Under the patronage of

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance, President of the Dubai Health Authority
Committee
Course Directors
Katherine Hoercher,R.N., FAHA

Sr. Director Special Programs
Kaufman Center for Heart Failure
Heart and Vascular Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Ohio – USA

Walid Saliba, MD

Director, Atrial fibrillation Center
Associate Director, Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology
Heart and Vascular Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Ohio – USA

Joseph Maalouf, MD

Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Consultant, Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine
Director, Interventional Echocardiography
Mayo Clinic
Rochester-Minnesota

US Organizing Committee
Naser Ammash, MD

Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Consultant, Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine
Vice Chair, Clinical Practice, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
Mayo Clinic
Rochester-Minnesota

Wael Jaber, MD

Director of Cardiac Imaging Core Lab and Center for Advanced Ischemic Heart Disease
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Section of Cardiovascular Imaging
Heart and Vascular Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Ohio – USA

UAE Organizing Committee
Alawi Alsheikh-Ali, MD

President, Emirates Cardiac Society

Obaid AlJassim, MD

Cardiology & Cardiothoracic Surgery Centre
Dubai Hospital
Dubai
United Arab Emirates

Fahad Omar Ahmed S. Baslaib, MD

Consultant Cardiologist and Head of Cardiology Unit
Rashid Hospital,Dubai Health Authority
Dubai
United Arab Emirates

Wael Adbulrahman Al Mahmeed, MD

Board member of Emirates Cardiac Society
Chief of cardiology
Medical Affairs ,SKMC
Abu Dhabi Health Authority
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates

Nooshin Mohd Bazargani, MD

Board member of Emirates Cardiac Society
Board member of World Heart Federation
Consultant Cardiologist ,Dubai Hospital
Deputy Head of Dubai Heart Center
Dubai
United Arab Emirates