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Adel Khalifa Sultan Hamad

Adel Khalifa Sultan Hamad BMS, MD, FGHA, FRCP

Cardiology, Internal Medicine
Bahrain, Bahrain, Bahrain

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Dr Khalifa is a Consultant cardiologist and Bahrain’s first cardiac electrophysiologist at Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Cardiac Centre (Bahrain Defence Force Hospital). He is the head of the electrophysiology department, cardiac pacing and tachyarrhythmia devices. He is Board certified in internal medicine and adult cardiology from the University of Toronto, Canada. Subsequently, he did a subspecialty fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology at Toronto General Hospital.

During his cardiology residency, he did research focusing on the “Spatial organization of ventricular fibrillation in explanted Langendorff human heart” which he presented in the Annual Ursula Bangs Clinical and Research day. He continued his research in this area during his clinical fellowship years. He presented his final research at the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Meeting (Poster Presentation). Subsequently, he submitted an abstract to the American Heart Association. After returning from Canada he established the country's first electrophysiology (EP) laboratory in 2010, subsequently established an advanced EP program utilizing a 3D mapping system.

Current practice ranges from device implant (pacemakers, ICDs, and CRTs) to performing electrophysiology studies and ablation of various arrhythmias. He is a board member of the Gulf Heart Rhythm Society (GHRS). In addition, he is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada and a fellow of the Westminster College in Vancouver. He is an editorial board member of the Journal of Clinical Trials in Cardiology. He is a member of various societies including Bahrain Medical Society, Gulf Heart Association, European Society of Cardiology, European Heart Rhythm Association, and Heart Rhythm Society. He is Arab Board Examiner for cardiology. He is a speaker at many national and international conferences. He has a particular interest in atrial fibrillation, novel anticoagulation.
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