• Congress Management Committee (CMC)
• Scientific Programme Committee (SPC)
• Sponsorship Working Group
• Local Organizing Committee

Congress Management Committee (CMC)

CHAIR
Sidney C. Smith, Jr (United States)

MEMBERS
Obaid Al Jassim (United Arab Emirates)
Wael Al Mahmeed (United Arab Emirates)
Fahad Baslaib (United Arab Emirates)
Nooshin Bazargani (United Arab Emirates)
Robert Bonow (United States)
Bongani Mayosi (South Africa)
Pierre Poncet (Switzerland)
Johanna Ralston (Switzerland)
Srinath Reddy (India)
Hans Stam (Netherlands)

WORLD HEART FEDERATION STAFF
Enzo Bondioni (Switzerland)
Kathryn Taubert (Switzerland)

Scientific Programme Committee (SPC)

CO-CHAIRS
Alawi Alsheikh-Ali (United Arab Emirates)
Arif Abdullatif Al Mulla (United Arab Emirates)
Jeroen Bax (Netherlands)
Robert Bonow (United States)

EX-OFFICIO
Obaid Al Jassim (United Arab Emirates)
Wael Al Mahmeed (United Arab Emirates)
Nooshin Bazargani (United Arab Emirates)
Sidney C. Smith, Jr (United States)

TOPIC GROUP LEADERS
Arrhythmias
Doug Zipes (United States)
Ahmed Al Hersi (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

Heart Failure / Left Ventricular function / Myocardial function
Peter Liu (Canada)
Alessandro Salustri (United Arab Emirates)

Valvular Disease/ Pulmonary Circulation/ Myocardial-pericardial disease
Alec Vahanian (France)
Hani Najm (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Oztekin Oto (Turkey)

Ischaemia / Coronary Artery Disease/ Coronary Interventions
Christian Hamm (Germany)
Mohammad Zubaid (Kuwait)

Peripheral circulation/ Non-coronary interventions/ Stroke
Mark Creager (United States)
Amit Kumar (United Arab Emirates)

Hypertension
Frank Ruschitzka (Switzerland)
M. Mohsen Ibrahim (Egypt)

Epidemiology/ Prevention/ Health Promotion / Advocacy
Srinath Reddy (India)
Georges Saade (Lebanon)
Eduardo Bianco (Uruguay)

Dyslipidemia & Metabolic Disorders
Virgil Brown (United States)
Hussein Al Saadi (United Arab Emirates)

Basic Science
Donna Arnett (United States)
Thomas Lüscher (Switzerland)

Cardiac Imaging
Juhani Knuuti (Finland)
Mouaz Al Mallah (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

Paediatrics/ Congenital Heart Disease
Helmut Baumgartner (Germany)
Muath Al Anbaei (Kuwait)
Catherine Webb (United States)

Nursing
Laura Hayman (United States)
Lauren Arnold (United Arab Emirates)

TOPIC GROUP EXPERTS
Arrhythmias
Najib Al Rawahi (Oman)
Guenter Breithardt (Germany)
John Camm (England)
CP Lau (Hong Kong)
Vinay Nadkarni (United States)
Saeed Oraii (Iran)
Walid Saliba (United States)

Heart Failure / Left Ventricular function / Myocardial function
Jehad Al Buraiki (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Mariell Jessup (United States)
Marvin Konstam (United States)
Cheuk Man Yu (Hong Kong)
Mario Maranhao (Brazil)
Felipe Martinez (Argentina)
Akira Matsumori (Japan)
Frank E Rademakers (Belgium)
Michele Senni (Italy)
Karen Sliwa (South Africa)

Valvular Disease/ Pulmonary Circulation/ Myocardial-pericardial disease
Obaid Al Jassim (United Arab Emirates)
Ann Bolger (United States)
Micheal Borger (Germany)
Edgardo Escobar (Chile)
Bongani Mayosi (South Africa)
Vallerie McLaughlin (United States)
Jamil Tajik (United States)
Adam Torbicki (Poland)

Ischaemia / Coronary Artery Disease/ Coronary Interventions
Fahad Baslaib (United Arab Emirates)
Jean Pierre Bassand (France)
Deepak Bhatt (United States)
Bernard Gersh (United States)
Anselm Gitt (Germany)
Waqar Habib (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Spencer King III (United States)
Talib K Majwal (United Arab Emirates)
Samuel Mathew (India)
Richard Ng (Singapore)
Feridoun Noohi (Iran)
Eric Peterson (United States)
Mohammad Sobhy (Egypt)
Kadhim J Sulaiman (Oman)
Robert Welsh (Canada)
Harvey White (New Zealand)
William Wijns (Belgium)
Salim Yusuf (Canada)
Jalal Zamani (Iran)

Peripheral circulation/ Non-coronary interventions/ Stroke
Khairy Abdeldayem (Egypt)
Larry Goldstein (United States)
Alireza Khosravi (Iran)
Ralph Sacco (United States)
Yihong Sun (China)
Michal Tendera (Poland)

Hypertension
Afsaneh Ahmad Abedzadeh (United Arab Emirates)
Kingsley Akinroye (Nigeria)
Robert Fagard (Belgium)
Daniel Jones (United States)
Ashraf Ahmed Mohd (United Arab Emirates)
Abdul Nasser Munibari (Yemen)
Churchill Onen (Botswana)
Suzanne Oparil (United States)

Epidemiology/ Prevention/ Health Promotion / Advocacy
Guy de Backer (Belgium)
Nooshin Bazargani (United Arab Emirates)
Gerald Fletcher (United States)
David Goff (United States)
Yuling Hong (United States)
Tazeen Jafar (Pakistan)
Hanadi Al Lauz (United Arab Emirates)
Javad Lawati (Oman)
Donald Lloyd-Jones (United States)
Wasim Maziak (United States)
Khalifa Omar Muhammed (United Arab Emirates)
Nizal Sarraf Zadegan (Iran)
Ashraf Swidan (United Arab Emirates)
Afzal Hussein Yusufali (United Arab Emirates)
Dong Zhao (China)
Zheng Zhi-Jie (United States)

Dyslipidemia & Metabolic Disorders
Filippo Crea (Italy)
Ada Cuevas (Chile)
Robert Eckel (United States)
Scott Grundy (United States)

Basic Science
Anna Dominiczak (United Kingdom)
Roberto Ferrari (Italy)
Herribert Schunkert (Germany)

Cardiac Imaging
Monica Acevedo (Chile)
Stephan Achenbach (Germany)
Adel Allam (Egypt)
Valentin Fuster (United States)
Mohammed Al Hashemi (Qatar)
Wael A. Jaber (United States)
Joseph F. Maalouf (United States)
Jagat Narula (United States)
Oliver Strohm (Germany)

Paediatrics/ Congenital Heart Disease
Andre Bozio (France)
Gerhard Diller (Germany)
Andreas Eicken (Germany)
Horacio Faella (Argentina)
Michael Gatzoulis (United Kingdom)
Folkert Meijboom (Netherlands)
Tariq Momenah (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Koichiro Niwa (Japan)
Erwin Oechslin (Canada)
David Sahn (United States)
Gary Webb (United States)

Nursing
Ruqaya Al Sehhi (United Arab Emirates)
Kathy Berra (United States)
Sophia Chan (Hong Kong)
Barbara Fletcher (United States)

WORLD HEART FEDERATION STAFF
Kathryn Taubert (Switzerland)
Susan Davenport (Switzerland)

Sponsorship Working Group

Obaid Al Jassim (United Arab Emirates)
Wael Al Mahmeed (United Arab Emirates)
Nooshin Bazargani (United Arab Emirates)
Enzo Bondioni (Switzerland)
Alan Cole (Switzerland)
Hugh Linnehan (Switzerland)
Johanna Ralston (Switzerland)

Local Organizing Committee

Fahad Omar Baslaib (United Arab Emirates)           
Abdulla Ali Abdulla Al Ghithi (United Arab Emirates)
Heba Chaar (United Arab Emirates)   
Ahmed Al Khaja (United Arab Emirates)       
Jerad Bachar (United Arab Emirates)
Nooshin Bazargani (United Arab Emirates)
Obaid Al Jassim  (United Arab Emirates)   
Salem Mohamed Bin Al (United Arab Emirates)
Abdulla Yousuf (United Arab Emirates)
Ghanim Abdullah Lootah (United Arab Emirates)
Karen Smith (United Arab Emirates)
Shahab Al Mur (United Arab Emirates) 
Ajay Bhojwani (United Arab Emirates)
Maiada Osman Omara (United Arab Emirates)