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 Fatemah Alhusaini is a board certified pediatric endocrinologist based in Al-Adan Hospital , Kuwait. She graduated from Kuwaits university medical school and followed a career in pediatric’s in Kuwait’s pediatric Residency program. Dr Fatemah completed her fellowship in pediatric endocrinology and diabetology at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom. She is part of national diabetes registry in Kuwait team at Dasman Diabetes Institute.

Thamer Alessa, MD, FACE, CCD

Consultant physician and Head of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital, and a Clinical Staff at Dasman Diabetes Institute in Kuwait. Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology. Received the Dr. John P. Bilezikian ISCD Global Leadership Award. Vice President of the Kuwait Osteoporosis Society.

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.

Dr Hussain Alsaffar MSc, FACE, FRCPCH, SPIN DIAB, CCT, MBChB

Paediatric Endocrinologist Consultant, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital.

Master of Science in Global Management - Salford University and postgraduate course in healthcare strategy - Harvard University. 

Dr Alsaffar has completed his foundation medical training in Wales and subsequently pediatric training in Mersey – Northwest of England. Won the RCPCH training achievement award 2017 as a “trainee of the year”. Dr Alsaffar was an honorary tutor at the University of Liverpool between 2016 and 2018, and an honorary lecturer at The University of Manchester between 2018 and 2019, followed by honorary associate professor- Wasit University between 2021-2023

Currently he is a communication committee member, a YES group leader and a program organizing committee member, within the European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology.

Dr Alsaffar is a deputy head of the quality improvement committee and ex-team leader for Sultan Qaboos University Hospital strategy planning.

He is a trainer/educational supervisor at the Omani Medical Specialties Board, and head of research committee at the Omani Diabetes Association.

Dr Alsaffar is a known international speaker, he has more than 50 publications in peer reviewed journals. He is an editor for the

Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology, Almustansiriyah Medical Journal, and Ibnosina journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences