Pan Arab Interventional Radiology Society
PAIRS Annual
Scientific Meeting
2015
MARCH 12-14, 2015
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
MEETING INFORMATION
1-5
DELEGATES INFORMATION
7-17
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
18-25
FACULTY PROFILES
30-89
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
90-92
MEETING
INFORMATION
FORWARD
SPONSORS
ABOUT PAIRS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEETING COMMITTEES
FORWARD
Dear Colleagues,
It gives us great pleasure to welcome you to the Pan Arab
Interventional Radiology Society (PAIRS) Annual Scientific Meeting
that is taking place on March 12-14, 2015 at the Intercontinental
Hotel in Dubai, UAE.
Building on your contribution to the success of the previous
PAIRS meeting, we are delighted to welcome you in the bustling
metropolitan city of Dubai.
The 2015 edition has taken a graceful step towards the international
arena in order to deliver a higher caliber meeting. The scientific
committee has therefore compiled an educational meeting that
will deliver state-of-the-art presentations and plenty of opportunities
in the expanding field of Interventional Radiology (IR).
The meeting is also a great opportunity to meet and network with
colleagues in the field of IR. More than 400 healthcare professionals
are expected to attend most of them coming from the MENA
region. The meeting will convene over a three-day period and
present major updates through plenary and parallel sessions,
workshops and scientific symposia.
We are looking forward to having your presence in this unique
educational experience that aims to promote excellence in
medical education in the Middle East and GCC region.
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SPONSORS
The Board of Directors of the PAN Arab Interventional Radiology Society (PAIRS)
expresses its thanks and appreciation to all those who generously contributed to the
success of the PAIRS Annual Scientific Meeting 2015.
DIAMOND
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PLATINUM
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EXHIBITORS
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Supported by Maquet Getinge Group & Saudi Sicli
Supported by Dubai Tourism- Dubai Business Events
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ENDOCOR
PIONEERING INNOVATION FOR LIFE ™
ABOUT
PAIRS
The Pan Arab Interventional Radiology Society (PAIRS)
was established in 2006, based in Beirut and aims to
spread the knowledge about interventional radiology in
the Arab world and region.
Interventional radiology is one of the most dynamic
medical fields today. It is the true merge between
medicine and high technology. Interventional radiologists
are medical specialists with an in-depth training and
foundation in diagnostic radiology including radiation
safety, radiation physics, the biological effects of radiation
and injury prevention.
Interventional radiologists are the pioneers in performing
minimally invasive procedures replacing traditional
surgery and providing new modes of treatments for
multiple health conditions utilizing imaging guidance,
yet maintaining the standards for safety and quality.
PAIRS aim to educate patients and other medical
professionals in our region about interventional radiology
and new high tech, cutting edge alternatives to patients.
PAIRS also aims also to educate interventional radiologists
about update in the specialty through multiple
educational activities in addition to its annual scientific
meeting.
For more information:
www.PAIRSweb.org
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BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Dr. Mohammad AlTwalah
President of PAIRS
Head of Interventional Radiology
King Faisal Specialist Hospital
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Nadia Hammami
Vice President of PAIRS
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
National Institute of Neurology
Tunis, Tunisia
Dr. Abbass Chamsuddin
Secretary of PAIRS
Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology
Albalamand University
Beirut, Lebanon
Dr. Aghiad Al-Kutoubi
Treasurer of PAIRS
Professor of Radiology, Head of IR Division
The American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Dr. Gebril Hewadi
Member of PAIRS
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Al Jala Hospital
Benghazi, Libya
Dr. Ayman Al Sibai
Member of PAIRS
Head & Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Rashid Hospital
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Ayman Saleh
Member of PAIRS
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Dubai Hospital
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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MEETING
COMMITTEES
LOCAL
COMMITTEE
Dr. Jamal Alkoteesh
Chairman, Clinical Imaging Institute
Al Ain Hospital
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Asim Khwaja
Head & Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
SCIENTIFIC
COMMITTEE
Dr. Majed A. Ashour
Head of Scientific Committee
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
King Faisal Specialist Hosptial
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Salwa Boukalata
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Sheikh Zayed Hospital
Rabat, Morocco
Dr. Hazem Haboub
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
DRMS Military Hospital
Amman, Jordan
Dr. Mahmoud Al Hajeri
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Royal Hospital
Muscat, Oman
Dr. Mohamad Hamady
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Imperial College
London, United Kingdom
Dr. Khalil Riadh Hamza
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Maghreb medical
Tunis, Tunisia
Dr. Ayman Zakaria Ahmed Mohamed
Interventional Neuro-Radiologist
Cairo University Hospitals
Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Fadi Tannouri
Head of Interventional Radiology Unit
CHU-NDS Byblos & RHUH Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
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DELEGATES
INFORMATION
MEETING OVERVIEW
DELEGATES INFORMATION
CME CERTIFICATES
EXHIBITION FLOOR PLAN
Peripheral Stent System
Mimics the natural
structure and
movement
of the anatomy1,2
Provides the greatest
strength and flexibility
for a more durable
solution3,4
Clinically Proven*
… that is Clinically proven. Again and Again.
The Supera Vascular Mimetic Implant has demonstrated high patency again and again.
Supera has been analyzed in 1,400 real-world patients worldwide in the SUPERB pivotal trial
and seven retrospective analyses, across the SFA and popliteal arteries, and in patients
ranging from claudicants to critical limb ischemia.5,6
*12-Month Data Across SFA Trials by Lesion Length
100.0%
86.3%A
90.9%D
SUPERB
87.3%E
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81.5%
83.1%
81.7%H
Zero
fractures at one year
across all trials5,6,7
Primary Patency (K-M) %
90.0%
80.0%
73.0%I
70.0%
77.2%J
84.1%B
SUPERA 500
81.5%C
SUPERA 500 LL
72.2%K
64.8%L
63.0%M
60.0%
58.0%N
50.0%
40.0%
38.0%O
30.0%
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Standard Nitinol Stents
16.0%
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10.0%
0.0%
0
5
10
15
20
Mean Lesion Length (cm)
86.3%
primary patency (K-M)
at 1 year in the
SUPERB trial
Results from clinical trials are not directly comparable. Information provided is for educational purposes only.
A. Garcia, L., Rosenfield, K., et al. SUPERB Pivotal IDE Trial, 12-Month Results, TCT 2012.
J. DURABILITY II: Everflex Instructions for Use.
B. SUPERA 500: Schienert, D. Results from the SUPERA 500 Registry. LINC 2013.
C. SUPERA 500 Long Lesions: Schienert, D. Results from the SUPERA 500 Registry. LINC 2013.
K. DURABILITY I: Bosiers, M., Torsello, G., Gissler, H.M., et al. Nitinol Stent Implantation in Long Superficial Femoral Artery Lesions:
12-Month Results of the DURABILITY I Study. J Endovasc Ther. 2009;16(3):261–269.
D. COMPLETE SE: IFU, Complete SE.
L. DURABILITY 200: Bosiers, M. Durability 200 Study. LINC 2011.
E. Belgian ABSOLUTE: Schroe, H. Absolute BELGIAN study. CIRCE 2008.
M. Vienna ABSOLUTE: Schillinger, M., Sabeti, S., Loewe, C., et al. Balloon Angioplasty Versus Implantation of Nitinol Stents in the
Superficial Femoral Artery. N Engl J Med. 2006;354(18):1879–1888.
F. ZILVER PTX: Dake, M.D., Ansel, G.M., Jaff, M.R., et al. Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents Show Superiority to Balloon Angioplasty
and Bare Metal Stents in Femoropopliteal Disease: Twelve-Month Zilver PTX Randomized Study Results. Circ Cardiovasc
Interv. 2011:4(5):495–504.
G. RESILIENT: IFU, LifeStent.
H. STROLL: Ansel G. STROLL Trial. LINC 2013.
I.
ZILVER PTX (BMS arm): Dake, M.D., Ansel, G.M., Jaff, M.R., et al. Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents Show Superiority to Balloon
Angioplasty and Bare Metal Stents in Femoropopliteal Disease: Twelve-Month Zilver PTX Randomized Study Results. Circ
Cardiovasc Interv. 2011:4(5):495–504.
N. VIBRANT (BMS): Ansel G. One-year interim results: Gore VIBRANT clinical study. LINC 2010.
O. Rocha-Singh, K.J., Jaff, M.R., Crabtree, T.R., Bloch, D.A., Ansel, G.; VIVA Physicians, Inc. Performance Goals and Endpoint
Assessments for Clinical Trials of Femoropopliteal Bare Nitinol Stents in Patients with Symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease.
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2007;69(6):910–919.
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MEETING
OVERVIEW
TARGET
AUDIENCE
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Interventional Radiologists
Neuro Interventionists
Vascular Surgeons
Cardiac Interventionists
Angio/Cath Lab Technologists & Nurses
Oncologists
All Allied Health Professionals
MEETING
ACTIVITIES
Opening Remarks
March 12 at 08:30- Hall A&B
PAIRS Meeting Dinner
March 13 at 19:00- Al Badia Lawn
(Buses available at convention lobby)
-supported by Afya Medical Group
DATE &
VENUE
MEETING
ORGANISER
WEB
PORTAL
March 12-14, 2015
Intercontinental Hotel, Dubai Festival City
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
DiaEdu Management Consultancy
Phone:
Email: Web:
+971 505582916
chav@diaedu.com
www.diaedu.com
www.PAIRS2015.com
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DELEGATES
INFO.
PRAYER
ROOM
Prayer room is available towards the lobby of the
Intercontinental Hotel.
LUNCH
SETUP
PARALLEL
SESSIONS
Lunch will be served during the lunch slots in the
program inside the lecture rooms A, B and C.
Friday Prayer Buses:
Buses are available at the front entrance of Convention
Center on the Lobby Level heading towards the nearest
mosque at 12:00 on Friday, March 13. The buses will
depart at 12:25 strictly.
Parallel sessions are indicated in the program in as “PS”
Please use the meeting floor plan to access Halls A/B/C
Gaining CME Points during Parallel Sessions
Kindly head towards either Halls A, B or C according to
your preference in the program.
Please ensure you swipe your barcode once only upon
entering the hall. If you wish to switch halls there is no
need to swipe again into the next hall of entry.
POSTER
PRESENTATIONS
The poster display is located in the pre-function after the
registration section. Authors will be available to answer
and discuss their presentations during the main coffee
breaks as indicated in the program.
Poster Categories:
• Arterial Interventions
• Imaging
• Interventional Oncology
• Non-Vascular Interventions
• Pediatric Interventions
• Transplant Interventions
• Venous Intervention
DIAEDU
OFFICERS
Diaedu officers will be available around the meeting
area to provide assistance and answer any inquiries
from delegates.
Emergency Cases:
In case of an emergency such as loss of valuables,
finding items or requiring a paramedic please visit the
information desks at the registration area.
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CME
CERTIFICATES
EARNING
CME HOURS
CERTIFICATES
RELEASED
Powered by eCMETrack, delegate certificates will reflect
the number of hours attended. Please swipe your
barcode once only at the beginning of each chosen
session at the relevant hall where indicated with a
symbol in the program to ensure earning CME points.
Upon releasing congress certificates within 2-3 weeks
from congress, all attendees will be notified via the email
used onsite to register.
Kindly make sure your email is correct in the system.
DOWNLOAD
YOUR CME
To obtain your eCertificate please visit the meeting
website after receving the “Certificates Released” email
and follow these steps:
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•
•
•
•
•
Visit the meeting portal
Click on “Certification”
Complete the survey
Insert the last 4 digit numbers of your registration
ID
(e.g. PAIRS2015-2511, insert “2511”)
You certificate will be displayed for download
You will receive an email containing your
certificate in PDF for your archiving purpose
Certificates will be ready in 2-3
weeks and sent electronically.
Please ensure swipe ONCE upon
entry to hall where indicated.
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MEETING
FLOOR PLAN
EXHIBITING
COMPANIES
SERVICES
& FACILITIES
D1
Medtronic & Covidien
P1
P2
P3
P4
P5
P6
Boston Scientific
Scientech
Cordis- Johnson & Johnson
BARD
Penumbra
Abbott Vascular
G1
G2
G3
G4
Cook Medical
Afya Medical Group
Sirtex
Philips
E1
E2
E3
E4
E5
E6
E7
E8
E9
E10
E11
E12
E13
E14
E15
Biotronik
Al-Hayat Medical Company
Medcomp
BTG
Terumo
Biolitic
Stryker
Micovention
Straub Medical
Gore
Med Surg Supplies
Al-Umnia
Perfint
Endocor
GE Healthcare
PAIRS Registration
e-Registration & Accounts
Information Desk
Bag Collection
Coffee Stations
Posters Display
eCMETrack Point
Restrooms
Smoking Area
Valet Parking
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SCIENTIFIC
PROGRAM
PROGRAM OUTLINE
DAY 1
DAY 2- PERIPHERAL IR
DAY 2- NEURO IR
DAY 2- ALLIED HEALTH
DAY 3- ANEURYSMS
DAY 3- VENOUS
WS III
17:00 >
17:00 >
16:30 >
WS II
16:00 >
WS I
16:30 >
15:30 >
16:00 >
15:30 >
15:00 >
14:30 >
14:30 >
PS I:
GI Intervention
14:00 >
14:00 >
15:00 >
13:30 >
PS I:
Visceral Vascular
Intervention
13:00 >
13:30 >
12:30 >
12:00 >
13:00 >
12:30 >
12:00 >
LS I
11:00 >
11:00 >
11:30 >
10:30 >
10:30 >
11:30 >
10:00 >
10:00 >
PL II- Oncology Intervention II
09:30 >
09:30 >
09:00 >
08:30 >
08:30 >
PL I- Oncology Intervention
08:00 >
08:00 >
09:00 >
07:30 >
ROOM
07:30 >
MAJLIS
HALL A
WS IV
PS IV:
Arterial
Intervention
LS II
PS III- Peripheral
Arterial
Intervention
PS IIEmobilization
PL: Plenary Session
PS: Parallel Session
LS: Lunch Symposium
WS: Workshop
HALL B
Day 1- March 12
according to your
choice of hall/Track
HALL A
WS V
PS III- Allied
Health II
PS II- Allied
Health I
HALL B
PS IV:
Miscellaneous
LS IV
LS III
PS III: Intracranial
Vascular
Anomalies
PS II- Intracranial
Aneurysms
HALL C
Day 2- March 13
Please do not
forget to swipe
your barcode
once only
is
where
indicated
ROOM
WS VI
AL MAJLIS
16:00 >
15:30 >
15:00 >
14:30 >
14:00 >
13:30 >
13:00 >
12:30 >
12:00 >
11:30 >
11:00 >
10:30 >
10:00 >
09:30 >
09:00 >
08:30 >
08:00 >
07:30 >
ROOM
LS V
PS VI: Aortic
Intervention II
PS V: Aortic
Intervention I
HALL A
WS IX
LS VI
WS VIII
WS VII
PS V: Venous
Intervention
HALL B
Day 3- March 14
PROGRAM
OUTLINE
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13:15-14:15
PROGRAM
DAY 1
07:30-08:30
14:15-15:35
Hall A
Opening Remarks
Hall A & B
Chairs:
A. Al Omari, A. Alali
14:35 >
Hydatid Disease Management: We are
the Experts - M. Benazzouz
14:55 >
IR Approach for Benign Biliary Lesions
- K. Hamza
15:15 >
G.I Stenting for Malignancy
- A. Elssaadany
14:15-15:35
PS I: Visceral Vascular
Intervention From the Region
Chairs:
H. Albalas, M. Tyfor
PL I: Oncology Intervention I
14:15 >
Chairs:
M. Ashour, A. Alnammi
Transradial Access for Hepatic
Chemoembolization - M. Alshammari
14:35 >
08:40 >
Updates in Latest Trends in HCC
Therapies - J. Geschwind
Management of Visceral Aneurysms
- F. Tannouri
14:55 >
09:00 >
Percutaneous Liver Ablation Therapy:
Clinical Updates - M. Hamed
Endovascular Approach to Acute GI
Bleeding - S. Bouklata
15:15 >
09:20 >
Trans Arterial Chemoembolization of
Liver Malignancies - A. Khwaja
Pancreatic Stem Cell Transplant,
International Approach and Preliminary
Data - H. Habboub
09:40 >
Transarterial Radioembolization of Liver
Malignancies - J. Geschwind
Hall A & B
10:00-10:30
Coffee Break
EXHIBITION
10:30-12:00
Hall A & B
PL II: Oncology Intervention II
Chairs:
A. Eldorry, H. Abadah
Transarterial Radioembolization in
Difficult Cases - M. Abdelmaksoud
11:00 >
Imaging Post Oncology Intervention:
What we should know? - T. Alhazmi
11:40 >
12:00-12:45
Tissue Acquisition Tools in the Era of
Molecular Biology for Cancer
- J. Janssens
LS I
12:45-13:15
EXHIBITION
Coffee Break
EXHIBITION
Workshop I
HALL A
16:00 >
16:00-17:00
How to Set Up and Run a
Radioembolization Practice
- J. Geschwind, H. Alsuhaibani,
M. Abdelmaksoud
Workshop II
Hall B
16:00 >
Iranian Experience with IR Oncology
- H. Ghanaati
16:00-17:00
PICC Lines Practice: How To Do It
(Hands On) - M. AlTwalah, J. Koteesh
Workshop III
AL MAJLIS
Hall A & B
12:00 >
15:40-16:00
16:00-17:00
10:30 >
11:20 >
20
PS I: GI Intervention from the
Region
Budd Chiari Syndrome: Diagnosis and
Treatment - A. Haydar
Hall B
08:40-10:00
PAIRS Business Meeting
Members Only
14:15 >
Registration
FOYER AREA
08:30-08:40
HALL A
Imaging in Interventional Oncology
- H. Kobaiter (Hosted by Philips)
16:00 >
Embolization Material (Hands on)
- M. Badran, V. Vidal
Prayer Break
PL: Plenary Session
LS: Lunch Symposium
PS: Parallel Session
WS: Workshop
PROGRAM
DAY 2
PERIPHERAL IR
TRACK 1
08:00-08:30
Registration
FOYER AREA
12:15-13:00
12:00 >
08:30-10:10
HALL A
LS II
HALL A
PS II: Embolization
Chairs:
J. Alkoteesh, M. Sowaileh
08:30 >
UAE for Large Fibroids, Outcomes and
Long Term Follow-up: A Single Center
Experience - B. Aldhafery
09:00 >
Overview of Embolization Coils: Tips and
Tricks - M. Fleet
09:20 >
Transcatheter Pelvic Vein Embolization
- T. Lopez
09:40 >
PAE: Past Year Experience from Arab
World: Is it worth the effort? - M. Shaker
10:00 >
Questions & Answers
Drug Coated Balloons: From Bench to
Bedside - Dr. S. Qanadli (Hosted by
BARD)
14:00-15:00
PS IV: Arterial Intervention from
the Region: How to Overcome
Referral Challenges
HALL A
Panel Members:
W. Masoud, A. Gad, A. Ghofraniha,
M. AlTwalah
14:00 >
15:00-17:00
Panel Discussion
Workshop IV
Hall A
10:10-10:30
Coffee Break
EXHIBITION
10:30-12:00
HALL A
PS III: Peripheral Arterial
Intervention
Chairs:
Y. Suliman, S. Qanadli
10:30 >
Diabeteic Foot Management:
Multidisciplinary Approach
- B. Safi
10:50 >
Long SFA Lesions: PTA or Stenting
- H. Kobeiter
11:10 >
Advance BTK Interventions - M. Manzi
11:30 >
Pedal Angioplasty: Technique &
Outcome - M. Manzi
11:50 >
Questions & Answers
15:00 >
My Worst Cases (Vascular) - M. Manzi
16:00 >
SUPERA Stent Deployment - T. Tantawy
(Hosted by Abbott)
15:00-17:00
Workshop V
Hall B
15:00 >
Advanced Techniques for Peripheral
Embolization using OnyxTM and Coils
- V. Vidal (Hosted by Covidien)
16:00 >
Closure Devices (Hands on) - T. Rana, R.
Salman, A. Ghofraniha
16:00-17:00
Workshop VI
AL MAJLIS
16:00 >
New Frontiers in PV Embolization Using
Microplugs/Coils - M. Cohn (Hosted by
Covidien)
PL: Plenary Session
LS: Lunch Symposium
PS: Parallel Session
WS: Workshop
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PROGRAM
DAY 2
NEURO IR
TRACK 2
12:15-13:00
LS III
HALL C
12:15 >
08:00-08:30
Registration
Continuation of Pipeline Revolution in
Cerebral Aneurysm Treatment: Pipeline
Flex and Furthermore - S. Cekrige
(Hosted by Covidien)
FOYER AREA
13:00-14:00
08:30-10:10
PS II: Intracranial Aneurysms
LS IV
HALL C
Chairs:
K. Kurdi, M. Mahmoud
13:00 >
Experience with ADAPT Technique
- G. Gal (Hosted by Penumbra)
08:30 >
Flow Diverter Stents in Bifurcation
Aneurysms - C. Mounayer
13:20 >
Experience with Volumetrique CoilPC400 - J. Berge (Hosted by Penumbra)
09:00 >
The Latest Innovation in the Treatment
of Wide Neck Bifurcation Intracranial
Aneurysms: The BARREL Vascular
Remodeling Device - H. Habboub
13:40 >
Penumbra Technology for Peripheral
Interventions - M. Razavi (Hosted by
Penumbra)
09:20 >
New Generation Flow Diverters-Theory
and Concept - P.K. Nelson
09:40 >
Expanding Uses of Flow Diverters
- H. Haider-Shah
10:00 >
Questions & Answers
HALL C
10:10-10:30
Coffee Break
14:00-17:30
PS IV: Miscellaneous
HALL C
Chairs:
J. Salamah, S. Alqahtani
14:00 >
Liquid Embolic Agents: Different
Characteristics - C. Mounayer
14:30 >
Prospective, Multicenter, Single-arm
Study of Mechanical Thrombectomy
using Solitaire Flow Restoration in Acute
Ischemic Stroke - P.K. Nelson
15:00 >
15 years Experience and Practical
Review in a Dedicated Neuro
Interventional Unit in Cairo - A. Sami
EXHIBITION
10:30-12:10
HALL C
PS III: Intracranial Vascular
Anomalies
Chairs:
M. Al Khawaldah, A. Alshamy
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break
EXHIBITION
10:30 >
Dural Fistulae: Anatomic ClassificationC. Mounayer
16:00 >
Why I do not Believe in Intrasaccular
Disruptor - C. Mounayer
10:50 >
Dural Arteriovenous Shunts A New
Classification of Craniospinal Epidural
Venous Anatomical Bases and Clinical
Correlations - P.K. Nelson
16:30 >
The Use of Intrasacular Flow Modifiers
- L. Pierot
17:00 >
Complications Session - All participants
11:10 >
Intracranial Dural AVM : Techniques of
Endovascular Embolization with Onyx
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11:30 >
Endovascular Management of Dural
AVM in Children - N. Hammami
11:50 >
Interventional Management of H & N
Vacsular Anomalies - R. Alokaili
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LS: Lunch Symposium
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ALLIED HEALTH
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08:00-08:30
Registration
FOYER AREA
08:30-10:10
HALL B
PS II: Allied Health I
Chairs:
A. Saleh
08:30 >
Interventional Radiology and
Technologists’ Decision Making
- I. Aljediea
09:00 >
Pharmacology in Interventional
Radiology - S. Abualghanam
09:30 >
Advance Applications in Angiography
Machines - N. Alenizi
10:00 >
Discussion
10:10-10:30
Coffee Break
EXHIBITION
10:30-12:00
HALL B
PS III: Allied Health II
Chairs:
R. Alsukaiti
10:30 >
Infection Control Tips in IR Field
- S. Abualghanam
11:15 >
Cone Beam CT in Angiography
Machines - N. Alenizi
11:45 >
Discussion
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Aneurysms
Track
08:30-10:10
HALL A
PS V: Aortic Intervention I
Chairs:
A. Al-Sibaie, M. Hamady
08:30 >
Endovascular Abdominal Aortic
Aneurysm Repair: Planning and Device
Selection - M. Hamady
09:00 >
EVAR Surveillance and Management of
Complications - F. Elmasri
09:20 >
EVAR Experience from Arab World
- F. Haddad
09:40 >
An Endovascular Solution for Aortoiliac
Disease and Leriche Syndrome: The
CERAB Technique - S. Koussayer
10:00 >
Questions & Answers
10:10-10:30
14:00-16:00
Workshop IX
Hall B
14:00 >
Aortic Graft Simulator Workshop
- A. Al-Sibaie, F. Haddad, S. Koussayer
Coffee Break
EXHIBITION
10:30-12:00
HALL A
PS VI: Aortic Intervention II
Chairs:
B. Safi, R. Alsukaiti
10:30 >
Fenestrated Aortic stent grafts;
Planning, Device Selection and
Technique - A. Al-Sibaie
10:50 >
Parallel Grafts for Thoracoabdominal
Aneurysms: Chimney, Periscope and
Sandwich Grafts - S. Sabri
11:10 >
Endovascular Management of
Ascending and Arch Pathology: Recent
Advances - M. Hamady
11:30 >
Tips & Tricks for Successful TEVAR
Outcome - S. Koussayer
11:50 >
Questions & Answers
12:00-13:00
LS V
HALL A
12:00 >
Initial practical experience with the
ultra-low profile INCRAFT® System in the
Ireland - S. Sultan (Hosted by Cordis)
12:30 >
3-Year European Results With A Lower
Profile Device for EVAR: Advantages of
the INCRAFT® - G. Pratesi (Hosted by
Cordis)
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LS: Lunch Symposium
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DAY 3
VENOUS
Track
08:30-10:10
HALL B
PS V: Venous Intervention from
the Region
Chairs:
A. Al-Kutoubi, S. Huajah
08:30 >
Vascular Anomalies: Classification We
Need to Know - A. Alomari
08:50 >
Management of Low Flow Vascular
Malformations - M. Badran
09:10 >
Endovascular Management of Central
Venous Occlusions - M. Arabi
09:30 >
IVC Filters; Overview and Updates
- S. Qanadli
09:50 >
IR Management of Varicose Veins and
Varicocele. How to Establish it in Our
World? - M. AlTwalah
10:30-11:30
Workshop VII
HALL B
10:30 >
11:30-12:30
Endovenous Varicose Vein Ablation
- U. Maurins & M. Almoaiqel
Workshop VIII
HALL B
11:30 >
12:30-13:30
IVC Filters - S. Qanadli, A. Chouiter
LS VI
HALL B
12:30 >
Actual Options for CTO Treatment
- M. Manzi (Hosted by Boston Scientific)
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SPEAKER
PROFILES
SPEAKERS LISTING
SPEAKER PROFILES
alphabetically by last name
SPEAKERS
LISTING
Dr. Mohamed Almoaiqel
Consultant Vascular and Interventional Radiologist
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Riad Alokaili
Neuro-Interventional Radiologist
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Mohammad Alshammari
Interventional Radiology Fellow
Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver, Canada
Dr. Mohammed Abdelmaksoud
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Theodor Bilharz Research Institute
Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Ayman Al-Sibaie
Head of Radiology Department
Rashid Hospital
Dubai, UAE
Dr. Muhammad AlTwalah
Mr. Saad Abualghanam
President of PAIRS, Head of the Interventional Radiology
IR Clinical Coordinator of the Radiology Department
Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, KSA
Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Ahmad Al Omari
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Boston Children Hospital
Boston, USA
Dr. Mohammad Arabi
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Hamad Al Suhaibani
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Mohammad Badran
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Bander Aldhafery
Head of Radiology Department
King Fahad University
Al Khobar, KSA
Dr. Mustapha Benazzouz
Professor of Hepatogastroenterology
Mohamed V University
Rabat, Morocco
Mr. Naif Alenizi
IR Technologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Jerome Berge
Interventional Neuroradiologist
(CHU) de Bordeaux
Pessac, France
Dr. Turki Alhazmi
Consultant Interventional Radiologist and Body MRI
King Abdul-Aziz Medical City, National Guard
Mecca, KSA
Dr. Salwa Bouklata
Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologist
Sheikh Zaid Hospital
Rabat, Morocco
Mr. Ibraheem Aljediea
IR Technologist
Saudi Aramco, Dhahran Health Center
Dahran, KSA
Dr. Saruhan Cekrige
Professor of Neuroradiology
Koru Hospital
Ankara, Turkey
Dr. Jamal AlKoteesh
Consultant & Chief of Interventional Radiology
Al Ain Hospital
Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Amine Chouiter
Consultant and Chief Radiologist
Neuchâtelois Hospital
Neuchatel, Switzerland
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LISTING
Dr. Hazem Habboub
Head of Vascular and Interventional
Radiology Department
King Hussein Medical Center
Amman, Jordan
Dr. Fadi Haddad
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Dr. Hasnian Haider-Shah
Director of Neurointervention
SEHA
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Michael Cohn
Consultant Interverstional Radiologist
Memorial General Hospital
Florida, USA
Dr. Mohamad Hamady
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Imperial College London
London, UK
Dr. Fakhir Elmasri
CEO, Consultant Radiologist
Lakeland Vascular Institue
New York, USA
Dr. Mohamed Hamed
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Amr Elsaadany
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Nadia Hammami
Consultant Interventional Neuroradiologist
National Institute of Neurology
Tunis, Tunisia
Dr. Mustafa Fleet
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Dhahran Health Center, Saudi ARAMCO
Dhahran, KSA
Dr. Khalil Riadh Hamza
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Maghreb Medical
Tunis, Tunisia
Dr. Amr Gad
Professor of Vascular Surgery
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Ali Haydar
Assistant Professor of Interventional and Diagnostic
Radiology
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Dr. Gyula Gal
Consultant Interventional Neuroradiologist
Odense University Hospital
Funen, Denmark
Dr. Jaak Jannsens
Professor at the University of Hasselt & Maastricht
Salvator Hospital–Hasselt
Belgium, Hasselt
Dr. Jeff Geschwind
Professor of Radiology, Surgery and Oncology, Director,
Vascular and Interventional Oncology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Dr. Asim Khwaja
Head of Radiology Department
Shiekh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Hossein Ghanaati
Associate Professor of the Radiology Department
Imam Khomeini Hospital
Tehran, Iran
Dr. Hicham Kobeiter
Chief and Consultant Vascular Oncology Radiologist
Henri Mondor University Hospital
Créteil, Paris, France
Dr. Afshin Ghofraniha
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Laleh Hospital
Tehran, Iran
Dr. Samer Koussayer
Section Head and Consultant, Vascular and
Endovascular Surgery Division
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, KSA
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LISTING
Dr. Tauqir Rana
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Mahmood Razavi
Director of the Center for Clinical Trials and Research
St. Joseph Heart and Vascular Center
California, USA
Dr. Saher Sabri
Interventional Angiographist and Radiologist
University of Virginia
Virginia, USA
Dr. Tony Lopez
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
The Royal Surrey County Hospital & St. Luke’s Cancer
Centre NHS Trust
Surrey, UK
Dr. Bassel Safi
Chief of the Vascular Surgery Department
Tawam Hospital
Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Marco Manzi
Director of Interventional Radiology Unit
Abano Terme Polyclinics
Milan, Italy
Dr. Refaat Salman
Consultant Vascular and Interventional Radiologist
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Ahmad Sami
Dr. Walid Masoud
Professor of Interventional Radiology and Endovascular
Consultant Vascular and Kidney Transplant Surgeon
Surgery
The Specialty Hospital
Cairo University
Amman, Jordan
Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Uldis Maurins
Consultant Phlebologist and Surgeon
Dr. Maurins Vein Clinic
Riga, Latvia
Dr. Mohamed Shaker
Assistant Professor of the Radiology Department
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Charbel Mounayer
Head of the Interventional Neuroradiology
Department
Dupuytren University Hospital
Limoges, France
Dr. Yasir Suliman
Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon and
Chief of Vascular Surgery Division
Mafraq Hospital
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Peter Kim Nelson
Associate Professor, Section Chief of the Interventional
Neuroradiology Department
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, USA
Prof. Sherif Sultan
Professor of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
National University of Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
Dr. Laurent Pierot
Professor and Head of the Department of
Neuroradiology
University Hospital-Reims
Reims, France
Dr. Fadi Tannouri
Head of the Vascular and Interventional Radiology Unit
CHU-NDS-Byblos & RHUH-Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Dr. Giovani Pratesi
Professor of Endovascular Surgery
University of Rome
Rome, Italy
Dr. Vincent Vidal
Director & Consultant Interventional Radiologist
University Hospital Timone
Marsielle, France
Dr. Salah Qanadli
Head of the Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Unit of the
Department of Radiology
University Hospital of Lausanne
Laussane, Switzerland
Dr. Ayman Zakaria Ahmed
Consultant Interventional Neuro-Radiologist
Cairo Univeristy Hospital
Cairo, Egypt
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PROFILES
Dr. Mohammed Abdelmaksoud
Chief of Radiology Department
Theodor Bilharz Research Institute
Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Mohamed Abdelmaksoud is an Interventional Radiologist at the Theodor
Bilharz Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt and is a visiting scholar at the Interventional
Radiology Department, Stanford University, CA, USA. He is currently the Chief of the
Radiology Department at Theodor Bilharz Research Institute.
Dr. Abdelmaksoud is an official proctor for SIRTEX. He was granted several
excellence awards nationally and internationally including the Young
Interventional Radiology grant and the State Encouragement Award for Medical
Science. He has multiple present abstracts nominated as featured abstract in SIR
and CIRSE. Dr. Abdelmaksoud is currently a member of SIR, RSNA, ESIR and PAIRS.
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PROFILES
Mr. Saad Abualghanam
IR Clinical Coordinator of the Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, KSA
Mr. Saad Mohd Abualghanam is Clinical Coordinator of the Radiology Department
at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, KSA.
Mr. Abualghanam received his Baschelor Degree in Nursing from the University of
Jordan in 2000 and further got an MBA from Bakerville University in 2014.
Before moving to King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh in
2003 Mr. Abualghanam worked as Charge Angio Nurse at King Abdullah Hospital,
where he took the position as Charge Angio Nurse. In 2008 he became Clinical
Coordinator of the Radiology Department at the same hospital.
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PROFILES
Dr. Ahmad Al Omari
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Boston Children Hospital
Boston, USA
Dr. Ahmad Alomari is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. He
attended medical school at the Jordan University of Science and Technology.
After the radiology residency at the Jordan University Hospital, he received his
interventional radiology fellowship from Mount Sinai Medical Center. He then came
to Boston Children’s Hospital for a fellowship in pediatric radiology followed by
pediatric interventional radiology.
Dr. Alomari joined the IR division at Boston Children’s in 2004 and became one
of the co-directors of the Vascular Anomalies Center (VAC). The VAC team has
been at the forefront of major developments in the field of vascular anomalies,
particularly complex overgrowth syndromes including the description of syndromes
such as CLOVES and Fibroadipose Vascular Anomaly (FAVA). He also introduced
the use of novel therapeutic and diagnostic techniques such as “Intranodal
Lymphangiography”. He is the incumbent of the P.E. Burrows Chair in Interventional
Radiology and Vascular Anomalies.
As a fellowship program director, Dr. Alomari and his group have been involved in
the training of fellows in the pediatric IR more than any other program director. He
also collaborates with many international institutions and helped establish several
Vascular Anomalies programs overseas.
Clinical practice continues to be a major focus for Dr. Alomari and often serves
as the major incentive for his clinical research. He provides clinical care and
minimally-invasive interventions with particular emphasis on children with vascular
anomalies and overgrowth syndromes.
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PROFILES
Dr. Bander Aldhafery
Head of Radiology Department
King Fahad Hospital
Al Khobar, KSA
Dr. Bander Aldhafery is the Head of Radiology Department at King Fahad Hospital
and the Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Dammam University. He is
furhermore the Head of Radiological Science Department at College of Applied
Medical Science at Dammam University.
Dr. Aldhafery received his M.B.B.S Degree from King Faisal University. He completed
his internship and residency at Dammam University and took his sub-specialty
training in Vascular Interventional Radiology at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and
Research Center. Dr. Aldhafery obtained his Academy Fellowship Certificate in
2009 whereafter he established the Vascular & Interventional Radiology service at
the hospital which later become a separate Independent unit.
Dr. Aldhafery has noteworthy administrative experience as chairman of many
committees in the hospital. He has acted as medical director during different
occasions and has been involved in the preparation for the JCIA and NCAAA
process.
Dr. Aldhafery has special interest and experience in uterine artery embolization for
fibroids and adenomyosis with around 3-4 cases being performed weekly. Also he
has great interest in peripheral endovascular intervention.
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PROFILES
Dr. Turki Alhazmi
Consultant Interventional Radiologist and Body MRI
King Abdul-Aziz Medical City, National Guard
Jeddah, KSA
Dr. Turki Alhazmi is an Interventional Radiologist and Body MRI Consultant at King
Abdul-Aziz Medical City, National Guard, Jeddah. He is also an Assistant Professor
at the Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, KSA.
Dr. Alhazmi holds many medical and administrative posts including the position of
Vice Dean for the Hospital Affairs Faculty of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University.
Dr. Alhazmi did his Radiology Residency and Fellowships at McGill University,
Montreal, Canada. He obtained the American Board of Radiology. He is a Fellow
of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and was granted
several Excellence Awards nationally and internationally.
Dr. Alhazmi is currently the Chairman of The Saudi Board of Radiology Exam
Committee and Member of Saudi Scientific Council of Radiology at Saudi
Commission for Health Specialties.
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SPEAKERS
PROFILES
Mr. Ibraheem Aljediea
IR Technologist
Saudi Aramco, Dhahran Health Center
Dahran, KSA
Dr. Aljediea is an interventional radiology technologist with more than 11 years of
experience. He graduated 1999 from King Saud University, Riyadh, and Kingdome
of Saudi Arabia. He obtained his master degree in Health Care Administration from
the Phoenix University, Arizona, in the United States of America in 2011.
Dr. Aljediea participated in several activities In Saudi Arabia and in gulf region
in regard interventional radiology technology. His vision is that IR radiology
Technologists are multitask individuals who can participate and motivate radiology
Technologists to achieve radiology technologists’ autonomy. Dr. Aljediea is founder
of Independent interventional radiology team in 2011, to provide experienced
course in interventional radiology for interventional radiology technologists
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SPEAKERS
PROFILES
Dr. Jamal AlKoteesh
Consultant & Head of Interventional Radiology Department
Al Ain Hospital
Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Jamal Alkoteesh undertook his specialist training in Radiology at University
Hospital of Wales, UK in 1997. He has worked in many well recognized International
hospitals: Prince Philip hospital in Wales; Cork University Hospital in Ireland and King
Fahad National Guard Hospital (KAMC) in Riyadh, KSA and Sheikh Khalifa Medical
city SKMC-Cleveland in the UAE; Al Ain Hospital and Tawam/John Hopkins Hospital.
Dr. Alkoteesh is a fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) UK since 1999,
and member of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe
(CIRSE). He is a HAAD Examiner for Diagnostic and interventional Radiology and a
member of SEHA Radiology council in the UAE. He is holder of the European Board
in Interventional Radiology EBIR.
Dr. Alkoteesh has performed more the 10000 Interventional Radiology procedures
in the UAE during the last seven years including TIPS procedure in 4 year old child.
Dr. Alkoteesh established and managed the Radiology Residency Program at
SKMC-Cleveland and Tawam hospital. He set up the residency program in 2009
and took the challenge to train the UAE Junior doctors to become the Radiologists
of the future.
In 2013 Dr. Alkoteesh was appointed by SEHA as the Regional Chairman of Clinical
Imaging Department of Both Tawam and Alain Hospitals to lead the Radiology
integration in the Eastern region of Abu Dhabi Emirates.
Dr. Alkoteesh has special interests in Vascular Intervention, Carotid and Aortic
Stenting; hepatobiliary; TIPS, Arterial and venous embolization, TACE, Tumour
Radiofrequency ablation; urological Interventional procedures; uterine fibroid
embolization; breast interventions and diabetic foot salvage interventional
procedures.
Dr. Alkoteesh has more than 30 publications under his belt. He has been invited as
an expert IR speaker in more than 30 national and international conferences.
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PROFILES
Dr. Mohamed Almoaiqel
Consultant Vascular and Interventional Radiologist
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Mohammad Al Moaiqel joined the Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Department at the King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard, Riyadh,
KSA in 2003 and has since then worked as the Head of Division of Vascular and
Interventional Radiology as well as the Deputy Chairman of Medical Imaging
Department. From 2004 to 2008 he was appointed as Director of Residency
Training Program in Medical Imaging department. In 2010 he was recruited at the
University of King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences where he was
appointed as Assistant Professor in College of Medicine. In 2013 he was appointed
as the Director of the Vascular and Interventional Radiology Fellowship Program.
Dr. Moaiqel graduated from King Saud University in Riyadh, KSA and completed
his radiology residency at McGill University in 2001. In 2002 he received advanced
fellowship training in both Abdominal Imaging and Non Vascular Intervention at the
McGill University and Vascular and Interventional Radiology at University of Toronto
with the award of excellent performance at 2003.
Dr. Moaiqel is actively involved in Vascular and Interventional Radiology research
and He has published in prestigious journals as well as presented his work at
national and international radiology meetings. In addition, he is also frequently
invited speaker and moderator at the national and international conferences.
His clinical interests includes the disease management, treatment of adult and
pediatric vascular diseases and minimally invasive, image-guided therapeutic
and non-interventions. Dr. Moaiqel performed minimally-invasive image guided
procedures such as chest tube placements, percutaneous drainages abscesses,
biliary drainages and feeding tube insertion.
Dr. Moaiqel is a Senior member of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
Society, American College of Radiology, American College Roentgen Ray Society,
Society of Interventional Radiology, Radiological Society of Saudi Arabia and
American College of Phlebology.
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SPEAKERS
PROFILES
Dr. Riad ALokaili
Neuro-Interventional Radiologist
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Riad Okaili is a Neuro-Interventional Radiologist at King Abdul-Aziz Medical
City, and Assistant Professor at King Saud University for Medical Sciences, KSAU.
He was trained at the University of Pennsylvania were he subspecialized in NeuroRadiology and Neuro-Intervention, he later validated his training by acquiring a
subspecialty Board CAQ (Certificate of Added Qualification) in Neuro-Radiology
by the American Board of Radiology.
Dr. Okaili received his MD from King Saud University. He completed his internship
September 1995- August 1996 at the same University. He then spent substantial
training in neurosurgery & medicine at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research
Center where he also spent his residency. In 2004 he completed Residency in
Radiology at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Dr. Okaili has noteworthy Administrative Experience as the Section Head of
Neuroradiology at King Abdul-Aziz Medical City. He is also a member in American
College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, Riyadh Radiology Club
and Radiological Society of Saudi Arabia.
His bibliography includes several papers, and books, including land mark articles
such as the Intra-axial brain masses: MR imaging-based diagnostic strategy-Initial
Experience in Radiology, and well received books such as Neurointerventional
Management: Diagnosis and Treatment.
Dr. Okaili has received several awards such as MUSC’s Radiology Ranjit Rajah
Award, Congratulated by King Abdullah Al-Saud for participation in the successful
separation of the Omani Craniopagus conjoint twins, MUSC’s Radiology Sixth Man
Award, MUSC’s Outstanding Academic Achievement Award on the 2000 ACR
Examination and Prince Abdul-Aziz Bin Nawaf’s Award for Scientific Innovation in
Medical Imaging.
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SPEAKERS
PROFILES
Dr. Mohammad Alshammari
Interventional Radiology Fellow
Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver, Canada
Dr. Mohammed T. Alshammari is an Interventional Radiology Clinical Fellow at
Vancouver General Hospital and UBC Hospitals in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Dr. Alshammari obtained his medical degree from King Faisal University, KSA and
then trained as Diagnostic Radiology Resident and Interventional Radiology Fellow
in King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
before joining a fellowship program in Interventional Radiology at the University of
British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
He has a strong interest in thermal ablation technique for thyroid nodules. His
current research interest includes Thyroid Benign Nodule Ablation, using different
kind of ablations.
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SPEAKERS
PROFILES
Dr. Ayman Al-Sibaie
Head of Radiology Department
Rashid Hospital
Dubai, UAE
Dr. Ayman Al-Sibaie is the Head of Radiology Department in Rashid Hospital, and
he is the Head of Radiology Department at Sharjah Medical Center, UAE.
Dr. Ayman graduated from the Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany, and
obtained the Facharzt in Radiology in 1997. Prior to coming to Dubai in 2004,
he was the Head of Interventional Radiology at Wald Klinikum in Gera, one of
Germany’s largest hospitals.
His main interest has been in minimally invasive interventional techniques for
treating vascular, other diseases and pain management.
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Dr. Muhammad AlTwalah
President of PAIRS, Head of the Interventional Radiology
Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, KSA
Since 2012 till present, Dr. Muhammad AlTwalah AlShammari has been the
President of Pan-Arab Interventional Radiology Society (PAIRS) and the first Saudi
national to lead the society. Dr. AlTwalah did his Radiology Residency at King
Faisal Specialist & Research Centre (KFSH & RC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has
Radiology Residency from New England Medical Centre, Tufts University of Virginia
Health Sciences Centre, USA. He also has a second fellowship in Vascular and
Non-vascular Interventional Radiology at Guy’s & St. Thomas Hospital Trust, UK. In
2000, Dr. AlTwalah joined the Department of Radiology at KFSH & RC, Riyadh as a
Consultant in Interventional Radiology. In 2014, he was the Director, Interventional
Radiology Fellowship Training Program at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research
Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Today, he is the Section Head of Interventional
Radiology, Department of Radiology. He has several publications in peer reviewed
journals.
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Dr. Mohammad Arabi
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Mohammad Arabi is a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at the Prince
Sultan Military Medical City in Riyadh, KSA. He is an American Board Certified in
Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine from the University of Michigan, USA.
Dr. Arabi is a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists since 2007. He did his
fellowship training in Interventional Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic
Neuroradiology Scholarship in Medical Education from the University of Michigan,
USA.
Dr. Arabi has more than 30 peer reviewed publications and scientific abstracts
and serves as editor and scientific reviewer of several medical and interventional
radiology journals.
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Dr. Mohammad Badran
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Mohammad Badran is a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at King Faisal
Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, KSA since 2009. He obtained his MBBS from University
of Jordan in 1993. After doing his internship and one year of Medicine in Jordan,
he did his five year Radiology Training, main training base was at Chelsea and
Westminster Hospital in London.
Dr. Badran did a two year Interventional Radiology fellowship at Royal Liverpool
Hospital in the UK. He worked for eight years as a Consultant Radiologist at Mid
Essex Hospital NHS Trust before joining his current hospital.
Dr. Badran ran three Interventional Radiology clinics per month primarily focused
on patients with Vascular Malformations. Dr. Badran has a long experience in
almost all aspects of international radiology, particularly the management of
peripheral vascular disease and aortic aneurysms.
Dr. Badran’s interest is in the management and treatment of Vascular
Malformations. He lead a multidisciplinary team at his institution to treat these
conditions, including AVM, Venous Malformation, lymphatic malformation
and several related syndromes. He has a considerable role in diagnosing and
management of vascular tumors, such as hemangiomas.
For the past years, Dr. Badran has treated a significant number of patients with
varicose veins. This includes pelvic congestion syndrome and genital varices. He
has done increasing number of intra nodal lymph angiograms to help manage
lymphatic leaks and diagnosing congenital abnormalities.
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Dr. Mustapha Benazzouz
Professor of Hepatogastroenterology
Mohamed V University
Rabat, Morocco
Dr. Mustapha Benazzouz is Professor of Hepatogastroenterology from Rabat
Medical School within Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morocco. He was a
Hepatogastroenterologist at IBN SINA hospital in Rabat for 25 years. After receiving
his medical degree from Casablanca Medical School at Hassan II University,
Morocco, Dr. Benazzouz completed his residency in Internal Medicine at IBN SINA
hospital. In 1990, Dr. Benazzouz became an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
at Rabat Medical School. He completed a fellowship in Hepatogastroenterology
in Yamanshi Medical College in Japan. In 1995, he became Professor of
Gastroenterology at Rabat Medical School.
Dr. Benazzouz was the General Secretary of the Moroccan Society of
Hepatogastroenterology and Vice-President of the Moroccan Society of
Endoscopy. He is also a member of the Moroccan Society of Gastroenterology
and the European Society of Hepatology, and has held the post of General
Secretary for the Moroccan Society of Medical Science and the Moroccan
Society of Endoscopy in the past. Dr. Benazzouz is among the founder of
Mediterranean Association of the study of the liver. Since 2009 he is the President
of CME Commission for Hepatogastroenterolgy, a branch of Moroccan Society of
hepatogastroenterology.
In the field of Hepatology Dr. Bemazzouz has focused his research efforts on the
study of hepatocellular carcinoma and viral hepatitis.
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Dr. Jerome Berge
Interventional Neuroradiologist
(CHU) de Bordeaux
Pessac, France
Dr. Jérôme Berge is an Interventional Neuroradiologist in Bordeaux France, since
1991. Studying medicine and interventional neuroradiology in France is a real
opportunity since these endovascular techniques have been developed since
the beginning of the seventies. Dr. Berge learned diagnostic neuroradiology in
Bordeaux with Professor Caillé and Professor Dousset during his residency and
fellowship. Thereafter he learned interventional neuroradiology in Paris with Prof.
Jacques Moret, Pierre Lasjaunias, and Georges Rodesch and in Lille with Prof. JP
Pruvo, from 1991 to 2000.
Bordeaux is now one of the main centers in France and Europa for endovascular
techniques in neurologic field with 3 and soon 5 full time practitioners treating
patient’s intracranial vascular pathologies, 7/7 days and 24/24 hours. Special
attention is given to the department to research in brain inflammation. We are this
year supported by an academic grant and several co-financing from the industry
for a research about “inflammatory reaction in the aneurysmal wall leading to
growth and rupture”.
The clinical expertise is widespread in many compartments, such as flow diverters,
strentrievers and aspiration devices but also for ENT embolization techniques and
spine percutaneous approaches. We have got the most important experience in
Europe about volumetric coils.
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Dr. Salwa Bouklata
Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologist
Sheikh Zaid Hospital
Rabat, Morocco
Dr. Salwa Bouklata, is a Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologist at the Sheikh Zaid
Hospital. Rabat in Morocco. Dr. Bouklata graduated from the Faculty of Medicine
and Pharmacy of Rabat in 1996, Radiologist in 2000 and Professor of Radiology in
2005.
She fellowed on Interventional Radiology at Saint Antoine and George Pompidou
Hospital and had a Diploma of General Interventional Radiology from Paris V
faculty in 2003.
Dr. Bouklata is the Coordinator of Radiology Department at Sheikh Zaid University
hospital of Rabat since 2013. She was the Head of Interventional Radiology Unit
of the lbn Sina University Hospital from 2005 to 2013, and Head of the Emergency
Radiology at the same hospital from 2008 to 2013.
Dr. Bouklata is a Founder Member and Past President of the Moroccan Society
lnterventional Radiology (SMRI) in 2008-2010 and 2010-2013. She was also the
Chair of the 1st Pan Arab Workshop of lnterventional Radiology, Marrakech 2013.
Currently, Dr. Bouklata is the Vice-President of the SMRl, and Vice-President of the
Moroccan Society of Vascular Access.
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Dr. Saruhan Cekrige
Professor of Neuroradiology
Koru Hospital
Ankara, Turkey
Dr. Saruhan Cekirge is the director of the Division of Interventional Neuroradiology
of Koru Hospitals and Bayindir Hospitals in Ankara. As a pioneer of contemporary
Interventional Neuroradiology, he dedicated himself since 1992 with his partner
Professor Saatchi in developing and improving advanced endovascular treatment
techniques for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms and AVMs. He has focused
on training of Neurointerventionalists worldwide about advanced endovascular
treatment techniques since 2001 either in his institutions with international
workshops or proctoring/performing cases outside of his institution globally from
North America to Japan.
Dr. Cekirge is also one of the main creators of Global Live Case Neuroendovascular
Treatment Education platform called ‘’World Live Neurovascular Course’’ which
rotates between different continents.
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Dr. Michael Cohn
Consultant Interverstional Radiologist
Memorial General Hospital
Florida, USA
Dr. Michael Cohn, a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Miami,
joined Radiology Associate of Hollywood in 1999 after completing his Vascular
and Interventional Radiology fellowship training at the Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania. His particular areas of expertise include minimally invasive image
guided interventional oncological procedures.
Dr. Cohn initiated and is responsible for several new interventional oncological
procedures such as, Hepatic Arterial Chemoembolization and Radio Frequency
Ablation for oncology patients in the Memorial Healthcare system. He is highly
experienced and trains other physicians throughout the U.S. in Selective Internal
Radiation Therapy (SIRT), a new, innovative procedure for the treatment of nonresectable liver tumors. Dr. Cohn frequently travels as an invited lecturer throughout
the United States and has published a number articles. He has served as Director
of Interventional Radiology at Memorial Regional Hospital since 2001. He has also
served as Director of Vascular Services for the Memorial Healthcare System.
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Dr. Fakhir Elmasri
CEO, Consultant Radiologist
Lakeland Vascular Institue
New York, USA
Dr. Fakhir Elmasri had his training in Surgery then Radiology. He graduated his MD at
University of Khartoum, Sudan- School of Medicine. Dr. Elmasri did his Interventional
Radiology fellowship at New York University Medical Center. After completing his
training, he joined a private practice in Florida. Then afterwards, Dr. Elmasri joined
the teaching staff of The University of Miami. Then Dr. Elmasri came back to private
practice and founded Lakeland Vascular Institute in Lakeland, Florida in 2008.
He put up a group of 8 Endovascular Specialists and Cardiovascular Surgeons in
this hospital, practicing the whole spectrum of open and endovascular surgery,
thoracic and abdominal endografts, peripheral interventions and having a very
active limb salvage program. The group together with Dr. Elmasri is also doing
carotid stenting, stroke rescue, venous interventions, IVC filters and PE/iliocaval
thrombectomy. They became a centre of excellence for complex IVC filter
removal with referrals from all over the State of Florida and from outside the State.
The Institute is also a part of many national and international multicentre trials. They
are involved in training of physicians on new devices.
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Dr. Amr Elsaadany
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Amr Maged Elsaadany graduated at Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University,
Egypt and afterwards got his Master Degree of Radio diagnosis. He did his
Fellowship at Royal College of Radiologists, London, UK in 2006. Currently, Dr.
Elsaadany is working as an Assistant Consultant in Body Interventional UnitMedical Imaging Department at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research
Center, Riyadh, and KSA. He is doing and assisting in different vascular and
non-vascular interventional techniques (including diagnostic angiography,
angioplasty, arterial stenting, dialysis fistulogram and angioplasty, central venous
line placement like tunnelled CV Catheters e.g. Hickman and Permacath, PICC,
Embolization, IVC filter, venous stenting, Varicocele embolization, Trans-jugular
liver biopsy, nephrostomy, nephroureterostomy, ureteric dilatation, gastrostomy
and gastrojejunostomy, cecostomy, percutaneous biliary drainage and biliary
stens, oesophageal and colonic stent as well as U/S and CT- guided biopsies and
drainage of fluid collection).
Dr. Elsaadany also worked as Associate and Consultant Radiologist at the
Radiology Department of The International Medical Center, Jeddah, KSA which
is having a partnership with Cleveland Clinic, USA. He also worked as Radiology
Specialist at Saudi German Hospital from 2002 till 2007. Dr. Elsaadany did his
fellowship at Radiology department, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo
University, Cairo, Egypt. During that period, he learned and practiced with
supervision all the basic procedures of clinical radiology as well as fulfilling the
appointed duties such as: X-ray, fluoroscopy and Mammography, Ultrasound
Unit, Computed tomography (CT), Vascular and Interventional Unit and Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (MRI) Unit.
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Dr. Mustafa Fleet
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Dhahran Health Center, Saudi ARAMCO
Dhahran, KSA
Dr. Mustafa Fleet is the Chief of Radiology and Interventional Radiology at Johns
Hopkins Aramco Healthcare. He joined Saudi Aramco Medical Services in February
2007. Dr Fleet completed his Radiology training in Scotland in 1996. He is a fellow
of CIRSE (Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe) and
RCR (Royal College of Radiologists UK) and a member of BSIR (British Society of
Interventional Radiology) and SIR (Society of Interventional Radiology). Dr. Fleet
presented in many national and international meetings and has many publications
in peer reviewed journals.
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Dr. Amr Gad
Professor of Vascular Surgery
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Amr Ahmed Gad is currently a Professor of Vascular Surgery, Faculty of
Medicine, Cairo University. He held the following Academic and Administrative
posts: Chairman of Vascular Surgery Unit, Cairo University in 2010 and 2013. He is
also the General Manager of New Kasr Elaine Teaching Hospital, Cairo University
2010 and 2013. Dr. Gad is the President of the Middle East & North African Chapter
of the International Society of Cardio-Vascular Surgery in 2002 and 2005. He is also
the President of the Middle East & North African Society of Vascular Surgery in 2007
and 2011 and the General Secretary of the Pan Arab Vascular Association in 2007
and 2012
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Dr. Gyula Gal
Consultant Interventional Neuroradiologist
Odense University Hospital
Funen, Denmark
Dr. Gyula Gal is a Board Certified Radiologist since 1991 and Neuroradiologist
since 1993. He started his Neurointerventional training in 1995 in Gothenburg,
Sweden, continued in Oxford and Paris. Dr. Gal have been working mostly with
Neurointervention since 1995, first at the University Hospital in Uppsala, Sweden,
as a Senior Consultant, from 1996 until 2007, then a short period at the University
Hospital in Wurzburg, Germany. He then worked at the University Hospital in
Odense, Denmark from 2008 until now. Dr. Gal is a member of the Swedish,
Hungarian and Nordic Societies of Neuroradiology since 1993. He is also a senior
member of the World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology
since 1997 and the International Andreas Gruentzig Society since 2004, where he is
currently a member of the Board of Directors.
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Dr. Jeff Geschwind
Professor of Radiology, Surgery and Oncology, Director, Vascular
and Interventional Oncology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Dr. Jeff Geschwind is a Professor of Radiology, Surgery and Oncology and the
Director of the Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at the Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine, and the Director of the Interventional
Radiology Center at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
A native of France, Dr. Geschwind received his medical degree from Boston
University School of Medicine in 1991. He completed his residency training as a Research Scholar (sponsored by the NIH) in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of
California at San Francisco (UCSF) in 1996, where his research focused on cardiac
magnetic resonance imaging. Dr. Geschwind completed his training in Vascular
and Interventional Radiology at Johns Hopkins and joined the faculty in 1998 as an
assistant professor. In 2002, he was appointed Director of the Division of Vascular
and Interventional Radiology and of the Interventional Radiology Center at the
Johns Hopkins Hospital, and in 2007 was promoted to Professor of Radiology,
Surgery and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In
October of 2014, Dr. Geschwind was promoted to Vice Chairman for Interventional
Research and Business Development at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
As a Johns Hopkins faculty member, Dr. Geschwind has focused his clinical
expertise on treating hepatic cancer and other malignancies. He and his
colleagues are currently working on a new approach using drugs designed to
specifically block tumor metabolism in cancer cells.
Dr. Geschwind has won numerous national and international awards, including
the Alexander Margulis Society Excellence in Research Award from UCSF in 1995,
the Annual Memorial Award from the Association of University Radiologists in
1994 and the Dr. Gary J. Becker Young Investigator Award from the Society of
Interventional Radiologists in 2000. In 2001, he was named American Roentgen
Ray Society Scholar, which allowed him to pursue a master’s program in molecular
biology at Johns Hopkins, and he received the Society’s 2003 Certificate of Merit.
He was also awarded the Merit Award from the American Society of Clinical
Oncology for pioneering work in the field of drug delivery for liver cancer. More
recently, he received the Boston University School of Medicine Alumni Award for his
accomplishments. Dr. Geschwind was also inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha
Society.
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Dr. Hossein Ghanaati
Associate Professor of the Radiology Department
Imam Khomeini Hospital
Tehran, Iran
Dr. Hossein Ghanaati graduated his Radiology (Medical Imaging) Board from
Medical School in Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 1995.He then became
Head of Medical Imaging Center in 1998. He was a Chairman of Iranian Journal
of Radiology (IJR) in 2003. In 2008, serves as Head of Professional Medical Imaging
Committee. Dr. Ghanaati became the Director of Advanced Diagnostic and
Interventional Radiology Research Center in 2009. Afterwards, became a
dedicated Professor of Radiology in 2013. Followed by 2014, he served as a Head
of the Future of Health Committee in Expediency Council. Dr. Ghanaati is also an
Editorial Board of Archives of Neurosciences Journal having more than 100 papers
in PubMed and ISI indexed Medical Journals. Having more than 50 research
projects in the Field of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology. Translation and
Writing 8 Books in the Field of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology.
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Dr. Afshin Ghofraniha
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Laleh Hospital
Tehran, Iran
Dr. Afshin Ghofraniha was born in 1963 Mashhad, Iran, obtained his MD in 1989, got
an Iranian Board of Cardiology in 1994, after working 6 years at Zahedan University
of Medical Sciences as Associate Professor of Cardiology, he started the fellowship
in Interventional Cardiology. From 2002, he has been very busy in the Interventional
field in many hospitals in Tehran.
Dr. Ghofraniha is now active in Laleh, Kasra and Sassan hospitals and cooperates
with Beheshti Medical University as Guest Professor.
He is one of the pioneers of Peripheral Vascular Intervention in Iran. His field of
interest is CLI treatment, especially BTK intervention. As Interventional Cardiologist
he is very active in Coronary CTO treatment. Dr. Ghofraniha has been lecturing in
many national and international congresses in Europe PCR in 2009, 2012 and 2014.
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Dr. Fadi Haddad
Head of Interventional Radiology
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Dr. Fady F. Haddad is currently Associate Professor of Surgery at the American
University of Beirut, specialized in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. He is
coordinator of the Endovascular Program and Director of the Non-Invasive
Vascular Laboratory. Dr. Haddad trained for Vascular Surgery and Transplant
Surgery at Boston University and the Boston VA Medical Centers and joined the
Cleveland Clinic in 2004-2005 for a fellowship in Endovascular Surgery under
the mentorship of late Roy Greenberg. Dr. Haddad has multiple publications in
peer review journals on Endovascular Surgery with special interest on EVAR’s and
fenestrated EVAR. Practice interest endovascular aneurysm repair (Thoracic and
Abdominal), Diabetic foot and endovascular revascularization, Dialysis access and
modern varicose vein interventions. Current research, prevalence of AAA in the ME
region.
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Dr. Hasnian Haider-Shah
Director of Neurointervention
SEHA
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Hasnain Haider-Shah received his MD degree from McGill University Faculty
of Medicine from where he as well completed his Surgical Internship. Dr. HaiderShah completed his Radiology Residency from Henry Ford Hospital System
and his fellowship training at the combined University of Michigan/Henry Ford
Health System. Dr. Haider-Shah had his fellowship trained in Cardiovascular
and Interventional Radiology, Neuroradiology, Neurointerventional and Pain
Management. He also did part of his fellowship training at MD Anderson Cancer
Center, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Maryland Medical Center-Shock
Trauma.
Dr. Haider-Shah is one of the only two Consultant level Fellowship trained combined
Neurointerventionalist and Peripheral Interventionalist in the UAE. Currently, Dr.
Haider-Shah is the Director of Neurointervention at SEHA.
Dr. Haider-Shah recently completed his MBA from Desautels School of
Management from McGill University. He is currently the Chief Strategy Officer of the
Universal Hospital in Abu Dhabi, UAE in addition to his clinical role.
He is currently a combined adjunct Assistant Professor of Radiology and
Neurosurgery at the University of Michigan.
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Dr. Mohamad Hamady
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Imperial College London
London, UK
Dr. Hamady graduated from medical school in 1989. Following 3 years of surgical
training, he joined clinical and interventional radiology training at the American
University of Beirut. He completed interventional radiology training at the king’s
college – London in 2001. He did 2 years of clinical research in IR at Guys and St.
Thomas’ Hospital.
Dr. Hamady joined Imperial College, ondon in 2003 as Consultant and Senior
Lecturer in Vascular Interventional RLadiology. He also works as advisor to the
National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) on new interventional procedures.
He is currently the vice chair of the scientific committee of the British Society
of Interventional Radiology. Dr Hamady is the IR representative in the Clinical
Innovation Team advising the clinical commissioning groups working for the
National Health Service in England and Wales.
His research interests include robotic endovascular intervention and navigation,
virtual reality simulation training of endovascular skills, and aortic stent grafting. He
just started a research work on improving patient’s safety in IR.
Dr. Hamady has over 125 papers in peer-review journals and 12 book chapters. He
has given more than 65 talks and keynote lectures in national and international
scientific meetings.
He is currently developing, in collaboration with industry, a new generation of
fenestrated/branched stent graft for thoracic-abdominal aneurysms.
Dr. Hamady has done the world-first robotic endovascular aortic repair in 2008 and
the world-first robotic fibroid embolization in 2012.
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Dr. Mohamed Hamed
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Mohamed Hamed is a Lecturer of Interventional Radiology at Cairo University.
he is manager of the intervention unit at JCI accredited private hospital. He also
works as oncology intervention consultant with considerable experience in all
percutaneous ablative techniques (RFA. MW IRE PEI) in treatment of liver, lung,
bone, supra renal, soft tissue.
Dr. Hamed also practices widely within cancer pain intervention and chronic
degenerative pain as well as Cementoplast. Member in CIRSE, PAIRS, ESIR,
Egyptian societies of radiology and pain. Dr. Hamed was a speaker in many
international conferences.
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Dr. Nadia Hammami
Consultant Interventional Neuroradiologist
National Institute of Neurology
Tunis, Tunisia
Dr. Nadia Hammami is a Neuroradiologist at the National Institute of Neurology
of Tunis, a teaching hospital in Tunisia. She is the current Vice-President of the Pan
Arab Interventional Radiology Society. Dr. Hammami is an Associate Professor at
the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis. She had training courses in three different French
Centers: GUI de Chauliac Hospital – Montpellier (Pr. A. Bonafé), Henri Mondor
Hospital – Créteil (Pr. A. Gaston), Fondation Adolphe de Rothshild – Paris (Pr. J.
Moret). Dr. Hammami initiate the Interventional Neuroradiology activity in Tunisia
in the public sector in 2006. Her primary field of expertise focuses on Interventional
Neuroradiology. She performs an average of 120 embolization per year
including endovascular treatment of brain and spinal aneurysms, arteriovenous
malformation and Dural fistulae.
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Dr. Khalil Riadh Hamza
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Maghreb Medical
Tunis, Tunisia
Dr. Khalil R. Hamza is an Interventional Radiologist. He is an Assistant Professor at the
Faculté de Medicine, Tunis, Tunisia since 1985. Dr. Hamza completed his education
and training at the medical school at the University of Tunis in 1979. In 1980 and
1981 he completed his Residency in Paediatric Surgery and Neuroradiology. He did
his international training in Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology in Paris,
France, Lund, Sweden and Luxembourg from 1982-1986.
His major fields of interest are hepatobiliary, uro-genital and vascular interventional
radiology. During the past two decades, Dr. Hamza conducted research, in
interventional and visceral radiology, resulting in more than 60 publications
mostly listed on Medline. Dr. Hamza is regularly invited to the Medical Master’s
Conference at the University of Tunis. In 1986, Dr. Hamza was the founder of the
First Multidisciplinary Consultation of Vascular Malformation and Angioma in the
African continent and the Arab world.
Dr. Hamza was keynote Speaker and Co-organizer of the First Pan African
Interventional Radiology Congress in cooperation with the CIRSE at University of the
Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa in 2005. He is also a founder member of the
PAIRS.
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Dr. Ali Haydar
Assistant Professor of Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Dr. Ali Haydar received his degree of Doctor of Medicine from the American
University of Beirut in the year 2000 and completed residency in Internal Medicine
at AUBMC between 2000 and 2003. He then did training in ITU and Renal Medicine
at Guy’s and St. Thomas’, and The Hammersmith Hospital, London between
2003 and 2005 and obtained his MRCP in 2005 where he became a qualified
Nephrologist.
Dr. Haydar started training in Radiology in North West London Training Program, in
2005 followed by a fellowship in Interventional and Cardiovascular/Cross-Sectional
Imaging at Imperial College, London. He obtained his FRCR in 2008. He was
appointed Consultant Interventional, Trauma and Cross Sectional Radiologist at
the Royal London and St. Bart’s NHS Trust the largest trauma centre in the UK and
the largest teaching hospital in Europe, in August 2010.
Dr. Haydar Currently Holds a dual appointment at AUBMC where he is an assistant
professor of Radiology and Interventional Radiology as well as a Clinical Associate
in the department of Medicine.
At an early stage in his career Dr. Haydar was recognized as a researcher where
he has published so far more than 57 high quality articles in peer reviewed journals
including top journals in the field of nephrology and radiology. Dr. Haydar’s
work have been recognized in international meetings including cardiovascular
interventional society of Europe and radiology society of North America and few
regional and European meetings.
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Dr. Jaak Jannsens
Professor at the University of Hasselt & Maastricht
Salvator Hospital–Hasselt
Belgium, Hasselt
After graduating from medical school at the K.U. Leuven (Magna Cum Laude),
Dr. Jaak Janssens combined specialization in Radiotherapy and Oncology with
Molecular Biology in which he graduated in 1985. He received various scholarships
funding to complete his education in the Health Science Center of the University
of Texas at San Antonio, the Baylor College in Houston, the MD Anderson Cancer
Institute at Houston, the Roger Adams Institute at Champaign, University of Illinois,
and Henri Mondor Hospital in Paris and the Radboud Ziekenhuis in Nijmegen.
His main clinical work is at the Limburg Oncological Center primarily in the field of
gynecological oncology. The research work is mainly on breast cancer molecular
biology, lifestyle factors in children related to breast cancer and new tissue
acquisition tools for soft tissues (cancer, regenerative medicine, fertility, chronic
diseases).
Since 2004 he is President of the European Cancer Prevention Organization, editor
of the European Journal of Cancer Prevention and author of about 200 PEER
reviewed publications mainly in the field of breast cancer and owner of 5 medical
products and devices related patents.
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Dr. Asim Khwaja
Consultant Interventional Radiologist and Head of the
Radiology Department
Shiekh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Asim Khwaja is the Head of the Radiology Department at Sheikh Khalifa Medical
City. He is also a Medical Director of the SEHA Radiology Support Service Line.
Dr. Khwaja received his medical degree from Boston University, USA in 1994 and
completed his residency in Diagnostic Radiology and fellowship in Vascular and
Interventional Radiology at Brown University in Rhode Island.
He has over 15 years of experience in vascular procedures, including endovascular
treatment of peripheral arterial disease, varicose veins, deep venous thrombosis
and dialysis access maintenance as well as a wide range of embolization
procedures. Dr. Khwaja also has expertise in Interventional Oncology including
ablation of kidney, lung and liver tumors and as well as intra-arterial chemoembolization.
Dr. Khwaja pioneered the use of carbon dioxide angiography in UAE and has been
invited as an expert speaker or moderator in multiple national and international
meetings.
He is certified by the American Board of Radiology in Diagnostic Radiology as
well as Vascular and Interventional Radiology and is a member of the Society
of Interventional Radiology, American College of Radiology and Radiology
Leadership Institute.
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Dr. Hicham Kobeiter
Chief and Consultant Vascular Oncology Radiologist
Henri Mondor University Hospital
Créteil, Paris, France
For the past 15 years Dr. Hicham Kobeiter, have been working as an Interventional
Radiologist in University Hospital CHU Henri Mondor Créteil, France. Since the
last 6 years he is the Chief of the Vascular and Oncology Interventional Unit
in the Radiology Department. Dr. Kobeiter’s clinical and research topics are:
Aortic and Aneurismal Pathology and Multimodality Image Guided Therapy.
He was a dedicated Professor in Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France in 2007 till
2013. Dr. Kobeiter is also President of the French Society of Cardio-Vascular and
Interventional Radiology SFICV.
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Dr. Samer Koussayer
Section Head and Consultant, Vascular and Endovascular
Surgery Division
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Samer Koussayer currently serves as the section head and consultant in the
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Division of the King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Center, Riyad, KSA. Dr. Koussayer also serves as an Associate Professor,
Teaching Faculty and Coordinator of the Undergraduate surgical clerkship
program at the Al Faisal University, College of Medicine. He completed his
training in General Surgery at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, and
completed his training in Vascular Surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine in
Houston, Texas. He is board certified in general and vascular surgery from USA.
He has special interest in EVAR.TEVAR and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm.
Dr. Koussayer is invited speaker in many national and international vascular
conferences in Europe, Africa and USA.
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Dr. Tony Lopez
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
The Royal Surrey County Hospital & St. Luke’s Cancer Centre
NHS Trust
Surrey, UK
Dr. Tony Lopez is a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at The Royal Surrey County
Hospital & St. Luke’s Cancer Centre NHS Trust in Guildford, UK. He has been a
Consultant for 18 years in this district general hospital attached to the University
of Surrey. He also works independently at The Imaging Clinic at BMI Mount
Alvernia Hospital in Guildford where he has refined the technique of pelvic vein
embolization. More recently, he has established a practice in London and works
with many vascular surgeons and phlebologists.
Dr. Lopez trained as an undergraduate in Biochemistry and Medicine at St.
Thomas’s Hospital Medical School London qualifying in 1988, before training in
internal medicine at Hammersmith, Royal Brompton and National Heart & Lung
and Royal Marsden Hospitals and qualifying as a Member of The Royal College
of Physicians in 1991. Subsequently he trained in Radiology at Hammersmith
& St George’s Hospitals before qualifying as a Fellow of The Royal College of
Radiologists in 1994.
Dr. Lopez initially subspecialised in cardiac & peripheral vascular interventional
radiology, and Endoscopic Interventions (including training at Karolinska Hospital,
Stockholm), prior to focusing on cancer-related and gynaecological interventions
with an emphasis on embolotherapy.
Over the last 12 years, he has performed over 1000 pelvic vein embolization
personally and shared his experience nationally and internationally
offering lectures and ‘hands-on’ experience including numerous live cases.
Notwithstanding its historical use in the management of pelvic venous congestion
syndrome, in his view the procedure will soon become widely practised
internationally to support the huge growth in minimally invasive peripheral venous
interventions, since a significant number of lower limb varicose veins have a pelvic
venous source. Evidence shows that early treatment of such veins will reduce
the rate of primary treatment failure, whilst the procedure may also be useful in
managing recurrent lower limb varicose veins.
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Dr. Marco Manzi
Director of Interventional Radiology Unit
Abano Terme Polyclinics
Milan, Italy
Dr. Marco Manzi is an Interventional Radiologist. He received his medical degree
from the University of Milan, Italy. After serving as an Army medical officer, Dr. Manzi
completed radiology training at Boldrini Hospital, Vicenza; and at the Radiology
Institute at the University of Ferrara.
Dr. Manzi then joined the Radiology Institute at San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza,
where he served as Director of the Interventional Radiology Unit from 1999 until he
assumed his current position in 2007.
An active industry proctor, Dr. Manzi has been involved with teaching distal
revascularization technical courses for more than 10 years. He also teaches
peripheral procedures at for MET (Master in Endovascular Therapies) program of
University of Milan Bicocca.
Dr. Manzi has authored more than 20 publications in peer-reviewed medical
journals and has been an invited faculty member and live operator at leading
medical congresses in Europe and the United States, including Cardiovascular and
Interventional Radiology Society of Europe (CIRSE), Leipzig Interventional Course
(LINC), and Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). A recent publication
is “Ischemic Charcot Foot: Different Disease with Different Treatment?” in the
October 2013 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (Torino).
He is a member of the Interventional Radiology Section of the Italian Society of
Medical Radiology (SIRM) and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
Society of Europe (CIRSE). Honorary member of IRSA (IR Society of Australasia.
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Dr. Walid Masoud
Consultant Vascular and Kidney Transplant Surgeon
The Specialty Hospital
Amman, Jordan
Dr. Walid Masoud earned his Diploma of General Medicine and Surgery from Minsk
State Medical Institute CIS, USSR, and (Scholarship from Jordan Government) in
1983. He went on to hold the Jordanian Board in General Surgery given from the
Jordan Medical Council in1990. Dr. Masoud further went in his training to the UK
where he earned his FRCS degree from the Royal College of Surgeons and Ph. of
Glasgow in 1993. Interested in vascular surgery, Dr. Masoud followed his dream and
in1997 earned his Diploma in Vascular Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons
and Ph. of Glasgow. And later his Jordanian Board in Vascular Surgery from the
Jordan Medical Council in 2000.
He currently works as the Consultant Vascular & Kidney Transplant Surgery in
specialist hospital in the private sector from 2002 up to present. But has held
different positions throughout his medical career starting from Chief Resident and
then Specialist in general surgery undertaken in Al Bashir Hospital, Jordan from 1989
till 1991. He later worked as a Supervisory SHO/Registrar General and continued his
Vascular Surgery training in the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow and West
of Scotland Higher Surgical Training Program. In 1997 and until 2001 he treated
and managed patients in the Jordan University Hospital as Assistant Professor in
vascular surgery, Consultant Vascular & Transplant Surgeon & Head of Vascular
and Transplant Surgery Unit. Transferring later on to his current position.
Throughout his career, he was held different positions including Examiner in Vascular
Surgery in Jordan Medical Council In 2004 and Head of the Examiner Committee of
Vascular Surgery in Jordan Medical Council in 2009.
His passion and dedication to his work and patients has lead Dr. Masoud to where
he is today. One of the leading vascular and transplant surgeon in Jordan.
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Dr. Uldis Maurins
Consultant Phlebologist and Surgeon
Dr. Maurins Vein Clinic
Riga, Latvia
Dr. Uldis Maurins has graduated from the Latvian Academy of Medicine, has
completed training at Pauls Stradinš Clinical University Hospital (surgical Residency).
He obtained doctor degree in Phlebology from the University of Bonn. Thesis
supervisor was Professor Eberhard Rabe, an internationally recognized expert in
venous disease diagnostics and treatment.
Dr. Med. Uldis Maurinš is the president of the Baltic Society of Phlebology, a
member of the Latvian Surgeons Association, member of the German Society
of Phlebology, the Mexican Society of Phlebology, the Latvian Society of
Phlebology and International Union of Phlebology, as well as the board member
of International Mini-phlebotomy Forum. At the same time he is the author of many
scientific and popular-science publications, devoted to diagnostics and treatment
of Venous Diseases.
He started his professional activities as surgeon at the Surgical Clinic of Pauls
Stradinš Clinical University Hospital. For nine years he has worked as a surgeonphlebologist at the Health Center 4 (Health Center 4). In 2011 together with his
brother Girts Maurinš he set up a company “Flebomedika” Ltd. and at present
he works as a surgeon at-phlebologist “Dr. Maurina Vein Center”, as well as on a
regular basis The Consultations gives the patient in the regions of Latvia.
Dr. Maurinš has been awarded many international awards and grants. He is an
internationally recognized expert in laser therapy Venous, Particularly specializing
in surgery and Phlebology. He Performa training of the practitioners of medicine in
Latvia and other European Countries on a regular Basis.
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Dr. Charbel Mounayer
Head of the Interventional Neuroradiology Department
Dupuytren University Hospital
Limoges, France
Professor Charbel Mounayer is a Neuro-Interventionist at the INR Department in
Limoges University Hospital and Professor at the Medicine University of Limoges,
France.
Dr. Mounayer is member of the Board of the French society of Neuroradiology.
Invested in Educational he is member of the European Board of the European
Course of Neuroradiology and Director of the French INR Diploma. He is Member of
the world Federation of Interventional Neuroradiology. He is an honorary member
of LIRA (Latvian Interventional Radiology Association) and of SOBRICE (Brazilian
society of Interventional Radiology).
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Dr. Peter Kim Nelson
Associate Professor, Section Chief of the Interventional
Neuroradiology Department
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, USA
Dr. Peter Kim Nelson has led the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Interventional
Neuroradiology Section since 1997. He is a world-renowned leader in
Neurointerventional Radiology, whose pioneering work in developing endoluminal
devices for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms has revolutionized the field. Dr.
Nelson is a graduate of Louisiana State University Medical School, with residency
and fellowship training in Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology at the
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology-Washington University Medical Center in St.
Louis, and Fellowship Training in Neurointerventional Radiology at the NYU Langone
Medical Center. Dr. Nelson also serves at the Director of the Neurointerventional
Radiology Fellowship.
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Dr. Laurent Pierot
Professor and Head of the Department of Neuroradiology
University Hospital-Reims
Reims, France
Dr. Laurent Pierot is Professor of Radiology in the Faculty of Medicine of Reims
(France) and Head of the Department of Neuroradiology in University Hospital in
Reims since 2001. He was trained in Neuroradiology in La Salpêtrière Hospital and
in Foundation Rothschild Hospital in Paris. His clinical, academic, and research
activity are focused on Neuroradiology, mainly Interventional Neuroradiology.
Dr. Pierot research activities are focused on evaluation of therapies in the field of
Interventional Neuroradiology (intracranial aneurysms, stroke therapy, and brain
and spine vascular malformations treatment). He is (or was) Principal Investigator
for several multicenter French (ATENA, CLARITY, ARETA, WEB French Observatory,
SAFE) and European trials (BRAVO, WEBCAST, WEBCAST2).
He has published more than 150 papers (including more than 70 in the last 5 years)
in the most important Journals for Neuroradiology and Vascular Disorders of the
brain (Stroke, Radiology, AJNR, Neuroradiology, JNIS, Journal of Neuroradiology,
EJMINT.
He is Editor-in-Chief for EJMINT and Journal of Neuroradiology, Section Editor
(Interventional Radiology) for Stroke, and member of the Editorial Board of AJNR
and Neuroradiology. He was President of French Society of Neuroradiology (SFNR)
from 2007 to 2011 and is currently General Secretary of European Society for
Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapies (ESMINT).
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Dr. Salah Qanadli
Head of the Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Unit of the
Department of Radiology
University Hospital of Lausanne
Laussane, Switzerland
Dr. Salah D. Qanadli is a board certified Radiologist in practice for over 20 years. He
is a Professor of Radiology since 2001. His main practice focuses in diagnosis and
treatment of cardiovascular diseases. He is currently Head of the Cardio-Thoracic
and Vascular Unit of the Department of Radiology in the University Hospital of
Lausanne and Medical Director of the Quantitative Medical Imaging Laboratory
build jointly between the University of Kingston and the University Hospital of
Lausanne.
He received his training/fellowship from the University of Paris VI in 1992 and
obtained a PhD in Biomedical engineering from the University of Technology in
2001. He has an extended experience in teaching starting in 1992 at the University
Rene Descartes Paris V (FR) before the University of Montreal (CA) in 2000-2002 and
currently the University of Lausanne (CH) since 2002 and the University of Kingston
London since 2009 (UK
Dr. Qanadli is a Fellow of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Society of Europe
and active member in more than 10 Professional national and international
societies including the Swiss Society of Radiology, the European Society of Cardiac
Radiology and the Radiological Society of North America. He is the President of
the Swiss Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (since 2013) and the
President of the Union of Swiss Societies of Vascular Medicine (since 2015). He
received several Awards and Distinctions and he is author of 3 patents and more
than 170 peer review scientific publications. Through his leadership, he gave more
than 250 invited lectures. He acts as expert reviewer for more than 20 prestigious
journals.
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Dr. Tauqir Rana
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Tauqir Ahmed Rana is currently working at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and
Research Centre Riyadh as a Consultant Interventional Radiologist. He graduated
from Dow Medical College Karachi Pakistan and holds FCPS (Pakistan) as well as
FRCR (UK). He received his specialty training at Albany Medical Centre Albany
USA. Although proficient in most of the vascular and body interventions, his areas
of interest are Embolization especially Uterine Artery Embolization as well as Tumor
embolization. He is actively involved with PVD as well as EVAR/TEVAR program at his
center.
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Dr. Mahmood Razavi
Director of the Center for Clinical Trials and Research
St. Joseph Heart and Vascular Center
California, USA
Dr. Mahmood Razavi is currently the Director of the Center for Clinical Trials and
Research at St Joseph Heart and Vascular Center in Orange, California. Prior to
this, he was an Associate Professor at the Stanford University Medical Center and
the Director of the fellowship program at the Vascular & Interventional Section. He
had also served as the acting Chief of Interventional Radiology at the Stanford
University Hospital.
Dr. Razavi received his medical degree from the University of Southern California
and completed his Radiology residency training at UCLA where he served as
the Chief Resident. He has had two subspecialty fellowship trainings at Stanford
University and UCLA.
To date, Dr. Razavi has authored or co-authored over 300 scientific publications,
abstracts, and book chapters and has been the recipient of many honors and
awards from various professional medical societies. He has been the recipient
of several industry, institutional and federal grants. He has given over 400 invited
lectures in National & International meetings and is considered an authority in the
field of minimally invasive therapies.
Dr. Razavi has served as the Chief Editor on the Editorial Boards of several
prestigious scientific journals. His scientific work has been featured in over 100
national & international radio, television, and press news articles and programs.
He has also served as the Chair of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of
Interventional Radiology.
Dr. Razavi is the co-founder of four start-up companies and has served on the
Board of Directors and the Scientific and strategic Advisory Boards of several
device and biotechnology companies.
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Dr. Saher Sabri
Interventional Angiographist and Radiologist
University of Virginia
Virginia, USA
Dr. Saher S. Sabri graduated from the University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine in
2000. Completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Iowa
in 2007. Completed a fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology from
the University of Virginia in 2008. He holds the American board of Radiology and
Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) in Vascular and Interventional Radiology
and is a board examiner for the American board of Radiology. Dr. Sabri is an
Associate Professor of Radiology and Surgery at the University of Virginia and serves
as the Vice Chair of Education at the Department of Radiology and Medical
Imaging and is the Radiology Residency Program Director.
Dr. Sabri received several awards including the Dean’s Award for Clinical
Excellence and the Charles J. Tegtmeyer Award of Clinical Excellence at the
School of Medicine at the University of Virginia. Dr. Sabri has more than 40
invited lectures, workshops and grand rounds, has participated in more than 30
multicenter trials and has authored or coauthored more than 30 peer reviewed
articles, 10 book chapters and invited articles, and more than 70 abstracts.
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Dr. Bassel Safi
Chief of the Vascular Surgery Department
Tawam Hospital
Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Bassel Safi is the Head of Vascular Surgery Service at Tawam Hospital in Al Ain.
He previously held the position as head of vascular surgery at King Faisal in Riyadh,
Saudi. Before that, he was the head of vascular department at Rashed Hospital in
Dubai. He had his own private vascular surgery practice in Ohio before moving to
the Gulf region.
Dr. Safi received his MD degree from Damascus University School of Medicine.
He had his General surgery training in Cleveland Ohio, and his vascular surgery
fellowship in Memphis, Tennessee. He was certified by the American Board of
Surgery in 1983, and Re-cert in 2011.
Over the past 35 years, Dr. Safi has gained a huge wealth of experience in the
field of vascular surgery. Starting with placing the very first iliac artery stent in Lorain
County in 1978, to managing the very challenging Hemodialysis Patients with
exhausted accesses. During his 10 years practice in Dubai, the excellent trauma
outcomes was his real satisfying achievement. At King Faisal, he continued his
personal aggressive limb salvage program he developed in Dubai. Dr. Safi still has
a very special interest in the limb salvage, and caring for the complicated HD
access.
Dr. Safi has recently acquired a new passion for the field of patient safety and
quality improvement. At Tawam Hospital, he is the department of surgery
champion appointed for the American College of Surgeons NSQIP. He is the
physician champion for the Operating room CUSP patient’s safety program,
and the “Quality officer” for the department of surgery. He is preparing for the
certification in both fields.
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Dr. Refaat Salman
Consultant Vascular and Interventional Radiologist
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Refaat Salman is a Consultant Vascular and Interventional Radiologist at King
Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He obtained his Medical Degree
from Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria and completed his training in diagnostic
and interventional radiology in well-known clinical institutes in Switzerland and
Germany. Dr. Salman obtained the German Board (Facharzt) in Radiology. He held
the position of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Consultant at the Institute
of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at Ingolstadt Hospital, Germany.
Academically, Dr. Salman has a Master Degree in Health Business Administration
from Friedrich-Alexander University, Nuremberg, Germany. Additionally, he
obtained the European Board in Interventional Radiology (EBIR). He participated
actively in many international radiology conferences. His main interest and
expertise is in the field of peripheral vascular diseases and related interventions.
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Dr. Ahmad Sami
Professor of Interventional Radiology and Endovascular Surgery
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Ahmad Sami was Head of the Department of Interventional Radiology and
Endovascular Surgery untill 2011. Currently he is President of the Egyptian Society of
Interventional Radiology (ESIR) and the former President of PAIRS.
Dr. Ahmad Sami started his career in IR in 1980, at the time he prepared his MD
thesis in the Aggertal Klinik-Germany titled “Balloon Angioplasty for the Treatment
of Chronic Limb Ischemia” which was a pioneer work at that time.
Since then, Dr. Sami he explored the early days in different aspects of IR including
the biliary drainage, embolization to stop bleeding, Chemoembolization for
HCC, Neuroendovascular AVMs, carotid stenting and aneurysms, Percutaneous
Discectomy, fibroid embolization and recently prostatic artery embolization. He has
more than 80 lectures and publications in national and international meetings and
journals.
Dr. Sami is leading a private practice dedicated to General Interventional
Radiology since 1992 and lately, since 2001, he established a dedicated NeuroEndovascular Centre in Nasser Institute (the biggest governmental hospital in
Egypt).
Dr. Sami is pioneering the work in minimal invasive percutaneous lumbar and
cervical discectomy in the region after he developed his own system and treated
more than 3000 patients in the past 25 years.
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Dr. Mohamed Shaker
Assistant Professor of the Radiology Department
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Mohamed Shaker is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at Ain Shams University,
Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Shaker has a 14 years’ experience in the field of Interventional
Radiology, focusing on hepatobiliary intervention including HCC percutaneous
ablation and transcatheter management, biliary interventions, TIPS, management
of liver transplantation related complications, interventional management of BuddChiari syndrome, beside other body interventions. Dr. Shaker, established the First
Arabic Team for Treatment of BPH by Prostatic Artery Embolization (June 2012) and
performed 42 successful cases to date.
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Dr. Yasir Suliman
Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon and Chief of
Vascular Surgery Division
Mafraq Hospital
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Yasir Suliman is a Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon and Chief of
Vascular Surgery Division at Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi. He completed his Surgery
Residency and Vascular Fellowship at University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania and
Newark Beth Israel, New Jersey, USA respectively. He is an American Board certified
in Vascular Surgery in 2008.
He also holds the position of the Chair of Vascular Service line subcommittee at
Abu Dhabi Health services (SEHA). Dr. Suliman has a special interest in limb salvage
and peripheral endovascular revascularization.
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Dr. Fadi Tannouri
Head of the Vascular and Interventional Radiology Unit
CHU-NDS-Byblos & RHUH-Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Dr. Fadi Tannouri is an interventional radiologist at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
Notre Dame de Secours CHU-NDS, Byblos Lebanon and at Rafik Hariri University
Hospital Beirut Lebanon.
He is currently the Chief of The Vascular and Interventional Radiology Unit at CHUNDS and RHUH in Lebanon.
He obtained his Academic Fellowship Certificate in 2002 at the free University
of Brussels Belgium. Dr Tannouri is an Author and Co-Author of many articles on
vascular and interventional radiology.
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Dr. Vincent Vidal
Director & Consultant Interventional Radiologist
University Hospital Timone
Marsielle, France
Dr. Vincent Vidal is the Head of Interventional Radiology in the Imaging
Department at Timone Hospital in Marseille (FRANCE).
Dr. Vidal is a Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Director of the Experimental
Interventional Imaging Laboratory at the Aix-Marseille University (FRANCE). He
received his M.D and Ph.D from the School of Medicine of Aix-Marseille University.
Dr. Vidal completed his research fellowship at the Toronto University (CANADA) and
his clinical and research fellowship at the University of Montreal (CANADA) in 20032004.
Dr. Vidal’s research and clinical work is focused on embolization. His main topic is
“liquid agents” and he is heavily involved in research and educational programs
within this area. He recently developed and documented the new concept of
“EMBORRHOID”: the treatment of Hemorrhoids with embolization of the superior
rectal arteries.
Dr. Vidal is an active member of multiple interventional radiology societies and he
is an elected member of the CIRSE research Committee.
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Arterial Interventions
P001 Treatment Of Post Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage with Thrombin Injection and Embolization
A. Khwaja, H. Albraiki, United Arab Emirates
P002 Prostatic Artery Embolization in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Preliminary Results in 27 Patients.
G. Maurizio, B. Alberto, P. Fulvio, S. Davide, V. Claudia, G. Grazia, A. Giueppe, Italy
P003 Coverd Stents for Treatment Severe Epistaxis due to Ruptured Extracranial Carotid Aneurysms
M. Ibrahim, W.H. Ibrahim, S.A. Chebel, Saudi Arabia
P004 Acute Thrombosis of Covered Stents in the Peripheral Arteries: An Underestimated Phenomenon
S.A.M. Al-Lamki, A. Parthipun, V. Pavlidis, A. Diamantopoulos,
T. Sabharwal, K. Katsanos, Oman
P005 Presurgical Embolization of Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma, Pakistan Experience.
S.K. Bhatti, U.R.Ch., A. Mir, Pakistan
Imaging
P006 The Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI) in Early Detection of Knee Pathologies in Symptomatic Patients Having Normal Conventional X-Rays
K. Siddiqui, Pakistan
P007 New Insights in Endoleak Imaging: The Role of Dual Energy CTA and Dynamic 4D CTA.
M. Ouhlous, A. Moelker, Netherlands
P008 Echocardiographic Aortic Root Dilatation in Hypertensive Subjects: Observations from a Meta-Analysis
N. Hussain, United Arab Emirates
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nterventional Oncology
P009 Transcatheterarterial Chemoembolization Using Hepasphere Microspheres Preliminary Results of a Monocentric Study.
G. Maurizio, B. Alberto, P. Fulvio, S. Davide, V. Claudia, R. Emanuele, Italy
P010 CT Findings Following Hepatic Transarterial Chemoembolization with Drug-
Eluting Beads
M. Arabi, K. Manea, A. Benmousa, K. Bzeizi, Saudi Arabia
P011 Cone Beam CT Perfusion Blood Volume (PBV) in Hepatic Embolotherapy: Pearls and Pitfalls.
M.T. Alshammari, D. Klass, D. Liu, Canada
P012 Safer is Better: Transradial Access for Liver Directed Therapy
M.T. Alshammari, D. Liu, D. Klass, Canada
Pediatric Interventions
P013 Evaluation of the Follow-Up Results of Pediatric Central Venous Ports
C.S. Salbas, O. Koç, O. Babaolu, H. Özbiner, Turkey
Transplant Interventions
P014 Stenting Renal Transplant Artery U-Bends. A Single Centre Experience.
A. Alsafi, A. Sandhu, M. Hamady, United Kingdom
Venous Intervention
P015 Treatment of Peripheral Vascular Malformation (PVM): A New Concept of Low Pressure Sclerotherapy (LPS)
K. Boughanmi, K.R. Hamza, Tunisia
P016 Prevalence of Venous Sinus Stenosis in Pseudotumor Cerebri (PTC) Patients Using Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA)
M.H. Ibrahim, S. Hashim, United Arab Emirates
P017 Outcomes of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (Tips) in Budd-
Chiari Syndrome
S. Sajid, A Rana, E.M. Kiani, S.N. Hassan, M. Jehangir, Pakistan
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