Horst Sievert, MD

CardioVascular Center Frankfurt CVC
Frankfurt, Germany

Director and Founder of CVC Frankfurt

Specialist in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Angiology, and Intensive Care

Medical degree from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Dr. Sievert has been the Principal Investigator of a number of clinical trials and has authored more than 130 manuscripts and 600 abstracts in peer reviewed journals, as well as 70 books and book contributions. He has also delivered more than 600 invited lectures around the world.
 
He has personally performed more than 16,000 PCIs and 6,000 peripheral angioplasties. However, his activity in the cath lab is focused on highly specialized non-coronary interventions for patients with congenital heart disease, carotid disease, or high risk of stroke, among other conditions. Dr Sievert was the first to close the left atrial appendage percutaneously. He has the largest experience worldwide in catheter closure of heart defects in adults and gets referrals from all over the world.

Shakeel A. Qureshi, MD

Evelina Children's Hospital
London, United Kingdom

Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist / Head of Service

Area of expertise

interventional paediatric and adult congenital heart disease

Languages spoken

English, Urdu, Punjabi

Biography

Professor Shakeel Qureshi trained in paediatric cardiology at Harefield, Guy's and Liverpool Hospitals. He was first appointed consultant at Liverpool in 1987 and consultant paediatric cardiologist/senior lecturer at Guy's and St Thomas' in 1988.
Professor Qureshi is involved with earthquake relief work in Kashmir, charity fundraising for building houses in Kashmir and Indonesia and other medical charity missions. He is also on the Chain of Hope medical board.

Specialist Interests

• interventional paediatric cardiology (keyhole surgery techniques)
• co-inventor of Tyshak balloon.

Research Interests

• developing or evaluating devices for treating congenital heart defects
• involved in evaluating a new percutaneous pulmonary valve.

Awards

• Sitara-e-Imtiaz (one of the highest civil awards) by the Pakistan Government for services to medicine in 2004
• PICS Outstanding Achievement award (judged by the profession) in Chicago in 2004.

Publications

Professor Qureshi has published over 170 papers and several reviews and book chapters, co-editing a text book of interventional paediatric cardiology.

Christine Awuor Yuko-Jowi

University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya

CURRENT POSITION
Senior lecturer Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi

EMPLOYMENTS

• 2005 - To Date Senior lecturer Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi
• 1994 - 2005 Lecturer Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi
• 1990 - 1994 Paediatrician Kenyatta National Hospital and Cardiology Trainee
• 1987 - 1990 Senior Medical Officer(KNH) Registrar Department of Paediatrics University of Nairobi
• 1986 - 1987 Medical Office, Accident and Emergency Department Kenyatta National Hospital Nairobi
• 1985 - 1986 Medical officer 1, New Nyanza Provincial General Hospital Kisumu
• 1984 - 1985 Medical Officer 11 (Internship) Provincial General Hospital New Nyanza Kisumu

EDUCATION

• 1993 - 1995 Masters course in Cardiology/Cardiac Surgery and Anaesthesia, International Heart School Bergamo, Italy
• 1987 - 1990 Masters in Medicine (MMED) Paediatrics, University of Nairobi
• 1978 - 1984 Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of surgery University of Nairobi

Additional tranings in Paediatrics and Child Health, Echocardiography, Hemodynamics and Monitoring, Congenital Heart Disease and Cardiac Surgery, Radiation and Radio Imaging.


MEMBERSHIPS

• The Kenya Paediatric Association   
• The Kenya Cardiac Society
• Kenya Medical Women’s Association
• Kenya Medical Association

Habib Gamra, MD

Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital
Monastir, Tunisia

Current positions

• Head of Cardiology Department at Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital - Monastir, Tunisia
• Director of the Pan African Course on Interventional Cardiology (PAFCIC) that is held annually since 2000
• President of the working group on interventional cardiology of the Tunisian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
• President of the Tunisian Heart Foundation
• Vice president of the African Heart Network

Biography

• Medical degree from Sousse University School of Medicine, Tunisia in 1987
• Residency in Cardiology at Charles Nicolle Hospital, Rouen, France
• Fellowship in interventional cardiology at the Good Samaritan Hospital and University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA, completed in 1993
• Professor in Cardiology since 1996

Fields of interest

• Percutaneous valve repair
• Drug eluting stents
• Management of Acute MI (Primary PCI, thrombolysis)
• Acute coronary syndromes
• Antithrombotic therapy (ACS, atrial fibrillation…)

Harun Argwingu Otieno, MD

Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya

Current

• Interventional Cardiologist at Africa Heart Associates
• Senior Lecturer at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi

Past

• Assistant Professor, Interventional Cardiology at Aga Khan University Hospital
• Interventional Cardiologist at Covenant Medical Group

Education

• West penn hospital
• University of Nairobi
• St. Francis Hospital, Pittsburgh

 
Harun Otieno, PASCAR Assistant General Secretary of the Eastern region

Harun Otieno is an Interventional Cardiologist at Africa Heart Associates based in Nairobi. He was the Director of the Cardiac Program (January 2009 - December 2012) and The Catheterization Laboratory (2008 - December 2012) at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Kenya. Here, he developed an Invasive/Interventional Cardiology Program at AKUHN being the first regional radial access cardiac catheterization laboratory performing advanced heart procedures percutaneous coronary interventions through the wrist artery. He was Assistant Professor in Department of Medicine from 2008 to 2012.

Dr. Otieno is a Member and Advisor for specialty health care in Cardiology, Internal Medicine and Noncommunicable diseases to Government of Kenya, Vision 2030 Technical Committee: Health & Medical Tourism (2012-2013).

Working together with Kenya Cardiac Society as Vice Secretary PASCAR East, he organized the first East African Cardiovascular Forum bringing over 70 clinicians from the East Africa region to discuss local perspectives on cardiac diseases. Additionally he worked on developing course content for several educational programs in March 2014 Cape Town, South Africa Meet as an fricaPCR Course Co-Director, 2014. In 2014, he has organized cardiac camps in Siaya and Narok Counties, i rural Kenya to improve access to cardiac diagnosis and treatment demonstrating the value of handheld ultrasound in the diagnosis of heart disease in rural communities. He is a regular speaker on interventional cardiology and acute coronary syndromes.

His interests include integrating technology in Healthcare, improving rural access to modern cardiac diagnosis and treatment and providing medical education for Doctors and Allied Health Professionals in Kenya, East africa and beyond. He has co published several research papers on acute coronary syndromes in Kenya and atrial fibrillation.

Maiy Hamdy El Sayed, MD

Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt

Graduated from Ain Shams University medical school December 1982 [ first of my class ] , obtained my master degree in Cardiology in 1986. In 1998 trained as a pediatric cardiologist at the Royal Brompton Hospital - UK  with Dr Elliot Shinebourne, In 1990 obtained my MD degree in Cardiology and founded the congenital and structural heart disease Unit at Ain Shams university which was the first specialized unit in pediatric cardiac interventions in Egypt , the unit currently performs about 800 cases of diagnostic and interventional procedures / year and hosts various workshops for training from worldwide renowned pediatric cardiac interventionalists

Appointed full professor of Cardiology at Ain Shams University since August 2000 and head of Cardiology department since August 2014.
Board Member of the Egyptian fellowship of Cardiology.

Director of the Egyptian fellowship program of Pediatric Cardiology [ sub-speciality of the Egyptian fellowship of Cardiology ]

Founding member and former president of the Egyptian working group of Pediatric cardiologists [ League of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology] founded 1995

Founding member and secretary general of the Pan Arab Congenital Heart disease Association [ PACHDA] founded 2002

Ex Board member of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology.

Member of the European Society of Cardiology, European Society of echocardiography, American Society of Echocardiography and SCAI.
Consultant Pediatric Cardiac Interventionalist at Aswan Heart Center [ Magdi Yacoub Foundation ].

Matthias Freund, MD

Klinikum Oldenburg
Oldenburg, Germany

paediatric cardiologist, paediatrician, paediatric intensivist

Current positions (since 10/2014)

• Paediatric Hospital, Paediatric cardiology, Klinikum Oldenburg, Germany
• European Medical School Groningen-Oldenburg, Germany

Work Experience

• 2003 – 2014 Paediatric Cardiologist, Department for Paediatric Cardiology, Medical University Centre Utrecht, Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, The Netherlands. Reorganisation of the Department for Paediatric Cardiology (Deputy Director of the Service). Head of the cath lab 2004 - 2011. Senior in Paediatric Interventional Cardiology. GUCH.Head of the Paediatric Foetal Cardiology. Main interests: Interventional Paediatric Cardiology; Foetal Echocardiography and Counselling.
• 1998 – 2003 Deputy Director of the Service, Department of Paediatric Cardiology (start-up), Heart Centre Duisburg, Germany, Head of the catheterization lab, ICU and foetal diagnostics
• 1997 – 1998 Consultant (Oberarzt), University Hospital München, Germany, department of Paediatric Cardiology and Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine

Education

• 1991 – 1996 Resident/fellow, Hospital for Paediatrics at the University Hospital, University Medical Centre Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine, Prenatal Cardiac Diagnostics
• 1988 – 1991 Resident, University Medical Centre Mainz, Germany, Department of Paediatrics
• 1987 - 1988 Resident, University Hospital Gießen, Germany, Paediatric Cardiology and Neonatology
• 5/95 German qualifications for Paediatrics
• 9/96 German qualifications for Paediatric Cardiology
• 9/99 German qualifications for Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine

Work related activities

• Teaching residents and fellows at the UMC Utrecht, WKZ and medical students (curriculum) UMC Utrecht
• Research in the field of general paediatric cardiology, foetal cardiology and interventional cardiology
• Organisation own 1st and 2nd symposium on three-dimensional Rotational Echocardiography (3DRA) at the UMC Utrecht, January 2013 and 2014
• Since 2002 trainer/proctor for interventional hartcatheterization procedures (ductus closure – NitOcclud coils and plugs- company pfm Cologne, Germany. Activities in Germany, Sweden, Turkey, Iran, Kazakhstan)

Teaching/Charity/Developing Aid (as paediatric cardiologist and intensivist)

• Eritrea, Asmara, May 1-10, 2002 (Cardiology/Echocardiography/ICU)
• Tanzania, Mwanza Region Hospital, Nov 1-12, 2010 (Voluntary teaching Paediatric Cardiology and Echocardiography to the local residents)
• Kenya, Nairobi, 2010, 2012, 2013, Mater Hospital (Teaching of local paediatric Cardiologist in interventional Cardiology and General Paediatric Cardiology & Charity Mission to help children from Mwanza, Tanzania and Nairobi). Self-initiated with a colleague from Mwanza, Dr A. Zuechner.
• Kazakhstan, Astana University Hospital, Nov 12-18, 2011 (Teaching on invitation: Interventional Paediatric Cardiology and Echocardiography to the local cardiologists)
• Indonesia, Jakarta University Hospital, April 12-18, 2013 (exchange UMC Utrecht and Jakarta University: Teaching Interventional Paediatric Cardiology, perioperative Care and Echocardiography to the local cardiologists)

Memberships

• German Society of Paediatric Cardiology DGPK
• Section Paediatric Cardiology of Dutch Society of Paediatrics NVK
• Association of European Paediatric Cardiologists AEPC, working group Interventional Cardiology and working group Foetal Cardiology
• German Society of Paediatrics DGKJ
• German Society for Sonography in Medicine DEGUM

Jean Claude Ambassa, MD

Shisong Cardiovascular Center
Shisong, Cameroon

POSITION
Head of Interventional Cardiology at Shisong Cardiovascular center

MEMBERSHIP
Cameroon Cardiac Society

EMPLOYEMENT

• 2009 Head of Cardiology at Shisong Cardiovascular center
• 2010 Head of Department of interventional Cardiology

FELLOWSHIP

• Pediatric cardiology, I.R.C.C.S. San Donato, Italy
• Congenital and structural interventions, I.R.C.C.S. San Donato, Italy

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• 1999 Medical Doctor, Tirgu-Mures School of Medicine, Romania
• 2004 Adult Cardiology, Tirgu-Mures School of Medicine, Romania
• 2006 Child cardiology. I.R.C.C.S. San Donato, Italy
• 2008 Congenital and structural interventions, I.R.C.C.S. San Donato, Italy

Allison Cabalka, MD

Mayo Clinic
Rochester, USA

Dr. Allison Cabalka has been at the Mayo Clinic since 1999, and is a consultant in Pediatric Cardiology with the academic rank of Professor of Pediatrics.

She completed her fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Childrens Hospital in Houston, TX in 1992.

Her primary areas of interest are congenital interventional cardiac catheterization and congenital echocardiography (including intracardiac and transesophageal echo).

She is the primary investigator at Mayo Clinic for the Medtronic Melody Post-Approval trial (percutaneous pulmonary valve) and the Coarctation of the Aorta Stent Trial (COAST). She has very active involvement in the structural heart disease program at Mayo Clinic.

Antoinette Myrna Cilliers, MD

Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Johannesburg, South Africa

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Paediatrics, C.H. Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Head of Paediatric Cardiology, C.H. Baragwanath Academic Hospital. Attended the University of Witwatersrand Medical School, specialized in Paediatrics within the University of the Witwatersrand Hospital Complex, and completed a one year fellowship in Interventional Cardiology at the Gasthuisberg University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium in 1999. Her clinical work focuses on the investigation and treatment of children with all forms of congenital and acquired heart disease with special interest in Interventional Cardiology, and Echocardiography, and training of Paediatric Cardiologists for South Africa.

Rik De Decker, MD

Red Cross Children's Hospital
Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Rik De Decker has subspecialized in both paediatric cardiology and clinical genetics and thus provides a unique bridge between the two disciplines. He was also instrumental in setting up the cardiogenetic clinics at Red Cross Children's Hospital. He is the director of the cardiac catheterisation laboratory, and has developed CATHCHAT, a novel platform for the online learning and teaching of interventional catheterisation skills in children. As a clinician he was instrumental in broadening the paediatric cardiology outreach clinics to all of the regional hospitals in the Western Cape, thereby strengthening the ascertainment and follow-up of children with CHD.

As a generalist cardiologist he is involved in the management of children with heart disease, including the utilisation of advanced echocardiographic, catheterisation and other tertiary investigations to assess and prepare children for interventions such as cardiac surgery and interventional catheterisation.

He is also a clinical geneticist with an interest in the genetic aetiology of congenital heart disease and a focus on the detection of the syndromic associations of children with heart disease.

When not at work, he prefers to spend time in the wilder and steeper parts of the world.

Khaled Refaat Abd El Meguid, MD

Benisuef University
Cairo, Egypt

WORKING EXPERIENCE:

2009-2014     Lecturer of Cardiology - Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suief University.           
                      Duties: In the catheter lab; performing coronary angiography &
                      intervention, balloon mitral & pulmonary valvotomy, ASD, VSD 
                      and PDA device closure as well as Pacemaker implantation, and  
                      in the echo lab; performing both adults and pediatric echo,
                      dobutamine stress echocardiography, as well as transoesophageal 
                      echo, and CCU medical supervision.
                      Cardiology & Intervention Cardiology Consultant- El Shakh
                      Zayed Hospital.
                      Cardiology & Intervention Cardiology Consultant- As-Salam 
                      International Hospital.
                      Intervention Cardiology Consultant- Cairo-cath.
                      Cardiology Consultant- El Giza International Hospital.
                      Intervention Cardiology Consultant-EGYHEART.
                      Echocardiography and Cardiology Consultant- Pediatric Cancer   
                      Hospital (57357).
                      Echocardiography Consultant- As-Salam International Hospital.
                      Echocardiography Consultant- Nile scan diagnostic center.
                      Echocardiography Consultant- Cairoscan diagnostic center.
2004-2009     Assistant lecturer of Cardiology- Cardiology Department- 
                      Faculty of Medicine- Beni-Suief University.
                       Consultant echocardiography in National Training Institute (NTI)
2006-2007     Cardiology Research Fellow- Royal Brompton Hospital- Imperial
                      Collage-London-UK. (Attending clinical rounds, cardiac catheter    
                      ab, medical staff rounds)      
2002-2006    Cardiac Care Unit-As-Salam International Hospital.
1997-2003    Cardio-Thoracic Intensive Care Unit- Kasr El Aini Teaching Hospital & French Hospital-Cairo University.
1999-2003    Echocardiography Department-Cairo University.
                     Duties: Adult, congenital, TEE and pharmacological stress echocardiography.
2001             Registrar of Cardiology - Dar El Fouad Hospital-Cairo.
1998-2001    Cardiac Care Unit – El Fayrouze Hospital-Cairo.
                     General Intensive Care Unit As-Salam International Hospital.
                     Cardiac Care Unit- Abu El Reash Hospital for students.

EDUCATION & Professional Training:

2010             Cardiology (MD)- Cardiology Department- Cairo University.  
2007             Attending a Professional Development Course in practical
                     Echocardiography, Hammersmith Hospitals, Imperial College   
                     London, UK 
2004            Attending the 2nd practical electrophysiology (EPS) course for 6
                    months in Ain-Shams University Hospital.
2001            Master Degree – Cardiology – Medical School – Cairo University.
                    Attending The 1st Intensive Review Course In Echocardiography.
                    Echocardiography Certificate From The Egyptian Echocardiography Working Group.
1994            Bachelor Degree from the Medical School- Cairo University.
1988            General Certificate of Education (G.C.E) –University of London School Examination Board.
1987            Gezira Language School (GLS)– Zamalek.

Sonia El Saiedi, MD

Cairo University Children Hospital
Cairo, Egypt

Current positions

• Since May 2006 Professor, Pediatric Department, Cairo University Children Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
• Since Feb 2009 Director of Pediatric Cardiac ICU
• Since Nov 2003 Cardiology information system and medical IT consultant
• Previous-Director of Pediatric Cardiac Cath Lab. Cairo University (Sep 1999 - Sep 2006)

Education & Qualifications

• Nov 1987 M.B., B.Ch, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. (Signed Excellent & Honors )
• Nov 1991 M.Sc. Pediatrics, Faculty of medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
• Nov 1995 M.D. Pediatrics, Faculty of medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
• July 1998 Diploma of Medical Services and Hospital Management, Sadat Academy for Management Sciences. Cairo, Egypt.

Academic Appointments

• Intern in Cairo University Hospitals (March 1988- March 1989).
• Pediatric resident, Cairo University Children Hospital, Cairo University ( March 1989- March 1991)
• Assistant lecturer of pediatrics, Cairo University Children Hospital, Cairo University (April 1992- June 1996).
• Lecturer of pediatrics, Cardiology department, Cairo University Children Hospital, Cairo University (June 1996- May 2001).
• Assistant professor of pediatrics, Cardiology department, Cairo University Children Hospital, Cairo University (May 2001- April 2006).
• Professor of Pediatrics, Cardiology department, Cairo University (May2006-present)

Cardiology Skills

• Twenty years experience in pediatric echocardiography.
• Eighteen years experience in pediatric cath lab, mastering all known pediatric cardiac cath techniques.diagnostic and advanced interventional cases. Performed more than 3000 catheterizations. > 100 ASD device closures, >100 PDA device closures, more than 100 PDA coil closures different types. Experience include all types of valvuloplasty even in neonates. PDA stenting in neonates around 25 cases. Lately RF perforations>25 cases.  Currently Performing around 200 Catheterizations per year mostly interventions.
• Can perform TEE & Fetal ECHO
• Can work with Tissue Doppler studies.

Society’s affiliations

• Fellow of SCAI “ Society for cardiovascular angiography and interventions”
• Fellow of AEPC “ Association for European Pediatric Cardiology”
• Board member of the Egyptian society for congenital heart diseases.
• President of the Egyptian society of pediatric cardiology
• Fellow of the Egyptian Cardiology society

Training & Special Courses

• Two months training for electrophysiology studies of the heart in pediatrics, Cairo University CCU (1992).
• One month training in post operative cardiac ICU in Allgemeines Kranken Haus Hospital, Universitatskliniken, Wein, Austria (1995).
• Four months Training in Boston Children Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, USA (1998).
• Pediatric arrhythmia workshop. Dubai (April 2002).
• TOT for pediatrics workshop. Ministry of Health and population. In cooperation with USAID (June 2002).
• Advanced haemodynamic applications. GE sponsored. Freiburg, Germany (October 2002).
• Course for medical statistics and internet use. Palermo, Italy (Sept 2003).
• International Academy of medical ultrasound.  Training course on tissue Doppler Vienna Austria (April 2005)
• Policlinico San donato Attending catheterization laboratory from 25-30 July 2005
• ISHAC training for hybrid procedures June 2008.
• The solysafe septal occluder implantation and retrieval Training in pigs. March 2009
• AGA medical corporation. Advanced ASD closure. Turkey 2010
• International Symposium on the hybrid approach to congenital heart disease. June 2008. Training on Pigs.
• Fetal Cardiac symposium Chicago 5-6 june 2014.

Special Achievements

• Initiator & Project manager of the refurbishment of old cath lab and addition of a biplane cath lab to the pediatric cardiac unit Cairo University.*
• Setting the information system for the pediatric cardiology unit. Interviewing and analyzing the subsequent offers of a selection of manufactures.
• The link in Egypt for Chain of hope London.
• The link in Egypt for Monaco aide et presence.
• Founder of the Cardiomyopathy Clinic.
• Private clinic down town Cairo, with a privately owned Accusson Cypress ECHO machine that insures portability.
• Founder of the Egyptian Society of Pediatric Cardiology 2011

Contributions to community and humanity

• Internal missions (N>50) to remote under privileged areas, using my own privately owned ECHO Accuson Cypress and moving to different governorates of Upper Egypt and the Oasis in the desert.
• External missions to Palastine and twice to Sudan. Once to Ethiopia. Once to Yemen.

Honors

• The Nile Valley society for contributions in Sudan.
• The Egyptian medical syndicate for humanitarian support.
• The Governorate of Aswan for continuous support of upper Egyptian children.
• The Palestinians authority for support of children in Palastine. Special gifts donated to me personally by Yasser Arafat.
• Award of Excellence in Cardiology: 9th World Congress on Clinical,Preventive Cardiology and Imaging; presented by his Excellence Sri Hansraj Bharadwaj And Presisent of Cardiology Society India Dr H.K.Chopra, President of conference Navin C Nanda (USA).

          

Amal El Sisi, MD

Cairo University Children Hospital (Abo El Reesh)
Cairo, Egypt

Current Position
Professor of Pediatrics, Consultant Pediatric Cardiology Cairo Universityand Head of Neonatal Cardiology ICU

Affiliated Position till Oct 07
Associate Professor of Cornell Medical School Qatar branch

• Sep 2004 - Oct 2007 Consultant Pediatric Cardiology Hamad, Hospital Doha Qatar
• Oct 2001 - Sep 2004 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Cairo University
• Sep 2002 – Feb 2003 Consultant Paediatric Cardiology, Royal Manchester Children Hospital Pendelbury (Sabatical leave from Cairo University)
• Sep 2000 – Sep 2001 Lecturer of Pediatrics Cairo University
• July 1997 - Aug 2000 Paediatric Cardiology Specialist Registrar, Royal Liverpool Children Hospital, UK
• Aug 1996 – July 1997 Clinical Assistant Paediatric Cardiology, Royal Manchester Children Hospital, UK
• Feb 1996 – July 1996 Paediatric Registrar in Respiratory, Alder Hey Children Hospital
• Aug 1994 – Oct 1995 Rotating Paediatrc Registrar, Alder Hey Children Hospital
• Feb 1994 – July 1994 Paediatric Cardiology SHO, Alder Hey Children
• Aug 1993 – Jan 1994 Clinical attachment Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital New Castle upon Tyne, UK
• Feb 1993 –July 1993 Paeditric SHO neonatal unit, Gravesend Hospital Kent, UK
• Sep 1989 – Sep 1992 Paediatric Resident, Cairo University Paediatric Hospital
• Feb 1992 Clinical Attachment Paediatric Cardiology, Harefield Hospital, UK
• June 1989 – Aug 1989 Clinical Attachment Casualty & Paediatrics, Ventura Medical Centre California, USA
• Mar 1988 – Feb 1989 House Officer Cairo University Hospital

Memberships

• European Paediatric Cardiac Association
• British Paediatric Cardiac Association
• Egyptian society of congenital heart diseases (Board member).
• Egyptian Cardiac Soceity.
• PACHDA (Pan Arab Congenital Heart Disease Association)
• Egyptian Pediatric Society
• Gulf Heart Association (Board Member only female and only non Gulf nationality)
• Founder and secretary general of the first working group of pediatric postoperative cardiac intensive care PPCIC.
• Founder and secretary general of the Egyptian Society of Pediatric Cardiology

CAREER DETAILS & EXPERIENCE

General Paediatrics

I have done general paediatrics in Abou El Reesh hospital (Cairo University Pediatric Hospital). This is the biggest teaching children hospital in Egypt with total bed capacity of 750 beds including five PICUs. It has got all the high technology equipment and it serves as a tertiary referral hospital for all of Egypt. I have finished extensive training starting as a resident and gained enormous experience from the heavy workload there.

I have also done general paediatrics as paediatric registrar in Alder Hey Children Hospital which is the biggest and oldest teaching children hospital in Europe.It is a tertiary referral hospital for all of the north west of England. I have done first on call for acute admissions as well as second on call for the inpatients. The job also included going on squads to transfer sick children from regional hospitals to the ICU in which I learnt how to stabilize critically ill children and transport medicine. I had rotating registrar post in Respiratory, endocrinology, gastroenterology and oncology.

Neonatology

I worked for 4 months in SCBU attached to the maternity in Cairo University Hospital, which receives 6000 deliveries per year. It had then 25 incubators with ventilatory facilities. I have done 6 months as SHO in neonates in Gravesend Hospital which is a peripheral hospital with 1500 deliveries per annum. I have done all neonatal procedures as neonatal lines, umbilical catheters, intercostal tubes and basic cranial sonography. I am now the head of neonatal cardiology unit.

Paediatric Cardiology Training

I have done around 17 years of  paediatric cardiology training. I have done both MSc and MD  thesis in cardiology. I have worked during my training for 6 years in paediatric cardiology in 3 different centers in England: Freeman hospital, Royal Manchester Children hospital (Pendelbury) and finally in Royal Liverpool Children hospital (Alder Hey). I spent most of the time in Alder Hey as SHO and then Specialist Registrar. The cardiology ward was 24 beds, cardiac ICU was joint with the general ICU and had12 cardiac beds. There were 400 paediatric cardiac surgeries per annum both open and closed and around 450 catheters per year mostly interventional. All activities are displayed on the hospital web site www.alderhey/cardiac.com .

Cairo University Paediatric Cardiology department is a tretiary referral unit for most of Egypt. The out patient clinics for all pediatric cardiology subspecialities.There are routine echo clinics daily with four up to date echocardiography machines. There is also echocardiography service to all ICUs, cath lab and cardiac theaters. There are 2 biplane catheter labs with around 400 cases yearly both diagnostic and interventional catheters are done.

Eberhard Grube, MD

Heart Center Bonn
Bonn, Germany

Prof. Grube is Professor of Medicine, Head, Center of Innovative Interventions in Cardiology (CIIC)University Hospital Bonn,Germany and Consulting Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, at Stanford University School of Medicine.
He received his first degree in Medicine at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm-University in Bonn. His cardiology training was completed at University of Wisconsin, Medical School and University of Bonn, Medical School.
He received his Board Certification in Internal Medicine, in Cardiology and in Angiology from the North Rhine Chamber of Medical Doctors and his post-doctoral lecturing qualification “Internal Medicine“ from the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm-University in Bonn.
He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Angiology and the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions.

His research interest include drug eluting stents, distal protection devices, debulking devices, restenosis and in-stent restenosis.

Jeff Harrisberg, MD

Netcare Sunninghill Hospital Gauteng
Johannesburg, South Africa

Jeffrey Harrisberg is a Paediatric Cardiologist at the Netcare Sunninghill Hospital in Gauteng.

He is a past-president of the PCSSA and a key member of the team of the Walter Sisulu Paediatric Cardiac Centre for Africa.

Jayneel Aswin Joshi, MD

Steve Biko Academic Hospital
Pretoria, South Africa

Jayneel Aswin Joshi is a Senior Consultant in paediatric cardiology , jointly employed at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital and the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He works in a busy unit that provides support for 3 provinces around the Gauteng region. His passion lies in the field of structural interventions and specifically ventriculo-septal device closure.

John Lawrenson, MD

Tygerberg Children’s Hospital / Red Cross Children’s Hospital
Cape Town, South Africa

John Lawrenson, MB BCh, MMed, FCP (SA)

Head, Paediatric Cardiology Service of the Western Cape, Tygerberg and Red Cross Children's Hospitals, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University

John Lawrenson is a reformed adult cardiologist who spends his days looking after children with heart disease in the Western Cape at Tygerberg and Red Cross Children’s hospitals.

His interests include echocardiography and the life-time management of patients with complex heart disease.

He has trained in both adult and paediatric cardiology including a Fellowship in Paediatric Cardiology at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.

He has organised several conferences for the PCSSA and is a former President of the PCSSA.

He was a Faculty member for the 4th World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery and Chairman of the Scientific Committee for Cardiology at the 6th World Congress Paediatric Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery, 2013 at Cape Town, South Africa

Sulaiman Lubega, MD

Uganda Heart Institute / Mulago Hospital Kampala
Kampala, Uganda

Dr. Sulaiman Lubega is a consultant paediatric cardiologist currently heading the Division of Paediatric Cardiology of Uganda heart Institute.  He has been working with Uganda heart institute since 2003 and he has had various trainings in the field of cardiology including cardiac catheterization.

He supervised the procurement and installation of the state of the Art cardiac catheterization laboratory that was concluded in 2012. He led a wholly Ugandan team to perform the first balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty on 26th July 2013 and he can now independently perform diagnostic catheterization, Patent ductus arteriosus device/coil closure and balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty.  

He is a key member on the Uganda Heart Institute team involved in collaborations with World Children’s Initiative (USA), Samaritan’s Purse (USA), Children’s National Medical Center (Washington DC), Chain of Hope (UK), Gift of life International, Emergency (Italy)/ Salam Centre-Khartoum.

He has pioneered the commencement of a paediatric cardiology fellowship programme at the Uganda Heart Institute which will go a long way in reducing the scarce human resource in this field.

Current positions

• Since 2011 Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist in Uganda Heart Institute (a semi-autonomous institution within Mulago hospital). Since 2012 Head of Division of Paediatric cardiology and Head of Paediatric catheterization program
  
• Since 2010 Consultant Paediatrician/ Cardiologist in Mulago hospital and Uganda Heart Institute (a semi-autonomous institution within Mulago hospital)
• Since 2010 Project Manager, Siemen Artis Zee Bi-plane Catheterization Laboratory procurement, installation and commissioning
• Since 2003 Honorary Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics, Makerere University College of health sciences. Since 2007 Coordinator, Cardiology training for postgraduate students in the department of Paediatrics
  

Work experience

• 2007 - 2010 Paediatrician/ Cardiologist in Mulago hospital and Uganda Heart Institute
• 2003 - 2006 Pediatrician in Mulago hospital and Cardiology apprentice in Uganda Heart Institute (a semi-autonomous institution with Mulago hospital)
• 2000 - 2003 Senior House Officer/ Residency at Mulago hospital/ Makerere University. Responsibilities: Managing children with medical problems (both in-patient and out-patients).
• 2001 Rotation in Uganda Heart Institute during postgraduate studies/ Residency. Responsibilities: Investigating and treating patients with heart diseases under supervision of cardiologists.
• 1998 - 2000 Medical officer at Kalisizo Hospital in Rakai District (100 miles from Kampala). Responsibilities: Providing general preventive, promotive and curative services. 1999 - 2000 Deputy Medical Superintendent and Clinician In-charge of Community health division.
  
• 1997 - 1998 Medical Officer at Kibuli Hospital in Kampala city.Responsibilities: Providing general preventive, promotive and curative services.
• 1996 - 1997 Internship at Mulago Hospital. Responsibilities: Providing general preventive and curative services under supervision

Education

• July - Aug 2014 Fellowship in Paediatric cardiac Interventional procedures, Amrita Institute of Medical sciences, Kochi, India
• March - April 2013 Fellowship in Paediatric cardiac Interventional procedures, Amrita Institute of Medical sciences, Kochi, India
• Jan 2006 - Jan 2007 Fellowship in cardiology, International Centre for Cardiothoracic and Vascular diseases (A unit of Frontier Lifeline), Chennai, India
• Oct 2000 - July 2003 Masters’ degree of Medicine in Paediatrics and Child Health (M.Med. Paed.), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. Research for Dissertation: “Prevalence, Type and Clinical presentation of Heart disease in children with HIV/AIDS attending the Infectious Disease Clinic at Mulago hospital.”
• Oct 1991 - June 1996 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB. Ch. B), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Memberships

• Uganda Medical Association
• Uganda Paediatric Association (Treasurer 2003 - 2009)
  
• Uganda Heart Association (Treasurer 2008 - 2010)
• Mulago branch of Islamic Medical Association of Uganda IMAU (Secretary 1996 – 1997)
  

Hojjat Mortezaeian Langeroudi, MD

Rajaie Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center
Tehran, Iran

Qualifications

• Medical School: Name's University Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Science , city Tehran, Country Iran (1989-1997)
• Certified of National Competition Examination for medical student 1995.
• Board Certification: Specialty in Pediatric, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran, (1998-2001)
• Board eligible in Pediatric specialty in 2001.
• Board Certification: Sub-Specialty in Pediatric Cardiology, Shaheed Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical Center- Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. (2002-2005)
• Board eligible in Pediatric cardiology sub- specialty Interventional Pediatric Cardiology in 2005

Interests

• Post operation Cardiac surgery ICU care in pediatric cardiology field, especially in critical and small patients that need to critical interventional care post operation
  
• Using of Device closure and Stenting in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease and in critical patients
  

Academic and Official Appointment

• Assistant Professor of Shaheed Rajaie Cardiovascular Center, Iran University of Medical Science,Tehran, Iran, 2005
• Specially Invested in Invasive Interventional Congenital Heart Disease
• Supervisor and Responsible of Diagnostic & Interventional Catheterization, Department of Pediatric Cardiology of Shaheed Rajaie Cardiovascular Center,Tehran, Iran
  
• Instruction Assistant Professor of Department of Pediatric Cardiology of Shaheed Rajaie Cardiovascular Center,Tehran, Iran
  

Professional Work Experiences

• Internship: Assessment of patients with ALL & AML, Shaheed Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. (1995-1997)
• Pediatric Residency: Assessment of Thalassemic   patients. Gilan University ,Iran. (1998-2001)
• Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship: Assessment of LV&RV Failure in patients with TOF. Iran University medical science ,Tehran -Iran.
• Assistant Professor of Pediatric Cardiology : Chief &first main Interventional Pediatric Cardiologist in more than 1500 Diagnostic Catheterism and 300 Interventional Cathetrism   per year including Valvuloplasty ,Angioplasty , Stent Implantation ,Coil Embolization and Trans catheter Occluder Devices (Amplatzer PDA,ASD &VSD).

Membership

• Membership of ISPC (Iranian Society of Pediatric Cardiology)
• Membership of ISC (Iranian Society of Cardiology)
• Membership  IHC (Iranian Heart Charity)
• Membership Chain of Hope charity

Lungile Pepeta, MD

Faculty of Health Sciences, Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Dr Pepeta was born and bred in Bizana, Eastern Cape South Africa. He matriculated from Bizana Village High School, in Bizana in 1991. He joined the Faculty of Health Sciences of the then University of Transkei (Now Walter Sisulu University) in 1992. He graduated with MBChB in 1997. He obtained his Diploma in Child Health in 1999. From 2000, he joined King Edward Hospital and University of Natal (Now University of KwaZulu-Natal) in Durban as a Registrar in Paediatrics. He obtained his Fellowship in Paediatrics in 2003. He worked as a Paediatrician in Queenstown, Eastern Cape for some time. In 2005, He joined Chris Hani-Baragwanath Academic Hospital and University of The Witwatersrand to pursue his training in Paediatric Cardiology, which he completed in 2008.

The Health Professions Council of South Africa registered Dr Pepeta as a Paediatric Cardiologist in 2008. Dr Pepeta moved back to the Eastern Cape in 2009 and started a Paediatric Cardiology Unit. This unit was formally registered for training of Fellows in 2010. Dr Pepeta is currently Head of Paediatrics Department and Paediatric Cardiologist in Port Elizabeth Hospital Complex, South Africa.

Admitted as a Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, USA (FSCAI) in December 2014.
In January 2016, appointed as Associate Professor of Paediatrics, WSU, Port Elizabeth Teaching Satelite.
Appointed as Executive Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nelson Mandela University.

Currently serving as the President of the Paediatric Cardiac Society of South Africa; Vice President of the South African Heart Association and as the Executive Member of the South African Paediatric Association.

Endale Tefera, MD

School of Medicine, University of Botswana
Gaborone, Botswana

Work Experience

• June 2014 – Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, SOM, AAU
• 2006 – 2014: Assistant Professor & Consultant Paediatrician & Cardiologist, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University
• 2006: Consultant Paediatrician and echo cardiographer at Brook Medical services
• 2003 – 2006: Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Gondar University
• 2003: Consultant Paediatrician: Nevirapine Intervention against Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS (NIGAT) research project, School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University & Johns Hopkins University Joint project
• 2000 – 2003: Resident at the Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Gondar University
• 1997 – 2000: Lecturer at the Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Gondar University
• 1994 – 1997: Hospital Doctor (General practice), Eastern Wollega Shambo and Nekemte Hospitals
• 1993 – 1994: Rotating internship at the Gondar University Hospital

University

2009 – 2011: Fellowship in Paediatric cardiology, School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University
Awarded subspecialty certificate in Paediatric cardiology

2004 – 2005:  Sant’ Anna School of Advanced studies, Pisa, Italy.
Advanced training in Paediatric Cardiology
Awarded postgraduate certificate

2000 – 2003: School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University residency in paediatrics and child health, Postgraduate training in Paediatrics & Child Health
Awarded Specialty Certificate in Paediatrics and Child Health
Resident of the year award winner

1987 – 1994: Gondar College of Medical Sciences, Gondar, Ethiopia (now called Gondar University)
Awarded Doctorate Degree in Medicine (MD)