Acting Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute
United Arab Emirates

Dr. Basel Altrabulsi has been part of National Reference Laboratory's (NRL) scientific leadership team since 2015, in his current role he oversees the pathology and laboratory services at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is one of NRL's flagship laboratories in the UAE, specializing in Anatomic Pathology.

Dr. Basel is certified by the American Board of Pathology, combined Clinical and Anatomical Pathology and brings to NRL more than 18 years' international experience in the field of laboratory medicine and diagnostic pathology.

Dr. Basel started his internship in pathology at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas and completed his residency training in 2003. He then completed his Selective Pathology Fellowship, followed by a Clinical Research Training Program, at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Dr. Basel's career has included multiple leadership positions at elite US hospitals and reference laboratories, such as Chief of Service and Medical Director at Baylor University Medical Center; Director of the Histology Laboratory at Greater Dallas Pathology; and Medical Director of Arlington Cancer Center. He has also served as an Inspection Team Leader for the College of American Pathologists (CAP) on multiple occasions.

He has authored many research publications and is a member of global organizations, such as the International Society of Urological Pathology, the International Society of Breast Pathology, and the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology. Dr. Basel is passionate about research and education and is the Pathology Course Director at Khalifa University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences in Abu Dhabi.

Chair of ESPC Scientific Committee

Scientific Committee Chairperson, Emirates Pathology Society

Consultant Anatomic Pathologist, H.H. Sheikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital

United Arab Emirates

President of Emirates Pathology Society

President of Emirates Medical Association

Head of Pathology, Dubai Hospital

United Arab Emirates

Vice President of Emirates Pathology Society

Adjunct Professor, Mohammed bin Rashid University School of Medicine

United Arab Emirates

General Secretary of Emirates Pathology Society

Consultant Anatomic Pathologist

Head of Histology, Dubai Hospital

United Arab Emirates

Cultural Committee Chairperson, Emirates Pathology Society

Professor of Pathology, Consultant Anotomic Pathologist

College of Medicine, University of Sharjah

United Arab Emirates

President, RAK Medical and Health Sciences University

Ras Al Khaimah

United Arab Emirates

M.D., FCAP, DipABLM

Scientific Committee Member

Consultant, Anatomic Pathologist & Cytopathologist

Medical Director, e-Pathology Program

Clinical Professor of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre

Saudi Arabia

Professor & Chair

University of Louisville Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

United States

Eyas M. Hattab, MD, MBA, FCAP, is the AJ Miller endowed Professor and Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at University of Louisville. Dr. Hattab obtained his medical education from Jordan University of Science and Technology before embarking on a residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the University of Florida, Jacksonville where he also served as Chief Resident. He then completed Neuropathology Fellowship training at Stanford University followed by an Oncological Surgical Pathology Fellowship at the Ackerman Laboratory of Surgical Pathology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University. Dr. Hattab is an internationally recognized surgical neuropathologist and a frequent invited speaker with expertise in the study of brain cancer and the characterization of its morphologic, immunohistological, and molecular features. His clinical practice also includes ophthalmic pathology, transplant pathology and immunohistochemistry. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters to his credit and serves on several national committees governing the field of Neuropathology, including the College of American Pathologists Neuropathology and Diffuse Glioma Committees, the CAP Cancer Biomarker Reporting Committee (CBRC) CNS panel, International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting (ICCR), and the Lower Grade Gliomas Disease Working Group of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project, the National Cancer Institute. In addition, Dr. Hattab holds a Business of Medicine Master of Business Administration degree from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.