{"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":"2025-03-09T13:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T13:21:10","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"line-height: 15px;\" width=\"930\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"366\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: #1a3450;\">Faculty Members<\/span><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=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aldalaan_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2314 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aldalaan-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Abdullah M. Aldalaan, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nChairman, The 12th Annual Conference of<br \/>\nSaudi Association for Pulmonary<br \/>\nHypertension (SAPH2019)<br \/>\nPresident, Saudi Association for<br \/>\nPulmonary Hypertension (SAPH)<br \/>\nConsultant Pulmonologist &amp; Intensivist<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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2313 size-full alignleft\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ahmadi-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><strong>Fayez Khalid S. AlAhmadi, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nPulmonary Fellow,<br \/>\nKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and<br \/>\nResearch 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=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fan_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2315 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fan-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Hanan Fan, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nConsultant Pulmonologist and Head of Pulmonary Division<br \/>\nDirector of Pulmonary Fellowship Program and<br \/>\nMedicine Residency Program<br \/>\nAHA ACLS Instructor<br \/>\nKing Fahd Armed Forces Hospital<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Jeddah, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"364\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nazzareno_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2325 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nazzareno.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Nazzareno Gali\u00e8, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nFull Professor of Cardiology Alma Mater Studiorum,<br \/>\nUniversity of Bologna<br \/>\nDirector Post-graduate School of<br \/>\nCardiovascular Diseases<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">JBologna, 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=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/gubaisi_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2318 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/gubaisi-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Nawal Al Gubaisi, MD, SSC-Med, SF-PD<\/strong><br \/>\nChairman, Scientific Committee<br \/>\nConsultant Pulmonologist<br \/>\nPulmonary Hypertension Specialist<br \/>\nThe Head of Pulmonary Medicine Unit<br \/>\nKing Fahad Medical Military Complex<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Dhahran, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"364\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ghamdi_profile1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2316 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ghamdi-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Bader Alghamdi, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor,Consultant in Pulmonary Medicine,<br \/>\nPulmonary Hypertension and Clinical Exercise Testing<br \/>\nKing Saud bin Abdulaziz University for<br \/>\nHealth Sciences (KAUH-HS)- Jeddah<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Jeddah, 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=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ghofrani_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2317 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/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=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/howard_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2320 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/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,<br \/>\nNHS Trust, London<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">London, United Kingdom<\/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=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/humbert_profile1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2321 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/humbert-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Marc Humbert, MD, PhD<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity Paris-Sud &#8211; University Paris-Saclay<br \/>\nHead of the Department of Pulmonology and<br \/>\nIntensive Care Respiratory<br \/>\nPulmonary Hypertension Reference Center<br \/>\nAssistance Publique H\u00f4pitaux de Paris<br \/>\nLabEx LERMIT &#8211; DHU Thorax Innovation (TORINO)<br \/>\nSection Editor, European Respiratory Journal<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Paris, France<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"364\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/idrees_profile1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2322 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/idrees-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Majdy Idrees, MD, FRCPC, FPVRI<\/strong><br \/>\nAdjunct Professor of Respiratory Medicine<br \/>\nUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada<br \/>\nHead, Pulmonary Vascular Unit<br \/>\nPrince Sultan Military Medical City<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=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lawrie_profile1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2323 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lawrie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Allan Lawrie, PhD<\/strong><br \/>\nBHF Senior Basic Science Research Fellow<br \/>\nProfessor of Translational Cardiopulmonary Science<br \/>\nHead, Pulmonary Vascular Research Group<br \/>\nCo-Director, Donald Health Research Programme<br \/>\nin Pulmonary Hypertension<br \/>\nDepartment of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease<br \/>\nUniversity of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Sheffield, UK<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"364\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/manes_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2324 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/manes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Alessandra Manes, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nCoordinator Center 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<\/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=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sabbour_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2327 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sabbour.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Hani Sabbour, MD, FACC, FHRS, FASE<\/strong><br \/>\nConsultant Cardiologist<br \/>\nCleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Abu Dhabi, UAE<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"364\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sakkijha_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2306 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sakkijha-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><strong>Hussam Sakkijha, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nChairman, Scientific Committee<br \/>\nConsultant, Pulmonary,<br \/>\nCritical 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=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/saleemi_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2329 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/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=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/simonneau_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2330 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/simonneau.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>G\u00e9rald Simonneau, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor Emeritus, Respiratory Medicine<br \/>\nat Paris Sud University<br \/>\nSenior Consultant, National French r\u00e9f\u00e9rence<br \/>\nCenter for Pulmonary Hypertension<br \/>\nMarie Lannelongue and Bicetre University Hospitals<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=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sitbon_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2331 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sitbon-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>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;\">Paris, France<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"364\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/vachiery_profile1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2332 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/vachiery-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Jean-Luc Vachi\u00e9ry, 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<\/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=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/qasem_profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2326 size-full\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/qasem.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Mohammed Qasem, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nConsultant Cardiologist,<br \/>\nPrince Sultan Cardiac Center- Al Qassim<br \/>\nHead of Noninvasive Cardiology Department<br \/>\nHead of Education and Research Department<br \/>\nDirector of Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #326cb5; font-weight: 500;\">Al Qassim, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"364\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Faculty Members (Alphabetical) Abdullah M. 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