Congress Chairman
Prof. Esam H. Alhamad, MD, FCCP, FACP
Chairman, GulfThoracic Congress 2020
President, Saudi Thoracic Society (STS)
Professor & Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine
King Saud University Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Vice- Chairman
Prof. Mohamed S. Al-Hajjaj, MD, FRCP(C)
Vice-Chairman, GulfThoracic Congress 2020
Vice-President, Saudi Thoracic Society
Chairman, Clinical Sciences Department
College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, UAE
Professor and Senior Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Sharjah, UAE
Chairman, Scientific Committee
Mohamed Zeitouni, MD, FCCP
Chairman, Scientific Committee, GulfThoracic Congress 2020
Consultant, Pulmonary/Critical Care
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Co-Chairman, Scientific Committee
Prof. Ashraf H. Alzaabi, MD, FRCPC, FCCP, EMHCA
President, Emirate Thoracic Society (ETS)
Co-Chairman, Scientific Committee,
GulfThoracic Congress 2020
Professor of Medicine, UAE University
Head, Respiratory Division,
Zayed Military Hospital
Abu Dhabi, UAE
International Liaison
Prof. Qutayba Hamid, MD, PhD, FRCPC
International Liaison,
GulfThoracic Congress 2020
Professor of Medicine
Dean of Medicine
University of Sharjah
Sharjah, UAE
Vice- Chairman & Executive Director
Hassan S. Alorainy, BsRC, RRT, FAARC
Vice-Chairman & Executive Director,
GulfThoracic Congress 2020
Senior Respiratory Care Specialist
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member
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
Member
Prof. Abdullah Alangari, MD
Professor and Consultant Pediatrician,
Allergist, and Immunologist
College of Medicine and University Hospitals
King Saud University
Chairman, Saudi Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Society
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member
Enas Batubara, MD, SBIM, SF-AP, FCCP
Pulmonary Consultant
Director of Pulmonary Fellowship Program
Head of Bronchoscopy and Pleural Disease Unit
Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member
Prof. Nasser Behbahani, MBBCh, FRCP(C)
Professor of Medicine,
Department of Medicine
Kuwait University
Chair, Kuwait Thoracic Society
Consultant, Respiratory Medicine
Kuwait
Member
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
Member
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
Member
Bader Alghamdi, MD
Assistant Professor, Consultant in Pulmonary Medicine,
Pulmonary Hypertension and Clinical Exercise Testing
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for
Health Sciences (KAUH-HS)- Jeddah
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Member
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
Member
Manal S. Al Hazmi, MD
Consultant, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Member
Fatma AlHuraish, MD, FCCP
Consultant Pulmonology and Allergy
Head, Respiratory Unit
AlSabah Hospital, MOH
Kuwait
Member
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
Member
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
Member
Obaid Aljassim, MD, PhD, FRCS
Consultant, Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Head, Cardiothoracic Surgery Department (CTS)
Dubai Health Authority
Dubai, UAE
Member
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
Member
Prof. Khaled M. Alkattan, MD, FRCS
Consultant Thoracic Surgery,
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Professor of Thoracic Surgery
Dean, College of Medicine Alfaisal University
Head of National Lung Cancer Study Group
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member
“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
Member
Prof. Mohamed S. Almoamary, ABIM, FRCP(Edin), MBA-LS, FCCP
Professor & Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine,
King Abdulaziz Medical City-Riyadh &
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Chairman, Saudi Initiative for Asthma
Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Thoracic Medicine
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member
Asma A. S. Al Nuaimi, MD
Consultant Pediatric Pulmonologist
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC)
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Member
Eid AlQurashi, MD
Consultant Pulmonologist
Head of the Pulmonary division
King Abdullah Medical City
Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Member
Nuha Alrajhi, MBBS, SB-MED, ABIM, KSUF-MED
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director Pulmonary Fellowship Program
Consultant, Pulmonary and Interstitial Lung Diseases
King Khalid University Hospital
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member
Waleed Saleh, MD, FRCSI
Consultant, Thoracic Surgery
Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member
Rahmah Alsilmi, MD, MBBS
Assistant Professor/ Consultant
Pulmonary Medicine & ILD
King Abdulaziz University
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Member
Naser Salman, MD
Head of Respiratory Unit
Salmaniya Medical Complex
Manama, Bahrain
Member
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
Member
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