Faculty

Nabil Abouchala, MD, FACP, FCCP Consultant, Pulmonary and Critical Care Associate Professor of Medicine University of North Dakota School of Medicine Sanford Health Fargo, ND, USA	Prof. Yaseen Arabi, MD, FCCP, FCCM Chairman, Intensive Care Department Medical Director, Respiratory Services Professor, College of Medicine King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences King Abdulaziz Medical City Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Alvar Agusti, MD, PhD, FRCPE, FERS Director, Institute Clinic Respiratory, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona Head, Inflammation & Repair in Respiratory Illnesses IDIBAPS team President & Founder, Barcelona Respiratory Network (BRN) Barcelona, Spain	Husain Alawadhi, MD Consultant, Intensive Care Medicine American Board of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Infectious Disease Adjunct Professor, Gulf Medical College Ajman, UAE
Liju Ahmed, MD Consultant Pulmonologist King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Madinah, KSA	Suha Albadr, MD Consultant Radiologist, Body and Cardiothoracic Imaging, King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Amr M. Ajlan, MD Associate Professor and Consultant Radiologist, Cardiothoracic Imaging Unit, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Abdulaziz University Diagnostics Elite Teleradiology Company Jeddah, 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
Amel Alameeri, MD, MBBS, MRCPUK Internal Medicine Specialist, Tawam Hospital, AbuDhabi UAE Respiratory Fellow in RCPI Dublin, Ireland	Prof. James M. Beck, MD Immediate Past President, American Thoracic Society (ATS) Professor and Vice Chair of Medicine University of Colorado School of Medicine Aurora, Colorado, USA
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 Centre Associate Professor of Immunology, Alfaisal University University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Prof. Nasser Behbahani, MBBCh, FRCP(C) Professor and Consultant, Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine Kuwait University Chair, Kuwait Thoracic Society Kuwait
Nasser Al Busaidi, MBBS, FRCP (UK), FRCPI, FCCP, MSc Senior Consultant Pulmonologist Department of Medicine, Royal Hospital Sultanate of Oman President, Oman Respiratory Society Muscat, Oman	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
Prof. Juan C. Celedón, MD, DrPH President, American Thoracic Society (ATS) Niels K. Jerne Professor of Pediatrics Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Human Genetics University of Pittsburgh Division Chief, Pulmonary Medicine UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA, USA	Prof. Sean Gaine, MD Consultant Respiratory Physician, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Director of the National Pulmonary Hypertension Unit Dublin, Ireland
Prof. Bartolome R. Celli, MD Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA	Bader Alghamdi, MD Assistant Professor, Consultant in Pulmonary Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KAUH-HS)- Jeddah Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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. H. Ardeschir Ghofrani, MD Professor, Pulmonary Vascular Research, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany Head, Pulmonary Hypertension Division, Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute University Hospital in Giessen Giessen, Germany
Abdullah M. Aldalaan, MD Chairman, Saudi Association for Pulmonary Hypertension Consultant, Pulmonologist & Intensivist 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	Prof. Qutayba Hamid, MD, PhD, FRCPC International Liaison,GulfThoracic Congress 2021 Professor of Medicine Vice-Chancellor and Dean College 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	Sami Alhaider, MD, MSc, MBA Executive Director of Training, Saudi Commission For Health Specialties (SCFHS) Consultant, Pediatric Pulmonologist Associate Professor of Pediatrics King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Alyaa Elhazmi, MD Consultant intensivist, Program director, Adult Critical Care Medicine residency and fellowship program Dr. Sulaiman Alhabeeb Group, Arryan Hospital 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
Prof. Felix Herth, MD, PhD, DSC, FCCP, FERS Consultant Pulmonologist Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany	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. Claire Hogg, MD Professor of Practice, Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College Clinical Director, Respiratory Pediatrics Royal Brompton Hospital London, UK	Prof. Javaid A. Khan, FRCP (Edin) Dean Pulmonology College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan Professor of Medicine and Consultant Chest Physician Department of Medicine The Aga Khan University Chair National Alliance for Tobacco Control Karachi, Pakistan
Riyad Allehebi, MD, FRCPC, DABIM Consultant Pulmonary, Asthma and Sleep Medicine King Fahad Medical City 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
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	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
Prof. Ibrahim A. Janahi, MD, FCCP, FRCPCH Professor of Clinical Pediatrics-Weill Cornell Medicine Chair, Medical Education and DIO Division Chief, Pediatric Pulmonology Department of Pediatric Medicine Sidra Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation Doha, Qatar	Prof. Bassam Mahboub, MD, FRCPC Clinical Professor and Consultant Pulmonologist Head of Pulmonary Medicine, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE
Saeeda Al Marzooqi, MD Assistant Dean for Medical Education Associate Professor, Pathology Department College of Medicine & Health Sciences UAE University, Al-Ain Consultant Histopathologist, Tawam Hospital Al Ain, UAE	Prof. Steven D. Nathan, MD, FCCP Medical Director, Lung Transplant Program Director, Advanced Lung Disease Program Inova Fairfax Hospital Professor of Medicine Virginia Commonwealth University, Inova Fairfax Campus Falls Church, VA, USA
“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
Prof. Mohamed S. Almoamary, ABIM, FRCP(Edin), MBA-LS, FCCP Professor & Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine, KAMC-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Chairman, The Saudi Initiative for Asthma Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Thoracic Medicine Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	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
Abdulhadi Almutairi, MD, MSc, SBIS, ABIS Consultant Thoracic Surgeon Department of Surgery King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, Saudi Arabia	Prof. Alberto Papi, MD, PhD Professor of Respiratory Medicine Director of the Respiratory Unit, Department of Emergency Medicine Vice President of the School of Medicine S. Anna University Hospital, Ferrara , Italy
Sewaillem Almutairy, MD, MBBS, SBIS, ABIS Consultant Thoracic, MIS and Foregut Surgeon Prince Sultan Military Medical City Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Prof. Ian Pavord, MD, DM, FRCP, FERS, FMedSci Professor of Respiratory Medicine Respiratory Medicine Unit and Oxford Respiratory NIHR BRC Nuffield Department of Medicine University of Oxford Oxford, UK
Mohammed Alabdrab Alnabi, MD Emergency & Critical Care Consultant CCM Residency & Research Program Director Dammam Medical Complex Dammam, Saudi Arabia	David B. Price, MD Founder & Managing Director, Observational & Pragmatic Research Institute and Optimum Patient Care Professor, Primary Care Respiratory Medicine University of Aberdeen Scotland, UK
Saleh Alnasser, MBBS, MSc, FRCS(C) Consultant Thoracic and Foregut Surgeon King Saud University Medical City Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Prof. Hatem O. Qutub, MD, FCCP, FCCM Professor & Consultant, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Ali S. Omrani, MBBCh, MSc, FRCP, FRCPath Senior Consultant, Adult Infectious Diseases Hamad Medical Corporation Doha, Qatar	Reyadh Salman, MD, FCCP Consultant Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Chairman Internal Medicine Department Chairman of Intensive Care Unit Ibn Al-Nafees Hospital Manama, Bahrain
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. 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
Mashael K. Al Rujaib, MD, MBA Consultant Radiologist- Radiology Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre Adjunct Assistant Proffessor, Alfaisal University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Ayman Al-Sulaimani, MBBS, FRCSC, MSc Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, IMC & DSFH Medical Director, Bupa Arabia Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Rahmah Alsilmi, MBBS Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Consultant of Pulmonary Medicine & Interstitial Lung Disease King Abdulaziz University Jeddah, KSA	Mohamad Alswes, MD, ABCFPP Consultant, Family Medicine King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Associate Professor, Alfaisal University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Hani Saiedi, MD Consultant General, Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Surgical Oncology Residency Training Program Director of General Surgery Medical Educator King Abdullah Medical Complex Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Abdullah Altwairqi, MD Consultant, Adult Medical Oncology, King Fahad Medical City Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Waleed Saleh, MD, FRCSI Consultant, Thoracic Surgery Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	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
Rabea A. Khouqeer, MBBS, MD, FRCPC, FAAAAI Consultant, Allergy Asthma and Clinical Immunology John's Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH) Dhahran, Saudi Arabia	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
Prof. Siraj O. Wali, MBBS, FRCPC, FCCP, FACP Director, Sleep Medicine and Research Center Professor of Medicine College of Medicine, Kind Abdulaziz University Consultant, Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine King Abdulaziz University Hospital Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Prof. Federico Lavorini MD, PhD Professor and Chair of Respiratory Medicine, University of Florence, Italy Head of Respiratory Unit, Careggi University Hospital Florence, Italy
Prof. Michael Wechsler, MD, MMSc Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Director, Asthma Program National Jewish Health Denver, Colorado, USA	Norberto Santana Rodríguez, MD, PhD, FEBTS Head of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery Director of Video-Assisted (VATS) and Robotic-assisted (RATS) Thoracic Surgery Program Consultant, Lung Transplant Organ Transplant Center King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre Associate Professor of Surgery, Alfaisal University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Wisia Wedzicha, MA, MD, FRCP, FMedSci Professor, Respiratory Medicine Head Respiratory Division National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, United Kingdom Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	Prof. Alex Soriano, MD ESCMID Fellow, Head of Infectious Diseases Department Hospital Clínic of Barcelona Assistant Professor, University of Barcelona Vice-President of EBJIS (European Bone & Joint Infection Society) Barcelona, Spain
Prof. Ashraf H. Alzaabi, MD, FRCPC, FCCP, EMHCA President, Emirate Thoracic Society (ETS) Co-Chairman, Scientific Committee, GulfThoracic Congress 2021 Professor of Medicine, UAE University Head, Respiratory Division, Zayed Military Hospital Abu Dhabi, UAE	Prof. Antonio Torres Marti, MD, PhD, FERS Department of Pulmonology & Respiratory Allergy, Clinical Institute of Thorax Hospital Clínic of Barcelona University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain
Mohamed Zeitouni, MD, FCCP Chairman, Scientific Committee, GulfThoracic Congress 2021 Consultant, Pulmonary/Critical Care King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Abdulaziz Al Ghamdi, MD Thoracic Surgery Consultant Director, Operating Room Services King Abdulaziz Hospital, MNGHA Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Emilio Pizzichini, MD, PhD Professor of Respiratory Medicine Federal University of Santa Catarina, University Hospital of UFSC, Florianopolis Santa Catarina, Brazil	Rajini Sudhir, MD Consultant Respiratory Physician Glenfield Hospital, Leicester Leicester, UK
Adeeb A. Bulkhi, MD Consultant, Internal Medicine / Immunology Allergy Chairman of Internal Medicine Department College of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University International Medical Center Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Joseph Diaz, MD Medical Director of Allergy and Asthma Research Center Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, USA
Prof. Norbert Berend, MD, BS, FRACP Head, Respiratory Research Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney Sydney, Australia	Adam Hawkins, MD Regional Medical Affairs, Lead and External Speaker GSK Brentford, England, United Kingdom
Muhannad Hawari, MD Consultant Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Director Sleep Medicine Department of Medicine King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre Adjunct Assistant Professor, Al-Faisal University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Sami M Al Yami, MD Consultant Pulmonologist and Interstitial Lung Disease King Abdulaziz Medical City - Riyadh Riyadh, Saudi Araba
Youssef Dairi, MD Consultant Pulmonologist Rashid Hospital Dubai Health Authority Dubai, UAE