Meet the Exemplary Speaker Faculty
The 5th Annual International Anesthesia & Critical Care Conference (IACCC 2025) brings together an exceptional faculty of distinguished experts, clinicians, and researchers from leading institutions across the UAE and around the world. Each speaker represents the forefront of innovation and excellence in anesthesia, critical care, and perioperative medicine—sharing their insights, latest research, and practical expertise to inspire and empower healthcare professionals across the region.
Dr. Stephen Haskins
Clinical Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology
Hospital for Special Surgery / Weill-Cornell Medical College, USA
Dr. Erik Sloth
MD, Ph.D. Consultant Anaesthesiologist
& Professor
Point-Of-Care Ultrasound (PoCUS), Aarhus, Denmark
Dr. Harry Thompson
Consultant Anaesthesiologist
Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Sadia Ghaffar
Consultant Anesthetist
Healthpoint Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Shebeen Hamza
Consultant Anesthetist
Mediclinic City Hospital, Dubai
Dr. Rosie Hogg
Consultant Anesthetist
Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Dr. Maki Hamad
Consultant in Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain,
NMC Royal Hospital Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Aamir Nazir
Consultant Anesthesiologist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Mohammed Khulaif Al Harbi
Chairman, Department of Anesthesia, King Abdullah Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Vice President, Saudi Anesthesia Society, KSA
Dr. Yara Al Jalbout
Consultant Anesthesiologist, Director of Centre of Innovation and Medical Simulation
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, UAE
Dr. Rehana Iqbal
Consultant Anesthesiologist
Mediclinic Hospital, UAE
Dr. Oliver Panzer
Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Critical
Care & Pain Management
HSS Hospital, New York, USA
Dr. Barbara E. Parrish
Consultant Anaesthetist
Mediclinic Middle East, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Arun Kumar
Chair, Cardiothoracic & Transplant Anesthesia
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Sadik Kodakat
Consultant Anesthesiologist
Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, UAE
Dr. Dumisani Ncomanzi
Consultant in Critical Care Medicine and Anaesthesia
Healthpoint, M42
Dr. Masood Ahmad
Consultant Anesthesiologist,
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Omer Farooq
Consultant Anesthesiologist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, UAE
Dr. Yasser Butt
Consultant Anesthesiologist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, UAE
Dr. Tamer Hamed Ibrahim
Consultant Anesthesiologist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, UAE
Dr. Anand Kumar
Consultant Anaesthesiologist
Health Point, UAE
Dr. Oliver Keane
Consultant Anaesthetist, Acting Head of Department for Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain
Healthpoint Hospital, M42, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Ravi Kare
Consultant Anaesthesia & Interventional Pain
Health Point, UAE
Dr. Junus Harris
Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Anas Zyada
Consultant Anaesthesiologist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Saurabh Suri
Specialist Anaesthesiologist and Clinical Assistant Professor
Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Clara Lobo
Consultant Anaesthesia, Anaesthesia
Institute
Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Moudar Choucker
Consultant Anaesthesia & Interventional Pain
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Fadi Kaddoura
Consultant Anaesthesiologist and Pain
Medicine
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, UAE
Dr. Hector Godoy
Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Associate Staff Physician, Anaesthesiology Institute
Cleveland Clinic, UAE
Dr. Mashael Alhegelan
Chief, Center of Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care
King Faisal specialist Hospital and Research Center, KSA
Dr. Siddiq Anwar
Consultant Nephrologist. Adjunct Clinical Professor of Medicine
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, UAE
Mr. Christos Drakakis
Chief Information Officer
Fakeeh University Hospital, UAE
Prof. Samer Ellahham
Clinical Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cardiology Consultant, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Ahmad Ali
ICU Consultant
Sheikh Khalifa Hospital, UAE
Dr. Naheed Iqbal
MBBS, Dip. Card, MSc. Critical Care -UK, Critical and Intensive Care Department
Dubai Hospital, UAE
Dr. Arfan Al Awa
Consultant, General Surgery
Dubai Hospital, Dubai Health, UAE
Dr. Mohamed Gobba
Orthopedic Surgery Consultant, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, UAE, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cairo University Hospitals (Kasr Alainy), Egypt
Dr. Adel Alsisi
Consultant Intensivist, Chair of ICU Department, Prime Hospital; Chief Medical Officer, Prime Healthcare
Group, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Fadel Osseni
Consultant ICU
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, UAE
Dr. Manzoor Ahmed
MBBS, DABR-Diagnostic Radiology, CAQ-Neuroradiology, CMQ Consultant Radiologist- Neuro-radiologist
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, UAE
Dr. Khurram Saleem Khan
Consultant Physician Critical Care Medicine
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical
City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Abdulwahab Roman
Consultant Neurologist, Neurophysiologist, and Head of Epilepsy Center
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Dr. Elwaleed Elhassan
Nephrology Consultant
King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, KSA
Dr. Pradeep Krishnan
Acting Consultant Nephrology
Sheikh Khalifa Hospital, Ajman, UAE
Dr. Anass Qasem
Consultant Internal Medicine & Nephrology
RAK Medical & Health Sciences University, IBHOH, UAE
Dr. Ahmed Abdelhady
Senior Consultant of Critical Care
King Fahad Hospital of Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Mohammed Aljasmi
Consultant Critical Care
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
Mr. Thomas Piraino
Lecture (Adjunct), Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Dr. Fazil Ashiq
Consultant Cardiothoracic and Liver Transplant Anaesthesiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Noorallah Mohammad
Consultant Interventional Cardiology
Burjeel Royal Hospital, UAE
Dr. Maris Dubniks
Consultant, Critical Care
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, UAE
Dr. Laura Alberto
Associate Researcher, National Scientific and Technical Research Council – Argentina & Institute for Research In Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Salvador, Argentina
Dr. Khuloud Aldhaheri
Consultant Adult Infectious Disease and immunocompromised Host
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Alain, UAE
