Committee Biography

Dr. Hersi is a Consultant Cardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiologist and CEO of King Saud University Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Hersi is a Professor of Medicine at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He graduated from the University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta, Canada), and University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada). He is Canadian board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology. Clinical practice focuses on heart rhythm conditions including non-invasive and invasive evaluation and treatment of arrhythmias and implantation and follow-up of cardiac rhythm devices. Research interests span a wide spectrum in cardiovascular disease including cardiac electrophysiology, preventive cardiology, and the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in the Arab world. An active member of the cardiovascular research community in the Gulf region and is on the steering committees of several regional and international registries including prospective multicenter studies of ICD and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy.