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We are currently finalizing the 2009 conference programme. Below you will find the 2008 programme for your persual.
Interventional Cardiology
28 January 2008
| Day 1: Monday, 28 January 2008 |
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Opening Address by Chair: Dr. Omar K. Hallak, Chief of Interventional Cardiology Department, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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| 08:40 |
Emirates Campaign for Awareness and Treatment of Heart Diseases |
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Dr. Abdul Ghaffar M. Al Hawi, MBBch, MPA, Assistant Undersecretary for Creative Medicine, UAE |
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Dr. Azzan Binbrek, Consultant & Head of Department of Cardiology, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Fouad Azoury, Chief Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Abdullah Shehab, Assistant Professor, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE |
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| 08:50 |
Is Open Heart Surgery Obsolete? |
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Dr. Simon Redwood, MBBS, MD, FRCP, FACC, Senior Lecturer/
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist & Director, Cardiac
Catheter Labs, St. Thomas’; Lead Clinician for Research &
Development, Council Member of the British Cardiovascular
Intervention Society, HCA International Hospitals, London, UK |
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| 09:10 |
Did COURAGE Discourage Interventionalists? |
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Dr. Waleed Y. Kadro, MD, FACC, FACP, FCCP, FACA, Director, The Golden Cardiovascular Center for Advanced Intervention & Research, Damascus, Syria |
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| 09:30 |
PCI on High Risk Patients, Cardiac Assist Devices |
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Dr. Amir Taraben, ECP Unit Medical Director, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Jeddah, KSA |
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| 09:50 |
New Generation of Drug Eluting Stents (DES): From Experimental Studies to Clinical
Applications |
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Dr. Pawel Buszman, MD, FESC, FACC, FSCAI, President of Executive Board of American Heart of Poland Ltd, Warsaw, Poland |
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| 10:00 |
Interesting Case Presentations and Discussion |
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Dr. Mohamed Amrani, PhD, Consultant Cardiac and Transplant Surgeon, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Royal Brompton & Hare field NHS Trust, London, UK
Dr. Yahya Kiwan, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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| 10:20 |
Coffee Break |
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Dr. Wael Al Mahmeed, President of Emirates Cardiac Society, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Youssef Maalouf, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Consultant, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA & Dubai, UAE
Dr. Sami Hussein, Head of Department of Cardiology, Iranian Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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| 10:50 |
Live 3D TEE in Interventional Cardiology |
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Dr. Thomas Buck, MD, FACC, FESC, Associate Professor of Medicine and Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, West German Heart Centre, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
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| 11:10 |
PCI Exotica |
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Dr. Philip Andrew MacCarthy, BSc, MBChB (HONS), PhD, FRCP, Consultant Cardiologist, Hon. Senior Lecturer In Cardiology, King’s College Hospital, HCA International Hospitals, London, UK |
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| 11:30 |
What is New in Restenosis?
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Dr. Jassim Al Suwaidi, Head, Cardiology Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar |
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| 11:50 |
CT Coronary Anglo, Cardiac MRI? Ready to Replace Conventional Angiogram |
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Dr. Abedelrahim Asfour, MD, FACC, Interventional Cardiologist, Dearborn, Michigan, USA |
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| 12:10 |
Lunch |
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Dr. Abdullah Al Naeemi, Assistant Professor, Head of Cardiology Department, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Aref Al Nourani, Consultant Cardiologist, Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah, UAE
Dr. Fekry Eldeeb, Head of Department of Cardiology, International Modern Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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| 13:30 |
What Is In the Pipeline for the Percutaneous Valve Treatment? |
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Dr. Murat Tuzcu, MD, Professor of Medicine; Director, Intravascular
Ultrasound Laboratory; Interventional Cardiologist; The Cleveland
Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
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| 13:50 |
Percutaneous Closure Of ASD |
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Dr. Omar K. Hallak, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Chief of Interventional Cardiology Department, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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| 14:10 |
ICD / CRT for Which Patient? Is It Worth It? |
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Speaker TBA |
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| 14:30 |
Interesting Case Presentations and Discussion |
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Dr. Fayaz Shawl, MD, FACP, FCCP, FSCAI, FACC, Chairman & Chief Interventional Cardiologist Upcoming Shawl Cardiovascular Institute, Zulekha Hospital, Dubai, UAE; Clinical Professor of Medicine & Director, Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA, Director, Interventional Cardiology, Washington Adventist Hospital, USA
Dr. Heitham T. Hassoun, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD & Director of Vascular Interventional Therapy, Tawam Hospital-Johns Hopkins International, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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| 14:50 |
Coffee Break |
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Dr. Khaldoun Taha, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Rajeev Lochan, Consultant Cardiologist & Head of Department of Interventional Cardiology, Welcare Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Husam Ouda, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist & Head of Cardiology Department, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE |
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| 15:10 |
Catastrophes in Cath Lab: When Death is Eminent |
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Dr. Fayaz Shawl, MD, FACP, FCCP, FSCAI, FACC, Chairman & Chief Interventional Cardiologist Upcoming Shawl Cardiovascular Institute, Zulekha Hospital, Dubai, UAE; Clinical Professor of Medicine & Director, Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA, Director, Interventional Cardiology, Washington Adventist Hospital, USA
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Coronary Revascularisation in Women |
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Dr. Ghada W. Mikhail, BSc, MBBS, MD, MRCP, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist & Honorary Senior Lecturer, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary’s Hospital, HCA International Hospitals, London, UK |
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| 15:50 |
Vulnerable Plaque Identification & Treatment |
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Dr. Murat Tuzcu, MD, Professor of Medicine; Director, Intravascular
Ultrasound Laboratory; Interventional Cardiologist; The Cleveland
Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
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| 16:10 |
Interesting Case Presentations and Discussion |
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Dr. Taleb Majwal, Consultant Cardiologist, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Abdullah Al Riyami, Consultant Cardiologist, Muscat, Oman |
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| 16:30 |
New Advances in Interventional Cardiology |
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Dr. Fayaz Shawl, MD, FACP, FCCP, FSCAI, FACC, Chairman & Chief Interventional Cardiologist Upcoming Shawl Cardiovascular Institute, Zulekha Hospital, Dubai, UAE; Clinical Professor of Medicine & Director, Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA, Director, Interventional Cardiology, Washington Adventist Hospital, USA |
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| 16:50 |
Wrap up and close |
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Dr. Omar K. Hallak, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Chief of Interventional Cardiology Department, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
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| INVITED SPEAKER FACULTY: |
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Chair: Dr. Omar K. Hallak, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Chief of Interventional Cardiology Department, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Abdul Ghaffar M Al Hawi, MBBch, MPA, Assistant Undersecretary for Creative Medicine, UAE
Dr. Abdullah Al Riyami, Consultant Cardiologist, Muscat, Oman
Dr. Jassim Al Suwaidi, Head, Cardiology Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Dr. Mohamed Amrani, PhD, Consultant Cardiac and Transplant Surgeon, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK
Dr. Abedelrahim Asfour, MD, FACC, Interventional Cardiologist, Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center, Dearborn, Michigan, USA
Dr. Thomas Buck, MD, FACC, FESC, Associate Professor of Medicine and Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, West German Heart Centre, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Dr. Pawel Buszman, MD, FESC, FACC, FSCAI, President of Executive Board of American Heart of Poland Ltd, Warsaw, Poland
Dr. Heitham T. Hassoun, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD & Director of Vascular Interventional Therapy, Tawam Hospital-Johns Hopkins International, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Waleed Y. Kadro, MD, FACC, FACP, FCCP, FACA, Director, The Golden Cardiovascular Center for Advanced Intervention & Research, Damascus, Syria
Dr. Yahya Kiwan, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Philip Andrew MacCarthy, BSc, MBChB (HONS), PhD, FRCP, Consultant Cardiologist, Hon. Senior Lecturer In Cardiology, King’s College Hospital, HCA International Hospitals, London, UK
Dr. Taleb Majwal, Consultant Cardiologist, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Ghada W. Mikhail, BSc, MBBS, MD, MRCP, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist & Honorary Senior Lecturer, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary’s Hospital, HCA International Hospitals, London, UK
Dr. Simon Redwood, MBBS, MD, FRCP, FACC, Senior Lecturer/ Consultant Interventional Cardiologist & Director, Cardiac Catheter Labs, St. Thomas’; Lead Clinician for Research & Development, Council Member of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society, HCA International Hospitals, London, UK
Dr. Fayaz Shawl, MD, FACP, FCCP, FSCAI, FACC, Chairman & Chief Interventional Cardiologist Upcoming Shawl Cardiovascular Institute, Zulekha Hospital, Dubai, UAE; Clinical Professor of Medicine & Director, Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA, Director, Interventional Cardiology, Washington Adventist Hospital, USA
Dr. Amir Taraben, ECP Unit Medical Director, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Jeddah, KSA
Dr. Murat Tuzcu, MD, Professor of Medicine; Director, Intravascular Ultrasound Laboratory; Interventional Cardiologist; The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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