Under the Patronage of
H. H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai,
Minister of Finance and President of Dubai Health Authority,
United Arab Emirates.
Congress Chairman
Prof. Mohamed S. Al-Hajjaj MD, FRCP(C) President, Saudi Thoracic Society
Professor of Pulmonary Medicine & Consultant Pulmonologist
Respiratory Division, Medicine Department
King Saud University & King Khalid University Hospitals
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Honorary Chairman
Dr. Mirza A. Al Sayegh
President, Emirates Allergy and Respiratory Society (EARS)
Organizing Committee
Chairman, Organizing CommitteeBassam Mahboub MD, FRCPC
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine, Asst. Prof., University of Sharjah
Head of Allergy and Respiratory Department
Dubai Hospital
Vice Chair, Emirates Allergy & Respiratory Society
Dubai, UAE
Conference Executive Director
Hassan S. Alorainy BSrc, RRT, FAARC
Executive Director, Saudi Thoracic Society
Senior Clinical Respiratory Specialist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member Soror Al Aithan MD
Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine
Head of Pulmonary and Intensive Care,
Dammam Medical Tower
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
MemberHatem Al Ameri, MD, FRCPC, FCCP
Consultant Pulmonologist
Mafraq Hospital
Section Head, Postgraduate Medical Education
Health Authority Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Member Nasser H. Al Busaidi MBBS, MRCP(UK), FRCP (UK)
Senior Consultant Pulomonologist
Muscat, Oman
Member Mohamed Al Ghobain MD, SSC, ABIM, FCCP
Consultant Pulmonologist, Department of Medicine.
Assistant Professor of Pulmonary Medicine,
College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Vice president; Saudi Thoracic Society
ACCP International Regent for Saudi Arabia
Associate Editor of Annals of Thoracic Medicine
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member Fatma AL Hurish MD, FCCP
Consultant Pulmonology and Allergy
AL-Rashid Center for Allergy and Pulmonary Diseases
Kuwait
Member Majdi M. Idrees MD, FRCPC, FCCP
Head, Saudi Advisory Group for Pulmonary Hypertension
Head, Pulmonary Division & Pulmonary Vascular Unit
Consultant Pulmonologist
Department of Medicine
Riyadh Military Hospital
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member Ibrahim A. Janahi, MD, FAAP, FCCP, FRCPCH
Associate Prof. of Pediatrics- Weill-Cornell Medical College-Qatar
Sr. Consultant and Head of Pediatric Pulmonology Section
Hamad Medical Corporation
President, GSPR and Member, Executive Committee, APPA
Doha, Qatar
