Ahmed R Sanad Afifi

Consultant Interventional Paediatric Cardiologist with international training and clinical experience in both the UK and Egypt. Skilled in interventional cardiac catheterisation, advanced echocardiography, and multidisciplinary paediatric cardiology care. Passionate about contributing to the development of paediatric cardiac services, with a strong academic background, numerous international publications, and a proven track record in teaching, research, and leadership.

Registration & Licensure

· GMC (UK) – Full registration (2018); Consultant Paediatric Cardiology (2025); Revalidation due 2028.

· Egyptian Medical Syndicate – Full registration (2011); Consultant Paediatrics (2020), Consultant Paediatric Cardiology (2022).

Professional Memberships

· British Congenital Cardiac Association

· Association for European Paediatric & Congenital Cardiology (AEPC)

· European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI)

· Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)

• AEPC Certification of Basic Training in Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (2024) by The Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology
• Full Certification in Congenital Heart Disease Echocardiography (2022) by the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
• Doctorate in Paediatrics and Neonatology, Benha University (2018) – Thesis on outcomes of interventional cardiac catheterisation in infants
• Membership, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2016)
• MSc in Paediatrics and Neonatology, Benha University (2014) – Thesis on echocardiographic follow up of children with PDA closure.
• MBBCh, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University (2010), graduated with honours.

Authored multiple peer-reviewed publications including:
- Pulmonary artery banding: still a role for staged bi-ventricular repair of intracardiac shunts? ( Cardiology in the Young, 2022)
- Supravalvular pulmonary stenosis in Noonan syndrome ( Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 2022)
- Anomalous coronary artery in Tetralogy of Fallot ( Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 2022)
- Outcome of interventional catheterisation in infants
Presented at AEPC, BCCA, CardioEgypt, RCPCH, and other major conferences, both oral and poster.

• Advanced Echocardiography course, Edinburgh, June 2023
• Cardiac catheterization course, Dubai, May 2023
• Information Governance course, May 2023
• 1st Joined Midlands cardiac catheterization workshop, Leicester, 12/2022
• Medical leadership and management, Oxford Medical, November 2022
• Teach the teacher course, Oxford Medical, November 2022
• European paediatric life support (EPALS), Birmingham Children H, 10/2022
• Cardiac simulation course, Birmingham Heartland H, September 2022
• Good clinical practice course, August 2022
• Ionising radiation medical exposure regulations (IRMER), January 2022
• Echocardiography course, Birmingham/Southampton October 2021
• Theoretical course of Fetal Medical Foundation on fetal echo, 1/2021
• ECG course, BMJ Learning, November 2020
• ECLS course, Birmingham Children Hospital, January 2020
• Cardiac Morphology Course, UCL, London, October 2019
• NLS course, December 2018, UK
• EPALS course (European paediatric advanced life support), 7/2018, Egypt
• PICU bedside Echocardiography and Ultrasonography , Cairo, 2018
• "Research management" and "Writing scientific papers" organized by DAAD, Cairo ,2014/2015
• Workshop (neonatal ventilation), Cairo university children hospital, 2012
• Workshop (neonatal procedures), Al-Galaa teaching H, Cairo, 2011

• Dr.Marinos Kantzis, M.kantzis@nhs.net, University Hospitals of Leicester, United Kingdom
• Dr. Michael Harris, Michael.harris2@nhs.net, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, United Kingdom
• Prof. Aya Fattouh, Aya.fattouh@kasralainy.edu.eg, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
• Prof. Shahin Dabour, Shaien.dabour@fmed.bu.edu.eg, Benha University, Egypt