Women's Health

Dr. Khaled Sakhel is an Associate Professor at Eastern Virginia Medical School. He is also an OBGYN physician with special interest in minimally invasive robotic gynecologic surgery and gynecologic ultrasound. He also successfully established the outpatient office procedures suite. He served as chair and moderator of sessions as well as presented at national meetings.His other interests revolve around medical education, the business of medicine and healthcare improvement. He also served as principal investigator on numerous investigator initiated and industry sponsored trials. He participated in national and international committees and scientific advisory boards.

Minimally invasive robotic gynecologic surgery and gynecologic ultrasound

Zavos is a world-renowned American Andrologist-Reproductive Specialist who offers a multitude of treatments in various areas of Reproductive Medicine and dysfunction with emphasis in of male factor infertility, and more. He is recognized as a world-renowned expert in male reproductive medicine and for the past almost 40 years, he has been a leading researcher and a strong authority in the areas of male reproductive medicine, gamete physiology, male infertility, Andrology and other ART/IVF procedures. As a pioneer, he has performed thousands of procedures in many associating Centers globally. Patients come from all over the US and the Globe to receive treatment for reproductive health issues. Panos Zavos has devoted more than 40 years to academia, clinical services and research. His ground breaking developments around new and innovative technologies in the field of human reproductive medicine have had worldwide implications. Prof. Zavos holds four college degrees and has received extensive training in the areas of reproductive medicine and all other fields of Assisted Reproduction. He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award and the Graduate Teaching Award from Emporia State University, the Student Leadership Award from the University of Minnesota and the first ever Honorary Professorship given by the China Academy of Sciences to an American Professor, among many others.

Reproductive Physiology, Biochemistry and Statistics

Tamaki Nakano received his BSc (1986), MSc (1988), and PhD (1991) degrees from Osaka University, Japan. He joined Nagoya University as an Assistant Professor (Prof. Yoshio Okamoto’s group) in 1990 and was promoted to an Associate Professor in 1998. During his appointment at Nagoya University, he also served as a visiting scientist at Cornell University Sogah, 1993–1994). In 1999,he moved to Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) as an Associate Professor. He was appointed as a Professor of Hokkaido University in 2006 and is currently supervising his research group at Institute for Catalysis.

Catalysis

Dr. Salah Rubayi is the Chair of Surgery and Chief of Pressure Ulcer Management Program at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and International College of Surgeons (FICS) and member of all the spinal injury organizations in the United States and Europe. At the University of Southern California, Dr. Rubayi is a Professor of Clinical Surgery in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and the Division of Plastic Surgery at UCLA. He also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. He has published many articles in regards to the plastic reconstructive surgery of pressure ulcers in spinal cord injury patients, including a textbook in reconstructive surgery of pressure ulcers, which was published in 2015 by Springer. His research interests include spinal cord injury and pressure ulcer management & prevention.

Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Cardiology

Vincent C. Hascall, Jr. was born in Burwell, Nebraska in 1940. He attended the California Institute of Technology and earned a B.S. in 1962. After graduating he enrolled at Rockefeller University, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1969. While at Rockefeller, Hascall met Alan Kapuler who had won a Westinghouse Prize in high school for using a new method for meristem cultures on an orchid species. As a result Kapuler was taken to Bogota, Colombia to learn how specimens were collected and preserved.Hascall is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Biological Chemistry, a position he has held since 1995. He also received the NIH Merit Award in 1979, was President of the Society for Complex Carbohydrates in 1987, and was awarded the Karl Meyer Award for Glycoconjugate Research from the Society for Complex Carbohydrates in 1992.

Gynecology & Obstetrics

Mehreen Sarwar is the Obstetrics & Gynecology Specialist at Zia Medical Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Sarwar is a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (RCOG) London, UK and has over 30 years of experience at a number of reputable healthcare institutions in Pakistan, UAE and UK. Her main interests lie in ambulatory gynecology including scanning and outpatient hysteroscopy, early pregnancy and menopause. An expert in cosmetic gynecology and hormonal issues, Dr Sarwar is known for her caring, patient-centered approach, supporting all her patients by their side. She is also a well-known international speaker and an advisor to many respected consultancy companies in the medical industry. Dr Sarwar feels privileged in being able to help women through all aspects of their reproductive life.

Obstetricians & Gynecologists' (Ob-Gyn)