Husain A. 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

Dr. Saba Q. Alheialy, PhD

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, DTM&H

Consultant Internal Medicine

Head of Infectious Diseases Division

Director of Medical Administration

Prince Sultan Military Medical City

Saudi Medical Journal, Editor in Chief

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 and Critical Care Medicine

Section head of adult ICU and Consultant, Intensive Care Department

King Abdulaziz Medical City

Assistant Professor, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

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

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 / ICU

Chairman, Intensive Care Department

Director, Ambulatory Care Services

Assistant Professor of Medicine & Critical Care

King Saud Ben Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

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

Vice 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

Consultant, Pulmonologist and Intensivist

Respiratory & Critical Care Institute

Cleveland 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, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, MD

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 Medical 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, Saudi Arabia

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

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

Marwah Wakkas, RCP, RRT

Clinical Instructor

Respiratory Care Department

College of Applied Medical Sciences University of Dammam

Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Kheder Al Zahrani, MD

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