Dr Juwairia is a consultant non invasive cardiologist in Rashid hospital. She is an active member of Emirates Cardiac Society and is the current president. She is the first women to hold this title in the Arabian gulf countries. She has been part of the scientific committee for Emirates Cardiac Society annular meeting for the past 7 years. She has both organized and participated in multiple educational activities, webinar and workshops over the years and has a great passion for teaching. She is a board member at the world heart federation. She is also in charge of the heart failure clinic in Rashid hospital and has been on multiple advisory boards for heart failure therapy. She is currently the program director of cardiology fellowship program in DAHC. She has developed the educational curriculum and organized the academic teaching in DAHC. She is also a faculty member of the Saudi board of internal medicine at Rashid hospital.
EXPERIENCE
OCTOBER 2022 – PRESENT
BOARD MEMBER, WORLD HEART FEDERATION
Elected member at large at WHF, Participated in developing strategy for 2022 to 2024. A member of the membership committee that approves new memberships and renewal of current members. Part of the scientific committee for the world heart congress 2024.
2022 – PRESENT
PRESIDENT, EMIRATES CARDIAC SOCIETY
Dr Juwairia is the first woman to hold the role of president of Emirates Cardiac Society. She is the Co-chair of the scientific committee of emirates cardiac society annular conference. She liaisons with international societies and oversees educational activities organized by the society
2022 – PRESENT
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER, JOURNAL OF ASCIAN PACIFIC SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY
Attend regular meetings to evaluate the progress of the journal and improve its impact factor. Promote the journal in the region.
2019 – 2022
VICE PRESIDENT, EMIRATES CARDIAC SOCIETY
She was a board member and the vice president of the society. She would represents the society in conferences and meetings
2016 – 2019
CHAIR PERSON OF CARDIAC IMAGING GROUP, EMIRATES CARDIAC SOCIETY
Organizes educational activities and workshops under the umbrella of Emirates Cardiac Society
2015 – PRESENT
CONSULTANT CARDIOLOGIST, RASHID HOSPITAL, DAHC
She is an expert in diagnosing and managing multiple cardiac problems including coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, cardiac arrhythmia and heart failure. She manages cardiovascular risk factors like hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes and obesity. She manages the echocardiography laboratory and reviews studies performed by cardiac technicians or cardiology fellows. She performs transesophageal echocardiograms and intraprocedural echocardiograms and teaches junior cardiologists and cardiology fellows how to perform them. She runs the heart failure clinic in Rashid hospital and a member of the outpatient task force in Rashid hospital. She is also a member of the structural heart team in DAHC.
2014 – 2015
ADVANCED ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FELLOWSHIP, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL, CANADA
A comprehensive fellowship program in adult echocardiography with added interventional echocardiography exposure.
2011 – 2014
CARDIOLOGY FELLOWSHIP, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL, CANADA
2008 – 2011
INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENT, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL, CANADA
2005 – 2008
INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENT, DHA
2004 – 2005
INTERNSHIP, DHA
EDUCATION
2015
NATIONAL BOARD OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY — ASCEXAM 2015, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
OCTOBER 2014
THE ROYAL COLLAGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF CANADA SUBSPECIALTY CERTIFICATE IN CARDIOLOGY 2014 ABIM DIPLOMAT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
2013
AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE DIPLOMATE OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
JUNE 2012
THE ROYAL COLLAGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF CANADA SPECIALIST CERTIFICATE IN INTERNAL MEDICINE
2004
2 BACHELOR IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY, KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY, JEDDAH, KSA
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION
• National coordinating investigator for the UAE for GRASP HF registry (ongoing) under ESC registries
• Principal investigator for Rashid hospital for Vicrotion-real trial (Ongoing)
• Principal investigator for Dubai health for I3 study (ongoing)
• Principal investigator for Dubai health for ATTR-CM study (ongoing)
• Principal investigator for Rashid hospital for SCAD registry under ESC registries (ongoing)
• Emirates consensus recommendations on cardiovascular risk management in type 2 diabetes, Sabbour H, Almahmeed W, Alawadi F, Shehab A, Al Zubaidi A, Bashier A, Ghulam AR, Rashid F, Zaky H, Heshmat Kassemn H, Adi JB, Tahir J, Hafidh K, Farghali M, Hassanien M and Januzzi J (2025) Front. Endocrinol. 15:1395630. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1395630
• Principal investigator representing Rashid hospital in INTERASPIRE: an International Survey of Coronary Patients; Their Cardiometabolic, Renal and Biomarker Status; and the Quality of Preventive Care Delivered in All WHO Regions. Presented as late breaking trial in ESC 2023
• Real-World Evaluation of Demographics, Treatment Pattern, and Economic Burden of Heart Failure and Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patient Population in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dubai Diabetes Endocrinol J (2023) 29 (1): 42–54.
• Takotsubo Syndrome (Broken-Heart Syndrome or Stress Cardiomyopathy) in an Epileptic Pregnant Woman: A Case Report, cureus 2023 Mar 17;15(3):e36308. doi: 10.7759/cureus.36308. eCollection 2023 Mar.
• Acute kidney injury post transcathter aortic valve implantation procedure: seven years of Dubai experience, Hamdan medical journal, June 2021
• Knowledge of clinical presentation and diagnostic pathways for cardiac amyloidosis among physicians in the middle east - Gulf region. On behalf of the gulf cardiac amyloidosis. Firas al badarin, Juwairia alali, Feras bader, abdulla shehab. Circulation 142, A16240-A16240, 2020
• participated in Euro-endo registry that was published in European heart journal 2019: clinical presentation, aetiology and outcome of infective endocarditis. Results of the ESC-EORP EUROENDO (european infective endocarditis) registry: a prospective cohort study. 12 August 2019
• Echocardiogram solves an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction riddle rendered difficult to diagnose by coronary angiogram, poster presentation at Euroecho 2018
• Primary aortic thrombus causing recurrent acute stroke. SHJ Vol 5 No 2, 2018
• 3D echocardiography versus CT scan for transcatherter aortic valve sizing, European heart journal, cardiovascular imaging, January 2016
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Versus Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With FirstGeneration Drug-Eluting Stents, A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials - primary author published in JACC interventions May 2014
• Evaluation of the emergency services in Jeddah, KAU, Jeddah 2003 — Data collection and analysis
SKILLS
• Performing and interpreting transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiograms
• Performing pericardiocentesis under echo guidance
• ECG interpretations
• Stress Echo and stress ECG interpretation 3
• Dobutamine echo performance and interpretation
• Presenting in international and national conferences
• Running workshops (hands on and simulation)
• Teaching small groups REFRENCES
• Dr Jean Buithiue, MD, FCCP, FRCPC, CSPQ Director of Echocardiography and non invasive cardiology at McGill university health centre, McGill university, Montreal, Canada.
• Dr Haitham Alhashmi, Head of cardiology department in Rashid hospital
• Dr Fahad Basalib, CEO, Rashid hospital
REFRENCES
• Dr Jean Buithiue, MD, FCCP, FRCPC, CSPQ Director of Echocardiography and non invasive cardiology at McGill university health centre, McGill university, Montreal, Canada.
• Dr Haitham Alhashmi, Head of cardiology department in Rashid hospital
• Dr Fahad Basalib, CEO, Rashid hospital