Main Congress Faculty Members (Alphabetical)

Amr M. Ajlan, MD
Assistant Professor and Consultant Radiologist
Cardiothoracic Imaging Unit,
King Abdulaziz University Hospital,
King Abdulaziz University,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Nicola Alexander Hanania, M.B.B.S.
Associate Professor
Medicine-Pulmonary
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, USA

David Alan Grooms, MSHS, RRT
Clinical Program Manager,
Respiratory Care Services
Sentara Healthcare
Suffolk, Virginia, USA

Abdullah M. Assiri, MD, FACP
Consultant, Adult Infectious Diseases Consultant
Assistant Deputy Minister, Preventive Health
IHR National Focal Point
Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia
Adjunct Associate Professor
Hubert Department of Global Health
Emory University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Emma Beddow, MB.BS, FRCS(C-Th)
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals
London, UK

Jeffrey Chapman, MD
Chief, Respiratory & Critical Care Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Robin Condliffe, MD
Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine
Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, UK

Elliott Dasenbrook, MD
Pulmonologists, Pulmonary &
Critical Care Medicine Department
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA

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

Laila Al Dabal, BSc MD, MRCP, MSc
Consultant Pulmonologist
Modern International Hospital
Dubai, UAE

Omar O. Dhaimat, MD, FACE
Consultant Endocrinologist
Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital
Dubai Health Care City
Dubai, UAE

Hanaa Banjar, MD, FRCPC
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and
Pediatric Pulmonology, Alfaisal University
Consultant Pediatric Pulmonology,
Department of Pediatrics
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mark Elliott, MD
Treasurer, European Respiratory Society
Consultant Physician,
St. Jame's University Hospital, Leeds
UK

Prof. Dean A. Fennell, PhD, FRCP
Chair of Thoracic Medical Oncology
President, International Mesothelioma Interest Group
Cancer Research UK Centre, Leicester
University of Leicester & University Hospitals of Leicester
Leicester, UK

David Gozal, MD, MBA
The Herbert T. Abelson Professor of Pediatrics,
Neuroscience and Neurobiology
Department of Pediatrics
Pritzker Scholar
Member, The Grossman Institute for Neuroscience,
Quantitative Biology and Neuroscience
Committee on Neuroscience and Neurobiology
The University of Chicago
President, American Thoracic Society 2016-2017
Chicago, IL, USA

Prof. Qutayba Hamid, MD, PhD, FRS
Professor of Medicine
University of Sharjah
Sharjah, UAE

Suad Hannawi, MD
Consultant & Head of Rheumatology
Ministry of Health (MOH)
Dubai, UAE

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

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

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 Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS)
King Abdulaziz Medical City, NG
Chairman, Saudi Association for Venous-Thrombo-Embolism ( SAVTE )
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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

James Hull, MD
Consultant Respiratory Physician
Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals
London, UK

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

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

Ibrahim Janahi, MD, FAAP, FCCP, FRCPCH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
Weill-Cornell Medical College-Qatar
Senior Consultant and Head of Pediatric
Pulmonary Section, Hamad Medical Corporation
Director, Pediatric Residency Training Program
President, Gulf Society of Pediatric Respirology
Doha, Qatar

Prof. Dr. med. Jürgen Behr
Head, Department of Pneumology
Head, Department of Internal Medicine V
Ludwig Maximilian University and Hospital of Munich
Seevetal, Germany

Feisal A. Al Kassimi, MD, FRCP
Consultant Pulmonologist
Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine
King Saud University &
King Khalid University Hospital
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Noor Al Khathlan, BSc, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Pulmonary
Function Testing
Director of Clinical Education, Respiratory
Care Department University of Dammam
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Nizar Kherallah, MD, FRCP, FCCP
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatric
at Weill Cornell Medical College
Pediatric Pulmonology Senior Attending Physician
Sidra Medical and Research Center
Doha, Qatar

Martin Kolb, MD, PhD
Director, Division of Respirology
Research Director, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
Professor, Department of Medicine,
Pathology & Molecular Medicine
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON, Canada

Prof. Tom Kotsimbos, MD, FRACP
Professor of Respiratory Medicine
Monash University
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Hani Lababidi, MD, FCCP, FACP
Director, CRESENT, Academic & Training Affairs
Consultant, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Department, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
King Fahad Medical City,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Atul Malhotra, MD
President, American Thoracic Society
Ken Moser Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Director of Sleep Medicine
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
San Diego, CA, USA

Prof. Neil R. MacIntyre Jr, MD
Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center
Chief of Clinical Services, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director of Respiratory Care Services,
Pulmonary Function Laboratory, and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC, USA

Prof. Azzam A.Maghazachi, MD
President and Director,
D&A Immunology and Oncology International,
San Diego/Montreal/Oslo
Professor, College of Medicine,
Sharjah University, UAE

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

Prof. Atul C. Mehta, MD, FACP, FCCP
Professor of Medicine, Lerner College of Medicine
Buoncore Family Endowed Chair in Lung Transplantation
Staff, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Respiratory Institute
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Senior Editor, Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
Cleveland, OH, USA

Prof. Mohamed S. Al Moamary, ABIM, FRCP(Edin), MBA-LS, FCCP
Executive Director, Medical Services, KAMC-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Vice President, Development and Quality Management, KSAU-HS, Saudi Arabia
Professor & Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine, KAMC-Riyadh
Chairman, Saudi Initiative for Asthma
Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Thoracic Medicine
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Parameswaran Nair, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine, McMaster University
Staff Respirologist, St Joseph’s Healthcare
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Imran Y. Nizami, MD
Consultant and Section Head
Lung Transplant Section
Organ Transplant Center
King Faisal Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ghazi Alotaibi, PhD, RRT
Associate Professor of Respiratory Care
Vice President for Academic Affairs
University of Dammam- Saudi Arabia
President, Saudi Society for Respiratory Care
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Hessa Alotaibi, BsRC, RPFT, MPH
Respiratory Therapist, Senior of Pulmonary Function Lab,
KAMC-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Clinical Instructor, Respiratory Program
KSAU-HS, Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Louis-Philippe Boulet, MD, FCCP, FRCPC
Professor of the Knowledge Transfer,
Training and Prevention, Respiratory and
Cardiovascular Health
Institute of Cardiology and Pulmonology
Laval University
Laval, Quebec, Canada

Mr. Kostas Papagiannopoulos
Mmed Thorax, MD (cth),
Honorary Senior Lecturer Leeds University,
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, LTH Trust
Senior Surgeon Thoracic Surgery Leeds,
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon,
Spire Healthcare Group plc
Leeds, UK

Prof. Abdul Rahman Jazieh, MD, MPH
Chairman, Saudi Lung Cancer Association/ Lung Cancer Academy
Chairman, Oncology Department
King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC)- Riyadh
Professor, King Saud University for Health Sciences
National Guards Health Affairs
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abdulrahman A. AlRajhi, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FACP, FRCP Edin
Consultant Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
Executive Director, Academic and Training Affairs
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Yazan Said, MD
Consultant, Allergy/Immunology and Pediatric Pulmonology
King Fahad Specialist Hospital
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Pallav Shah, MD, MBBS, FRCP
Consultant Physician
Royal Brompton Hospital
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals
London, UK

Prof. Dave Singh, MD
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology
and Respiratory Medicine
Manchester University, UK

Adriano R. Tonelli, M.D.
Staff Physician, Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, and
Critical Care Medicine
Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA

Mark Woodhead, BSc, DM, FRCP, FERS
Consultant & Honorary Clinical
Professor of Respiratory Medicine
Manchester, UK

Hazzaa Alzahrani, MD
Consultant, Hematology / Bone Marrow Transplantation
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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