Faculty

Esam H. Alhamad, MD, FACP
Chairman STS 2022 International Conference
President, Saudi Thoracic Society
Professor & Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
King Saud University Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Hatem O. Qutub, MD, FCCP,FCCM
Professor of pulmonary & critical care Medicine
Al Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
Senior Consultant Intensivist, Pulmonologist
Division head pulmonary Medicine,
Department of Medicine – KFHU
Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia

Winfried J. Randerath, MD, FCCP, FATS, FAASM
Professor and Medical Director Bethanien Hospital
Editor- in-Chief; Sleep Medicine, Sleep Medicine X
Secretary General; German Respiratory Society(DGP e.V.)
Assembly Head, ERS Assembly 4:Sleep disordered breathing
Clinic of Pneumology and Allergology
Center for Sleep Medicine and Respiratory Care
Medical Director, Institute of Pneumologie
University of Cologne
Solingen, Germany

Siraj Omar Wali, MBBS, FRCPC, FACP, FCCP
Professor of Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine
College of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University
Director of Sleep Medicine and Research Center
King Abdulaziz University Hospital
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Mohamed S. Al-Moamary, ABIM,
FRCP(Edin), MBA-LS, FCCP
Professor & Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Chairman, Saudi Initiative for Asthma
Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Thoracic Medicine
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Steven D. Nathan, MD
Professor of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University
Affiliate Professor of Biomedical Science
George Mason University
Inova Heart and Vascular Institute
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
Falls Church, Virginia, United States of America

Hamdan Al-Jahdali, MD, FRCPC, FCCP
Professor & Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
King Saud University for Health Sciences
Head, Pulmonary Division,
Director, Sleep Disorders Center
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Jose Luis Lopez-Campos, MD MBA-LS, FCCP
Professor of Medicine
Pulmonologist at Virgen del Rocio University Hospital
University of Seville
Seville, Spain

Ignacio J. Ansotegui, MD, Ph.D.
Professor of Allergy and Immunology
Head, Department of Allergy and Immunology
Hospital Quironsalud Bizkaia
Executive Medical Director-World Allergy Organization (WAO)
Past President – World Allergy Organization (WAO)
Treasurer, Global Asthma Association (INTERASMA)
Member Board of Directors of the Latin-American Society of
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (SLAAI)
President, Food Safety and Allergy Prevention Foundation (FSA)
Bilbao, Spain

Majdy Idrees, MD, FRCPC, FPVRI
Adjunct Professor & Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Head, Pulmonary Vascular Unit
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Antonio Anzueto MBA-LS, FCCP
Professor of Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center
Chief, Pulmonary Section
The South Texas Veterans Health Care System
Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital Division
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Jean Bousquet, MD, PhD
Professor of Pulmonary Medicine
Montpellier University
Founder and chairman of ARIA
(Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma)
Former Chairman of Global Initiative for Asthma
Founder & Former chairman of the WHO Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases
Montpellier, France

Tarek Kashour, MD, FRCPC, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Consultant Adult Cardiology
Head, CHD Taskforce, SAPH
King Fahad Cardiac Center
King Saud University Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Luke Howard, MA, MB, BChir, DPhil, FRCP
Professor & Consultant Pulmonologist
Hammersmith Hospital
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London
Professor of Practice (Cardiopulmonary Medicine)
National Heart & Lung Institute,
Imperial College London
London, United Kingdom

Elena Bargagli, MD, PhD
Professor of Respiratory Medicine
Siena University
AOU Siena Hospital Interstitial
Lung Diseases Unit & Lung Transplant Centre
WASOG Sarcoidosis Excellence center
Siena, Italy

Badr R. Al-Ghamdi, MD
Professor & Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Department of Medicine
College of Medicine, King Khalid University
Abha, Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Al Ghobain, MD, MPH
Professor of Pulmonary Medicine
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mohamed S. Al-Hajjaj, MD, FRCP(C)
Professor and Senior Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Vice-President, Saudi Thoracic Society
Chairman, Clinical Sciences Department
College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, UAE
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Ashraf Alzaabi, MD, FRCPC FCCP EMHCA
Professor & Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
President, Emirates Thoracic Society
Head, Division of Respirology
Zayed Military Hospital
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Nasser Behbahani, MBBCh, FRCP(C)
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Kuwait University
Consultant, Respiratory Medicine
Mubarak Al Kabeer hospital
Kuwait

Jamal Zekri, MD
Professor of Medicine
AL-FAISAL University
Consultant Medical Oncologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Khaled M. Al Kattan, MD, FRCS
Professor & Consultant Thoracic Surgery
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Dean, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Paolo Spagnolo, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine
University of Padova and University Hospital
Padova, Italy

Argyris Tzouvelekis, MD, PhD, MSc
Associate Professor of Internal and Respiratory Medicine
Head, Department of Respiratory Medicine
University Hospital of Patras
Adjunct Associate Professor- Yale School of Medicine, USA.
Patras, Greece

Grigorios.Stratakos, MD, PhD, FCCP
Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
President, European Association for –
Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
Head Interventional Pulmonology Unit
1st Respiratory Medicine Department, NKUoA
“Sotiria” General Hospital
Athens, Greece

Mohammed Al-Houqani, MBBS, FRCPC, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Consultant Respiratory &Sleep Medicine
College of Medicine & Health Sciences
United Arab Emirates University
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Abir H. AlSaid, MD
Assistant Professor & Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Interventional pulmonology
Chairman, Internal Medicine Department
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Nikolaos C. Koufos, MD, PhD
Consultant Pulmonology & Interventional Pulmonology
Scientific Director of the Interventional Bronchoscopy Unit
Metropolitan Hospital of Athens
Athens, Greece

Nuha Alrajhi, MBBS, SB-MED, ABIM, KSUF-MED
Assistant Professor & Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Interstitial Lung Disease
Director, Pulmonary Fellowship Program
King Saud University Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Vasileios Kouranos
Consultant Respiratory Physician
Interstitial Lung Disease Unit
Royal Brompton Hospital
London, United Kingdom

Ahmed Allehebi, MBBS, FRCPC
Chairman, Thoracic Oncology Forum
Chairman, Saudi Lung Cancer Association
Consultant Medical Oncology
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &Research Center
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Reyadh Salman, MD, FCCP, FAASM
Consultant Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Chairman, Internal Medicine Department
Chairman, Intensive Care Unit
Director, Sleep Laboratory
Ibn AL Nafees Hospital
Manama, Bahrain

Philip Emmanouil, MD
National delegate of Greece –
European Society of Interventional Pulmonology-Bronchology (EABIP)
Chair of the social media committee of the WABIP
Co-ordinator of Respiratory Medicine department
Interventional Pulmonology Unit
Mediterraneo hospital
Glyfada, Greece

Riyad Al-Lehebi, MD, FRCPC, DABIM
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Asthma and Sleep Medicine
King Fahad Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Hussam Sakkijha, MD
Consultant, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Faris Alhejaili, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Consultant
Department of Medicine
King Abdulaziz University
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ashwaq B. Alshareif, MD
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Adult Cystic Fibrosis & Bronchiectasis
King Fahad Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mervat Mahrous, MD
Consultant Medical Oncology
Adult Medical oncology Department
Prince Sultan Military Medical City (PSMMC)
Assistant Professor of oncology
Faculty of Medicine Minia University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Nasser Al Busaidi, MBBS, FRCP (UK), FRCPI
President, Oman Respiratory Society
Senior Consultant Pulmonologist
Department of Medicine
Royal Hospital, Sultanate of Oman
Muscat, Oman

Waleed A. AlSowayan, MD
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Head, Pulmonary Division
Director, Pulmonary Fellowship Program
Security Forces Hospital Program
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Rand K Arnaout, MBBS, FAAP, FAAAAI, ABP
Head/ Consultant Allergy & Immunology
Department of Medicine
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Shareefah M. Basheri, MD
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Pulmonary Rehabilitation & Chronic Ventilation
Director, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
Adjunct Assistant professor of Medicine (Al-Faisal University)
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Rahmah Alsilmi, MBBS, ABIM, RCPSC
Assistant Professor & Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Autoimmune & Interstitial Lung Diseases
King Abdulaziz University
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Nektarios Anagnostopoulos, MD, Msc
Academic Fellow in Interventional Pulmonary Department
‘Sotiria’ Hospital, 1st Respiratory Clinic
School of Medicine, University of Athens
Athens, Greece

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

Hanan Fan, MD
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Head, Pulmonary Division
Director, Pulmonary Fellowship Program
King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Muhannad Hawari, MD
Consultant Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine
Director, Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &Research Center
Adjunct Assistant professor of Medicine
(Al-Faisal University)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Hani Lababidi, MD, FCCP, FACP, FSSH
Consultant, Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
Vice President, Saudi Society for Simulation in Healthcare
King Fahad Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Alhajji, MD, MSc, FRCP (London)
Consultant Interventional Pulmonology
Department of Medicine
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sami M. Alyami, MD
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Interstitial Lung Disease
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abdelfattah A. Touman, M.B.B CH, MRCP(UK), SF-PD.
Consultant Pulmonology & Interventional Pulmonology
King Abdullah Medical City
Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Shadi S. Alkhayyat, MD
Associate professor of Medicine and Oncology
Medical Director, King Abdulaziz University
Chairman, Emergency Department
King Abdulaziz University Hospital
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Marwan Al Hejili, MD
Assistant Professor
Consultant Hematology & Oncology
Head, Oncology Division
Head, Clinical Trials Unit
King Abdulaziz University
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Waleed A. Alghareeb, MD
Consultant Medical Oncologist
King Fahad Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Samah Alrehaily, MD
Consultant Medical oncologist
Princess Noorah Oncology Center
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Hamed Al Husaini, MD
Assistant Professor
Consultant Medical Oncology
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ameen S. Al-Omair, MD, FRCPC
Consultant Radiation Oncologist
Oncology Centre
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Jamjoom, MD
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Chairman, Cardiovascular Disease Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Turki Al Faye, MD, ABIM, FRCPC
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Consultant Medical Oncology
Princess Noora Oncology Center-
King Abdulaziz Medical City
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Science
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Refae, MBBCh, MSc, MD
Consultant Clinical Oncology
International Medical Center Jeddah
Associate Professor, Clinical Oncology
Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ramzi A. Addas
Assistant Professor
King Saud bin Abdul-Aziz University
Thoracic surgeon – National Guard Hospital
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Salem M. Alshehri, MD, FRCPC, MPH
Radiation oncologist
Head section Division of Radiation Oncology
Department of Oncology,
King Abdullah Specialized Children Hospital
King Abdulaziz Medical City, (MNGHA)
King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC)
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Norbert Pauk MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Charles University Prague
Head of Department of Pneumology Faculty Hospital Bulovka &
3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University
Prague, Czech Republic

Rajaa Al-Raddadi, MD
Associate professor and
Consultant Preventive Medicine Chairman
Community Medicine Department
Chairman, Scientific Board of Preventive Medicine, SCFHS
Secretary General, Saudi Society of Evidence Based Health Care
King Abdulaziz University
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Saad AlShareef, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Consultant Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine
Al-Imam University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abdalla AlAsiri, MD
Associated Professor of Medicine
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Program director of GIM in Aseer Region
Head section Respiratory Unit
Aseer Central Hospital
Abha, Saudi Arabia

Amr Suhail Albanna, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Deputy Executive Director Advanced Clinical Programs
Medical Services, King Abdulaziz Medical City-WR
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Adjunct Professor, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Yahya Z. Habis, MBBS, ABIM, FRCPC
Assistant Professor & Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Asthma and Airway Diseases
King Abdulaziz University
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Almotiri, MD, RRT
Consultant Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Medicine
Department of Medicine
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Debbie S. Barnard, MSc, CPHQ
Executive Director, Diamond Cut Leadership Network
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wael Albalwi, MD
Section Head, Allergy and immunology-KSMC
Member, Saudi Society of Allergy and Immunology
Fellow, European Academy of Allergy & Clinical Immunology EAACI
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Fouad AlYafi, MD, FCCP
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Chairman, Department of Medicine
Kingdom Hospital – Consulting Clinics Riyadh
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ali AlAraj, MD
Assistant professor of Medicine
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
College of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Qassim university
Qassim, Saudi Arabia

Fahad M. Alobaid, MD
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Interstitial Lung Disease
Department of Medicine
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ahmed R. Nadama, MBBS, FRCP, FCCP
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Medicine
Department of Medicine
King Saud University Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mohmmed A. Algamdi, MBBS, FRCPC, ABIM, MHSc
Consultant Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Interstitial Lung Disease
King Fahad Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Majid M. Alshamrani, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Consultant, Infectious Diseases
Executive Director, Infection Prevention and Control Program
King Abdulaziz Medical City
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health and Sciences
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia