Congress Chairman
Prof. Mohamed S. Al-Hajjaj, MD, FRCP(C)
President, Saudi Thoracic Society
Professor of Pulmonary Medicine & Consultant Pulmonologist
Respiratory Division, Medicine Department
King Saud University & King Khalid University Hospitals
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Congress Executive Director
Co-Chairman, Scientific Committee
Hassan S. Alorainy, BsRC, RRT, FAARC
Executive Director, GulfThoracic Congress 2016
Executive Director, Saudi Thoracic Society (STS)
Senior Clinical Respiratory Specialist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Chairman, Scientific Committee
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
Co-Chairman, Scientific Committee
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
Member
Nabil Abouchala, MD
Consultant, Pulmonary and ICU
Department of Adult Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director , MS ICU-C
King Faisal Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member
Abdullah Al-Dalaan, 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
Member
Nasser Al Harbi, MD
Consultant, Pediatric Pulmonology
King Khalid University Hospital
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member
Abdulaziz Al-Hashemi, MD, FCCP, FRCPC, ABIM(sleep)
Senior Pulmonary and Sleep Consultant
Assist. Prof. of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College
Department of internal Medicine, Pulmonary Division
Director of Sleep Laboratory
Hamad General Hospital
Doha, Qatar
Member
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
Member
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
Member
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
Member
Fatma Al Jassim
Vice President of Emirates Allergy and Respiratory Society
Consultant Pediatric Pulmonologist
Latifa Hospital Dubai Health Authority
National Guards health Affairs
Dubai,UAE
Member
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
Member
Abdulhadi Almutairi, MD, SBIS, MHA, FICS
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Director, Surgical Serivices Administration
Head, Thoracic Surgery Section
Department of Surgery
King Fahad Specialist Hospital
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Member
Fatmah Al Saidi, MD,FRCPC
Internal Medicine
Intensive Care and Respirology
Head of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Center MOH
Kuwait
Member
Reyadh Salman, MD
Consultant Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Chairman Internal Medicine Department
Chairman of Intensive Care Unit
Ibn Nafees Hospital and Salmaniya Medical Complex
Manama, Bahrain
Member
Nasser A. Al Shekeili, MD
Consultant, Pulmonologist
Ibri Regional Hospital
Ministry Of Health,
Muscat, Oman