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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.

Regional Faculty

Mohammad R. Al Abdullatief MD
Consultant, Thoracic Surgery
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nabil Abouchala MD, FACP, FCCP
Consultant, Pulmonary & ICU
Department of Adult Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director, MSICU-C & E
King Faisal Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Alkhenizan, MD, CCFP, ABHPM, MSc, DCEpid
Consultant, Family Medicine
Chairman, Department of Family Medicine and Polyclinics
Deputy Director, Medical Eligibility Services
Chairman, Evidence Based Practice Committee.
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mohamed R. Allawati MD
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Al Nahdha Hospital
Medical Officer In Charge
Al Rahma Hospital
Muscat, Oman
Sami Alnassar MD, FRCSC
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Chairman, Department of Medical Education
Head, Division of Thoracic Surgery
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ashraf H. Alzaabi, MD, FRCPC, FCCP
Clinical Assistant Professor, UAE University
Head, Respiratory Division, Zayed Military Hospital
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Suhaila A. Al Ameeri, MD, FRCPA
Consultant Pathologist
Department of Laboratory and Pathology
Mafraq Hospital
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Hatem Al Ameri, MD, FRCPC, FCCP
Consultant Pulmonologist
Mafraq Hospital
Section Head, Postgraduate Medical Education
Health Authority Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Prof. Nasser A. Behbehani, MD, FRCPC, FACP
Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Department Of Medicine
Kuwait University
Kuwait
Layla AL Dabal, BSc MD, MRCP, MSc
Consultant Pulmonologist
Modern International Hopsital
Dubai, UAE
Shaheenah Dawood MBBCh, FACP, MRCP(UK), MPH, CPH
Consultant Medical Oncologist
Head of Medical Oncology
Dubai Hospital
Dubai, UAE
Fouad Al Dayel MD, FRCPA, FRCPath
Professor of Pathology, Al Faisal University
Chairman, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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
Waseem Hajjar MD, FRCS
Assistant Professor and Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
College of Medicine, King Saud University
King Khalid University Hospital
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Suhaila E. Al-Jawder, MD
Consultant Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
Salmaniya Medical Complex
Manama, Bahrain
Khaled M. Al Kattan MD, FRCS
Consultant Thoracic Surgery,
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Professor of Thoracic Surgery
Dean, College of Medicine
Alfaisal University
Head of National Lung Cancer Study Group
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nizar Kherallah, MD, FCCP
Section Head & Consultant Pediatric
Pulmonologist
Department of Pediatrics
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Prof. Emad A. Koshak MD, FRCPC
Professor and Consultant
Internal Medicine, Allergy & Clinical Immunology
Associate Editor of Annals of Thoracic Medicine
Dean Faculty of Medicine, Albaha University
Albaha, Saudi Arabia
Bassam 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
Imran Mirza, MD, MS, FCAP, FASCP, FRCPC
Head Section, Molecular Diagnostics Pathology
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Mohamed S. Al Moamary MBBS, ABIM, FRCP(Edin), FCCP
Associate Professor & Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine
Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs, College of Medicine,
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Consultant, Pulmonary Section, King Abdulaziz Medical City
Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Thoracic Medicine
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Khalid F. Al Mobaireek MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics King Saud University
Section Head and Consultant Pulmonologist
Director, Post Graduate & Scholarship Department
King Fahad Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Saad Al Qahtani, MD, MMed, FRCPC
Consultant Critical Care Medicine,
Head, Critical Care Response Team
Assistant Professor, College of Medicine
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Department of Critical Care
King Abdulaziz Medical City
King Fahad National Guard Hospital
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ammar A. Saadoon, MD, MRCPCH
Pediatric Pulmonologist, Department of Pediatrics
Hamad Medical Corporation,
Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar,
Doha, Qatar
Ahmed M. Sabry, M.B.B.CH, MSc, MD
Radiodiagnosis Specialist
Clinical Radiology Department
Chest Disease Hospital
Kuwait
Yazan S. Said, MD
Consultant, Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy
Department of Pediatrics
King Fahad Specialist Hospital
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Sarfraz Saleemi MS, MRCP, FCCP, FACP
Pulmonologist
King Faisal Special Hospital and Research Center
Assistant Professor, College of Medicine
Alfaisal University
Executive member – Saudi Association for Pulmonary Hypertension
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Al Shamrani MD, SBP, ABP, JBP, FRCPCH
Consultant in Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor in Pediatric
Pediatric Pulmonologist& Sleep Medicine
Children Hospital, Pulmonary Unit
King Fahad Medical City, Children Hospital
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Hisham Tarraf, MD, FRCP(Edinb.)
Professor of Medicine and Allergy, Cairo University
President of the Modern Egyptian Society of Internal Medicine
Treasurer of the Egyptian Society of Allergy and Immunology
Cairo, Egypt
Salah Al Waheeb MD, MB BCH
Consultant Pathologist,
Department of Histopathology
Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital
Kuwait
Mohamad Yaman MD, FACS, FRCSc
Medical Director, Department of Surgery
Chief Medical Officer
Mafraq Hospital
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Sawsan Al Yousef, MD, CABP, FCCP
Consultant, Pediatric Intensive Care
Assistant Head of PICU
Security Forces Hospital
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia