Meet the Team of Professionals
The 6th Middle East Pediatric Neurology Congress proudly brings together an exceptional faculty of internationally recognized experts, clinicians, researchers, and healthcare leaders in the field of pediatric neurology.
Scientific Committee
Dr. Aman Sohal
Head of Department Al Qassimi Hospital UAE
Dr. Amna Alfutaisi
Paediatric Neurologist and Associate Professor
of Pediatric Neurology
College of Medicine and Health Sciences Sultan Qaboos University Muscat, Oman
Dr. Arif Khan
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Founder and CEO, Neuropedia Children’s Neuroscience Center, Director, Kids Neuro Clinic, Associate Professor (Adj), Mohammed Bin Rashid University, Dubai, UAE
Director - Gene therapy program at Fakeeh University Hospital
Prof. Fahad Al Bashiri
Professor & Consultant Pediatric Neurologist and Epileptologist,
Department of
Pediatrics College of Medicine, King Saud University President, Saudi Pediatric Neurology Society, KSA
Dr. Husam Kayyali
Chief of Pediatric
Neurology Division
Sidra Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Weil Cornell Medicine, Qatar
Dr. Mehtab Iqbal
MBBS, MRCPCH,
FRCPCHCCT
(Pediatric Neurology)
UK
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist Division Chief Pediatric Neurology
Tawam Hospital, UAE
Dr. Mohamed Babiker
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Clinical Associate Professor and Program Director of Pediatric Neurology Residency Program at Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital and Mohammed Bin Rashid University Hospital, Dubai, UAE.
Dr. Sarah Alenezi
Pediatric Neurologist Special Interest in
Epilepsy and EEG
Head of Pediatric
Neurology Unit - Adan Hospital
Kuwait
Dr. Sunny Philip
MBBS, MD, MRCP,
FRCPCH
Consultant Pediatric
Neurologist Mediclinic City Hospital
Adjunct Clinical Professor, Bin Rashid
University of Medicine and Health, UAE
Dr. Syed Arif Hosain,
MD Paediatric Neurology Consultant
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
UAE
Faculty
Dr. Arif Khan, Consultant
Paediatric Neurologist, Director of
Kids Neuro Clinic, CEO and
Founder, NEUROPEDIA Children's
Neuroscience Center, Associate
Professor, UAE
Dr. Biju Abdul Hameed,
Consultant Pediatric Neurology,
Danat Al Emarat Hospital, UAE
Prof. Amna Al Futaisi,
Professor, Head of Department,
Senior Consultant, Paediatric
Neurology, Sultan Qaboos
University, Sultanate of Oman
Prof. Fahad Al Bashiri, Professor,
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist
and Epileptologist, Department
of Pediatrics, College of
Medicine, King Saud University,
President, Saudi Pediatric
Neurology Society, KSA
Dr. Haneesha Pinnamaraju,
Developmental Pediatrician,
Medical Director, SHINE Child
Development Center, UAE
Dr. Hansel M. Greiner, MD,
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist
& Epilepsy Specialist, Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital, USA
Dr. Hibba Bedri, Consultant
Paediatric Neurodevelopment, Al
Jalila Children's Specialty
Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Huda Sadek, MBBCh,
MRCPCH, FRCPCH, Paediatric
Neurodevelopment Consultant,
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, UAE
Dr. Husam Kayyali, Chief of
Pediatric Neurology Division
Sidra Medicine, Assistant
Professor of Pediatrics, Weil
Cornell Medicine, Qatar
Dr Daniel Lumsden
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Lead Clinician at the Rett Syndrome Specialist Clinic, Evelina Children's Hospital, UK
Dr. Imad Yassin
Consultant Pediatrician and Pediatric
Neurologist, Kids Heart Medical
Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Binu George
Consultant Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Manager, Sakina for Children Centre, Sakina, SEHA, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Amal Mohamed Jasem Al
Tenaiji, Consultant Physician
Pediatric Metabolic Genetics,
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City,
UAE
Dr. Maryam Al Shehhi
Clinical Geneticist Consultant, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Adjunct Assistant Professor, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Dr. Maike Schumacher
Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, UAE
Ms. Laura Paquette, Genetic
Counselor, Abu Dhabi Health
Services Company (SEHA), Abu
Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Mehtab Iqbal, MBBS,
MRCPCH, FRCPCHCCT (Pediatric
Neurology) UK, Consultant
Pediatric Neurologist Division
Chief, Pediatric Neurology
Tawam Hospital, UAE
Prof. Dina Saleh, Consultant
Paediatric Neurology, Head of
Department, Reem Hospital,
UAE, Professor of Paediatric
Neurology, Ain Shams
University, Egypt
Dr. Deepak Gupta, Senior
Consultant, Child & Adolescent
Psychiatrist, Sir Ganga Ram
Hospital, Founder Director,
Centre for Child & Adolescent
Wellbeing, New Delhi, India
Dr. Mohamed Babiker,
Consultant Pediatric Neurology,
HOD, Program Director, Al Jalila
Children's Speciality Hospital,
UAE
Dr Saqib Latif, Consultant
Psychiatrist, SEHA Sheikh
Khalifa Medical City, UAE
Dr. Ruba Benini, Pediatric
Neurologist/Epileptologist,
Medical Director of the
Neurodiagnostic laboratory
Program Director Pediatric
Neurology Fellowship, Sidra
Medicine, Qatar
Dr. Saja Tahir, Senior Pediatric
Neurology Resident, Al Jalila
Children’s Speciality
Hospital, UAE
Dr. Yael Hacohen, Consultant
Paediatric Neurologist, Great
Ormond Street Hospital for
children, London, UK
Dr. Seby John, Consultant
Neurologist Vascular Neurology
and Neurointerventional
Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu
Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Tamer Rizk, FRCPCH, CESR,
HMPDip, ABCN, Consultant
Pediatric Neurologist, ACPN,
UAE
Dr. Raziya Adam, Consultant
Pediatric Neurologist, Program
Director of Medical Education,
and Medical Director of the
MOWJ Early Intervention, NMC
Healthcare, UAE
Dr. Ahmed Bamaga, Associate
Professor & Consultant, Pediatric
Neurology / Neuromuscular Medicine,
King Abdulaziz University & My
Clinic, KSA
Dr. Rajesh Phatak
Consultant PICU, Burjeel Hospital
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Abdulla Alawadhi,
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist,
Al Jalila Children's Hospital,
Dubai Health, UAE
Prof.Haitham El Bashir
Head of Neurosciences Center of
Excellence, Consultant in Paediatric
Neurorehabilitation, Al Jalila
Children’s Hospital, Clinical
Professor of Paediatrics,MBRU, UAE
Dr. Anil Israni, Consultant
Paediatric Neurologist, Tawam
Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Vivek Mundada
MBBS, DCH (India), DCH (UK), MRCPCH,
FRCPCH, CCT (UK), Consultant Paediatric
Neurologist, Clinical Lead for Gene
Therapies and Rare Diseases, Medcare
and Aster Hospitals, UAE
Dr. Dalal Nasr, Neurodevelopmental
pediatrician, Head of Department,
Mediclinic Middle East, UAE
Dr. Ola Safi, Specialist Pediatric
Neurologist, American Center
for Psychiatry & Neurology, UAE
Dr. Lamya Alsubaihi, Consultant
Pediatric Neurologist, Burjeel
Medical City, KSA
Dr. Akbar Chettali MBBS, MD (Pediatrics), DM (Pediatric Neurology)
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist
Dr. Noora Al Menhali
Paediatric Neurology
Consultant, Sheikh Shakhbout
Medical City, UAE
Dr. Nidheesh Chencheri
MBBS, MD,FRCPCH, Fellowship
Pediatric Neurology, Consultant
Pediatric Neurologist, Adjunct
Assistant Professor, MBRU Al Jalila
Children’s Specialty Hospital, UAE
Dr. Hussein Matlik, Consultant
Paediatric Neurology & Head of
Department, Burjeel Hospital,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Laura Adang, MD, PhD,
Attending Physician, Division of
Neurology, Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia, USA