Chair of Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic London
Staff Physician
Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
Staff Physician
Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
Department Chair
Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
Section Head
Clinical and Imaging Cardiology
Heart and Vascular Institute.
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
Chair of Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic London
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Dr. Naser Ammash is a Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, and a consultant in cardiovascular disease at Mayo Clinic. He is board certified in cardiovascular diseases, with subspecialty certification in adult congenital heart disease and echocardiography. Dr. Ammash attended the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, medical school and moved to the United States in 1987. Prior to joining Mayo Clinic in 1994, he completed training in internal medicine and adult cardiovascular diseases at the University of Iowa and Louisville, respectively.
His areas of expertise include Congenital Heart Disease in Adults, Aortic Syndromes such as Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Marfan, Loeys-Dietz, Pregnancy and Heart Disease, Echocardiography: Adult and Congenital, including Transthoracic, Stress Echocardiography and Transesophageal and Care of Patients with Cerebrovascular Events and Atrial Fibrillation or Patent Foramen Ovale.
Dr. Ammash has a 15 years’ experience as physician leader and administrator at Mayo Clinic Rochester and at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates where he was the founding CEO of Mayo Clinic Joint Venture building the foundation for a three-shield complex care destination medical center (2019-2024). His past administrative leadership roles at Mayo Clinic include; Practice Chair of the CV Department at Mayo Clinic Rochester, and Chair of the CV Clinical Practice Committee for Rochester and Mayo Clinic enterprise (2014-2018), co-director of the Echocardiography laboratory (2011-2014), chair of Echocardiography Clinical Practice Committee (2011-2014), director of Echocardiography training program (2008-2011).
Dr. Ammash recently served on the Adult Congenital Heart Disease ABIM Exam Writing Committee and Adult Cardiovascular ABIM Exam Approval Cardiovascular of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a physician educator and well published with more than 450 invited lectures given in different areas of expertise around the world and more than 150 articles in Peer — reviewed Journals in major Cardiovascular journals and 20 chapter books.
Dr. Abdullah Nabi Aslan graduated from Marmara University in 2009 and earned his title as a cardiology specialist in 2014 in Ankara, Turkey. He worked as an interventional cardiologist at Ankara Bilkent City Hospital until 2023. Currently, Dr. Aslan is an associate professor of Cardiology at Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University. In September 2023, he joined Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi as an associate staff physician in interventional cardiology, bringing his extensive expertise to the region.
Dr. Dima Quraini is a clinical cardiologist at the Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. After graduating from medical school at Universite de Montreal, Dr Quraini completed her internal medicine training at St Elizabeth’s Medical Centre in Boston, Massachusetts where she also served as chief medical resident. She then completed her cardiovascular fellowship at Tufts Medical Centre in Boston, Massachusetts where she dedicated a year of training in advanced cardiac imaging. Her research on 3D echocardiography has been cited in recent imaging guidelines.
Dr. Fatemeh Mohammed is a Chief Cardiology Fellow at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Cardiology Program, where she is recognized for her leadership and commitment to advancing cardiovascular medicine. She earned her medical degree from University of Sharjah, followed by a residency in Internal Medicine at Tawam Hospital, where she developed a strong foundation in patient care.
Dr. Fereidoon Shafiei, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Dr. Mitesh V. Badiwala is a Consultant Staff Physician in the Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and is the Surgical Director of Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support.
Dr. Badiwala received his medical degree from the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. He completed his residency at the University of Toronto. Dr. Badiwala was then honored to receive the Detweiler Travelling Fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He travelled to Chicago and completed a fellowship in Advanced Cardiac Surgery at Northwestern University as Chief Fellow, specializing in advanced valve repair, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. 
Dr. Mo’ath Bani Ali completed his medical degree at Mutah University in 2017. After finishing his internal medicine residency at Jordan University Hospital in 2022 and obtaining the Jordanian Board certification, he worked as an Internal Medicine Specialist at King Hussein Cancer Center.
Dr. Ramy Bany Ata is a dedicated Cardiology Fellow at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, with a strong passion of interventional cardiology. Driven by a deep interest in structural heart procedures .
Dr. Ronney Shantouf is the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Co-Director of the Complex Coronary Program, and Staff Physician at the Heart and Vascular Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Shantouf was a Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where he served as the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization lab of Olive View-UCLA Medical Center from 2016 – 2019.
Chair of Cardiac Surgery