Overview
All emerging evidence indicates that heart attacks, stroke, and cardiovascular-related deaths can be reduced with preventive measures. These preventive measures include medications, therapeutic interventions and lifestyle changes.
However, only <10% of patients with established cardiovascular disease end up taking appropriate guideline-directed therapies and achieving their targets. Why does this happen? One answer is fragmented care where each healthcare specialist functions in a silo. Thus, another approach where the patient is at the center of care is needed. This approach permits better control of blood pressure, lipid profile, and blood glucose and enhances the overall wellbeing of the patient.
In addition, the latter approach is much appreciated in weight management. Recent evidence has clearly shown that weight management is at the foundational base where it reduces the number of antihypertensive and anti-diabetes medications needed, leads to a favorable overall metabolic profile specifically lowering bad cholesterol levels, and also reduces major undesired bad health outcomes. Recognizing the complexity and importance of weight management, we pay special attention to that through offering a range of options from the treatment of food craving to more classical approaches reaching up to surgical & non-surgical interventions to treat overweight and obesity.
The Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence focuses all the specialists on the patient. This permits not only integrated quality care but also ensures all patients get the highest standards and most up-to-date care present. We achieve that via recommending to our patients’ pathways that are based on their clinical condition and personal aims in specialized clinics. And all through we monitor the patients’ results, discuss them as a team, and provide a comprehensive plan with achievable steps and measurable outcomes.
Patients who benefit from visiting the Cardiometabolic & Weight Management COE
Patients with:
- Known cardiovascular disease
- Diabetes patients who are more than 40 years’ old
- Overweight individuals
- Patients with increased risk for cardiovascular disease such as 2 or more of the following risk factors: hypertension, diabetes, family history of cardiovascular disease, smoker, overweight or obese, or sedentary lifestyle
Members of the Cardiometabolic & Weight Management COE team
- Dr. Hussain Isma’eel, Preventive Cardiology & Cardiac Imaging Consultant
- Dr. Bassem Safadi, Bariatric Surgery/General Surgery Consultant
- Dr. Ali Haydar, Bariatric Interventional Radiology Consultant
- Dr. Dana Sleiman, Endocrinology Consultant
- Dr. Ali Khalil, Obesity Non-invasive Interventions/ Gastroenterology Consultant
- Dr. Mohammad Al Hijji, Interventional Cardiology Consultant
- Dr. Rushdi Ahdab, Neurology/Food Craving Treatment Consultant
- Dr. Tarek Gherbal, Exercise & Physiotherapy Specialist
- Ms. Sirine Abou Al hassan, Dietitian
- Ms. Maha Wazne, Pharmacist
Specialty Units/clinics at the Cardiometabolic & Weight Management Center
FAQs
- Qatar ID / valid passport
- Insurance card
- Laboratory studies (in case available)
For insurance and price inquiries, please contact our call center at +974 4400 4400 between 8 am to 10 pm.
The Cardiometabolic center in Aman Hospital is located at the following address: Ground Floor, Outpatient 1.
We recommend you allow enough time to park to ensure you arrive on time. Please plan to arrive 30 minutes prior to your appointment time. Our valet parking is here to assist you, take your car and park it safely in our underground parking.
Always feel free to bring someone with you to your appointments. A family member or friend can help ask questions, remember the information your care team gives you, and provide support.
Please call our call center at +974 4400 4400. They are available from Saturday to Thursday from 8 am to 10 pm to help you reschedule or cancel your appointment.
