Cardiac Critical Care Fellowship
(CCCF)

Welcome to Cardiac Critical Care Fellowship (CCCF)
This unique flagship educational program is offered entirely online and is structured into three modules, each worth 30 credits.
We are delighted that you have chosen to advance your education with this program, which represents a valuable investment in your future. Our aim is to provide you with curated resources and guided learning, delivered by a panel of highly qualified international clinicians. Our expert panel ensures that the curriculum is current, evidence-based, and connected to the latest research.
Your learning journey is a partnership between us, as tutors, and you, as a learner. This fully online program includes peer support, learning through online discussion groups, and periodic journal clubs. It fosters a learning environment that caters to individual needs, promotes knowledge acquisition, and facilitates the internalization of concepts.
We view teaching as a process of guided empowerment, tailored to your level as a learner and your unique learning style, to help you achieve your goals.
CCC Fellowship Recorded Webinar
Program Structure
Admission is open for All International Fellows in a Part-time Capacity. The program is delivered in 3 modules, each module will be delivered over a 16-week period and will comprise:
- Asynchronous audio-video lectures.
- Recorded synchronous tutorials.
- Student-led teaching.
- Reflective practice on the national and international guidelines.
- Real-life clinical scenarios.
- Group discussion of complex cases.
- Critical appraisal of scientific papers.
- Critical appraisal of the available evidence with reflection on the local practice.
- MCQs with answers and explanations.
- Facilitated online discussion boards.
- Webinars.
CCCF Handbook
Program Director

Ashwaq Mahdaly
MBBS, FCCP ,EDIC,ERS , CPHQ, CCEeXam Intensivist, Pulmonologist Cardiac Critical Care . KSA
Academic Director

Aws Alherbish
MBBS, FRCPC, Intensivist, Cardiologist and a Level III Echocardiographer
Academic Director

Ahmed Hegazy
Associate Professor, Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesiology, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Program Co-Director

Abdulrahman Asiri
Internist, Intensivist, Cardiovascular Critical Care and ECMO Consultant.
Director of Critical Care Medicine division at PFKCC
Academic Co-Director

Ahmad Al-Ghamdi
Critical Care Medicine, Cardio-Vascular Critical Care Consultant, and Transesophageal Echocardiographer, KSA
Associate Program Directors

AMR MATTAR
Professor of ICU at Cairo University - Senior Consultant Nutritionist and President of Egyptian European Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.

EIMAN AL-HAINI
Head of Nutrition Department, Directorate General of Khoula Hospital - President of Omani
Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Society – Ministry of Health, Oman.

FATIMA AL-HADDAD
Chief Dietitian for the Government Hospitals – Kingdome of Bahrain.

RICARDO MATOS
Senior Consultant Intensivist, Portugal.

TARIQ ALMUSAWI
Senior Consultant Intensivist, Associate Professor at Royal College of Ireland, Bahrain

Muna Islami
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist and Supervisor of TPN Service at King Faisal Specialist Hospital – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Academic Board

Thamer Alaifan
Critical Care Consultant, National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, KSA

Mirvat Alasnag
Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, SCAI International Chair, TCT Middle East Regional Director, KSA

Aws Alherbish
MBBS, FRCPC, Intensivist, Cardiologist and a Level III Echocardiographer

Daniel Bainbridge
Professor, Western University. Cardiac Surgical ICU Director, LHSC, Canada

Paul Cameron
Critical Care Western Program Director, Assistant Professor, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Western University, Canada

Aravind Chandrasekaran
Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology Consultant, Director of ECMO Program, K K Patel Super Speciality Hospital, Bhuj, Gujarat, India.

Ali Ait Hssain
Senior Consultant ECMO and Critical Care, Qatar

Manu Malbrain
Internist– Intensive care, CMO Medaman, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Therapy, President International Fluid Academy, Belgium

Giles Peek
MD, FRCS CTh, FFICM, FELSO
Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Florida, USA

Jeffrey Scott
Associate Chief, Medical Director Transplant Critical Care. Jackson Memorial Hospital - Miami Transplant Institute, USA

Agya Prempeh
Assistant Clinical Professor, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, UCSF, California, USA

Osama Sefein
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Western University, Ontario, Canada

Ahmed Zaki
MD, FICM, EDIC. Consultant Cardiac ICU, Manchester Foundation Trust , UK
Eligibility
• Medical graduates.
• Who has worked or currently working in a nutrition program dealing with ICU patients (evidence to be provided).
• Those who have the opportunity to work in a nephrology program (should submit evidence for their future placement).
Registration
Contact Us
Program Director
- Ashwaq Mahdaly
- Ashwaqalimahdali@gmail.com
Academic Director
- Abdulrahman Asiri
- dr.almay@yahoo.com
Academic Director
- Ahmed Al-Ghamdi
- aabdulalghamdi@kfmc.med.sa
Program Admin
- Habiba Mohab
- habiba.mohab@icomgroup.org