Sub-specialty Consultant Neurology, Epilepsy and Sleep Disorders
MEG Specialist
Director of KFMC Comprehensive Epilepsy Program and Epilepsy Fellowship
Neurology Department, NNI - KFMC
Dr. Ahmed AlRumayyan
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Dean of College of Medicine KSAU-HS
Dr. Salah Baz
Consultant Neurologist and Epileptologist
Director of Epilepsy and EEG Fellowship – KFSH&RC
Vice President of the Epilepsy Support and Information Center
Assistant professor – AlFaisal University
Consultant Pediatric Neurology
Pediatric Neurology Dept – NNI, KFMC
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics – KSAU-HS Riyadh
Dr. Bandar AlJafen
Assistant Professor and Consultant Neurologist and Epileptologist
King Khalid University Hospital
College of Medicine
King Saud University
GCC Speakers
Dr. Aidan Neligan
Consultant Neurologist and Epileptologist
Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust – UK
Dr. Prakash Kotagal
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist and Epileptologist
Cleveland Clinic Foundation – USA
Professor of Pediatric Neurology Case Western Reserve University - USA
Dr. Fahad AlSubaie
Consultant Stereotactic, functional Neurosurgery
and Neurocritical Care
Neurosurgery and Neurocritical Care Depts., NNI – KFMC
Dr. Alexander Rotenberg
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Director
Neuromodulation Program, Kirby Center, Boston Children's Hospital
Dr. Soha AlOmar
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Consultant Neurosurgery; stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
Surgical Department – Division of Neurosurgery
King Abdulaziz University Hospital
Prof. Yasser I. Orz
Consultant neurosurgery and neurovascular surgery
Professor of Neurosurgery – Alexandria University
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery – KSAU-HS
Chairperson of Neurosurgery Dept., NNI - KFMC
Director of Neurovascular Program – KFMC
Consultant Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy
Head of Pediatric Neurology Unit
AlSabah Hospital
Dr. Andreas A. Ioannides
CEO of Human Brain Dynamics Laboratory - Cyprus
Professor, Physics and Neuroscience AAI Scientific Cultural Services
Prof. Andrew Papanicolaou
Professor and Chief of Clinical Neurosciences
Pediatric Clinical Neuroscience Center
University of Tennessee Health Science Center – USA
Dr. Judith Helen Dowsell
The Prince of Wales's Chair of Childhood Epilepsy at UCL
Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London – UK
Dr. Abdulrahman Sabbagh
Consultant Neurosurgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery
Surgical Simulation Specialist
Assistant Professor
King Abdulaziz University
Local Speakers
Dr. Haythum O. Tayeb
Consultant Neurologist, neuropsychiatrist and Epileptologist
Assistant Professor
King Abdulaziz University
Dr. Ibrahim AlThobaiti
Consultant Neurosurgeon (Epilepsy and Neurospine)
Dr. Sulaiman AlHabib Medical Group – UAE
Dr. Abdulaziz AlSemari
Consultant neurologist and Epileptologist
Department of Neuroscience in KFSH&RC – Riyadh
President of Epilepsy Support and Information Center
Dr. Khaled Alqadi
Consultant Neurologist and Epileptologist
Department of Neurosciences – KFSH&RC Jeddah
Dr. Boumediene Hamze
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
AlFaisal University – Riyadh
Dr. Vahe Poghosyan
Consultant Neuronavigation
Head of MEG Laboratory, NNI, KFMC
Dr. Saad AlShhwan
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist
Department of Pediatric Neurology
Prince Sultan Military Medical City – Riyadh
Dr. Alawi AlAttas
Consultant Neurology and Epilepsy
Neurology Dept, NNI, KFMC
Dr. Faisal AlOtaibi
Consultant Neurosurgery and functional neurosurgery
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery – AlFaisal University
Department of Neuroscience in KFSH&RC – Riyadh
Director of Neurosurgery Training Program
Director of Movement Disorders Program
Dr. Fahad AlBishri
Consultant Pediatric neurologist and Epileptologist
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
King Saud University Medical City
Dr. Chahnez Triki
Consultant Pediatric neurologist
Professor of Pediatric Neurology
Neurology Dept, University of Sfax – Tunisia
Head of Child Neurology Dept, CHU Hedi Chaker Hospital – Tunisia
Consultant Neurologist and Epileptologist
Prince Sultan Military Medical City – Riyadh
Prof. Shahid Bashir, B.Sc, M.Sc., PhD.
Assistant Professor
KSU Autism Research and Treatment Center
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine – King Saud University – Riyadh
Instructor of Harvard Medical Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center School – USA
Dr. Abdulmalik AlSaban
Consultant General Practitioner
Chief Executive Officer AlAzhar Medical Center – Riyadh
Dr. Osama Muthafar
Consultant Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy
Assistant Professor
Department of pediatrics
Faculty of Medicine
King Abdulaziz University
Dr. Shireen Qureshi
Consultant neurologist and Clinical neurophysiology
Chief of Neurology
Neuroscience Institute
Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare
Dr. Khaled AlQulaiti
Consultant Neurologist AND Epileptologist
Assistant Professor
Vice Dean, College of Medicine
Taibah University
Chairman of Adult Epilepsy Committee;
Board of Director, Saudi Epilepsy Society (ILAE)
Dr. Mashael AlKhateeb
Consultant Neurology and Epilepsy
Division of Neurology
Department of Neuroscience
KFSH&RC – Riyadh
Dr. Ali AlWadie
Consultant Pediatric neurology and Epilepsy
Director of Pediatric Neurology Residency Program
Pediatric Neurology Dept., NNI – KFMC
Dr. Adel AlJishi
Consultant Neurologist
Associate Professor
Arabian Gulf University – Bahrain
President of Bahrain Neurosciences Association in World Federation of Neurology
Dr. Tariq abalkhail
Consultant Neurologist and Epileptologist
Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, KFHS&RC – Riyadh
Section Head of Clinical Neurophysiology Dept., KFHS&RC – Riyadh
Associate Professor in AlFaisal University
Dr. Ali AlAnazi
Consultant Neurology and Epilepsy
Division of Neurology
King Abdulaziz Medical City
National Guards Health Affairs
Dr. Waleed Khoja
Consultant Neurologist
Deputy Director, Neurology Dept., PSMMC - Riyadh
Stroke Division Director, Neurology Dept.
Director of Neurology Residency Training Program
Board member and treasure of Saudi Neurology Society
General Secretary of Pan Arab Union of Neurology
Member of the Saudi Multiple Sclerosis Advisory Group
Reviewer to the Saudi Annals, Majmaah Journal Of Health Sciences and Saudi Medical Journal
Reviewer to the Neurology Educational Activities CME Accreditation, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties
Dr. Fahad AlShiekh
Consultant Neuroradiologist
Head of Neuroardiology
Prince Sultan Military Medical City – Riyadh
Dr. Fahad AlQureesha
Consultant Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology/Epilepsy
Neurological Diseases Clinic
Care Hospitals - Riyadh
Dr. Abdullah Al-Asmi, MD, FRCPC
Senior Consultant Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology
Associate Professor
College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Sultan Qaboos University – Sultanate of Oman
Dr. Pierre Genton
Consultant neurologist and Epileptologist
One of the Top Renowned Epileptologists in Europe and France
Previous President of France ILAE