CONFERENCE CHAIRS

VICE CHAIRS

PLANNING COMMITTEE

Abdullah Shehab, MD, MMEd, PhD, FACC
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Editor in Chief, New Emirates Medical Journal
Vice President, Gulf Intervention Society
General Secretary, Emirates Cardiac Society
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Abdulmajeed Alzubaidi, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
Ministry of Presidential Affairs
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Ahmed Tageldien Abdellah, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology
Suez Canal University
Ismailia, Egypt

Amin Fouad, MD, CVD
Professor of Cardiology, Military Medical Academy
Managing Director of Heart Specialized Hospital at Kobry El Kobba Medical Complex
Cairo, Egypt

Amr Zaki, MD
Professor and Head of Cardiovascular Medicine Department
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt

Azza El Fiky, MD
Professor of Cardiology
Head of Congenital Heart Disease Unit
Ain Shams University
Head of Echocardiography Working Group
Egyptian Society of Cardiology
Cairo, Egypt

Blair D. Erb Jr., MD, FACC
Bozeman Deaconess Cardiology Consultants
Chair, PINNACLE Registry Steering Committee
Bozeman, MT, USA

Elsayed Farag, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Zagazig University
Zagazig, Egypt

Eman Elsharkawy, MD
Professor of Cardiology
Alexandria, Egypt

Feras Bader, MD, MS, FACC
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
Vice Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Section of Heart Failure and Transplant
Heart & Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Chairman, Heart Failure Working Group of Emirates Cardiac Society
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Gamela Nasr, MD
Professor and Head of Cardiovascular Medicine Department
Suez Canal University
General Secretary and President
Preventive Cardiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation Working Group
Egyptian Society of Cardiology
Ismailia, Egypt

Ghassan S. Kiwan, MD, MBA, CSPQ, FACC
Senior Consultant Cardiologist
Chief of Cardiology, Bellevue Medical Center, University Affiliated Hospital
Founder and Director, AHA/BMC International Training Center
Governor, ACC Lebanon Chapter

Habib Gamra, MD
Past President of The African Heart Network
President of The Tunisian Heart Foundation
Chairman of PAFCIC
Head of Cardiology Department, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital
Monastir, Tunisia

Hadi N. Skouri MD, FACC
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation
Director Cardiac Care Unit
Director Heart Failure Program
Coordinator Cardio oncology Clinic
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon

Heba S. Wassif, MD, MPH, FACC
Staff Cardiologist, Section of Clinical Cardiology
Director, Inpatient Clinical Section Services
Chair, ACC Applied Health Innovation Consortium (AHIC) workgroup
Heart & Vascular Institute
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Assistant Professor of Medicine
CCLCM of Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH, USA

Hosam Hasan, MD, PhD, FACC
Board Member, Egyptian Society of Cardiology
Director of Assiut University Heart Hospital
Head of Cardiovascular Medicine Department
Consultant, Interventional Cardiology
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Assiut University
Assiut, Egypt

Hossam Kandil
Professor of Cardiology, Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt

Imad A. Alhaddad, MD, FACC 
Director, Cardiovascular Department
Jordan Hospital
Amman, Jordan

Mahmoud Hassanein, MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiology
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt

Mohamed Abd El Ghany
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Mohamed Sadaka, MD
Professor of Cardiology
Alexandria University
Consultant of Interventional Cardiology
Alexandria, Egypt

Mohammad Almutairi, MD, FACC
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Past Chairman of Cardiology Department, Kuwait Heart Center
Chest Diseases Hospital - Kuwait
Past President of Gulf Intervention Society (GIS)
Past President of Kuwait Medical Association

Mohammad I. Kurdi, MBBS
Interventional Cardiologist Consultant
President, Saudi Arabian Cardiovascular Interventional Society
CEO & CMO, Clemenceau Medical Centre Riyadh, affiliated with John Hopkins Medical
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Balghith, MBChB, FACC
Consultant, Interventional Cardiologist
King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, National Guard Hospital
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Moustafa M. Nawar, MD
Emeritus Professor of Cardiology
Head of AP and Pacing Lab
Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt

Ragavendra R. Baliga, MBBS, FACC
Inaugural Director, Cardio-Oncology Center of Excellence
Professor of Internal Medicine
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH, USA

Ralph J. Verdino, MD, FACC
Associate Professor Emeritus
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Sameh Shaheen, MD, FACC
Professor of Cardiology, Ain Shams University
Professor and Head of Cardiology Department
Armed Forces College of Medicine (AFCM)
Past President, Egyptian Society of Cardiology
Cairo, Egypt    

Tarek Elzawawy, MD
Professor of Cardiology and Angiology
Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University
Board Member of CVREP Foundation & Chief Editor of CVREP Journal
Board Member of Egyptian Council of Cardiology Fellowship
Alexandria, Egypt

Wael A. Almahmeed, MD, FACC
Consultant Cardiologist
Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Clinical Associate Professor, UAE University
Adjunct Staff, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Wael A. Jaber, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
The Fuad Jubran Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine
Medical Director, CV Imaging Core Laboratories
Head, Center of Advanced Ischemic Heart Disease
Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA

FACULTY

Adel Allam
Egypt

Adel El Etriby
Egypt

Adel Khalifa
Bahrain

Ahmad El Sayed Yousef
Egypt

Ahmed Abdel Aaty
Egypt

Ahmed Afifi
Egypt

Ahmed Bendary
Egypt

Ahmed El Amrawy
Egypt

Ahmed ElGuindy
Egypt

Ahmed Shawky El Serafy
Egypt

Ahmed Yehia
Egypt

Ajay J. Kirtane
USA

Alison Bailey
USA

Amr Elhadidy
Egypt

Anthony S. L. Tang
Canada

Arif Al Nooryani 
UAE

Ashraf Reda
Egypt

Atef Elbahry
Egypt

Athena Poppas
USA

Awad Mohamed 
Sudan

Ayman Aboul Magd
Egypt

Ayman Ammar 
Egypt

Ayman Hany Ahmed 
Egypt

Bassem Abdel Hamid
Egypt

Bassem Zarif
Egypt

Behzad B. Pavri
USA

Biykem Bozkurt
USA

Çetin Erol
Turkey

Dipti Itchhaporia
USA

Dominick J. Angiolillo
USA

Elijah Ogola
Kenya

Etienne Puymirat 
France

Faisal Said
Egypt

Fawaz Almutairi
Saudi Arabia

Frederick G.P. Welt
USA

Gamal Sami
Egypt

Georges Ghanem
Lebanon

Ghada Sayed 
Egypt

Ghaliah Al Mohani
Oman

Gurusher S. Panjrath
USA

Hadi Abu-Hantash
Jordan

Haitham Badran
Egypt

Hala Mahfouz
Egypt

Hamza Kabil
Egypt

Hany Nematalla
Egypt

Hany Ragy
Egypt

Haroon Aziz Khan Babar
Pakistan

Hatim Al Lawati
Oman

Hayam El Damnhoury
Egypt

Hazem Khamis
Egypt

Hesham Aboul Einen
Egypt

Hesham Salah Eldin
Egypt

Ihab Attia
Egypt

Islam Shawky
Egypt

Milton Packer
USA

Joseph Edward Marine
USA

Kamal Mahmoud
Egypt

Kareem Mahmoud
Egypt

Karim Said
Egypt

Khaled Elnady
Egypt

Khaled Shokry
Egypt

Khalid Al Faraidy
Saudi Arabia

Lamyaa Allam
Egypt

Leila Abid
Tunisia

Magdy ElSharkawy
Egypt

Magdy Mostafa
Egypt

Michael J. Reardon
USA

Michael J. Rinaldi
USA

Mirvat Alasnag
Saudi Arabia

Moataz Ahmed Zaki
Egypt

Mohamed Ayman Abdel-Hay
Egypt

Mohamed El Ghanam
Egypt

Mohamed El-Fiky
Egypt

Mohamed Elsetiha
Egypt

Mohamed Hassan
Egypt

Mohamed Loutfi
Egypt

Mohamed Sanhoury
Egypt

Mohamed Seleem
Egypt

Mohamed Yehia
Egypt

Mohammad Hafizullah
Pakistan

Mouaz H. Al-Mallah
USA

Mousa Akbar
Kuwait

Nabil Farag
Egypt

Nooshin Bazargani
Egypt

Pandinhare Purayil Mohanan
India

Partha Banerjee
India

Robert O. Bonow
USA

Roxana Mehran
USA

Saad Subahi
Sudan

Salah El Tahan
Egypt

Salim S. Virani
USA

Sameh Emil
Egypt

Samir Rafla 
Egypt

Sharaf El Din Shazly
Egypt

Shehab El Etriby
Egypt

Sherif Elbeltagui
Egypt

Sherif Wagdy Ayad
Egypt

Sripal Bangalore 
USA

Tamer Fahmy
Egypt

Tamer Mostafa
Egypt

Tamer Wasify
Egypt

Tarek Kafafy
Egypt

Vincent L. Sorrell
USA

Virend K. Somers
USA

Walid Ammar
Egypt

William A. Zoghbi
USA

Yasser Ahmed Sadek
Egypt

Ziyad Ghazzal
Egypt