Info - Session VI: Advancing HF

Session VI: Advancing HF

Tracks

Plenary Hall

Saturday, January 17, 2026

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Speaker

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Mahmoud Traina

Vice Chair of the Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Interventions to Consider in Advancing HF

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

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Ahmet Celik

Professor of Cardiology, Mersin

University School of Medicine

Role of Frailty, Sarcopenia, and Functional Reserve in Advanced HF Outcomes

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

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Dr. Bader Alayyad

Advanced Heart Failure Senior Specialist

Adan Hospital

Transplant, VAD, or Palliation: Toward Better Decision-Making in Advanced Heart Failure

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

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Joseph Rogers

President and Chief Executive Officer, Texas Heart Institute

Cardiologist & Adjunct Professor, Division of Cardiology, Duke University

LVAD and Transplantation in the Young: Ethical, Medical, and Long-Term Challenges

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Session Chair

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Mitesh Badiwala

Surgical Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support & Heart Transplant

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

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Diyar Saeed

Head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery & Vascular Surgery

Helios Clinic Krefeld

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