About Ziyad

Medical Director, International Patient Services
Senior Attending Cardiologist, Cardiovascular Diseases 

Prof. Ziyad M. Hijazi, MD, is the Medical Director of International Patient Services and a Senior Attending Cardiologist at the Heart Center at Sidra Medicine, a specialist women’s and children’s hospital in the State of Qatar. 

Prof. Hijazi has nearly 40 years of experience in pediatric cardiology and has pioneered several ground-breaking surgical procedures in the field. He is an internationally recognized leader in the non-surgical repair of congenital and structural heart defects and in the development of novel trans-catheter devices.

Prof. Hijazi joined Sidra Medicine in 2014, during which time he established the hospital’s Department of Pediatrics and world-class Heart Center; staffed by some of the top pediatric specialists and healthcare professionals from across the globe. The Heart Center provides preventative, medical and surgical care for patients with congenital or acquired heart disease. He also held the role of Chief Medical Officer at the hospital from 2021 until March 2024.

Prof. Hijazi also successfully set up Sidra Medicine’s International Patient Services remit, which has facilitated international patient access to specialist services – including cardiology, genetic medicine, neurology, pediatric surgery among others. The multidisciplinary service has saved the lives of hundreds of children from the GCC and MENA region, as well as Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, North and South America.

Prof. Hijazi is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Structural Heart Disease. He has more than 350 manuscripts in peer reviewed journals and edited eight books. He is also the course director for the Pediatric Interventional Cardiac Symposium (PICS), which annually attracts more than 800 professionals from more than 60 countries.