British trained consultant Neurosurgeon with highly specialised fellowships in open and endoscopic skull base surgery in the U.K. , France and Canada as well as Neuroncology (Canada). Dr Asha is currently the Chief of the Neurosurgery Department at Tawam Hospital (National Oncology Tertiary Centre in Abu Dhabi). Dr Asha is a pioneer in complex brain tumors surgery in UAE for adults and pediatrics. He has keen interest in open vascular surgery and functional Neurosurgery as well. Dr Asha is very motivated educator. He holds masters degree in evidence based medicine, Cardiff University and A degree in Global Health Education, University of Toronto. In addition to his clinical roles, he holds a position as adjunct professor at the University of UAE.

Prof. Nicandro Figueiredo is a Consultant Spinal Neurosurgeon and Professor of Neurosurgery with over 25 years of international experience across Brazil, the USA, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. He completed medical training and a PhD in Brazil, with postdoctoral training at top U.S. institutions including Johns Hopkins and the University of Wisconsin. He has served in leading academic and clinical roles, and currently practices at King’s College Hospital in Dubai. An active researcher, editor, and international speaker, he is a member of NASS and other global societies, contributing significantly to spinal surgery, education, and evidence-based neurosurgical practice.

Dr. Ali Hassan is Consultant Neurologist and Chief of the Neurology Division at Tawam and STMC Hospitals. He earned his MBBCH and Master’s in Neurology and Psychiatry from Assiut University, Egypt, and his Doctorate from Al Azhar University in 2010, focusing on inflammatory markers in acute ischemic stroke. He trained in epilepsy and EEG at Case Western Reserve University, USA. Since moving to the UAE in 2011, Dr. Hassan has played a leading role in developing stroke services, including establishing Al Ain as one of the first certified stroke centers in the country. He later joined Tawam Hospital in 2017, where he advanced stroke care, established SEHA’s first dedicated Botox clinics, and in 2023 achieved American Heart Association accreditation for Tawam’s stroke program. Dr. Hassan has organized major neurology conferences, including the Tawam International Neurology Conference and the Al Ain Neurology Conference, and is an active speaker regionally. He has over 35 publications, leads international research collaborations, and regularly trains physicians in stroke and Botox therapy. In 2023, he was recognized as Best Faculty of Internal Medicine and awarded as a Quality Champion at Tawam Hospital.

Dr. Hina Naz Abbasi is a consultant Neurologist/Epileptologist, trained in the United Kingdom. She completed fellowship and research in Epilepsy from Glasgow University and attained an MSC Neurology degree in 2022. She completed CCT in Neurology in 2017 after 9 years of training at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow UK. She also holds MRCP general medicine degree from the UK. Speciality certificate examination UK 2013 from Royal of Physicians UK. She has 3 years of research experience in status epilepticus. Dr. Abbasi is the author of many international papers and publications in peer reviewed journals. She has been part of teaching faculty at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow and educational supervisor for neurology trainees for many years. Currently working at Tawam Hospital Al Ain.

Imad Hashim Ahmad received his MBChB from Mosul Medical College in Iraq in 1977, and passed his Primary F.R.C.S. Examination, Final F.R.C.S. Examination, and F.R.C.S. (Neurosurgery) at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is currently a Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Medical International Specialist Centre and is the Visiting Surgeon of the Mediclinic City Hospital , the Canadian Specialist Hospital & Tadawi hospital . He is an Adjuvant Professor of Neurosurgery in Sharjah Medical College. He is an Ex President of the Emirates Neuroscience Society. He is currently is an education advisor for the AOSpine middle East. He is a reviewing editor for the The Global spine Journal. Subspeciality:Brain tumors , Cerebrovascular diseases, pediatric Neurosurgery, cervical & lumbar spinal degenerative diseases.

Dr. Tiago Moreira (Lisbon, Portugal, 1975) is currently Head of Stroke Service at the Neuroscience Department of SEHA – STMC Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Mohammed Medical City, Al Ain, UAE. He is Associate Professor of Neurology and former Head of Section of Neurology at the Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. He graduated from the Medical Faculty at the University of Lisbon in 1999 and completed a PhD in Neuroscience at the Karolinska Institutet in 2006. As a neurology resident, he received advanced training in cerebrovascular diseases at the Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, Switzerland. He is also Research Executive at the SITS International Stroke Registry.