{"id":1725,"date":"2025-02-23T09:52:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T09:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frcscourse.com\/FRCSRiyadh2024\/?page_id=1725"},"modified":"2025-05-08T15:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:38:00","slug":"international-new","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/international-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"line-height: 15px;\" width=\"930\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"366\">\n<h2>Faculty Members<em><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #ce161c;\"> (Alphabetical)<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"364\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"line-height: 15px;\" width=\"930\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"366\"><a href=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/banjar_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2286 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/banjar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Hanaa Banjar, MD, FRCPC<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor of Pediatrics, Al-Faisal University<br \/>\nConsultant Pediatric Pulmonology,<br \/>\nDepartment of Pediatrics<br \/>\nKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"364\"><a href=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aldalaan_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2282 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aldalaan-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Abdullah M. Aldalaan, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nChairman, the 11th Annual Conference of<br \/>\nSaudi Association for Pulmonary Hypertension (SAPH2018)<br \/>\nPresident, Saudi Association for Pulmonary Hypertension<br \/>\nConsultant Pulmonologist &amp; Intensivist<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine<br \/>\nKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"line-height: 15px;\" width=\"930\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"366\"><a href=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bader_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2291 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ghamdi-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Bader Alghamdi, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nConsultant, Pulmonary Medicine and Pulmonary Hypertension<br \/>\nDirector, Internal Medicine Residency Program, KAMC-Jeddah<br \/>\nAssistant Professor, Internal Medicine and Pulmonary, KSAU-HS<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Division of Respirology<br \/>\nKing Abdulaziz Medical City KAMC- Jeddah<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Jeddah, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"364\"><a href=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/galie_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2289 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/galie-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Prof. Nazzareno Gali\u00e8, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor of Cardiology,<br \/>\nDirector of Cardiology Specialization School<br \/>\nHead, Pulmonary Hypertension Center,<br \/>\nDepartment of Experimental,<br \/>\nDiagnostic and Specialty Medicine,<br \/>\nUniversity of Bologna<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Bologna, Italy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"line-height: 15px;\" width=\"930\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"366\"><a href=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ghofrani_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2293 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ghofrani.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor, Pulmonary Vascular Research,<br \/>\nJustus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany<br \/>\nHead, Pulmonary Hypertension Division,<br \/>\nPulmonary Vascular Research Institute<br \/>\nUniversity Hospital in Giessen<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Giessen, Germany<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"364\"><a href=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hassoun_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2295 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hassoun.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Paul Hassoun, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nDirector, Pulmonary Hypertension Program,<br \/>\nProfessor of Medicine,<br \/>\nDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine,<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine<br \/>\nThe Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Baltimore, Maryland, USA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"line-height: 15px;\" width=\"930\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"366\"><a href=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/howard_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2299 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/howard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Luke Howard, MA, MB, BChir, DPhil, FRCP<\/strong><br \/>\nConsultant Respiratory Physician<br \/>\nImperial College Healthcare, NHS Trust, London<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">London, United Kingdom<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"364\"><a href=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lang_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2303 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lang-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Prof. Irene Marthe Lang, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nClinical Cardiologist and Professor of Vascular Biology<br \/>\nMedical University of Vienna, Wien<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Wien, Austria<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"line-height: 15px;\" width=\"930\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"366\"><a href=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/manes_profile1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2328 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/manes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Alessandra Manes, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nCenter of Diagnosis and Therapy of Pulmonary<br \/>\nArterial Hypertension<br \/>\nDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic<br \/>\nand Specialty Medicine \u2013 DIMES<br \/>\nAlma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Bologna, Italy<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"364\"><a href=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mora_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2329 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mora.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Bassem N Mora, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nConsultant Physician ,Congenital Cardiac Surgery<br \/>\nCardiac Sciences Institute<br \/>\nSheikh Khalifa Medical City\/Cleveland Clinic<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Abu Dhabi, UAE<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"line-height: 15px;\" width=\"930\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"366\"><a href=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rashidi_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2288 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dader.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><strong>Seham Alrashidi, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nProgram Director of internal Medicine Residency program,<br \/>\nMember of Mortality and Morbidity committee<br \/>\nSenior Resident, PSMMC<br \/>\nTrainee, King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH)<br \/>\nKing Saud University , Riyadh<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"364\"><a href=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rujaib_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2330 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rujaib.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Mashael Alrujaib, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nConsultant Radiologist and<br \/>\nAssociate Professor, Alfaisal University<br \/>\nRadiology Department,<br \/>\nKing Faisal Specialist Hospital &amp; Research Centre<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"line-height: 15px;\" width=\"930\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"366\"><a href=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sitbon_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2333 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sitbon-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Prof. Olivier Sitbon, MD, PhD<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor of Respiratory Medicine, South Paris University<br \/>\nFrench Referral Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension,<br \/>\nDepartment of Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine,<br \/>\nBic\u00eatre University Hospital, Le Kremlin-Bic\u00eatre, France<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Le Kremlin-Bic\u00eatre, France<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"364\"><a href=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sakkijha_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2337 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sakkijha-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Hussam Sakkijha, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nChairman, Scientific Committee<br \/>\nConsultant, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine<br \/>\nKing Fahad Medical City, Riyadh<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"line-height: 15px;\" width=\"930\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"366\"><a href=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/saleemi_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2331 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/saleemi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Sarfraz Saleemi, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nConsultant, Pulmonary Medicine<br \/>\nKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"364\"><a href=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/simonneau_profile1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2332 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/simonneau.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Prof. G\u00e9rald Simonneau, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor of Pulmonolgy<br \/>\nHead, Department of Pulmonary Disease and Intensive Care,<br \/>\nHospital Antoine Beclere-Clamart &#8211; University Paris XI.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Paris, France<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"line-height: 15px;\" width=\"930\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"366\"><a href=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/vachiery_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2334 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/vachiery-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Jean-Luc Vachiery, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nClinical Professor of Cardiology,<br \/>\nDirector, Pulmonary Vascular Diseases and<br \/>\nHeart Failure Clinic,<br \/>\nH\u00f4pital Erasme \u2013 Cliniques<br \/>\nUniversitaires de Bruxelles, Belgium<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Brussels, Belgium<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"364\"><a href=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/zaba_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2335 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/zaba.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Joanna Pepke-Zaba, PhD, FRCP<\/strong><br \/>\nConsultant Respiratory Physician,<br \/>\nSenior Honorary Fellow, University of Cambridge<br \/>\nDirector, National Pulmonary Hypertension Service- Cambridge<br \/>\nSenior Honorary Fellow, University of Cambridge<br \/>\nRoyal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Cambridge, United Kingdom<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Faculty Members (Alphabetical) Hanaa Banjar, MD, FRCPC Professor of Pediatrics, Al-Faisal University Consultant Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Abdullah M. 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