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The Cairo Marriott Hotel and Omar El Khayyam Casino hosted the second meeting for ‘Aswan Heart Centre’, which is accredited by the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology.
The meeting was organized by ‘ICOM’ under the patronage of a number of scientific organizations specialized in this field, and was held in Aida Ballroom under the title ‘Familial Heart Muscle Disease’.
Scientific Course Director was the Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub the prominent and leading heart surgeon and the 2nd world surgeon who succeeded in heart transplant surgery, Lectures also were delivered by Professor Eugene Braunwald, professor of cardiac surgery and writer of world scientific books.
Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub was welcomed by Richard Zeolla, Hotel General Manager and Omar Tantawy, Resident Manager during the conference.
The conference focused on numerous discussions on the latest scientific achievements in the field of Genetic Heart Diseases.
The conference opening session was attended by H.E. Health Minister Dr. Hatem El Gabaly, and the conference closing dinner was attended by the world archeologist Zahi Hawass, the General Secretary of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities.
The Press conference was held at the end of the conference and was organized by ICOM and attended by a number of elite and significant figures.
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