Faculty Members (Alphabetical)

Abdullah M. Aldalaan, MD
Chairman, the 13th Annual Conference of
Saudi Association for Pulmonary Hypertension (SAPH2020)
President, Saudi Association for Pulmonary Hypertension
Consultant, Pulmonologist & Intensivist
Department of Medicine
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Nasser Al Busaidi, MBBS, FRCP (UK), FRCPI, FCCP, MSc
Senior Consultant Pulmonologist
Department of Medicine, Royal Hospital
Sultanate of Oman
President, Oman Respiratory Society
Muscat, Oman

Talal I. Dahhan, MD, MSEd, FACP, FCCP
Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine,
Pulmonary Vascular Diseases and Critical Care
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Duke and Alfaisal Universities
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre- Riyadh
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Nazzareno Galiè, MD
Full Professor of Cardiology Alma Mater Studiorum,
University of Bologna
Director Post-graduate School of
Cardiovascular Diseases
Bologna, Italy

Luke Howard, MA, MB, BChir, DPhil, FRCP
Consultant Respiratory Physician
Imperial College Healthcare,
NHS Trust, London
London, United Kingdom

Prof. Marc Humbert, MD, PhD
Université Paris-Saclay
Director of the Department of Respiratory
and Intensive Care Medicine
French Pulmonary Hypertension Reference Center
Hôpital Bicêtre, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris
Vice President, European Respiratory Society
Paris, France

Prof. Majdy Idrees, MD, FRCPC, FPVRI
Adjunct Professor of Respiratory Medicine
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Head, Pulmonary Vascular Unit
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sadia Imtiaz, MD, MRCP (UK), FCPS (Pulm)
Registrar Pulmonary Medicine,
Department of Respiratory Medicine
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Irene M. Lang, MD
Clinical Cardiologist
Professor of Vascular Biology
Department of Cardiology
AKH-Vienna, Medical University of Vienna
Wien, Austria

Prof. Hiromi Matsubara, MD, PhD
Director, Clinical Research
Director, Department of Cardiology
National Hospital Organization, Okayama Medical Center
Clinical Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Graduate School of Medicine Dentistry and
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Okayama University
Okayama, Japan

Seham Alrashidi, MD
Consultant Rheumatology
Program Director of Internal Medicine Residency Program
Member of Malpractice/ Ethical Committee
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Hanan Al Rayes, MD
Consultant Rheumatology,
President of Saudi Society for Rheumatology
Deputy Director of Medicine Department
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Hani Sabbour, MD, FACC, FHRS, FASE
Clinical Assistant Professor of Cardiology,
Brown University, Rhode Island, USA
Consultant Cardiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Sarfraz Saleemi, MD
Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Associate Professor of Medicine
Alfaisal University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Hussam Sakkijha, MD
Chairman, Scientific Committee
Consultant, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Shaya Ahmed H. Alshaya, MD
Consultant Pulmonologist,
Co-director of internal medicine residency program
Pulmonary section, Medical specialties Department
Medical Specialties Department
King Fahad Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Olivier Sitbon, MD, PhD
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, South Paris University
French Referral Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension,
Department of Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine,
Bicêtre University Hospital, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
Paris, France

Prof. Gérald Simonneau, MD
Professor Emeritus, Respiratory Medicine
at Paris Sud University
Senior Consultant, National French référence
Center for Pulmonary Hypertension
Marie Lannelongue and Bicetre University Hospitals
Paris, France

Prof. Jean-Luc Vachiéry, MD
Clinical Professor of Cardiology,
Director, Pulmonary Vascular Diseases and
Heart Failure Clinic,
Hôpital Erasme – Cliniques
Universitaires de Bruxelles, Belgium
Brussels, Belgium

Abeer M. Abdelsayed Zayed, MD
Assistant Consultant Pulmonary Medicine
Member of Pulmonary Hypertension Program
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia