Prof. Kian Fan Chung, MD, DSc, FRCP
Professor of Respiratory Medicine
Head of Experimental Studies Medicine
National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London
Consultant Physician
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust
London, UK
Prof. James M. Beck, MD
President, American Thoracic Society (ATS)
Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care
Vice-Chair, Department of Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver, Colorado, USA
Prof. Juan C. Celedón, MD, DrPH
President-Elect, American Thoracic Society (ATS)
Professor, Department of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics,
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Division Chief, Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
Director, Pediatric Asthma Center
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Prof. Raed A. Dweik, MD, MBA, FACP, FRCPC, FCCP, FCCM,
FAHA, ATSF
Professor of Medicine,
Chairman, Respiratory Institute
Asthma & COPD, Critical Care Medicine
Pleural Disease, Pulmonary Vascular Medicine
Pulmonologist, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Prof. Fahad Al-Hameed, MD, AmBIM, FRCPC
Consultant Pulmonary & ICU
Chairman, Intensive Care Department
King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs
Professor of Medicine & Critical Care
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Chairman, Saudi Association for Venous-Thrombo-Embolism (SAVTE)
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Qutayba Hamid, MD, PhD, FRCPC
International Liaison,
GulfThoracic Congress 2020
Professor of Medicine
Dean of Medicine
University of Sharjah
Sharjah, UAE
Prof. Feras I. Hawari, MD, FCCP
Professor of Medicine and Full Member
Chief Cancer Control Officer
Chief, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Director, Tobacco Dependence Treatment Training Program
King Hussein Cancer Center and University of Jordan
Director, Global Bridges, EMR
Amman, Jordan
Dean R. Hess, PhD, RRT, FAARC, FCCM
Managing Editor, Respiratory Care
Past Editor-in-Chief, Respiratory Care
Editor, Fundamental Respiratory Care Support Course (FRCS)
Respiratory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital
Lecturer, Northeastern University
Boston, MA, USA
Adel S. Alharbi, MD, FCCP
Consultant, Pediatric Pulmonologist & Sleep Physician
Head, Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
Director, Pediatric Sleep Disorders Center (PSDC)
Deputy Executive Director for Academic Affairs
Prince Sultan Military Medical City (PSMMC), Ministry of Defense, Riyadh, KSA
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Alfasial University
General Secretary, Saudi Thoracic Society (STS)
Chairman, Saudi Pediatric Pulmonology Association (SPPA)
Associate Editor, Annals of Thoracic Medicine (ATM)
Associate Editor, Saudi Medical Journal (SMJ)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Arvind Kumar, MBBS, MNAMS, FACS, FICS,
FUICC
Senior Consultant, General Thoracic Thoracoscopic and Robotic Surgery
Chairman, Center for Chest Surgery
Director, Institute of Robotic Surgery
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH), New Delhi
Founder & Managing Trustee, Lung Care Foundation
New Delhi, India
“Giant in Chest
Medicine”
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
Asma A. S. Al Nuaimi, MD
Consultant Pediatric Pulmonologist
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC)
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Nuha Alrajhi, MBBS, SB-MED, ABIM, KSUF-MED
Assistant Professor in Medicine
Director Pulmonary Fellowship Program
Consultant Pulmonary and Interstitial Lung Diseases
King Khalid University Hospital
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Wisia Wedzicha, MA, MD, FRCP, FMedSci
Professor, Respiratory Medicine
Chief of Service, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy and Immunology
Director, Center for Environmental Health
National Heart and Lung Institute,
Imperial College
London, United Kingdom
Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Mona Al Ahmad, MD, MBBCh, FRCPC
Consultant Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Chairperson of Allergy Department,
Al-Rashed Allergy Center,
Ministry of Health
Kuwait
Prof. Ashraf H. Alzaabi, MD, FRCPC, FCCP, EMHCA
President, Emirate Thoracic Society (ETS)
Co-Chairman, Scientific Committee,
GulfCongress 2020
Professor of Medicine, UAE University
Head, Respiratory Division,
Zayed Military Hospital
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Prof. Abdul Rahman Jazieh, MD, MPH
Chairman, Saudi Lung Cancer Association/ Lung Cancer Academy
Chairman, Oncology Department
Professor, King Saud University for Health Sciences
King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC)
King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital (KASCH)
Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Majdy Idrees, MD, FRCPC, FPVRI
Adjunct Professor of Respiratory Medicine
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Head, Pulmonary Vascular Unit
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Timothy R. Myers, MBA, RRT, RRT-NPS, FAARC
Program Director, Asthma-COPD Educator Course & Aerosol Delivery Workshop
Chief Business Officer, American Association for Respiratory Care
Irving, TX
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH, USA
Prof. Khaled M. Alkattan, MD, FRCS
Consultant Thoracic Surgery,
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Professor of Thoracic Surgery
Dean, College of Medicine Alfaisal University
Head of National Lung Cancer Study Group
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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
Abdullah M. Aldalaan, MD
President, Saudi Association for Pulmonary Hypertension (SAPH)
Consultant, Pulmonologist & Intensivist
Director of Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Department of Medicine
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Steven M. Gordon, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine
Chairman, Department of Infectious Disease
Staff Member, Transplantation Center
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Talal I. Dahhan, MD, MSEd, FACP, FCCP
Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine,
Pulmonary Vascular Diseases and Critical Care
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Duke and Alfaisal University
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Sami A. Alhaider, MD, MBA
Executive Director of Training, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS)
Consultant Pediatric and Interventional Pulmonologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Claire Hogg, MD
Professor of Practice,
Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College
Clinical Director, Respiratory Pediatrics
Royal Brompton Hospital
London, UK
Parameswaran Nair, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPC
Frederick E. Hargreave Teva Innovation Chair in Airway Diseases,
Professor of Medicine, McMaster University,
Staff Respirologist, St Joseph’s Healthcare,
Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health,
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Prof. Simon P. G. Padley, BSc, MBBS, FRCP,
FRCR
Professor of Practice (Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology)
National Heart & Lung Institute
Imperial College London
Consultant Radiologist and Director of Radiology
The Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
London, UK
Sumaya Aloraimi, MD, DCH, MRCPCH, AFSA
(France)
Senior Consultant, Pediatric Pulmonologist and Respiratory Allergist
Head, Pediatric Respiratory Department
Royal Hospital, Sultanate of Oman
Muscat, Oman
J. Brady Scott, MSc, RRT, RRT-ACCS, AE-C, FAARC, FCCP
Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Education
College of Health Sciences,
Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences-Division of Respiratory Care
Rush University
Chicago, IL, USA
Prof. Leonardo M. Fabbri, MD, FERS
Professor of Respiratory and Internal Medicine
University of Modena & Reggio Emilia
Eminent Scholar of Respiratory and Internal Medicine
Visiting Professor of Respiratory and Internal Medicine
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg
Modena, Italy
Prof. Arzu Ari, Ph.D, RRT, PT, CPFT, FAARC
Professor of Respiratory Therapy
Director, Aerosol Research Laboratory
Consultant, Aerosol Medicine
Department of Respiratory Therapy and Sleep Center
Texas State University
Round Rock, Texas, USA
Prof. Zaid Zoumot, MBBS, MSc, PhD, FRCP
Consultant and Section Head of Pulmonology
Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (CCLCM)
of Case Western Reserve University
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Prof. Johan F. Vansteenkiste, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine – Catholic University Leuven
Head of Clinic – Respiratory Oncology Unit and Trial Unit
Department of Respiratory Diseases
University Hospitals KU Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
ESMO Lung Educational Group – Co-Editor Annals of Oncology
Prof. Nasser Behbahani, MBBCh, FRCP(C)
Professor of Medicine,
Department of Medicine
Kuwait University
Chair, Kuwait Thoracic Society
Consultant, Respiratory Medicine
Kuwait
Rand K Arnaout, MBBS, FAAP, FAAAAI, ABP
Head/Consultant Allergy & Immunology
Department of Medicine
Consultant Allergy & Immunology
Department of Pediatrics
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Associate Professor of Immunology, Al Faisal University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Husain Alawadhi, MD
Consultant, Intensive Care Medicine
American Board of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Infectious Disease
Adjunct Professor, Gulf Medical College, Ajman UAE
Ajman, UAE
Prof. Jésus Gonzalez-Bermejo, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Consultant Pulmonologist
Sorbonne-University
Researcher in Experimental and Clinical Respiratory Neurophysiology
Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix Hospital Group
Paris, France
Hani Lababidi, MD, FCCP, FACP, FSSH
Vice President, Saudi Society for Simulation in Healthcare
Attending Physician, Critical Care Medicine,
Sanford Health, Fargo, USA
Consultant, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
King Fahad Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Michael Rodgers, MD, MBChB
Consultant, Critical Care Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Noor Ali Al-Khathlan, PhD
Chairman of Respiratory Care Department
Assistant Professor of Paediatric Pulmonary Function Testing
College of Applied Medical Sciences
Imam Abdurahman bin Faisal University
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Khaled A. Al Awam, PhD, MPH, CHES, RRT, CPFT
Assistant Professor & Chairman, Respiratory Therapy Program
Inaya Medical College
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ali S. Wahla, MBBS
Consultant, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Prof. Mohamed Abuzakouk, MBBCh, PhD, FRCPath, FFPath (RCPI), FRCP, FACP
Consultant in Clinical Immunology and Allergy
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
President of the Emirates Clinical Immunology and Allergy Group
Section Head, Allergy & Immunology
Respiratory Institute
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Basil Nasrallah, MD, FAAP, MRCPCH, CCT (UK)
Consultant Pediatrician, Allergy and Respiratory Specialist
Emirates Specialty Hospital
Dubai, UAE
Rahmah Alsilmi, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Consultant of Pulmonary Medicine & Interstitial Lung Disease
King Abdulaziz University
Jeddah, KSA
Rayid Abdulqawi, MD, PhD
Certificate of Completion of Training in Respiratory and
General Internal Medicine
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester, UK
Consultant in Pulmonary Medicine,
Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Takhassusi Hospital- Riyadh
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Redha Souilamas, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine,
CWR University, Ohio, USA
Thoracic Surgery Department Chair
Tumor Board Chairman
Heart & Vascular Institute - Respiratory Critical Care Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Saleh Alnasser, MBBS, MSc, FRCS(C)
Consultant Thoracic and Foregut Surgeon
King Saud University Medical City
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
Adjunct Professor,
Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital,
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Emilio Pizzichini, MD, PhD
Professor of Respiratory Medicine
Federal University of Santa Catarina,
University Hospital of UFSC, Florianopolis
Santa Catarina, Brazil
Muhannad Hawari, MD
Consultant Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
Director Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Al-Faisal University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Saeeda Al Marzooqi, MD
Assistant Professor & Chair, Pathology Department
College of Medicine & Health Sciences
UAE University, Al-Ain
Consultant Histopathologist, Tawam Hospital
Al Ain, UAE
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
Mahmoud Elkaissi, MD, MPH
Consultant of Thoracic Imaging
Associate professor, Diagnostic Imaging
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Diagnostic Radiology, Imaging Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, UAE