Organising & Scientific
Committees
The Experts shaping the MEHFC scientific programme.
Organising committee
Nadya Almatrooshi
Chairwoman, Organizing Committee; Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program
Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi
UAE
Juwairia Al Ali
President of ECS
Rashid Hospital
UAE
Nooshin Bazargani
Consultant Cardiologist
Dubai Health
UAE
Wael Almahmeed
Consultant Cardiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Medhat Soliman
Consultant cardiology and Advanced Heart failure
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Shaira Villa
Ambulatory & Heart Failure Nurse
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Hala Kershah
Institute Administrator
Integrated Hospital Care Institute Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Nour Bader
Student
New York University
UAE
Fakhr Alayoubi
President
Saudi Heart Association
Saudi Arabia
Zainab Samad
Professor and Chairwoman of the Department of Medicine
Aga Khan University
Pakistan
Waleed Nafee
Senior Cardiologist
Imperial College London Diabetes Centre
UAE
Adhba Almubarak
Consultant Cardiologist
Sheikh Shakbout Medical City
UAE
Scientific committee
Feras Bader
Clinical Professor of Medicine – Cardiology (Conference Chair)
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
UAE
Mandeep Mehra
William Harvey Distinguished Chair in Advanced Cardiovascular Medicine
Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital
USA
Nizar Attallah
Transplant Nephrologist
Medical Subspecialties Institute, University of Kentucky
USA
Yosef Manla
Senior Officer for Science and Research
Middle East Heart Academy
USA
Hatem Soliman
Consultant in Cardiothoracic Intensive Care
Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals
UK
Ammar Chaudhary
Consultant Cardiologist in Advanced Heart Failure and Echocardiography
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Saudi Arabia
Ahmad Turk
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist
The Advanced Heart Diseases Center (Private Practice)
Jordan
Hadi Skouri
Consultant Cardiologist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
UAE
Mohamed ElHarari
Consultant Cardiologist
Tawam Hospital
UAE
Hussam Ghalib
Director, Cardiomyopathy Center
Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi
UAE
Firas Albadarin
Consultant Cardiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Bassam Atallah
Associate Dean - Clinical Affairs
Dubai Medical University
UAE
Richard Ferrer
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Nurse Coordinator
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Bader Alayyad
Advanced Heart Failure Senior Specialist
Adan Hospital
Kuwait
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Emil Najjar
Consultant Cardiologist
Heart and Vascular Centre
Sweden
Arif Albulushi
Consultant Cardiologist
National Heart Center, The Royal Hospital
Oman
Abstract Reviewers
Ahmad Turk
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist
The Advanced Heart Diseases Center (Private Practice)
Jordan
Amina Rakisheva
Consultant Cardiologist
Boralday Hospital
Kazakhistan
Ammar Chaudhary
Consultant Cardiologist in Advanced Heart Failure and Echocardiography
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Saudi Arabia
Arif Albulushi
Consultant Cardiologist
National Heart Center, The Royal Hospital
Oman
Bader Alayyad
Advanced Heart Failure Senior Specialist
Adan Hospital
Kuwait
Bassam Atallah
Associate Dean - Clinical Affairs
Dubai Medical University
UAE
Dania Mohty
Consultant, Adult Cardiology, Heart Center, Echocardiography Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Saudi Arabia
Diyar Saeed
Head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery & Vascular Surgery
Helios Clinic Krefeld
Germany
Emil Najjar
Consultant Cardiologist
Heart and Vascular Centre
Sweden
Firas Albadarin
Consultant Cardiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Hadi Skouri
Consultant Cardiologist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
UAE
Ibrahim Jelaidan
Advance Heart failure and Adult Transplant / Echocardiography Cardiologist
King Abdul-Aziz Cardiac Center
Saudi Arabia
Manyoo Agrawal
Consultant Cardiologist, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Social Media Ambassadors
Ahmet Celik
Professor of Cardiology
Mersin University Medical Faculty
Turkiye
Aiman Smer
Program Director for Cardiovascular Fellowship Training Program
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Matlooba Al Zadjali
Executive Director, Senior Consultant, Public Health Physician
Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Vascular Centre
Oman
Milica Vukicevic
Cardiologist, Cardiac Surgery Clinic
University Clinical Center
Serbia
Rami Bany Ata
Cardiology Fellow
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE
Syed Gardezi
Associate Professor in Cardiology, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, Consultant Cardiologist in Advanced Heart Failure, CMR,Cardio-Oncology & Cardiomyopathy
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
UAE
Yasmin Rustamova
Cardiologist, Heart Failure Specialist (CAS of University of Zurich)
Azerbaijan Medical University
Azerbaijan
Zviad Kipiani
President of Georgian Heart Failure Association, Head of Cardiovascular Department
Jerarsi Clinic, Tbilisi
Georgia
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