Speakers BIO

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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.

Prof. Khalid Hussain MBChB MRCP MD MSc MRCPCH Division Chief Endocrinology
Expertise: Childhood glucose disorders such as hypoglycemia and diabetes mellitus (especially rare forms of diabetes)
Khalid Hussain is the Division Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology. Since joining Sidra in 2016 he has established the clinical endocrine and diabetes service. His expertise is in childhood glucose disorders such as severe forms of hypoglycemia and diabetes mellitus. He leads a multidisciplinary team (consultant endocrinologists and diabetologists, insulin pump experts, endocrine nurses, diabetic educators and highly specialized dieticians) providing care for children with all endocrine conditions including diabetes. Specialist clinics for children with all types of diabetes are now established and children with diabetes are managed with the latest technological advances. Sidra aims to create a word class center for children with diabetes and hypoglycemia providing the highest standard of clinical care.
Prior to joining Sidra, Dr. Hussain was the GOSHCC (Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity) Professor of Pediatric Metabolic Endocrinology at The Institute of Child Health, University College London and Honorary Consultant Pediatric Endocrinologist at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital in London UK. Dr. Hussain qualified in Medicine from Glasgow University in Scotland UK and then trained in Neonatology, Metabolic medicine and Pediatric Endocrinology in London (Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital) and Australia (Monash Medical Center, Melbourne).
At Sidra Medicine, Dr. Hussain’s research focuses on understanding the epidemiology, biochemical and molecular mechanisms of childhood diabetes. His research is funded by Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) and Sidra Internal Research Fund (SIRF). Dr. Hussain is an internationally recognized expert in the field of childhood hypoglycemia and rare types of diabetes mellitus. He has described several novel disorders relating to hypoglycemia and diabetes mellitus. He has published extensively in the field of glucose physiology with more than 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts in high impact journals including NEJM, Science, Nature Genetics, Cell Metabolism, EMBO, JCI, PNAS, HMG, AJHG, Diabetes, Diabetologia and JCEM.

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:
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.

Dr Dalia Al-Abdulrazzaq
Current positions
• Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kuwait University
• Vice Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, College of Public Health, Kuwait
University
• Pediatric Endocrinologist at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital and Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital,
Ministry of Health, Kuwait
• Clinical Researcher, Department of Population Health, Dasman Diabetes Institute
Educational Qualifications:
• Member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, FAAP, USA
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada FRCPC (Pediatrics),
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada FRCPC (Pediatric
Endocrinology), The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Master’s degree in Health Practitioner Teacher Education MScCH, University of Toronto,
Canada.
• Fellow of the Global Clinical Scholars Research Training, Harvard Medical School,
Boston, USA

Dr. Mariam Ayed is a Neonatal- Perinatal and Neonatal Neuro-Critical consultant at Maternity Hospital, Kuwait. She is the president of Kuwait Neonatal Association

Dr. Ayed graduated with honors in 2004 from Kuwait University Faculty of medicine. Dr. Ayed is a Canadian and American board certified in pediatrics and in neonatal- perinatal medicine.
She completed a fellowship training in neonatal neurology and neuro-critical care at the University of Toronto in 2016. She obtained her post-doctoral master degree in clinical research from Harvard Medical school.

Dr. Osama Mahmoud Elmaraghy
Title: Consultant Internal medicine and Diabetes M.B.B. Ch, ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT 1977
MSc, Internal Medicine, ALEX, EGYPT1982 P.G.D.D. Leicester,UK.2017
P.G.E.P on type 2 diabetes Boston University, 2015 A Member of ICC Board
A Member of HFA-ESC
Co-Chairman and speaker of ICC- 6, 2015,
Chairperson of ICC-10 2021 and XXVI World congress of Echo and Diabetes 2022
Have many papers published in European Heart J and world Heart J.

Dr Ameena Al Awadhi
I am a post-doctoral fellow in the Clinical Care Research and Trials department at the
Dasman Diabetes Institute. I have BSc and MSc degrees in nutrition sciences from Kuwait.
University and a PhD degree in Medicine (clinical nutrition) from the University of
Nottingham, UK. I had +5 years of experience in the Ministry of Health as a pediatric dietitian.
and 3 years of experience as a research assistant and dietitian at Nottingham Digestive
Diseases Centre (UK). My research involved translational medicine projects on metabolic.
dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), type 2 diabetes, fibre and the glycemic index of food.

Yousif Mandani
West Virginia University (West Virginia, Morgantown (2017-2021))
- Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition and Food (Dietetics) December 2021
- GPA: 3.5
- Coursework in Nutrition, Food safety, biology, physiology, chemistry, and biochemistry.

Skills:
- Excellent communication skills.
- Outstanding coordination skills.
- Professional speaking skills.
- Ability to instruct others diligently.
- Having logical reasoning and critical thinking skills.
- Social perceptiveness.
- Very good presenting skills

Dr Ahmad Al Hamoly
• MedicalDoctorateDegreeinPediatrics(MD-PhD).Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, 2019.
Title of research “impact of wt reduction measures on thyroid function and NAFLD in obese and over wt adolcent”
• ▪ MasterDegreeinPediatrics,FacultyofMedicine,Zagazig University, 2008 and was signed up Very Good.Title of
research “High ferquncy ventilation in pediatrics filed and its outcome”
• ▪ ProfessionalPostgraduateEgyptianpediatricfellowship programs In Cairo, 2012
• ▪ M.B.B.CHDegreeinMedicine&Surgery,Facultyof medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt, 2003 .

graduated from Kuwait university in 2006.
then I did my pediatric residency program in king Faisal hospital and research center [KFH&RC]in Riyadh, SÁ
after that I did my pediatric endocrine fellowship program in KFH&RC
Then I did attachment with the research center and genetic lab for one and half year to do more research in the genetic part of DSD
Lastly, I joined Queen Elizabeth hospital in Glasgow to do 2months attachment to expand my knowledge in DSD with prof. Faisal Ahmed
Currently I'm the head of the pediatric endocrine and diabetes unit at Farwanya hospital

PRESENT POST:
Consultant Pediatrician/Endocrinologist
Head Division of Pediatric Endocrine and Diabetes Unit
Security Forces Hospital Programme
(Security Forces Hospital is the main tertiary and secondary care teaching and service hospital of the
Ministry of Interior with 600 beds with excellent and up to date laboratory and treatment facilities
with all pediatric subspecialties). It is accredited by the Canadian Council in Health Services.
POSTGRADUATE CLINICAL TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS:
16 April 2001 – 01 February 2003
Clinical Fellowship
Pediatric Endocrinology
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
9 March 1998
Jordanian Board Degree
(Equivalent to Saudi Board)
Ammam, Jordan
01 October 1993 - October 1997
Saudi Board Residency Training Program
Security Forces Hospital
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
01 January 1991 - o1 January 1992
Internship
College of Medicine
King Saud University
3 months General Pediatrics Riyadh Central Hospital
3 months General Medicine King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh
3 months General Surgery King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh
3 months Obstetric/Gynecology King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh
01 January 1991
MBBS
College of Medicine
King Saud University
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Alsaifi is an Adult & Pediatrics Orthopedic and Limb Reconstruction Consultant.

Currently he is the Head division of Pediatric Orthopedics & Limb Reconstruction Alrazi Hospital

He is the former Head of Orthopedic Council, Kuwait and Head of Department of Orthopedics in Alrazi Orthopedic Hospital

.. Graduate of the Royal College of Surgeon, Ireland 2004
. Saudi Orthopedic Residency, the National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, KSA 2012
. Pediatric Orthopedic Fellowship, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, KSA 2014
. Pediatric Orthopedic Fellowship, Alberta Children Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2015

He is local and international speaker at many meetings, conferences and courses, a member of POSNA, MEPOS, AO Trauma and Spine, and other local and international orthopedic societies.