4TS 2023 Speakers

ABDELKADAR ALMANFI
Interventional Cardiologist & Endovascular Consultant
Structural Heart Program Lead
HCA Houston Clear Lake Heart Hospital
Houston, Texas
USA

ABDUL G BAHRO
Interventional Cardiologist
Director of Cardiovascular Services
Merit Health Hospital
USA

ABDULLA SHEHAB
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Chief Editor Emirates Medical Journal
Vice President Gulf Intervention Society
General Secretary Emirates Cardiac Society
Vice President Asia Pacific Cardiology
UAE

ABDULMAJEED AL ZUBAIDI
Medical Advisor - Ministry of Presidential Affairs
Interventional Cardiologist -Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Interventional Cardiologist -SEHA
UAE

ADEL EL ETRIBY, MD,FACC,FESC
Professor of Cardiology - Ain Shams University
Past president EgSC
President WGIC
Egypt

AHMED HALLAK

USA

AHMED ELSOKKARY
Consultant interventional cardiologist
Al Zahra Pvt. Hospital Dubai
UAE

AHMED FARAH
Consultant Vascular Surgeon
King's College Hospital London, Dubai
UAE

AHMED MAGDY
Consultant Cardiologist, National Heart Institute, Cairo
Chairman of the Egyptian Board of Interventional Cardiology
SCAI International Ambassador (Egypt)
European ACVC (Egypt National Representative)
EAPCI Coordinator
Egyptian Society of Cardiology Board
Co-Chairman EgIC (Egyptian Working Group of Interventional Cardiology)
Chairman COMBATMI, Egyptian Ischemia Society
C3 Interventional Academy Course Co- Director
Egypt

ALAELDIN ELTOM
"Interventional Cardiologist
Fakeeh University Hospital, Dubai
UAE

ALAN LUMSDEN
Walter W. Fondren III Presidential Distinguished Chair,
DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Chair, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Academic Institute
Full Clinical Member, Research Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College
USA

ALBERT ALAHMAR
Interventional Consultant Cardiologist,
Dr. Sulaiman Alhabib Hospital, Dubai Health City
Senior Honorary Lecturer, University of Leicester UK
UAE

ALI F. ABURAHMA
President - Society for Vascular Surgery
Professor of Surgery
West Virginia University
Charleston, West Virginia
USA

ALLAM KOWATLI
Interventional Cardiology
Emirates Hospital, Dubai
UAE

ARAVINDA NANJUNDAPPA
Professor of Medicine & Surgery
Charleston Area Medical Center,
West Virginia, USA
USA

AMIR KAKI
Associate Professor Wayne State SOM
Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support
Director, High-Risk Complex Coronary Interventions
Associate Director, Interventional Cardiology Section
Ascension St John Hospital
USA

AMRISH AGRAWAL
MD, DM Card, FACC, FRCP Glasg, FRCP Edin, MRCP UK
FCCP, FCSI, Fellow Cardiology (Australia)
Senior Consultant Cardiologist
Associate Professor of Medicine
Fujairah Hospital
UAE

ANGELA ECHEVERRIA
Vascular Surgeon
Naples Vascular Specialists
Naples, Florida
USA

ANNIE VARUGHESE
President - Advanced Cardiovascular Care Center, Houston
Specialist Cardiologist - German Heart Center, Dubai
Consultant Cardiologist - Prime Hospital
USA

ARIF AL NOORYANI
Professor of Cardiology - Sharjah University
CEO & Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah

UAE

AZFAR ZAMAN
Honorary Clinical Professor of Cardiology, Newcastle University
Consultant Cardiologist,
Director of Cardiac Catheter Laboratories and Clinical Lead for Coronary Intervention
Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Hospitals
UK

BASSAM AL-BABA
Consultant Interventional Cardiology, Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah
Associate professor at DIU (Germany)
UAE

BELAL AL KHIAMI
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Interventional Cardiology Division
UC San Diego health
USA

CHRISTOPHER WHITE
Professor and Chair Medicine & Cardiology,
Ochsner Clinical School, Univ Queensland, AU
Medical Director for the Centers of Excellence and Service Lines
Medical Director for Value Based Care
System Chairman for Cardiovascular Diseases
New Orleans, LA
USA

DEBABRATA DASH
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Aster Hospital Mankhool, Dubai
UAE

DIAA HAKIM
Director of Intravascular Imaging
Director of Vascular and Intravascular Core Lab
Director of Cardiac Imaging
Vascular Profiling lab-TIMI group
Interventional Cardiology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
USA

EDWARD T. FRY
President - American College of Cardiology (ACC)
Chair, Ascension Health National CV Service Line
Ascension Health

USA

ELIZA KAPLAN
Cardiologist,
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Switzerland

ERIC ALLAIRE
Professor of Vascular Endovascular Surgery
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Surgery of Erectile Dysfunction
American Hospital of Paris,
Clinique Geoffroy Saint Hilaire
FRANCE

EUGENE CHUNG
Heart Failure Specialist
Medical Director - The Christ Hospital Center for Innovation, Ohio

USA

FAOUZI SAFADI
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Clemenceau Medical Center
Dubai
UAE

FAYAZ SHAWL
Clinical Professor of Medicine, George Washington University
Director, Interventional Cardiology,
Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center
USA

FEKRY ELDEEB
Sr. Consultant in Interventional Cardiology,
Head of Department of Cardiology
NMC Royal Hospital, Sharjah
UAE

FIRAS AL ANI
Consultant - Head of Heart & Vascular Center, American Hospital Dubai
UAE

FRANCESCO SERINO
Consultant Vascular Surgeon,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery,
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
of Case Western Reserve University
Vice President Arabian Gulf Chapter - ISEVS
UAE

FRANK J. VEITH
Professor of Surgery - New York University
The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
The William J. von Liebig Chair in Vascular Surgery
The Cleveland Clinic
USA

GALAL ELKILANY
Clinical Professor & Consultant of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Medicine
Gulf Medical University, Ajman
Consultant Cardiologist at ZIA Medical Center
Consultant Cardiologist at Elaj Medical Center,
Distinguished fellow of ISCU-USA
UAE

GARY ANSEL
President and CMO; Healthcare Insights
Clinical Assistant Professor,
The University of Toledo
Ohio
USA

GIRISH VARMA
CONSULTANT CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON

G.N MAHAPATRA
Head - Dept of Nuclear Science, Bhatia Hospital, Mumbai
Sr. Consultant and Head, Nuclear Medicine,
Seven Hills Hospital, Mumbai
Founder - Nuclear Cardiological Society of India
INDIA

GUSTAVO RUBIO ARGUELLO
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
President (Mexican Chapter) - ISEVS
Director Guadalajara Endovascular Center of
Endovascular Peripheral Interventions
Guadalajara Endovascular Center of Endovascular
CELA Cirujanos Endovasculares de Latino America
MEXICO

HABIB GAMRA
Professor Habib Gamra
Vice President of PASCAR
Past President of The African Heart Network
President of The Tunisian Heart Foundation
Chairman of PAFCIC
Head of Cardiology A Department
Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital
Tunisia

HERBERT ARONOW
President, Society for Vascular Medicine
Medical Director, Heart & Vascular Service Line
Benson Ford Chair in Cardiology
Henry Ford Health
USA

HERNAN BAZAN
John Oschsner Endowed Professor in Innovation for the Ochsner Heart & Vascular Institute
Professor of Surgery, Section of Vascular / Endovascular Surgery
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship,
Ochsner Clinic,
LA, USA
USA

HOUSSEIN ALI MUSTAFA
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist - Saudi German Hospital, Dubai
UAE

HUSSIEN HESHMAT
Interventional Consultant & Head of Cardiology Dept, Fujairah Hospital -MOH
UAE

IGNACIO CRUZ GONZALEZ
Director Interventional Cardiology
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SALAMANCA
SPAIN

IVO PETROV
Interventional Cardiologist,
Head of Cardiology, Angiology and  Electrophysiology Department,
Acibadem CityClinic Cardiovascular Center
BULGARIA

JACK JACOBS
President and Chief Scientific Officer, Zhittya Genesis Medicine, Inc.
USA

JACQUES BUSQUET
Coordinator, Vascular & Endovascular services
Cardio-Vascular Department, Clinique Val d'Or - Saint Cloud
The Vivalto Foundation Group, Paris, France
Former President, Co-founder & Ambassador of the
International Society of Endovascular Specialists,
Consultant in Surgery, The Harley Health Village
France

JAMES STEPHEN JENKINS
Section Head - Interventional Cardiology,
Director - Interventional Cardiology Research
John Ochsner Heart & Vascular Institute,
Associate Professor of Medicine - The Ochsner Clinical School, USA
USA

JAN SKOWRONSKI
Director, Endovascular Therapies
CardioVascular Associates of the Southeast
Founder / CEO - Fortuna Clinical
USA

JAVAIRIAH FATIMA
Associate Professor of Surgery
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Co-Director, MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute
USA

KHALED AL-SHAIBI
Director of Catheterization Laboratory
SCAI Board of Trustees
ACC Interventional Leadership Council
WIN-APSIC Co-Chair
King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah
SAUDI ARABIA

JAVED AHMED
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Freeman Hospital

UK

JIHAD MUSTAPHA
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Michigan State University
Program Director Peripheral intervention fellowship
Founding board member CLI Global Society
Founder and Director of the Amputation prevention Symposium
USA

JOACHIM WEIL
Director -Cardiovascular Center, Sana Hospital
Lübeck, Germany
Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiology,
University of Lübeck.
GERMANY

JOSE CARLOS MORENO SAMOS
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
King's College Hospital London, Dubai
UAE

JOSE TAFUR SOTO
Associate Professor of Medicine
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
USA

JUWAIRIA AL ALI
President - Emirates Cardiac Society
Cardiologist, Rashid Hospital
Dubai
UAE

LALYA AL MARZOOQI
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
King's College Hospital London Dubai,
UAE
UAE

LESLIE MILLER
Adjunct Professor - Texas Heart Institute
Director of Heart Failure - Morgan Heart Institute
Chief Medical Officer - Leon Hardt Ventures
USA

MANAR TRAB
Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Medcare Hospital, Dubai
UAE

MARIO PETROU
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
Oxford Private Heart & Lung Centre
UK

MARYAM MATAR
Founder and Chairperson
UAE Genetic Diseases Association
UAE

MAZEN SHAHEEN
Consultant Interventional Cardiology
Clemenceau Medical Center, Dubai
UAE

MICHAEL REARDON
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Academic Institute, Houston Methodist, Weill Cornell Medical College
USA

MICHEL HENRY
Chief Patron, Global Vascular Institute for Carotid and Peripheral Vascular Diseases Apollo Hospital, India
USA

MOHAMED SALAH
Head of Cardiology Unit, New Kalba Hospital – MOH, Sharjah
UAE

MOHAMMAD ANAS HAJJAR
Interventional Cardiologist
Good Heart Medical Group
USA

MOHAMED SOBHY
Past President, Egyptian Society of Cardiology
Professor of Cardiology,
President of Cardiovascular Research, Education, Prevention
Alexandria University
EGYPT

MOHAMMED QINTAR
Director of Structural Heart Program at Sparrow Hospital
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Lansing, Michigan USA
USA

MOHANED EGRED
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist -
Freeman Hospital Tertiary Center,
Honorary Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University
UK

MOHAMED SALEM
Consultant Interventional Cardiology,
American Hospital Dubai
UAE

NADJIB BOUAYED
Chairman of the National Board of Vascular Surgery, Algeria
Former Head & Chief of the Cardiovascular Surgery Department
Oran
ALGERIA

NEIL E STRICKMAN
Professor, Medicine-Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine
USA

NICHOLAS VAN MIEGHEM
Professor and Clinical Director- Interventional Cardiology -Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center
NETHERLAND

N N KHANNA
Chairman - APVS, Senior Consultant Cardiology - Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi
INDIA

OBAID JASEM
Consultant Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
Mediclinic Hospital, Dubai
UAE

OMAR HALLAK
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist,
American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine &
Interventions / Vascular and Endovascular Medicine,
Head of Cardiovascular Department -
King’s College Hospital London, UAE,
President, ISEVS (Gulf Chapter),
Clinical Professor, Baylor University, USA,
Clinical Professor, MBRU, Dubai
UAE

OMAR LATTOUF
Professor of Surgery Emeritus, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery , Emory University School of Medicine
USA

OMER GOKTEKIN
Consultant Interventional Cardiology - MEMORIAL BAHÇELİEVLER HOSPITAL
TURKEY

OSAMA HALLAK
Cardiology Fellow
Kettering Medical Center
USA

OURANIA PREVENTZA
Professor - Dept of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine
USA

P.C. MANORIA
Consultant Cardiologist
Manoria Heart & Critical Care Hospital, Bhopal
India

RAFIK ABU SAMRA
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
NMC Royal Hospital Sharjah, Sharjah
UAE

PALMA MARIA SHAW
Program Director - Vascular Surgery Fellowship, UPSTATE Medical Center
USA

RAJEEV LOCHAN
Head - Dept. of Cardiology
Al Zahra Hospital, Dubai
UAE
UAE

RANA O AFIFI
Associate Professor
Advanced Aortic Surgery and Structural Heart Fellowship Program Director
Dept. of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
USA

RAZAN HALLAK
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist,
Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center
USA
USA

RODNEY WHITE
Medical Director - Vascular Surgery, MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute at Long Beach Medical Center
USA

SAMEH SAYFO
Director of PERT Program,
Peripheral & Structural Interventionist
Baylor Scott & White, The Heart Hospital, Plano
USA

SHAHID MERCHANT
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Lilavati Hospital & Research Center,
Mumbai
India

SHERENE SHALHUB
Vascular Surgeon and an Associate Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery, The University of Washington
USA

STEPHEN RAMEE
Consultant Cardiologist
USA

TAMKEEN KINAH
Consultant Cardiologist and Head of Cardiology Dept.
Dubai London Hospital
UAE

TAREK HELMY
Professor of Medicine & Chief - Cardiology Section
Ochsner LSU Health, Shreveport, Louisiana
USA

TREVOR FAYERS
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
King's College Hospital Dubai

UAE

VICTOR COSTACHE
Interventional Cardiologist, Ex-Minister of Health, Romania.
ROMANIA

W. CHARLES STERNBERGH III
Professor & Chief -Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Vice Chair, Dept. of Surgery - Ochsner Health
New Orleans
USA

WALEED KADRO
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Zulekha Hospital, Sharjah
UAE

YAHYA KIWAN
HOD - cardiology department, Kings College Hospital London Medical Center, Jumeirah
USA

ZVONIMIR KRAJCER
Past President - ISEVS, Interventional Cardiology, Texas Heart Medical Group
USA