Faculty

Faculty Members (Alphabetical)
Abdullah M. Aldalaan, MD
Chairman, the 15th Annual Conference of
Saudi Association for Pulmonary Hypertension (SAPH2022)
President, Saudi Association for Pulmonary Hypertension
Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Lung Health Center
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia		 Ayman A. H. Farghaly, MD
Professor of Pulmonology,
Military Medical Academy
Director of PH Programme
Air Forces Specialized Hospital
& International Medical Center
Cairo, Egypt
Fayez K. Alahmadi, MD
Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine,
Pulmonary Hypertension and Balloon
Pulmonary Angioplasty,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
National Hospital Organization
Okayama Medical Center, Okayama, Japan
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and RC
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia		 Prof. Nazzareno Galiè, MD
Full Professor of Cardiology Chief of Cardiology,
IRCCS-S.Orsola University Hospital, Bologna
Director, Post-graduate School of Cardiovascular Diseases
Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy
Faiqa Imtiaz Ahmad, PhD
Senior Clinical Scientist,
Clinical Genomics,Centre for
Genomic Medicine, King Faisal Specialist
Hospital & Research Centre,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia		 Bader J. Alghamdi, MD
Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine, Pulmonary
Hypertension, and Clinical Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
Assistant Professor in King Saud bin Abdulaziz
University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS)
Section Head of Respirology and Director of
Respirology Fellowship Training Program
Ministry of National Guard
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Ragdah Hussain Arif, MD, FRCPC, ABIM
Consultant Pulmonologist and
Pulmonary HTN Consultant
Assistant Professor, King Abdulaziz
University/Hospital
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia		 Prof. Badr R. Al-Ghamdi, MD
Professor and Consultant Pulmonologist
Department of Medicine
College of Medicine, King Khalid University
Abha, Saudi Arabia
Nasser Al Busaidi, MBBS, FRCP (UK), FRCPI
Senior Consultant Pulmonologist
Department of Medicine, Royal Hospital
Sultanate of Oman
President, Oman Respiratory Society
Muscat, Oman		 Prof. Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani, MD
Professor, Pulmonary Vascular Research,
Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
Head, Pulmonary Hypertension Division,
Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute
University Hospital in Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Saleh Aldammas, MD
Senior Consultant, Internal Medicine
Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine,
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Associate Professor, Alfaisal Medical School
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia		 Nawal Al Gubaisi, MD, SSC-Med, SF-PD
Consultant Pulmonologist
Pulmonary Hypertension Specialist
The Head of Pulmonary Medicine Unit
King Fahad Medical Military Complex
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Manal Al-Hazmi, MD, MSHA, FCCP, FACP
Consultant, Adult Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Specialized in Internal Medicine
King Fahad Specialist Hospital
Dammam, Saudi Arabia		 Prof. Irene M. Lang, MD
Clinical Cardiologist
Professor of Vascular Biology
Department of Cardiology
AKH-Vienna, Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Prof. Luke Howard, MA, MB, BChir, DPhil, FRCP
Consultant Pulmonologist, Hammersmith Hospital,
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London
Honorary Senior Lecturer,
National Heart & Lung Institute
London, United Kingdom		 Prof. Sanjay Mehta, MDCM, FRCP(C)
Director, Southwest Ontario Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic
London Health Sciences Centre
Professor of Medicine
Centre for Critical Illness Research
Lawson Health Research Institute
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
Eternal PHriend / Past-Chair / Founding Board Member PHA
Ontario, Canada
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
President, European Respiratory Society
Paris, France		 Khalid Al Najashi, MD, MBBS
Consultant, Interventional ACHD and
Pediatric Cardiology
Prince Sultan Cardiac Center
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
David Jenkins, MS, FRCS(CTh)
Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Director of UK
Pulmonary Endarterectomy Programme
Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge
Cambridge, UK		 Prof. Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, MD
Full Professor & Chair, Division of
Pulmonary Sciences,
Amsterdam University Medical Center
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Prof. Majdy Idrees, MD, FRCPC, FPVRI
Head, Pulmonary Vascular Unit
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia		 Abdulrahman Alrajhi, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FACP
Consultant, Infectious Diseases,
Department of Medicine
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abdullah M. Alkhodair, MD, FRCPC
Consultant, Interventional Cardiology /
Pulmonary Hypertension
Adult Cardiology Program Director
King Fahad Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia		 Hani Sabbour, MD, FACC, FHRS, FASE
Consultant Cardiologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Prof. Nick H. Kim, MD
Professor of Medicine
Section Chief, Pulmonary Vascular Medicine
Medical Director, PTE Program
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
University of California, San Diego
California, USA		 Prof. Olivier Sitbon, MD, PhD
Professor of Respiratory Medicine,
Pulmonary Hypertension Reference Center (PulmoTension)
Department of Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine
Bicêtre Hospital, Paris-Saclay University
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
Hussam Sakkijha, MD
Consultant, Pulmonary,
Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia		 Omar Al Tamimi, MD
Chairman, Scientific Committee
Consultant, Pediatric Cardiology
King Salman Heart Center
King Fahad Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mnahi Bin Saeedan, MD
Cardiothoracic Radiologist,
King Faisal Specialist Hospital
and Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia		 Prof. Jean-Luc Vachiéry, MD
Clinical Professor of Cardiology,
Director, Pulmonary Vascular Diseases and
Heart Failure Clinic,
Hôpital Erasme – Cliniques
Universitaires de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Shaya Ahmed Alshaya, MD
Consultant Adult Pulmonary, Pulmonary Hypertension
Program Director, Adult Pulmonary Fellowship Program
Co-director, Internal Medicine Residency Program,
Adult Pulmonary Section, Medical Specialties Department,
King Fahad Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia		 Badr Alzahrani, MD, FACC
Consultant Interventional Cardiology
American Board of Internal medicine,
Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology,
Prince Sultan Cardiac Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mostafa Elshazly, MD
Chairman, Respiratory Crtical Care Unit
Kasr AlAnyini School of Medicine,
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt		 Mai Alzaydi, PhD
Research Assistant Professor,
In Mitochondrial, Vascular Biology and Nanomedicine
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Yuriy M. Sirenko, MD, PhD
Professor and Head of Department
National Scientific Center M.D.
Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology
Kyiv, Ukraine		 Hazzaa Alzahrani, MD
Head, Adult Hematology/HSCT, Oncology Centre,
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Imran Y. Nizami, MD
Consultant, Lung Transplant Section
Organ Transplant Center
King Faisal Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia		 Abdallah M. Alasiri, MD
Consultant Pulmonology and Internal Medicine,
Head of Respiratory and TB unit,
Director of GIM Training Program,
Aseer Central Hospital
Abha, KSA
Maria Paz B. Mateo, MD
Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine
Philippines Heart Center
Manila, Philippines		 Ashari Bin Yunus, MD
Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine
Institut Jantung Negara, National Heart Institute
Chairman, Malaysian Clinical Practice Guidelines
on Management of PAH
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ahmed Krimly, MD
Consultant, Adult Congenital
Heart Disease and Interventional Cardiology,
King Faisal Cardiac Center,
King Abdul Aziz Medical City
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia		 Mohammed Bader Alsaiari, MD
Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine
MediClinic
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Essam AlHarbi, RCP, PFT
Pulmonary Function Technologist
Respiratory Care Service
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia		 Hamdia M. Zaytoun, RN
Clinical Specialist,
Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Lung Health Center
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Talantbek M. Sooronbaev, MD
Chief Pulmonologist, Ministry of Health Kyrgyz Republic
Head of Respiratory Medicine, Intensive Care,
and Sleep Medicine Department at National
Center of Cardiology and Internal Medicine(NCCIM)
Head of International Primary Care Respiratory
Group (IPCRG) Team
National Coordinator, Global Alliance for
Respiratory Disease (GARD, WHO)
President of Kyrgyz Thoracic Society (KTS)
National Coordinator, FRESH AIR Study
Chief Scientific Coordinator of Euro-Asian Respiratory Society
Head of Kyrgyz-Swiss High Altitude Research Center
Co-Chair, Central Asia PVRI Task Force (CAPH)
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic		 Seham Alrashidi, MD
Consultant Rheumatology
Member, Internal Medicine Residency Program Committee
Member, Malpractice/ Ethical Committee
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Stephanie Barwick, MBA, FRSA
Chief Executive Officer
Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI)
London, UK