Radiologist Conference Speakers 

Graduated from Ain Shams University in 1982 and joined the Radiology Department at its hospital where he worked till 1994 receiving Radiology Master of Science Degree (MScR) in 1886 and Radiology Doctorate Degree (PhD) in 1990 Post-graduate training included extended periods of time spent in the mid 1980s at the Radiology Departments of Cardiff University Hospital and Neville Hall Hospital, both in Wales, UK. In 1994 accepted post of Lecturer of Radiology at Suez Canal University and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1999 and full Professor in 2004 Member of the Egyptian Radiological Society since 1987, the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) since 1994 and Emirates.

Senior Registrar Radiologist - Dubai Hospital, dedicated for Breast Imaging and Breast Interventional Dubai, UAE

Dr. Kashgari is board certified by the Saudi Board of Radiology. She graduated with an honor degree. She continued her training at IWK health center, Dalhousie university, Halifax Canada in Paediatric radiology and Paediatric Neuroradiology. She has been in practice at KAMC, Riyadh since completing her fellowship in July 2012. She has a special interest in advance MRI neuroimaging in Paediatric and metabolic brain disorders. She has established my interest and goals to work for all paediatric patient’s safety including tailoring radiology examination for individual patient to decrease radiation. Recently, she was the Chairman of the academic community in the Medical imaging department at KAMC,Riyadh and the director for the residency training program from 2016-2019. She has several local and international presentation in pediatric radiology.

Dr. Anjum Ahmed began his clinical career as a General Physician, and over the last 21 years has been focused on solutions innovation and change management initiatives, helping set the path to digital transformation and care innovation throughout hospitals, health authorities, and government initiatives across USA, Canada, Latin America, UK, Europe, Middle East, South Africa and Asia Pacific.

F R C R (LONDON, UK) Fellowship - Body Imaging & Non Vascular Intervention (St Paul Hospital, UBC, Vancouver, Canada) M.D. (RADIODIAGNOSIS) P.G.I.M.E.R. (CHANDIGARH), INDIA. D.N.B. (RADIODIAGNOSIS)

City in Abu Dhabi since June 2018 . He had worked as a consultant radiologist at the Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals in North East London, United Kingdom. He obtained the fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologist , UK in 2013 and completed his radiology training at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and King’s College Hospital, London. Afterwards he completed a one year musculoskeletal imaging fellowship at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore in Harrow which is one of the internationally renowned super-tertiary bone tumour centre. His sub-speciality interests include various aspects of muculoskeletal imaging with particular emphasis upon trauma & sports imaging as well as bone & soft tissue sarcoma imaging. He leads the musculoskeletal ultrasound service at his hospital and performs image-guided musculoskeletal interventions regularly including MR arthrography and CT-guided bone biopsies. He has presented nationally in the UK as well as in the European continent. He is a keen teacher and is one of the key faculty members for the radiology residency programme in Abu Dhabi. He has also published in renowned radiology journals and is a great believer in fostering collaborations with his clinical colleagues to help improve the delivery of patient-centred healthcare

Dr Aser Farghal is a Consultant Interventional and Musculoskeletal Radiologist who has 14 years experience in the NHS hospitals in the UK. He has completed his Radiology training in the UK in 2011 with subspeciality training in MSK and Interveniotnal Radiology. He is fellowship train in IR from McGill university. He was then appointed as a Consultant Radiologist at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in the UK in 2012, at which he worked for 4 years. He moved to the UAE in 2017 to Tawam Hospital till now. Dr Farghal has obtained multiple professional degrees he has many peer reviewed publications and has presented multiple abstracts in national and international conferences.

Specialist in Radiology with special expertise in musculoskeletal disorders and MRI. He has a long productive academic career; and he is the author of several books and articles in Radiology.

Dhananjaya Kotebagilu has completed Radiodiagnosis post-graduation in 2012 at Manipal University, India and Paediatric Radiology Fellowship in 2015 at University of Ioannina, Greece. He is assistant Professor in Department of Paediatric Radiology at Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bengaluru, India. He has many publications and also peer reviewer in few journals. Many national and international awards for his scientific research presentation at national and international conferences. Most promising Radiologist at Healthcare Senate- 2019, India.

Dr. Edward Lee is an associate professor of radiology at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He received his A.B. and M.D. from the University of Chicago (Phi Beta Kappa and Swift Scholar) and his M.P.H. from Harvard University (Student Marshal), followed by an internship at Harvard Medical Center (BIDM / BWH / DFCI) and a radiology residency at Mallincrodt Institute of Radiology / Washington University Medical Center. After completing a pediatric radiology fellowship as a chief fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in 2005, he joined the Departments of Radiology and Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Since Dr. Lee was appointed as the Chief of Thoracic Imaging Division in 2010 and Director of MRI from 2012 - 2014, he has provided integrated image performance and interpretation across modalities for congenital and acquired pediatric disorders at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Lee is currently one of the most sought-after internationally known radiology educators and experts in the field of pediatric imaging. He has served either as a visiting professor, an invited speaker, or radiology oral board examiner on various topics related to pediatric imaging education in more than 40 different countries in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Australia, Africa, and Asia.

Dr. Fontanella is an Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Consultant Radiologist based in Benevento, Italy. His Alma Mater is the historical Vanvitelli University in Naples. His path in GI Radiology began at St. Mark's Hospital in London, where he perfected his knowledge in a competitive and top-level environment. He conducts both clinical activity and research, with the focus on constant testing, innovation and optimisation of all imaging techniques to the needs of the clinical practice. He is currently working on gel-enhanced MR Fistulography (which was well received at ECR 2019), Dynamic Barium Swallow and the brand-new Virtual Gastroscopy.

Dr. Hassan Hal received his medical degree and Radiology residency from Suez Canal University (Egypt). He completed a Fellowship in Body Imaging from 2003-2005 at McMaster University (Canada). He subsequently accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Radiology at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, USA from 2007 – 2015. Dr. Hassan joined Tawam Hospital in 2015 as a Consultant Radiologist. He received the Excellence in Teaching Awards from the UAE University for the academic year 2016-2017 and 2018-2019. Dr. Hassan received his American Board of Radiology (ABR) certification in 2012. His expertise and research focuses on GI and hepatobiliary imaging.

Dr. Heba is an associate professor at the Radiology department, Ain shams University and she has more than 16 years experience in the field of diagnostic imaging. she has many publications in many international journals and she used to give presentation in a lot of prestigious meetings. Her interest is Neuroimaging and MSK imaging.

Dr. Hidayath Ali Ansari is Consultant Radiologist, Chief of Nuclear Medicine at the Imaging Institute of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and Medical Director of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi ( AlAin Branch). His areas of Specialist Expertise include PETCT, Nuclear medicine, CT Colonography and MR Enterography. He has worked with his team to establish Cardiac blood flow quantification, American College of Radiology accreditation, contrast enhanced PETCT and new isotope services including DAT Imaging for Parkinsonism, Sentinel node mapping and hybrid imaging amongst few recent achievements and are working towards establishing Gallium PETCT for prostate and Neuro endocrine tumors. He has been recently awarded Clinical Excellence award for 2019 for recognition of his contribution.

Visiting Consultant Radiologist and Clinical Tutor at Prince Hamzeh and AlBashir Hospitals since 2 years Consultant Radiologist and Clinical Tutor; BODY AND CHEST IMAGING SECTION, for the last 9 years at PRINCE SULTAN MILITARY MEDICAL CITY (the largest tertiary hospital in KSA with about 1700 beds, all subspecialties are available, recognized for post graduate residency and fellowship programs, I am extensively involved in teaching process. Chairman of organizing committee of BODY IMAGING COURSE held in Riyadh 2014 for 3 days, the first comprehensive course in body imaging specialty in KSA. He participates in many other conferences as a lectures

Dr. Sadec started very young working at Alexandria Radiology Center, Progressed rapidly to hold the position of Breast Radiologist at the women imaging department right after she finished her Masters degree (with honors from Alexandria University in Egypt). She is persistent, hard working and passionate about Breast cancer awareness spreading

Dr. Hoda Darwish is an Associate Professor of Radiology at Suez Canal University, Egypt. She completed her residency at Suez Canal University. Egypt, and received her Masters degree in 1998 and her MD in radiology in 2005. She is also a Consultant at the department of radiology, Dallah Hospital, Riyadh, KSA since 2008. She received a diploma in Muscloskeletal ultrasound in 2015 from Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), Spain

Jay P. Heiken, MD, FACR, is Professor of Radiology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Prior to that he was on the faculty of the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at the Washington University School of Medicine for 35 years. He served as Director of Abdominal Imaging at Washington University for 15 years and as Co-director of Body Computed Tomography for 24 years. Dr. Heiken has co-authored 138 peer-reviewed articles, 43 book chapters and invited publications, and has edited and co-authored 6 books. He has presented scientific papers at conferences across the United States, lectured as a visiting professor in more than 60 national and international universities, and has taught more than 240 courses and symposia. Dr. Heiken has received the Gold Medal of both the Society of Abdominal Radiology and the International Cancer Imaging Society. He has received the Resident’s Distinguished Teaching Award from the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology and the Visiting Professor Award from the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists.

• Dr Manzoor Ahmed is an experienced Diagnostic Neuro-radiologist with more than 15 years of experience. • Dr Ahmed got his medical degree from Khyber Medical College, Pakistan in 1995 • He trained in World-renowned Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA in Diagnostic Neuro-radiology in 2003-2004. • Have been affiliated with Cleveland Clinic for most of his career including Cleveland Clinic in UAE . • He is currently serving as a Chair of the Radiology Department & Residency program Director in Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE. • Dr Ahmed is a passionate teacher and participant in academic activities. • Has been involved as a speaker and organizer in multiple national and international meetings in the Gulf region including ARM, ICRM & SIRC. • His special interests in Diagnostic neuroradiology are Acute Stroke Imaging, Multiple Sclerosis, Head & Neck Imaging & Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging. • His publications and Academic activities reflect his passion for Neuro-radiology. • On the non-interpretive side, he is an ardent advocate for Appropriateness & Utilization in Imaging. • He believes “Radiology harbors much more potential than just images”.

Dr.Mohammad Asif Dogar graduated from King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan. He completed his radiology residency training and neuroradiology fellowship at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa USA. He worked as consultant neuroradiologist at St. Cloud Hospital Minnesota, King Faisal Hospital and Research Center Riyadh and Visiting Consultant neuroradiologist at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Currently he is working at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi since 2015. Dr. Dogar has presented at national and international meetings.

He joined Jordan University Hospital and finished his Jordanian board and Arab board in diagnostic radiology. Then he moved to the UK and finished FRCR in London. He was a former Fellow in MSK radiology in Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. Currently he works in Rashid Hospital- Dubai-UAE He performs MSK related interventional procedures. He has an interest in research and audit.

PhD in radiodiagnosis and nuclear medicine, Ain Shams university, Cairo, Egypt 2012. Associate professor of radiodiagnosis in Ain Shams University , Cairo, Egypt Specialist radiologist in medcare hospital since 2015 till now. Has many publications in EJRNM.

Trained in Radiology in Radiology Residency Program of Faculty of radiologist, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland September 1997 to 2002 and got F.F.R (Fellowship of Faculty of Radiologists) Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Nov 2000. After completion of residency worked as consultant in Ireland till August 2004. September 2004 moved to United Kingdom to join Guy’s & St Thomas’s NHS Trust in London UK as fellow & later hired as consultant & worked there till 2007. She was the Deputy chair of the Radiology department at SKMC from June 2008 to 2016. She was the Program Director of Radiology Residency Program at SKMC from 2011 to 2015. She has have been the invited speaker at many National & International Radiology Conferences.

Dr. Naser Almehairbi is a specialist Radiologist with clinical experience from Egypt, UAE and Canada. He is medical graduate from Cairo University, Egypt. He is a certified radiologist from The Royal College of Radiologists, United Kingdom and from the Arab Board of health specialization. Dr. Naser has a special interest in paediatric imaging and is a member of the Radiology Society of North America. Dr. Naser specialises in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computed Tomography (CT), Ultrasound and Color Doppler Imaging, fluoroscopy and X-ray imaging.

Professor Pia Maly Sundgren is the head of the Department of Radiology, Clinical Sciences/Lund, Lund University in Sweden, Co-Director for Lund University BioImaging Center, and senior consultant in neuroradiology at Skåne University hospital in Lund. Her research focuses on advanced MR imaging and conducts imaging research focused on monitoring treatment response and effects of radiation in brain tumors, advanced imaging in autoimmune diseases with special focus on SLE as well as in pain conditions. Her research is conducted both at 3T and 7T. For advanced brain MRI she is an opinion leader and internationally recognized. Research collaboration exists with University centers worldwide. She is past president of the ISMRM, vice-President of ESNR, General Secretary of WFNRS and scientific secretary for the Swedish Society of Radiology. She is active member of several research councils of various organizations in Sweden and Europe and of many international scientific and executive program committees and faculties. Prof. Sundgren have published over 175 papers and reviews, over 210 scientific abstracts, three books and several book chapters and have given over 300 international invited lectures and workshops worldwide. She received the Nelson Mandela Gold Medal by the RSSA in 2018, and she has been award the MICHR Michigan Clinical and Translational Research Distinguished Mentor Award 2014, the ISMRM Outstanding Teachers Award 2016, and the Lund University Minerva Award for Academic Leadership 2018.

Senior Specialist Radiologist Co-director Radiology Residency program Rashid Hospital Dubai, UAE

MBBS and Higher Degree of specialization in Diagnostic Radiology from Jordan University Hospital. She acquired the Jordanian Board in Diagnostic Radiology in 2003. I moved to the United Kingdom to pursue further sub specialist training in Gynaecological and Breast Imaging from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. She worked as a Consultant Radiologist as a part Breast Screening Unit, screening around 21000 patient per year. She had an active teaching role for residents in Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, as well as, an examiner for undergraduate Medical students at Sheffield University. In 2018 She joined SKMC Radiology body as a member of the subspecialist and core faculty members.

Lecturer of Radiology at Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University with sub specialty in Thoracic Imaging

Dr. Shyam Mohan is a Consultant Paediatric Radiologist, currently working at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Dr. Shyam graduated from Calicut Medical college, Kerala, India in 2003 with a Gold medals in Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynecology. He then pursued training in Clinical Paediatrics in the United Kingdom, obtaining his Membership of the Royal college of Paediatrics and Child Health in 2007. He then pursued radiology training at Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK, obtaining his FRCR in 2012 and CCT (Certificate of completion of training) in 2012. He then undertook a Fellowship programme in Paediatric Radiology and Paediatric Neuroradiology at the Hospital for Sick kids, Toronto, Canada. Following his fellowship, in 2015, Dr Shyam joined as Consultant Paediatric Radiologist at Birmingham Children’s hospital, United Kingdom, one of the largest dedicated children’s hospitals in the United Kingdom, which delivers quaternary care to children from all over the country, including all specialized services such as epilepsy neurosurgery, organ transplantation, and paediatric cardiac surgery. In 2018, Dr. Shyam joined the Sheikh Khlaifa Medical City, the largest public sector tertiary hospital in the United Arab Emirates, to help establish a dedicated Paediatric radiology unit. Dr Shyam has actively published in peer reviewed journal and is a keen educator, contributing to the radiology residency programmes both in the UK and UAE

Chief and Distinguished Barbara N. Weissman Chair Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Imaging Director, STRATUS Center for Simulation in Medicine Assistant Professor - Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA

Dr. Stefania Romano works as a high specialist radiologist for the Emergency and Elective Gastrointestinal Radiology at the Department of Diagnostic Imaging at “Santa Maria delle Grazie” Hospital in Pozzuoli, Italy. Her main field of interest and scientific research is abdominal and gastrointestinal radiology in elective and emergency conditions with more than 135 publications mainly in this area. She has been an invited speaker at many international meetings on these topics. Actively involved in teaching activity at the Brno Masaryk University as visiting Professor of Radiology since 2003, she is a Fellow of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Radiology (ESGAR), as well as a member of the Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR), Radiologic Society of North America (RSNA), American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER), European Society of Radiology (ESR), American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) and the Italian Society of Radiology (SIRM). Dr Romano is an active member of the American Association of Women Radiologists (AAWR) and has served on the association’s International Committee (2011) and Membership Committee (2012). Dr. Romano has been a member of (2009-2011) and Chaired (2013) the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) Gastrointestinal Subcommittee. She has also acted as a member of the Radiographics Selection Committee for RSNA 2007–2019 and RSNA Education Exhibits Awards Committee 2012-2017. She was the RSNA International Visiting Professor in Thailand in 2019. Dr. Romano is involved as Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor, Guest Editor and peer reviewer for a range of international professional Journals in the field of Clinical Radiology. She was the recipient of the ARRS Lee R. Rogers AJR International Fellowship (2007) and served the American Journal of Radiology as International liaison (2008-2011). She is actually the Editor-in-Chief for the European Journal of Radiology Open (EJRO); she served as Associate Editor and Section Editor leader for the Abdominal-GI-GU (2006-2017) and Responsible for the Special Issues (2010-2018) for the European Journal of Radiology (EJR) and she has also guest-edited seven special issues for that Journal. She has acted as Guest Editor of an edition of Radiologic Clinics of North America (Diagnostic Imaging of Gastrointestinal Ischemia and Infarction) and is currently on the editorial boards of EJRO, the Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, and Ceska Radiologie.

A MBBS graduate, a certified DMRD.from DOW University of Health Sciences. Working as WMO with Govt of Sindh at Ruth KM Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi since 2017 in Radiology department. Currently on deputation as PG II at Department of Radiology & Cyber knife Robotic Radio Surgery, Jinnah Post Medical Center for completion of post graduate training in Radiology.

Dr. Usama AlBastaki M.D is currently consultant radiologist and acting director of clinical imaging in DHA. He has special interest in cardiac MRI as he has level 2 certificate from the society of the cardiovascular magnetic resonance (SCMR). He is currently the president of the radiology society of the Emirates (RSE).

Assistant Lecturer of radio diagnosis at National Cancer Institute- Cairo university.