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Media
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Scientific Committee
Prof. Tariq Abbas
Pediatric Urologist, Sidra Medicine
Dr. Tariq O. Abbas, MBBS, IMRCSI, FEBPS, CAB GPS, FEAPU(Int.), Ph.D. is a pediatric surgeon who completed a world-class, highly competitive fellowship program in Pediatric Urology in Birmingham, United Kingdom, and a fellowship of pediatric urology in Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar. He later finished a Ph.D. in the Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, titled “Development of a tissue-engineered urethral substitute for the treatment of severe hypospadias.”
He serves as an editorial board member for a number of reputable journals and is a member of several international clinical and research societies. He has published extensively on pediatric surgery and urology with more than 110 peer-reviewed articles and more than 50 international and local presentations and has conducted several ongoing research projects focusing exclusively on child health with a special interest in hypospadiology research.
Dr. Abbas has been a consultant general pediatrician at Sidra Medicine since 2020, and he loves to teach fellows, residents, and medical students at any opportunity as he hopes to support the next generation of physicians.
Prof. Santiago Vallasciani
Pediatric Urologist, Division Chief, Sidra Medicine
Dr Santiago Vallasciani is the Division Chief of Urology in Sidra Medicine, Dr Santiago joined the team in 2018 as Senior Attending Physician. He was formerly the Chief of Pediatric Urology Division in King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. After his graduation in the Medical School in Argentina, Dr Vallasciani moved to Italy where he developed his career in Pediatric Urology as subspeciality of Pediatric Surgery. He has a special interest in Genito-Urinary reconstruction and Minimally invasive surgery. Dr Vallasciani published over 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals and more than 100 congress abstracts. His interest covers also research either clinical, basic and public health and received international awards for that. Medical Education is another of his interests with Faculty position in Al Faisal University in Riyadh and currently as Assistant Director of the Pediatric Urology Fellowship in Sidra.
He is active internationally with participation as invited speaker in meetings and visiting surgeon.