Session III: Debates in Heart Failure Management
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Plenary Hall
| Saturday, June 27, 2026 |
| 1:45 PM - 2:55 PM |
Speaker
Dr. Hussien Heshmat
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Al Tadawi Specialty Hospital
Debate I: All patients with ICM and established CAD should be revascularised
1:45 PM - 2:00 PMBiography
Dr. Hussien Heshmat is currently a Professor of Cardiology at Cairo University. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the European Society of Cardiology, and the Society of cardiac angiographers and interventionists. He is currently a consultant in interventional cardiology in the UAE. He has performed 5000+ interventional procedures. His interests are primary PCI, complex coronary interventions, peripheral vascular interventions, percutaneous mitral valvotomy, and heart failure management. He won four prizes in interventional cardiology in Egypt and UAE. He has 50 international publications with 470 citations. He is currently a reviewer for Frontiers in cardiology and the associate editor of the Egyptian Heart Journal.
Dr. Manyoo Agarwal
Consultant Cardiologist, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Debate I: All patients with ICM and established CAD should be treated medically
2:00 PM - 2:15 PMBiography
Dr. Manyoo Agarwal is Director of Cardio Oncology Program and Consultant Cardiologist at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi focusing on improving cardiovascular health in clinical and research practice. With more than 150 publications in top cardiology journals, he is an internationally recognized speaker at several leading cardiology platforms including European Society of Cardiology.
Debate Reflections
Debate Reflections
2:15 PM - 2:20 PMBiography
Dr. Hadi Skouri
Director, Heart Failure Program
Consultant Cardiologist, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Debate II: All HFPEF patients should be on 4 Pillars of medical therapy
2:20 PM - 2:35 PMBiography
Dr. Hadi Skouri is a consultant cardiologist at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City in Abu Dhabi with over 14 years of experience in advanced heart disease care. He specializes in advanced heart failure, LVADs, heart transplantation, cardio-oncology, pulmonary hypertension, and cardiac amyloidosis. A regional leader in heart failure awareness, he has held key roles in the Lebanese Society of Cardiology and published more than 55 scientific papers.
Dr. Hussam Ghalib
Director, Cardiomyopathy Center
Consultant Cardiologist, Medical Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Debate II: No Evidence for the use of 4 Pillars in all HFPEF patients at this time
2:35 PM - 2:50 PMBiography
Dr. Hussam Ghalib, MD, is a Consultant Cardiologist in the Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute (HVTI) at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (CCAD). He specializes in Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology and is the Director of the HVTI Inpatient Services. He is also the Director of the Cardiomyopathy Clinic at CCAD.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Ghalib was at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Centre, where he specialized in Cardiovascular Medicine, and Advanced Heart Failure Management.
Dr. Ghalib received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. He then served on faculty in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Hospital for two years. Subsequently, he completed a Cardiovascular Medicine fellowship at UCLA Medical Centre, Los Angeles, California.
Dr Ghalib resides in Abu Dhabi with his wife and two sons.
Debate Reflections
Debate Reflections.
2:50 PM - 2:55 PMBiography