MEET OUR SPEAKERS

We have carefully curating a two-day agenda focused on advancing healthcare standards and exchanging valuable insights through expert-led sessions, case studies, and collaborative discussions.

*Sorted alphabetically by first name.

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Dr. Abdulmajeed Zubaidi
General Secretary, Emirates Cardiac Society, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Burjeel Hospital
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Adel Al Hazzani
Professor of Neurology, Consultant Vascular Neurologist
Alfaisal University, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Dr. Adel Tash
Chief Executive Officer
King Abdullah Medical City – Makkah
Makkah, Saudi Arabia

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Dr. Ahmad Al Shatti
Consultant, Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Ministry of Health Kuwait
Kuwait City, Kuwait

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Dr. Ahmed Gabroun
Consultant Cardiologist
AHA Regional Faculty
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Ahmed Ahmed Khairy Mostafa
Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Al Dhafra Hospitals
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Alexis Topjian
Professor of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pediatrics, Attending Physician
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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Dr. Amjad Obeid
Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Head of the Emergency Department
Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital
Khobar, Saudi Arabia

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Dr. Asif Ali
Clinical Assistant Professor
College of Medicine, University of Houston
Texas, United States of America

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Dr. Beena Kamath-Rayne
Neonatologist, Senior Vice President, Global Health and Clinical Skills
American Academy of Pediatrics
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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Dr. Brandon Oto
Critical Care Physician Assistant, Clinical Instructor
Bridgeport Hospital, Department of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine
Wallingford, Connecticut, United States of America

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Dr. Duane Caneva
Advisor
Abu Dhabi Department of Health Center of Emergency Preparedness and Response (CEPAR)
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Fabrizio Clementi
Chair of Heart and Vascular Center, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Sheikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital
Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Fawaghi Rashid Al Naqbi
Director of Models of Care and Centers of Excellence
Department of Health – Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Mr. Firas Aldakak
EMS Advisor
Abu Dhabi Civil Defense Authority
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Mr. Gareth Patrickson
MENA Healthcare Forum 2026, Chair
Senior Vice President International
American Heart Association
Sydney, Australia

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Dr. Hany El Shahidy
Consultant of Cardiology
National Heart Institute
Cairo, Egypt

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Dr. Ibrahim Al Balharith
Chief of Quality, Governance and Excellence Officer
SEHA Virtual Hospital and the Innovation Enablement Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Dr. Jamal Dabbas
President
Jordan Cardiac Society
Amman, Jordan

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Ms. Julia Mora
International Director of Healthcare Quality and Certification
American Heart Association
United States of America

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Dr. Juwairia Tahir
President of ECS – Consultant Cardiologist
Rashid Hospital
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Kamal Alabadi
HOD & Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
NMC Royal Hospital, Khalifa City
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Kamil Vallabh
Consultant Emergency Physician, Head of Department
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City – Ajman
Ajman, United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Mahmood Aljufaili
Senior Consultant Emergency Physician and Head, Emergency Department
Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
Muscat, Oman

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Ms. Marida Straccia
Resuscitation Programs Manager
American Heart Association
Grottammare, Marche, Italy

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Dr. Michael Christopher Kurz
Chief of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Emergency Medicine
UChicago Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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Ms. Michele Bolles
Executive Vice President, Quality, Outcomes Research & Analytics (QORA)
American Heart Association
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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Dr. Mohammed Harrari
Consultant Cardiologist
Tawam Hospital
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Mohammed Kuwaiti
Assistant Professor and Vascular Neurology Consultant
UAE University, Department of Internal Medicine, Tawam Hospital
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Nidal Shawish
Consultant Physician – Emergency Medicine
BMC Burjeel Holdings
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Saleh Fares Al-Ali
President
International Federation for Emergency Medicine
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Suhail Al Rukn
Consultant Neurologist, Head of Stroke Program, President of EMINS
Rashid Hospital
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Suhaila Qayed
Director of Training and Continues Education Department
Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Wissam Ibrahim Abdul Hadi
Director of Quality
The Medical Office, PureHealth
Dubai, United Arab Emirates