Speakers BIO

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Consultant Endocrinologist

Treasurer of the Kuwait Endocrine Society 

Practicing Physician since 1981 working in General and Reproductive Endocrinology field,Founder (1993) and member of the executive board (1993-present) of the Pan Arab Society of Andrological Sciences,Founder (1996) and Chairman (1996- 2001) and Vice-Chairman (2002-2016) of Kuwait Endocrine Society,Founder (1997) and member of the executive board (1997- 2014) of the Pan Arab Osteoporosis Society,Founder and Chairman of the Kuwait Osteoporosis Society (1999-2015),Vice-Chairman of the National Osteoporosis Committee, Ministry of Health, Kuwait (2014),Published several papers in the field of Endocrinology and Osteoporosis in addition to papers read at conferences and published as abstracts.

Dr. Badreya Al-Lahou is a nutritional epidemiologist specializing in the impact of nutrition and behavioral factors on the prevention and management of noncommunicable diseases, particularly diabetes. She earned a PhD in Nutrition Epidemiology and Data Science from Tufts University in Boston, USA. Dr. Al-Lahou previously worked at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research and currently serves as the head of the Nutrition Unit at Dasman Diabetes Institute, where she leads research and nutrition initiatives, focusing on translating evidence-based findings into practice to enhance public health outcomes.

Name : ADNAN MOHAMMED HASAN AL SHAIKH

Nationality : Saudi

Marital Status : Married, 1 Daughter, 4 Sons

Date of Birth : 6 November 1964 (1.7.1384 Hijra)

Place of Birth : Khulais, Makkah region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Languages : Arabic and English

Home Address : AL-Naeem 3 District, Heraa Street, Jeddah

PO Box 50188 Jeddah 21523, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Hospital Address : King Abdulaziz Medical City – Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs,

Department of Pediatrics, Jeddah, KSA

Telephone Number : Work: 12 6240000 Ext. 22069, 24697, 24359

Home: 12 6591747 Jeddah

Mobile: +966505669600, Pager: 1219

Fax Number: Work: 12 6240000 – 22759, Home: 12 6591747

Email Address : shaikham@ngha.med.sa shaikham@ksau-hs.edu.sa

PROF. IBRAHIM AL ALWAN
Prof. Ibrahim Al Alwan is a graduate of King Saud University. He completed Pediatric Residency Training at Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary, Canada (1993-1996) and a Fellowship Program in Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Hospital of Sick Children, Toronto, Canada (1996-1999). He obtained his MRCP (UK) in 1995, American Board of Pediatrics in 1996, and the Pediatrics Specialty Certificate from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC) in 1997. Upon his return to the Kingdom in 1999 he was appointed as Consultant, Pediatrician, and Pediatric Endocrinologist.
Prof. Al Alwan joined the College of Medicine, Riyadh (COM-R), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS) as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in 2004, and was promoted to Full Professor in 2012. He was appointed Dean, COM-R, KSAU-HS (2010-2014). Prof. Al Alwan is founder of the Saudi Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Program at the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS), established in 2004; and served as Chairman until 2012. He has also served the medical education field locally as member of the Pediatric Saudi Board, initiating and chairing the Saudi Board for Pediatric Endocrinology and the Pediatric Endocrine chapter of the Saudi Pediatric Association. Internationally, he served as President of Association for Medical Education in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (AMEEMR) from year 2011-2020.
At present, Prof. Al Alwan holds the position of Vice-President, Postgraduate Education at KSAU-HS and is a Consultant, Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City – Riyadh. He is a member of various committees in KAMC-R andKSAU-HS, the Chairman of Endocrine Research in the Arab Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (ASPED), and a member of the Board of Trustees at the SCFHS.

Qualifications and Training:
MBBCh, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Egypt in 2007.
Clinical masters degree, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Egypt in 2012.
Clinical fellowship in paediatric endocrinology (ESPE Grant), in Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, UK; 2015 to 2016.
PhD and MD degree, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Egypt in 2017.
Clinical fellow in paediatric diabetes (ISPAD-JDRF Allan Drash Fellowship Award), in University College London Hospitals in 2017.

• Current position:
Senior Specialist of paediatric endocrinology and diabetes in Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait.
Assistant Professor of Paediatrics, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Egypt.
• International societies membership:
ISPAD, ESPE and ASPED.
• International workshops:
I have attended eight international schools organized by ISPAD, ESPE and ASPED between 2015 and 2019.
• Publications: H index 7
I have 22 international publications.
I have reviewed 12 manuscripts for international journals.

Professor of Pediatrics at Faculty of Medicine, Ain -Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Doctorate degree (M.D.) Ain- Shams University 2007. Passed MBBCH and Master (M.Sc.) in pediatrics (Excellent with honors )1998 and 2003 respectively. Working now at Paediatric Diabetes Clinic which is one of the first Paediatric clinic at the Children's Hospital and Middle East since 1979 and one of the largest referral centers all over Egypt for managing children with type 1 diabetes.

Member of several professional societies, both national and international, such as International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD), the European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE), the Egyptian Society of Childhood Diabetes and Endocrinology (ESDEP), and Arab Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (ASPED). 

Has international links to both ISPAD and ESPE. Contributed to the ISPAD E-learning Committee ; ESPE e-learning program,  and participated in ISPAD Guidelines 2018 in two chapters and in the IDF-DAR Diabetes and Ramadan Practical Guidelines 2021“Management of Type 1 diabetes when fasting during Ramadan”. Also, participated in International Consortium of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in Adolescence and updated chapter of ISPAD Guidelines 2022. Translated web site of Beyond type 1 diabetes supported by JDRF in Egyptian Arabic language.

Is a Steering Committee member of ASPED-ISPAD Diabetes Academy since 2016 and the head of diabetes committee and scientific research in ASPED. Invited speaker at regional meetings of professional specialty societies, international meetings and symposia.