Organizing & Scientific Committee
Organizing Committee
Prof. Mohamed Baguneid
Chair of Organizing committee
Chair of Division of Vascular Surgery
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City –
MAYO Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Sulaiman Alshamsi
Co-Chair of Organizing committee
Conference Co-Chair
Chair of Division of Vascular Surgery
Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Shahabazali Patil
MRCS, FRCR, EBIR
Interventional Radiologist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr.Ibrahim Riza
MBBS. FRCS (General Surgery).
FRCS (Vascular Surgery). CCST- U.K.
Medical Director and Consultant Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon and Head of Scientific Committee of Emirates Vascular Surgery Society,
Swift Day Surgery Centre,
Dubai & Mediclinic Parkview Hospital,
Dubai, UAE
Miss. Gulnaz Tariq
President of WUWHS, CEO IIWCG
Executive Board Member ISWCAP
Clinical Advisor Debra Pakistan
Director of Wound Care and
Education
GHC Abu Dhabi, UAE
Nicola Sedgwick
Accredited vascular scientist from society
of vascular technology of UK and Ireland
PgC advanced medical ultrasound,
BSc Podiatry, Vascular Scientist,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
Elizabeth Ruth Choudhry
MSc, BSc, PGCE.
Advanced Practitioner
Diabetic Foot & Peripheral Arterial Disease
Senior Podiatrist,
Healthpoint Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Miss. Ahlam Abbas Gadalla
Center of Continuous Medical Education
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Miss. Dina Lutfy Sharaf
Msc Physical Therapy,
Inpatient service for vascular patients,
Senior Physiotherapist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Scientific Committee
Dr. Zaki Khalifa Almuzakki Alshamsi
Senior consultant & HOD of Vascular,
thoracic and Aortic intervention
EHS - Qassimi hospital & cardiac center
Sharjah, UAE
Prof. Dr. Adel Aswad Alfaraji
Senior consultant Vascular,
thoracic and Aortic intervention
EHS - Qassimi hospital & cardiac center
Sharjah, UAE
Dr. Stephanie Thomas
BSc (hons), MBChB, MSc, DTM&H, FRCPath, PGCert(Med Ed),
Consultant Medical
Microbiologist and Head of Service,
Manchester Medical Microbiology
Partnership,
Manchester University Foundation Trust,
UK
Dr. Jamal Aldeen Alkoteesh
MD MSc FRCR CCST EBIR EDSI FPAIRS,
Chairman of Clinical Imaging & Chief
of Interventional Radiology,
SEHA at Tawam Hospital, UAE
Dr. Houssam Younes
Associate Professor/ Heart,
Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Chairman of Department of Vascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Khalid Rashid Makhdoomi
MBBS, FRCSI, FRCS(Engl), FRCS(Gen Surg)
Consultant Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Raashid I. Shahbazi
MBBS FRCSI FRCS (Gen/Vasc) CCT PGC
MedUSS (Leeds) SLP (Harvard)
Head of Department, Consultant Vascular
and Endovascular Surgeon,
Saudi German Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Ali Jawas
Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Associate Professor of Surgery
College of Medicine UAE
University, Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Tania Saez Guzman
MD, MPhil, FEBVS, Consultant Vascular &
Endovascular Surgeon,
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Bhavesh Natha
MBChB (UCT) FCS (SA) Certificate in
Vascular Surgery (SA),
Vascular Surgeon,
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Nahla Almansoori
German board-certified plastic &
reconstructive surgeon,
President of Emirates Lymphedema,
Framework Breast reconstruction,
lymphedema, and lipoedema surgery
Consultant plastic & reconstructive surgeon,
Elyzee Medical Center,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Deena Alqedrah
President of Emirates vascular surgery society,
Consultant and Head of vascular surgery unit,
Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Magid Al-kimawi
Consultant Physician,
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC),
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Mozah Obaid AlMarshoodi
Benign Hematology /Thrombosis & hemostasis,
Consultant physician / Hematology Department,
SEHA at Tawam Hospital,
Al Ain, UAE
Mrs. Ashwaq Ali
Wound Care Nurse,
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Miss. Iline Ragheb Taha
Charge Nurse -Wound Care,
Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Miss. Corrine May
BSc (Hons) in Podiatry,
Podiatrist,
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Miss. Sumeya Al Hammadi
Bachelor Physical Therapy, MSK,
Lymphedema,
Rehabilitation Manager,
Al Ain Medical City – Rehabilitation Hospital
Miss. Zulaikha Awadh
Charge Nurse, Theatre Scheduler,
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Miss. Sarah Gretton
BSc Podiatry,
MSc Theory of Podiatric Surgery
Podiatrist, CCAD, Heart & Vascular Institute,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
