A consultant cardiologist with over a decade of experience at King Fahad Specialist Hospital in Dammam, where her special interests lie in heart failure and cardio-oncology. King Fahad Specialist Hospital is the only tertiary and quaternary cancer center in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia under the Ministry of Health. She has played a key role in establishing cardio-oncology services to address the needs of cancer patients, facilitating their therapies while mitigating the risk of cardiotoxicities.

She also serves as the Group Vice President of Quality and Performance at the Eastern Health Cluster, an organization dedicated to providing top-quality healthcare in the Middle East. With a strong focus on person-centric and value-based care, she strives to improve healthcare outcomes and achieve the quadruple aim of better health, better care, better value, and joy at work.

She completed her undergraduate and postgraduate fellowship training under the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Beaumont Hospital in Dublin. She also holds a fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow. In addition, she earned an MSc in Healthcare Administration from RCSI-Bahrain, along with other professional certifications. She is actively involved in research and has been one of the authors of several heart failure guidelines in Saudi Arabia over the past seven years.

Dr. Khalid ALKHAMEES is Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at SBCC since 2012, performing all types of adult cardiac surgery procedures like CoronaryArtery Bypass Graft (on & off pump), Heart Valves Surgery (including Sutureless Aortic Valve Implantation), Mitral, Tricuspid Valve Repair,Aortic Root Surgery (including Aortic Dissection and Aortic Aneurysm Repair), Redo for Adult Cardiac Surgeries and ECMO, Mechanical Assist Devices.

Dr. Khalid ALKHAMESS in addition to clinical role currently, provides executive leadership as Chief Operation Officer for Saud Al-Babtain Cardiac Center since 2023. Also, responsible for assuring that the services delivered by SBCC are consistent with the EHC mission, vision and are accessible to all people in the communities serves.

Aeshah .I. Al-Saghier
Executive director general of Ada’a health center
Consultant family and home health care physician
Clinical associate professor, Princess Norah Bint Abdul Rahman University
Head of national home health care committee, Saudi health council
Choosing wisely champion at Ministry of Health
Chairman of Saudi scientific home health care society board
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Ayesha Almahri is one of the UAE’s most distinguished female leaders in healthcare. Her journey—from clinical nursing to executive leadership—reflects a rare blend of resilience, expertise, and visionary impact.

Currently serving as the CEO of Al Ain Region Hospitals, she previously held the role of Deputy CEO of Burjeel Medical City in Abu Dhabi, overseeing complex operations, service transformation, and strategic growth. With over 25 years of experience, Dr. Almahri has led high-stakes initiatives at major institutions such as Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital and SEHA, with a particular focus on nursing workforce development, clinical governance, and healthcare transformation.

Renowned for driving systemic change, she champions AI-powered, data-driven approaches to optimize clinical performance and financial sustainability. Her leadership style combines operational rigor with compassionate purpose.

Key Highlights and Recognitions:
1. First Emirati awarded Fellowship by the American College of Health Data Management.
2. HIMSS Middle East “Change Agent” Leadership Award recipient
3. Named among the Top 10 Women Leaders in the Middle East – 2024 by Arabian Business
4. Honored by Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak for pioneering the role of women in healthcare

Dr. Almahri believes that true leadership is not about titles—but about legacy and measurable impact. Her mission is to shape globally relevant health systems, powered by local talent and Emirati excellence.

Dr. Jeffrey Chapman, MD, is the Chief Quality Officer at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Dr. Chapman’s team focuses on implementing high quality, patients first philosophy which uses the latest technology to enhance quality and enhance patient safety.

Before moving to Abu Dhabi, he served as a Staff Physician at US-based Cleveland Clinic from 2000 to 2011. Dr. Chapman specializes in the treatment of interstitial lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, lymphangioleiomyomatosis and connective tissue disease, as well as lung transplantation.

Dr. Chapman received his undergraduate degree at Northwestern University in Biomedical Engineering and obtained his medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, US. He received training in internal medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City and in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Yale University. He is also a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Thoracic Society.

Group Director of Performance & Outcomes
A/ Group Director of Quality & Accreditation
Quality & Performance Administration, Eastern Health Cluster, Saudi Arabia

Reem Al Turki is the Group Director of Performance & Outcomes and is currently covering as the Group Director of Quality & Accreditation at the Quality & Performance Headquarters of the Eastern Health Cluster. She oversees cluster-wide accreditation readiness and compliance, quality and performance improvement, KPI governance and monitoring, and major transformation initiatives driving alignment with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030.

Mrs. Al Turki holds a Master’s degree in Epidemiology from the University of Basel and is actively engaged in academic research on digital transformation and patient safety. She is passionate about operational excellence and advancing data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Vishal Bhalla is a distinguished thought leader and sought-after speaker on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Human Experience and Culture. Committed to transforming work through human-centric, responsible AI and innovative strategies, he has shared his insights globally at conferences for The Economist, Becker’s and the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Abu Dhabi, Asia-Pacific, Africa, Italy and the United States.

Mr. Bhalla’s data-driven, tech-enabled human design mindset emphasizes inclusion, transparency and systems thinking. His work has consistently improved organizational outcomes, cost-efficiency, equity and overall well-being.

A prolific author, Vishal has been published in esteemed outlets such as MIT Sloan Management Review, Becker’s and Forbes. His thought leadership includes a Forbes series on AI in the workplace and HR Exchange Network articles on bridging the culture gap.

Vishal has served as Chief Experience Officer at both Advocate Health ($32 Bn, 69 Hospital, 165K Employee System and, Parkland Health (Safety net system with the busiest Emergency Department in the country) where he integrated experiences across patients, providers, teammates, faculty, learners and volunteers and Chief Human Resources at Atrium Health Navicent ($1 Bn, 1000 bed system) . He holds a Master of Business Administration and AI, Machine Learning, and Healthcare certifications from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); a certification in Ethics of AI from the London School of Economics, Diversity & Inclusion from Cornell University; is a Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma and a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).

Recognized for his expertise, Vishal has been invited to prestigious forums such as the White House Round Table for National Preparedness. He serves on boards including The Beryl Institute’s Patient Experience Board, the Advisory Board of HR Exchange Network, and the editorial board of Patient Experience Journal. Additionally, he is a subject matter expert and member of the board for the MDIAS initiative, a partnership between the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the private sector.

Vishal’s thought leadership has earned him accolades such as Becker’s Healthcare’s “52 Outstanding Health System Chief Experience Officers” for four years in a row and Perceptyx’s “25 Healthcare HR Leaders to Follow.”

As Executive Vice President, Global Growth & Strategy, Dr. Bilal Mushtaq brings more than 15 years of clinical operations, strategy, and insights into compliant revenue recovery for health care organizations across the United States. His experience in successfully leading clinical operations in revenue cycle management for a diverse range of healthcare organizations further adds to the unparalleled depth of knowledge that can help clients with transformation. In his current role as the Global expansion leader for CorroHealth, he is responsible for exploring opportunities in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and other emerging revenue cycle management markets.

Prior to joining Corro Clinical, Dr. Mushtaq was Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Paramount Health Solutions, where he led all consulting operations to help healthcare organizations ensure clinical accuracy, minimize risk, and drive revenue recovery and compliance.

He previously served as the Chief Medical Officer at Harmony Consulting, where he was responsible for overseeing all clinical services and operations. He also served as the Regional Chief Medical Officer at Accuity Delivery Systems, a startup organization that provides clinical and DRG validation services. He joined Accuity Delivery Systems in 2016 as the Executive Vice President of Physician Education and Documentation. He has also held key leadership roles in revenue cycle management with Optum360 and Community Health Systems.

Dr. Mushtaq received his MD from Windsor University School of Medicine; PGCert, Strategic Management from Davenport University; and MBA from Davenport University.

Thoracic Surgery Consultant | Group Director of Service Lines
Eastern Health Cluster, Eastern Region, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Manal Al Naimi is a Thoracic Surgery Consultant with a special interest in thoracic
oncology and minimally invasive thoracic surgery. She leads the Early Lung Cancer
Detection Program at the Eastern Health Cluster, driving initiatives to enhance early diagnosis
and multidisciplinary care for patients with lung cancer in the Eastern Region.
As Group Director of Service Lines, Dr. Al Naimi provides strategic leadership in developing
and integrating patient-centered models of care across multiple specialties. Her work focuses
on healthcare transformation, value-based service delivery, and improving outcomes across
levels of care.

Dr. Al Naimi holds a Master’s in Medical Education from the University of Dundee, with
academic interests in non-technical skills training and surgical education. She is passionate
about advancing patient safety, teamwork, and quality improvement within surgical practice
and health system leadership.

Dr. Nada S. Al-Qadheeb is the Group Director of Pharmaceutical Care and Formulary Management Affairs at the Eastern Health Cluster. She is a critical care clinical pharmacist who earned her Pharm-D degree from the University of Maryland at Baltimore. She completed post graduate training in Critical Care at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and has completed her Critical Care Pharmacy Fellowship at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. She is board certified in Critical Care Pharmacy and is recognized as a Fellow by the Society of Critical Care Medicine in the United States. In addition to her current role, she fulfills the duties of a Clinical Pharmacy Consultant in Critical Care, Director of Human Research Protection Administration at King Fahad Specialist Hospital-Dammam, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University. Her research and publication focus on ICU delirium and infectious diseases, with more than 40 papers in these areas.

BSc HIMT, MBA, CPPX, PXS, CHPMP, C-KPI

A pediatric specialist currently serving as the Group Director of Patient Services Management at the Eastern Health Cluster, with over 14 years of experience in patient services management across the Eastern Province.

His expertise spans a wide range of patient-centered operations, including medical referrals, outpatient clinics, bed capacity management, the unified call center, customer services, and mortality management.

He is dedicated to enhancing the patient experience and achieving operational excellence across all service touchpoints, contributing to the ongoing transformation of healthcare delivery within the Eastern Health Cluster.

Strategic and visionary Group Director of Nursing Affairs with nearly two decades of progressive
leadership across healthcare systems. Renowned for advancing clinical nursing practice,
strengthening patient safety frameworks, and embedding quality excellence across all levels of
care. Demonstrated expertise in strategic planning, policy governance, workforce development,
and accreditation leadership (JCI & CBAHI), with a strong track record of leading sustainable
improvements in nursing performance and patient outcomes. A dedicated advocate for evidence-
based practice, clinical competence, and continuous professional development, fostering a
culture where nurses are empowered to deliver safe, compassionate, and high-quality care. Committed
to driving transformation in alignment with Saudi Vision 2030, ensuring that nursing remains a
cornerstone of healthcare excellence.