Name: Dr. Walid M Hassan

Biography

Dr. Walid M Hassan is a Director, Cardiovascular Center of Excellence, International Medical Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He is a Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology) Specialist in Webster, Texas. He worked as a Former Head of Adult Cardiology (August 2000- June 2010), Former Director of Interventional Cardiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Director of Cardiac Critical Care, University of Missouri-Columbia (July 1996-July 2000), American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Governor, Council of International Regents and Governors, Former Director, Cardiac Catheterization and Intervention, Former Director, Cardiac Intensive care University of Missouri- Columbia (July 1, 1996- August 15, 2000), Fellow American Heart Association, Fellow American College of Cardiology, Fellow American College of Chest Physicians, Fellow American College of Physicians, Fellow The Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (Executive Committee), Founder and Chairman of ACS Academy- KSA, Membership of 50 International Scientific Societies and Associations.he is a Editorial Board and Reviewer for 45 International Journals, 625 Published Articles/ Abstracts/ Presentations.

Research Interests

Percutaneous Coronary/Vascular/Valvular and Structural Intervention. Percutaneous Aortic and Pulmonary Valve Implantation (TAVI/TPVI) / Aortic Aneurysm Endovascular Repair (EVAR)/ Renal Denervation/ EndoVenous Laser Ablation (EVLT), Diabetic Heart Disease.

Name: Dr. Kyriaki Papadopoulou Legbelou

Biography

Kyriaki Papadopoulou-Legbelou is a graduate of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece (MD 1986, Pediatrics specialty 1988-1993, Ph.D in Pediatrics 2000). Her Ph.D was based on scientific research on cardiac evaluation of children suffering from b-thalassemia major. She has also received postgraduate training on Pediatric Cardiology, at the Cardiology Clinic of “Georgios Papanikolaou” General Hospital of Thessaloniki (1994) and Post-Doc training in Pediatric Cardiology at the “Onassis” Cardiac Surgery Center in Athens, Greece (2006). She has worked at the “Papageorgiou” General Hospital of Thessaloniki as a Consultant of Pediatrics (1999-2009) and at AUTH as a Lecturer in Pediatrics-Pediatric Cardiology (2009-2014). She is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics-Pediatric Cardiology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 4th Department of Pediatrics since 2014.

Research Interests

Pediatric Cardiology, Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases in Children and Adolescents

Name: Dr. Abdallah Mostafa Almaghraby

Biography

Dr. Abdallah Mostafa Almaghraby is a senior registrar of Cardiology and Angiology at University of Alexandria in Egypt. His main field of interest is Cardiovascular imaging and valvular heart diseases.

Research Interests

Clinical cardiology – Cardiovascular imaging – Electrophysiology – Interventional Cardiology

Name: Dr. Ramesh K Adiraju

Biography

Dr. Ramesh K Adiraju is an Interventional cardiologist and endovascular specialist in clinical practice since 1993 in Philadelphia area. He established RENU-CA (REvascularization by Novel Utilization - Clinical Autonomic) research institute in 2005 to pursue my research interests. He has developed novel protocols for reversing Insulin requirements in Type-ll diabetics, Reverse left ventricular dysfunction in cardiomyopathy and heart failure patients and limb salvage in diabetics with peripheral vasculopathy. He has also developed novel treatment protocols for syncope and orthostatic hypotension patients. He has also pursued endovascular revascularization for peripheral arterial disease without stents followed by endothelial stabilization protocols to reduce re-stenosis. All these pursuits are as a solo practitioner without any University support for 15 years and I would look forward to having collaboration through the board to put out my work. Interventional cardiology work at: 1) Episcopal Hospital (1993-1996)2) Hahnemann Hospital (1995-1997) 3) Albert Einstein Medical center (1995-1997) 4) Lankenau Hospital (1994-1998) 5) Lower Bucks Hospital, Bristol, PA. (1995 to current) 6) Saint Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA (1993 to current).

Research Interests

1) Dysautonomia Type-ll diabetes and vasculopathy. 2) Complex coronary and endovascular Interventions. 3) Cardiomyopathy/heart failure and neurohormonal modulation - novel approaches. 4) Limb salvage innovations for diabetic foot and stasis syndromes. 5) Autonomic imbalance orthostatic hypotension and syncope.

Title: Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection Registry in Flanders : Opportunities and Pitfalls

Biography

Annelies Keymeulen was born in 1978. She received her master degree in medicine in 2003 at the University of Ghent. In the same year she started the specialization of pediatrics at the Ghent University Hospital during 5 years. She developed a special interest in Neonatology and started as a resident at the NICU of the Ghent University Hospital in 2009, where she became a staff member in 2011. Within the field of neonatology, congenital cytomegalovirus infection is one of her topics of interest and it has become her topic for PhD.

Title: The Feldenkrais Method and Cerebral Palsy

Biography

King’s College, University of London: PhD: Olivier Messiaen and the Culture of Modernity Supervisors: Prof. Daniel Chua, Prof. John Deathridge Central Research Fund Scholarship, London University, (1998), Lacey Bursary for French Studies (1999, 2000, 2001), Arts and Humanities Research Council Scholarship (2000-03). MMus in Theory and Analysis: Dissertation: ‘Structure and Counter-Structure, Metaphor and Multiple Meaning in Olivier Messiaen’s Couleurs de la cité céleste’. Supervisor: Prof. Arnold Whittall.

Title: Assessment of the effect of intimate partner violence on low birth weight: A community based prospective cohort study in Ethiopia

Biography

Sewhareg Belay has completed her Master of Public Health (MPH) at the age of 32 years from Addis Ababa University in 2013 and now a PhD fellow at the joint PhD program at Hawassa University, Ethiopia and the University of Bergen, Norway. She is lecturer at Hawassa University. She has published two papers in reputable journals.