Session 1
Dr. Hebah Alhajeri
Consultant Rheumatologist Mubarak AlKabeer Hospital
President of Kuwait Association of Rheumatologists
Dr. Adeeba Alherz
- ArLAR President.
- Consultant in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
- MedicalOne Specialized Polyclinic, Kuwait City.
- Founder of Kuwait Registry for Rheumatic Diseases (KRRD).
Dr. Abdullah Almuhaiteeb
Abdullah Almuhaiteeb MBChB MS FRCPC
Dr. Almuhaiteeb graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 2006. He completed his internal medicine residency in 2013 at McGill University (Montreal, CA). In 2015, he did Nephrology fellowship at McGill University. Dr Almuhaiteeb is certified in Internal medicine and Nephrology by the Royal College of Physicians of Canada in addition to American board of internal medicine. In 2019, He did Glomerulonephritis Fellowship at the University of Toronto, CA.
Currently, Dr Almuhaiteeb is working as Nephrologist Consultant in Al Amiri Hospital (Kuwait). Beside his general nephrology duties, Dr Almuhaiteeb focuses in treating patient with glomerulonephritis and Lupus.
Dr. Majeed Haider is a consultant rheumatologist and internist currently working in Salmaniya Medical Complex. He graduated from Arabian gulf university with first degree honor in 2009. He Finished internal Medicine residency program in Salmaniya Medical Complex and became Arab board certified in Internal Medicine in 2016. Alongside he also received the Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (MRCP UK).
Dr. Haider started his training in rheumatology by joining the rheumatology unit in SMC in 2016 during which he received a specialty degree in Rheumatology from the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom in 2018. Dr. Haider pursued his training in Rheumatology by completing a two-year International Clinical Fellowship Program in Ireland from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) in 2023 during which he received special training in MSK ultrasound and vasculitis. His interests include inflammatory arthritis, vasculitis and SLE.
– Rheumatology Consultant in the Department of Medicine at Mubarak Al Kabeer General Hospital and is the Chief of the Rheumatology Unit.
– Received his Doctor of Medicine (M.D) from Kuwait University, Faculty of Medicine, in 2001.
– Completed his Residency Program in the Specialty of Internal Medicine at the University of British Columbia in 2007. Then he completed his Fellowship in Adult Rheumatology at the same University in 2009.
– Joined the University of Toronto, where he completed his Fellowship Programs in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Psoriatic Arthritis.
– He is the Direct Supervisor of Different Residency Programs, including General Internal Medicine, Dermatology, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Hematology, Neurology, and Family Medicine.
– Clinical Tutor of the Medical Students of the Faculty of Medicine.
Senior Specialist in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology
Completed her Rheumatology Training in Ireland
She has a Special Interest in Connective Tissue Disease and Pregnancy
Dr. Hafsa Hussein
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist
Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist
Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Kuwait
Kuwaiti board of OBGYN in Kuwait
Subspecialty in MFM from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Session 2
Dr. Anwar AlMuzaini
Graduated from Kuwait University Faculty of Dentistry and pursued her residency in oral medicine at the University of Pennsylvania where she also obtained a Master of Science in oral biology degree and completed a fellowship in oral and maxillofacial radiology. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral Medicine and is currently practicing at Al Adan Dental Speciality Center.
Gülen Hatemi is a Professor of Medicine in Istanbul University – Cerrahpasa, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology. She is a member of the Behçet’s Syndrome Research Center in Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, a multidisciplinary center specialized in research and care of patients with Behçet’s syndrome. Her main research area is Behçet’s syndrome and she has published several articles including drug trials and clinical research on this disorder. She has conducted a series of studies focused on understanding the life impact of Behçet’s syndrome. She is also interested in outcome measures development. She is currently the convenor of the Disease Assessment Study Group of the International Society for Behçet’s Disease and is co-chairing the OMERACT Behçet’s Syndrome working group.
Rheumatology consultant in Farwaniya Hospital/Ministry of Health, Kuwait, and Dar Al Shifa Hospital
Bachelor of medicine and surgery (Royal college of surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)
Saudi board of internal medicine (SCFHS)
Saudi fellowship of rheumatology (SCFHS)
RA fellowship (university of Toronto)
Tutor of KBIM
Member of KAR and KMA
Associate professor at King Saud University, Riyadh. He completed his postgraduate training at university of Toronto. He holds a masters training from McGill university in experimental medicine and a master’s degree in clinical epidemiology from university of Toronto. He is the Director of population health activation in NEOM. He has a wide range of research interest that focus on main research interest is on SLE, Behçet’s and still’s disease.
Session 3
Dr. Khaled Aldoub
Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP-UK) 2015
Kuwait Institute of Medical Specializations (KIMS): Kuwaiti board of Internal Medicine (KBIM) 2016
Joined the London Behcet’s Centre of Excellence – London UK 2019-2020
Specialty certificate exam (SCE – UK) in Rheumatology 2020
Fellowship in Rheumatology at Bart’s Health NHS Trust & Royal London Hospital – London UK 2021
Certified for Muskloskletal Ultrasound in diagnostic and guided injections – Royal London Hospital – London UK 2021
Vice President of Kuwait Association of Rheumatologists (KAR) 2023
Senior Specialist in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Farwaniya Hospital
Head of the rheumatology unit and a professor at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is the founding President of the Rheumatism and the Fibromyalgia Associations in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Omair published more than 95 peer reviewed articles.
Graduated from the Royal college of surgeons in Ireland Dublin in 2001. he completed his post graduate training in internal medicine and rheumatology in McGill university in Montréal, certified in internal medicine and rheumatology and a fellow of the Royal college of physicians of Canada (2009). He is also certified in internal Medicine and rheumatology from the American board of internal medicine (2007/2009).
Former president of the Kuwait Association od Rheumatology (KAR) 2014-2017, and the former president of Kuwait Medical association (2018-2021). Member of the Kuwait association of Rheumatology (KAR) and an international fellow of the American college of Rheumatology (ACR).
Consultant Rheumatologist and head of Rheumatology unit and the day case unit in AL-Jahra Hospital in Kuwait. He is currently the head of the national ethical committee for human parts donations among non-relatives in Kuwait.
Head of the accreditation team at the department of medicine and a member of the Quality improvement team and the scientific committee where is Authorized many studies and an active rheumatologist in local clinical trails. He has special interest in seronegative spondyloarthritis and vaccine use in rheumatic diseases.
Dr Anbar completed her Internal Medicine residency at Queens University. She followed this with a Rheumatology fellowship, as well as an additional clinical fellowship in Spondylitis at the University of Toronto. She has a special interest in medical education, has won teaching excellence awards and is the KBIM site coordinator for Jaber Hospital. She is the chairman of KAR Media Committee and is Kuwait’s representative for ArLAR media committee. She is also APLAR ambassador for Kuwait
Senior Specialist in Medical Oncology and Internal Medicine.
Thoracic Oncology and Sarcoma Division-Kuwait Cancer Control Center.
Graduated from Faculty of Medicine Kuwait University 2009
Obtained Internal Medicine degree MRCP(UK) 2016
Graduated from Kuwaiti Board of Internal Medicine KBIM 2017
Completed Medical Oncology Residency 2020 and Fellowship training in Thoracic Oncology and Sarcoma in 2022 University of Ottawa, Canada
Consultant of medicine and rheumatology and head of the rheumatology unit at Jaber Alahmed Hospital and Kuwait Oil Company, state of Kuwait.
Past president of the Arab League of Associations of Rheumatology
Past President of Kuwait Association of Rheumatologists
Organized and participated as a speaker in many local and international rheumatology conferences, published many articles and papers in international journals, and was also a reviewer for many international journals in the field of rheumatology.
- Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Consultant at Mubarak Hospital in Kuwait.
- She has graduated from Kuwait University and completed her Training in Internal Medicine in Kuwait.
- She has trained in Rheumatology at the Royal London Hospital in the UK.
- She has a special interest in MSK Ultrasonography and Connective Tissue Diseases.
Session 4
Dr. Rohit Aggarwal
Dr. Aggarwal is a professor of medicine at University of Pittsburgh and medical director of Arthritis and Autoimmunity Center at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is the co-director of UPMC Myositis Center. His research and clinical areas of interest are clinical and translational research in inflammatory muscle diseases (myositis) and associated interstitial lung disease. He is the past-chair of the medical advisory board of The Myositis Association (TMA) as well as past-chair of the scientific committee of IMACS, which are the largest patient and physician groups working in the field of myositis, respectively.
Dr. Aggarwal is an established independent clinical investigator with significant funding from NIH, foundations and industry and currently leading several collaborations internationally with other key leaders in the world. He has maintained an extremetly high publication record and recieved national and international recognition of his work. He continues to be a leader in disease criteria and outcomes measures in myositis as well as in clinical trials of novel therapeutic agents for myositis. He is currently the prinicipal investigator or member of the steering committee for several international phase 2/3 clinical trials in the area of myositis and associated ILD. Dr. Aggarwal is also mentoring future generation of rheumatologist with great success and attracting younger rheumatologist towards myositis research for the advancement of the field. Dr. Aggarwal lectures at various international conferences and promotes patient education through his YouTube channel.
- 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).
Rheumatology specialist in Alsabah Hospital Kuwait.
Dr. Albasri completed her internal medicine residency at Queen’s University, Canada. She followed that with a rheumatology fellowship at the University of Toronto. Currently, she practices general rheumatology with special interest in rheumatic disease during pregnancy. She is the chairman of the KAR Research Committee. She is also a member of the steering committee of the Young Rheumatology Group of ArLAR.
Associate professor at King Saud University, Riyadh. He completed his postgraduate training at university of Toronto. He holds a masters training from McGill university in experimental medicine and a master’s degree in clinical epidemiology from university of Toronto. He is the Director of population health activation in NEOM. He has a wide range of research interest that focus on main research interest is on SLE, Behçet’s and still’s disease.
Session 5
Dr. Anas Aledan
Graduated from Faculty of Medicine – Kuwait University in 2010
Internal Medicine Board Certified from KIMS-Kuwait 2017
MRCP (UK) 2017
Currently ST6 MTI Rheumatology Fellow at the Royal Free Hospital in London
Dr. Osama Alalwan
Dr Osama Alalwan is a consultant in Rheumatology and Internal medicine at Salmaniya Hospital, Bahrain. He graduated from Arabian Gulf University in 2009. He finished his Arab board in Internal medicine in 2016, and since then he joined the Rheumatology unit of Salmaniya hospital. Dr Alalwan continued his training in Rheumatology by completing a 2-years international fellowship program in Ireland from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) in April 2023. He has a special interest in systemic sclerosis, inflammatory arthritis and musculoskeletal Ultrasound.
Dr. Abeer Alsarheed
Obtained her Bachelor degree from the College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh. She had her residency training in Dermatology at McGill University, Montreal. Afterwards, Dr. Alsarheed completed a 2-year fellowship in Rheumatologic Dermatology at Harvard Medical School, Boston. She is currently a specialist in Dermatology at Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital in Kuwait.
Dr. Husain Bahbahani
Dr Husain Bahbahani is a consultant rheumatologist working at Farwaniya hospital and Taiba hospital in Kuwait
He graduated from medical school at AGU in 2006 in Bahrain and completed his residency in internal medicine in KSA in 2013. He then joined the rheumatology program at British Colombia University in Canada where he did his fellowship
Dr Husain is interested in promoting public health through social media.
He is an active member of KAR and has participated in multiple publications.
Dr Husain is a tutor at Kuwait University and he is actively participating in residents and students teaching.
Dr Husain is an active member of KAR, ACR.
Dr. Fatemah Hadi
Advance Heart Failure cardiologist running Advance Heart Failure and Cardiac transplant Clinic along with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension clinic joint by pulmonology team in Chest Disease Hospital.
Conducting weekly right heart catheterization for PAH and advance heart failure patients
Dr. Hebah Alhajeri
Consultant Rheumatologist Mubarak AlKabeer Hospital
President of Kuwait Association of Rheumatologists
Session 6
Prof. David D’Cruz
Professor David D’Cruz MD FRCP. Consultant Rheumatologist, Louise Coote Lupus Unit, Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London.
Professor D’Cruz is a member of the Louise Coote Lupus Unit, an internationally renowned tertiary referral centre for autoimmune rheumatic disorders, at Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals. His major clinical and research interests are systemic lupus erythematosus, the antiphospholipid syndrome and systemic vasculitis. He leads the Louise Coote Lupus Clinical Trials Unit which has a portfolio of investigator and industry led trials. His research portfolio includes a translational medicine programme in collaboration with basic science laboratories in the Division of Immunology, Inflammation and Infectious Diseases, Kings College School of Medicine. He has published widely and he is one of the Managing Editors of the journal Lupus. He is a past President of the Rheumatology Section of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Disclosure statement
Professor D’Cruz has contributed to advisory boards and has been on speaker’s panels for: GlaxoSmithKline, Eli Lilly, Vifor and UCB.
Dr. Alexandra NanzerKelly
Dr. Alexandra Nanzer, Ph.D., is a Consultant Respiratory Physician and expert in severe asthma and eosinophilic lung diseases at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Centre for Severe Asthma and Eosinophilia Related Diseases and a Senior Lecturer at King’s College London, UK.
Guy’s Severe Asthma Centre is the largest center of its kind in the UK, with over 1000 patients treated with anti-IL5/5R mAbs for asthma, EGPA, and associated eosinophilic lung diseases, and Dr. Nanzer is part of the multidisciplinary EGPA clinic with rheumatology, cardiology and ENT colleagues.
She leads the largest asthma transition service for young adult patients with severe asthma in the area and has a special interest in adolescent medicine.
Dr. Andreas Kronbichler
Andreas Kronbichler is Assistant Professor for Renal Autoimmunity at the Medical University Innsbruck. He has been trained in Germany, Austria and the United Kingdom and spent time at the prestigious Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. His research focuses on improvement of renal outcomes, co-morbidities and complication of glomerular diseases. He has published over 250 peer-reviewed articles and has been involved in several research efforts driven by rheumatologists and nephrologists.
Prof. Bhaskar Dasgupta
Professor Dasgupta has been Head of Rheumatology and Director of Research at Southend University Hospital and holds professorships at Queen Mary London, Essex and Anglia Ruskin Universities. He is a foremost exponent on Giant cell arteritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, and large vessel vasculitis and n expert on vascular ultrasound. He has published over 350 original articles on these topics including the first report of interleukin-6 elevation in GCA PMR and the GiACTA trial of tocilizumab in GCA. He organizes the prestigious annual Southend symposia/workshops on GCA ultrasound.
Session 7
Dr. Ricard Cervera
Senior Consultant and Head at the Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Director of the Research Group on Systemic Autoimmune Diseases at the Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) of Barcelona, Professor and Director of the UB-GSK Chair on Autoimmune Diseases, Coordinator of the Masters’ on Autoimmune Diseases and Academic Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Prof. David D’Cruz
Professor David D’Cruz MD FRCP. Consultant Rheumatologist, Louise Coote Lupus Unit, Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London.
Professor D’Cruz is a member of the Louise Coote Lupus Unit, an internationally renowned tertiary referral centre for autoimmune rheumatic disorders, at Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals. His major clinical and research interests are systemic lupus erythematosus, the antiphospholipid syndrome and systemic vasculitis. He leads the Louise Coote Lupus Clinical Trials Unit which has a portfolio of investigator and industry led trials. His research portfolio includes a translational medicine programme in collaboration with basic science laboratories in the Division of Immunology, Inflammation and Infectious Diseases, Kings College School of Medicine. He has published widely and he is one of the Managing Editors of the journal Lupus. He is a past President of the Rheumatology Section of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Disclosure statement
Professor D’Cruz has contributed to advisory boards and has been on speaker’s panels for: GlaxoSmithKline, Eli Lilly, Vifor and UCB.
Dr. Tariq Al Araimi
I am a rheumatologist at the Royal Hospital in Oman former currently a board member at the Oman Society of Rheumatology (OSR) & past Vice President of OSR. I completed my training at the University of Toronto in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. My Interest is health professions education of rheumatology and currently a Faculty trainer at Oman Medical Speciality Board (OMSB). In rheumatology, my interests are large vessel vasculitis, Behcet’s disease, and a growing interest in ocular Rheumatology. I successfully earned dual board certification in rheumatology and internal medicine by The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) and the American Board of Internal Medicine(ABIM). Additionally, I am a Fellow International of the American College of Rheumatology (FACR).
Dr. Noura Al Hashim
- B.B.Ch, MRCP-UK, Saudi Fellowship of Adult Hematology.
- Hematology and Internal Medicine Consultant.
- Head of Clinical Hematology Unit – Mubarak Alkabeer Hospital.
- Clinical Tutor at KIMS and Faculty of Medicine – Kuwait University.
Dr. Amjad Alqadi
Rheumatology Senior Specialist in Alsabah Hospital/ Ministry of Health Kuwait
-Bachelor degree of Medicine and Surgery (King Saud University, Riyadh)
-Saudi board of Internal Medicine (SCFHS)
-Saudi Fellowship in Rheumatology (SCFHS)
-SLE Fellowship (University of Toronto, Canada)
-Dr Alkadi is a Member in Alsabah Scientific Committee and a Tutor in KBIM.
-Dr Alkadi is a Member in Kuwait Association of Rheumatology and Kuwait Medical Association.
Dr. Eman Al Sayegh
Completed her Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery in the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.
In 2010 she joined the Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program at McGill university in Montreal Canada. Realizing she has a passion for high risk Obstetrics, Ultrasound and Fetal therapy she pursued a Fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine in the largest Fetal Therapy Centre in North America at Mountsinai Hospital which is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada.
She returned to Kuwait in 2019 and worked in the Maternity hospital.
In 2022 she joined Royal Hayat Hospital as a Senior specialist in OBGYN with a sub-speciality in Maternal Fetal Medicine.
Dr. Noor Al-Mutairi
Internist & Obstetric-medicine senior specialist
Received Medical Degree from Kuwait University
KBIM certified and Holder of Royal College of Physicians (MRCP-UK)
Completed Obstetric Medicine fellowship, KIMS
Clinical tutor at KIMS
Currently works in Al-Amiri & Maternity Hospital
Session 8
Dr. Mohammed Khudadah
Senior Specialist Internal Medicine & Rheumatology
Dr. Mohammad Malik
Consultant gastroenterologist at Haya Al Habeeb gastroenterology centre in Kuwait. He got his medical degree from faculty of medicine at Kuwait University. Dr. Malik is a member of royal college of physicians of the United Kingdom. He completed his fellowship in Gastroenterology and advanced IBD at Royal London hospital, Queen Mary university. UK. Dr. Malik is a co-founder of Kuwait Gastroenterology Association (KGA) and is the current vice president.
Dr. Shaikhah Al-Abdulrazzaq
Senior Specialist Dermatologist
European and Kuwaiti Board of Dermatology
Fellowship in Chronic Inflammatory Skin Diseases from University of Toronto – Canada
Fellowship in Wound Care from University of Toronto – Canada
