Omar K. Hallak
President
Kings College Hospital Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Biography
Dr. Omar Kamel Hallak is currently the Head of the Cardiovascular Department at King’s College Hospital Dubai. Clinical Professor at Baylor University, Texas, USA. President (gulf Chapter) of international Society of Endovascular Specialists, Chairman of 4TS international conference, previous Chief Interventional Cardiologist at American Hospital Dubai. Dr. Hallak received his post-graduate training and research in United States at University of Illinois at Chicago, North Western University. and Louisiana University in New Orleans. He is American Board Certified in Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Vascular Medicine, Endovascular Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology and Internal Medicine. He was the Head of Cardiology Department at Saint Francis Hospital, Virginia USA, and assistant Professor at LSU New Orleans and University of West Virginia. He has more than 20 years in experience in cardiovascular medicine, performed thousands of procedures including Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Intervention in addition to Pacemaker and ICD/ CRT Implantation. He participated in many national and international research studies with many publications. He involved extensively in local, regional and international cardiology conferences as Speaker and Chairman.
Research Interest
Cardiovascular disease, endovascular medicine