Dr. Ahmed Zayat
Chair
Senior Consultant of Rheumatology
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Scientific Committee
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Dr. Ahmed Zayat is a highly experienced Consultant Rheumatologist, skilled in the evaluation and management of arthritis and all other rheumatic disorders. Prior to joining the University hospital Sharjah, he was a full-time NHS consultant Rheumatologist at St Luke’s Hospital and the lead of the rheumatology department in Bradford Teaching Hospitals, the UK where he won different prizes for providing excellent care and innovating new services and improving patients care. He has also worked in different hospitals across the Yorkshire and Humber region, has been trained in the regional and national center of excellence in Leeds, and worked with many international leaders in Rheumatology. He was an honorary senior lecturer in Rheumatology at the University of Leeds leading research that investigate rheumatological disease stratification using imaging and more recent work including validation of joints ultrasound in inflammatory arthritis and lupus. He is also a national and international tutor of musculoskeletal ultrasound and ultrasound-guided joint biopsy. He has several publications to his credit and most of his research was presented in multiple national and international
conferences such as the British Society of Rheumatologists (BSR) and The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and have been published in the highest impact rheumatology journals.
conferences such as the British Society of Rheumatologists (BSR) and The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and have been published in the highest impact rheumatology journals.
Dr. Elsadeg Sharif
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Consultant Pediatric Rheumatologist
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Dr. Sharif is currently working as a consultant pediatric rheumatologist at Al Jalila Children’s Specialty hospital AJCH Dubai. Dr. Sharif has around thirty years of vast experience in General Pediatrics and Pediatric rheumatology, Neonatology, and Community Pediatrics. Prior to joining AJCH, Dr. Sharif has worked in many reputable Hospitals in the UK, UAE, and Libya such as Southmead Hospital, Bristol, Hull, and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust Hospitals, Al Ain Hospital, Children’s Hospital Tripoli – Libya. In addition to his clinical role, Dr. Sharif held many key positions such as Chair of the Child Health Institute (CHI) at Al Ain Hospital, President of the Pediatric Rheumatology Arab group (PRAG), co-chair and head of the organizing committee at the SEHA International Pediatric Conference in January 2020 in Abu Dhabi, and the divisional clinical director, at the pediatric department Hull Royal Infirmary.
Dr. Sharif has played a key role in clinical governance through planning, conducting, and participating in audits to improve the quality of patients and healthcare in the Hospitals where he used to work.
Dr. Sharif is currently an Adjunct Associated Professor at the College of Medicine and Health Science (CMHS) at UAE University. Throughout his career, he has received many awards such as the clinical excellence award in March 2010 at Hull Royal Infirmary UK, the best trainer award from the Tawam pediatric residency program for the year 2014-2015, and the teaching excellence award for the academic year 2013 – 2014 from the Medical School at the UAE University.
In his career, Dr. Sharif has participated and conducted medical research and issued 6 publications: The Experience with Uveitis in Pediatric Age Group in Emirate of Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Child Abuse experience in Al Ain District, United Arab Emirates, and Detection of Bacterial DNA in Synovial Fluid and Peripheral Blood from children with Juvenile idiopathic Arthritis.
Dr. Sharif is a member of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), British Society of pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology (BSPAR), Emirate society of Rheumatology (ESR), and President of the Paediatric Rheumatology Arab Group (PRAG).
Dr. Mahmood Hachim
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Associate Professor
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Dr. Mahmood has a multidisciplinary background that shaped his medical and research careers. With two doctoral degrees in molecular medicine and translational research, a Master of research in cancer biology, and a Master of Science in Medical Microbiology and Immunology, he developed research skills and experience in systems and computational biology focused on understanding mechanisms of complex diseases including breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, and asthma. Dr. Mahmood aims to understand the molecular basis of such diseases by applying novel bioinformatics and state-of-the-art omics approaches. Identification of novel diagnostic and predictive clinically proven biomarkers is his goal. Specifically, understanding the exact role of host immune response and microbiome interaction in susceptibility and development of clinical heterogeneity of such chronic diseases is his current research. As an investigator on several UAE-funded grants and in collaboration with colleagues in the UAE and abroad, his research has resulted in more than 80 peer-reviewed publications to date, in addition to conference presentations. He also serves as editor and reviewer in reputable journals.
Dr. Martin Lee
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Consultant Rheumatologist
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Dr. Lee is a Consultant Rheumatologist and Adjunct Associate Professor in Clinical Rheumatology currently working at Mediclinic Parkview Hospital and MBRU, Dubai.
Dr. Lee has previously worked as a Consultant Rheumatologist at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Bath, UK, and a Consultant Rheumatologist, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, and Associate Sub-Dean at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University, UK.
Dr. Maryam Al Nesf
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Senior Consultant Allergy and Immunology
Doha, Qatar
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Maryam Ali Al-Nesf Al-Mansouri received the MD degree from Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, in 1999, and the Arab Board of Internal Medicine in 2005. She pursues her higher education by doing the fellowships in Pulmonary Medicine, followed by Allergy and Clinical Immunology in Qatar-HMC & Cambridge, UK March 2006- Feb. 2010. She passed EAACI/UEMS Exam in Allergology and Clinical Immunology in 2014. She was granted her Master’s by research (MSc R) from the University of Bristol/ UK (School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine) in 2019 and currently doing a Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine with the University College of London/ UK. She received multiple grants under Qatar Foundations QNRF (worth more than 3.5 M QAR (close to 1 M USD) and multiple HMC-IRGC cycles. She mentored many master degree students at Qatar University as well as residents and fellows in HMC for conducting their researches. She has multiple publications in high-impact peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. Also, participated in writing consensus, protocols and guidelines in Qatar and internationally. She is leading the establishment of the pollen & fungal calendar and atlas of Qatar since 2016. Also, she is involved in multiple projects to investigate personalized and precision medicine and OMICs in COVID19, allergic and lung disease and non-communicable diseases. Dr. Al-Nesf is granted the following academic positions: Clinical Assistant Professor, Qatar University College of Medicine since August 2016. She is the Program Director for the combined Allergy and Immunology Fellowship training in Qatar since 2014 to date, which received ACGME-I accreditation in 2018. She established and was the former Pulmonary Fellowship PD (2012-2015). She is appointed head of the Adult A&I service in Qatar in 2016 to date.
Dr. Waleed Al Hafiz
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Vice Dean Academic Affairs, Assistant Professor Internal Medicine & Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
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Waleed Abdurrab Hafiz, MD is an Assistant Professor at Umm Al-Qura University, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. He is also appointed as Consultant Internist and Rheumatologist at Alnoor Specialist Hospital and a Consultant Rheumatologist at Kafaat General Medical Complex. Dr. Hafiz is the Head of the Professional Development Vertical Module, UQUMED Reformed MBBS Curriculum at Umm Al-Qura University since 2018.
He is a recipient of grants which let him pursue Clinical Fellowship in Adult Rheumatology and Clinical Research Fellowship in Scleroderma certification at the University of Toronto, Canada.
He has authored and co-authored a number of publications as well as book chapters. He has also presented his studies in international meetings.
Dr. Hafiz is a Board Member of the Saudi Society for Rheumatology. He is also a member of the Canadian Rheumatology Association and American College of Rheumatology.