


FACULTY

Dr. Abdullah Abolkhair
Chairman, Department of Anesthesia
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and
Research Center, Riyadh, KSA​

Dr. Albert Kwon
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA

Dr. Asmahan Almulla
Consultant Anesthesia and Intensive Care
and Pain Medicine
Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Dr. Eric Francois
Consultant Pain Physician
Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Mr. Francesco Riilloo, PHD
Principal Clinical Scientist
Medtronic Neuromodulation, Italy

Dr. Hemant Kalia
Interventional Pain & Cancer Rehabilitation Medicine Specialist
Managing Director, Greater Rochester Region
Medical Director, Invision Spine & Pain,
New York, USA

Dr. Kelly Huffman
Psychologist, Neurological Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Maisa Ziadni
Clinical Assistant Professor
Stanford Systems Neuroscience and Pain Laboratory & Pain Management Clinic, California, USA

Dr. Mohamed El Toukhy
Consultant in Pain Management and Anesthesia
King's College Hospital London, Dubai, UAE

Dr. Rizq Alamri
Head of Anesthesia Department
Consultant in Pain Medicine and Neuroanesthesia
East Jeddah Hospital, Jeddah, KSA

Dr. Vafi Salmasi
Interventional Pain Specialist and Anesthesiologist,
Stanford University School of Medicine,
California, USA
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Dr. Abdullah Ali Saaban Al-Ghamdi
Consultant Anaesthesiologist and Pain Specialist
Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare,
Dhahran, KSA​

Dr. Ali Alshoaiby
Consultant in Anesthesia and Pain Management
King Fahad Medical City,
Riyadh, KSA

Dr. Einar Ottestad
Clinical Professor, Stanford University
Stanford Health Care, California, USA

Dr. Fadi Kaddoura
Consultant in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Hani Alghamdi
Consultant in Anesthesiology and Chronic Pain
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and
Research Center, Riyadh, KSA

Dr. Hesham Elsharkawy
Professor of Anesthesiology
Case Western University
MetroHealth, Ohio, USA

Dr. Kenneth Candido
Clinical Professor of Anesthesia & Surgery, University of Illinois
Director, Thorek Memorial Hospital,
Illinois, USA

Dr. Manish Raj
Department Head of Interventional Pain Medicine
Mediclinic City Hospital and Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Dr. Paresh Doshi
Director of Neurosurgery
Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Jaslok Hospital & Research Center,
Mumbai, India

Dr. Salahadin Abdi
Professor [Tenured] and Chair
Department of Pain Medicine - Unit 409
Helen Buchanan & Stanley Joseph Seeger Endowed Research Professor
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Texas, USA

Dr. Adil Kamal
Consultant Anesthesiology and Pain Management
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Jeddah, KSA

Dr. Amar Salti
WSPC President
Consultant Anesthesia and Interventional Pain Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Emad Estemalik
Section Head – Headache and Facial Pain
Neurological Institute
Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA
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Dr. Fatma Dammas
Head of Anesthesia Department,
King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA

Dr. Hasan Behbehani
Specialist in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Dr. Isaac Peña
Head of Pain Unit
Virgen del Rocio University Hospital,
Sevilla, Spain

Dr. Maan Kattan
Consultant, Department of Anesthesiology
King Abdulaziz Medical City,
Jeddah, KSA

Dr. Michael Schatman
Clinical Psychologist
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care & Pain Medicine and the Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA

Dr. Preeti Doshi
Director, Pain Medicine Department
Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre,
Mumbai, India

Dr. Stanley Lam
Clinical Associate Professor (Honorary),
Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of
Hong Kong
President, Hong Kong Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Dr. Reda Tolba
Conference Co-Chair
Consultant, Pain Management, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology,
Cleveland, Ohio, USA​​​

Dr. Abdullah Terkawi
Conference Co-Chair
Consultant & Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology,
Perioperative & Pain Medicine
Stanford University, California, USA