WELCOME TO ACC MIDDLE EAST 2021

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the American College of Cardiology, the ACC Egypt Chapter, and the Egyptian Society of Cardiology, it gives us a great pleasure to invite you to participate in ACC Middle East 2021 hosted at the beautiful Intercontinental Cairo City Stars Hotel, Cairo, Egypt on 14-15 October, 2021.


This year’s conference brings together cardiovascular thought leaders from around the world to deliver you with the highest quality education. The planning committee has created a comprehensive program that will provide you with hands-on, locally relevant and highly practical education.

The two day program is designed to deliver you with state of the art lectures, poster presentations, interactive education and innovative discussions. As an attendee you will have the opportunity to network with colleagues, ask top experts in the field your questions, stay at the cutting-edge of your profession and improve heart health for your patients!

This year’s conference promises to be one of the most exciting cardiology programs in the region with nearly 1,000 attendees expected from the Middle East region. We look forward to your presence in Cairo!

On behalf of the conference committee.

Conference Chairs

Mohamed Sobhy, MD, FACC

Professor of Cardiology,Alexandria University
Governor of ACC Chapter in Egypt 
MEA Representative, AIG, ACC
President of Cardiovascular Research, Education, Prevention Foundation (CVREP) 
Past President of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology 
SSL - Africa Committee member

Khaled M. Ziada, MD, FACC

Chief Academic Officer, Cardiovascular Interventions
Co-Director, Coronary Artery Disease Center
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA

Vice Chairs

Magdy Abdelhamid, MD, FACC

Immediate Past President, Egyptian Society of Cardiology
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University
Board Member of the HFA, ESC
Member of the Committee for Practice Guidelines, ESC
President, Egyptian Working Group of Heart Failure
Cairo, Egypt

Tarek Helmy, MD, FACC

Professor and Chief of Cardiology
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport
Co-director of the Heart and Vascular Institute
Ochsner LSU Health Science Center
Shreveport, LA, USA