Imager; Director of CV Research
Speaker - Session 2: Current and emerging therapies for ATTR-CM
Time:
10:50-11:05
UAE
Dr
Adhba Almubarak
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Consultant Cardiologist (Advanced Heart Failure)
Speaker - Session 2: Diagnosis & screening for cardiac amyloidosis; Moderator - Session 3 (13:45-14:45)
Time:
10:35-10:50
UAE
Dr
Mitesh Badiwala
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Surgical Director, Heart Transplant & Mechanical Circulatory Support; Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
Speaker - Session 1: Role of CABG in acute MI
Time:
09:30 -9:45
UAE
Dr
Manyoo Agarwal
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Staff Consultant Physician, Heart & Vascular Institute
Speaker - Session 1: Revascularization in ischemic CM
Time:
09:15 - 9:30
UAE
Dr.
Mohamed El-Harari
Sheikh Tahnoon Medical City, Al Ain
Consultant Cardiologist
Speaker - Session 1: CAD and cardiomyopathy
Time:
09:00 -9:15
UAE
Prof.
Hadi Skouri
Dep Co-Chair, Consultant Cardiology
Director, Heart Failure and Cardio-Oncology; Consultant Cardiologist
Moderator - Session 2; FIT supervisor - Session 3
Time:
10:35 - 11:35
UAE
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Dr
Nadya Almatrooshi
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Consultant Cardiologist, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institu
Moderator - Session 1; FIT supervisor - Session 4
Time:
09:00 - 10:00
UAE
Prof.
Feras Bader
Chairman, Middle East Heart Academy
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
Moderator - Session 1
Time:
09:00 - 10:00
United Arab Emirates
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Dr
Najoud Al Seiari
Imaging Workshop - Discussant
Time:
13:45-14:45
Dr
Ahmed Sherif
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Staff Physician, Diagnostic Radiology & Imaging, Diagnostics Institute
Imaging Workshop - Discussant
Time:
13:45-14:45
UAE
Dr
Saif Abdel-Rahman
Imaging Workshop - Discussant
Time:
13:45-14:45
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Prof. Dr.
Abdulla Shehab
United Arab Emirates University / Burjeel Royal Hospital, Al Ain
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine; Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Moderator - Session 2
Time:
10:35 - 11:35
UAE
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