Prof. Heinrich D. Becker, MD, FCCP
Director, Department Interdisciplinary
Endoscopy, Thoraxklinik
Heidelberg University Medical School
Heidelberg, Germany

Prof. Michael S. Blaiss, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Prof. Wisia Wedzicha, MD
Professor of Respiratory Medicine
Royal Free and University College Medical School
University College London
London, UK

Prof. Francesco Blasi, MD, PhD
Professor of Respiratory Medicine
President Elect European Respiratory Society
Head Respiratory Medicine Section
Dipartimento Toraco-Polmonare e Cardiocircolatorio
Università degli Studi di Milano,
Direttore, UOC Broncopneumologia
IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore
Policlinico Cà Granda Milano
Milan, Italy

Prof. Andrew Bush, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH, (UK)
Professor of Paediatric Respirology
Imperial College &
Consultant Paediatric Chest Physician
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
London, UK

Prof. Jeffrey T. Chapman, MD, FCCP

Consultant Pulmonologist
Chair, Quality and Patient Safety
Consultant Pulmonologist
Cleveland Clinic
Abu Dhabi, UAE
USA

Gregory R. Ciottone, MD, FACEP
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chair, Disaster Medicine Section
Director, Harvard-Affiliated Disaster Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Prof. Daniel A. Culver, DO, FCCP

Staff Physician
Respiratory Institute and Department of Pathobiology
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA

Prof. J. Mark FitzGerald, MB, MD, FRCP(I), FRCP(C), FACCP
Head, UBC and VGH Divisions of Respiratory Medicine
Director, Centre for Lung Health
The Lung Centre
Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Peter Froeschle, MD
Department of Thoracic and Upper-GI Surgery
Royal Devon and Exeter NHSFT
London, UK

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

Prof. Christian J. Herold, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Radiology
Medical University Vienna, Vienna General Hospital
Vienna, Austria

Prof. Dean R. Hess, PhD, RRT, FAARC, FCCP
Editor-in-Chief, Respiratory Care
Assistant Director of Respiratory Care
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Prof. Surinder K. Jindal, MD
Professor and Head
Department of Pulmonary Medicine
(WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Capacity-Building in Chronic Respiratory Diseases)
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Chandigarh, India

Prof. Paul Jones, PhD, FRCP
Professor of Respiratory Medicine
Head of the Division of Clinical Science
St George’s, University of London
London, UK

Thomas J. Kallstrom, MBA, RRT, FAARC
Associate Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer
American Association for Respiratory Care
Irving, Texas, USA

Ali Zamir Khan, MS, FRCS (Gen Surgery), FRCS (CTh), Dip Sports Med (RCSI, Ireland), PGDM (Clinical Research, UK), CCT (UK)
Head of Department
Minimally Invasive VATS/ Robotic Thoracic Surgery
Medanta, The Medicity
New Delhi, 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. Irene M. Lang, MD
Department of Internal Medicine II
Division of Cardiology
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria

Prof. Richard W. Light, MD, FCCP
Professor of Medicine
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN, USA

Prof. Peter J. Mazzone, MD, MPH

Staff Physician
Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine

Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA

Lauri Trites, MD
Emergency Senior Consultant
Zayed Military Hospital
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Canada

Prof. Atul C. Mehta, MBBS, FACP, FCCP
Staff Physician
Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Prof. Moulay Meziane, MD
Head, Thoracic Imaging

Cleveland Clinic
Abu Dhabi, UAE
USA

M Munavvar, MD, DNB, FRCPL, FRCPE
Consultant Chest Physician and Clinical Director of Medicine
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Preston, UK

Timothy R. Myers, BS, RRT-NPS
Immediate Past President, American Association for Respiratory
Director, Woman's & Children’s Respiratory Care & Procedural Services and Pediatric Heart Center
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital & MacDonald Hospital for Woman
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Bernd Schmidt, MD
Head of Pneumology
University Clinic and Polyclinic for Internal Medicine I
Halle University Hospital (Saale)
Halle, Germany

Prof. Jerome M. Sullivan, PhD, RRT, FAARC
Prof. Emeritus, The University of Toledo
President, International Council for Respiratory Care (ICRC)
Toledo, Ohio, USA