Faculty (Alphabetical)

Husain Al-Awadhi, MD
Consultant, Intensive Care Medicine
Al Mafraq Hospital
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Amr Albanna, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor, Consultant Pulmonologist
Director, Respiratory Fellowship Program
Department of Medicine, National Guard Health Affairs
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS)
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Stefano Aliberti, MD
Professor, Respiratory Medicine
University of Milan Bicocca
San Gerardo Hospital
Milan, Italy

Khalid Aziz Ansari, MD, M.Phil, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Respiratory Care
College of Applied Medical Sciences
University of Dammam
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Vladimir Anikin, MD
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Royal Brompton Hospital
London, UK

Yasser Mahmoud Ajina, RRT
Senior Respiratory Therapist
Rashed Hospital
Dubai, UAE

Teresa Arora, BSc (Hons), PhD CPSYCHOL
Research Associate (Medicine)
Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
Qatar Foundation, Education City
Doha, Qatar

Mohamed Azzam MD, FRCP, FCCM
Consultant Trauma, Critical Care Medicine & Emergency Medicine
King Abdulaziz Medical City- Jeddah
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Saba Q. Alheialy, PhD, MD
Senior Lecturer of Physiology
Alfaisal University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Ahmed S. BaHammam, MD, FRCP, FCCP
Consultant Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Director, University Sleep Disorders Center
Chairman, Institutional Review Board
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Peter John Barnes, MA, DM, DSc, FRCP, FCCP, FMedSci, FRS
Immediate Past President, European Respiratory Society (ERS)
Professor of Thoracic Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute
Head of Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College
Honorary Consultant Physician, Royal Brompton Hospital London
London, UK

Ali M. Al-Barrak MD, FRCPC, DTMH
Director General for Saudi Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Giovanni Battista Migliori, MD, FRCP, FERS
Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases
Fondazione S. Maugeri, Tradate (ITA)
ERS Secretary General
Lecturer, University of Pavia (ITA)
Psst President UNION, Europe Region
Milan, Italy

Prof. Elisabeth Bel, MD
President, European Respiratory Society (ERS)
Professor of Medicine
Head of the Pulmonary Department
Academic Medical Centre
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Prof. Peter Cahusac, PhD
Associate Professor, Pharmacology & Biostatistics
Alfaisal University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abdullah AlDalaan, MD
Consultant Pulmonologist & Intensivist
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Center of Excellence
Director, Ambulatory Care Services
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Assistant Professor, Alfaisal University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Paras Dalal, MD
Consultant Radiologist
Royal Brompton
London, UK

Hasan M Al-Dorzi, MD
Consultant, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Section Head of Adult ICU, Intensive Care Department
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Assistant Professor, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Bashair AlFozan, MsRC, RRT
Senior Respiratory Specialist
Department of Respiratory Care
Faculty Member, University of Dammam
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Thomas Ferkol, MD
President, American Thoracic Society (ATS)
Alexis Hartmann Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology
Director, Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO, USA

Prof. Qutayba Hamid, MD, PhD, MRCP (UK), FRCP (Canada), FRC Path.
Professor of Medicine
Strauss Chair Respiratory Medicine
Director, Meakins Christie Labs
McGill University
Montreal, Canada

Fahad Al Hameed, MD, FRCPC
Consultant, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Chairman, Intensive Care Department
Director, Ambulatory Care Services
Assistant Professor of Medicine & Critical Care
King Saud Ben Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS)
King Abdulaziz Medical City, NG
Chairman, Saudi Association for Venous-Thrombo-Embolism ( SAVTE )
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Aaron Han, MD, PhD, FCAP
Chief of Pathology, American Hospital Dubai
Master Pathologist
Dubai, UAE

Nasser Al Harbi, MD
Consultant, Pediatric Pulmonology
King Khalid University Hospital
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. R. Duncan Hite, MD
Chairman, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Respiratory Institute
Chief Pulmonary Critical Care
Cleveland Clinic
Department of Critical Care/Respiratory Institute
Cleveland, OH, USA

Sarah El Homsi, MS, RRT
Clinical Specialist at GE
Canada

Mohammed Al-Houqani, MBBS, FRCPC, DABIM
Assistant Professor, Consultant of Respiratory & Sleep Medicine
Assistant Dean for Education & Academic Affairs
College of Medicine & Health Sciences
UAE University
Al Ain, UAE

Fatma AL Hurish MD, FCCP
Consultant Pulmonology and Allergy
AL-Rashid Center for Allergy and Pulmonary Diseases
Kuwait

Majdy M. Idrees, MD, FRCPC, FCCP, FPVRI, FRCP Edin (Hon)
Consultant Pulmonologist
President, Saudi Association for Pulmonary Hypertension
Cochair, Pulmonary Hypertension Chapter for Eastern Mediterranean Region, PVRI
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Waleed Jasim, MD
Consultant, Intensivist
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Jung-Gi Im, MD. PhD, MFS, FSCBTMR
Chief, Department of Radiology, Sheikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital
Professor of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital
President, 1st ACTR, 3rd WCTI (World Congress of Thoracic Imaging)
Seoul, South Korea

Ahmed Aljabbary, MD, FRCPC
Chairman, Saudi Intensive Care Association (SICA)
Head, Neuro Critical Care Unit
National Guard Health Affairs
Intensive Care Department
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Hassan Jaafar, MBChB (MD)
Consultant Medical Oncologist
Tawam Hospital (Affiliated with Johns Hopkins)
Al Ain, UAE

Prof. Abdul Rahman Jazieh, MD, MPH
Chairman,Saudi Lung Cancer Association/ Lung Cancer Academy
Chairman, Oncology Department
Professor, King Saud University for Health Sciences
National Guards health Affairs
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Jimbo Varnum BS, RRT-NPS-ACCS
Consultant, High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation
Head, HFOV Consulting/Intervention Program, USA
Yorba Linda, CA, USA

Abdullah Al Jebreen, MD
Consultant Cardiothoracic Imaging
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Abdulaziz Aljohaney, MBBS, DABIM, FRCPC
Assistant Professor of Medicine
College of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University
Consultant in Pulmonary Medicine and Interventional Pulmonology
King Abdulaziz University Hospital
Secretary General of Saudi Society of Internal Medicine (SSIM)
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Prof. 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
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Cihangir Kaymaz, MD
Professor of Medicine – Cardiology
Chief Cardiologist Kartal Kosuyolu Heart Education and Research Hospital
Chairman of Pulmonary Hypertension Project Group, Turkish Society of Cardiology
Istanbul, Turkey

Javed Khan, MD, FRCP, FCCP
Consultant Pulmonologist
Head, Pulmonary Division
King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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

Prof. Robert Kotloff, MD
Chairman, Department of Pulmonary Medicine
Respiratory Institute,
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA

Ayse E. Küpeli, MD
Assoc. Prof Pulmonary Medicine Department
Baskent University School of Medicine
Ankara, Turkey

Prof. Kook-Hyun LEE, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
College of Medicine, Seoul National University
President, Korean Society of Anesthesiologists (KSA)
President, Korean Association for Respiratory Care (KARC)
Auditor, Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine (KSCCM)
Seoul, South Korea

Bassam Mahboub, MD, FRCPC
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine,
Asst. Prof., University of Sharjah
Head of Allergy and Respiratory Department, Dubai Hospital
Chair, Emirates Allergy & Respiratory Society
Dubai, UAE

Saeeda Almarzooqi, MD
Assistant Professor & Chair, Pathology Department
College of Medicine & Health Sciences
UAE University, Al-Ain
Consultant Histopathologist, Tawam Hospital
Al Ain, UAE

Armin Meyer, MD, FCCP
Consultant, Pulmonologist and Intensivist
Respiratory & Critical Care Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Prof. Atul C. Mehta, MBBS, FACP, FCCP
Staff Physician, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology
Cleveland, OH, USA

Prof. Mohamed S. Al Moamary, MBBS, ABIM, FRCP(Edin), FCCP
Professor & Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine
King Abdulaziz Medical City- Riyadh
Vice President, Planning, Development and Quality Management,
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS)
Chairman, Saudi Initiative for Asthma
Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Thoracic Medicine
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abdullah Al Mohammadi, MS, RRT
Clinical Leader Surgical ICU/ER
Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Al Muhaideb, MD
Consultant Molecular Imaging Radiologist
Clinical Radiologist and Nuclear Medicine Physician
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abdulhadi Almutairi, MD, SBIS, FICS
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Chairman, Physician Training Department
Director, Surgery Residency Program
Department of Surgery King Fahad Specialist Hospital- Dammam
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Alabdrab Alnabi, MD
Emergency & Critical Care Consultant
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency & Fellowship Program Director
King Fahd Specialist Hospital
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Paolo Navalesi, MD
Department of Translational Medicine,
Eastern Piedmont University, Novara
Head of Deparment of Emergency and Intensive Care, Vercelli
Italy

Jose Rex Navarrosa, BSRT
Clinical Instructor
Respiratory Care Department
College of Applied Medical Sciences
University of Dammam
Dammam, KSA

Prof. Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, MD, PhD
Professor of Pulmonary Medicine
Department of Pulmonary Disease
VU University Medical Centre
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Ghazi Alotaibi, PhD, RRT
Assistant Professor of Respiratory Care
Dean, College of Applied Medical Sciences
University of Dammam- Saudi Arabia
President, Saudi Society for Respiratory Care
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Hajed Alotaibi, PhD, RRT
Chairman, Respiratory Care Department
College of Applied Medial Sciences
Director, Respiratory Care Services
King Fahad University Hospital
University of Dammam
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Michael Polkey, MD
Consultant Physician,
Royal Brompton Hospital & National Heart & Lung Institute
London, UK

Abdullah S. ALQarni MS, RRT-NPS, CPFT
Respiratory Care Lecturer and Clinical Instructor
Respiratory Care Department
College of Applied Medical Sciences
University of Dammam
Dammam, KSA

Maher Mubark AlQuaimi, MsRC, AEA, RRT
Respiratory Care Lecturer
Respiratory Care Department
College of Applied Medical Sciences
University of Dammam
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Abdulrahman A Alrajhi, MD, FIDSA
Consultant Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
Executive Director, Academic and Training Affairs
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Omar A. Al Rawas, MBChB, FRCP (Glasg.)
Professor and Consultant Pulmonologist
Head, Department of Medicine
Dean College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Sultan Qaboos University
Muscat, Oman

Prof. Luca Richeldi, MD, PhD
Professor of Respiratory Medicine
Chair of Interstitial Lung Disease
University of Southampton
Honorary Consultant Physician
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Southampton, UK

Michael Rodgers, MD
Consultant, Pulmonologist and Intensivist
Respiratory & Critical Care Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Alawi S. Alsaeedi, MBBS, SB-Anaes, FCCM-UFT
Assistant Professor, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University
Consultant, Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sam Sara, MD
Division Chief, Critical Care Medicine
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Yaser Abu El Sameed, MBBS, FCCP
Lead Physician, Interventional Pulmonology
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Nasser A. Al Shekeili, MD
Consultant, Pulmonologist
Ibri Regional Hospital
Ministry Of Health,
Muscat, Oman

Abdullah A. Al Shimemeri, MD
Executive Director, Center of Community Health Promotion
Consultant Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor, College of Medicine
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ali H. Altalag, MD, ABIM
Chairman, Saudi Thoracic Imaging Group, Saudi Thoracic Society
Consultant Pulmonologist, Intensivist and echocardiographer
Head, Ultrasound Unit, Department of Intensive Care Services
Head, ICIP Quality Committee, Department of Intensive Care Services
Department of Intensive Care Services
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Haytham Tlayjeh, MD
Assistant Professor, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University
Consultant, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Section Head, Oncology ICU
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof Dr. med. J. Christian Virchow, FRCP, FCCP, FAAAAI
Abteilung Pneumologie / Internistische Intensivmedizin
Klinik I / Zentrum für Innere Medizin
Universitätsklinikum
Rostock, Germany

Marwa A. Wakkas, RRT
RCD Quality Unit Coordinator
Respiratory Care Department
College of Applied Medical Sciences
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Kheder Ali Alzahrani, MD, FCCP, MHA
Pulmonary Consultant
Vice Rector Assistant for Postgraduate Studies, Research & Training
Prices Nora Bint Abdulrahman University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mohamed Zeitouni, MD, FCCP
Consultant Pulmonary/Critical Care
Department of Medicine
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia