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A N N U A L R E S E A R C H & E D U C AT I O N C O N F E R E N C E ARE Chief Executive Officer (CEO) SEHA Kidney Care Abu Dhabi, UAE Prof. Stephen Geoffrey Holt Consultant Nephrologist - (Seha kidney Care) SKC - Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (STMC) Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine, UAE University Al Ain, UAE Dr. Yousef A. BOOBES SPEAKERS Steve Holt trained in London and did most of his renal training at The Royal Free Hospital, London, UK. During this time he was an MRC training fellow, completing a PhD looking at oxidant stress in renal pathology. From 2001-2010 he was Consultant Nephrologist, Hon. Senior Lecturer and Clinical Director of Research at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals, Sussex, UK. He moved to Australia in 2010 and was Nephrologist at Eastern Health, Victoria and Professor of Nephrology at EH Clinical School, Monash University. In 2013 he was appointed Director of Nephrology at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Clinical Professor at the University of Melbourne. In Jan 2020 Steve was appointed as CEO and Professor-Director SEHA Kidney Care, SEHA Abu Dhabi. His major research interests are in cardiovascular pathology, mineral trafficking, home dialysis therapies and HIV renal disease. He has co-authored a number of guidelines and has numerous other peer reviewed publications. Dr. YOUSEF BOOBES is a consultant Nephrologist at SKC/STMC, Al Ain and Adjunct Professor of Medicine in the College of Medicine and Health Sciences of the UAE University. Dr. BOOBES has over 35 years of experience in managing and treating kidney diseases, kidney transplant, hypertension and extracorporeal technology. After he completed his Specialization in Nephrology in FRANCE in 1985, he held many leadership positions at several tertiary healthcare centers in France, Syria, Saudi and UAE. He has been involved in teaching and research throughout his career with more than 150 publications (papers, chapters and abstracts). He has been an invited speaker at many national and international meetings. He is also currently the team leader of therapeutic plasma exchange service in STMC/Tawam Hospital.