Congestive Heart Failure & Angina

Dr. Ellahham has served as Chief Quality Officer for SKMC from 2009 till 2017. In his role, he has led the development of a quality and safety program that has been highly successful and visible and has been recognized internationally by several awards. As Chief Quality Officer and Global Healthcare Leader, he had a focus on ensuring that implementation of these best practices leads to breakthrough improvements in clinical quality, patient safety, patient experience and risk management.

Cardiology and its line

A friend, a philosopher and a guide, Dr Suresh Vatsyayann is a family medicine specialist with an MBBS, FCGP, DNB, FRNZCGP, an international MBA with Distinction, and honours graduate with 1st class honours degree in International Health Development and Policy. He has over 70 publications in the various fields affecting health and has invented 10s of new techniques in surgery and medicine both. He has shared the principles behind a healthy life every week with doctors, medical staff and the general public for the last 47 years in Cook Islands, in New Zealand, in India and the world over. Most of the lectures have been part of the series of "Health for All Through Wisdom & Action," a crusade against the epidemic of the non-communicable diseases (NCD) affecting us today. He has astonishing results with over 30 thousand followers and beneficiaries of his guidance and management. Dr Vatsyayann has enlightened great medical, management and health policy audiences world over through participating as a speaker in many countries. Many of his enlightening lectures are on multimedia & easily available on YouTube (HTW-Dr Sures,h and ourDoctorco channels). He is a firm believer that if every human being starts to understand their body, especially the principles behind the human life cycle, the publics would get enlightenment of how and why the body and the society is getting the increasing burden of NCDs. Therefore, the least effort at the levels of education, environment and policy would get us the maximum dividends by way of reducing the NCD burden, untimely disability and death. He is making a visible difference in the lives of individuals, groups of people and the public through one to one, group and mass communication techniques of his, and feels obliged and thankful to all for being able to share his dream, results and educating techniques with his fellow medical fraternity , especially the junior medical and paramedical staff, opinion leaders, general publics and the younger generations while they are at school and colleges.

Cardiology

Dr. Miguel Ángel Maluf is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon and professor at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil. Originally from Córdoba, Argentina, he graduated in medicine in 1972 from the National University of Córdoba and later specialized in general and thoracic surgery. Dr. Maluf has significantly contributed to the advancement of cardiac surgery in Brazil, with a particular focus on heart transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, and complex cardiac procedures. He has trained numerous cardiac surgeons and has an extensive publication record in national and international journals. Throughout his distinguished career, Dr. Maluf has been recognized for his leadership, innovation, and dedication to improving cardiac care and surgical outcomes.

congenital and pediatric cardiac surgery, heart transplantation, bioprosthetic valve development, and minimally invasive cardiac procedures

Dr. Osama A. Tolba El Razaky is the Head and Professor of Pediatric Cardiology at Tanta University, Egypt. He holds an MD in Pediatrics from Tanta University and has extensive experience in pediatric cardiology and advanced cardiac imaging. With over 25 years of clinical and academic expertise, Dr. El Razaky has supervised numerous master's and doctoral theses and has published widely in both national and international journals. His work focuses on pediatric echocardiography, particularly tissue Doppler imaging, speckle tracking, and 3D strain techniques, applied to diagnosing cardiac dysfunction in children with various health conditions. He is well-recognized for his contributions to pediatric cardiac care and his active role in research and medical education.

pediatric echocardiography, cardiac deformation imaging, and cardiac dysfunction in children with chronic and systemic diseases

Dr. Roberto Manfredini is a Full Professor of Internal Medicine and former Director of the Department of Medical Sciences at the University of Ferrara, Italy. He graduated with honors in Medicine from the University of Ferrara in 1982 and later specialized in Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, and Cardiology. He also completed a PhD in Biomedicine at the University of Córdoba, Spain, in 2019. Throughout his career, Dr. Manfredini has held various roles in emergency care and academic medicine, becoming an Associate Professor in 2008, Full Professor in 2015, and leading the department from 2017 to 2019. He also gained international experience through fellowships in pediatric endocrinology at the NIH in Bethesda and diabetes research at the Texas Heart Center. Dr. Manfredini has an extensive research portfolio with over 1,100 scientific publications, more than 12,200 citations, and an H-index of 55. He is actively involved in several scientific societies, serves on editorial boards, and frequently reviews for leading medical journals.

clinical chronobiology (circadian and seasonal impacts on disease), internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases (hypertension, heart failure, atrial fibrillation), peripheral vascular diseases, and gender-oriented medicine

Dr. Omar K. Hallak is the Chief of Interventional Cardiology at American Hospital Dubai, UAE (formerly Chief Interventional Cardiologist there), President of the Gulf Chapter of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists, and Chair of the 4TS international conference . He trained and conducted research in the U.S. at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, and Louisiana State University in New Orleans, and holds American Board certifications in Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Vascular Medicine, Endovascular Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, and Internal Medicine . Previously, he served as Head of Cardiology at Saint Francis Hospital in the USA and as Assistant Professor at LSU New Orleans and the University of West Virginia, where he performed thousands of cardiac and peripheral vascular interventions, including pacemaker and ICD/CRT implantations . He has authored numerous research publications and is a frequent speaker and session chair at major cardiology conferences .

Interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease management, vascular and endovascular medicine, nuclear cardiology, and general internal medicine.

Dr. Galya Naydenova Atanasova is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Medical University of Pleven, Bulgaria. She earned her MD in General Medicine in 1993 and completed her PhD in Cardiology at Pleven Medical University. Dr. Atanasova has presented her research internationally and is involved in studies on metabolic syndrome, myocardial infarction, and genetic factors in coronary artery disease .

Preventive cardiology, regenerative cardiovascular biology, molecular and cellular mechanisms of cardiovascular progenitor cell differentiation, translational cardiovascular genetics, proteomic analysis of heart disease, metabolic syndrome, myocardial infarction, and genetic variation in coronary artery disease.

Dr. Ian James Martins, PhD, DSc, Dr.Med, is a senior research fellow based at the University of Western Australia and Edith Cowan University, Australia. He holds multiple doctoral and honorary doctoral degrees and is a highly cited expert in endocrinology, metabolism, nutrition, diabetes, chronic disease, and neurodegeneration. Dr. Martins has served as editor-in-chief and editorial board member for numerous international journals, received multiple prestigious awards (including the 2024 Nobel Research Award and INSO Lifetime Achievement), and has an H-index exceeding 130 with over 15,000 citations .

anti-aging, type 3 diabetes (linking diabetes to Alzheimer’s), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, nutrition-based interventions, neurodegeneration, global health, and chronic disease management .

Dr. Naglaa A. Hussein is a Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) at Alexandria University, Egypt, with dual faculty appointments at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center in the U.S. She earned her MD from Alexandria University in 1991 and completed PM&R residency there from 1993–1996 before undertaking research and clinical training in the U.S. at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Board‐certified in PM&R, Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and Pain Medicine, she leads cardiac rehabilitation programs and oversees extensive clinical research in cardiac rehab, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, pain, and electrodiagnostic medicine. 

cardiac rehabilitation, electrodiagnosis, pain management, musculoskeletal repair, and improving patient outcomes in PM&R