Tutors 2023-2024
Worldwide full Professors in Geriatric Medicine and other medical specialities.
Worldwide full Professors and Experts in Gerontology (nursing, nutrition, psychology, sociology and also architecture, demography, economy, and engineering.
The tutors involved in a session should participate in all teaching activities.
April 2024, Vaccines in Old adults
Prof. Jean-Pierre Michel, M.D.
Prof. Michel is emeritus professor of medicine and former head of the academic geriatric department (Geneva Hospitals and Medical University). He is also honorary professor of Medicine at Limoges University (F) and Beijing University Hospital (CN) as well as adjunct professor at Mac Gill University (Montreal – Ca).
He co-founded the European Academy for Medicine of Aging (EAMA) in 1992, the Academia Latinoamericana de Medicina del Adult major (ALMA) in 2001, the Middle East Academy of Medicine of Ageing (MEAMA) in 2002, the Asian Academy for Medicine of Ageing (AAMA) in 2011 and the South Est Asia Academy of Geriatrics in 2018. After several years of work as ambassador of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics-World (IAGG-W) for Asia and the Middle East, he is now acting as Director of the IAGG-W Federation of Geriatric Education (2017- today) and set up in 2021, he set up an International online training in Gerontology and Geriatrics: IAGG e-TRIGGER in two time zones Asia/Oceania and Africa/Middle East/Europe (https://iagg-fge.org/).
He got the City of Vienna (Austria) life achievement award” in 1998 and the “China Foreign Friendship Award” in 2002 and gave a talk at the Great People Hall in Beijing on this exceptional occasion. During the 2013 IAGG-World congress of Geriatric Medicine in Seoul, he received a “World award” for his long life and global achievement in geriatric medicine.
He was elected President of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) in 2012 and 2013 and was the editor-in-chief its peer review journal “European Geriatric Medicine” (IF2022 = 3.8) from 2010 to 2017. He is now Honorary editor-in-chief this European Geriatric journal and associate editor of “Aging Clinical Experimental Research” (IF2022 = 4.2)
He was elected full board member of the French National Academy of Medicine (Paris) in 2012 and is currently acting in its international committee. He was elected foreign correspondent of the Real Academia of Medicina de España in 2018.
He has been appointed as WHO expert of the “Aging and Life course” program since 1992 and was co-author of the 1st Global WHO report devoted on “Ageing and Health” launched in 2015.
In 2016, he co-founded the European Interdisciplinary Council on Ageing “EICA”, based at Venice International University in San Servolo Island (Italy). In June 2018, he was elected President of the EICA. He is now part of the executive board.
Until now, he has authored more than 500 reviewed scientific papers and multiple book chapters (more than 120’000 readers, about 27’500 quotations – IH > 65).
In 2018 he was the 1st editor of the Oxford textbook of Geriatric Medicine (3rd Ed), which got an Award by the British Medical Association. In 2019, he edited two Springer books untitled “Healthy Ageing: midlife prevention of age-related disability” (Doody score **** 95/100) and “Adult vaccines”. As chairperson of the working group established at the EU 28 level by the Science Advice for Policy by European Academies (SAPEA), he was the chairperson of an interdisciplinary review report on “Transforming the future of ageing” (2019). In 2023, he published the International Textbook of Geriatric Medicine with Dr HY Cho and his is the first editor of the Oxford textbook of Geriatric Medicine (4th edition – 2024)
Fiona ECARNOT, PhD
Originally from Dublin, Ireland, Fiona Ecarnot works as a research engineer at the Cardiology Department of the University Hospital of Besançon, France. She received an MSc in biostatistics and epidemiology from the University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, and obtained a PhD at the same university in 2019 in the field of cardiovascular sciences, focussing in particular on the use of qualitative research methods in the field of cardiology. Her research areas include vaccines, geriatrics and gerontology, ethics in healthcare, palliative care and end-of-life issues. She has authored or co-authored over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals, plus numerous book chapters.
Dr. Stefania Maggi
Dr. Stefania Maggi is a Geriatrician and Epidemiologist with specific interest in the epidemiology of aging and in the analysis of factors promoting healthy Aging in a lifelong approach. She is currently working as Research Director at the CNR Aging Branch-Institute of Neuroscience in Padua, Italy, and coordinating several national and international research projects on nutrition, vaccines and life style as key factors for promoting healthy aging.
Dr. Maggi is past-President of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) and currently active in several EuGMS working groups, she is Vice-President of the European Interdisciplinary Council on Aging (EICA), member of the IOF Committee of Scientific Advisors and Member (ex-officio) of the ESCEO Board. Since 2016, she is a member of the Accademia Galileiana.
Dr. Maggi has authored more than 500 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and many book chapters.
March 2024, Cardio-vascular disorders
Prof. Timo Strandberg
Timo Strandberg, MD, PhD (University of Helsinki, Finland), professor emeritus of geriatric medicine at the universities of Helsinki and Oulu, Finland; past president, EuGMS; chairperson of the Clinical Section, IAGG European Region
Dr. Shaimaa Nabil Rohaiem
Dr Shaimaa Nabil Rohaiem is a consultant of geriatric medicine from internal medicine background. She was trained at Ain Shams University hospital. She believes that elderly care is truly a humanistic duty that needs dedicated persons. Her 1ry specialty is Geriatric medicine including (Acute geriatrics care, Palliative Care, Dementia care, End of life care, Psychogeriatrics).
She was also trained on and practiced internal
medicine plus intensive care medicine of elderly. As a
Physician practicing medicine in Greater Cairo (Egypt), she got opportunity to work in several large hospitals. She has a very good experience in medical care of older adults; and all care levels related to geriatric medicine including home healthcare & Telegeriatrics.
Apart from her clinical experience, she is a lecturer of geriatrics at Ain Shams Medical School. As a researcher, she had several publications and currently contributing to research projects. She has served ni medical administrative and leadership positions.
She has worked as a temporary advisor to the EMRO- WHO ni several occasions for auditing geriatrics health services. She has provided training elderly healthcare providers ni Egypt, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia. She has received several honorations and is a member of scientific societies.
Dr. Ghassan Watfa
Dr. Ghassan Watfa currently working in King Saud Medical City (KSMC) as a consultant Geriatrician and Director of Excellence administration.
Past Director of Home Health Care Administration in KSMC and Riyadh Health Cluster one (R1) and the lead of Last Phase (System of Care) in R1, he initiated the Hospital at Home services (Infusion therapy (OPAT), TPN, Hospice at home, advanced respiratory therapy, advanced wound care, …).
He initiated and developed geriatric activities starting by Geriatrics and Memory Clinics, and Multidisciplinary Geriatric Team.
He has an active role in the training of undergraduate and postgraduate students including physicians, nurses, and health allied staff. He is also member of the national scientific committee of Home Health Care diploma.
Before joining KSMC, he served, for 6 years, as Geriatrics consultant at the Department of Geriatrics of Nancy University hospital in France and participated in their clinical and pedagogical activities.
In partnership with the Nancy University Hospital & INSERM Clinical Investigation Centre, he conducted his research in physiopathology and pharmacotherapeutics of decline cognitive, hypertension and aging. He has authored more than 20 papers published in peer-reviewed international scientific journals and has participated in several international conferences. He has contributed published 2 books (chapters) in Hypertension management in elderly.
After the basic medical training, he did his Internal Medicine Residency training in 2007 and Geriatrics specialty in 2010 from Nancy University Hospital, France. He obtained his MSc from the University of Paris VII (2008) and his PhD from the University of Nancy (2011).
Founder member of the Saudi scientific Home Health Care Society (SSHHS) and the Saudi Geriatrics Society, He is the head of SSHHS wound club. He is also member of several national and international medical societies such as French Society of Internal Medicine (SNFMI), French Society of Hypertension (SFHTA), French Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (SFGG), European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Society of Hypertension (ESH).
February 2024, Three special issues
Prof. Anastassia E. Kossioni, DDS, PGCeODL, MSc, PhD
Professor of Gerodontology at the School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece.
Anastassia Kossioni is Professor of Gerodontology at the Dental School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) in Greece. She received her DDS and PhD from the NKUA, her MSc in Gerodontology from the Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (University of London, UK), and her Certificate in Open and Distance Learning from the Hellenic Open University.
She has a long teaching experience in Gerodontology for dentists and other health care professionals both nationally and internationally. Her research activity is focused on the association of oral with general health in older people, on oral frailty and on gerodontology education for dentists and other healthcare professionals including interprofessional collaborative practice.
She is currently Honorary Secretary and Chair of the Education Committee at the European College of Gerodontology (ECG) and co-Chair of the Special Interest Group in Gerodontology at the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS).
Prof. Marina Kotsani, MD, MSc, PhD
Marina Kotsani is an internist and geriatrician. Between 2015 and 2021 she worked by the side of Prof Benetos in the Geriatric Unit of the University Hospital on Nancy, sharing her activity between clinical duties and research, participating also in EU funded projects. Since 2021 she lives in Nice, and works as the coordinating physician in a long-term care facility.
During the whole time she maintained also an activity in her birth country, Greece, by leading the working group for the development of geriatric medicine in Greece of the Hellenic Society for the Study and Research of Aging, by participating in the research and teaching activities of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Primary Health Care Research Network and of the Master on the Pathophysiology of Aging and Geriatric Syndromes of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is also actively involved in the activities of the European Geriatric Medicine Society.
Her main interest lies on the development of educational and health policy strategies for the promotion of geriatric medicine in countries where it is still under development. Since November 2022 she leads the PROGRAMMING COST Action 21122, a 4-year European project aiming to the promotion of Geriatric Medicine in countries where it is still emerging, counting more than 300 participants from more than 40 countries.
Prof. Katarzyna Szczerbińska, MD, PhD
Katarzyna Szczerbińska, MD, PhD, full professor of medical sciences with specialty in geriatrics, Head of Laboratory for Research on Aging Society at Chair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine in Jagiellonian University Medical College, in Kraków in Poland, She is Secretary General in the Executive Committee of International Association for Gerontology and Geriatrics – European Region (IAGG-ER), and Board Member of the Association of Polish Geriatricians, which members the EUGMS.
Prof Szczerbińska has a strong record of expertise is long-term care, public health, and epidemiologic research. Prof Szczerbińska is an author of over 270 scientific publications in the field, in the journals with high scientific impact, books, and manuals (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0004-3858)
Principal Investigator in 13 international scientific projects funded by EC, among which the top are CLESA-FP5; PREDICT-FP7; PACE-FP7; I-CARE4OLD – HORIZON 2020; InTouch and NAVIGATE-HORIZON Europe, SPRINT-T-IMI (member of the core research group). All of these projects were focused on the care for multimorbid, frail older people with cognitive or functional impairment.
Prof. Dr. Martijn Huisman
Prof. Dr. Martijn Huisman is a professor of Epidemiology of Ageing at the Amsterdam UMC
and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where he is affiliated with the departments of
Epidemiology and Data Science, and of Sociology, respectively. He is educated in psychology
and epidemiology and has contributed to research, teaching, and advancement of
knowledge in the field of ageing. He is the current president of the Dutch Society for
Gerontology (NVG-KNOWS) and the principal investigator of the long-running Longitudinal
Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA). His academic work has covered topics such as health
inequalities, resilience, and the role of socioeconomic conditions in ageing. Prof. Huisman is
firmly committed to contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
through his work, such as good health and well-being for everyone, reduced inequalities,
and decent work for everyone.
January 2024, Vitamin D, osteoporosis and falls
Prof. Reginster
Dr. Reginster is a highly accomplished and esteemed professional with a rich and diverse background in the medical and academic realms. Graduating with a Doctorate in Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics from the University of Liege, Belgium, in 1982, he embarked on a trajectory of continuous learning and specialization. His expertise expanded into Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, achieving board certification in 1987, and further specialization in Public Health at the University of Nancy, France, in 1994. Notably, Dr. [Name] pursued advanced studies in Epidemiology and Health Policy at the University of Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, culminating in 1995. His academic journey reached its pinnacle with a Professoral Degree (PH.D.) as Agrégé de l’Enseignement Supérieur en Sciences Médicales from the University of Liege in 1993. In 2008, he achieved board certification for Forensic Evaluations and Insurance Medicine from the National Institute of Social Security in Brussels, Belgium.
Presently, Dr. Reginster holds key leadership roles, notably as the Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Public Health Aspects of Musculoskeletal Health and Aging since 2017. He serves as an Emeritus Outstanding Professor in Epidemiology, Public Health, and Health Economics at the University of Liege, Belgium, contributing significantly to academia. Dr. Reginster is also an Emeritus Outstanding Professor of Bioethics and Societal Medicine, showcasing the breadth of his knowledge and interests. His global impact extends to the academic community in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he has been a Professor, holding the Chair for Biomarkers of Chronic Diseases at the College of Science, King Saud University, since 2021. With a remarkable array of past appointments, honorary titles, distinctions, and memberships, Dr.Reginster’s multifaceted career reflects a deep commitment to advancing medical knowledge, research, and ethical standards.
Prof. Mouna Snoussi
Associate Professor in internal medicine at Hedi Chaker Hospital and Medical School of Sfax (Tunisia) (2020-present).
Master’s degree in geriatrics medicine and in clinical pharmacology and gerontology.
General Secretary of the Tunisian association of geriatrics and gerontology.
Master’s degree in clinical research in medical sciences.
Member of a research laboratory on autoimmune diseases in Tunisia (2018- present).
Prof. Mario Brabgallo
Full Professor of Geriatrics Chairman of the IAGG-ER (International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics) Clinical Section Director of the Geriatric Unit, Director of the Department of Emergent Pathologies, University Hospital Director Post-graduate program in Geriatrics University of Palermo, Italy
Prof. Mario Barbagallo currently works at the Department of internal Medicine, Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care and Medical Specialties. His current interests include Geriatrics, Disability, Frailty, Alzheimer’s disease, MCI, Hypertension, Cardiac failure, COPD, Osteoporosis, Nutrition, Diabetes, Healthy Aging.
Disciplines: Diabetology, Geriatrics and Food Science
Skills and expertise: Aging, Health, Hypertension, Renin-Angiotensin System, Heart failure, Calcium, Osteoporosis, Vitamin D, Fractures Magnesium, Diabetes, Aging, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
December 2023, Nutritional and metabolic disorders
Prof. Suresh Rattan
SURESH RATTAN, Ph.D.,Dr.scient. • is a Biogerontologist, Emeritus, affiliated with the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Denmark. • His research areas and expertise include ageing of human cells and application of the concept of mild stress-induced hormesis as a modulator of ageing and longevity. • He is a recipient of the prestigious Lord Cohen Medal in Gerontology from the British Society for Research on Ageing (BSRA), and an Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (St. Petersburg branch). • He is the discoverer of the healthy-ageing effects of kinetin and zeatin. He has published more than 300 scientific articles, and has authored/edited/co-edited 25 books, including books for children, general public and research scientists. • He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Biogerontology – an international peer reviewed journal published by Springer-Nature. • He is the present Chairman of the Biological Section of the European Region of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG-ER). His personal website is: https://sureshrattan.com/ His university profile site: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/rattan@mbg.au.dk Contact address: email: rattan@mbg.au.dk Phone: +45 2899 2496
Prof. Dr. Ligia J Dominguez
Prof. Dr. Ligia J Dominguez, born in Colombia, is an MD and a specialist in Internal Medicine at the University of Rosario, Bogota, and Endocrinology at
Wayne State University, Detroit (MI). Her research interests cover the fields of diabetes, nutrition and metabolism, obesity, thyroid diseases,
hypertension, and osteoporosis. She is currently a full professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine and Nursing of the University Kore of Enna (Italy) and at the Postgraduate School of Geriatrics at the University of Palermo (Italy). She has been a coordinator in multicenter studies sponsored by the Italian Government and by the EC, such as GIFA (Gruppo Italiano di Farmacovigilanza nell’Anziano), ESAW (European Study of Adult Well-Being: determinants of well-being in older age and of successful ageing), EUROFAMCARE (Support Services for Family Caregivers of Adults in Europe), and Anorexia of Ageing. She has authored over 400 publications in peer-reviewed national and international journals and has been invited as a speaker at national and international conferences.
Prof. Hammami
Prof. Hammami is a distinguished geriatrician in Tunisia, presently serving as the Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine at the University of Monastir. Her illustrious career began with training at ISPED, University Segalen Bordeaux, where she acquired expertise in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics. Further academic pursuits led her to a diploma in Internal Medicine, coupled with clinical assistant training at Pitié Salpetriére Hospital in Paris. Dr. Hammami’s multidisciplinary training encompasses public health, family medicine, and internal medicine, culminating in an intensive two-year geriatrics program in Tunisia and Belgium, resulting in a DESS in gerontology.
November 2023, Mental health
Prof. Nicola Veronese
Nicola Veronese is a certified trained geriatrician, currently working as Associate Editor in Internal Medicine at the University of Palermo, Italy. His research is mainly epidemiological and focused on the most common diseases affecting older people. In particular, his interest areas are osteoarticular, metabolic (including obesity and diabetes) and cardiovascular diseases, as well as nutrition. He is the author of more than 500 articles published in national and international scientific journals, and of numerous abstracts accepted by national and international congresses.
Prof. Maw Pin Tan
Tan Maw Pin is Professor in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Malaya. She qualified from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom and worked as an house officer in Derby and a Senior House Officer at the Nottingham City Hospital before moving up north to Newcastle upon Tyne to pursue her higher specialist training in geriatric medicine. She worked briefly as a consultant geriatrician at the Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital before returning home to Malaysia. She is the Principal Investigator of the Transforming Cognitive Frailty into Later Life Self-Sufficiency (AGELESS) programme which is funded by a Ministry of Higher Education Long Term Research Grant Scheme. Prof Tan is also the Honorary Secretary of the Malaysian Society of Geriatric Medicine and the College of Physicians of Malaysia. She is Academic Editor to PLOS ONE and Associate Editor to Frontiers in Medicine. In addition, she has founded the University of Malaya spin-off, ACT4Health Sdn Bhd, and as Medical Director of the Genting Dementia Day Care Centre and Managed Care Services Sdn Bhd.
Prof. Imen Baati
Current Position
Associate Professor in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry A, Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia (since 2020).
EDUCATION AND DEGREES
- Associate Professor in Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sfax, Tunisia (2019)
- Certificate of Complementary Studies in Research methodology and communication in health sciences (2019)
- Certificate of Complementary Studies in Fundamental basics in pedagogy (2016)
- Certificate of Complementary Studies in medical English (2016)
- Professional Master of Sexology (2015)
- Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sfax, Tunisia (2013)
- Specialist in Psychiatry degree (2013)
- Certificate in Computing and Internet (C2I) (2012)
- Professional Master of Gerontopsychiatry (2010)
- Medical doctor (2010)
Psychiatry Residency (2009-2012), Department of Psychiatry A, B and C (7 semesters), Department of Child Psychiatry (1 semester), Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia.
October 2023, Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
Dr. Mohamed Shawky Khater
Dr. Mohamed Shawky Khater is a Professor of Geriatric medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Founder of Cairo Seniors Clinic.
He is interested in:
⁃ Cognitive impairment in the elderly
⁃ Nutrition, frailty and sarcopenia
He is the head of the Cognitive research team in his department (AGE BRAIN- Ain Shams Geriatric BRAin health INitiative)
Dr. Dina Zekry
After obtaining her medical degree, Doctorate in Medicine (MD) and specialty in Internal Medicine from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Dina Zekry continued her training in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics in Paris (Foreign Resident of the College of Medicine of the Paris Hospitals, Capacity and DESC of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Diploma of Advanced Study and Thesis in Science (PhD) in Biology of Aging). She continued her career in the University of Geneva as an associate physician in the Department of Internal Medicine, Rehabilitation and Geriatrics. She has extensive clinical experience in geriatrics and the care of people with cognitive disorders both in inpatient settings and in the outpatient Memory Center. She is the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and she is recipient of several research grants as principal applicant (France Alzheimer Association, University of Geneva and Swiss National Science Foundation), her research areas are based on two axes: biological markers of oxidative stress and inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease, vascular and mixed dementias and the predictive contribution of comorbidity scores in the management of complex polymorbid patients. In April 2018, she was promoted Associate Professor of the Faculty of Medicine and nominated Head the Division of Internal Medicine for the aged, Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics from the Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland where she is responsible for a 142 bed sector of acute care in the Geriatrics Hospital, including a unit of intermediate care. Her division also includes a geriatric emergency room in our hospital, a pioneer model specifically dedicated for old people over 75 years old representing more than 3500 admissions per year. Since 2022, she is the President of the Commission of Egality of the Faculty of Medicine of Geneva.
Prof. Rayne Stroebel
Rayne Stroebel holds a master’s and a doctoral degree in Dementia Studies from Stirling University in the UK. He is the managing director of GERATEC (Gerontological Research, Training, Education and Care) [www.geratecza.com], a company that provides services to the long-term care sector. He is the regional coordinator in South Africa moreover of The Eden Alternative [www.edenalt.co.za], a corporate social investment project of GERATEC aimed at changing the institutional culture of care homes.
Rayne is an executive member of the International Longevity Centre South Africa, bringing vast experience and expertise to ILCSA in the areas of long-term care services and enhancement of the care ethos towards a relationship-directed support model in residential care homes. Rayne has developed and provides extensive training courses, what is more, to improve the quality of life of individuals living with dementia. Based in Cape Town, his business and service activities extend countrywide.
September 2023, Chronic diseases management
Prof. Belgin Ünal
Prof. Belgin Ünal worked as a faculty member at the Department of Public Health at Dokuz Eylül University in Türkiye between 1999 and 2023. She has an MPH degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1998) and a PhD in Public Health from the University of Liverpool, England (2004).
Dr. Ünal taught undergraduate and post graduate courses on epidemiology, research methods and analysis. She also trained many students and health professionals on Community Oriented Primary Care in undergraduate and postgraduate programs and in-service training for over 20 years. Dr Ünal’s research focuses on the epidemiology, research methods, and control of non-communicable diseases.
Currently Belgin Ünal works at the WHO- Azerbaijan Office as a public health expert”
Dr. Salwa Alsuwaidi
Consultant Internal Medicine & Geriatrics. Director of Seniors’ Happiness Center in Dubai Academic Health Corporation (DAHC). Graduate of UAE Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences. Has MRCP UK (Glasgow), MRCP SCE Geriatrics, PhD Arab Board Internal Medicine, Post Graduate Diploma of Gerontology & Geriatrics and Clinical Leadership Diploma from RCSI. First Emirati Geriatrician, and Founder and chairperson of Emirates Seniors’ Friends Association. Board member of the Middle East Academy for the Medicine of Ageing (MEAMA).
Dr. Heba Mohamed Tawfik
Dr. Heba Mohamed Tawfik – MD Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
Associate Professor and consultant of Geriatrics and Gerontology at Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams University. Dr Heba is also a consultant at Ain Shams University Virtual Hospital.
She is a co-Founder and director of cognitive training lab, co-founder, and co-director of Ain-Shams Ageing Brain Initiative (AGE-BRAIN) at Geriatric department, Ain-Shams University Hospitals. She is experienced in dealing with geriatric population, has many research papers in the field of cognition, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia. She is also interested in frailty, sarcopenia, and geriatric cardiac diseases. She participated in Addenbrooke’s cognitive examination III (ACE III) Arabic translation and validation and in a construction of a unique cognitive assessment test in Ain-Shams University suitable for educated and illiterate elderly which is the ASCA test.
Dr Heba is a director of Geriatric Medicine Unit at Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams University.
August 2023, Cancers in Old adults
Dr. Ahmed Shawky Mohammedin
Dr. Ahmed is an Egyptian male Geriatrician that has received his MB BCh (Hons) degree from Ain Shams University (ASU), School of Medicine in 2003. Then joined a 3 year (2005-2008) residency program in the Geriatrics Intensive care unit, and in the Geriatrics & Gerontology dpt (of the Internal medicine departments) at Ain Shams University Hospital. He has earned an MSc degree in Geriatrics and Gerontology (Ain Shams Univ 2009); and earned a Diploma in Psychogeriatrics (Ain Shams Univ 2012). Then earned a Medical Doctorate degree (PhD) in Geriatrics & Gerontology (Ain Shams Univ 2012). He has also earned an internal medicine diploma (Ain Shams Univ 2010).
He is currently a Consultant & Senior lecturer of Geriatric medicine at the Ain Shams University Geriatrics Hospital (standalone hospital). He is also a Consultant & Assistant Professor of Geriatric medicine at King Fahd University Hospital (Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal university). He has received Postgraduate clinical training in Geriatrics & Gerontology dpt, Ain Shams University hospital. He has also received training at Ain Shams Psychiatry institute (Okasha institute) and the UN international institute of Ageing, Malta.
After spending 3 years as a resident doctor of Geriatric medicine at Ain Shams University Hospital, he was appointed as a Specialist & Assistant Lecturer in the Geriatrics & Gerontology dpt. Then was promoted to Consultant & Lecturer positions in 2013. He practices Geriatric medicine (Acute care, Intensive care, Home care, Transitional care, Nursing homes & Long term care); Internal medicine & intensive care medicine for elderly (including ventilation).
His fields of interest in clinical medicine and research includes development of seniors services, Internal medicine of elderly, Dementia care, Preventive Geriatrics, Palliative care and seniors care planning. He has attended several continuous professional development activities in the field of Geriatrics, Internal Medicine & Critical care. Including: Dementia care, Palliative care, Psychogeriatrics, Fundamental critical care support, Advanced life support.
Currently he is volunteering as CEO of Wikiageing.org & contributing to several research projects. He has authored and co-authored multiple articles published in Peer reviewed international journals. He has also served administrative & leadership positions in Ain Shams University. He has worked as a temporary advisor for the EMRO-WHO, Egyptian & Saudi MOH, auditing elderly care services and providing training to elderly healthcare providers (Physicians, nursing, Physiotherapists, Dieticians, and Physiotherapists). He is leading developing WikiAgeing – the knowledge management tool.
He is a member of the Egyptian society of Geriatric medicine; Egypt Alzheimer Association; Neurocritical care society and the European Association of Geriatric medicine societies, Saudi Geriatric society.
Prof. Bianca Buurma
Bianca Buurman was appointed professor by special appointment of Integrated Elderly Care in 2015. She has also been professor of Acute Geriatrics at Amsterdam UMC (location AMC) since 2017. Her professorship conducts research into how primary care (GPs and district nurses), hospitals and care homes can work together in the best possible way to keep elderly people independent for as long as possible, avoid hospital admissions and give the elderly the best possible quality of life. The research is conducted in close collaboration with the elderly and their informal carers.
Bianca Buurman did a Bachelor’s in nursing at the AUAS, followed by a Master’s in nursing science at Utrecht. In 2011, she obtained a doctorate through her research on identifying and supporting vulnerable elderly people in hospitals. She coordinated several major studies, amongst others into integrated GP care for vulnerable elderly people and the Integrated Care Bridge (Transmurale Zorgbrug) project, a care pathway for vulnerable elderly people that reduces mortality rates and is being implemented in 25 Dutch hospitals.
In 2013-2014, with the help of a Rubicon grant, Bianca spent a year conducting research into loss of independence amongst the elderly following admission to hospital, at Yale University in the US. In 2014, she was awarded a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) to conduct further research into the mechanisms that give rise to loss of function in the elderly.
In 2022, she was elected IAGG-World president (2026-2030)
Prof. Kamal Haddad
Dr Kamal el Haddad is a geriatrician with subspecialty in oncogeriatrics. After graduating from Saint Georges Hospital University Medical Center as MD in 2014, he specialized in family medicine and then, pursued his fellowship in geriatric and oncogeriatric in the Gérontopôle – Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse. After finishing his fellowship, he started his medical practice in 2019 in Saint Georges Hospital University Medical Center in Beirut, Lebanon.
July 2023, Public health
Dr. Heba Gamal Saber
Dr. Heba Gamal Saber, M.D., M.R.C.P., is a Consultant and Associate Professor in the department of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Ain Shams university. She is a member of the Royal College of Physicians, UK.
Her main research interests include Dementia and Frailty as well as Osteoporosis. She actively participated and had a prominent role in the founding of the first Ain Shams fracture liaison and Orthogeriatric service.
Dr. Dilek Aslan
Dr. Aslan is working as a full professor of Public Health (PH) at Hacettepe University (HU), Faculty of Medicine (FoM), Department of Public Health (DoPH) (Ankara/Turkey).
Dr. Aslan graduated from HU-FoM in 1994 and completed her compulsory medical services in different parts of the country between 1994-1996. After completing a four years’ training program at HU-FoM-DoPH, she has been a public health specialist in 2000. She completed her post doc training by conducting a 10 months’ fellowship program funded by the USA-National Institute of Health, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Program (Fogarty International Program). In the first part of the Project, she worked in USA at a Harvard University affiliated Boston’s Children’s Hospital (From July to December 2002). During this period, she completed some courses at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Aslan also completed her MSc training at HU-Health Sciences Institute-Nutrition and Food Sciences Program in 2004.
Dr. Aslan’s main academic interests in PH are aging, community nutrition, international health, and tobacco control. Since the pandemic, she has been involved in Infodemic Management work. In this regard, she completed WHO certificated training which was held between November and December 2021. She has been appointed as a member of the Technical Advisory Group on Risk Communication and Community Engagement-Infodemic Management (RCCE-IM) in World Health Organization European Region since February 2023.
Dr. Aslan has been working in geriatrics fields with the scope of her public heath background. Her experiences started with a certified “in-situ” Geriatrics and Gerontology Training Program jointly organized by the UN International Institute on Aging (INIA) and the Turkish Geriatrics Society (TGS) in 2006. Since then, she has been involved in similar training programs as trainer (and organizer). The last program was held in 2019 in Turkey. Dr. Aslan has been organizing and/or attending several national and international congresses, symposiums, courses on geriatrics for over 15 years. She also conducts courses on aging at the academy. She has been involved in different PH Projects.
Dr. Aslan worked as an Editorial Board member of the Turkish Journal of Geriatrics between 2006 and 2019. Since March 2022, she has been involved in the Editorial Review Board for the Gerontology and Geriatrics Medicine Journal.
She has been author (or co-author) of several publications including book chapters (national, international), scientific articles, reminders for public. She has been the editor (or) the co-editor of several national books since 2007. She is also contributing the Ministry of Health studies in geriatrics in organizing workshops, protocol preparation, guideline preparation, etc.
Dr. Aslan is the General Secretary of Turkish Geriatrics Society. Her contribution to the TGS started in 2005. Since then, she has been actively involved in the activities of the Society. She also has other memberships in both professional medical organizations and NGOs.
Prof. Elie Stephan
Dr. Elie Stephan graduated as a Family Physician from St. Joseph University – Beirut in 1990. He Hold a degree of Capacity in Geriatric Medicine from Paul Sabatier University Toulouse – France in 1995. He is currently the Head of the Acute Care Unit for Elderly at the St Georges Hospital – Achrafieh and he is responsible of the Geriatric Program at its affiliated nursing Home ”Foyer St Georges – Achrafieh” since 1996; Member of the mobile Unit for palliative care
in SGHUMC since 2015. Dr Stephan was for two times president of the Lebanese Society of Geriatric Medicine, and one of the founders. He is an active member in several societies and groups including the French Society of Geriatric Medicine, The American Geriatric society, The Lebanese society of Family Physician, “The Palliative and Supportive group” in the Lebanese cancer society.
June 2023, The relevance and management of Sarcopenia and Frailty
Prof. Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft
– Chef du service de gériatrie. Hôpital universitaire Ramón y Cajal. Madrid
– Chef de l’unité de gériatrie. Clinique Ruber. Madrid
– Professeur de gériatrie. Université européenne de Madrid (Hôpital Quirón Madrid).
Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft was past-President of the European Union Geriatric Society and member of the Royal Spanish Academia de Medicina. He has mainly contributed to research in topic(s): Sarcopenia & Population. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 219 publication(s) receiving 21576 citation(s). Previous affiliations of Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft include European Union & Saint Louis University.
Prof. Luigi Ferrucci
Dr. Luigi Ferrucci is a geriatrician and an epidemiologist who conducts research on the causal pathways leading to progressive physical and cognitive decline in older persons. In September 2002, he became the Chief of the Longitudinal Studies Section at NIA and the Director of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study on Aging. Dr. Ferrucci received a Medical Degree and Board Certification in 1980, a Board Certification in Geriatrics in 1982 and Ph.D. in Biology and Pathophysiology of Aging in 1998 at the University of Florence, Italy. He spent a 2-year internship at the Intensive Care Unit of the Florence Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics, and was for many years Associate Professor of Biology, Human Physiology and Statistics at the University of Florence. Between 1985 and 2002 he was Chief of Geriatric Rehabilitation at the Department of Geriatric Medicine and Director of the Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology at the Italian National Institute of Aging. During the same period, he collaborated with the NIA Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry where he spent several periods as Visiting Scientist. Dr. Ferrucci has made major contributions in the design of many epidemiological studies conducted in the U.S. and in Europe, including the European Longitudinal Study on Aging, the “ICare Dicomano Study,” the AKEA study of Centenarians in Sardinia and the Women’s Health and Aging Study. He was also the Principal Investigator of the InCHIANTI study, a longitudinal study conducted in the Chianti Geographical area (Tuscany, Italy) looking at risk factors for mobility disability in older persons. Dr. Ferrucci is currently refining the design of the BLSA to focus more on normal aging and the development of age-associated frailty. Dr. Ferrucci has been Scientific Director at NIA since May 2011.
Prof. Doha Rasheedy (EG)
Dr. Doha Rasheedy is a Medical Doctor specializing in Geriatrics and Gerontology. Currently, Dr. Rasheedy holds the esteemed position of Professor of Geriatric and Gerontology at the Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, former Associate Professor of Geriatrics and Gerontology at the Armed Forces College of Medicine. She also serves as a Consultant of Geriatric Medicine at Ain Shams University hospitals and police hospitals, where she provides expert oversight in various settings, including acute care, transitional care, and home care medicine for the elderly.
Throughout her career, Dr. Doha Rasheedy has conducted many research projects focusing on Geriatric Syndromes, with a particular emphasis on cognitive impairment, frailty, and muscle wasting diseases in the elderly.
Dr. Rasheedy actively engages in clinical teaching for residents, house officers, undergraduates, and postgraduates. She is a regular participant in national conferences and continuous professional development courses. She is a proud member of the Egyptian Society of Geriatrics & Gerontology. From 2014 to 2021, Dr. Rasheedy served as the Handling Editor of the Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology, which is the first specialized Geriatrics and Gerontology journal in the middle East.
May 2023, Healthy Aging
Prof. Jaco Hoffman (SA)
Jaco Hoffman (DPhil, Oxon) is Professor of Socio-Gerontology at North-West University
(Vanderbijlpark Campus, Gauteng), South Africa where he leads the Ageing and Generational
Dynamics in Africa (AGenDA) programme and Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Population
Ageing, where he co-ordinates the UN endorsed African Research Network on Ageing
(AFRAN). AFRAN brings together African and international institutions and individuals from
academia, policy and practice to develop and expand African research and training capacity on
ageing. He is an Honorary Professor in the Institute of Ageing in Africa, Department of Medicine,
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, and was a past president of the South African
Gerontological Association (SAGA) as well as founding member of the South African Older Person’s
Forum. Jaco co-directs, with Prof Sebastiana Kalula (UCT), the International Longevity Centre (ILC) –
South Africa and is a Director of the International Federation on Ageing
Dr. Samar ElFeky (EG)
Technical Officer, Research Promotion and Development, Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, Regional Office of Eastern Mediterranean Region, Cairo, Egypt.
She is a Medical Doctor (MBBCh, OB.GYN, MPH) qualified in Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health and Public Health. I got my Master Degree of Public Health from Liverpool University. I got many training certificates on maternal and child health, reproductive health, quality of health care services, research, epidemiology, accreditation and health system management from national and international universities. I have also working experience in Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt in Family planning and Training. I have also working experience in WHO/EMRO in Primary and Community Health Care and WHO country office of Somalia in Health System and Maternal and Child Health Care.
Publications
- Training modules on improving communication strategies to improve national nutrition programmes- WHO/EMRO (facilitators and participants guides), available from http://applications.emro.who.int/dsaf/dsa788.pdf, http://applications.emro.who.int/dsaf/dsa789.pdf
- Managing disaster risks in communities, a community-based approach to disaster risk reduction- Training manual for the trainers of cluster representatives and volunteers. WHO/EMRO/ PHC. Available from http://applications.emro.who.int/dsaf/EMROPUB_2015_EN_1881.pdf?ua=1
- Concept paper on “The growing need for home health care for the elderly”. WHO, EMRO. Available from http://applications.emro.who.int/dsaf/EMROPUB_2015_EN_1901.pdf?ua=1
- Community Health Workers: A Strategy to Ensure Access to Primary Health Care Services. WHO, EMRO. Available from http://applications.emro.who.int/dsaf/EMROPUB_2014_EN_1760.pdf
- The evaluation of Urban HEART, Journal Social Science and Medicine at http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0277953615301337
Participated in finalization of the following documents of WHO/EMRO:
- Quarterly published Community Based Initiatives Newsletters
- Effects of Urbanization on noncommunicable diseases: studies from 3 countries (Egypt, Iran and Pakistan), WHO/EMRO/ PHC. Available from http://applications.emro.who.int/dsaf/EMPUB_2012_864.pdf
- Good practices in delivery of primary health care in urban settings. WHO/EMRO/ PHC. Available from http://applications.emro.who.int/dsaf/EMPUB_2012_865.pdf
- Research studies on assessing health equity using WHO Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (Urban HEART) in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. Available from http://applications.emro.who.int/hcn/
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Prof. Matteo Cesari (IT)
Scientist (Geriatrics and Gerontology) | MD, PhD | World Health Organization WHO, Genève | who | Department of Ageing and Life Course (ALC)
Matteo Cesari is Professor of Geriatrics at the Università di Milano, and Head of the Geriatrics Unit at the Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (Milan, Italy). He obtained his medical degree, did his internship in geriatrics and received his PhD in preventive medicine for the elderly at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Rome, Italy). Prior to his current position, Dr. Cesari worked at Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA), the Institute on Aging at the University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida, USA) and the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (Toulouse, France).
Dr. Cesari’s research focuses on frailty and strategies to prevent deterioration in the health status of the elderly. His scientific projects have been funded by public bodies, including the National Institute on Aging (USA), the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France) and the Italian Ministry of Health, as well as by private institutions, including the Swiss Bridge Foundation.
In addition, Dr. Cesari has authored over 310 peer-reviewed journal articles, 17 book chapters, and numerous academic papers, as well as some 160 abstracts for national and international conferences. Dr. Cesari’s h-index is 56, and he is listed in the Thomson Reuters list of most cited researchers (http://hcr.stateofinnovation.com).
Dr. Cesari is also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Frailty & Aging, Associate Editor of the Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Medical Sciences, and a member of the editorial boards of several scientific journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA) and the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. He is also the coordinator of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) Frailty Interest Group.