Dr. Feras Bader, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Heart, Vascular, & Thoracic Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Bader served as Medical Director of the Heart Failure Program and Director of the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Fellowship Program at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, US. He was also an Associate Professor of Medicine and Cardiology at the University of Utah, specializing in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation. Dr. Bader also helped establish an advanced heart failure program for the Kuwait Ministry of Health, adding valuable regional experience to his experience practicing in the US. He earned his medical degree from the University of Jordan School of Medicine, Amman, Jordan. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine, as well as a fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant at Yale School of Medicine, Connecticut, US. He then completed a fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine, where he also obtained a master's degree in Clinical Investigation. Dr. Bader is American Board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Echocardiography, and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. His research interests include various aspects of ventricular assist devices, hemodynamics and cardiorenal interaction in heart failure, as well as non-invasive diagnosis of rejection in heart transplantation. He has participated in many single and multi-center trials and has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.