Meet Our Esteemed Speaker Faculty
Meet the distinguished minds shaping the future of aortic care. GAS 2026 hosts an exceptional lineup of speaker faculty from leading institutions around the world — uniting surgeons, interventionists, and imaging specialists at the forefront of vascular innovation.
Prof. Payman Majd
Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, EVK/ Bergisch, Gladbach, Germany
Prof. Jan Brunkwall
Professor, Former Head Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Dr. Yasir Suliman
Consultant Vascular Surgery
Sheikh Tahnoun Medical City, Al Ain, UAE
Prof. Gianpaolo Carrafiello
Professor of Radiology, Director, Postgraduate School in Radio Diagnostics, University of Milano, Italy, Chief Unit of Radiology, and Interventional Radiology, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Policlinico Milano
Prof. Bander Aldhafery
Consultant Endovascular and interventional radiologist, Associate Professor College of Medicine
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam Saudi Arabia, King Fahad Hospital of the University, Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Samer Koussayer
Associate Professor, Al Faisal University
Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health Dubai, UAE
Dr. Jamal Aldeen Alkoteesh
Consultant Interventional Radiologist MD, Medical Director of SEHA Radiology, MSC CCST FRCR EBIR EBNI FPAIRS
Dr. Wissam Al Jundi
MSc MEd MBA FRCS, Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon,
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Prof. Akihiro Yoshitake
Cardiovascular Surgeon, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Hidaka, Japan
Dr. Sammy Weis
Consultant Radiologist at
UHS University Hospital Sharjah, UAE
Dr. Orwa Falah
MBBS JBVS MRCS(Ed) FACS FRCS (Ed)(Gen.Surg) | Lead Clinician Of the Scottish National Service for Aortic Arch, Thoracic, Thoracoabdominal and Suprarenal Aneurysm | Consultant Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary | Honorary Clinical Senior lecturer, University of Edinburgh, UK
Dr. Wassim Shatila
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Clemenceau Medical Center Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Prof. Mehmet Karahan
Head of Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Gaziantep University, Turkey
Prof. Husam Noor
Chief of Medical Staff Clinical Services Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Royal Medical Services – Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Specialist Cardiac Center, Bahrain
Dr. Yuliia Nahaliuk
Vascular surgeon, National Military Medical Clinical Centre, MC "Dobrobut", Kiev, Ukraine
Dr. Varinder Singh Bedi
Chairman & Senior Consultant, Institute of Vascular & Endovascular Sciences, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
Dr. Abdullah Alfawaz
Asst. Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait
Dr. Adel Alali
Head, Vascular & Interventional Radiology Unit, Mubarak Alkabeer Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait
Dr. Houssam Younes
Chairman of Vascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
Prof. Sherif Omar Elkerdawi
Prof. Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Consultant Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Head of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Capital University, Wadi-El Neel Hospital, Egypt
Dr. Hazem Habboub
Senior Consultant Vascular Interventional Radiologist and Neuroradiologist, King Hussein Cancer Center, Jordan
Dr. Venkatesh Ramaiah
Chief and Co-Founder, Vascular Surgery, Pulse Cardiovascular Institute, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Arizona Heart Hospital, Osborn Medical Center, Chairman, TED Congress
Dr. Firas Mussa
Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, McGovern Medical School at UT Health, Houston
Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute Imperial College, London
Dr. Noura Salim
Plastic surgery, Aesthetic,
Wound Specialist, EHS (Al Qassimi and SHJ, Kuwaiti Hospital)
Dr. Shadi Ahmed
Cardiology Specialist, Head of Cardiology Department, Ibrahim Obaidallah Hospital, RAK - EHS, Heart Failure certified, HFA, ESC
Adult Transthoracic ECHO Certified, EACVI, ESC
Dr. Kim A. Eagle
Chair, Genetic Aortic Network,
The Marfan Foundation, Albion Walter Hewlett Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of the Frankel Cardiovascular Center at University of Michigan Health
Dr. Tania S. Guzman
MD, MPhil, FEBVS
Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, SSMC, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Prof. Erhan T. Ilgit
Professor of Radiology
Gazi Univ. Sch. of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
Dr. Laszlo Göbölös
Clinical Professor of Surgery | Cardiac Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute | Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi
Prof. Martin Maresch
MD, PhD, FEBVS, Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon, BDF Hospital- Royal Medical Services, Kingdom of Bahrain
Ass. Prof of Surgery - RCSI
Dr. Mohamed Nassef
Program Director EHS Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Consultant Critical Care Medicine, Al Qassimi Hospital and Cardiac Centre, Emirates Health Services- UAE
Prof. Murat Aksoy
Professor of General Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, American Hospital and KOC University Medical Faculty Hospital, Istanbul Turkey
Dr. Salvatore Alessio Angileri
Diagnostic and interventional Radiologist, Policlinico di Milano Ospedale Maggiore | Fondazione IRCCS Ca'Granda, Milan Italy
Dr. Hayssam Ahmad Gibbaoui
Consultant Vascular Surgeon,
NMC Royal Hospital, Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi
Dr. Arash Tofigh
Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, American Hospital Dubai
Dr. Saher Arour
Chief Vascular Surgeon
Medcare Hospitals & Sharjah University Hospital, UAE
Dr. Irphan Yonis
Emergency Medicine Consultant, St. George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group, Epsom UK | Member of the Trust Teaching Faculty, Educational and Clinical Supervisor in the Trust, Member of Teaching Faculty of ATLS and PERT in RCS, England
Dr. Omar Hallak
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist | Founder & Chairman, 4TS international
American Board-Certified Interventional Cardiologist, American Board - Certified Vascular & Endovascular Intervention, Clinical Professor, MBRU, Dubai, UAE, President, (Gulf Chapter) ISEVS
Prof. Mohamed Hosni Eldessoki
Professor of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Cairo University Hospitals, Cairo Egypt
Dr. Shahzad Sarosh
Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, NMC Healthcare, Dubai
Dr. Ayman Alserr
Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Head of Vascular Surgery Unit,
Sultan Qaboos Hospital
Salalah
Dr. Ghadeer Alassar
Senior Interventional Radiology Technologist (IRT), Dubai Hospital - Cathlab, UAE
Prof. Martin Czerny
MD, MBA, FESC, FEBCTS, FEBVS, Professor and Chairman - Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery Department, University Heart Center Freiburg - Bad Krozingen, University Clinic Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Dr. Yusuf Bayrak
Staff Physician,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Dr. Nikolaos Patelis
Staff Physician, Consultant Vascular Surgeon /Coordinator of Vascular Services, Mouwasat Hospital Services, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Prof. Ugursay Kiziltepe
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Dept of Cardiovascular Surgery, Health Sciences University, Antalya City Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
Dr. Albert Alahmar
Head of Structural Heart Program at Dr Sulaiman Alhabib Hospital, Dubai, Honorary Lecturer, Leicester University, Associated Professor, Sharjah University, UAE
Dr. Fernando Gallardo
Head of Department Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Hospitales Quironsalud Marbella y CDG, Malaga Spain
Dr. Martin Claridge
Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, Birmingham Vascular Centre, United Kingdom
Dr. Julien Gaby Sfeir
Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon in LAUMCRH – Rizk Hospital, Beirut, Assistant Professor of Surgery – Gilbert and Rose - Marie, Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanese American University - LAU
Dr. Abdulameer Mohsin Hussein
Consultant Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeon, MBchB, FIBMS, FACS, Iraq Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq
Dr. Sabah N Rubaye
Consultant Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeon, MBchB, FIBMS, FACS, Iraq Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq
Dr. Ahmed Abdulrazaq Attia
Consultant Surgeon, AlKafaat Specialties Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
Dr. Obaid Aljasim
Senior consultant and HOD Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dubai Hospital - DHA / UAE
Dr. Refaat Salman
EBIR, MHBA, FPAIRS, Consultant Vascular and interventional Radiologist. King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Abdullah Specialized Children Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Badriya Mohammed Almulla
Senior Radiographer - CT Team Leader
Dubai Hospital
Prof. Giovanni Pratesi
Professor, Chief of Vascular Surgery
Head Department of Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino - IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Metropolitana (IRCCS AOM)
Department of Surgical and Integrated Diagnostic Sciences, University of Genoa, Italy
Dr. Mohamed Sharkawy
Professor of Vascular Surgery, Cairo University
Senior coordinator for International Fellowship Programs Worldwide
Dr. Alya Zaidan
B.S, M.P.H, MD American University of Antigua College of Medicine, Antigua and Barbuda - USA
Dr. Ali Badra
Consultant of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (P.H – Praticien Hospitaller): University Hospital of Brest, France
Ms. Eileen Novis
Chief Global Business Development Officer
The Marfan Foundation, USA
Velio Ascenti
Consultant Interventional Radiologist, Policlinic of Milan, Italy
Matilde Pavan
Multimodality Imaging in the Diagnosis of Penetrating Aortic Ulcer, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Rossella Catona
Radiology Resident, Universit Degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Gabriele Drago
Radiology Resident, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico of Milan, Italy
Maria Giovanna Riga
Doctor, Fondazione (IRCCS) Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Italy
Chiara Perrazo
Radiology Resident, University of Milan, Italy
Sonia Triggiani
MD, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico of Milan, Italy
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