GT2017 - Faculty

Faculty

All Main Congress Workshops & Courses

Amr Albanna, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor, Consultant Pulmonologist,
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Head of Research Office, KAIMRC-WR
Deputy Chairman, Quality and Patient Safety, Department of Medicine
National Guard Health Affairs- Jeddah
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Nabil Abouchala, MD, FACP, FCCP

Consultant, Pulmonary and ICU
Department of Adult Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director, MS ICU-C
King Faisal Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Stefano Aliberti, MD

Head, ERS Respiratory Infections Assembly
Professor, Respiratory Medicine
Department of Pathophysiology and
Transplantation, University of Milan
Consultant, Respiratory Medicine,
Policlinico Hospital
Milan, Italy

Abdulmohsen M. Alahmad, RRT, PhD

Senior Respiratory Care & Critical Care Specialist
King Fahad Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Nasser Behbahani, MBBCh, FRCP(C)

Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Kuwait University
Consultant, Respiratory Medicine
Kuwait

Edward Black, MD

Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Al Ain Hospital
Al Ain, UAE

Prof. Charles B. Cairns, MD, FACEP, FAHA

Dean, College of Medicine
Assistant Vice President, Clinical Research and Clinical Trials
Professor, Emergency Medicine
University of Arizona College og Medicine- Tucson
Tucson, AZ, USA

Neal Chaisson, MD

Pulmonologist, Cleveland Ohio
Assistant Program Director,
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Pulmonary Medicine Department
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Cleveland, OH, USA

Jeffrey Chapman, MD

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

Prof. Dr. Carlos Robalo Cordeiro, MD, PhD

Secretary General, European Respiratory Society (ERS)
Full Professor, Coimbra Medical School
Head, Pneumology Department, Coimbra University Hospital
Coimbra, Portugal

Prof. Richard Costello, MD, MB, MD, FRCPI

Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine,
Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
Professor of Medicine
Royal College of Surgeons
Chairperson, The Asthma Society of Ireland
Dublin, Ireland

Ali Al Dameh, MD, BMedSCI, MBCHB, FRACS, FACS

Consultant General Thoracic Surgeon,
Chief of Thoracic Surgery
Al Zahra Hospital Barsha
Dubai, UAE

Saleh Abu-Daff, MBBS, MRCS, ABGS, SBGS

Consultant Thoracic and General Surgeon,
Head of Thoracic Surgery
Division of Thoracic Surgery
King Salman Heart Center
King Fahad Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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

Sulaiman Al Gazlan, MD, MRCP(UK), ABIM

Consultant, Allergy/ Immunology,
Department of Medicine
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Fahad Al-Ghimlas, MD, MSc, FACP, FCCP, FRCPC

Consultant Respirologist, Department of Medicine- Amiri Hospital
Ministry of Health- State of Kuwait
Kuwait

Ahmed Bamousa, MD, CABS

Consultant, Thoracic Surgery
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Waseem M. Hajjar, MD, MS, FRCSEd, FCCP

Associate Professor and Consultant Thoracic Surgeon,
College of Medicine, King Saud University,
King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Alhajji, MD, MSc, MRCP (GIM), MRCP (Resp.), CCT

Consultant, Interventional Pulmonologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Qutayba Hamid, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine
University of Sharjah
Sharjah, UAE

Umur Hatipoğlu, MD

Director, COPD Center
Quality Improvement Officer
Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA

Manal S. Al Hazmi, MD

Consultant, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Vivek Iyer, MD

Pulmonologist, Pulmonary and
Critical Care Medicine Department
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Prof. Hamdan Al-Jahdali, MD, FRCPC, FCCP

Professor of Medicine,
King Saud University for Health Sciences
Adjunct Professor, McGill University
Head of Pulmonary Division
Medical Director of Sleep Disorders Center
King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mouhamad Ghyath Jamil, MD

Consultant Pulmonary/Critical Care
Director, Sleep Medicine
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center- Riyadh
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Tariq Al Jasser, MsC, RRT

Senior Respiratory Care Specialist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Yasser Aljehani, MD, SCC-Surg

Assistant Professor & Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Chairman, Department of Surgery
King Fahad Hospital of the University
University of Dammam
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Dr. Guy Joos, MD, PhD, FERS

President, European Respiratory Society (ERS)
Professor of Medicine, Ghent University- Belgium
Head, Respiratory Medicine Department
Ghent University Hospital
Ghent, Belgium

Nawal Al Kaabi, MD, MBBS

Pediatric Infectious Disease Consultant
Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease
Chair of Education, DIO
Shaikh Khalifa Medical City Managed by Cleveland Clinic
Abu Dhabi, UAE

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

Samuel Kemp, MD

Consultant Chest Physician
Department of Respiratory Medicine
Royal Brompton Hospital & Harefield Hospital
London, UK

Prof. Javaid A. Khan, FRCP (Edin)

Dean Pulmonology College of Physician & Surgeon Pakistan
Professor of Medicine and Consultant Chest Physician
Department of Medicine
The Aga Khan University
Chair National Alliance for Tobacco Control
Karachi, Pakistan

Prof. Abdullah Alkhenizan, CCFP, FCFP, ABHPM, MSc, DCEpid

Professor, College of Medicine,
Al Faisal University
Chairman, Department of Family Medicine
and Polyclinic KFSH&RC
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Monica Kraft, MD, FAAAAI

Robert and Irene Flinn Professor of Medicine
Chair, Department of Medicine
Deputy Director, Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
Tucson, Arizona, USA

Prof. Arvind Kumar, MBBS, MNAMS, FACS, FICS, FUICC

Senior Consultant, General Thoracic
Thoracoscopic and Robotic Surgery
Chairman, Center for Chest Surgery and Director,
Institute of Robotic Surgery
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH), New Delhi
Founder & Managing Trustee, Lung Care Foundation
New Delhi, India

Prof. Nabil Y. Kurashi, MD, FFCM

Professor of Family and Community Medicine
College of Meidicine, University of Dammam
Senior Editor, Journal of Bronchology and
Interventional Pulmonology
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Muna Maarafiya, MBBS

Senior Consultant Pediatric Pulmonology &
Director of Pediatric Sleep Medicine
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical Collage, Qatar
Assistant Professor of QU College of Medicine
Associate Program Director of Pediatric
Doha, Qatar

Suhaila Alameeri, MD, FRCPA

Consultant Anatomic Pathologist and Laboratory Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor,
College of Medicine and Health Science
United Arab Emirates University
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Asma O. Alamoudi, MSc, RRT-RPFT-NPS-ACCS

Respiratory Care Lecturer, Respiratory Care Clinical Instructor
Department of Respiratory Care
Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences
King Fahad Military Medical City
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Azzam A. Maghazachi, MD

Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences
Head, Research Committee
College of Medicine
University of Sharjah
Sharjah, 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

William Man, MD, BSc, MBBS, PhD, FRCP

Consultant Chest Physician,
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Respiratory Consultant,
Department of Respiratory Medicine
Harefield Hospital
London, UK

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. Sultan Ayoub Meo, MBBS, Ph.D, FRCP

Professor and Consultant in Clinical Physiology,
Department of Physiology,
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ehab Massad, MD

Consultant, Thoracic Surgery
Assistant Member, Department of Surgery
King Hussein Cancer Center
Amman, Jordan

Prof. Marc Moss, MD

President-Elect, American Thoracic Society (ATS)
Roger S. Mitchell Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver, Colorado, USA

Basil Elnazir, MD, PhD, FRCPI, FRCPCH, DCH

Consultant, Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
Medical Director ‎Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital
Dubai, UAE

Ali M. Alaraj, MD

Assistant Professor and Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Qassim University
Qassim, Saudi Arabia

Ali S. Omrani, MBBCh, MSc, FRCP, FRCPath

Head of Section, Adult Infectious Diseases
Deputy Chairman, Department of Medicine
Chairman, Antimicrobial Utilization & Evaluation Committee
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Suhail Raoof, MD, FCCP, FACP, FCCM

Chief, Division of Pulmonary Medicine
Lenox Hill Hospital- Manhattan, NYC
Professor of Medicine,
Hofstra-Northwell School of Medicine
New York, USA

Prof. Enrico Ruffini, MD

Director of Annual Meeting,
European Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Professor, University of Torino,
Department of Thoracic Surgery
Turin, Italy

Mashael K. Al Rujaib, MBBS, FRCR, DABR, FRCPC

Consultant Radiologist and Associate Professor Alfaisal University
Radiology Department, King Faisal Specialist
Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sulaiman S. Al-Ruwaily, MD

Consultant, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Vice President for Saudi Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Muslim M. AlSaadi, MD

Professor & Consultant Pediatric Respirologist
and Sleep Medicine
Head, Pediatric Respiratory Division
Pediatric Department College of Medicine
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Waleed Saleh, MD, FRCSI

Consultant Thoracic Surgery
Surgical Director of Lung Transplant Program
Department of Surgery
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre-Riyadh
Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Hani Sabbour, MD, FACC, FHRS, FASE

Consultant Cardiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Prof. Frank C. Sciurba, MD, FCCP

Professor of Medicine
Director, Emphysema Research Center
Director, Pulmonary Function Exercise Physiology Laboratory
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Farida I. Al Hosani, MD

Consultant, Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor UAE University College of Medicine
Manager of Communicable Diseases Department
Health Authority Abu Dhabi (HAD)
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Nasir Siddique, MB, MRCP, FCCP, CCT(UK)

Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
Lead in Respiratory Education
Member Standards of Care Committee BTS
Kettering General Hospital
Kettering, UK

Redha Souilamas, MD, PhD

Staff Physician,Thoracic Surgery
Heart & Vascular Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, UAE

William-Hans Steup, PhD, MD

Surgical Oncologist, Thoracic Lung Surgeon
HagaZiekenhuis, Department of Surgery
Member of the Council, European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)
Secretary, Dutch Society of Lung Surgery
Board Member, Dutch Lung Cancer Audit DLCA
The Hague, Netherlands

Ayman Al-Sulaimani, MBBS, FRCSC, MHSc

Assistant Professor, Consultant Thoracic Surgery
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Mohamad Alswes, MD, ABCFP

Consultant, Family Medicine
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Assistant Professor Alfaisal University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Wisia Wedzicha, MA, MD, FRCP, FMedSci

Professor, Respiratory Medicine
National Heart and Lung Institute,
Imperial College, UK
London, UK

Ashraf H. Alzaabi, MD, FRCPC, FCCP

Clinical Assistant Professor,UAE University
Head, Respiratory Division,
Zayed Military Hospital
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Mohamed Zeitouni, MD, FCCP

Consultant Pulmonary/Critical Care
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Alabdrab Alnabi, MD

Consultant, Emergency & Critical Care
Head of Adult Intensive Care Unit
Head of Clinical Audit
Maternity & Children Hospital, Dammam
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Khalid Aziz Ansari, MD, M.Phil, PhD

Assistant Professor Department of Respiratory Care
College of Applied Medical Sciences
University of Dammam
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Enas Batubara, MD, SBIM, SF-AP, FCCP

Pulmonary Consultant
Head, Bronchoscopy and Pleural Disease Unit
Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Amr Albanna, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor, Consultant Pulmonologist,
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Head of Research Office, KAIMRC-WR
Deputy Chairman, Quality and Patient Safety,
Department of Medicine
National Guard Health Affairs- Jeddah
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Abdulaziz Aljohaney, MBBS, DABIM, FRCPC

Associate Professor of Medicine
College of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University-Jeddah
Consultant in Pulmonary Medicine and
Interventional Pulmonology
King Abdulaziz University Hospital
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Majed Alghamdi, MD

Assistant Professor of Pulmonary Medicine
Faculty of Medicine,
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences,
Consultant Pulmonologist and
Interventional Pulmonologist
Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program
King Abdulaziz Medical City-Riyadh,
National Guard Health Affairs
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Alhajji, MD, MSc, MRCP (GIM), MRCP (Resp.), CCT

Consultant, Interventional Pulmonologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Qutayba Hamid, MD, PhD, MRCP (UK), FRCP (Canada), FRC Path.

Professor of Medicine
University of Sharjah
Sharjah,UAE

Abdullah Al Jebreen, MD

Consultant Cardiothoracic Imaging
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Noor Al-Khathlan, BSc, MSc, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatric Pulmonary Function Testing
Director of Clinical Education
Respiratory Care Department
College of Applied Medical Sciences
University of Dammam
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Abdullah Alkhenizan, CCFP, FCFP, ABHPM, MSc, DCEpid

Professor, College of Medicine,
Al Faisal University
Chairman, Department of Family Medicine
and Polyclinic KFSH&RC
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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

Prof. Atul C. Mehta, MD, FACP, FCCP

Prof. Sultan Ayoub Meo, MBBS, Ph.D, FRCP

Professor and Consultant in Clinical Physiology,
Department of Physiology,
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Marc Moss, MD

Jose Rex Navarrosa, BSRT

Senior Clinical Instructor
RC Clinical Training Unit
Overall Coordinator
RCD-NCAAA Accreditation Project
Respiratory Care Department
College of Applied Medical Sciences
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Abdulmunhem Obaideen, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology, University of Sharjah
Head of Medical Diagnostic Imaging
Sharjah University Hospital
Sharjah, UAE

Abderrahim Oulhaj, PhD, MSc & CstatD

Assistant Professor in Biostatistics
Institute of Public Health
College of Medicine and Health Sciences
United Arab Emirates University
Al Ain, UAE

Hajed Alotaibi, PhD, RRT

President, Saudi Society of Respiratory Care (SSRC)
Assistant Professor of Respiratory Care
Chairman, Respiratory Care Department, CAMS
Director, Respiratory Care Services, KFUH
University of Dammam
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Suhail Raoof, MD, FCCP, FACP, FCCM

Chief, Division of Pulmonary Medicine
Lenox Hill Hospital- Manhattan, NYC
Professor of Medicine,
Hofstra-Northwell School of Medicine
New York, USA

Yasir Alshaikh, MD

Cardiothoracic Radiology Consultant
King Khalid University Hospital
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Nasir Siddique, MB, MRCP, FCCP, CCT(UK)

Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
Lead in Respiratory Education
Member Standards of Care Committee BTS
Kettering General Hospital
Kettering, UK

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

Cecilia Wassberg, MD, PhD

Consultant Radiologist and Nuclear Medicine,
Chairman, Saudi Thoracic Imaging Group, Saudi Thoracic Society
Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Stockolm
Uppsala, Sweden