Contributors
Several authors have contributed their knowledge and expertise to developing this policy brief.
Dr Adel Tash
Director General of the National Heart Center, Saudi Health Council Advisor to the Assistant Minister of Health for Planning and Development
Dr Abdulaziz Alrabiah
Director General of the General Directorate of National Health Policy and Economics, Saudi Health Council
Dr Abdulrahman AlMoghairi
Interventional Cardiologist, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Director of Interventional Cardiology and Head of Catheter Laboratory, Director of the Research Department and Director of the Cardiology Fellowship Training Program
Dr Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani
Interventional and Structural Cardiologist, Head of the Interventional Cardiology and Catheterization Laboratory, King Fahad Medical City, and Leader of the R2 cluster ACS service line
Dr Fawaz Al Mutairi
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, National Guard Hospital, and President of the Gulf Interventional Society
Dr Feras Khaliel, MD, PhD
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Head of the Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery, Director of the Robotics and MIS Cardiac Surgery, Director of the Heart Transplant and MCS Program, and Professor of Medicine, AlFaisal University, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Dr Hazim Rahbi
Head of the Structural Heart Unit and Consultant Structural and Interventional Cardiologist, Heart Health Centre, King Saud Medical City
Dr Hussain Al-Omar
Associate Professor of Pharmacoeconomics and Director of the Health Technology Assessment Unit, King Saud University
Dr Hussein Al Amri
Senior Interventional and Structural Heart Disease Consultant, Prince Sultan Cardiac Centre
Dr Khalid Al Shibi
Interventional Cardiologist and Director of the Cardiac Center at King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital
Dr Mirvat Al-Asnag, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSCCT
Director of the Catheterization Laboratory, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, General Secretary of the Saudi Arabian Cardiac Interventional Society (SACIS)
Dr Mohammed Al Otaibi
Senior Interventional Cardiologist, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, and Head of Saudi Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Fellowship Program
Dr Sondos Samargandy
Interventional and Structural Cardiologist, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh
Dr Turki B. Albacker, MBBS, M.Sc, FRCSC, FACS, FACC, MBA
Professor of Cardiac Sciences, Cardiac Sciences Department, College of Medicine and Consultant Cardiac and Aortic Surgeon, King Fahad Cardiac Center, King Saud University Medical City
Dr Waleed Alharbi, MBBS, FRCPC, FACC
Director of the King Fahad Cardiac Center, Department of Cardiac Sciences, College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh
Dr Wail Al Kashkari
Cardiology Consultant, Interventional ACHD, President of SACIS, SHA, and KAMC, Jeddah
Disclaimer:
This document is a collaborative process facilitated and endorsed by the Saudi Health Council/National Heart Center/General Directorate of the National Health Policy and Economics. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Saudi Health Council.
Edwards Lifesciences supported the development of this policy brief.
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