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Hani M. Sabbour is currently Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and also former Internal Medicine Residency Program Director at Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. He served as Director of Cardiac Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology at Landmark Medical Center in Rhode Island USA from 2003 until 2012 . Since January 2013, he has held an academic appointment as Clinical Assistant Professor Cardiovascular Disease at Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University.He established a comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center and PH registry at SKMC as well as leading the SEHA PH guideline writing team to complete the SEHA clinical practice guidelines in PAH.

Dr Sabbour received his medical training at the Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, culminating in a medical doctorate in 1994 and awarded His Highness The Emir’s Gold Medal with First Class Honors . He completed residencies at Kuwait Institute for Medical Specializations and SUNY Stony Brook – East Meadow Campus in 1995 and 1998, respectively. He was also Clinical and Research Fellow in clinical cardiac electrophysiology at Massachusetts General Hospital – Harvard Medical School, where he received ABIM Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Certification in 2003. He is ABIM certified in Internal medicine, Cardiovascular Disease , Cardiac Electrophysiology, Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant , ECHO and Nuclear Cardiology.

Dr Sabbour has been involved in multiple clinical trials; his extensive research on cardiovascular diseases has been published in a number of multi-center clinical trials and publications. His clinical interests include integrated device therapy and CHF, correlative cardiac imaging, nuclear cardiology, arrhythmia management particularly atrial fibrillation, management of valvular heart disease, drug monitoring and management program and particularly Pulmonary Hypertension Dr. Sabbour is currently a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology , Heart Rhythm Society and the American College of Physicians , and Egyptian American Medical Association.

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Mona Alrukhaimi is Professor of Medicine at Dubai Medical College, United Arab Emirates, Consultant physician & Nephrologist and Ex-Head of Medical and Renal Department, Dubai Hospital, the current President of the Emirates Medical Association Nephrology Society , and the Ex-Vice president of Arab society of Nephrology & Renal Transplantation and the leader of the KDIGO Implementation Task Force for the Middle East & African Regions. Prof. Alrukhaimi was elected as a member of WHO Task Force on Donation and Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues (2018- 2021). Prof. Alrukhaimi was the ISN Council (2011-2017),ISN Executive Committee Member (2015-2017) and Ex-chair of ISN Middle East Region. She is the first female Nephrologist and Internist in the UAE. Graduated from the University of Kuwait in 1983 and subsequently received her MRCP (UK) in 1989, FRCP Edinburg – 2001 and FRCP London – 2005 Prof. Alrukhaimi has actively organized World Kidney Day activities in the UAE since 2006 and the past seventh rounds of the ISN Update Course in Nephrology. Prof. Alrukhaimi played an active role in the Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism . Prof. Alrukhaimi was a member of the Steering Committee for Women in Transplantation under TTS. Prof. Alrukhaimi is regular Examiner at the Royal College of Physician of UK. Prof. Alrukhaimi is country investigator in DOPPS 5, 6 and 7. She Co-Chaired the 13th MESOT Meeting in 2012, and Chaired the 12th Congress of the Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation (ASNRT),The 7th ISN-EMAN Update Course in Nephrology in 2017 and the 13th ISHD Congress in 2018. Prof. Alrukhaimi has received various prestigious awards, including the Ministry of Education Award, UAE (1976), Sheikh Rashid AlMaktoum Award for Postgraduate achievement (1989), the National Kidney Foundation International Distinguished Medalist, USA (2007) , Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid AlMaktoum Award for Medical Science (2012) and a special honor and award of recognition by Gulf Medical University (2012). As well, Prof. Alrukhaimi act as congress cochair for the 51th international congress of the ISODP Nov 2019 in Dubai which was the first of its kind to be done in ME region .

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Linda Saf eldin, M.B.B.S in Medicine & Surgery, MRCEM, MSc. (Hons) Quality & Safety in Healthcare Management, The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).

Physician with experience in general surgery for more than 10 years in Ministry of Health and prevention of UAE, (MOHAP).

After receiving her Bachelor degree in medicine, Dr. Linda worked in refugees and war regions as (first line surgical resident in orthopedics and general surgery departments) in Sudan, This great experience refined her knowledge and skills specially in trauma management and wound care which supported later with number of courses and certifications in surgery and wound care.

Her interest in research and evidence-based studies motivated her to participate in number of studies with WHO and other non-governmental organization in Sudan.

Dr. Linda obtained the Master degree in Quality & Safety in Healthcare Management, from The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), and currently working as a Mentor for the master level students (RCSI).

Furthermore, she lead number of quality initiatives and projects that added over all for the patient care and safety, Such as: The project manager and coordinator for Failure Mode and Effect Analysis Projects (2014 to 2019), Participated in the Patient Safety Conference 2016 with poster about culture of safety in behalf of MOHAP. Coordinate number of quality orientation sessions. Write and updates the Access of Care and Continuity of Care Standards Policies for MOHAP since 2014 to 2021.

She has been awarded by MOHAP undersecretary office twice (2015 & 2018) for her outstanding performance and efforts for accreditation and re accreditation process in

AL- Kuwaiti Hospital Dubai and chosen 4 times as the best general practitioner throughout the last 10 years in Al – Baraha Hospital.
Currently Dr. Linda is working in the General surgery Department, Dealing with Covid-19 patients in Critical care units, member of Research and Ethics Committee, Culture of Safety Committee, JCIA steering committee and auditing team in Al Kuwait-Dubai Hospital Dubai.

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