Dr. Andrew Ives studied medicine at the University of Cambridge, and Imperial College London, in the UK. He completed paediatric 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 Danat Al Emarat Hospital in 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. 

Dr. Nader Francis is a distinguished Pediatric Thoracic Consultant boasting an extensive 26-year career in the field. He presently holds the prestigious position of Head of the Pediatric Chest Diseases Unit at Al Qassimi Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Sharjah.  Dr. Francis embarked on his medical journey at the University of Aleppo, Faculty of Medicine, where he completed his degree in General Medicine in 1990. Seeking specialization in pediatrics, he relocated to Belgium for further education at the University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Brussels. His pursuit of excellence led him to the Free University of Brussels, where he specialized in pediatric chest diseases, culminating in his graduation in 1998. Dr. Francis is also a proud member of the European Respiratory Diseases Association. Before joining Al Qassimi Hospital in 2016, Dr. Francis served at the University of Aleppo as a Pediatric Chest Physician. In this role, he was responsible for supervising medical students and pediatric residents, enriching the educational experience with his expertise. His tenure in the UAE has been marked by significant contributions to both education and scientific research. Dr. Francis has authored numerous research papers published in prestigious medical journals, focusing on pediatric chest diseases. Under his leadership, the Pediatric Chest Diseases Unit at Al Qasimi Hospital has seen remarkable growth and development. Today, the unit stands as a comprehensive center for pediatric chest medicine, encompassing all facets, including sleep-related diseases. Dr. Francis’s vision is to elevate the Pediatric Chest Diseases Unit at Al Qasimi Pediatric Hospital to a benchmark of excellence on a regional scale, a testament to his dedication and ambition in the field of pediatric respiratory medicine. 

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.