Congress Chairman
Prof. Mohamed S. Al-Hajjaj, MD, FRCP(C)
Professor and Senior Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Chairman, GulfThoracic Congress 2017
President, Saudi Thoracic Society (STS)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Local Co-Chairman
Bassam Mahboub, MD, FRCPC
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine,
Assistant Professor, University of Sharjah
Head of Allergy and Respiratory Department, Dubai Hospital
Chair, Emirates Allergy & Respiratory Society
Dubai, UAE
International Co-Chairman
Prof. Qutayba Hamid, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Strauss Chair Respiratory Medicine
Director, Meakins Christie Labs
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
Congress Executive Director
Hassan S. Alorainy, BsRC, RRT, FAARC
Executive Director, GulfThoracic Congress 2017
Executive Director, Saudi Thoracic Society (STS)
Senior Respiratory Specialist
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member
Alaa E. Ghabashi, MD, FCCP
Assistant Professor – Medicine,
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Consultant Adult Critical Care, Respirology and Sleep Medicine
Director, Residency Training Program - Critical Care Medicine
King Abdulaziz Medical City - Western Region, Saudi Arabia
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Member
Mohammed Al-Houqani, MBBS, MPH, FRCPC, FFOM, FCCP
Assistant Professor & consultant of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine
Assistant Dean for Medical Education
College of Medicine and Health Sciences UAE University
Al-Ain, UAE
Member
Issa Aljahdhami, MBBS,MD,FRCP
Senior Consultant
Respiratory and Sleep Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Armed Forces Hospital
Muscat, Oman
Member
Emad Kowatli, MD
Consultant Pulmonologist and Intensivists
American Hospital
Dubai, UAE
Member
Mona Allangawi, MBBS
Senior Consultant,
Hamad Medical Corporation
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
Doha, Qatar
Member
Walid Mahmood, MD
Pulmonary Consultant
Rashid Hospital
Dubai Health Authority
Dubai, UAE
Member
Hussain Al Matar, FRCP(C), FACP
Consultant, Allergy and Clinical Immunology
National Guard Hospital
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Member
Abdullah Almutairi, FCCP, FRCPC
Consultant Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine
Dar AlShifa Hospital
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