Nafisa Elsammani, MBBS, MD

Nafisa Omar Elsammani, MBBS, MD (Internal Medicine), MRCP (UK), is an Assistant Professor at Al Neelain University and a cardiologist at Al Shaab Teaching Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, and she’s the academic secretary of the Sudan Heart Society. She completed her medical degree and postgraduate training in Sudan. Elsammani is currently enrolled in a European Society of Cardiology-accredited cardiac MRI level III training fellowship program at Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences in Bangalore, India, and is completing her MSc degree in Medical Health Professions Education at the Sudan Medical Specialization Board. Elsammani was one of 22 African physicians selected for the first Africa Heart Failure Course, in 2021, organized by PASCAR in collaboration with Cardiff University, Wales, to establish a specialized HF service in the continent.