Committee & Faculty
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Prof. Mohamed Baguneid
Conference Chairman
Chair, Division of Vascular Surgery,
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Sulaiman Alshamsi
Conference Co-Chair
Chair, Division of Vascular Surgery,
Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Mohammed Medical City
Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Ibrahim Riza
Consultant Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon
Ex-Head of Scientific Committee
Emirates Vascular Surgery Society
Genesis Healthcare,
Dubai London Hospital,
Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Gulnaz Tariq
CEO, International Inter-Professional
Wound Care Group (IIWCG)
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Hagir Elfatih Ahmed Mohamed Eltoum
Surgical Specialist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Abeer Sameer Alanazi
Senior Podiatrist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Dr. Raashid Shahbazi
Regional Medical Director and Consultant Vascular surgeon NMC Healthcare Sharjah and NorthernEmirates, UAE
Dr. Jamal Al Deen Alkoteesh
Medical Director – SEHA Radiology Chief of Interventional Radiology – SEHA Professor of Interventional Radiology – UAE University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Deena M. A. Alqedrah
General Secretary – EVSS Consultant and Head of Vascular Surgery Section Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Prof. Samer Koussayer
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Consultant, Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health Associate Professor – College of Medicine, Al Faisal University, Riyadh,SaudiArabia
Dr. Sharath Paravastu
Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Abdulrahman Maher
Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, Mediclinic Hospital Dubai, UAE
Dr. Bhavesh Natha
Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Nashwan Ahmed Alattab
Consultant vascular & Endovascular Surgeon,
STMC & Tawam Hospital,
Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Magid Azam Alkimawi
Consultant, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Tania Saez Guzman
Consultant, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Ali Mohammed Jawas
Consultant, Vascular Surgery Associate Professor of Surgery College of Medicine, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Mohamed Raafat Okelah
Board member and Head of Scientific comittee EVSS Head of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Fakeeh University Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Elizabeth Ruth Choudhry
Senior Podiatrist,
Healthpoint, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Nicola Jane Sedgwick
Senior Vascular Scientist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Ashwaq Ali Haji Nuuh
Wound Care Nurse, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City Abu Dhabi, UAE
Zulaikha Abdulrahman Ali Awadh
Vascular Coordinator, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City Abu Dhabi, UAE
Deina Loutfi Mahmoud Sharaf
Senior Physiotherapist, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Iline Ragheb Taha
Registered Nurse – Wound Care Specialist, Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Mohammed Medical City, Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Ibrahim Riza
Consultant Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon
Ex-Head of Scientific Committee
Emirates Vascular Surgery Society
Genesis Healthcare,
Dubai London Hospital,
Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Abeer Sameer Alanazi
Senior Podiatrist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Gulnaz Tariq
CEO, International Inter-Professional
Wound Care Group (IIWCG)
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Hagir Elfatih Ahmed Mohamed Eltoum
Surgical Specialist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Rachel Herbert
Consultant, Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical city Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Haidar Saeed Jalil Aal Mussa
Consultant General Surgeon Specialist in Diabetic Foot & Wound Management Dibba Hospital, Fujairah, UAE
Ibtihal Hussein Hasan Almashaileh
Team Leader, Lymphedema Services Sheikh Tahnoon Medical City – Rehabilitation Hospital Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Shaynaaz Govender
Vascular Sonographer
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
INTERNATIONAL FACULTY
Prof. Edward Jude
Professor of Medicine & Consultant Diabetologist/Endocrinologist Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Dr. Luis Mariano Palena
Consultant Vascular Interventional Radiologist, Endovascular Interventions & Research Policlinico Abano Terme, Italy QuironSalud Marbella, Spain
Dr. Abdulaziz Kimawi
Assistant Professor & Consultant Podiatric Foot and Ankle Surgeon, Diabetic Foot Specialist Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Hospitals, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Mr. Abdulaziz Binkanan
Senior Specialist, Wound Care Manager Riyadh First Health Cluster Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Naser Bader Alhumaidi
Consultant Diabetic Foot Surgeon Head, Diabetic Foot Unit, Farwaneeya Hospital President, Diabetic Foot and Wound Association – Kuwait (DWAK) Kuwait
INTERNATIONAL FACULTY
Iline Ragheb Taha
Registered Nurse – Wound Care Specialist, Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Mohammed Medical City, Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Shahabazali Patil
Consultant Interventional Radiologist,
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE