Session 1
Dr. Waleed Abdullah Ali Aldahi is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada and Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
After he finished his Medicine and Endocrine Fellowship in Vancouver, Canada, he joined Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, for a Diabetes Fellowship.
He is currently the Head of the Internal Medicine Department of Mubarak AL Kabeer Hospital, the Head of the Endocrinology Department of Mubarak AL Kabeer Hospital, and the President of the Kuwait Diabetes Society.
- Consultant of Internal Medicine
MRCP/ FRCP – London
- Currently Chief Medical Officer at MKH.
- A Clinical Tutor of undergraduate medical students as well as postgraduate medical doctors.
- Consultant Internist with the following degrees:
MBBCh – Faculty of Medicine, Kuwaiti University
MRCP – London
FRCP – London
KIMB
- Past positions:
Head of Internal Medicine @ MKH
Director of Technical Affairs – MOH
Director of quality and planning department/MOH
Head of postgraduate Kuwaiti board of internal medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine (Neurology)-School of Medicine-Kuwaiti University.
Head of Division of Neurology, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital.
Consultant Neurologist.
- Consultant Internist & Neurologist at Mubarak Amiri Hospital.
- He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom and a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
- He had his post-graduate training in Neurology at Wayne State University and the University of Texas Southwestern.
Dr. Al-Hashel is a Professor of Neurology and Headache specialist.
Dr. Al-Hashel completed his neurology residency as well as his fellowship in headache and Botulinum toxin injection at McGill University, Canada. American fellowship in Headache Medicine (FAHS)
President of the Kuwait Neurological Society and the Vice President of Pan Arab Union of Neuroscience (PAUNS).
Dr. Al-Hashel has more than 115 publications in the field of Neurology. Dr. Al-Hashel was awarded as best researcher in Kuwait University in 2015.
Dr. Al-Hashel was awarded by H.H the Amer of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah for scientific achievements in Medical Sciences and Allied Health Sciences 2019.
Interventional cardiologist at Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah Hospital in Kuwait.
He earned his medical degree at Kuwait University. He subsequently completed postgraduate training in Internal medicine and cardiology at Queens University, Canada. In addition, Dr. Alturki has earned the American National Board of Echocardiography during his cardiology fellowship.
He completed a 2-year interventional cardiology fellowship at the Ottawa Heart Institute.
He is interested in managing complex coronary artery disease/CTO intervention.
Cardiac Imaging Senior Specialist
Graduate of Medical College, Kuwait University
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Faculty of Radiologist, Dublin
She has a fellowship in Cardiac MRI from Charite Experimental and Research Center, Berlin, Germany, where she was trained by the former head of the Society of Cardiac MRI (SCMR).
Level II Qualified Cardiac MRI reader by the SCMR.
Has experience in Cardiac imaging since 2017.
Senior Specialist Neurologist at Mubarak Hospital.
Obtained Medical Degree (MD) from Kuwait University.
Completed Neurology Residency with the Kuwaiti Board of Neurology.
Completed Fellowship in Multiple Sclerosis at the University of Toronto in Canada.
Dr. Yasmin Othman is a Kuwaiti board-certified allergist and clinical immunologist and is American board-certified in internal medicine after completing her training in the USA at the University of Pennsylvania and Ohio State University. She acquired expertise in diagnosing and managing complex cases of allergy and immunology. She has publications in the field, focusing on severe asthma and primary immunodeficiency diseases, which are her main areas of interest. She currently serves as the head of the allergy and immunology unit at Al Amiri Hospital and also covers Jaber Hospital under the Ministry of Health in Kuwait. She is dedicated to providing high-quality care to her patients and to advancing the knowledge and practice of allergy and immunology in Kuwait.
Session 2
Graduated from Kuwait University BM BCh 1986.
Arab Board in Internal Medicine 1993.
Kuwait Board in Internal Medicine 1994.
Jordanian Board in Internal Medicine 1994.
MRCP UK 2000.
FRCP (Edin.) 2004.
FACP 2010.
MRCP PACES EXAMINER.
Consultant Physician Head of Medical Unit E Mubarak Hospital.
Has more than 10 International Publications.
Consultant in Internal Medicine, Nephrology & Kidney Transplant
Head of Nephrology Division in Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital, Kuwait
Head of Nephrology Division in AL- Sabah Hospital, Kuwait
Board in Internal Medicine in “Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization (KIMS)” Board in Internal Medicine
Nephrology Clinical Fellowship, University of Toronto, Canada, 2014
Renal Transplant fellowship at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, McGill University Health Center (MUHC), accredited and certified by the American Society of Transplantation (AST), 2015
Received a Young Investigator Award for the American Transplant Congress (ATC) 2015 meeting
Member of the Houston Methodist Global Alliance from January 2018 till present
Member of Kuwait Nephrology Association (kna.org.kw)
Member of Kuwait Society of Transplantation
Reviewer in many international journals, Transplantation, Annals of Medicine & others
- Senior Specialist in the Rheumatology and Internal Medicine Department at Farwaniya Hospital.
- Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University.
- She did her Internal Medical Residency Training in Kuwait.
- She also pursued the MRCP Degree.
- Then, she joined the University of Toronto, where she did her Adult Rheumatology Training, then Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Psoriatic Arthritis Fellowship Programs.
-Consultant nephrologist working in the Nephrology Unit at Mubarak Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah Dialysis Centre.
-Obtained his Medical Degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and completed his Medical Residency Program in Kuwait.
-Obtained his Nephrology Fellowship training from McMaster University in Canada, followed by a Subspeciality Training in Glomerulonephritis.
-He has a special interest in Chronic Kidney Disease and Glomerulonephritis in Pregnancy.
Consultant in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology based at Mubarak Al-Kabeer teaching Hospital (Kuwait).
Dr. Hayat did a formal 4-year fellowship training in Rheumatology at Nottingham University Hospitals (UK) 2011-2015, based at Queen’s Medical Centre.
Dr. Hayat received specialist training in CTD, Behcet, Vasculitis, Capillaroscopy, and MSK Diagnostic and Therapeutic Ultrasonography. During her training, she was involved in clinical research in vasculitis and primary Inflammatory myopathies.”
- Consultant in Adult Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology and Allergy at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait City.
- He graduated from the University of Toronto and held Canadian Board Certificates in Internal Medicine, Adult Rheumatology, and Clinical Immunology & Allergy.
- He also holds the American Board in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
- Ali is a very active Researcher and has a number of Publications in both the Rheumatology and Allergy fields.
- He is a member of several Professional Organisations, including The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) and the American College of Physicians (ACP).
- Graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2006.
- Obtained Canadian and American Board of Internal Medicine after Training from 2009 – 2012 at McGill university in Canada.
- Nephrology Fellowship, Mcgill University 2012-2014.
- Fellowship in Vascular Remodelling Research and Hypertension from McGill University, Canada in 2015.
- Currently working in Nephrology Unit at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital.
- Current Board Member of Kuwait Nephrology Association and Kuwait Transplant Society.
Session 3
- Visitor Consultant of Gastroenterology Clinic in Kuwait Oil Company Hospital.
- President of Haya Al Habeeb Gastroenterology Center.
- Consultant of Gastroenterology and Therapeutic Endoscopy, specializing in Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital.
- Senior specialist in Gastroenterology and Therapeutic Endoscopy with a special interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
- IBD specialist, Consultant gastroenterologist at Haya Alhabib GI Center, Kuwait.
- Graduated from the University College of Cork in Ireland.
- He did his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Toronto and his gastroenterology Fellowship at Mcgill University.
- Consultant in Internal Medicine & Gastroenterology, Haya Alhabib GI Centre, Kuwait.
- Clinical Tutor and Lecturer, Kuwait University (KU) and Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization (KIMS).
A graduate of Kuwait Faculty of Medicine
Professor & Head of Hematology Unit
Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Senior Consultant & Head of Hematology Unit
Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait
Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist currently working in Haya Al Habeeb Gastroenterology Centre.
Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University
Member of the Royal College of Physicians (UK)
I completed Gastroenterology and Hepatology training at Queens University, Canada.
Completed training in Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy at McGill University, Canada.
Endoscopic ultrasound fellowship at McGill University, Canada.
Multiple publications in the field of Therapeutic Endoscopy.
Specialist in the Department of Hematology at the Kuwait Cancer Centre with an interest in Acute and Chronic Leukemias.
– Currently, Consultant Gastroenterologist at Royale Hayat Hospital.
– Formerly Professor of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at the Faculty of Medicine Kuwait University.
– Formerly, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at Mubarak Alkabir Hospital.
- Consultant Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist – Advanced IBD specialist in
Thunayan Al Ghamin Gastroenterology Center, Al Amiri Hospital – Kuwait.
- Vice President of Kuwaiti Gastroenterology Association.
- Executive Board Member and Comcom Vice Chair at the (INTERNATIONAL BOWEL ULTRASOUND GROUP e.V. SOCIETY- IBUS)
- Accredited trainer in Bowel Ultrasound from the association of International Bowel ULTRASOUND GROUP e.V.
- Completed Internal Medicine program & became Kuwait Institute of Medical
Specialization (KIMS) Board Certification.
- Member of the Royal College of Physicians in the United Kingdom (MRCP-UK).
- Board certified in Adult Gastroenterology & Hepatology from the Saudi board of Gastroenterology Program.
Internal Medicine Residency University of Toronto
Hematology Fellowship McMaster University
FRCPC and ABIM in Internal Medicine and Hematology
Consultant and Head of Clinical Hematology Unit Adan Hospital
Consultant Gastroenterologist & Transplant hepatologist, at Jaber AlAhmad & Farwaniya Hospital. Kuwait.
Received his undergraduate degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
Completed his medical residency & GI fellowship in Saudi Arabia, Riyadh (at King Khalid University Hospital & King Faisal Specialist Hospital).
Obtained his Hepatology fellowship from the University of Calgary & University of Alberta in Canada.
His interest in MASLD & liver transplantation.
Hematology and Thrombosis Specialist
Kuwaiti Board of Hematology
Fellowship in Adult Thrombosis from the University of Ottawa
Session 4
Graduated from Alexandria University in 1982.
Master’s degree in Internal Medicine in 1988.
Kuwait Board certified in 2000.
Got His MRCP in 2002.
Has many publications in different specialties, including endocrine, cardiology, and infectious diseases.
Consultant Internal Medicine, Mubarak Hospital
Head of Medical Unit D, Mubarak Hospital
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians UK, London
Former Program Director of Internal Medicine Program KIMS, Kuwait
Chairperson of the Faculty of Medicine, KIMS, Kuwait (Current)
Clinical Tutor, Host, and Advisor for the MRCPUK, Postgraduate Studies
Assistant Professor at the faculty of pharmacy at Kuwait University.
He completed an MPharm degree from Liverpool John Moore’s University (UK) in 2009 and a Master’s in clinical pharmacy from the University of Strathclyde (UK) in 2014.
Dr. Taqi earned a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree in 2018 from MCPHS University in Boston, MA (USA) before completing an accredited pharmacy residency program and an infectious diseases residency program at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Boston in 2019 and 2020, followed by a post-doctoral clinical fellowship in infectious diseases from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston (USA).
Board-certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and a board-certified Infectious Diseases Pharmacist.
CMKB, FRCPath.
Specialist Clinical Microbiologist and Head of the Antimicrobial stewardship committee at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital.
Advance Heart Failure cardiologist running a Heart Failure Clinic along with a weekly Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension joint clinic with a pulmonology team in Chest Disease Hospital. Kuwait University graduate and Internal medicine board certified from Kuwait.
Completed my fellowship in Adult Cardiology at KSU-Riyadh.
Advanced HF and transplant fellowship from British Columbia-Canada. Conducting weekly diagnostic RHC for both PAH and HF patients.
Consultant of Internal Medicine & Pulmonology – Mubarak Alkabeer Hospital, Kuwait
MD (2004) and MSc Chest Diseases & Tuberculosis (2009) – Ain Shams University, Cairo
MRCP (UK) 2013 & FRCP (London) 2023
Clinical Tutor for the Kuwait Board of Internal Medicine and Kuwait Board of Anesthesia
A special interest in teaching and research in the field of airway diseases and interventional pulmonology, and an active member of the subspecialty Severe Asthma Clinic since 2019
-Specialist Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine at Mubarak Hospital in Kuwait
-Graduated Medical School from Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) Dublin, Ireland
-Completed Kuwaiti Board of Internal Medicine
-Member of the Royal College of Physicians United Kingdom (MRCP-UK)
-Specialty Certificate Examination in Geriatric Medicine (SCE Geriatric Medicine) Royal College of Physicians United Kingdom
-Completed Geriatric Medicine Fellowship University of Ottawa, Canada
MB, Bch BAO, FRCPC, ABIM.
Consultant Respirology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Head of Sleep laboratory MKH and HOD Internal Medicine Kuwait Hospital.
Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital Department of Internal Medicine Respirology, Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital Department of Anesthesia, Kuwait Hospital.
Respiratory and Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Physician certified ABIM and FRCPC.
Head of Department of Medicine Kuwait Hospital.
Consultant Respiratory Medicine and Head of Sleep Laboratory at Mubarak al-Kabeer (MKH) Hospital. MKH sleep lab opened less than 2 years ago but is currently the highest-volume sleep Laboratory in Kuwait and is also involved in sleep medicine staff education and research.
Dr. AlNouri is a Canadian Board-Certified Psychiatrist who is based at the Mubarak AlKabeer Hospital. She completed her Bachelor’s in medical sciences and Medical Doctorate training at the Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain in 2010. She worked briefly in various public hospitals in Kuwait before embarking on a journey to complete her residency training in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto in Canada. After completing her program in 2022, she then further specialized in early intervention in psychosis. She completed her fellowship training at the University of Toronto, Canada, in 2023.
She currently works as part of the consultation-liaison team at MKH and also has a clinic for early psychosis at the Kuwait Center for Mental Health. She is also involved in teaching for the psychiatric residency program as part of the Kuwait Institute for Medical Sciences.
Session 5
Experienced Physician with 15+ years of Medical and Academic Experience
Proven ability to train and instruct students at all levels in both Academic and Medical settings.
International Instructor in Medical Education.
– Kuwaiti Board of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetes (KIMS).
– MRCP (UK) Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, and Diabetes.
– Consultant in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, and Diabetes.
– Head of Internal Medicine Department in Farwaniya Hospital, Kuwait.
- Consultant Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetes.
- Graduate from Kuwait Medical School.
- Received the Postgraduate Degree on Medicine from KIMs and Royal College of Physicians, London.
- Certified in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism from the Royal College of Physicians, London – 2015.
- Clinical attachment in Endocrinology and Diabetes division in UCLA Hospital USA 2012.
- Assistant’s Program Director on Internal Medicine Residency Program, 2017.
Graduated from Kuwait University – Faculty of Medicine 2004
Joined the Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization (KIMS) in 2006
Holder of Kuwait Board of Internal Medicine (KBIM) 2010
Holder of Royal College of Physicians (MRCP-UK) 2015
Current position: Consultant and Head of Internal Medicine Unit – Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital
MD ABIM, FRCPC
Internist, Endocrinologist, & Diabetologist
Academic Educator
Department of Medicine
Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital
Head of Endocrine & Diabetes Obstetric Clinic
Al-Adan Hospital
Lt. Col. Dr. Ahmad Alansari is an internal medicine specialist at Jaber Al-Ahmad Armed Forces Hospital.
He has served in key positions, including as Head of the In-Training Exam Committee for the Kuwait Board of Internal Medicine and as a Clinical Tutor for the Kuwait Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Alansari’s leadership extends to his role as Chief of the General Medicine Section at Jaber Al-Ahmad Armed Forces Hospital. His commitment to medical excellence is highlighted by his participation in the research and ethics committees and in quality improvement initiatives within the Kuwait Army’s medical service authority.
– Assistant Professor at the Department of Medicine of Kuwait University.
– Senior Specialist in Internal Medicine, Endocrine & Diabetes in Adan Hospital.
– Received his Medical Degree from Kuwait University then pursued residency and fellowship at the University of Toronto.
– He is currently the Program Director of the Kuwaiti Board of Internal Medicine.
Internist & Obstetric-medicine Consultant. Canadian board certified & the 1st Obstetric internist in Kuwait.
Currently works in Al-Amiri & Maternity Hospital & has been program director of the Obstetric Medicine fellowship program (which is the first of its kind in the Middle East region) for the past 12 years.
Hobbies outside the medical field include baking, traveling with a passion for organizing group trips & Spa owner since 2015, specializing in pregnancy massage.
PharmD degree from Ohio Northern University with a minor in Biology.
Currently working as a clinical pharmacist at New Jahra Hospital and part-time teaching Assistant in the College of Pharmacy at Kuwait University.
Trained and Practiced Pain Management and Palliative Care at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and OhioHealth Grant Hospital.
Internal Medicine Senior Reg,
Mubarak Alkabeer Hospital
MBBch, USMLE, MS
MRCP (UK)
Dr. Mariam Kareemi is a senior internal medicine registrar at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital and clinical tutor of the Kuwaiti Board of Internal Medicine.
Graduate of Kuwait University, BMBCh, Kuwaiti Board of Internal Medicine (KBIM).
Member of Royal College of Physicians (MRCP, UK).
Pediatrics, Clinical Genetics, and Metabolic Disorders Consultant From Adan Hospital
Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery (M.B.B.Ch), Kuwait university
Board certified in Pediatrics by KIMS, Kuwait
Certified in Clinical Genetics and Metabolic Disorders since 2014, KFSHRC, Riyadh, KSA
Currently providing Consultation services for Neonates, Pediatrics, and adults in Adan, Mubarak, Jaber, and Amiri hospitals.
MB,B.CH, KBIM, Endocrine, Diabetes, and Metabolism Fellowship KIMS
Consultant in Internal Medicine, Diabetes, Endocrine & Metabolic Disease in Al-Adan Hospital and New Mowasat Hospital
A Board Member in Kuwait Osteoporosis Society
Consultant Internal Medicine and Diabetes
Internal Medicine KIMS, Diabetes Fellowship KIMS
