1. Executive Committee
  2. Organizing Committee
  3. Scientific Committee
  1. International
  2. Regional
  1. Scientific Program Details
  2. Meet the Experts & Workshops
  1. CXR Interpretation
  2. PFT Interpretation
  3. Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
  4. Interpretation of Chest PET \ CT
  5. Medical Thoracoscopy
  6. Video-Assisted Mediastinoscopy (VAM)
  1. Beach Rotana, Abu Dhabi
  2. Venue Map

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International Faculty

Prof.  Robyn J. Barst. MD, FAHA, FACC, FCCP, FAAP
Professor Emerita of Pediatrics
Columbia University
Director, New York Presbyterian Pulmonary Hypertension Center 1982-2008
New York, NY
USA

Prof. Semra Bilaçeroğlu, MD, FCCP
Associate Prof. of Pulmonology, Co-director, Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine
Izmir Training & Research Hospital for Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Izmir, Turkey

Prof. Jeffrey T. Chapman MD, FCCP
Staff Physician, Respiratory Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
USA

Prof. Gerard Cox, MD, MB, FRCPCI, FRCPC
Professor and Head, Division of Respirology
Department of Medicine
McMaster University
St. Joseph's Healthcare
Hamilton, ON,
Canada

Prof. Raed A. Dweik MD, FACP, FCCP, FRCPC, FCCM, FAHA
Associate Professor and Director of Pulmonary Vascular Program
Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Respiratory Institute
Cleveland Clinic 
Cleveland, OH
USA

Prof. Füsun Ö. Eyüboğlu MD
Chairman, Department of Pulmonary Medicine
Professor of Pulmonary Diseases
Baskent University Hospital
Ankara,
Turkey

Prof. Nazzareno Galie MD,FRCP,FESC
Professor of Cardiology and Head of Pulmonary Hypertension Centre
Institute of Cardiology
University of Bologna
Bologna,
Italy

Sam P. Giordano RRT, MBA, FAARC
Executive Director and CEO,
American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)
Irving, TX
USA

Prof. Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli MD, FCCP
President, American College of Chest Physicians
Professor of Medicine and Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Section
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
USA

Prof. David D. Gutterman MD, FCCP
Professor of Medicine and Physiology
USA

Prof. Qutayba Hamid MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPath
James McGill Professor, MUHC Strauss Chair in Respiratory Medicine
Director, Meakins-Christie Laboratories
McGill University
Montréal
Canada

Prof. Nicola A. Hanania MD, MS, FCCP, FRCPC, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Director, Asthma Clinical Research Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
USA

Amir M. Khoja MD, DTCD
Director and Head, Dept of Chest Medicine and Thoracic Endoscopy
Ruby Hall Clinic
Pune,
India

Prof. Talmadge E. King, Jr., MD, FCCP
Julius R. Krevans Distinguished Professorship in Internal Medicine
Chair, Department of Medicine
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
USA

Prof. Loïc Lang-Lazdunski MD, PhD, FRCS
Consultant Thoracic surgeon
Guy’s Hospital
London
UK

 

Prof. Y C Gary Lee MBChB, PhD, FRACP, FCCP
Winthrop Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Western Australia
Consultant Chest Physician, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Head, Pleural Disease Unit, Lung Institute of Western Australia
Editor: International Pleural Newsletter
Editor-in-Chief: Respirology
Perth,
Australia

Michael M Madani, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery/Cardiothoracic Surgery
Surgical Director Thoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Assist Device Program
Surgical Co-Director Pulmonary Endarterectomy Program
University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA
USA

Prof. Mohammed R. Masjidi MD
Iran

Prof. Atul C. Mehta MBBS, FACP, FCCP
Co-Chairman, Scientific Committee, GulfThoracic 2010
Chief Medical Officer
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Managed by the Cleveland Clinic
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Staff Physician
Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio,
USA

Dr. M Munawar MD, DNB, FRCP, FRCPE
Consultant Chest Physician and Clinical Director of Medicine
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals
Preston,
UK

Sudish C. Murthy MD, PhD, FACS, FCCP
Surgical Director, Center of Major Airway Disease
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
USA

Prof. David P. Naidich MD, FCCP
Professor Departments of Radiology (Radiology-Fac) and Medicine
New York Methodist Hospital
Brooklyn, NY
USA

Dr. Vlasis Polychronopolous MD, FCCP
Consultant Chest Physician
Director, 3rd Chest Department
Sismanoglion General Hospital
Athens,
Greece

Suhail Raoof, MD, FACP, FCCP, FCCM
Chief, Pulmonary Division, Director-Medical Intensive Care Unit & Medical Director, Respiratory Therapy Dept.
Nassau County Medical Center
New York Methodist Hospital
Brooklyn, NY
USA

Prof. Rajan Santosham, M.S, Mch, FCCP
India

Prof. Peter D. Wagner MD
Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Bioengineering
School of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
USA 

Prof. Herbert P. Wiedemann MD, MBA, FCCP
Chairman, Respiratory Institute
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
USA

Prof. Kazuhiro Yasufuku MD, PhD, FRCS, FCCP
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Division of Thoracic Surgery
Toronto General Hospital
University Health Network
Toronto, ON,
Canada