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Prof. Dave Singh
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Respiratory Medicine
University of Manchester
Manchester, UK
Prof. Dave Singh - Bio
Topic:
-Pro and Con Debate: Type 2 Inflammation in COPD, is it significant?
- COPD: Year in Review
Prof. David Jackson
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, King's College London
Consultant in Asthma & Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
Guy’s & St Thomas, NHS Trust
Clinical Lead, GSTT Asthma Network
Guy’s Severe Asthma Centre, Guy's
Hospital, London, England, UK
Prof. David Jackson - Bio
Topic:
- The rational behind the updated GINA guidelines for asthma
- Biological Era: too soon or too late?
Prof. Grigoris Stratakos
Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Interventional Pulmonology
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
President, European Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
Greece
Prof. Grigoris Stratakos - Bio
Topic:
- Workshop 1: Interventional Pulmonology
- Advances In the Bronchoscopic Treatment of The Thoracic Malignancy: Current and Future Directions
- Interventional Pulmonology: Year in R
Prof. Ian Pavord
Professor of Respiratory Medicine
Respiratory Medicine Unit and Oxford Respiratory NIHR BRC
Nuffield Department of Medicine
University of Oxfo, UK
Prof. Ian Pavord - Bio
Topic:
- Asthma: Year in Review
- Pro and Con Debate: Type 2 Inflammation in COPD, is it significant?
Prof. Luca Richeldi
Chair of the Division of Pulmonary
Medicine and CEMAR
Respiratory Disease Center, Fondazione Policlinico
Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Rome, Italy
Prof. Luca Richeldi - Bio
Topic:
- Pulmonary Fibrosis today: more drugs, more time, more life
Panelist:
- Panel Discussion: When The Rheumatologists Meets The Pulmonologists: Real Cases, Real Collaboration, Real Impact
Prof. Najib M Rahman
Professor of Respiratory Medicine
Director, Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, University of Oxford
Consultant Pleural Physician, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford
National Specialist Lead for Respiratory, NIHR CRN
NIHR Senior Investigator
Oxford, England
Prof. Najib M Rahman - Bio
Topic:
- New developments in the management of pleural diseases
- (Panel Discussion): Pleural MDT
- Workshop 3: Thoracic Ultrasound
Prof. Rayid Abdulqawi
Transplant Pulmonary Consultant, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh
Adjunct Associate Professor at the College of Medicine, Al Faisal University
Riyadh, KSA
Prof. Rayid Abdulqawi - Bio
Topic:
- Early And Late Complications in Lung Transplant, New Innovation in Diagnosis
Panelist:
- Panel Discussion: When The Rheumatologists Meets The Pulmonologists: Real Cases, Real Collaboration, Real Impact
Local Speakers
Dr. Maitha Alhammadi
Senior Pulmonary Specialty
Rashid Hopsital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Maitha Alhammadi - Bio
Dr. Said Isse
Consultant Pulmonologist
Respiratory Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Said Isse - Bio
Dr. Ali Wahla
MD, Consultant Pulmonologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Ali Wahla - Bio
Workshop 1:
- Interventional Pulmonology
Dr. Irfan Shafiq
Consultant Pulmonologist
CCAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Irfan Shafiq - Bio
Topic
- Non Tuberculous Mycobacterium: Year in Review
Dr. Abdulmuhsen Hussein
Pulmonology Fellow
Dubai Health, Mohammed Bin Rashid University
Dubai, UAE
Dr. Abdulmuhsen Hussein - Bio
Topic
- Panel Discussion: When the Rheumatologists Meets the Pulmonologists: Real Cases, Real Collaboration, Real Impact
Dr. Sherif Fayed
Pulmonology Consultant
Clinical Lead, Alzahra Hospital, Dubai
Adjunct Clinical Professor, Sharjah University Hospital
Dr. Sherif Fayed - Bio
Topic
- Workshop 1: Interventional Pulmonology
Mr. Abdalrahman Ashraf E. Mohammed
Yas Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Mr. Abdalrahman Ashraf E. Mohammed - Bio
Topic:
-*Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Emerging Roles and Clinical Impact
Mr. Niyas Moideen
Senior Respiratory Therapist
CCAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Mr. Niyas Moideen - Bio
Topic
- Workshop 2: Advanced pulmonary function diagnostics
Dr. Ihab Ahmed
Intensivist Cardiothoracic and Transplant ICU
Critical Care Lead of Heart and Lung Transplant
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Ihab Ahmed - Bio
Topic:
-VV ECMO As Bridge to Lung Transplant, Does It Make a Difference?
Mr. Afzal Mohamed Ali
SSMC, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Mr. Afzal Mohamed Ali - Bio
Topic:
- Personalized Mechanical Ventilation
- The Way Forward
Dr. Andrew Ives
Consultant, Pediatric Pulmonology
CCAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Andrew Ives - Bio
Topic:
- Updates On Asthma Managing in Children
Dr. Fadi Hamid
Staff Physician, Critical Care
Integrated Hospital Care Institute
CCAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Fadi Hamid - Bio
Topic:
- Lung Transplant Program in the UAE, Update on Current Milestones
Dr. Fatma Al Ahbabi
Consultant, Pediatric Pulmonology
Tawam Hospital
Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Fatma Al Ahbabi - Bio
Topic:
- Sleep Disorders in Children
Dr. Goran Nadir Salih
Consultant Pulmonologist and Internal Medicine
Program Director for Adult Pulmonary Fellowship
Director of Pulmonary Subspecialty Clinic and Interventional Pulmonology
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, MBRU
Rashid Hospital
Dubai Health
Chairperson of Scientific Committee at Emirates Thoracic Society, ETS
Dr. Goran Nadir Salih - Bio
Topic:
- Workshop 1: Interventional Pulmonology
Ms. Kristen Dessario
Respiratory Therapy Manager
Amana Healthcare
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Ms. Kristen Dessario - Bio
Topic:
- Weaning of Long
-Term Ventilated Patients
-Evidential Updates
Dr. Mahmoud El Kaissi
Staff Physician, Imaging Institute
CCAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Mahmoud El Kaissi - Bio
Topic:
- Workshop 2: Advanced Pulmonary Function Diagnostic
Panelist:
- Panel Discussion: When The Rheumatologists Meets The Pulmonologists: Real Cases, Real Collaboration, Real Impact
Dr. Mohamed Shaaban
Associate Professor and Consultant of Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
Pulmonology Consultant at NMC Specialty Hospital, Dubai
Dr. Mohamed Shaaban - Bio
Topic
- Panel Disscussion: When the Rheumatologists meets the pulmonologists: Real cases, real collaboration, real impact
Dr. Muhammad Tufail
Consultant Pulmonologist
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Muhammad Tufail - Bio
Topic:
- Panalist: Pleural MDT
- Workshop 3: Thoracic Ultrasound
Dr. Nawal Al Kaabi
Dr. Nawal Al Kaabi - Bio
Topic:
- Updates on Vaccines and Respiratory Disease Pandemics
Dr. Shaima AlKhouri
Pediatric Pupmonology Consultant
SKMC, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Shaima AlKhouri - Bio
Topic:
- Cases in ILD and Metabolic Disease
Dr. Trilok Chand
Consultant and Head Pulmonologist
Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Trilok Chand - Bio
Topic:
- Workshop 1: Interventional Pulmonology
- Bronchoscopic Cryo Biopsy and EBUS Cryo Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Thoracic Diseases: Diagnostic Yield and the Safety
Dr. Usman Ahmed
Department Chair
Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Usman Ahmed - Bio
Topic:
- Building Complex Thoracic Program in the UAE
Dr. Yasser Madani
Consultant Pulmonologist
Healthpoint Hospital, Mubadala Health
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Yasser Madani - Bio
Topic:
- Pleural MDT
- Workshop 3: Thoracic Ultrasound
Dr. Shamma Al Nokhatha
Rheumatology Consultant
ESR President
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Shamma Al Nokhatha - Bio
Panelist:
- Panel Discussion: When The Rheumatologists Meets The Pulmonologists: Real Cases, Real Collaboration, Real Impact
Dr. Isabel Mira-Avendano
MD, Advanced Pulmonary Diseases Specialist
Pulmonary Medicine Division
Integrated Hospital Care Institute
CCAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Isabel Mira-Avendano - Bio
Panelist:
- Panel Discussion: When The Rheumatologists Meets The Pulmonologists: Real Cases, Real Collaboration, Real Impact
Dr. Aishah Alyammahi
Dr. Aishah Alyammahi - Bio
Topic:
- Tuberculosis in GCC
Dr. Taj Chowdhry
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Taj Chowdhry - Bio
Moderator
Prof. Ashraf Alzaabi
President, Emirates Thoracic Society
Professor of Medicine, College of
Medicine & Health Sciences,
UAE University.
Prof. Ashraf Alzaabi - Bio
Dr. Ashraf Alzaabi is the Head of Respiratory Division at Zayed Military Hospital in Abu Dhabi.
He graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1997 and did his training in Internal medicine and Respirology for six years at the University of Toronto, Canada 2000–2006 where he was board certified in both specialties in Canada and USA.
Since his arrival to UAE he managed to develop a state of the art patient services in the Respiratory Medicine Division at Zayed Hospital and this included establishing the first sleep laboratory in Abu Dhabi and the first endoscopy center performing Endobronchial ultrasound guided biopsy procedures in UAE.
In 2007, he was appointed as a Clinical Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at UAE University. Ashraf Alzaabi won many distinction awards such as the prestigious Murray Muirhead Award (2001) from the University of Toronto during his residency program. In 2013, He won the Abu Dhabi Medical Distinction Award in Clinical Performance launched by the Health Authority in Abu Dhabi (HAAD).
He was appointed as the Director of Medical Education 2007–2010 at Zayed Military Hospital. During this period, he succeeded to get the recognition of the Arab Board to start the first residency training program at Zayed Hospital in Internal Medicine. He engineered a memorandum agreement between the faculty of Medicine at UAE University and Zayed Hospital. The signing of this agreement recognized Zayed Hospital as a training hospital for the medical students and residents during their undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
In 2010, He finished a two year program at Zayed University doing an Executive Master in Health Care Administration. This helped during his posts at many important administrative positions both at Zayed Military Hospital and at other national organizations. He is a member of the Medical Executive Council (MEC) at Zayed Military Hospital which responsibilities include setting short and long term strategic goals for the institution. He served as the Chair of the Internal Medicine Examination Committee at the Health Authority of Abu Dhabi for the term 2010–2014.
Medical research and academic work has always been of great interest to him. He is an editor at the "CHEST" journal, middle east edition. He published the first UAE prevalence study on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the Respiratory Medicine Journal in 2011. His main interest in research includes Asthma, COPD and Sleep Medicine.
Prof. Mohamed Al Moamary
Professor and Consultant
Pulmonary Medicine
KSAU-HS, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Mohamed Al Moamary - Bio
Prof. Riyad Al Lehabi
Subspecialty Consultant in Pulmonology, Asthma, Advanced Airways Diseases
Sleep Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, KSA
Prof. Riyad Al Lehabi - Bio
Session 1: Asthma
Dr. Bassam Mahboub
Consultant Internal Medicine
Consultant Pulmonary Disease
Consultant Pulmonologist and
Allergy Diseases Specialist
United Arab Emirates
Dr. Bassam Mahboub - Bio
Session 1: Asthma
Dr. Mansoor Hameed
Senior Consultant Pulmonologist
Hamad Medical Corporation
Qatar
Dr. Mansoor Hameed - Bio
Session 1: Asthma
Dr. Mohammed Zeitouni
Intensivist/Pulmonologist
Section of Pulmonary Medicine
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Saudi Arabia
Dr. Mohammed Zeitouni - Bio
Session 2: Respiratory Infection
Dr. Reyadh Salman
Consultant Pulmonary
Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Ibn Nafees Hospital
Manama, Bahrain
Dr. Reyadh Salman - Bio
Session 2: Respiratory Infection
Dr. Sana Almutairi
Associate Professor
College of Medicine - Kuwait University
Consultant Pulmonologist - Al Amiri Hospital
Kuwait
Dr. Sana Almutairi - Bio
Session 2: Respiratory Infection
Dr. Ali Wahla
MD, Consultant Pulmonologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Ali Wahla - Bio
Session 3: Interventional Pulmonology
Dr. Goran Nadir Salih
Consultant Pulmonologist and Internal Medicine
Program Director for Adult Pulmonary Fellowship
Director of Pulmonary Subspecialty Clinic and Interventional Pulmonology
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, MBRU
Rashid Hospital
Dubai Health
Chairperson of Scientific Committee at Emirates Thoracic Society, ETS
Dr. Goran Nadir Salih - Bio
Session 3: Interventional Pulmonology
Session 11: Oral Presentations, Abstracts
Dr. Emad Korra
Professor Emeritus
Chest Department, Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Emad Korra - Bio
Session 3: Interventional Pulmonology
Dr. Asmaa Al Nuami
Dr. Asmaa Al Nuami - Bio
Session 4: Pediatric Pulmonology
Dr. Fatima Alenezi
MD, FCCP
Consultant pulmonary
Allergy & Clinical Immunology
Head of Pulmonary Unit
Al Sabah Hospital, Kuwait
Dr. Fatima Alenezi - Bio
Session 10: Lung Transplantation, Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Imaging
Dr. Ibrahim Al Janahi
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, WCM-Q
Chief Medical Officer
Chair, Medical Education Department and DIO
Sidra Medicine, Qatar
Dr. Ibrahim Al Janahi - Bio
Session 4: Pediatric Pulmonology
Dr. Yasser Madani
Consultant Pulmonologist
Healthpoint Hospital, Mubadala Health
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Yasser Madani - Bio
Session 5: Pleural Diseases
Dr. Muhammad Tufail
Consultant Pulmonologist
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Muhammad Tufail - Bio
Session 5: Pleural Diseases
Dr. Manjush Karthika
Associate Professor - Respiratory Care
Liwa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Manjush Karthika - Bio
Session 6: Respiratory Therapy and Allied Health
Session 11: Oral Presentations, Abstracts
Dr. Sharina Aldhaheri
Dr. Sharina Aldhaheri - Bio
Session 8: ILD
Dr. Saif Mubaihsi
Senior Consultant Pulmonologist and Head of The Pulmonology Unit
Sultant Qaboos University Hospital, University Medical City
Oman
Dr. Saif Mubaihsi - Bio
Prof. Mousa Khadadah
Prof. Mousa Khadadah - Bio
Session 9: COPD
Dr. Fatima Alenezi
MD, FCCP
Consultant pulmonary
Allergy & Clinical Immunology
Head of Pulmonary Unit
Al Sabah Hospital, Kuwait
Dr. Fatima Alenezi - Bio
Session 10: Lung Transplantation, Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Imaging
Dr. Isabel Mira-Avendano
MD, Advanced Pulmonary Diseases Specialist
Pulmonary Medicine Division
Integrated Hospital Care Institute
CCAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Isabel Mira-Avendano - Bio
Session 8: ILD
Dr. Rania Abu Samara
Consultant Pediatric Pulmonologist
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
College of Medicine, MBRU
Mediclinic Parkview & City Hospitals
Dubai, UAE
Dr. Rania Abu Samara - Bio
Session 4: Pediatric Pulmonology
Dr. Mohammed Al Houqani
MBBS, FRCPC, MPH
Associate Professor at the College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAEU
Consultant of Respiratory, Sleep Medicine at Sleep Disorders Specialized Clinic
Dubai, UAE
Dr. Mohammed Al Houqani - Bio
Session 11: Oral Presentations, Abstracts
Dr. Mona Allangawi
Senior Consultant and Vice Chief of the Pulmonary Division
Hamad General Hospital – Hamad Medical Corporation
Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar
Program Director, Pulmonary Fellowship Program & Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
Dr. Mona Allangawi - Bio
Session 10: Lung Transplantation, Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Imaging
Dr. Nasser Albussaedi
Dr. Nasser Albussaedi - Bio
Session 10: Lung Transplantation, Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Imaging