Ahmed Khashaba

Prof Ahmed Khashaba, qualified in medicine, specialized in cardiology and interventional cardiology at Egypt’s Ain Shams University Hospitals, and he gained the title of Professor of Cardiology at the same university. He is a member of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) and a Fellow of the American Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (SCAI).

Having the interest to introduce and employ new technologies, he established the first TAVI program in Egypt in 2011. He was also the first to introduce and perform the following techniques to Egypt: IVUS-VH, OCT, total radial interventions, iFR, MDCT as well as 3D echocardiography. Recently, he performed the first orbital atherectomy in a private hospital in the middle east in UAE. He is also a proctor and trainer for consultants in most of these and other complex cardiac intervention procedures.

Prof Khashaba shared as a principal investigator in many of the international multicenter studies in interventional cardiology, including the landmark DEFINE-FLAIR study. He was also the only cardiologist from the middle east to share in the production of the European consensus document for Rotablator usage. He has over 35 publications and over 90 oral presentations as a faculty member and live demonstrator at several national, regional and international cardiology meetings.