Speakers

International Speaker

Dr. Jeff Landreville

HBSc, MD, MMEd, FRCPC, DRCPSC

Dr. Jeff Landreville

HBSc, MD, MMEd, FRCPC, DRCPSC

Dr. Jeffrey Landreville is a clinician-educator focusing on postgraduate medical education with a special interest in competency-based medical education and coaching.

He is an assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, attending physician at the Ottawa Hospital and clinician investigator with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He currently serves as the Program Director for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Emergency Medicine residency program at the University of Ottawa. His research interests include observation, entrustment and coaching within competency-based medical education systems.

Born in Ottawa, Canada, Dr. Landreville obtained his MD from the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University and an FRCPC in Emergency Medicine at the University of Ottawa during which he served as Chief Resident. Dr. Landreville completed a fellowship in medical education through the Department of Innovation in Medical Education at the University of Ottawa and a Master’s in Medical Education through the University of Dundee, Scotland. He is a diplomate of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Clinician Educator Area of Focused Competence.

Dr. Avik Nath

Director-at-Large Ottawa, Ontario

Dr. Avik Nath

Dr. Avik Nath received his medical degree from the University of Ottawa in 2004 and was awarded Certification in the College of Family Physicians of Canada in 2006, and a Certificate of Added Competence in Emergency Medicine in 2007. Dr. Nath was awarded Fellowship in the College in 2019.

Dr. Nath is a family physician with a focused practice in emergency medicine. Working in the emergency department he has seen first-hand the gaps in the health care system, including lack of access to primary care and how those gaps affect the most vulnerable people.

Based in Ottawa, Dr. Nath is a mid-career practising physician who has worked in tertiary and community settings throughout Ontario. He is the current Chair of the Family Medicine Emergency Medicine Program Directors Group, Chair of the Ottawa Hospital Emergency Physician Associates, program director of the CCFPEM Program at the University of Ottawa, and the CFPC's family physician emergency medicine representative on the Specialty Committee in Emergency Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He is also an Associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Nath works collaboratively to build consensus and implement change. Dr. Nath received the Department of Family Medicine's Mentorship Award, which is presented annually to a University of Ottawa faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in mentorship toward learners and faculty members. He has received numerous teaching awards through the Department of Emergency Medicine. He has been an expert member of the CFPC Residency Accreditation Committee and has spoken at a variety of conferences and workshops throughout his 15 years of experience. Dr. Nath lives in Ottawa with his wife and daughter.

Dr. Julian Treadwell

MBBS MRCGP MSc DPhil

General Practitioner and Academic Clinical
Lecturer, University of Bristol, UK

Dr. Julian Treadwell

MBBS MRCGP MSc DPhil

Dr Julian Treadwell is an academic general practitioner working from Bristol and Oxford in the United Kingdom. For the first half of his career, he practised full-time in family medicine in a variety of settings in the UK National Health service including 12 years as a practice partner and several years as a GP educator.

His academic interests are in evidence-based practice, polypharmacy and multiple long-term conditions, clinical guidelines, shared decision-making and overmedicalisation. These interests arose from a desire to solve problems he had identified in clinical practice and his research aims to empower family doctors to provide person-centred care. He developed and maintains the website www.gpevidence.org

Dr. Abdullah Alkhenizan

CCFP, FCFP, ABHPM, MSc, LLM, DCEpid

Dr. Abdullah Alkhenizan

CCFP, FCFP, ABHPM, MSc, LLM, DCEpid

Dr. Abdullah Alkhenizan presently works as a consultant in the Department of Family Medicine and Polyclinics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (General Organization) –Riyadh. Dr. Alkhenizan holds the academic title of Professor at Alfaisal University, Riyadh. He has concurrent assignments in this Institution which include Director of Ambulatory Care Services and Chairman of Evidence Based Practice Committee. Dr. Alkhenizan is listed in the World's Top 2% most-cited scientists 2024 by Stanford University.

Dr. Alkhenizan career focused in the fields of Family Medicine with a special interest in the fields of Medical Law, Chronic Diseases, Evidence Based Practice, Research, and Healthcare Policy and Management.

For his postgraduate training, Dr. Alkhenizan completed the Family and Community Medicine Program, The Canadian College of Family Medicine Fellowship in Geriatrics, The American Board in Hospice and Palliative Care and the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

He also holds Master’s Degree in Health Systems and Quality Management and a Master Degree in Medical Law, The Law School, University of Edinburgh, and he completed the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Alkhenizan is a co-author of two books and published more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals with more than 200 presentations in local, regional and international meetings.

Dr. Amr Jamal

MD, SBFM, ABFM, MRCGP, MBI, CPHIMS, FIAHSI

Professor and Consultant, Family Physician & Health Informatics
Chairman, Family & Community Medicine Department
King Saudi University

Dr. Amr Jamal

MD, SBFM, ABFM, MRCGP, MBI, CPHIMS, FIAHSI

Prof. Amr A. Jamal is a renowned expert in family medicine and digital health, with over 15 years of experience in clinical practice, medical education, and healthcare informatics. As the Chairman of the Family & Community Medicine Department at King Saud University (KSU) in Riyadh, Prof. Jamal has been instrumental in advancing digital health initiatives in Saudi Arabia and across the Gulf region. His work spans the development of the Saudi Health Informatics Competency Framework, contributions to national telemedicine guidelines, and leadership in multiple transformative digital health projects.

Prof. Jamal is also the Founding Co-Chair of ZIMAM, a Geneva-based initiative dedicated to enhancing digital health competencies for healthcare professionals globally. Recognized internationally, he has been named a HIMSS Future50 Healthcare IT Leader and holds fellowships with the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (FIAHSI). His scholarly contributions include over 100 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, reflecting his dedication to integrating technology with healthcare to improve patient outcomes and streamline processes.

At the conference, Prof. Jamal will share insights on AI in family medicine, patient safety in electronic health records, and the global standardization of medical education competencies, bringing invaluable perspectives on digital transformation in healthcare.

Dr. Eiad Al-Faris

MD, SBFM, ABFM, MRCGP, MBI, CPHIMS, FIAHSI

Professor of Family Medicine & Medical Education
Supervisor of the KSU Chair for the Development of Medical Education
Department of Family and Community Medicine
King Saudi University

Dr. Eiad Al-Faris

MD, SBFM, ABFM, MRCGP, MBI, CPHIMS, FIAHSI

Professor Eiad A. AlFaris is a Professor of Family Medicine, member of the Royal College of General practitioners (London) since 1989. He was the chair of the examination committee of the Saudi board of family medicine and the Arab board of family medicine. He is the supervisor of the King Saud University (KSU) Chair for Medical Education. He had completed a Master degree in Medical Education (MMed) from the University of Dundee. He has contributed substantially to the development of Medical Education in Saudi Arabia, has published around seventy articles in national and international journals. He was an Associate Director of Faculty Development Program of the KSU university hospitals. He was Adviser to the Saudi Commission of health specialties 1998- 2009. He had run various workshops for the national and international symposia, the Saudi Commission for health Specialties and KSU.

Dr. Nahedh Allababidi

Consultant Family Physician- Medical Tutor
Assistant Professor Arabian Gulf University
Head of examination family medicine - Arab board of medical specialization

Dr. Nahedh Allababidi

Consultant family physician/Medical tutor in family practice residency program/Head of examination department in family practice residency program in Bahrain/Head of examination committee in Arab board medical specializations /coordinator of professional skills program for years 2,3 and 4 in Arabian gulf university/member of committee of training in primary health care Master in medical education Interested in evaluation and assessment construction with special focus on development of OSCE stations and biostatistics

UAE Speakers

Dr. Jamal Aldeen Alkoteesh

MD MSc FRCR CCST EBIR EDSI EDNI FPAIRS

Chief of Interventional Radiology
Chairman of Clinical Imaging in Al Ain Region/TAWAM/STMC/ and SKMC
Professor of Interventional Radiology, CMHS UAE University
Head of Interventional Radiology Clinical Reference Group at SEHA - Abu Dhabi
Winner of SEHA/Abu Dhabi Best 100% Employee for 2023

Dr. Jamal Aldeen Alkoteesh

MD MSc FRCR CCST EBIR EDSI EDNI FPAIRS

Dr Alkoteesh is a pioneer interventional radiologist with expertise in providing unique IR services that made Tawam hospital /SEHA the hub and referral center in the UAE and GCC. He is one of the founders of the interventional Radiology services in UAE since 2007, and the first DOH licensed Interventional Radiologist in Abu Dhabi ;and for that they call him the God Father of Interventional Radiology in Abu Dhabi Emirates. His wealth of knowledge and unique skills in applying advanced IR techniques by performing over 75,000 procedures in the span of his 16 years of SEHA journey are exemplary of dedication and commitment. To mention few of IR clinical sophisticated procedures are TIPS, acute stroke interventions; penile venous leak embolization; prostate artery embolization, Complex Arterial and venous interventions, Uterine arteries embolization procedures to treat Fibroids and post-Partum Bleeding; liver cancer Radioembolization SIRT and Chemoembolization TACE. He has recently introduced new state-of-the-art IR procedures to treat benign and malignant thyroid Tumours by thermal ablation in addition haemorrhoids new treatment by arterial embolization.

SEHA Career Journey over 16 years Dr. Alkoteesh joined the SKMC Abu Dhabi as the Chief of Interventional Radiology in 2007 where he served the capital of UAE solo for nearly two years , then moved to Al Ain City in 2010 in order to establish the first Interventional Radiology service at Al Ain Hospital in support of the clinical needs of Al Ain Community. He also was able to build one of the busiest Interventional Radiology unit in the region in support of acute and elective medical care.

He establishing the first radiology residency-training program in Abu Dhabi in 2009 to train junior Emiratis doctors to become the future radiologists then when he moved to Alain he also became the Radiology residency program director at Tawam in 2012 during the intergartion.

After the regional integration between Tawam and Al Ain Hospitals, he became the official Chairman of Radiology for both hospitals to manage the largest Radiology Department in the UAE with more than 30 Radiologists to cover both hospitals in the region at a difficult time during the COVIDE19 Pandemic.

His Academic Contributions Dr Alkoteesh was promoted to the ranke of professor in Interventional Radiology at the UAE University college of medicine and health science, for his fruitful efforts in introducing the Interventional Radiology modules for the medical students in order to promote and attract undergraduates for future career as a rare subspecialty on demand.

Dr Alkoteesh is the Professor of Interventional Radiology to reach this ranke in the UAE and this is no surprise giving his academic background and involvement heavily in teaching of undergradute and post graduate Medical and surgical residents in SEHA/Abu Dhabi since 2007.

In 2023 he was granted the Pan Arab Interventional Radiology society PAIRS the PAIRS fellowship FPAIRS for his contribution in establishing and promotion Interventional Radiology supspeciality in the UAE and Arab World.

Dr Alkoteesh has more than 75 scintific publications under his belt and he has speaker at more than 150 National and international conferences over the last 10 years.

Fierce fight against COVID19 – Dr Alkoteesh and the Radiology Team
Since the start of COVID 19 pandemic in January 2020, Dr Alkoteesh has led an army of radiologists and radiographers in Abu Dhabi Eastern region to compact this hidden enemy. The Radiology team has performed and reported more than 20000 HR-CT Chest and 300 000 CXR on COVID 19 patients in addition to many Interventional Radiology procedures on those patients.

Home country Journey and International work experience Dr. Alkoteesh was born in Damascus/Syria, the eldest son of a family of 10 children, he took the challenge to study medicine in Arabic where he also attained his Master degree in Radiology and completed his basic radiology training in Damascus University hospitals.

In 1997 He pursued his higher education to undertake his subspeciality training in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, UK at All Wales higher training scheme, at which hospitals he then became working as consultant radiologist in West Wales, UK.

His employment journey went through many well-recognized international hospitals: Prince Philip hospital in Wales; West Wales General Hospital, Cork University Hospital in Ireland and King Fahad National Guard Hospital (KAMC) in Riyadh; KSA, Sheikh Khalifa Medical city SKMC-Cleveland , Al Ain Hospital and Tawam Hospital in the UAE.

Dr. Mohamed Milad Ismail

Consultant Endocrinologist, Tawam & STMC Hospitals
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, UAEU

Dr. Mohamed Milad Ismail

Dr Ismail graduated from the faculty of Medicine University of Tripoli in January 1990. He started his training in endocrinology in the main teaching endocrine unit in Tripoli in 1993 and completed his training in Endocrinology in St. Bartholomew’s Endocrine department and its associated hospitals in Northeast London, obtaining the certifications of the United Kingdom Postgraduate Medical Board. Dr Ismail is a Fellow of the Royal College of the physicians of United Kingdom and he is also Board certified by the Arab and the Libyan Boards of medical specialisation.

Dr Ismail was lecturer in Endocrinology in Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry in London from 2002 to 2008 and Consultant & Head of Endocrine department at Darent Valley hospital in Kent, UK until 2014. He joined the Endocrine Department in Al Ain hospital in September 2014 where he was the head of the Endocrine department and the chairman of the medical institute in Al Ain Hospital until August 2021 when he moved to Tawam hospital as Consultant Endocrinologist.

Dr Ismail in an experienced Endocrinologist with more than 28 years of practice in the field of endocrinology and diabetes. His clinical interests include thyroidology, calcium disorders, Insulin pump therapy and new technologies in the treatment of diabetes. Dr Ismail has been always active in medical education he is also actively involved in clinical research.

Dr. Khaled Mohammed Al Dahmani

Chair of Department - Medicine
Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Mohammad Medical City

Dr. Khaled Mohammed Al Dahmani

Dr.khaled Aldahmani is a consultant endocrinologist, chairman of Academic Affairs at Tawam Hospital and an Ass Professor at CMHS, UAE University

He earned his MBBS from UAE University and completed his internal medicine and endocrinology training in Canada. He also completed a fellowship in pituitary disorders and thyroid cancer.

Dr Aldahmani is currently the president of the Gulf Association of Endocrinology and Diabetes. He is a chairman of the Annual Al-Ain Research Day since 2016.

Dr.Aldahmani is the designated institutional officer (DIO) at Tawam hospital (>12 training programs & >250 learners). He is currently enrolled in the MHPE program at Gulf Medical university at Ajman.

Dr. Mohamed Basher El Harari

Consultant Physician-Cardiovascular (Dept)
Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Mohammad Medical City

Dr. Mohamed Basher El Harari

I graduated from Tripoli medical school, obtained my MRCP and FRCP from UK, and did my cardiology training in the North East of England obtaining my certificate of completion of speciality training (CCST) in cardiology in July 2001, following which I took a consultant cardiologist post at the university Hospital of north Durham in UK for 15 years till April 2016 when I moved to Saudi Arabia where I did 2 years consultant cardiologist post in Dr Suleiman al Habib in Riyadh, from where I moved to UAE in April 2018 as a consultant cardiologist in Al Ain Hospital as a head of the non invasive department and where I have established a new multidisciplinary heart failure service. Since July of 2020, I moved to Tawam Hospital where I have established a new Heart failure clinic and multidisciplinary heart failure service.

In October 2023, I obtained the European HFA certification in Heart Failure.

I have been appointed as the chair of the heart failure group of the UAE for the years 2022-2024.

i am a regular faculty member and speaker of various national, regional, and joint international cardiology conferences.

Dr. Bachar Afandi

Consultant Physician -Medicine
Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Mohammad Medical City

Dr. Bachar Afandi

Consultant Endocrinologist at Tawam Hospital. Clinical Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Health Services, the United Arab Emirates University.

Qualifications
Certified by the American Boards in IM and the American Boards Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism (recertified 2017), Active NY License, USA. Active HAAD license, UAE.
IM Internship and Residency at Lutheran Medical Center Research Institute. Brooklyn, New York. USA
Completed fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes, Hypertension, and Metabolism at the State University of New York. Health Science Center. Brooklyn. New York. USA
Active NY License, USA. Active HAAD license, UAE IM Internship and Residency at Lutheran Medical Center Research Institute. Brooklyn, New York, USA
Completed fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes, Hypertension, and Metabolism at the State University of New York, Health Science Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Current and Previous Appointments
Consultant endocrinologist, Tawam Hospital since 2001 Head of the Endocrinology Division at Tawam hospital 2003-2023 Clinical Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Health Services, the United Arab Emirates University Nominated by the council of Arab Health Ministers as a member of the Arab Board of Endocrine Sub-specialty committee, Dec 2022-Dec 2023
Member, international taskforce to establish Kidney and Ramadan guidelines 2023
Member of the UAE Cardio Metabolic Guidelines Committee 2023
Board of directors, Gulf Association of Endocrinology and Diabetes, 2021-2025
Co-designer of International Diabetes and Ramadan Risk Calculator 2022
CO Founder, Gulf Association of Endocrinology and Diabetes, 2021 Member of the MENA Hyperglycemia in pregnancy Guidelines Committee 2021
Member of the UAE Diabetes Guidelines Committee 2009,2012 & 2020
Member of the International DaR (Diabetes and Ramadan) Guidelines Committee 2017, 2021, and 2022
Physician of the year, EDEC, Emirates Diabetes Society. 2019.
Board of Directors, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Gulf Chapter 2019- 2020
Board of Directors, Emirates Diabetes Society 2002-2012
Co- Founder Emirates Endocrine Club and AL AIN Endocrine Club.
Past Chief of Endocrine Division at Lutheran Medical Center Research Institute, Brooklyn NY, USA 1999-2001.

Publications
More than 100 publications in local and international diabetes/endocrine journals Member of many local and international diabetes and endocrine societies Reviewer of many journals.

Dr. Abraham George

MBBS, MD (Int Med), MSc (Renal Med), MRCP, CCT (Renal Med)
Consultant Physician • SKC-Dialysis Medical SEHA Kidney Care

Dr. Abraham George

In the UK he served many DGHS and University Hospitals including Hammersmith, St Mary’s , Charing Cross , Royal Free , Lister and Stevenage , St James Univ Hospital , Pinderfields and Western Infirmary in Glasgow. Occupied Renal Consultant positions for Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital 2011 and St James University Hospital, Leeds 2012.

Served UAE in Renal Consultant positions; Sharjah Royal Hospital, SEHA Hospitals including Mafraq & Al Ain. Currently serves Tawam Hospital and SKC in Al Ain and is involved in clinical teaching of undergraduate students from Al Ain University Hospital.

Dr Abraham has clinical experience spanning more than 25 years in all aspects Adult Nephrology including Dialysis , CKD , Vasculitis , Glomerulonephritis and Transplantation . Over the years he has contributed to various peer reviewed Journal publications and has played a significant role in developing and streamlining renal services in Al Ain Hospital and Al Ain region as well.

Dr. Abdelazim Mabrouk

Consultant Paediatrician
Mediclinic Al Madar, Al Ain

Dr. Abdelazim Mabrouk

Dr.Abdelazim Mohamed Mabrouk is a Consultant Pediatrician and clinical associate professor in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. His main fields of interests are general pediatrics, asthma, child developmental and behavioral problems, nutrition, obesity, enuresis, ADHD and school health problems. He was actively involved in teaching and examining medical students, interns and residents in the fields of Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Family Medicine. He was awarded the excellence teaching award in the college of Medicine, UAE University and SEHA Abu Dhabi excellence award for best practicing doctors. He regularly presenting in scientific conferences and participated in several researches studying the common child heath problems, and has many published papers in international journals.

Dr. Ali Hassan

Consultant and Chief of Neurology Division,
STMC and Tawam Hospital, Al Ain

Dr. Ali Hassan

Is a consultant and chief of neurology division of STMC and Tawam hospital. After getting is MBBCH from Assiut university and has a 4-year Residency of neurology and psychiatry Assiut university hospital 1999-2003 ended by getting his masterdegree. He had his training in one of the biggest neurology divisions in Egypt and middle east when the neurology department had more than 120 beds during his training and had attached neurophysiology lab and all dictated neuroimaging service were available. And he completed his Medical Doctorate degree from Al Azahar university in 2010 (Role if inflammatory markers in Acute ischemic stroke when he was looking for the role of interleukins and neopterin in acute ischemic stroke pathogenesis). He joined Al Ain hospital in 2011 when he was a member of the stroke program who led the stroke service in Al Ain service to be one of the most important stroke centers in UAE, (Al Ain stroke unite is the first stroke unit founded in all over UAE in November 2007).

Dr Ali was a member of the stroke team who getting the first Stroke international certification in Abu Dhabi in 2016 when,Al Ain stroke unit was certified by German Stroke association as a comprehensive stroke unit and then followed by JCIA.

Dr Ali Joined Tawam hospital in the last quarter of 2017 when he continued his journey of success and attributed to the success of neurology division.

He established the first dictated botox clinics in all SEHA facilities and currently he had 2 dictated botox clinic weekly which is the busiest therapeutic botox clinic in UAE currently.

He developed the stroke program with the team after Al Ain hospital was announced as a covid center in 2020. He became a chief of service in 2021 and he developed the stroke program which accredited as comprehensive stroke center from American heart association (AHA) in December 2023.

Dr Ali Hassan initiated and conducted the first Tawam international neurology conference in 2023. He is a speaker and chairpersons in many of the local and regional conferences in Gulf.

Dr Ali Hassan is the president and he initiated Al Ain neurology conference with its first session in January 2024

Dr Ali Hassan has a special training in epilepsy and EEG in Cleveland medical university hospital-Case Western university –Ohio, USA.

Since he joined and lead the neurology division, neurology department become a site of many regional studies and currently he is a part of 3 international studies which included other sites like USA, Europe and Japan. He has more than 35publications include many posters in an international conference, local conferences, and many publications in the international recognized peer review journals as well. Dr Hassan is a trainer in many local and regional conferences for botox injections and he led many workshops for training other neurologist in the region.

Dr Hassan awarded as the best faculty of internal medicine teaching staff in 2023. Also, he awarded as a quality champion in 2023 in Tawam hospital.

Dr. Fatima Al Dhaheri

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
CMHS, UAEU

Dr. Fatima Al Dhaheri

Dr Fatima Al Dhaheri is a double american board certified physician in pediatrics and pediatric Infectious diseases and an assistant professor of pediatrics in United Arab Emirates University (UAEU)
Dr Al Dhaheri received her medical degree in 2013 from UAEU (honors) and joined the university after graduation as a teaching assistant in the department of pediatrics and continued to be an away scholar during her post graduate studies in the US.
Dr Al Dhaheri completed her pediatric residency training at Children’s National Medical center in Washington DC (2015-2017) and her Infectious diseases fellowship training in Boston Children’s Hospital in Boston. She completed additional training in Infectious diseases in the immunocompromised hosts (ICH-ID) specialty pathway in Boston Children’s hospital & Brigham and Women’s hospital. Dr Al Dhaheri additionally completed a 2-year program in the Harvard catalyst Academy for clinical and translational research.
Dr Al Dhaheri currently serves as a consultant physician in ICH-ID in Sheikh Khalifa Medical city (SKMC) and Burjeel medical city. She is also a consultant in the Emirates organ transplant committee (UAE’s national OPO) and a founding member of the Emirates Infectious disease society under the umbrella of Emirates Medical association (EMA)