Faculty
Prof. Ashraf Alzaabi
MD, FRCPC, FCCP, EMHCA
President, Emirates Thoracic Society (ETS)
Professor of Medicine, UAE University
Head, Respiratory Division,
Zayed Military Hospital, UAE
Prof. Ashraf is the head of the Respiratory Division at Zayed Military Hospital in Abu Dhabi. He graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1997and did his training in Internal Medicine and Respirology at university of Toronto, Canada where he was board certified in both specialties in Canada and the USA. Since his arrival in UAE, He managed to develop a state of the art patient services in the Respiratory Medicine Division T Zayed Hospital.
In 2007, he was appointed as Clinical Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at UAE University.
Prof. Ashraf Al Zaabi won many distinguished awards such as the prestigious Murray Muirhead Award from the University of Toronto and in 2013 he won the Abu Dhabi Medical Distinction Award in clinical performance launched by the Health Authority in Abu Dhabi.
Prof. Bassam Mahboub
MD, FRCPC
Head of Pulmonary Medicine
Rashid Hospital Dubai
Dr. Bassam is the Program Director of care model innovation at Dubai Health Authority, Assistant Dean at the College of Medicine, Sharjah University. He is a graduate of U.A.E. University, Al Ain. He is American board-certified in (internal medicine, allergy, and clinical immunology, and pulmonology) from university of Toronto. He also has Masters in Business administration from Wolverhampton University.
He is a Consultant Pulmonologist and the Head of Pulmonary Medicine, Rashid hospital under Dubai Health Authority, UAE. He is also head of emirates allergy and respiratory society. Besides, he holds the position of associate clinical professor, faculty of medicine, in Sharjah University and is the associate research fellow at Meakins Respiratory research centre, McGill University, Canada. Dr. Mahboub’s areas of interest are health innovation and respiratory care, as well as translation research in airway diseases.
He was awarded the following:
“Distinguished Physician Award” from Dubai Health Authority in Dec 2016
“Best Researcher Award” from Dubai Health Authority in Dec 2016
“Senior Researcher Award” from Dubai Health Authority in May 2016
“Most Creative & Innovative Doctor” from Dubai Health Authority in December 2015
“The Patient Advocate Doctor” Award
His publications include TB Current Issues Diagnosis and Management (Editor 2013), Respiratory Disease and Infection: New Insight (Editor 2013), Chapters: Title “Steroids in Asthma: Friend or Foe” in book “Corticosteroids – New Recognition of our familiar friend” from INTEC PUBLISHER. He is also the co-editor of the Annals of Thoracic Medicine. He has also published various papers on respiratory disease.
Prof. Emadeldin Ibrahim
MD FCCP FERS
Pulmonologist Consultant and Head of department at NMC Royal Hospital, Sharjah.
Head of Respiratory Infections Group of the ETS, UAE
Prof. Emadeldin Ibrahim was graduate from Alexandria University, Egypt. He had his MSc and MD degree of Chest Diseases from Alexandria University.
Pulmonologist Consultant and Head of department at NMC Royal Hospital, Sharjah. Head of Respiratory Infections Group of the ETS, UAE. He is visiting professor at Sharjah Faculty of Medicine. He had fellowship of the American College of Chest Physicians, and the European Respiratory Society.
Prof. Ibrahim is chairman at the ERS annual meetings since 2004 and had many publications in prestigious peer review journals mainly in the field of respiratory infections.
Prof. Ibrahim was awarded many international awards main one was Cecil Lehmann Research Award of the American college of Chest Physicians.
Prof. Humaid Al-Shamsi
MD(Hon), MRCP(UK),
FRCP(C), FACP
Consultant of Oncology,
Director of Oncology Services – VPS Health,
ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine,
Medical Oncology, Professor,
University of Sharjah, EOS President
Prof. Humid Al-Shamsi is American and Canadian board certified in Medical Oncology, He completed his medical degree in honors from the University College Cork in Ireland, and he completed internal medicine residency and medical oncology fellowship training at McMaster University in Canada.
He also completed a fellowship in Gl Oncology & Palliative oncology at McMaster University in 2013. He was appointed as an assistant professor in the Department of Gl Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center, the University of Texas from June 2014 until Dec 2016.
He is currently a consultant of oncology and director of Burjeel Cancer Institute Abou Dhabi UAE and holds a professor position at Sharjah University. He is the president of Emirates Oncology Society.
Prof. Al-Shamsi has extensive clinical and research experience in solid malignancies and he is a string advocate for palliative care in UAE.
Prof. Khaled M. AlKattan
MD, FRCS
Professor of Thoracic Surgery
Alfaisal University
Consultant thoracic ad lung transplant surgeon
King Faisal Hospital
UAE
Prof. Khaled Al-Kattan, graduated from King Saud University 1983, got his FRCS from Edinburgh with a gold medal in 1988. Appointed as an assistance professor at KSU in 1989, Associate professor in 1995 and then a full professor in 2000. He served as the director of continuous medical education at the college. He was a co-founder of both the Saudi thoracic society and Pan Arab Chest Society. He is the Middle East regent for the European Society of Thoracic Surgery. He is a member of many international societies and sits as a senior editor for the Annals of Thoracic Medicine journal. He is in the editorial board and reviewer of most of the international thoracic surgery journals. Have extensive research and publication in his field, presented many abstracts in international symposiums. He is the Chairman of the National Lung Cancer Study Group and the national lung transplant program.
Prof. Luca Richeldi
MD, PhD
Chair and Head of the Division of Pulmonary Medicine,
Chair of Degree Programme Committee Medicine and Surgery,
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Italy
Luca Richeldi is Chair and Head of the Division of Pulmonary Medicine Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences. He is currently a Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Chair of Degree Programme Committee Medicine and Surgery.
He is a member and the secretary of the “Infections and Tuberculosis” group of the Cochrane Collaboration. He serves as Associate Editor for the European Respiratory Journal and he is a Member of the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. He is also a Member of the Clinical Problems Assembly program committee of the American Thoracic Society. He has been part of the panels in charge of the production of the international guidelines on diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and on consensus classification of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonia: these documents have been endorsed by the major international respiratory scientific societies, including the American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society.
Prof. Mohamed Al-Hajjaj
MD, FRCP (C)
Consultant Thoracic Surgery
Vice-President, Saudi Thoracic Society
Chairman, Clinical Sciences Department
College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, UAE
Prof. Mohamed Al-Hajjaj graduated from King Saud University Medical College and obtained the American Board of Internal Medicine, certificate of Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada, and the American Board of Respiratory Diseases.
Prof. Al Hajjaj is an American and Canadian Board certified Pulmonologist with many years of clinical experience. Apart from his association with University Hospital of Sharjah, as a Senior Consultant Pulmonologist, he is the vice Dean of the College of Medicine, University of Sharjah.
Prof. Al Hajjaj is also the president of Saudi Thoracic Society since January 2005. He has published and presented his research papers in numerous local and international journals and conferences.
Prof. Mohammed Al Ghobain
MD, MBBS, SBIM, ABIM, HERMES, FACP, PF(C), MPH, FCCP
Professor, Consultant Pulmonologist, Saudi Arabia
Specialties : Pulmonary Medicine, Internal Medicine And General Medicine
Spoken at 1 event
Prof. Mohammed Al Ghobain is currently a Professor at the College of Medicine, KSAU-HS, and a Consultant Pulmonologist at King Abdulaziz Medical City, MNGHA. He is also an Associate Editor at Annals of Thoracic Medicine and he is the Vice President of the Saudi Arabian Anti-Doping Committee (SAADC). His field of interest includes Asthma, COPD, and the Epidemiology of Respiratory diseases. He has also taken part in over 50 research publications in the field and has given more than 80 presentations and lectures at different scientific meetings and medical conferences locally and globally.
Prof. Naser Behbehani
MB,Bch, FRCPC, FACP.
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Kuwait University
Consultant in Respiratory medicine
Mubarak Alkabeer hospital
Professor of Medicine at the department of Medicine , Kuwait University. Consultant physician, respiratory division, Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital. Dr. Behbehani obtained his medical degree from Royal college of Surgeon, Ireland in 1988. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine and fellowship training in respiratory Medicine from University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada in 1995. He was awarded in 1988, The Dominic Corrigan Memorial Prize for proficiency in Medicine, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland (1st place in Clinical medicine) as well as The Robert Mc’Donnell Memorial Prize for proficiency in Surgery, Beaumont hospital, Dublin, Ireland (1st place in Surgery). He was awarded Kuwait foundation for advancement of sciences (KFAS) annual award for publications in medical sciences 2006. He has more than 50 original articles published in peer reviewed indexed journals as well as several review articles and book chapters. His research interest mainly focus on epidemiology of asthma and he published several articles about sarcoidosis in Arab Population. He developed an interest into Evidence based medicine through practice. He is also one of the founding member of The Evidence based medicine society which is the under umbrella of Kuwait Medical Association. He is the current president of Kuwait Thoracic society.
Kuwait
Prof. Nizar N. Jarjour,
MD
Professor of Medicine and Radiology
The Jeffrey Grossman Chair in Medical Leadership
Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division Head
Department of Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, USA
Dr. Jarjour is a Professor of Medicine and head of the Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he has been a faculty since 1990. He leads an internationally renowned asthma research program that has focused on severe asthma over the past 2 decades. His work has generated 200+ papers with 1600+ annual scientific citations, leading to an exceptional H factor of 70. The UW asthma research program is ranked as the # 1 such program among all US public universities, with sustained high-level NIH funding.
Dr. Jarjour served as member of the Medical School Dean’s Leadership Team and President of University of Wisconsin physician group practice plan providing physician leadership for nearly 1500 faculty physicians. He has also served as a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary Board Committee and the FDA Pulmonary and Allergy Drug Advisory Committee. In 2018, he earned the designation of Certified Physician Executive by the American Association for Physician Leadership.
Prof. Parameswaran Nair
MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine, McMaster University
Staff Respirologist, St Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
Dr Nair is the Frederick E. Hargreave Teva Innovation Chair in Airway Diseases & Professor of Medicine in the Division of Respirology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, providing tertiary care to patients with severe asthma and other complex airway and eosinophilic lung diseases.
He directs a patient-centered translational research program at the Firestone Institute of St Joseph’s Healthcare, focused on charactering bronchitis using sputum biomarkers and targeted therapy with biologics and small molecule antagonists. The research program has been recognized by a Canada Research Chair, The American Thoracic Society’s Ann Woolcock Award, The Asthma Society of Canada’s Bastable Potts Award, and fellowships of the European Respiratory Society, The American College of Chest Physicians, and the Collegium International Allergologicum.
His laboratory has contributed to over 300 peer-reviewed publications in high impact general medical, allergy, and respiratory journals
Prof. Peter Howarth
PhD BA
Professor of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine
Southampton, UK
Prof Peter Howarth is currently Global Clinical Scientific Lead within the Global Specialty & Primary Care grouping in GSK. He joined GSK in 2016 on a part-time basis as a Global Medical Expert and transitioned to his current role in 2019. He was Professor of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine in Southampton and retains a link to Southampton, still having an academic research program and continuing to undertake clinical out-patient care for severe asthma.
Prof Howarth trained at the Royal London Hospital and after training posts in London and Southampton was appointed Senior Lecture and Honorary Consultant Physician in Southampton. He established the severe asthma and clinical allergy services in Southampton and has a long experience of dealing with asthma, particularly severe asthma, which remains the focus of his current research.
Prof Howarth has published over 350 peer-reviewed papers, with an H-index of 94 and has contributed to National, European and International (World Health Organization) guidelines on the management of rhinitis and asthma.
Prof. Qutayba Hamid
MD, PhD, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine Vice-Chancellor
and Dean College of Medicine,
University of Sharjah, UAE
Professor Qutayba Hamid is a distinguished scientist in Respiratory Medicine and a researcher in Asthma; he is currently the Vice Chancellor for Medical and Health Sciences and the Dean of the College of Medicine in the University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Prof. Qutayba was born in Mosul, Iraq.
Dr. Riyad Bendardaf
MD, PhD, FRCP, DOCENT
Consultant Medical Oncologist
University of Sharjah
UAE
Dr. Riyad holds a Dectorate from the Oncology department and Radiation Therapy, University Hospital Turku, University of Turku, Finland, with a focus on predictive and prognostic signs of metastatic rectal and colon Cancer. He also holds a master degree, Finland, Fellow of the Royal College of physicians Edinburgh, UK and Bachelor s degree in Medicine from the Arab Medical University in Benghazi, Libya. He works as a Medical Oncologist in UAE. He appointed as Clinical Associate Professor at the department of clinical science, college of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Associated as Docent (Associate Professor of Medical oncology) Dept. of Oncology & Radiotherapy, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, Finland.He is an active member of the European Society of Medical Oncology and member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, a member European Society of Digestive Oncology, an active member of the European School of Oncology, member of Finnish Medical Society and a member of the European Association of Cancer Research.
Prof. Stephen Durham
Professor of Allergy
and Respiratory Medicine,
Royal Brompton Hospital London, UK
Prof. Stephen R Durham is Head of Section for Allergy and Clinical Immunology at NHLI, Imperial College and Professor of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine at Royal Brompton Hospital London. He qualified from Downing College Cambridge and Guy’s Hospital London in 1976. He trained in general and respiratory medicine at Addenbrookes Hospital Cambridge, Royal Brompton Hospital and John Radcliffe/Churchill Hospitals in Oxford, returning to NHLI as Senior lecturer in 1988. Before taking up his present position in 2004, he was Reader in Upper Respiratory Medicine.
Prof. Stephen is current President of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology and a member of the Immune Tolerance Network Steering Committee of the National Institutes of health. He is former Chair of the Research Committee of the World Allergy Organisation and council member of Collegium Internationale Allergologicum.
Prof. Tobias Welte
Professor of Pulmonary and Infectious Diseases
Hannover University School of Medicine
Germany
Prof. Tobias Welte is Professor of Pulmonary Medicine and Director of the Department of Pulmonary and Infectious Diseases at Hannover University School of Medicine, Hannover, Germany. He received his doctorate in Respiratory Medicine from Hannover University in 1994 and his habitation in 2000. Previously, Professor Welte held the position of Professor of Pneumology and Intensive Care Medicine at the University of Magdeburg, Germany, and was also a specialist in infectious diseases at that institution.
Professor Welte is the President of the European Respiratory Society. He is the Past President of the German Society of Pneumology and the Vice President of the German Society of Sepsis and has been previously the President of the German Society of Internal Intensive Care.
He also serves on the executive board of the German Society of Critical Care
Prof. Wisia Wedzicha
MD
Faculty of Medicine
National Heart & Lung Institute
Imperial College UK
Wisia Wedzicha is Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, UK. She qualified from Somerville College, Oxford University and St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College, University of London. She was elected as Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and is an NIHR Senior Investigator. She was awarded the Helmholtz International Fellow award in 2014.
Professor Wedzicha has a major interest in the causes, mechanisms, impact and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations, and in the role of bacterial and viral infection in COPD exacerbations. She directs an active research group specialising in COPD exacerbations, and has published extensively on this topic.
Professor Wedzicha chaired the English Department of the Health Home Oxygen Clinical User Group, and was a member of the Guideline Development Group for the revision of the National Institute for Healthcare and Clinical Excellence COPD Guidelines. She was a member of the Programme Board for the COPD National Clinical Strategy.
Dr. Ahmed Al-Mohammed
MBBCh, CABHS, FCCP
Sr. Pulmonary Consultant,
Chairman of Department of Medicine, HMC, Qatar
Dr. Al-Mohammed held the position of Program Director for Internal Medicine Residency and Core Program Director for all medical specialties Fellowship programs from 2007 till 2020. This is an at ACGME-I accredited residency program. He is also the representative of the State of Qatar at the Arab Board Medical Council in Amman, Jordon and member of the Arab Board Examination Committee. Additionally, Dr. Al-Mohammed has been appointed as the Chairman of the Department of Medicine at HMC.
Dr. Al-Mohammed is a senior Pulmonary Medicine Consultant and faculty at HMC. Appointed as Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar (WCM-Q). Dr. Al-Mohammed also holds a Fellowship Degree in Clinical and Medical Informatics.
Dr. Ali Wahla
MBBS
Staff Physician in the Respiratory Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Wahla worked as a consultant physician in the Department of Intensive Care at King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for a year. Prior to his role in Saudi Arabia, Dr. Wahla worked as a Consultant Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Lahore, Pakistan. It was here that he co-established the first Interventional Pulmonary program in the country. During this time, he also served as the Director of the Intensive Care Unit, where he established and ran a respiratory therapy training program.
Dr. Wahla received his medical degree from the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, US, where he also completed his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Additionally, Dr. Wahla completed a one year fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology.
Dr. Amel Al-Amiri
Pulmonologist
Tawam Hospital, UAE
Dr. Amel graduated from College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, UAE- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. She did medical trainings in different hospitals across UAE.
Dr. Amel completed her Internal Medicine Arab Board Residency Program in Tawam Hospital, UAE and in 2017 she joined Respiratory department.
In 2018 Dr. Amel joined Royal College of Physician of Ireland, specialty training program in Respiratory Medicine, Bronchiectasis and CF. In 2011 she started working as Respiratory Consultant CF/Bronchiectasis specialists and she newly joined the Pulmonologist team in Tawam Hospital, UAE
Dr. Asma Al Nuaimi
MBBS FAAP FRCPC FCCP EMHCA MSc
Pediatric Pulmonary
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City – Abu Dhabi
Dr. Al Nuaimi graduated from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in Al Ain in 1999 and afterward joined Zayed military hospital, in the year 2001 she pursued further training in Canada, in which she joined the pediatric residency training program in Calgary in July 2001 and graduated in 2004 from the Royal College of Surgeons in Canada and as well American board of pediatrics as a general pediatrician. Following that she completed fellowship training in pediatric pulmonary/ Respirology at Alberta children’s hospital in Calgary with special focus on intensive care. She joined back Zayed military hospital in October 2006 and has been appointed the head of the pediatric department in 2011-2013.
She completed an Executive Masters in Healthcare Administration in 2010 with honors, and then a master’s degree in biomedical ethics and law from the Royal College of Ireland in 2014; she has special interest in military medical ethics. She has been active in multiple hospital administrative committees including chairing the ethical committee for Zayed military hospital, She is a part-time pulmonologist at Sheikh Khalifa hospital SKMC which is another major tertiary hospital in Abu Dhabi and have helped establish the UAE pediatric pulmonary group which has an active role in teaching and raising awareness in the city of Abu Dhabi in regards to common pediatric pulmonary problems for pediatricians and the general practitioner.
Dr. David Cremonesini
MBBS, BA (OXON), FRCPCH (UK), CCST (UK), MSc
Consultant Paediatrician in Asthma and Allergy
Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, UAE
Dr David Cremonisini is trained and qualified in Paediatrics and Allergy in the UK. He studied at Oxford University and then in London and has worked as a Paediatrician since 1997. He has worked at Royal Brompton Hospital specialising in breathing problems and in 2018 graduated from the University of Southampton with an MSc in Allergy.
Dr David has worked as a consultant in Paediatrics in UK since 2010. From 2014 – 2016 he was a consultant paediatrician at American Hospital, Dubai. He is a general paediatrician but has a speciality in allergy and performs skin prick tests and food challenges. He can manage all allergic conditions including asthma, eczema, food allergy, anaphylaxis.
He also works with the dietician at Mediclinic Parkview Hospital and has links with ENT, dermatology and lung function laboratory. He also looks after children with breathing problems such as cough, breathlessness and has links with chest physiotherapy.
Dr. Eman Andrgiri
CCP
Head of Clinical Perfusion Department
King Abdullah Medical City, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Eman is the Head of Clinical Perfusion Department King Abdullah Medical City Makkah. She is the Founder of Percussionist Service in King Abdullah Medical Complex- Jeddah and Leader in ECMO service and education.
She was a Pioneer team member of retrieval MOH services during MERS-COV (2013-2017) and a former Team leader of Western Region for MOH ECMO National program (2020-2021).
Dr. Fernando J Martinez
MD
Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
USA
Dr. Martinez received his Bachelor of Science and MD at the University of Florida, and completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School in 1986. He then pursued a Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at Boston University prior to joining University of Michigan Medical Center as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in 1991. He rose to the rank of Professor of Medicine at University of Michigan in 2002 and is currently Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief of Clinical Research at University of Michigan Medical Center.
Dr. Martinez is a premiere translational researcher in chronic lung disease and is nationally and internationally recognized for his seminal studies in the phenotypic and functional classification, and clinical interventions in COPD and interstitial lung disease. His research has been funded by the NHLBI/NIH for the past 2 decades and he has served as principal investigator on numerous NIH grants (K award, R01’s, U01, P50).
Dr. Hassan Alorainy
BsRC RRT FAARC
Senior Respiratory Specialist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Saudi Arabia
Hassan S. Alorainy completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Clinical Respiratory Care from Loma Linda University (LLU), California, USA in 1987. He obtained the American Board in Respiratory Care (RRT) in 1986 and became the first Saudi National to acquire a degree and pass the American Board.
In 1987, Alorainy Started employment at KFSH&RC as a Staff
Respiratory Therapist for 2 years, a supervisor for 5 years, Assistant Head for 7 years, Head, Respiratory Care Services for 6 years, and served as Senior Respiratory Specialist for 6 years. Retired in May 2018.
Throughout the years Hassan S. Alorainy served as member of multiple regional and international committees, including positions such as executive director, Saudi Thoracic Society and Gulf Thoracic Congress (2006-2020). Currently, he serves as Executive Director, Saudi Association for Pulmonary Hypertension (SAPH)
Throughout his career attended more than 70 International conferences around the world, about half as a speaker in the United States, Japan, Canada, Taiwan, Greece, India, S Korea, Iran, and China and many Arab countries.
In 2006 he received the prestigious award of the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC), the HL Garza Award for International Achievement of Excellence in Respiratory Care and became a fellow (FAARC) of the AARC.
Dr. Ian D Pavord
MA MBBS DM FRCP FERS FMedSci
Professor of Respiratory Medicine
University of Oxford, UK
Professor Ian Pavord is Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Oxford and Honorary Consultant Physician at the Oxford University Hospitals. He is a member of congregation at the University of Oxford and a Professorial Fellow of St Edmund Hall. He was a Consultant Physician from 1995 and Honorary Professor of Medicine from 2005 to 2013 at the Institute for Lung Health, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. He was elected an NIHR Senior Investigator in 2011& 2014, an inaugural Fellow of the European Respiratory Society in 2014 and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Science in 2015.
Professor Pavord was co-editor of Thorax from 2010-2015, Chief Medical Officer of Asthma UK from 2008-14, Associate Editor of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine from 2005-10 and has been Associate Editor of the European Respiratory Journal since 2016. He is the author of over 450 publications and has an H-index of 109, making him the second-highest cited researcher in asthma worldwide.
Ian Pavord is Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Oxford and Honorary Consultant Physician at the Oxford University Hospitals. He is a member of congregation at the University of Oxford and a Professorial Fellow of St Edmund Hall. He was a Consultant Physician and Honorary Professor of Medicine at the Institute for Lung Health, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. He was elected an NIHR Senior Investigator in 2011& 2014, an inaugural Fellow of the European Respiratory Society, and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Science.
He was co-editor of Thorax, Chief Medical Officer of Asthma UK, Associate Editor of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, and has been Associate Editor of the European Respiratory Journal since 2016. He is the author of over 450 publications and has an H-index of 109, making him the second-highest cited researcher in asthma worldwide.
Dr. Jayachandran Panickar
MBBS, DCH, MRCPCH, FRCPCH, MD
Head of Pediatric Pulmonology,
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, UAE
Dr. Jayachandran is a Divisional Head of Pediatric Pulmonology at SKMC since 2015. He runs specialized Cystic Fibrosis and Bronchiectasis clinic at SKMC.
Appointed as Pediatric Pulmonologist at Manchester Children’s University Hospital in 2006.
In 2012, he became the Director of the largest Pediatric CF network Centre in UK with over 350 CF children under its care.
Active Researcher and speaker in Pulmonology conferences
13 Peer-Reviewed publications on Asthma and Cystic Fibrosis in High impact journals like New England Journal of Medicine, Thorax, etc.
Dr. Jeffrey Chapman
MD
Institute Chair
Pulmonology
Respiratory Institute
Dr. Jeffrey Chapman, MD, is the Institute Chair of the Respiratory Institute, one of the six Centers of Excellence at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and Chief of the Quality & Patient Safety Institute. In his dual role, Dr. Chapman oversees a team focused on implementing high quality, patient’s first philosophy which uses the latest technology to enhance quality, drive patient safety and address critical care needs in the fields of respiratory and critical care medicine.
Dr. Chapman received his undergraduate degree at Northwestern University in Biomedical Engineering and obtained his medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, US. He received training in internal medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Centre in New York City and in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Yale University. He is also a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the American Thoracic Society.
Dr. Mahmoud El Kaissi
MD
Chief Consultant Thoracic Radiology
Cleveland Clinic , UAE
Dr. Mahmoud Elkaissi is a Staff Physician in the Imaging Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Elkaissi worked as an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center.
Dr Elkaissi is fellow trained in cardiothoracic imaging from Harvard School of Medicine (Beth Israel deaconess medical centre) Boston MA USA.
Dr. Manjush Karthika
PhD, PDF, FISQua
Program Lead and
Assistant Professor-Respiratory Care
Department of Health and Medical Sciences,
Khawarizmi International College, UAE
Dr. Manjush Karthika is the President of Respiratory Therapy Group of Emirates Thoracic Society. He is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Respiratory Care, who has completed his Doctoral studies in Respiratory Care from India. He is a Certified Instructor of various life support courses like BLS, ACLS, PALS, ITLS and FCCS, endorsed by AHA, ITLS and SCCM. He has many publications to his credit and his areas of interest include Adult and Pediatric Respiratory Care, Extracorporel Life Support Technologies and ICU Sonology. He has several years of excellent experience in the field of Acute Care.
Dr. Manjush is currently serving as the Program Lead and Assistant Professor of Respiratory Care, in the Department of Health and Medical Sciences, at Khawarizmi International College, Abu Dhabi.
Dr. Manjush Karthika
PhD, PDF, FISQua
Program Lead and
Assistant Professor-Respiratory Care
Department of Health and Medical Sciences,
Khawarizmi International College, UAE
Dr. Manjush Karthika is the President of Respiratory Therapy Group of Emirates Thoracic Society. He is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Respiratory Care, who has completed his Doctoral studies in Respiratory Care from India. He is a Certified Instructor of various life support courses like BLS, ACLS, PALS, ITLS and FCCS, endorsed by AHA, ITLS and SCCM. He has many publications to his credit and his areas of interest include Adult and Pediatric Respiratory Care, Extracorporel Life Support Technologies and ICU Sonology. He has several years of excellent experience in the field of Acute Care.
Dr. Manjush is currently serving as the Program Lead and Assistant Professor of Respiratory Care, in the Department of Health and Medical Sciences, at Khawarizmi International College, Abu Dhabi.
Dr. Mohammed Al Houqani
Associate Professor, UAE University
Consultant Respiratory, Sleep Disorders Specialized Clinic
Dr. Al Houqani is the Assistant Dean for Education at the College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAEU. He did his postgraduate training at University of Toronto, Canada. He is certified by both the American Board of Internal Medicine and the Royal College of Physician of Canada. He also holds a Master degree in Public Health and was elected recently as a Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine. His research interest is focused around the epidemiology of Respiratory diseases, smoking and obstructive sleep apnea.
Dr. Mohammed Harriss
MBBS MD DTCD
Specialist Pulmonologist
Sharjah
Dr. Mohammed Harriss is a pulmonology specialist with particular expertise in treating allergy and asthma patients, the use of biologics in severe asthma and providing critical care medicine, and treating sleep disorders in relation to respiratory medicine.
His work experience spans stints at hospitals including Aster MIMS, Chest Hospital, and National Hospital, Kozhikode, India. He has held the position of critical care specialist at Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE, and worked as a pulmonologist at Al Zahra Hospital, Sharjah.
He has completed MBBS, MD, DTCD, and DNB degrees and has completed the European Diploma in Intensive care and a Masters degree in Sleep Medicine from Oxford University, UK. He has also completed the European Diploma in Respiratory Medicine – Paediatric.
Dr. Nasser Al Busaidi
MD FRSM FRCP FCCP FRCPI
Senior Consultant Pulmonology
Royal Hospital, Oman
Dr. Nasser is a Senior Consultant Pulmonology at Royal Hospital, Oman, former head of the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Former Chairman of Internal Medicine Education Committee; Oman Medical Specifically Board (OMSB), President of Oman Respiratory Society and local Advisor for Royal College of Edinburgh in Oman.
He received his MBBS in King Faisal University, KSA, and earned his Master’s degree in Pulmonary Hypertension from University of Bologna, Italy.
Fellow of Chest College of Physicians of America, and Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and Edinburgh.
He has been very active in international conferences and has a number of published articles to his name.
Dr. Nasser Al Busaidi
MD FRSM FRCP FCCP FRCPI
Senior Consultant Pulmonology
Royal Hospital, Oman
Dr. Nasser is a Senior Consultant Pulmonology at Royal Hospital, Oman, former head of the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Former Chairman of Internal Medicine Education Committee; Oman Medical Specifically Board (OMSB), President of Oman Respiratory Society and local Advisor for Royal College of Edinburgh in Oman.
He received his MBBS in King Faisal University, KSA, and earned his Master’s degree in Pulmonary Hypertension from University of Bologna, Italy.
Fellow of Chest College of Physicians of America, and Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and Edinburgh.
He has been very active in international conferences and has a number of published articles to his name.
Dr. Rasha Buhumaid
MBBS, FACEP, ARDMS
Emergency Physician
Mediclinic Parkview Hospital
UAE
Dr. Rasha is the President of Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine, She is a consultant emergency physician at Mediclinic Parkview Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine & Health Sciences. She completed her residency training in Emergency Medicine at George Washington University, Washington D.C., as well as an Emergency Ultrasound fellowship in Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
Dr. Ravi Gutta
MD
Specialty Immunologist and Allergist
Allergy and Immunology, Mediclinic Middle East, UAE
Dr. Ravi completed his Internal Medicine residency, MD and Allergy & Immunology Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic, USA. He was proctor for his internal medicine board exams during his residency, chief fellow during his fellowship and graduated in the top ten percent in the country for both his Internal Medicine and Allergy and Immunology board exams. He is American Board Certified in Allergy and Immunology and Internal Medicine.
Dr. Ravi was in tertiary referral academic practice at the University of California at Irvine with a distinguished career as Head of Adult and Pediatric Allergy clinics and Program Director for Allergy and Immunology Fellowship (the youngest Allergy and Immunology Fellowship program director in the USA). He has mentored many medical students, residents and fellows and has been President of Orange County Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. He was Head of Immunological Clinical trials, Clinical Research for his specialty of Allergy and Immunology at UCI and has published many articles in his field.
Dr. Redha Souilamas
MD, PhD
Professor of Thoracic Surgery,
Chief Medical Officer King’s College Hospital London, UAE
Dr. Redha Souilamas is the Chair of Thoracic Surgery in the Heart and Vascular Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr Souilamas held several roles at European based hospitals. Most recently, Dr. Souilamas was an Attending Physician in the Thoracic Surgery Department at Erasmus Hospital, Brussels, Belgium. Prior to that, he served at the Director of the Lung Transplant Program of or Cystic Fibrosis at European Georges Pompidou Hospital, Paris, France.
Dr. Souilamas received his medical degree in 1986 from the University of Algiers Medical School, Algiers, Algeria. He went on to complete his residency at Pierre et Marie Curie Medical School University and a fellowship in Thoracic Surgery at Laennec Hospital, Descartes Medical School University, both in Paris, France. He later went to receive a PhD in Medical Ethics and Lung Transplantation, with an interest and studies of Ethical aspects in organ donation and transplantation fields.
Dr. Reyadh Salman
MD, FCCP, FAASM
Consultant Pulmonary
Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Ibn Nafees Hospital
Bahrain
Dr. Reyadh Salman attended medical school at Ain Shams University in Cairo, graduating in 1996 and served as medical resident at Salmaniya Medical Complex. Dr. Reyadh Salman completed his residency and obtained Arab Board Medical Specializations Certificate in Internal Medicine in 2003 and then moved to Florida, United States where he completed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Parallel to his fellowship in pulmonary disease, Dr. Reyadh Salman completed training and accreditation in sleep medicine from University of Miami, becoming prominent Bahraini doctor to be accredited as Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine.Dr. Reyadh Salman’s area of interest is sleep disorders and bronchoscopic interventions and coauthored several research papers on in respiratory and sleep medicine.
Dr. Rizwana Popatia
Consultant Paediatric Pulmonologist
Dr. Rizwana Popatia is a US board certified Consultant Paediatrics and Paediatric Pulmonologist and sleep medicine physician with great clinical exposure. She currently works as a Consultant Pediatric Pulmonologist and Medical Director at Amana Healthcare and an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) UAE. Prior to this Dr Popatia worked at Harvard Medical School (Children’s Hospital Boston), Weill Cornell Medical College (New York Presbyterian Hospital) and Al Jalila Children’s Hospital. She is currently an Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Fellow at Boston, USA.
Her medical expertise includes paediatric respiratory and sleep disorders, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, primary ciliary dyskinesia, paediatric aerodigestive disorders, and paediatric bronchoscopy. In addition, Dr Rizwana is the Vice-President of Pediatric Pulmonology Chapter of Emirates Thoracic Society (ETS) and Secretary of Sleep Medicine Chapter of Emirates Thoracic Society (ETS).
Dr. Salman Abdulaziz
Consultant of Internal Medicine, Critical Care and Cardiovascular Critical Care
Dr. Sulaiman Alhabib Medical Group, UAE
Dr Salman Abdul Aziz graduated from King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. He completed Internal Medicine at king Fahad National Guard Hospital in Riyadh between 2002 and 2006. He joined the Arab board and Saudi board in internal medicine in 2006. He got his Saudi fellowship of critical Care from king Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in year 2012. Dr. Abdul Aziz completed his Clinical fellowship of Cardiovascular Critical Care in Western University, Canada in 2019. Currently he is working as a Consultant of Internal Medicine, Critical Care & Cardiovascular Critical Care in Dr. Sulaiman Alhabib Medical Group in Dubai.
Dr. Sharina Matar Salem AlDhaheri
Consultant of Pulmonary Medicine and Interstitial Lung Disease
Tawam Hospital, UAE
Dr. Stuart Carr
Consultant Allergy and Immunology, UAE
Dr Stuart Carr has over 20 years of experience providing allergy and asthma services for communities in Canada. His primary clinical interests are paediatric asthma and food allergy.
He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta 1993. He then completed training in both Paediatrics and Clinical Immunology & Allergy at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, and was granted specialty certification by the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada after successfully completing examinations in Paediatrics in 1997 and Clinical Immunology & Allergy in 1998.
Dr Carr is a Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and a Member of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
In addition, he is part of a Canadian consortium studying the safety and effectiveness of oral peanut immunotherapy in preschool children with peanut allergy.
Dr. Stuart Carr
Consultant Allergy and Immunology, UAE
Dr Stuart Carr has over 20 years of experience providing allergy and asthma services for communities in Canada. His primary clinical interests are paediatric asthma and food allergy.
He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta 1993. He then completed training in both Paediatrics and Clinical Immunology & Allergy at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, and was granted specialty certification by the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada after successfully completing examinations in Paediatrics in 1997 and Clinical Immunology & Allergy in 1998.
Dr Carr is a Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and a Member of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
In addition, he is part of a Canadian consortium studying the safety and effectiveness of oral peanut immunotherapy in preschool children with peanut allergy.
Dr. Wedad Nabih
MD
Specialist – Chest Diseases
NMC Royal Hospital Sharjah,
Sharjah
Dr. Wedad graduated from faculty of Medicine at Ain Shams University in Cairo. She received her Master’s Degree in Chest Disease and Pulmonary Tuberculosis from Ain Shams in 1994, and completed the MRCP in 2004. She also completed the HERMES in Respiratory Diseases in 2012 at Ain Shams University and the MRCP in Respiratory in 2016. Dr. Wedad had Special Training Course in different hospitals including Cherry Cross Hospital (London), Singapore General Hospital (Singapore), and Theodor Bilharz Institution.
Dr. Wedad worked at the Ministry of Health in the UAE (2003 – 2006) at Swiscanal University, Egypt Air Hospital and Ain Shams University in Egypt. She also has Experience in Bronchoscopy, Endoscopies, Sleep Study, and Laser in Smoking Cessation also in Thorascopy, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test, Pleural Biopsy, Endotracheal Tube insertion, and Pleuradesis.
Her areas of expertise areBronchoscopy, Endoscopies, Sleep Study and Laser in Smoking Cessation; Thorascopy, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test, and Pleural Biopsy & Endotracheal Tube insertion and Pleuradesis.
Dr. Zaid Zoumot
MBBS, MSc, PhD, FRCP
Head of Pulmonology
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Zoumot worked as a Respiratory Physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, UK. He was one of the inaugural physicians who joined Cleveland clinic in 2014. His sub-specialist fields of interest are Interventional Pulmonology, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma, and Lung Cancer. He is also very experienced in managing Sleep Disordered Breathing, Lung Failure and Bronchiectasis.
Dr. Zoumot received his medical degree from the King’s College London School of Medicine in London, UK. He completed his residency in General Internal Medicine in the London Deanery and then completed his fellowships in Respiratory Medicine and General Internal Medicine and later subspecialized in Interventional Pulmonology at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, UK. He was awarded a PhD in Respiratory Medicine by Imperial College, London, UK for his thesis examining lung volume reduction for the treatment of severe emphysema in 2011.
Dr. Zoumot is extensively published with numerous original research studies as well as reviews and editorials in peer reviewed medical journals to his name, and he is currently an associate editor of European Respiratory Journal Open Research.
UAE
Mr. Adam Bennett
MBA, BSRC, RRT
Director of Respiratory Care
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Mr. Adam Bennett is a Board Certified Family Practitioner, sub-specializing in Primary Care Sports Medicine. His areas of special interest are sports medicine, non-surgical musculoskeletal care, overuse injuries, and injury prevention. He is on staff at North Shore University Health System, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and St. Joseph Hospital.
In addition to his responsibilities with Northwestern Orthopedic Institute, Mr. Bennett is a College Mentor and Assistant Professor at Northwestern Medical School and he is a co-author of two medical textbooks, Blueprints in Family Medicine and Family Practice Q & A. In addition, he serves as a team physician for U.S. Soccer’s Men’s and Women’s National Teams and the Chicago Bears. Previously, he has served as a team physician for the Chicago Blackhawks.
Mr. Bennett earned his medical degree from Northwestern University’s
Feinberg School of Medicine and completed fellowships in Primary Care Sports Medicine and Academic Family Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Almir Smajlovic
Specialist- Respiratory Care
Rashid Hospital, Dubai.
Mr. Mohamed Ahmed Mashrah
BS CRT RRT
Respiratory Therapy Supervisor,
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Dr. Mohamed Mashrah graduated as Associate degree from Prince Sultan Military college of Health Science, Dhahrah, Saudi Arabia. He got his Bachelor degree from University of Toledo, OH, USA. He has more than 15yrs experience in Critical Care areas.
His goal is to explore new technologies that help identify and safety recruit the lungs.
UAE
Mr. Sanjay Sasikumar
MSc RT (ACRC)
Respiratory Therapist 1
Rashid Hospital, Dubai health Authority
UAE
Dr. Sanjay graduate and post graduate in Respiratory Therapy specialized in Adult Cardio-respiratory critical care from Manipal University, India. Currently working as a Respiratory therapist at Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health Authority since 2016. He has been involved in multidisciplinary ICU, emergency and trauma department and COVID ICU. He is AHA certified ACLS and BLS instructor and currently affiliated with DHA (Dubai health Authority) training centre for teaching courses. Prior to my current experience he was a Lecturer and Clinical Instructor at University of Dammam, Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Sanjay is a part of the editorial board of IJRC (Indian journal of respiratory care) and a lifetime member of Indian Association of respiratory care.
Mr. Shams Ul Arifeen
RT/RPSGT
Respiratory Technician
Dr. Shams Ul Arifeen graduated from Shifa Tameer e Millat University Islamabad Pakistan in Respiratory Therapy in 2016. He got American board License in 2019 for RPSGT from Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologist. Dr. Shams Worked as a respiratory Therapist in one of the largest hospital of Pakistan, Shifa International Hospital Islamabad Pakistan for 4.5 years. He also worked as Respiratory and Polysomnographic Technologist in Mediclinic Welcare Hospital Dubai, and currently, he is working as Respiratory and Polysomnographic Technologist in SSMC.
Mr. Sriharsha Tatineni
BS CRT PGDM-HHM
Senior Respiratory Therapist
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
UAE
Mr. Tatineni is the Senior Respiratory Therapist at Al Rahba Hospital under Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, SEHA, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He was acting in charge of department at Al Rahba Hospital and is a senior respiratory therapist at SKMC hospital, he oversees the management of mechanically ventilated patients and the clinical practices of the respiratory care department as well as acting as Infection Control Chair of department for both hospitals and he actively participates in developing yearly Quality improvement projects for the RT department.
He entered the field of respiratory therapy at Manipal, completing BSc in Respiratory Therapy from Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal along with ASRT degree from California College for Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Later he went on to appear for his licensing examinations CRT & RRT from National Board of Respiratory Care in 2010. He went on to complete his PG Diploma in Hospital & Healthcare Management.
Ms. Zarina Akramyar
RRT RPFT
Senior Pulmonary Function Technologist
Respiratory Therapy Department, Zayed Military Hospital
UAE
Mrs. Zarina Akramyar is registered Pulmonary Function Technologist. She is a senior respiratory therapist since 2006 in Zayed Military Hospital. She is skilled in performing different diagnostic procedure using advance diagnostic tools to accurately diagnose and determine the severity of respiratory dysfunction as She received applied science in Respiratory and Aesthesia Technology at Vanier College Montreal, Canada. She has been member in National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC)- USA, and Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapy (CSRT), since 1998. She has experience at McGill University health Centre (MUHC), Canada. She currently works as PFT technician, Clinical Instructor, and has been involved in Research Studies at Zayed Military Hospital well as in providing specialized and selective therapeutic respiratory care in collaboration with pulmonary physician.
