Dr. Majid Al Saleh Alteneiji is a pediatric pulmonologist and sleep physician at Al Jalila Children’s Hospital in Dubai. Dr. Majid completed his fellowship training at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada in pediatric pulmonology while working as a co-chief fellow, and another in pediatric sleep medicine. He returned to UAE in 2021 working for close to two years at Tawam Hospital and then finally moved back to Dubai joining Al Jalila Hospital. His interests quality improvement, chronic ventilation, respiratory neuromuscular disease and sleep medicine.

Dr. Al Ahbabi obtained Bachelor of Health Sciences (MBBS) from Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences; United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates in June 2011. She completed Pediatric residency program at Tawam Hospital in August 2016 and obtained Arab Board in Pediatrics in April 2017. She completed pediatric respiratory fellowship at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and Faculty of Pediatrics, in Dublin between July 2019 and September 2021. She obtained pediatric respiratory fellowship and pediatric sleep training at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdome, between November 2021 and January 2023. Dr. Al Ahbabi is working as a consultant in pediatric pulmonology at Tawam Hospital from April 2023 until present. 

Dr. Andrew Ives studied medicine at the University of Cambridge, and Imperial College London, in the UK. He completed pediatric respiratory specialist training at the Royal London Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospitals in London. He also did 2 years of research at the Royal Brompton Hospital, working with children with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia. He is a registered and accredited specialist in children’s respiratory medicine. He is currently a pediatric pulmonology consultant at Mediclinic in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Before this he was a consultant at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, where he also ran the paediatric undergraduate medical course for the University of Oxford. As a paediatric pulmonologist, he has expertise and experience in treating children with all respiratory problems. He has a particular interest in children’s asthma where he ran a specialist MDT clinic for difficult asthma in Oxford.

Dr. Mohammed Taleb Alsamri is a consultant pediatric pulmonologist since 2009. He is also an Adjunct associate professor UAE University. He graduated from Sultan Qaboos University, 1998, then did the pediatric training in Canada. He obtained the Specialist Certificate in Pediatrics from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 2005 and the Subspecialty Certificate in 2008. Currently working as a consultant pediatric pulmonology. 

Dr. Al Nuaimi is the first  UAE national pediatric pulmonologist; she has established this medical  field in UAE, currently based at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City SKMC, she is American, Canadian and European board certified in the field of pediatric pulmonary with  special interest in cystic fibrosis and chronic non CF bronchiectasis and medical ethics ,her major achievement was  participating in  the legislation of the DNR  /AND  law in an ethical manner through the federal law which is a milestone toward  establishing a functional  organ donation system in UAE and another clinical milestones and contributions, was establishing the newborn screening for Cystic fibrosis at the national level in UAE which makes UAE the first in the Middle East, this was a milestone in establishing personalized medicine era. She held multiple administrative posts including the chair of the department of pediatrics at Zayed military hospital (ZMH) and Deputy CMO at ZMH, and currently deputy CMO at Sheikh Khalifa medical city. Dr. Al Nuaimi has received Abu Dhabi medical distinction award for best clinical performance in 2012, she participated in teaching at many levels of undergraduate and post graduate, and she is involved in putting the guidelines for the health authority of Abu Dhabi for common respiratory diseases. 

Dr. Al khouri obtained Bachelor of Health Sciences from Dubai medical college, in May 2011. Following her medical education, Dr. Alkhouri completed a Pediatric residency program at Sheikh khalifa medical city Hospital in Aug 2016 and obtained Arab Board in Pediatrics in 2017. Further enhancing her expertise, Dr. Al Alkhouri completed pediatric respiratory fellowship at university of Toronto /The hospital for sick children in Toronto, Canada between sept 2021- January 2024.

Dr. Rizwana Popatia currently serves as Senior Vice President of Medical Staff and Clinical Strategy for Global Patient Care at M42, a pioneering global health platform based in Abu Dhabi. In this role, Dr. Popatia is responsible for advancing the strategic development of medical staff, clinical governance, and standardization of patient care pathways across M42’s global healthcare network. She also holds the role of Vice President of the M42 Global Medical Advisory Board, contributing to the alignment of clinical excellence, governance, and innovation across the enterprise. Dr. Popatia also serves as the Medical Director and Consultant Pediatric Pulmonologist at Mubadala Health Dubai facility and Amana long term care and rehabilitation hospital. Dr Popatia also serves as Associate Professor at the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU). Dr. Popatia is American board-certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Pulmonology. She completed her medical education at M.P. Shah Medical College in Jamnagar, India, earning 17 gold medals. She pursued her Pediatrics Residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in New York and completed her Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and served on their ACGME and Patient Safety & Quality Committees. She is a 2022 Fellow of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in Boston and previously served as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College and served as Attending Pediatrician at New York–Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Popatia specializes in pediatric respiratory outcomes, health systems thinking, and multidisciplinary care in complex respiratory conditions. She is actively involved in peer review and editorial work for leading pediatric journals. Regionally, Dr. Popatia holds leadership roles in regional medical societies and is dedicated to advancing pediatric healthcare and education.

Dr. Sofia Konstantinopoulou obtained her medical degree at the University of Athens, Medical school in Athens, Greece. She completed a residency in General Pediatrics at the Unterberg Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center, in Long Branch, NJ, USA. She then completed two fellowships in Pediatric Pulmonology and in Pediatric Sleep Medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Philadelphia, PA, USA.  She is board certified in General Pediatrics, in Pediatric Pulmonology and in Sleep medicine. Dr. Konstantinopoulou worked as an attending physician at the Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at CHOP, and she was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine, at the University of Pennsylvania.  For the past 6 years, she has been working as a consultant in pediatric pulmonology at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi, where she serves as a core faculty of the ACGME accredited Pediatric residency program and as the lead clinical point of the Aerodigestive Clinic. Dr. Konstantinopoulou was recently appointed as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Khalifa University. <br> <br> Her main clinical focus is taking care of children with sleep disordered breathing, and specifically those, who require home mechanical ventilation. She is a member of many professional societies including the Emirates Thoracic Society, the American Thoracic Society, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the American College of Chest Physicians.

Dr. Aamir Yassin is a pediatric pulmonologist. He graduated for Omdurman Islamic university, Sudan in 2005. He got the MD in pediatric and child health from the Sudan medical specialization board in 2013, membership of royal college of pediatric and child health (MRCPCH) in 2018. Dr Aamir completed his pediatric pulmonology training at red cross war memorial hospital (RCWMH) in Cape Town, South Africa and awarded the fellowship in pediatric pulmonology from college of medicine of South Africa (CMSA) and MPhil degree from university of Cape Town (UCT) in 2021. He is assistant professor at faculty of medicine and health sciences, Omdurman Islamic university – Sudan since 2013. He is currently working as consultant pediatric pulmonologist at NMC royal hospitals Abu Dhabi and Sharjah – UAE.