Scientific Committee (Alphabetical)

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

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

Ashraf H. Alzaabi, MD, FRCPC, FCCP
Clinical Assistant Professor,UAE University
Head, Respiratory Division,
Zayed Military Hospital
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Hassan S. Alorainy, BsRC, RRT, FAARC
Executive Director, GulfThoracic Congress 2017
Executive Director, Saudi Thoracic Society (STS)
Senior Respiratory Specialist
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Soror Al Aithan, MD
Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine
Head of Pulmonary and Intensive Care,
Dammam Medical Center
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Mohamed Al Ardi, MD
Senior Consultant,
Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
Field Medicine Commander
Qatar Armed Forces
Medicine Services
Doha, Qatar

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

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

Prof. Qutayba Hamid, MD, PhD, MRCP (UK), FRCP (Canada), FRC Path.
Professor of Medicine
Sharjah University
Sharjah,UAE

Adel S. Alharbi, MD, FCCP
Consultant, Pediatric Pulmonologist & Sleep Physician
Head,Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
Director, Pediatric Sleep Disorders Center (PSDC)
Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, KSA
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
College of Medicine, King Saud University-Riyadh
Chairman, Saudi Pediatric Pulmonology Association (SPPA)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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

Fahad Al-Ghimlas, MD, MSc, FACP, FCCP, FRCPC
Consultant Respirologist,
Department of Medicine- Amiri Hospital
Ministry of Health- State of Kuwait
Kuwait

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

Fatma Al Jassim, MD
Vice President of Emirates Allergy and Respiratory Society
Consultant Pediatric Pulmonologist
Latifa Hospital Dubai Health Authority
National Guards health Affairs
Dubai,UAE

Suhaila I. Al Jawder, MD, MRCPI
Consultant, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Head Section, Pulmonary and Critical Care
King Fahad Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Al Lawati, MD
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine, Al Nahdha Hospital
Head National TB Program
Ministry of Health
Muscat, Oman

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

Sami A. Alnassar, MD, FRCSC
Head, Division of Thoracic Surgery
Chairman, Clinical Skills & Simulation Center
King Khalid University Hospital
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Wadha Al Otaibi, MD
Consultant Pediatric Pulmonology and sleep
Head of Pediatric Pulmonology
Assistant Professor, King Saud bin Abdulaziz
for Health Sciences
King Fahad Medical City)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Nahid Ali Sherbini, MD
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
National Guard Health Affairs
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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