Congress Chairman
Prof. Mohamed S. Al-Hajjaj, MD, FRCP(C)
Professor and Senior Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Chairman, GulfThoracic Congress 2018
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
Chairman, The 20th Annual Meakins-Christie
International Symposium on Asthma and COPD
Professor of Medicine
University of Sharjah
Sharjah,UAE
Congress Executive Director
Hassan S. Alorainy, BsRC, RRT, FAARC
Executive Director, GulfThoracic Congress 2018
Executive Director, Saudi Thoracic Society (STS)
Senior Respiratory Specialist
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member
Yahya Abusabaah, MD
Consultant Pulmonologist,
Prince Sultan Medical Military City (PSMMC)
Member, Pulmonary Fellowship Scientific Committee,
Saudi Medical Society
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member
Saleh Alazemi, MD
Consultant, Respiratory Medicine
and Interventional Pulmonary
Amiri Hospital
Kuwait
Member
Bader Alghamdi, MD
Assistant Professor, Consultant Pulmonologist
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Director of Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
King Abdulaziz Medical City- Jeddah
National Guard Ministry
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Member
Badr R. Al-Ghamdi, MD
Associate Professor and Consultant Pulmonologist
Chairman Department of Medicine
College of Medicine, King Khaled University
Director of Chest unit, Aseer Central hospital
Abha, Saudi Arabia
Member
Fatma Al Jassim, MD
Vice President of Emirates Allergy and Respiratory Society
Consultant Pediatric Pulmonologist
Latifa Hospital, Dubai Health Authority
Dubai, UAE
Member
Obaid Aljassim, MD, PhD, FRCS
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Head, Cardiothoracic Surgery Department (CTS)
Dubai Health Authority
Dubai, UAE
Member
Nasser A. Al- Shekaili, MD
Consultant Pulmonologist,
Director, Ibri Hospital- Oman
Muscat, Oman
Member
Nehad N. Al-Shirawi, MD, MRCP-UK, EDIC
Consultant, Intensive Care and Pulmonology
Al Zahraa Hospital
Dubai, UAE
Member
Abdullah Yousef, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Consultant Pediatric Pulmonologist
King Fahd Hospital of the University
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
Board Member & Head, Research Committee
Saudi Pediatric Pulmonary Association
Dammam, Saudi Arabia