Handbook of Interventional Cardiac Procedures for Junior Cardiologists: A Summary of Current Cardiology Literature

The author’s qualifications are as follows: MBChB, Iraq, 1977 MRCP, London, 1985 FRCP, Glasgow, 1997 FRACP, Australia, 1999 FRCP, UK, 2001 FSCAI, USA, 2002 FACC, USA, 2006 The author’s medical experience is as follows: 1. One of the pioneers in the field of interventional cardiac procedures, Chest Hospital, Kuwait, 1985–1990. 2. A pioneer in interventional cardiac procedures at Charles Nicolle Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia, 1991–1995. 3. One of the pioneers in interventional cardiac procedures, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, UAE, 1995–1997. 4. Senior consultant interventional cardiologist in New Zealand and Australia, 1997–2006. 5. One of the pioneers in interventional cardiac procedures, Gold Coast Hospital, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 2005. 6. Senior consultant interventional cardiologist and in charge of the noninvasive cardiac laboratory at Dubai Hospital, from 2006 to 2011. Also senior lecturer at Dubai Medical College for Girls. 7. One of the founders of UAE intervention working group in 2010. 8. Currently senior consultant and head of department of cardiology, Canadian Specialist Hospital, Dubai, UAE. 9. Proactively involved in teaching and lecturing as well as chairing a number of cardiac conferences at both the national and international levels. 10. As a recognized authority in cardiology, Dr. Kwan has served as a subject matter expert for various publications and journals. 11. Currently serving as a subject matter expert for various cardiology publications and preparing his second book on cardiac interventional and surgical procedures.