ORGANIZING AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Chair, Congress Director

Saeed Al Marzooqi, MD
Consultant, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Programme Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City,
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Congress Co-Director

Michael B. Wallace, MD MPH
John C. Andersen Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic
Florida, USA

Congress Co-Director

Mohammed Nabil Quraishi, MD
Consultant Gastroenterologist and Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City,
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Member

Ahmed Al Rifai, MRCP, BSG, EASL
Consultant, Hepatology and Gastroenterology
Chair, Department of Medicine
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City,
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Member

Eyad Al Alakrad, MD
Consultant Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Director of the GI Motility Disorders
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Member

Ibrahim Al Hosani, MD
Consultant, Gatsroenterology & Hepatology
Burjeel Day Surgery Center
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Member

Khaled Al Nuaimi, MD
Consultant Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Member

Mohammed Abdel-Rahim Karajeh, MD
Chair of Gastroenterology
Consultant, Gatsroenterology and Hepatology
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City,
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Member

William Palmer, MD, FACP, FACG
Associate Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Associate Dean, School of Continuous Professional Development
Mayo Clinic
Florida, USA

Member

Hatim Taha, MBBS, MRCP, FRCP
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Member

Junaid Khan, MBBS, MBA
Consultant Neonatologist
Director C. Medical Education
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE