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• Completed her postgraduate studies at the University of Glasgow, UK, after which she returned to the UAE and continued my career at DOHMS, now known as Dubai Health • Consultant Endocrinologist & the Head of the Endocrine Section, Dubai Hospital. • President of Emirates Diabetes & Endocrine Society (EDES) • Chairperson of Diabetes Combat and Control Committee – Dubai Health • Member of the National Diabetes Committee (MOHAP) • Clinical Professor of Medicine at Mohammed Bin Rashid University (MBRU) • Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at Sharjah University • Federation Lead for Royal College PACES in Dubai and Sharjah • Chief Editor of the Dubai Diabetes & Endocrine Journal (DDEJ) at DHA • Actively engaged in research and has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles in Diabetes and Endocrinology • Founded Dubai’s first diabetic One-Stop Shop Clinic, including Diabetic-Nephro, Diabetic-Ante Natal Care, and Thyroid clinics in Dubai Health. • Established the first Adult Endocrinology & Metabolism Fellowship Program under the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCHS) in the UAE.

Prof. Khadija Hafidh has over 20 years of experience in Internal medicine, diabetes, obesity, metabolism and medical education. Currently, she heads the Diabetes Unit at Rashid Hospital, Dubai Academic Health Corporation. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and clinical Professor of Medicine at Mohamed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences. She is certified SCOPE obesity and Cardio-metabolic Health expert. She is a member of the steering committee for the UAE National Diabetes Guidelines and Editorial Board Member of the Dubai Diabetes and Endocrine Journal. Her research interest includes: cardiovascular complications in Diabetes and Obesity.

Dr. Mohamed Hassanein is a Professor of Medicine at Mohamed Bin Rashid University UAE, and a Senior Consultant in Endocrinology and Diabetes at Dubai Hospital. He previously served as Associate Director for Postgraduate Diabetes Education at Cardiff University, UK. He’s a graduate of Alexandria University, Dr. Hassanein is internationally acclaimed for his pioneering research on diabetes and Ramadan, contributing to landmark ADA, BMJ, Diabetes Canada, and IDF DAR guidelines. With over 110 peer reviewed publications and leadership in major national and international clinical guidelines. He also serves as Associate Editor of the Dubai Diabetes and Endocrinology Journal. Dr. Hassanein is winner of the prestigious 2024 Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Excellence in the 'Medical Innovation' category.

Dr. Farooqi received his Internal Medicine training in New York and then did his Endocrine Fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. He is US Board Certified both in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology and is a Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology, the American College of Physicians and the Royal College of Physicians, UK. He was also awarded the Fellowship of Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine recently. His passions include teaching. He has won multiple awards for teaching while serving as an Associate Professor at the University of South Florida. He has been a faculty member at Thomas Jefferson University and Harvard Medical School. At present, he is an Adjunct Professor at the Mohammad Bin Rashid University of Health Sciences as well as the Dubai Medical College. Initially he joined the Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate in Florida and worked there for a decade as the Medical Director. He established and operated a highly successful Joslin affiliate in Safety Harbor, Florida. In 2008, he led the Joslin team that set up the state-of-the-art Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate at Dubai Health Authority, now renamed as the Dubai Diabetes Center, one of the largest in the public sector in the UAE, which he stills leads. Dr. Farooqi has been an invited speaker at various Health Forums internationally and has helped design and conduct global diabetes education programs for physicians as a steering committee member. He has published many articles and serves as a reviewer or member of the editorial board of various international journals. Currently he is focused on telehealth using remote patient monitoring technology and clinical decision support systems to provide personalized diabetes management.

Sarah Mayson, MD is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, Colorado, USA. She received her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and completed internal medicine residency and fellowship in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at the University of Pennsylvania, also in Philadelphia. She the Director of the Fellowship Program in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and leads the thyroid nodule clinical program at the University of Colorado Hospital. She is also a current member of the American Thyroid Association adult thyroid nodule guidelines taskforce.

Dr. Alkaabi is a Professor of Medicine at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University and Vice Dean of the College of Medicine and Health Services (2018- to date). Former Acting Dean of the College of Medicine and Health Services (2019-2023). He also has a co-appointment as a Consultant Internist, Endocrinologist at Tawam Hospital and Al-Ain Hospitals. Dr. Alkaabi is the Vice-president of the Emirates Diabetes and Endocrine Society. Founder, Member (2012 to 2019), and Former President of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)-Gulf Chapter. Prof. Alkaabi obtained his basic medical science degree from the University of St. Andrews Scotland in 1990 and his medical degree from University of Manchester- England in 1993. He subsequently trained in Internal Medicine in the United Kingdom followed by clinical fellowship program in Endocrinology and Metabolism in Canada where he spent two years and a half at the University of Alberta as a clinical fellow at the department of Endocrinology and Metabolism. Dr. Alkaabi’s research interests are in diabetes mellitus, thyroid disorders, obesity, cardiometabolic diseases, osteoporosis, and Vitamin D deficiency with 189 publications as articles and abstracts. He has various participations at national, regional and international meetings and is an organizer of many scientific conferences and meetings.