Faculty

Faculty 2024

Abdulaziz Alzayed

Knowledge Management
Gulf Center For Disease Prevention and Control
Saudi Arabia

Abdulaziz Alzayed is the Manager for the Knowledge Managment section at the Training & Capability Building Department at the Gulf CDC. He holds a mast [...]

Abdullah Al Maniri

Public Health Consultant
Advisor at Ministry of Health
Muscat, Masqaţ,
Oman

Dr. Abdullah  Al Maniri is a distinguished professional with extensive expertise in strategic planning, performance improvement, public health resear [...]

Ada Cuevas

Managing Director
Advanced Center for Metabolic Medicine and Nutrition
Chile

Co-Chair Center for Advanced Metabolic Medicine and Nutrition (CAMMYN ) International Fellowship NLA International Fellowship WOF Senior Advi [...]

Adhari Al Zaabi

MD/PhD
College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Sultan Qaboos University
Sultanate of Oman
Oman

Dr. Adhari is an MD-PhD Assistant Professor at Sultan Qaboos University's College of Medicine and Health Sciences. She earned her PhD in cancer preven [...]

Adil Al Riyami

(MD, MRCP (UK), FRCP (Canada)
Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Heart and Vascular Centre of Excellence
Oman

Dr. Adil Barakat Al Riyami (MD, MRCP (UK), FRCP (Canada)), Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at the Heart and Vascular Centre of Excellenc [...]

Adnan Agha

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Department
Untied Arab Emirates University
Consultant Endocrinologist
Tawam hospital, Al-Ain.

Dr Agha is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Department at Untied Arab Emirates University and a consultant Endocrinologist at Tawam hospita [...]

Alberto Zambon

Associate Professor of Medicine,
Department of Medicine – DIMED
University of Padua School of Medicine
Italy

Prof. Alberto Zambon MD, PhD, FAHA Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine – DIMED, University of Padua School of Medicine – It [...]

Ali Al Mamari

Senior Consultant & Head of Endocrinology
Medicine Department
Oman

Ali Al Mamari MB.ChB MD FRCP Senior Consultant & Head of Endocrinology Unit (July 2008-Now), Medicine Department Chairman of the Ejada Appeal Co [...]

Amirhossein Sbahekar

Professor
Applied Biomedical Research
Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad,
Iran

Amirhossein Sahebkar holds a Pharm.D and PhD from the Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS, Mashhad, Iran). He currently serves as a Professor [...]

Ashna Nastar

Consultant Endocrinologist at National University
Singapore

Dr. Ashna Nastar is a Consultant Endocrinologist at National University Hospital and Alexandra Hospital, where she also serves as Deputy Head of the [...]

Banshi Saboo

Chief Diabetologist & Chairman of Dia Care
Diabetes Care & Hormone Clinic
India

Bashir Hanif

Executive Director and Chief of Cardiology
Tabba Heart Institute Karachi, Pakistan

Borge G Nordestgaard

Professor & Chief Physician
Copenhagen University Hospital, University of Copenhagen
Denmark

Børge G. Nordestgaard, MD, DMSc Professor & Chief Physician, Copenhagen University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark President-Elect [...]

Brian Tomlinson

Professor
Macau University of Science & Technology
China

Brian Tomlinson is Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at Macau University of Science & Technology and Consultant at the University Hospital in M [...]

Bushra Alghamdi

Surveillance And Analytics Manager
Gulf CDC
Saudi Arabia

Bushra Alghamdi holds a Ph.D. in Systems Biology and Bioinformatics from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. During her doctoral studi [...]

Carine Ayoub

Senior Lecturer
Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Dr. Carine Ayoub obtained a Doctor of Pharmacy diploma in 2017, a Research Master's degree in Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences in 2018, and a Ph [...]

Chiadi Ndumele

Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins University
USA

Christina Bursill

Co-director, Vascular Research Centre
South Australian Health And Medical Research Institute And The University Of Adelaide
Australia

A/Prof Christina Bursill (BSc (Hons 1) PhD, Adelaide University; Postdoc, Oxford University, UK) is a leader in cardiovascular biology for her experti [...]

Dirk Blom

Head of Division of Lipidology
University of Cape Town
South Africa

Associate Professor Dirk Blom (MBChB, MMed, FCP (SA), PhD) is the Head of Division of Lipidology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ca [...]

Dr SR Aravind

India

Elsie Evans

Ambassador Programme Project Manager
FH Europe Foundation
United Kingdom

Elsie Evans is a passionate advocate for education, empowering others through skill development, and fostering understanding. Originally from South Af [...]

Fahad Al Nouri

Head Of the Cardiovascular Prevention Unit
Prince Sultan Cardiac Centre Riyadh
Saudi Arabia

Fahad Alnouri: MD, MSc, FESC, FACC, a pioneer in cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation in Saudi Arabia. With an MSc in Preventive Cardiology fr [...]

Fahad Al Zadjali

Associate Professor
Sultan Qaboos University
Oman

Faiza M. Al Jabri

Director for Training and Capability Building
Gulf Center for Disease Prevention and Control
Oman

Dr. Faiza Mohamed Al Jabri, RN., MSN., PhD. Dr. Al Jabri is the Director of Training and Capability Building at the Gulf CDC. Prior to her current ro [...]

Frederick Raal

Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
University of the Witwatersran
South Africa

Frederick J. Raal, MBBCh (cum laude), FRCP, FRCPC, FCP(SA), Cert Endo, MMED, PhD, DSC Director, Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism Research Unit, Fa [...]

Gerald Watts

Winthrop Professor Of Cardiometabolic Medicine
University Of Western Australia
Australia

GERALD F WATTS, DSc DM PhD FRCP FRACP FCSANZ. Gerald Watts trained at Imperial & King’s College, London University, and was a scholar at Wolfso [...]

Gilles Lambert

Professor
Université De La Réunion
France

Gilles Lambert is Professor in Cell Biology and Biochemistry at the University of La Réunion Medical School (France) and a group leader at Inserm UMR [...]

Hani Sabbour

Staff Physician, Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE

Dr. Hani Sabbour, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Heart and Vascular Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu D [...]

Hasina Al-Harthi

Physician & Epidemiologist
Head of Research Section
Royal Hospital
Sultan Qaboos University

Dr. Hasina Al Harthi is a Medical Doctor (MD) with a Master’s degree in Epidemiology, specializing in innovation management and design thinking. She [...]

Ibrahim Al Rashdi

Director General of Medical supplies
Ministry of Health Oman
Oman

Ioanna Gouni-Berthold

Internist, Endocrinologist and Head of the Lipid Clinic
Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine at the University of Cologne
Germany

Professor Ioanna Gouni-Berthold is an Internist, Endocrinologist and Head of the Lipid Clinic and Lipid Research Clinic at the Center for Endocrinolog [...]

Jan Boren

Head of Institute
Institute of Medicine
The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg
Sweden

Professor and head of Institute of Medicine at University of Gothenburg. My main long-term is interest lipoprotein and lipid metabolism and to underst [...]

John Chapman

Research Professor
Nsfa (new French Atherosclerosis Society)
France

John Chapman is a Research Professor at the Sorbonne University, Director Emeritus of the National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) [...]

John Wilding

Professor
Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine
University of Liverpool
United Kingdom

John Wilding leads Clinical Research into Obesity, Diabetes and Endocrinology at the University of Liverpool. He graduated from Southampton University [...]

Jumana Saleh

Professor of Biochemistry
Sultan Qaboos University
Oman

Prof. Jumana Saleh holds a Ph.D. degree from the Division of Experimental Medicine-McGill University, Canada, and post-Doctoral training at the Univer [...]

Juwaria Al Ali

President of Emirates Cardiac Society, Cardiologist
Rashid Hospital
UAE

Kadhim J Sulaiman

Senior Consultant cardiologist
Oman International Hospital
Oman

Dr Kadhim J Sulaiman: FRCPI, FRCP (Glasgow), FESC, is senior consultant cardiologist at Oman International Hospital. He is Immediate Past President of [...]

Kausik Ray

Professor of Public Heath,
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Imperial College
United Kingdom

Professor Kausik Ray FMedSci Professor of Public Heath, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Imperial College London & Honorary Consultant [...]

Kerry-Anne Rye

Deputy Head, School of Biomedical Sciences
UNSW Sydney
Australia

Professor Kerry-Anne Rye is Deputy Head of the School of Biomedical Sciences. She obtained her PhD from Flinders University of South Australia in 1986 [...]

Khalid Alhabib

Cardiology Consultant
King Saud University
Saudi Arabia

Professor of Cardiology Interventional Cardiologist College of Medicine, Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Fahad Cardiac Center, King Saud Univer [...]

Khamis Al Hashmi

Affiliation: Professor. Department of Physiology
College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Oman

Khurram Nasir

Chief of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Wellness
Houston Methodist
USA

Dr. Khurram Nasir holds the William A. Zoghbi Centennial Chair in Cardiovascular Health, serves as Chief of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Well [...]

Kornela Kotseva

Professor Of Preventive Cardiology
National Institute for Prevention and Cardiovascular Health, National University of Galway, Ireland

Professor Kornelia Kotseva holds an appointment as Honorary Professor of Preventive Cardiology and Head of Research at the National Institute for Prev [...]

Magdalena Daccord

CEO
FH Europe Foundation
Switzerland

Manal Al Kindi

Senior Consultant Chemical Pathologist & clinical Lipidiologist
Royal Hospital
Oman

Manfredi Rizzo

Full Professor of Endocrinology
University of Palermo
Italy

Marcello Arca

Chief of the Unit of Internal Medicine and Metabolic Diseases
Director of the Unit for Rare Disorders of Lipid Metabolism
Policlinico Umberto I University Hospital in Rome
Italy

Professor Arca received his MD degree in 1985 and his post-graduate specialization in Liver and Metabolism Diseases in 1988, both from Sapienza Univer [...]

Marianne Abifadel

Dean of The School of Pharmacy at USJ
Saint Joseph University of Beirut, USJ School of Pharmacy
Lebanon

Professor Marianne Abi Fadel is the elected Dean of the School of Pharmacy at Saint Jospeh University of Beirut since 2013, the director of the labora [...]

Mariko Harada Shiba

Professor
Osaka Medical And Pharmaceutical University
Japan

Professor, Cardiovascular Center, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, The Chairperson, Primary Hyperlipidemia, Research on Measures agains [...]

Michal Vrablik

Professor of Internal Medicine
1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles
University in Prague, the Czech Republic
Czech

Michal Vrablik M.D., Ph.D. is a Professor of Internal Medicine at the 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, the Czech Republic. His m [...]

Mirvit Alasnag

Director of the
Catheterization Laboratory
King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital
Saudi Arabia

Dr. Mirvat Alasnag is the Director of the Catheterization Laboratory at the King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She was the first [...]

Mohammad Zubaid

Professor, Department Of Medicine,
Kuwait University
Kuwait

Mohammad Zubaid is Professor of Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University. He heads the division of cardiology at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospi [...]

Mohammed Ammar

Student/Resident/Fellow
Harvard Medical School
Egypt

Mohammed Ammar is  a cardiologist at Helwan University Hospitals and an assistant lecturer of Cardiology at the Faculty of Medicine, Helwan Universit [...]

Mustafa AL Hinai

MD,CCFP,FCFP
Senior Consultant , Family Medicine
University Medical City , Oman
Oman

Mutaz Al-Khnifsawi

College of Medicine
Warith Al-Anbyaa university , Karbala , Iraq

President and founder of the Iraqi Lipid Clinics Network President and Founder of the Iraqi Hypertension League. IAS Regional Federation ( Midd [...]

Nabil Seidah

Director of the Laboratory of Biochemical Neuroendocrinology
Montreal Clinical Research Institute
Canada

Nabil G. Seidah obtained his PhD (1973) at Georgetown University, USA. He joined the IRCM as a senior researcher (1974–1983), after which he became [...]

Nada Bin Hareez

Consultant Endocrinologist, Tawam Hospital
Adjunct Faculty Member, Department of Medicine, United Arab Emirates University
UAE

Consultant Endocrinologist, Tawam Hospital Adjunct Faculty Member, Department of Medicine, United Arab Emirates University Dr. Nada Bin Hareez is [...]

Nasreen Al-Sayed

Consultant Endocrinologist & Lipidologist
Chief Medical Officer
Dar Alsaha Medical Center
Bahrain

Dr. Al-Sayed graduated from Arabian Gulf University, college of Medicine in Bahrain. She is American Board Certified. She completed her Residency tra [...]

Nizal Sarrafzadegan

Head of Instiute
Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center

Noha Amin

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine (PhD),
Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt.
Egypt

Dr. Noha Amin, is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine (PhD), Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt. She graduated from Faculty of [...]

Noor Al Busaidi

Director of the National Diabetes and Endocrine Center
Ministry of Health
Oman

Dr. Noor Al Busaidi completed her Internal Medicine Residency Program as well as her Endocrinology Fellowship at the George Washington Medical Center [...]

Olga Demler

Assistant Professor/Associate Biostatistician/Senior Scientist Research
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Switzerland

Dr. Olga Demler is a biostatistician with dual appointments as a Senior Scientist at ETH Zurich in Switzerland and an Assistant Professor at MassGener [...]

Paul Ridker

Director, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention United States
USA

Dr. Paul M Ridker, MD, MPH serves as the Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School and as Director of the Center for Cardio [...]

Peter Libby

Cardiovascular medicine specialist
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
USA

Peter Schwarz

President
International Diabetes Federation
Germany

The passion of Prof. Schwarz is the prevention of diabetes. In 2010 he was appointed as professor of prevention and care of diabetes at the Medical Fa [...]

Rahma Al Kindi

Senior Consultant Family Medicine and Public Health
Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
University Medical City
Oman

Raman Puri

MD, DM Cardiology
Senior Interventional Cardiologist, Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi.
Founder & Chairman, Lipid Association of India (LAI).
India

Sr. Interventional Cardiologist, Cardiac Care Centre, New Delhi Founder and Chairman, Lipid Association of India Formerly : Head, Department of [...]

Rasha Abdulrahman Alfawaz

Director of Public Health Programs and Policies
Gulf Center for Disease Prevention and Control (GCDC)
Saudi Arabia

Alfawaz holds degrees from the University of Leeds, UK (Ph.D.), and from King Saud University, KSA (M.Sc., B.Sc.) She is the Director of Public Hea [...]

Raul Santos

Associate Professor University
University of Sao Paulo And Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Brazil

Rodrigo Alonso Karlezi

Co-Director of the Center for Advanced Metabolic
Medicine and Nutrition, Santiago
Chile

Specialist in Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition. PhD in Medicine at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain. Fellow of the National Lipid Associ [...]

S Lale Tokgozoglu

Professor Of Cardiology
Hacettepe University
Türkiye

S. Lale Tokgözoğlu, MD, FACC, FESC is Professor of Cardiology at Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. She is the immediate Past-President of the Eu [...]

S S Iyengar

Consultant Emeritus and Academic Head
Department of Cardiology
India

Consultant Emeritus and Academic Head, Department of Cardiology, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore 560017, India Served in Indian Air Force for 26 yea [...]

Said Al Busafi

Said A. Al-Busafi, B.Sc. (Hons), M.D., D.A.B.I.M., F.R.C.P. (C)
Associate Professor and Senior Consultant
Assistant Dean for Training and Community Services

Said A. Al-Busafi, B.Sc. (Hons), M.D., D.A.B.I.M., F.R.C.P. (C) Associate Professor and Senior Consultant Assistant Dean for Training and Community [...]

Said Al Hinai

Sen. Consultant cardiologist, MB.CHB , MRCP
Diplomate in internal medicine from ABIM
Oman

Specialist certificate from Royal college of physicians and surgeons (Canada), Diplomats in cardiovascular diseases (ABIM) Specialist certificate in [...]

Saleh Alrajhi

Master of Healthcare administration
Medical consultant of Obesity, lifestyle, and family medicine
Saudi Arabia

Master of Healthcare administration Medical consultant of Obesity, lifestyle, and family medicine President of national lifestyle, culinary medicine g [...]

Samia Mora

Cardiologist
Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
USA

Prof. Mora is a cardiologist and molecular epidemiologist conducting translational research in the prevention of cardiometabolic disease. She is Profe [...]

San Faith

Resident doctor in internal medicine
Iraq

Shadha S. Al-Raisi

MBBS, Bch, BaO, Bch BioMed Sci,
MSc PH (Management of Health Services, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), FRSPH
Oman

Dr. Shadha S. Al-Raisi, is the Director of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) in the Ministry of Health, Oman. She is also the Director of the WHO Collab [...]

Shafqat Ahmad

Associate Professor
Uppsala University
Sweden

Shafqat Ahmad, Associate Professor in Molecular Epidemiology at Uppsala University Sweden. He is a Researcher at Division of Preventive Medicine, Brig [...]

Shizuya Yamashita

President
Rinku General Medical Center
Japan

Soon Jun Hong

Professor,
Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiology
Korea University Anam Hospital
Korea

Professor Hong is an established interventional cardiologist. He is interested in the effects of transplanting adipose stem cells in ischemic heart di [...]

Suaad Salim Al Mukhaini

MSN,BSN,RN,
Nursing Directorate,
University Medical City
Oman

Sulaiman Al Shereiqi

Senior Specialist in Public Health & Head of Training and Career Development at the National Diabetes and Endocrine Center
Oman

Wael Al Mahmeed

Staff Physician, Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
UAE

Dr. Wael Al Mahmeed, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining Clevela [...]

Xin Chen

President of Shandong University Qilu Hospital, China
Dean of Shandong University Medical School,
China

Yong-ho Lee

Professor Yonsei University
South Korea

Yufeng Cheng

Vice President
Shandong University Qilu Hospital, China

Vice President of Shandong University Qilu Hospital, China Distinguished Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Shandong University Chief Expert of Na [...]

Zahir Al Aanqoudi

Rapporteur of Nizwa healthy city and Nizwa healthy lifestyle project.
Senior Consultant family Physician.
MOH . PHC dept DAKHLYAH GOVERNORATE
Oman