Consultant / Cardiology Department / IMC / Jeddah
Professor of Cardiology / Aleppo University / Syria
International Editorial Consultant / Turkish Cardiac Society Journal
Founder & Board Member / Saudi Hypertension Management Society

Clinic Tel.  :  00 (966 12) 650 9000
Mobile No. :  00 (966) 596 430 294 
E-mail :  walidina@hotmail.com

Personal Data:

Current Professional Status:

• Since June 2013, I am working as full time Consultant at Cardiology Department at International Medical Center (IMC) in Jeddah / KSA. IMC is a modern 300 bed multidisciplinary tertiary private referral hospital.Also , I am in charge of Cardiology OPD
• Our Cardiology Department has 10 full time consultants and 9 cardiology specialists and 6 residents
• We train Saudi Board Residents, and internship students studying at faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy (King Abdul Aziz University and other universities )
• All cardiac and vascular operations are done with facilities to manage complicated cardiac and peripheral arterial and congenital cases
• We have CCU , Chest pain Unit , Cath lab , Nuclear Cardiac investigations , Renal Denervation, TAVI , PPCI , Radiofrequency ablation ,CRT and Pacemaker Implantation. Also , we have huge OPD with  Non invasive lab : MRI , CT Cor Angio , TTE , TEE , Holter Monitor , Tilt table test , ABPM …
• Clinical Adviser / Consultant / Speaker for many international Pharmaceutical companies

IMC Hospital activities :

•  Head of Care of Patients Team
•  Member of hospital wide Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee
•  Member of smoking cessation committee

Past administrative and professional  positions:

• General Director: Aleppo University Heart Hospital / Syria
• Chairman of Medicine and Consultant Internist/Cardiologist: Bugshan General Hospital, Jeddah / KSA  

International Professional Activity:

• International Editorial Consultant    : Turkish Society of Cardiology Journal
• Reviewer of European Society of Cardiology Guidelines
• Former  European Society of Cardiology  National Guidelines Coordinator: For Syria
• Founder & Board member of Saudi Hypertension Management Society
• Reviewer of European Society of Hypertension annual meeting Abstracts
• Visiting Professor  at Gaziantep University / Turkey

Education, Degrees and Certificates:

1972 – 1979 MD Degree Aleppo University-Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo, Syria.

1980 – 1981 Diploma in Science History University of Aleppo, Syria.

1982 – 1983 Diploma in Cardiology University of London-Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, U.K.

1985 – 1988 M.R.C.P. / Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.

1986 – 1989 Arab Board Training Certificate in Internal Medicine Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.      

July – Nov.1991  Clinical Cardiology Fellowship. University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

• The Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Examination.
• TOEFL Examination. 
• TSE Examination (Test of Spoken English).
• 1993    FMGEMS Examination (Clinical and English Parts).

1999 FRCP / Royal College of Physician of Ireland.

1995 FACP / American College of physicians

Licenses:

1993 Licensed  Consultant Internist, K.S.A. Licensed Certified Internist, Syria.

Professional Societies membership:

1979 Member of the Syrian Medical Association.      
1981 Member of the Syrian Society of History of Science.
1988 Member of the Royal College of Physician of Ireland.
1989 Member of the American College of Physicians.
1994 Member of the Syrian Cardiovascular Association.
1995 Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
1999 Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.
2001 Founding member of Saudi Hypertension Society           
2004 Member of the National Saudi Committee for HTN

Professional Positions:

1986-1993 Registrar / Cardiology Department / Hamad Hospital / Doha

1993-2004 Chairman Department of Medicine / Acting Medical  Director & Consultant Physician / Cardiologist, Bugshan General Hospital , Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Dec. 2000- Consultant Physician / Internist, Department of Medicine,

April 2001 King Khaled National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

2004 - 2013  Professor of Cardiology / Aleppo University / Syria 

2012-2013   Medical Director / Altababah Specialized Center / Jeddah

2013-Till now  Consultant / Cardiology Department /IMC / Jeddah

Professional Undergraduate Medical Activities:
July 1975  Worked as an Undergraduate Medical Student, (Six weeks), Mount Vernon Hospital, London, U.K.

Aug. 1976 I was invited to Japan and Hong Kong by the International Federation of Medical Students Association to present my Study on environmental pollution in Syria 

Sept. 1976  I was invited to attend a conference on Family Welfare Cairo, Egypt.

Awards: July 1982- Oct.1983

British Council Scholarship

          October 2015 First Winner of The International contest: “Unforgettable moments in Hypertension / Clinical Case “

Professional experience:

• Giving classes and lectures  for Nurses , medical students  and Junior Doctors at all centers where I worked
•   Annually organizing and lecturing at Courses for General Practitioners & Junior Internist in Jeddah about Atherosclerosis, CAD,  Dyslipedemia and Hypertension . (Sponsored by Pharmaceutical Companies in Jeddah)   
• Clinical teaching for Medical Students at Bugshan Hospital from Om Al Kura University and King Abdul Aziz University –  Jeddah, K.S.A.
• I was Co-chairman of Jeddah Hypertension & Atherosclerosis and Jeddah Cardiac Clubs. Also I lectured frequently at Jeddah Diabetes club
•  I was invited by multiple Pharmaceutical Companies to give lectures in the field of Cardiology and Hypertension and CVD risk factors.
• Chairman of CME at Bugshan Hospital – Jeddah. Organizing and lecturing on biweekly basis from January 1999 till December 2000.
• A former Board member of Syrian Cardiovascular Society and currently a representative of Syrian CardioVascualr Association at ESC
• A former National examiner at MOH / Committee for Specialization in Cardiology in Syria

Had Multiple T.V. Interviews:

• QATAR  T.V. :  About Passive Smoking.
• SYRIAN T.V. :   About - Rift Valley Fever

       - Heart Failure
       - AF
       - Cardiac problems in Syria 

Community Oriented Professional Services:
March 1982: I gave a speech to Women’s Association in Aleppo, Syria about Environmental Pollution and Role of Mothers and Families in its Prevention.

March1989: Participated in Anti-Smoking Campaign and Bad Effects of active and Passive Smoking (TV Review) Doha, Qatar

June 1990: Lecture through Qatar Radio about Fasting and Medical aspects of Fasting and its Reflection on Diabetic Patient

June1991:  Worked in Qatari Haj Mission-Medical Section as Chief Medical Officer.

December1993: Round Table Meeting about Renal Failure, Causes, Treatment and Prevention.  Sponsored by Scientific Department, Okaz Newspaper,K.S.A.

January 1994: Article in local newspaper “OKAZ” Newspaper in Jeddah,. about Influenza, Infectivity, Prevention and Treatment.

June 1994: Article in Al Sharq Journal in Saudi Arabia about General Medical advices for Students during examination period.

October1994: Article in Al Bilad Newspaper in Saudi Arabia about New Trends in Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease by Laser

Publications:
- Disease of the Nails (Arabic book, 100 pages) M.D. Thesis, 1979.

- Myocardial Infarction in Qatar:  First 2515 patient, clinical cardio., 16. 227 – 230 (1993)

• How increased understanding of Coronary Heart Disease has influenced Prognosis and treatment in the last decade.  Diploma Cardiology thesis, 1983.

- Multiple medical articles in different Saudi Journals and Magazines.

• Lucky or unlucky, case of Myocardial Infarction in 23 –years–old male (Underwriting).

- Saudi Arabia Experience Trial of Fluvastatin in the Treatment of Dyslipedemia. The Practitioners, Vol. 9, No. 7/8, July / August 1998.

•  Investigator in REACH Registry about Clopidogrel ( Plavix )

- Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension.  KSA ( all editions)

• Postmarketing Surveillance studies of antihypertensive drugs in Syria, JACC, 2013, Volume 62

Medical Conferences :

Lectured and participated with many Medical National & International Conferences in:

Syria , Saudi Arabia , United kingdom , Italy, Turkey, Belarusia , USA , Egypt , Germany, Bahrain , Czech Republic , Iran , Thailand , Canada , Japan , Holland , Singapore , Austria , Qatar , Jordan , UAE , Lebanon  , Sweden , France  and other countries

References : Will be furnished upon request