2nd Abu Dhabi Brain Conference 2022 Program Book

www.uaeneurology.com/brainconference2022 #ADBC2022 ABU DHABI H Y B R I D 2nd ABOUTOUR LEADERS Dr. Mohammed Alkuwaiti is an Assistant Professor and Consultant Vascular Neurologist at the Department of Internal Medicine in the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at United Arab Emirates University. His clinical practice is based at the Tawam Hospital, the regional stroke center of Alain city inUAE. Following completion of hismedical school training at UAE University he travelled to Montreal, Canada where he completed Adult Neurology residency training at McGill University (2016). He later also completed Acute Stroke Clinical Training(2017) andStroke-Net Fellowships (2018) at theUniversityofMinnesota, inMinneapolis, United States. Dr. Alkuwaiti is an active member in local stroke committees, including Department of Health Stroke Committee and at SEHA Stroke Task Force Committee. He Chairs the National Institute of Health Subspeciality (Emirates Board) Neurology Committee. He is interested in secondary prevention and Acute Stroke Research. He is currently working on stroke related projects in collaboration with UAE University and Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute. Dr. Mohammed Al Kuwaiti Conference President Assistant Professor UnitedArab EmiratesUniversity, College of Medicine andHealthScience Department of Internal Medicine Consultant Neurologist TawamHospital, Al Ain, UAE Prof. Dr. AlRukn received his degree in medicine from UAE University. He underwent his Neurology Residency at the University of McGill, and subsequently obtain the Neurology Certification from the Royal College of Physicians &Surgeon (Canada). He then completed a fellowship in Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke at Montreal General Hospital, Canada. He currently serves as a Head of StrokeCenter at Rashid Hospital, Dubai. Prof. Dr. AlRukn’ sfieldof interest areprincipallydirectedtowards theAcuteStrokeManage ment, Stroke Unit Establishing and Post Stroke Rehabilitation. He established the 1st Certified StrokeUnit inUAE. Prof. Dr. AlRukn is a local and international speakers in strokefield, andhadmany publications in this area. Currently he is the President of MENA StrokeOrganization. In 2019, Prof. Dr. AlRukn became the President of World Congress of Neurology, and is the currently the President of Emirates Neurology Society. Dr. AlRukn is the Founder and the Chairman of the Neurology Residency Program in Dubai, since 2013. Also, he is theChairman of the Dubai Scientific &Research Ethical Committee. Dr. AlRukn has an interest in Headache Management & Movement Disorders, and he is running the Movement Disorder Clinic at Rashid Hospital. He currently sits on the executive boards of various scientific associations, steering committee and advisory boards, mainly in stroke & headache. Prof. Dr. Suhail Abdulla Alrukn Head of Organizing Committee President of Emirates Neurology Society Consultant Neurology, Rashid Hospital Professor, Dubai Medical College Dubai, UAE Pro. Dr. Naji Riachi recently joined Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City as Consultant Neurologist and Khalifa University College of Medicine as Clerkship Director of Neurology and Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs. Prof. Dr. Riachi was previously Tenured Full Professor and Chair of Department of Neurology at the Lebanese American University and Assistant Dean for Clinical Research at LAUSchool of Medicine in Beirut, Lebanon. After a 4 years Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, he completed his Residency in Neurology at the University Hospitals of Cleveland, then a two-year Fellowship in Epilepsy andClinical Neurophysiology at the Cleve land Clinics Foundation. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry and the American Board of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology. He is Founding Member and p ast President of the Lebanese League Against Epilepsy and a member of several scientific societies. He participated in several clinical studies, gave more than 300 lectures regionally and internationally, and authored 70 peer reviewed publications and book chapters. Prof. Dr. Naji Joseph Riachi Head of Scientific Committee Consultant Neurologist Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City Professor, Khalifa University Abu Dhabi, UAE