Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Maternity Hospital

Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgeon, University of Ottawa, Canada

Program Director of postgraduate residency program in Obstetrics & Gynecology in Kuwait - Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization (KIMS)

POSTGRADUATE

• Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 2003-2008
• Advanced Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 2008-2009

EDUCATION

• Kuwait Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology KIMS – Jan 2011
• MEDICAL MB BCh, University of Kuwait, May 2000
• UNDERGRADUATE Bachelor of Science, Boston University, USA, June 1994

CURRENT POSITIONS

• Assistant Professor in the Department of obstetrics and Gynecology at the College of Medicine in Kuwait University
• Consultant in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Maternity Hospital
• ⁠Clinical Tutor in Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program in Kuwait Institute for Medical Specializations and Chair of Examination Committee
• Accreditation surveyor for the Ministry of Health
• Surveyor with Accreditation Canada International
• Referee for the Journal of the Kuwaiti Medical Association and the Clinical Principles and Practice Journal

DEGREES

• Bachelor of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, May 1985
• Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, July 1988
• Clinical Fellowship in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, July 1997
• Specialist Certificate in Obstetrics & Gynecology, the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada, July 1997

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Member of the Kuwaiti Medical Association since 1988
• Fellow of the Society of Obstetricians & Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC) since 1993
• Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) since 2005
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC) since 1997
• Associate member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (UK) since 2015

• Consultant gynaecology oncology
• Chairman gynaecology oncology King Faisal specialist hospital and Research Center
• Assistant professor Alfaisal University
• Canadian board of obstetrics and gynaecology 2018
• Fellowship, gynaecology oncology and minimal invasive surgery McGill University 2020
• Interests : Robotic surgery and gynaecology oncology
• Hyperthermic intrapersonal chemotherapy procedure HIPEC

Specialist in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery and Fertility Preservation.

Graduated from Liverpool University – medical school, United Kingdom, she completed her fellowship in Reproductive Medicine and Assisted Conception at Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital, London. She is currently Working at Assisted Conception unit, Maternity hospital, Kuwait.

Dr. Qasem is an anesthesiologist currently serving as the Program Director for the Anesthesia Residency Program at the Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization and as the Head of the Department of Anesthesia at Maternity Hospital in Kuwait. She completed her postgraduate education at the Kuwait Board of Anesthesia and pursued fellowship training in Obstetric Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

With a strong interest in quality improvement, leadership, and medical education, Dr. Qasem has also completed a fellowship in simulation education and research at the University of Calgary and holds a Master’s degree in Medical Education from the University of Dundee, Scotland.

With special interest in research, she has authored over 15 publications and is dedicated to advancing clinical practice and enhancing patient safety through innovative approaches and continuous improvement initiatives.

Position

• Clinical and Biochemical Geneticist, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Pediatric Department, College of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait
• Consultant of Genetics and Metabolism, Farwaniya Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait
• Consultant of Genetics and Metabolism, Kuwait Medical Genetics Center, Ministry of Health, Kuwait
• Adjunct Assistant Professor of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Maryland, USA

Board Certification

• American Board of Pediatrics Certified
• American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMG) certified in Medical Genetics and Genomics
• ABMG certified in Medical Biochemical Genetics
• ABMG certified in Clinical Biochemical Genetics

Fellowship

• Medical Genetics Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA
• Medical Biochemical Genetics Fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), PA, USA
• Clinical Biochemical Genetics Fellowship at CHOP, PA, USA

Residency

• Pediatric Residency training at Kuwait Institution of Medical Specializations (KIMS), Kuwait
• Pediatric Residency training at Miami Children’s Hospital, FL, USA

Medical School

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University- Honors

• Graduate of Kuwait University Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery 2000 with honors
• Neurosurgery residency McGill completed 2010, Montreal, Ca
• Canadian board of Neurosurgery FRCSC 2010
• Pediatric Neurosurgery fellowship completed 2011, Denver, Co, USA
• Head of Pediatric Neurosurgery unit, Jaber Al Ahmad hospital, MOH
• Clinical instructor KIMs and KU

Degrees

• FRCOG
• MD
• Fellowship in reproductive medicine & surgery - London

Experience

• In OBGYN in government & private hospitals since 1986.
• In Reproductive Medicine since 1998.
• Trainer & lecturer since 2002

Current Posts

• Head of Reproductive Medicine Unit, Jahra Hospital, MOH, Kuwait.
• Head of Reproductive Medicine Unit, Dar Alshifa Hospital (private sector), Kuwait.
• Chairman of Kuwait RCOG representative committee.

(BMBCh, MSurg, MSurgEd, KBU)

Functional, Female, Neuro- and Reconstructive Urologist

Dr. Yaiesh is a board-certified urologist with subspecialization in functional, female, neuro- and reconstructive urologist and female pelvic reconstruction. After completing his training from Kuwait Board of Urology, he attained dual fellowships in his subspecialities from Austin Health and Royal Melbourne Hospitals - University of Melbourne, as well as two Master degrees in Surgery and Surgical Education. He has interests in male and female incontinence, neurogenic bladder, transitional and adolescent urology, and chronic pelvic pain/bladder pain syndrome as well as integration of artificial intelligence in functional urology and surgical education.

• Head, Urology Unit, Department of Surgery, Jaber Alahmad Aljaber Alsabah Hospital, Kuwait
• Head, Urology Faculty, Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization (KIMS), Kuwait

Dr. Tariq F. Al-Shaiji obtained his Urology board from McMaster Univeristy in Canada. He has fellowship training in Andrology from the University of Western Ontario (Canada) and a fellowship in Female Urology and Neuro-Urology from the Univeristy of Toronto (Canada). Currently, he works as a consultant urologist and chair of Urology Unit at Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Hospital. He serves as the head of Urology Faculty at Kuwait Institute for Medical Specializations and ex-program director for Urology Residency Program. He has published multiple papers in reputed journals and written some book chapters.

• Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ain Shams University, Egypt.
• Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taiba Hospital, Kuwait
• Editorial board Member of BMC Women’s Health Journal

• Bachelor of medicine & surgery, royal college of surgeons, Dublin, Ireland 1992
• Canadian Board certified, infectious diseases, at the University of Calgary , in 2000
• Chief, infectious diseases department, at the infectious diseases hospital in Kuwait

LRCPI, LRCSI, MB, BCH, BAO, NUI, FRCRP

• A graduate of RCSI; Dublin.
• Canadian Board certified in radiology in 2000.
• Fellowship in pediatric radiology from McGill university in 2002.
• Mini fellowship training in Fetal MRI at the AKH, Medical university of Vienna, Austria in 2015.
• Chairperson of the radiology department of ibn sina hospital 2009-2018.
• Radiology Council Rapporteur 2010-2012.
• HO Radiology Council's Scientific Committee 2010-2014.
• HO Rdaiology Council's Radiation protection committee 2011-2014.
• Initiated Fetal MRI through ibn sina hospital, in Kuwait in 2018.
• Special interest in pediatric oncology imaging & Fetal MRI.
• Member of pediatric oncology MDT since 2011.
• Established the "pediatric imaging unit" in ibn sina hospital in 2005.
• Established pediatric body MRI in a primarily neuro-center, like ibn sina hospital, in addition to setting up other pediatric imaging protocols since 2003, along with supervising training of recruited radiology registrars.
• An affiliate of image gently foundation, who helped in translating many information & instruction leaflets into Arabic.
• A member of numerous international radiology societies, mainly: SPR / ESPR, ESNR / ESPNR, AOSPR.
• Sat up the KBR's pediatric radiology training curriculum in Aug.2019.
• Currently a tutor of ped Radiology at the KBR.
• Organized a few international & national pediatric imaging events, including conferences, workshops, seminars etc.
• Participated in national & international meeting talks & poster presentations.
• Co-authored in a few specialty relevant publications.

• Internist & Obstetric-medicine Consultant.
• Canadian board certified & the 1st Obstetric internist in Kuwait.
• Currently works in Al-Amiri & Maternity hospital & has been program director of Obstetric Medicine fellowship program IN KIMS (which is the first in its kind in the Middle East region) for the past 13 years

• OBGYN Consultant
• MFM specialist
• Kuwait university graduate 2003
• OBGYN residency McGill university 2010
• MFM fellowship University of Toronto 2012
• Maternity hospital specialist 2012

• Graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
• Canadian Board in General Surgery, McGill University
• Vascular Surgery Fellowship, University of British Columbia, Canada
• Consultant vascular surgeon, Mubarak Al-Kabeer hospital
• Clinical tutor, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University
• Clinical tutor, KIMS

• Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology Council in Ministry of Health, Kuwait.
• Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department in Farwaniya Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait.
• Chairperson of Faculty of OBGYN program at Kuwait Institute for Medical Specializations (KIMS).
• President of the Kuwait Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Kuwait Medical Association.

Qualifications

• B. M. B. Ch., Kuwait.
• MRCOG, UK.
• Maternal and Fetal Medicine, UK.
• FRCOG

• Graduate of Kuwait University's faculty of medicine.
• Kuwaiti Board for obstetrics and gynecology.
• Maternal-Fetal medicine sub specialty from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
• Working at Kuwait's ministry of health since 2007.
• Currently working at the International Hospital.

• Completed residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology under the Kuwait Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
• Completed fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Ottawa.
• Currently serves as the head of Kuwait's only specialized Gynecologic Oncology unit.
• Has a special interest in robotic-assisted surgery and cancer-targeted treatments.
• Committed to advancing women's health through expert care, and cancer awareness initiatives.

• Canadian Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology at McMaster University, Canada
• Canadian Fellowship of Gynecology Oncology at University of Manitoba, Canada
• Program in Clinical Effectiveness – Harvard University, USA.

• حاصل على البكالوريوس تخصص حقوق من جامعة الكويت 1990
• حاصل على الماجستير تخصص القانون الخاص من جامعة Rennes الفرنسية 1995
• حاصل على الدكتوراه تخصص القانون الخاص من جامعة Nantes الفرنسية 1999
• قائم بأعمال عميد شئون الطلبة
• العميد المساعد لشئون الطبية
• العميد المساعد لشئون الأبحاث والدراسات العليا في كلية الحقوق
• القائم بأعمال رئيس قسم القانون الدولي
• مستشار قانوني لوزير الأوقاف والشئون الإسلامية
• مستشار قانوني لوزير التجارة
• وكيل النائب العام
• محكم دولي ومحلي معتمد لدى مركز الكويت للتحكيم التجاري
• محكم بمركز التحكيم التجاري لدول مجلس التعاون الدولي.
• حاصل على المركز الأول في ثانوية المعهد الديني
• حاصل على جائزة الكويت للتقدم العلمي
• حاصل على جائزة الباحث المتميز في جامعة الكويت
• عضو في اللجنة الدائمة لمراجعة وتطوير التشريعات في وزارة العدل
• عضو في الجنة التحقيقات الطبية العليا في وزارة الصحة
• ناشر للعديد من الأبحاث في اللغة العربية والفرنسية في العديد من المجلات العلمية المحكمة في فرنسا وبريطانيا وإيطاليا ومصر وسوريا.

Completed residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology under the Kuwaiti Board of ObGYN ad well as well as MRCOG followed by fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Ottawa.

Currently serving as a specialist in the only dedicated unit in Kuwait treating gynecologic malignancies at Jaber Al Ahmad Hospital

Special interest in the role of immunotherapy and targeted therapies in the changing landscape of cancer cell treatment

• Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery, Kuwait University
• Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency, McGill University, Canada
• Urogynecology & Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery, Western university, Canada
• Robotic Gynecology Fellowship, Western University, Canada
• Menopause & Female Sexual Medicine, NYC, USA
• Program of Clinical Effectiveness, Harvard University, Boston, USA

Dr. Eman AlSayegh completed her Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery in the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.

In 2010 she joined the Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program at McGill university in Montreal Canada.

Her interest in high risk Obstetrics, Ultrasound and Fetal therapy drove her to pursue a Fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine in the largest Fetal Therapy Centre in North America at Mountsinai Hospital which is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada.

She returned to Kuwait in 2019 and worked in the Maternity hospital. Currently she works in Royal Hayat Hospital as a Consultant in Maternal Fetal Medicine.

• Consultant family medicine physician - MRCGP
• Obesity medicine and weight management - Imperial college London
• Scope certified health professional
• Obesity and Fertility

MD MSc MHPE DipABPN FRCPC

• Acting Head of Psychiatry Department, Kuwait University, Kuwait
• Neuropsychiatrist, Amiri Hospital, Kuwait
• Head of Consultation Psychiatry, Kuwait Centre Mental Health, Kuwait
• Wilson Centre Fellow, University of Toronto, Canada
• Faculty at Harvard Macy Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
• Chair of National Psychiatry Program, Kuwait Institute of Medical Sciences

Coming soon...

• She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy from Kuwait University 2008
• MSc of Physical Therapy from the University of Brighton - UK 2014
• Ph.D in Physical Therapy and Women's Health from Sheffield hallam University - UK 2024
• Owner and founder of the awareness account @kw.womenshealth

• Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist, Senior specialist Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternity Hospital, Kuwait.
• Assistant program director Kuwait Board Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Training Program, KIMS, Kuwait.
• Clinical tutors for obgyn medical department, faculty of medicine Kuwait
• Harvard Alumni
• Coded academy Alumni

MD, MBBCh, FRCOG, MSc(Epi), DFSRH, Dip(GUM)

Director of Fetal Medicine Unit - Liverpool Women’s Hospital

Vice-President of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Asma Khalil is a Professor of Fetal Medicine. She is the Obstetric Lead at the National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA). She gained her MD at the University of London in 2008.

Prof. Asma Khalil has published more than 500 peer-reviewed papers, and many published review articles and chapters. She was awarded many research prizes, both at national and international meetings. She was awarded the 2021 FIGO Women's Awards: Recognising Female Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Her research interests include twin pregnancy, congenital infections, fetal growth restriction and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.

She had a fellowship with the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE). committed to the implementation of clinical guidelines in practice. She is the Lead author of the ISUOG guideline on the role of ultrasound in twins and congenital infections. She also led the guideline team developing the FIGO guideline on twin pregnancies. She was a member of the NICE Guideline Committee updating the Twin and Multiple Pregnancy guidance.

• Professor of Reproductive Medicine & Surgery, Guy’s & St. Thomas’ (GSTT) Hospital and King’s College, London. Active front line clinician and reproductive surgeon as well as an internationally renowned advocate of evidence-based medicine, and patients’ rights.
• Former Director of the Assisted Conception Unit and HFEA Person Responsible (2004-2019)
• Director of the Pre-implantation Genetic Testing Programme (2011)
• Director of the International Training fellowship Programme
• Deputy Director of RCOG Subspecialty Training Programme in Reproductive Medicine
• Member of The Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO) advises UK ministers and health departments on the most appropriate ways to ensure the safety of blood, cells, tissues and organs for transfusion/transplantation (2001).
• President of the International Society for IVF (January 2025-Jan2027)
• President of the Middle East Fertility Society (Nov 2024-November 2026)
• Former Chair of the HFEA Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee (2015-2021)
• Member of the RCOG Genomics Taskforce (2000-2023)
• Former Member of the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority Board (2014-2021).
• Former Executive board member of the British Fertility Society
• Former Chair of the RCOG National Clinical Studies group in Reproductive Medicine & Surgery
• Visiting Professor University of Assiut, Egypt
• Visiting Professor at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Croatia
• Principal Investigators of National Institute of Health Research funded research grants
• Published more than 200 Peer reviewed articles on different aspects of Reproductive Medicine including papers in NEJM, Lancet, BMJ, Nature Cell Biology and Nature)
• Associate Editor of Frontiers in Endocrinology and former Associate Editor of RBM online Journal.
• Invited/plenary speaker on fertility and IVF at numerous international conferences
• Expert Advisor to Singapore and Japan Ministry of Health on Regulation of Pre-implantation Genetic Testing.

Dr. Fleming is a Full Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Ottawa. In addition, she is the Chief of the Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Division (within the Department of Surgery) at CHEO, where she is on Active Staff.

Since completing a Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (PAG) at l’Université de Montréal in 2001, she developed and implemented a comprehensive clinical and academic PAG Curriculum within the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Ottawa, the only bilingual PAG curriculum available in Canada. She has received national teaching awards including CREOG (Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology) and APOG (Association of Academic Professionals in Obstetrics and Gynecology of Canada) as well as received the “Educational Advancement and Innovation Award in Postgraduate Medical Education” at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Fleming is the recipient of several clinical and leadership awards such as SOGC Regional Achievement Award (2019), the prestigious Minister’s Medal Honouring Excellence in Quality and Safety and the ‘Best Innovation in System Coordination’ Award for her leadership in establishing an innovative Multidisciplinary Outreach Adolescent Obstetrics Program (2013).

In November 2020, Dr. Fleming was appointed Medical Director of Physician Health and Wellness at TOH. She is an alumnus of the Chief Wellness Officer program at Stanford WellMD (2022). Along with her Director dyad and the Wellness Program, a People Health and Wellness Strategy was implemented with dissemination of lessons learned regionally and nationally. Her organizational wellness leadership and influence is recognized nationally. Dr. Fleming is passionate about People Wellness and believes that to effect meaningful and sustainable changes, an organizational approach is imperative.

• I studied medicine in Lille in the north of France.
• Specialisation in obstetric gynaecology from 2006, then only in gynaecological surgery from 2011.
• Head of clinic at the University Hospital of Lille / France 2010-2012.
• Assistant at the University Hospital of St Pierre / La Réunion / France 2012-2014.
• Assistant at the Cancer Control Centre Oscar Lambert / Lille / France 2014-2015.
• Hospital practitioner at the University Hospital of St Pierre / La Réunion / France 2015-2020.
• Since 2020, Member of the Franco-European Multidisciplinary Institute of Endometriosis, Bordeaux, France.

Istanbul Aydin University, Faculty of Medicine Dept. OB/GYN, Istanbul-Turkiye

My primary interests are advanced endoscopic surgery,urogynecology endometriosis, infertility and vNOTES technique.

I’ve performed over 800 vNOTES cases so far.

I started vNOTES in 2016, and I performed the first vNOTES case in Turkey; and for the last years, I’ve been doing vNOTESin my department.

I’ve already published more then 20 papers regarding the feasibility and benefits of vNOTES over conventional laparoscopy and organised live-surgery and hands-on workshops, presented lectures to describe and disseminate the vNOTES technique in the national/international congress.

• Maitre-Es-Sciences médicales (Paris VI University).
• Professor and Ex-Chairman of the Cairo University Andrology Department.
• Chairs one of the largest andrology and ART hospitals in the MENA region: Adam International Hospital and clinics.
• Past president of Egyptian society of Andrology and Mediterranean Society of Andrology and cofounder of the Egyptian foundation of Reproduction and Embryology.