2^nd Global Heart Congress

Anatoly Ryzhikh got his PhD degree at Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (Technical University) degree in 1995 for the design of Implantable Pacemaker for Cardiomyoplasty (active auto-muscle heart circulation support), also he has his own design of abdominal auto-muscle circulation assist device, diagnostics external pacemakers, diagnostic and therapeutic electrophysiological catheters, patch holters hardware and software.

Circulation assist device, Diagnostics external pacemakers, Electrophysiological catheters, Patch holters

Dr. Kailash Prasad, earned his M.D. at the University of Delhi in 1961 before moving to Edmonton to complete a PhD in pharmacology at the University of Alberta – which was a move he had intended to be temporary. Prasad remained in Edmonton for eight years before landing in Saskatoon in the early 1970’s, where he’d remain for the remainder of his career. He has done his fellowship in few of the renowned colleges and academies around the globe including International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Royal College of Physicians of Canada, American College of Angiology, American College Cardiology and International College of Angiology. Honors and Awards: Total 46, including Prasad Manor and Prasad Union Streets: City of Saskatoon has named two streets after Dr. Kailash Prasad, Lifetime Achievement Award was presented by International College of Angiology at the 58th Annual World Congress held in Prague, Czech Republic, June 2,2016, Prime of Life Achievement Award by University Saskatchewan Retirees Association, September 22, 2014, Bharat Gaurav Award (Pride of India Award) and Certificate of Excellence was presented by the India International Friendship Society, in Delhi, on January 9th, 2014.

Oxyradicals in cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, Flaxseed and its components in cardiovascular disease and diabetes, Coronary angiography

Dr. Richard M. Fleming was born and raised in Iowa and is a "Kennedy Kid" receiving advanced scientific training through this program he received a formal education in Calculus and Particle Physics. He has received degrees in Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Psychology graduating second in his class, attended the University of Iowa College of Medicine graduating with High Honors; 1 of 17 Honors IM. He completed his law degree receiving class award for memorandum of law. While at Iowa he participated in human research, studying sodium and hypertension by measuring nerve conduction differentiating parasympathetic vs sympathetic responses. He completed internship, residency and a Cardiology fellowship in Houston where he published several papers on QCA, diets and heart disease and trained in Nuclear Cardiology including both SPECT & PET. He is one of three "certified" in PET imaging following a one year course of study on antimatter. He continued his investigation into the cause of heart disease and is the author and copyright holder of "Inflammation and Heart Disease," has been on The Today Show, MSNBC & 20/20. In 2005 he moved to the West Coast to help teach and train young physicians. His investigations have unmasked errors in the currently employed methods of detecting heart disease and breast cancer and has copyrights in both fields with patents pending on several methods to "quantitatively" detect these diseases thereby decreasing deaths, costs, time and radiation with associated risk of future cancer risks. He is currently expanding the use of these methods in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia. He has been involved with several Administrations as they relate to health care. He has published three independent books, Edited a Medical Textbook, has published several chapters in Medical Textbooks, and has more than 60 peer reviewed papers published in medical journals. He has presented more than 60 times in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Mideast and Asia. He is credited as being the Father of Modern Nuclear Cardiology & Nuclear Medicine and The Theory of Inflammation and Heart Disease.

Nuclear Cardiology, Nuclear Medicine, Heart Diseases,

Dr. Ovidio A. Garcia-Villarreal is a cardiac surgeon dedicated to the private practice, retired from the social medicine. He is the past president of the Mexican society of cardiac surgery, and the Current President of the Mexican college of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. He has been working on the mitral, aortic and tricuspid reconstruction for more than 25 years. He has been pioneer in the field of cardiac arrhythmia surgery, especially in atrial fibrillation surgery (Cox-maze procedure) as well as in aortic valve sparing operations in Mexico. He has implemented national surgical models for valvular heart reconstruction and maze procedure. He has been also dedicated to clinical research, with more than 50 international publications in PubMed. Editor-in -chief of the journal Cirugia Cardiaca en Mexico, and reviewer in more than 15 international journals. He is active member of the Mexican Society of cardiac Surgery, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery, amongst others.

Aortic Arch surgery, Aortic valve surgery, Mini-invasive surgery, Aortic valve-sparing operations, Left atrial reduction CAB, surgery ,Surgery for atrial fibrillation (Cox-Maze III , Cox-Maze IV), Mitral valve reconstruction, Mitral valve surgery

Gerdy Debeuckelaere has his expertise in extracorporeal circulation. His continuous search for improved quality creates new pathways for a better quality outcome. He is active in daily clinical practice as well as in research, evaluation and teaching in hospital and education institutions. He plays an active role in the European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion ( http://www.ebcp.eu ) and the Belgian Society of ExtraCorporeal Technology (http://www.belsect.be ).

Heart Diseases, Heart Failure, Cardiology, Cardiovascular.

Dr. Ellahham is a Board-certified internist, cardiologist and vascular medicine senior consultant and continues to care for patients. He received his undergraduate degree in biology and his M.D. from the American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. Dr. Ellahham did his fellowship in Cardiology at the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) in USA. After completing his fellowship, Dr. Ellahham worked in Washington DC in several clinical and leadership positions before moving to UAE in 2008. He led the First AHA GWTG Heart Failure Initiative outside US and was the recipient of the AHA GWTG Award in Wash. DC. He is the champion of the AHA GWTG in the region. Dr. Ellahham continues to be an active clinician. He is board certified in internal medicine, vascular medicine, cardiology and quality. He was recently recertified in 2017 by the American Board of Cardiology (ABIM). He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and key member in Heart Failure and Transplant, Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology, Cardio-oncology and Peripheral Vascular Disease Sections. He is the Eminent Editor of The Journal of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Therapy. In addition, he serves on the editorial board of American Journal of Medical Quality, Developments in Clinical & Medical Pathology (DCMP), the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Telehealth and Medicine Today (TMT), Blockchain journal (BHTY), Medical Science, Open Journal of Cardiatic Research, UPI Journal of Pharmaceutical, Medical and Health Sciences (UPI-JPMHS, Open Access Research in Anatomy, Gerontology & Geriatrics studies and Open Access Journal of Clinical Trials, Hypertension Today Journal and Focus on Hypertension Journal. Dr. Ellahham has served as Chief Quality Officer for SKMC since 2009. In his role, Dr. Ellahham has led the development of a quality and safety program that has been highly successful and visible and has been recognized internationally by a number of awards. As Chief Quality Officer and Global Healthcare Leader, Dr. Ellahham had a focus on ensuring that that implementation of these best practices leads to breakthrough improvements in clinical quality, patient safety, patient experience, and risk management.

Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovacular Diseases

Dr. Muhammed Jameesh is a third year General Cardiology Fellow in Heart Hospital at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) in Doha, Qatar. He earned his M.B.B.S from T.D.Medical College in India in 2008, after which he completed his Internal Medicine Residency at HMC which is an ACGME (American College of Graduate Medical Education) accredited training program. He is currently doing General Cardiology fellowship (ACGME accredited) at Heart Hospital, HMC. Dr. Muhammed Jameesh distinguished himself as young professor and clinical researcher. He is regularly involved in teaching internal medicine residents from HMC as well as undergraduate medical students from WCMC-Q (Weil Cornel Medical College- Qatar) with a special interest in ECG interpretation and preventive cardiology. He is also a European resuscitation council certified course director and instructor in various life support courses. He has participated in organizing regional conferences and the latest was Gulf Heart Association (GHA) conference in January 2018. He has great passion for innovations in medical technology in the field of cardiology and he is currently working on two medical devices which are patent pending. His areas of interests in research are in coronary artery disease root cause analysis and prevention, Endovascular medicine and Innovations in cardiology. He is currently doing research in molecular level association of coronary artery disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus, Association of acute coronary syndromes and ABO blood types.

Coronary artery disease root cause analysis and prevention, Endovascular medicine, Innovations in cardiology

Dr Mohammad Mostafa Ansari-Ramandi who is now working as the youngest cardiologist in Iran started studying in medicine at the age of 14. He continued to study Cardiology at Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and research Center in Tehran, Iran which is a center of cardiovascular excellence in the whole country and the Middle East. As a young cardiologist he has contributed much in research fields and his main field of interest is heart failure and cardiovascular imaging. Although he is now working as a busy cardiologist and as the head of the CCU and PCCU wards of Syed Mostafa Khomeini Hospital in Tabas, Iran, but is still contributing a lot to the international cardiology congresses taking place all over the world. He has gained several national educational and research awards while studying medicine and cardiology.

Cardiology, Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Imaging

Sergey Suchkov graduated from Astrakhan State Medical University and awarded with MD, In 1985 he completed his Ph.D. at I M Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy and in 2001, maintained his Doctorship Degree at the Nat Inst of Immunology, Russia. From 1987 through 1989, he was a senior Researcher, Koltzov Inst of Developmental Biology. From 1989 through 1995, he was a Head of the Lab of Clinical Immunology, Helmholtz Eye Research Institute in Moscow. From 1995 through 2004, he was a Chair of the Dept. for Clinical Immunology, Moscow Clinical Research Institute. He has been trained at: NIH; Wills Eye Hospital, PA, USA; Univ. of Florida in Gainesville; UCSF, S-F, CA, USA; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. He was an Exe Secretary-in-Chief of the Editorial Board, Biomedical Science, an international journal published jointly by the USSR Academy of Sci-ences and the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. At present, he is a Chair, Dept. for Personalized and Translational Medicine, I M Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University. He is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, USA; American Chemical Society (ACS), USA; American Heart Association (AHA), USA; EPMA (European Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine), Brussels, EU; ARVO (American Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology); ISER (International Society for Eye Re-search); PMC (Personalized Medicine Coalition), Washington, USA.

Heart Diseases, Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Diseases

From May 1994 to June 1996 Educational Grant of the Health Ministery to IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo at the Cardiology Department of the State University of Pavia. From October 1996 to October 1999 Postgraduate at School of Cardiology, University of Pavia. From June 1996 to September 1998 Staff Senior attending at the “Salvatore. Maugeri” Foundation IRCCS Tradate (Italy), From October 1998 to October 2002 Medical Chief at the Department of Cardiology – Mayor Hospital of Crema (Italy). From 2001 to 2002 Research Fellow at the Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology Laboratory, University Hospital Magdeburg Klinik für Kardiologie – Otto Von Guericke Universität – Magdeburg. From November 2002 to May 2003 Medical Chief at the Electrophysiology Laboratory, Department of Cardiology of IRCCS Clinic Institute Humanitas Rozzano (Italy). From September 2003 Medical Chief at the Emergency Medical Service 118 Cremona (Italy). From June 2004 Medical Chief at the Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology Laboratory Department of Cardiology, Mayor Hospital of Crema Italy. Specialties: - Dicember 1998 Graduation in Emergency Medical Service, October 1999 Graduation in Cardiology, 2005 Qualification of Fellow from the Italian Association of Cardiology, 2005 Qualification of Fellow from the European Society of Cardiology, 2005 Qualification of Fellow from the American Heart Association, 2005 Qualification of Member from the Heart Rhythm Society, 2007 Qualification of Member from the Italian Federation of Sport Medicine, 2008 Qualification of Fellow from the American College of Cardiology.

Heart Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiac Arrest, Cardiac Catheterization, Electrophysiology of Heart

Dr. Nicola Fortune is a Medical Doctor who specializes in General Practice with a special interest in cardiology, specifically in the optimal treatment of atrial fibrillation. Her previous research Clinical Outcome and prognosis of patients with acute pulmonary edema and congestive cardiac failure was presented at the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure conference 2018 in Vienna. Dr. Fortune is an experienced Doctor and keen clinician who is a graduate of University College Dublin (UCD) medical school. The majority of her medical practice has been at University-teaching hospitals in Ireland including St James University Hospital, Dublin, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and Cavan General Hospital. Dr. Fortune has a wide range of international medical experience having previously worked in Fiona Stanley Hospital and Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital in Perth, Australia. She has also lived and directed a humanitarian medical-aid project in St Lukes Mission Hospital in Mpanshya, Zambia.

Cardiology, Atrial fibrillation, Heart diseases

Dr. Larry J. Díaz-Sandoval is an Interventional Cardiovascular Specialist at Metro Health-University of Michigan Health Hospital in Grand Rapids. He has been recently appointed as Professor of Medicine at Michigan State University and is the newly appointed Chair of Cardiovascular Research & Director of Endovascular Research & Interventions. He has been the Director of the Vascular & Endovascular Medicine Fellowship Program since it’s inception in 2014. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency and Cardiology Fellowship at Tufts University School of Medicine and his Interventional Cardiology fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He is a Fellow of SCAI, ACC, AHA, and the Society of Vascular Medicine. He is the author or coauthor of more than 100 publications including original research, book chapters, review articles, editorials and Expert Consensus Statements for the Society of Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, as well as for the American Heart Association

Endovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Critical limb ischemia, Complex Peripheral Interventions