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.
Scientific Committee
Chairman
Mohamed O. Zeitouni MD, FCCP
Consultant Pulmonary/ Critical care
Department of Medicine
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Co-Chairman
Prof. Atul C. Mehta MBBS, FACP, FCCP
Chief Medical Officer
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Managed by the Cleveland Clinic
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Staff Physician
Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Co-Chairman
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
Prof. Omar S. Al Amoudi MD, FRCP, FCCP, FACP
Professor of Medicine, Consultant Pulmonologist
Department of Medicine
King Abdulaziz University Hospital.
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Member Abdulaziz H. Alzeer, MD, FRCP(C), FCCP
Professor of Medicine
Consultant Pulmonary and Critical Care
Chairman Department of Critical Care, KKUH
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member
Prof. Ahmed S. BaHammam MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCCP
Professor of Medicine
Consultant Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
Director, Sleep Disorders Centre
Program Director, King Saud University Sleep Medicine Fellowship
Chairman, Institutional Review Board (IRB)
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member
Prof. Nasser A. Behbehani, MD, FRCPC, FACP
Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Department Of Medicine
Kuwait
Member
Abdullah M. Al Dalaan MD, FACP
Consultant Pulmonologist/ Intensivist
Head Section, Pulmonary Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Medicine Fellowship Training Program
Deputy Chairman, Fellowship Committee
Department of Medicine
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member
Adel Salem Al Harbi MD, MBBS, ABP, JBP
Founder & President, Arab Pediatric Pulmonology Association "APPA"
Vice President, Gulf Society of Pediatric Respirology "GSPR"
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh
Consultant, Pediatric Pulmonologist, Pediatric and Adolescent Sleep Medicine
Riyadh Military Hospital
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member
Manal Al Hazmi MD
Section Head of Critical Care Medicine
Consultant Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Department of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member
Suhaila I. Al Jawder MD, MRCPI
Consultant Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
Salmaniya Medical Complex
Bahrain
Member
Thomas J. Kallstrom, MBA, RRT, FAARC
Associate Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer
American Association for Respiratory Care
Irving, TX
USA
Member
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
Member Ayman B. Krayem, MBChB, ABIM, FCCP
Consultant in Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Director, Sleep Disorders Center
Chairman, Jeddah Chest Club
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
MemberMohamed 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
Member Asma A. Al Nuaimi MD, FAAP, FRCPC, FCCP
Consultant, Pediatric Pulmonologist
Pediatric Department
Zayed Military Hospital
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Member
Suhail Raoof, MD, FCCP, FACP, FCCM
Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Vice-Chair, Dept of Medicine
Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship
New York Methodist Hospital
Brooklyn, NY
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Medical School of Cornell University
New York
USA
Member Omar A. Al Rawas, MBChB, FRCP (Glasg.), PhD.
Professor and Consultant Pulmonologist
Head, Department of Medicine
College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Sultan Qaboos University
Muscat, Oman
