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 PS Sohal
MBBS MRCPCH FRCPCH CCT
(Pediatric Neurology) ,Consultant
Pediatric Neurologist Head of Pediatric
Neurosciences Department, Al Qassimi
Women's and Children's hospital, UAE
Prof. Amna Al Futaisi, MD, FRCPC,
FRCPCH, Professor & Senior
Consultant in Paediatric
Neurology, Sultan Qaboos
University, 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, Director - Gene
Therapy Program at Fakeeh University
Hospital, UAE
Prof. Fahad Al Bashiri, Professor,
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist &
Epileptologist, Pediatric Neurology
Division, Pediatric Department,
College of Medicine Chairman,
Subcommittee for Human Research
Ethics (IRB), 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
Pediatric 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, UAE
Dr. Sarah Alenezi, Pediatric
Neurologist, 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, Founder and CEO,
Neuropedia Children’s
Neuroscience Center, Director, Kids
Neuro Clinic, Associate Professor
(Adj), Mohammed Bin Rashid
University, Director - Gene Therapy
Program at Fakeeh University
Hospital, UAE
Dr. Biju Abdul Hameed,
Consultant Pediatric Neurology,
M42, UAE
Prof. Amna Al Futaisi, MD, FRCPC,
FRCPCH, Professor & Senior
Consultant in Paediatric
Neurology, Sultan Qaboos
University, Oman
Prof. Fahad Al Bashiri, Professor,
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist &
Epileptologist, Pediatric Neurology
Division, Pediatric Department,
College of Medicine Chairman,
Subcommittee for Human Research
Ethics (IRB), King Saud University,
President, Saudi Pediatric
Neurology Society, KSA
Dr. Haneesha Pinnamaraju,
Developmental Pediatrician,
Medical Director, SHINE Child
Development Center, Inclusion
Governor, Neurodiversity &
Inclusive Education Leader, UAE
Dr. Hansel M. Greiner, MD,
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist
& Epilepsy Specialist, Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital, USA
Dr. Hibba Bedri, MBBS, FRCPCH,
CCT -UK, Consultant Paediatric
Neurodevelopment, Al Jalila
Children's Specialty Hospital,
UAE
Dr. Huda Sadek, MBBCh,
MRCPCH, FRCPCH, Paediatric
Neurodevelopment Consultant,
NMC Royal Hospital, 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, Evelina
London Children’s Hospital,
Adjunct Senior Clinical Lecturer,
Perinatal Imaging, King’s College
London, Joint Head of Service
Children’s Neurosciences, Evelina
London Children’s Hospital, UK
Dr. Imad Yassin, MD, FRCPCH,
Facharzt Pediatrics, FAMAP,
PGPNC, Consultant Pediatrician
and Pediatric Neurologist, Kids
Heart Medical Center, UAE
Dr. Binu George, Consultant
Neurodevelopmental
Disabilities, Manager, Sakina for
Children Centre, Sakina, SEHA,
UAE
Dr. Amal Mohamed Jasem Al
Tenaiji, MD, FCCMG, Consultant
Physician Division Head of
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,
Consultant Pediatric Critical
Care, Sheikh Khalifa Medical
City, UAE
Ms. Laura Paquette, MSc, CGC
Certified Genetic Counselor
Adjunct Lecturer, United Arab
Emirates University, 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
Child and Adolescent
Psychiatrist, Biomedical Expert
(Autism), Senior Consultant, Sir
Ganga Ram Hospital, Founder &
Director, CCAW – Centre for
Child and Adolescent
Wellbeing, India
Dr. Mohamed Babiker,
Consultant Pediatric 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, UAE
Dr Saqib Latif, FRCPsych
Consultant Paediatric
Psychiatrist, SEHA, Sakina, UAE
Dr. Ruba Benini, Pediatric
Neurologist/Epileptologist,
Medical Director of the
Neurodiagnostic laboratory,
Program Director Pediatric
Residency, Program Director of
Pediatric Epilepsy 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 NHS
Foundation Trust, Honorary
Associate Professor, Department
of Neuroinflammation, UCL
Queen Square Institute of
Neurology, UK
Dr. Seby John, Chair,
Department of Neurology
Consultant, Vascular Neurology
and Neurointerventional Surgery,
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Tamer Rizk, FRCPCH, CESR,
HMPDip, ABCN, Consultant
Pediatric Neurologist, American
Center for Psychiatry &
Neurology, UAE
Dr. Raziya Adam, Consultant
Pediatric Neurologist, Head of
Department, Department of
Pediatric Neurosciences, NMC
Royal Hospital, UAE
Dr. Ahmed Bamaga, Associate
Professor & Consultant, Pediatric
Neurology / Neuromuscular
Medicine, King Abdulaziz University
& My Clinic, KSA
Dr. Rajesh Phatak
Consultant PICU, Burjeel Hospital,
UAE
Dr. Abdulla Alawadhi,
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist,
Al Jalila Children's Hospital,
Dubai Health, UAE
Prof.Haitham El Bashir
MBBS, FRCPCH, CCST(UK),
MD(Lond.), MSc(Hon.)
Consultant Pediatric
Neurorehabilitation
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics,
MBRU, UAE
Dr. Anil Israni, MBBS, MD, DM,
FRCPCH, Consultant paediatric
neurologist and Division Chief,
Paediatric neurology, Tawam
hospital, Al Ain, Adjunct
Associate Professor of
Paediatric neurology, UAE
University, 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, UAE
Dr. Akbar Chettali, MBBS, MD
(Pediatrics), DM (Pediatric
Neurology) Consultant Pediatric
Neurologist, Al Qassimi Women
and Children Hospital, Sharjah, UAE
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist
Dr. Sarah Alenezi, Pediatric
Neurologist, Head of Pediatric
Neurology Unit, Adan Hospital,
Kuwait
Dr. Nidheesh Chencheri,
MBBS, MD,FRCPCH, Fellowship
Pediatric Neurology, Consultant
Pediatric Neurologist, Al
JalilaChildren’s Specialty Hospital,
Adjunct Assistant Professor, MBRU,
UAE
Dr. Hussein Matlik, Consultant
Paediatric Neurology & Head of
Department, Burjeel Hospital,
UAE
Dr. Laura Adang, Associate
Professor of Neurology, Clinician
Educator (CE), Division of
Neurology, Department of
Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia and Department of
Neurology, University of
Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. Aman PS Sohal
MBBS MRCPCH FRCPCH CCT
(Pediatric Neurology)
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist
Head of Pediatric Neurosciences
Department, Al Qassimi Women's
and Children's hospital, UAE
Dr. Majid Aziz, Division Chief and
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist,
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, UAE
Prof. Helen Cross
Prince of Wales’s Chair of
Childhood Epilepsy, and Director
of UCL-Great Ormond Street
Institute of Child Health, Honorary
Consultant in Paediatric
Neurology, Great Ormond Street
Hospital for Children NHS
Foundation Trust, London and
Young Epilepsy, UK
Dr. Omar Ismayl, MD, MSc.
Paediatrics, MRCP (UK), FRCPCH,
CCST, Consultant Paediatric
Neurologist, Sheikh Khalifa
Medical City, UAE
