President Kuwait Association of Surgeons
Co-Chairperson
We are thrilled to host 2nd Kuwait Surgical Conference AI & Robotics conference event that brings together experts from around the region to discuss how we as surgeons operate in austere environments.
Kuwait association of surgeons will continue the educational role given to us by our colleagues.
Throughout this Conference, we have the unique opportunity to share our experiences, insights, and breakthroughs, fostering an atmosphere of collaboration that transcends borders and empowers us to rise above the complexities of these conditions.
We look forward to your participation and contributions to this important event.
Warm regards,
Moderators: Saad Aldousari, Ahmad Almarzouq, Ali Abdulwahab
Moderators: Sulaiman Almazeedi, Ahmad Alkhamees, Salman Alsafran
Moderators: Mohammad Alruwaished, Ramla Jumaa, Wafa Alduwaisan
Moderators: Ahmad Almarzouq
Founder & CEO of Delorean Artificial Intelligence (DAI)
Dr. MacLaughlin is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of DeLorean Artificial Intelligence (DAI) which produces sentient and semi-sentient systems of intelligence for healthcare, sales, consumer packaged goods and information technology. DeLorean AI through its flagship product, Medical AI, is the first AI in the world to be biologically validated as well as the first AI to be applied at scale to direct patient health. DAI has successfully submitted and holds Patent Pending rights on a number of Predictive and Interventive AI capabilities.
Severence is a thought leader in the application of Artificial Intelligence, Data Sciences & Advanced Analytics space and has helped numerous Healthcare (Payer, Provider, Technology & Government), Life Sciences (Pharma, Biotech & Medical Device), CPG, Retail and Financial Services (Investment Banks, Hedge Funds) organizations in addressing complex business challenges, resulting in improved health outcomes, better operational efficiencies, enhanced regulatory compliance, decreased costs and increased top line growth in an entrepreneurial fashion. He is well versed in Pharma operations from development, clinical trials to regulatory and go to market events. In the Healthcare space, Severence is seen as a trusted advisor to the CXO’s in aiding digitization of Medical Operations for Hospitals and Providers as well as increasing health outcomes for the Payer Community.
Dr. MacLaughlin is one of the top ranked Life Sciences/Healthcare Data Scientists globally (Ranked among top 20 Life Sciences Data Scientists; Ranked #2 Healthcare Data Scientist; Ranked #1 Consulting Data Scientist in the Life Sciences and Healthcare knowledge base; Recognized as American Healthcare Leader for Q1 2018).
Severence’s experiences encompass advising members of domestic and foreign governments on policy for Technology Development (Artificial Intelligence), Healthcare, Life Sciences & Education (USA, UK, France, Austria, Australia, & Kingdom of Denmark) as well as having the opportunity to advise the United Nations and the World Health Organization on AI and disease progression.
Dr. MacLaughlin’s clients include advising the C suite of the top 25 global Health Care Insurance and Hospital Groups, the top 20 Pharma companies and two of the top Global Investment Banks. Severence has delivered over 40 new disruptive technologies and or implemented Systems of Intelligence resulting in over $1.8B in net present value to customers and an estimated $8B ROI over the next five years. In addition, Severence evaluates potential companies and technologies for acquisition and has developed a robust System for M&A and corporate restructuring activities encompassed within Due Diligence through Data Integrity (DDDI) resulting in an increased rate of return on investment (RROI) & an improved process efficiency.
Prior to taking the leadership role at DeLorean AI, Severence served as Chief of Intelligence for Capgemini Invent, Western Hemisphere. Before his time at Capgemini, Dr. MacLaughlin was the Global Head of Artificial Intelligence & Data Sciences for Healthcare & Life Sciences and Head, Artificial Intelligence Learning Institute (AILI) and Cognizant Academy of Data Sciences (CADS) at Cognizant Technology Solutions.
Severence earned a BS (Magna Cum Laude, Honors & Distinction in Research) at Cornell University, a Doctorate Degree (Honors, Top 1%) from the University of Adelaide and a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of South Australia, where he taught medical, dental and nursing curricula. Severence has authored over 20 international scientific papers and given invited lectures and conference papers at academic institutions as well as international scientific events. Severence is personally interested in equine, bovine and ovine genetics and breeding as well as being an accomplished equestrian and amateur polo player.
Consultant UGI & Bariatric Surgeon
I am a Consultant UGI & Bariatric Surgeon as well as a Honorary Research Fellow at Imperial College London. My surgical and endoscopic experience includes performing over 1900 surgeries, comprising more than 250 cholecystectomies, 80 Roux-en-Y gastric bypass operations. My clinical expertise includes General, Bariatric and Upper Gastrointestinal surgical procedures, both laparoscopic and endoscopic techniques, as well as initial training in robotic surgery.
During my training, I earned the highest score amongst my peers from the London and South of England Deaneries in the final assessment of the London Postgraduate School of Surgery, both in UGI Surgery and overall.
My commitment to education is reflected in my regular lectures and tutorials in Gastrointestinal Physiology and Anatomy at Imperial College and teaching Bariatric Surgery at Semmelweis University. I have organised 9 postgraduate surgical courses, 7 conferences, and 4 teaching programmes, my largest surgical skills course attracted over 550 participants from 20 countries. In addition, I have established an educational channel with a significant social media following and I lead the Medex Podcast for MRCS preparation.
Chief, Robotic Surgery, Temple University Hospital
Dr. Eun is a Professor of Urology at Temple University School of Medicine, Chief of Robotic Surgery and Director of Minimally Invasive Robotic Urologic Oncology & Reconstruction at Temple University Hospital. He is the Surgical Director of Temple Hospital’s Bloodless Care Program and also serves as Director of Temple’s Robotics Training Center and Temple’s Advanced Robotic Urologic Surgery Fellowship Training Program. A diplomate of the American Board of Urology, he earned his BS from Pennsylvania State University, MD from Temple University School of Medicine, and completed a general surgery internship at Pennsylvania Hospital.
Dr. Eun also completed a urology residency and an 18-month minimally invasive urologic robotic oncology fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital’s Vattikuti Urology Institute in Detroit. He trained under Dr. Mani Menon, who is regarded as the “father of robotic prostatectomy,” originally earning the title in the early 2000s when robotics in urology was being pioneered and developed at the Vattikuti Urology Institute. Dr. Eun has performed approximately 4000 robotic procedures and is an internationally recognized thought leader in advanced robotic surgery techniques, procedure development and training. He runs a regional high volume referral practice for robotic removal of complex tumors and cancers of the prostate, bladder, kidney, ureter, testis and adrenal gland, as well as complex minimally invasive robotic reconstruction of the kidney, ureter and bladder. Dr. Eun has performed more types of urological robotic procedures (over 50) than anyone in the world, many which he has developed personally. As a result of Dr. Eun’s work, Temple University Hospital has earned “Robotic Urology Epicenter” status, a prestigious designation awarded only to a few centers of excellence in the world. This program establishes Temple Hospital as a destination center which trains surgical teams worldwide who want to come and learn our techniques.
Honorary Senior Research Fellow Department of Surgery & Cancer - Faculty of Medicine
Hutan Ashrafian is Chief Scientific Officer of Flagship Pioneering’s Preemptive Medicine and Health Security Initiative. In this role, he is pioneering a portfolio of novel therapeutics and approaches to protect, maintain, or improve people’s health before they get sick
Hutan is a senior clinician-scientist and surgeon with extensive experience developing novel biomedical and technological methods to address a wide range of healthcare issues. His research has focused on developing innovative and technological strategies to resolve the global healthcare burden of obesity, metabolic syndrome, obesity-related cardiorespiratory disease, musculoskeletal dysfunction, and cancer. He has extensive experience applying AI to medicine. He developed an algorithm with Google to detect breast cancer in screening images and led the translation of this work into clinical practice. He also spearheaded the international STARD-AI and QUADAS-AI global reporting guideline initiatives for diagnostic AI. In collaboration with NICE, he is setting the AI health technology assessment (HTA) benchmarks, and he is co-editor-in-chief of Springer Nature’s comprehensive reference text of AI in Medicine.
Senior Specialist of General Surgery, Obesity Surgery, colon & Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Assistant professor at computer department in College of Basic Education
Ali Alfayly, PhD received B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computer and Network Technology from Northumbria University, UK in 2005 and 2006 respectively, Postgraduate Diploma in Internet and Distributed System from Durham University, UK in 2008, M.Sc. in Advance Computer Science from Manchester University, UK in 2011, and Ph.D. in Computing and Comm. from University Plymouth, UK in 2016. Currently I am assistant professor at computer department in College of basic education, Kuwait. He is IEEE KUWAIT YP Chair and IEEE R8 YP corresponding member.
Network Director of Robotic Surgery and Innovation
Dr. Maher El Chaar is a bariatric and robotic surgeon who specializes in Bariatric Surgery and gastrointestinal disorders and hernia surgery. Dr. El Chaar is the fellowship director of Bariatric surgery at St Luke's University Hospital in Pennsylvania.
Dr. El Chaar graduated from American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Maher El Chaar, MD is a General Surgeon in Allentown, PA and has 23 years experience. Dr. El Chaar currently practices at St. Luke's Weight Management Center - Allentown and are affiliated with St. Luke's Hospital-Bethlehem Campus and St Luke's Hospital-Monroe Campus. Dr. El Chaar has experience treating conditions like Diaphragmatic and Hiatal Hernia among other conditions at varying frequencies. At present, Dr. El Chaar received an average rating of 4.7/5 from patients and has been reviewed 21 times. Dr. El Chaar's office accepts new patients and telehealth appointments. Dr. El Chaar also speaks Arabic, French and Spanish. Dr. El Chaar accepts multiple insurance plans.
Associate Professor (Urology)
Adjunct Professor, Emergency and Disaster Management, Georgetown University
Professor of African American Studies and Ethnic Studies
I am Professor of Digital Health Care in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford, and a NIHR Senior Investigator. I am Theme Lead for the Applied Digital Health Theme in the NIHR Oxford & Thames Valley Applied Research Collaboration. My research seeks to understand and harness the tools and practices of the digital age to improve health and health care, and more broadly examine the area of innovation in health services. I have >130 publications with >17000 citations and an H-index of 56. I have been lead investigator on a range of interdisciplinary projects studying digital technologies in health care, including randomised controlled trials, evidence syntheses, cross-sectional surveys, interview studies, ethnographic case studies, and ‘big data’ analyses of datasets. I lead the Masters in Applied Digital Health at the University of Oxford. I have worked in national policy roles in the UK: as national Clinical Director of NHS Choices, the NHS website; and as a senior public health consultant at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for over 10 years, developing national policy on digital health, medical technology and interventional procedures.
Consultant of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Dr. Jasim Alabbad is the Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Mubarak AL Kabeer hospital and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University. He is the Chair of examination committee for the surgical foundation program and co-chair for general surgery residency examination committee.
He attended medical school at Kuwait University and trained in general surgery at McGill University in Canada. He pursed a fellowship in colon and rectal surgery training at The Spectrum Health/Michigan State University in USA.
Dr. Alabbad’s clinical interest includes inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer. His research and academic work focus in clinical outcomes of both benign and malignant colorectal disorders and medical education.
MD, General and Bariatric Surgeon, Chair of Surgery, Mass General Brigham - Wentworth Douglass Hospital, USA
Dr. Takla, a board-certified surgeon with expertise in minimally invasive robotic and laparoscopic techniques. Specializing in bariatrics, hernia repairs, and abdominal procedures, he is dedicated to delivering surgical excellence and personalized care. Dr. Takla has completed over 1,600 robotic procedures and 500+ weight loss surgeries.
Dr. Takla is a Fellow of both the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). Recently awarded the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Focused Practice Designation (DABS-FPMBS), he combines precision and compassion to achieve life-changing outcomes for every patient.
Dr. Takla received his medical training from Cairo University Medical School in Egypt. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester and his fellowship in minimally invasive and robotic surgery at Banner -University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona. He is fluent in English and Arabic.
NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Upper GI Surgery
