Moderators

Dr. Husain Alawadhi, a graduate of the Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain, transitioned to the United States, completing his Internal Medicine residency at Wayne State University. He pursued a fellowship in Pulmonary/Critical Care, achieving American Board certification. With a focus on lung infections and ICU care, he furthered his expertise with a fellowship in Infectious Disease, gaining dual board certification. From 2009 to 2020, he led the Intensive Care Unit at Mafarq Hospital. During the pandemic, he served as the Medical Director of the COVID field hospital in Ajman. Currently, a consultant in Infectious Disease, he explores interests in climate change and participates in various local and international meeting.

Professor of pulmonary medicine, Egypt and consultant pulmonologist at Medcare Hospitals. Chairman at the European Respiratory Society Annual Conference since 2003. Council member of the ERS (2005-2007). Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and European Respiratory Society Fellow. Vice chair of the Respiratory Infections Assembly of the ETS. Reviewer of many national and international peer review respiratory journals. Many publications in the field of respiratory infections with near 4000 citations. Cecil Lehman Research Awardee of the American College of Chest Physicians. Fellow of the Washington University, USA, and Vrije University, Belgium

Dr. Mohammed Harriss is a distinguished Consultant Pulmonologist at Medcare Hospital Sharjah and Medcare Royal Hospital Dubai with over two decades of expertise in respiratory and critical care medicine. He earned his MBBS and MD from Calicut Medical College and holds prestigious qualifications including MRCP (UK), EDIC, EDRM, and an MSc in Sleep Medicine from University of Oxford. Dr. Harriss is affiliated with leading international medical societies and specializes in allergy and asthma management, pulmonary critical care, and the diagnosis and treatment of sleep-related respiratory disorders.

Dr. Rachel Kaminski, a graduate of medicine, Imperial College London, 2006. She holds a respiratory BSC from the Royal Brompton Hospital. Dr. Kaminski became a Respiratory Consultant in 2018 at Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust & was the Educational Lead of the department, lead for transitional care paediatrics, and ran the severe asthma and bronchiectasis services. Since moving to Dubai in July, she has taken up the role of pulmonologist at Saudi-German Hospital and is already recognized as a Severe Asthma Expert, handling complex cases and advising appropriate patients on biologics. Dr. Kaminski sits on advisory boards for the airway epithelium and continues to speak nationally and internationally on asthma and COPD. She has overseen several international research studies and has a recent publication in The Lancet.