Scientific Committee

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

A senior respiratory physician, currently working in the Respiratory Medicine department of Rashid Hospital, Dubai, under the Dubai Health Authority, and had served in the role of the Quality Facilitator for the Respiratory Department. Currently the Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Emirates Thoracic Society [ETS]. And Asst: Prof: in Respiratory Medicine in the medical faculty of the Dubai Medical College. A passionate teacher and speaker and enjoys regular teaching and speaking assignments in the field of Respiratory Medicine. Special interest in areas of Asthma, Allergy, COPD, ILD 

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.

Consultant Pulmonologist Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi. Dr. Muhammad Tufail is a consultant pulmonologist at SKMC Abu Dhabi with over 19 years of experience in the field. He gained his CCT in respiratory and internal medicine from London and completed interventional pulmonology fellowship at Glenfield Hospital Leicester where he worked as a consultant pulmonologist for six years before moving to Abu Dhabi in 2022. He was the lead for lung cancer and was nominated for three national awards for improving the quality of services. He also served as a member of the British Thoracic Society Council and its Education & Training Committee.