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Has more than 30 years  of experience in Interventional Cardiology where has Pioneered the primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) in acute myocardial infarction in Syria since the year 2000 and in Fujairah (UAE) since 2013 Was the first to institute the 24/7 service for interventional management of acute myocardial infarction in the whole Syrian state and Fujairah and that is what he is offering now in University Hospital Sharjah Performed more than 20 thousand cases of coronary intervention for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes over his career; 5 thousand of which were through radial artery access allowing home discharge after one hour from procedure (60% of patients a couple of hour after PCI) Worked as Specialist of Cardiology/Intervention in Eppendorf Hamburg University Hospital from 1988 to 1999, then upgraded to Consultant position from 1999 onwards Practiced Interventional Cardiology in Germany, Syria, and United Arab Emirates Worked as Head of Interventional Cardiology Department in Al-Basel Heart Center for 3 years (from 2000 to 2003) and Dar Al-Shifa Hospital for 10 years (from 2003 to 2013); both hospitals are located in Damascus, Syria