Faculty

Faculty Members

Prof. Abdullah M. Aldalaan, MD President, Saudi Association for Pulmonary Hypertension (SAPH) Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Lung Health Center King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Professor of Medicine, Alfaisal University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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

Prof. Luke Howard, MD, DPhil, FRCP Consultant Pulmonologist, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London Professor of Practice (Cardiopulmonary Medicine), National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London London, UK

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

Prof. Majdy Idrees, MD, FRCPC, FPVRI Head, Pulmonary Vascular Unit Prince Sultan Military Medical City Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Zhi-Cheng Jing, MD, PhD President, East Asian Society of Pulmonary Hypertension Professor of Medicine Head, Department of Cardiology Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China

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

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

Prof. Marc Humbert, MD, PhD Director of the Department of Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine French Pulmonary Hypertension Reference Center Hôpital Bicêtre, Université Paris-Saclay Past President, European Respiratory Society Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

Prof. Anna R Hemnes, MD Professor of Medicine Director, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician-in-Chief, Vanderbilt Lung Institute Nashville, TN, USA President, Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI)

Prof. John Granton, MD Consultant, Pulmonary Hypertension and Critical Care Medical Director, Health Services UHN Faculty Lead, Fellowships, Temerty Medicine Professor of Medicine Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto Toronto, Canada

Prof. Yoshihiro Fukumoto, MD, PhD, FJCC, FESC, FAHA, FJCS President, Japanese Pulmonary Circulation and Pulmonary Hypertension Society Deputy Director of Kurume University Hospital Professor and Chairman, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine Kurume University School of Medicine Kurume, Japan

Ragdah Hussain Arif, MD, FRCPC, ABIM Consultant, Pulmonologist and Pulmonary Hypertension Assistant Professor, King Abdulaziz University/Hospital Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Paul B. Yu, MD, PhD Director, Cardiovascular Research Center Cardiology Division Charles and Elizabeth Sanders Endowed Chair Massachusetts General Hospital Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston, USA

Prof. Sean Gaine, MB, PhD, FRCPI Consultant, Respiratory Physician Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Director, National Pulmonary Hypertension Unit Dublin, Ireland

Prof. Stephan Rosenkranz, MD Interventional Cardiologist, Head, Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) Center University of Cologne Head, Cologne Cardiovascular Research Center (CCRC) Cologne, Germany

Prof. Kuo Yang Wang, MD, PhD President, Taiwan Pulmonary Hypertension Association Director, Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Vascular Disease China Medical University Hospital Taichung, Taiwan

Prof. Wen-Hui Wu, MD, PhD Associate Chief Physician, Associate Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Department of Cardio-Pulmonary Circulation Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai, China

Prof. Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani, MD Professor, Pulmonary Vascular Research, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany Head, Pulmonary Hypertension Division, Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute CEO, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg Giessen, Germany

Noura Alturaif, MD Consultant, Pulmonary and Pulmonary Hypertension Lung Health Department King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Shaya Ahmed Alshaya, MD Consultant, Pulmonary, Pulmonary Hypertension Program Director of C2 Adult Pulmonary Fellowship Program Program Director of C2 Internal Medicine Residency Program King Fahad Medical City Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abdullah M. Alkhodair, MD, FRCPC Consultant, Interventional Cardiology / Pulmonary Hypertension Adult Cardiology Program Director King Fahad Medical City Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Ioana R. Preston, MD Consultant, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Director, PH Program, Lahey Clinic and Medical Center Burlington, Massachusetts, USA

Hani Sabbour, MD, FACC, FHRS, FASE Consultant Cardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiology Mediclinic Abu Dhabi, UAE

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

Prof. John Feenstra, MBBS, FRACP, FCCP President, Pulmonary Hypertension Society of Australia and New Zealand (PHSANZ) Thoracic Physician, Pulmonary Hypertension Specialist Visiting Medical Practitioner Wesley and Prince Charles Hospitals Honorary Fellow, Wesley Research Institute Senior Lecturer University of Queensland Queensland, Australia

Prof. Tomás Pulido, MD, FCCP Respiratory Medicine Associate Professor of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico Deputy Director, Clinical Research Ignacio Chávez National Heart Institute Mexico City, Mexico

Prof. Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, MD Full Professor & Chair, Division of Pulmonary Sciences, Amsterdam University Medical Center Amsterdam, Netherlands

Prof. Stefan Gräf, PhD Principal Research Associate Computational Genomics and Genomic Medicine Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute Cambridge, England, UKal University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Takeshi Ogo, MD, PhD Department, Advanced medical research for Pulmonary Hypertension Division of Pulmonary Circulation, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine National Cardiovascular Center Osaka, Japan

Nawal Al Gubaisi, MD, SSC-Med, SF-PD Consultant Pulmonologist Pulmonary Hypertension Specialist Head of Pulmonary Medicine Unit King Fahad Medical Military Complex Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Soni Savai Pullamsetti, MD, PhD Professor, Cardio Pulmonary Institute (CPI) Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany

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

Saleh Al Dammas, MD Consultant, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Prince Sultan Military Medical City Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Fayez K. Alahmadi, MD Chairman, Scientific Committee Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine, Pulmonary Hypertension and Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Ayman A. H. Farghaly, MD Professor of Pulmonology, Military Medical Academy Director of PH Programme Air Forces Specialized Hospital & International Medical Center Cairo, Egypt

Prof. Athénaïs Boucly, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Respiratory Medicine, Université Paris-Saclay Consultant, French Referral Center for Pulmonary Hypertension, Department of Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

Prof. David Montani, MD, PhD Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine French National Referral Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Paris-Saclay University Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

Khaled M. Alobaidellah, MD, FRCPC Consultant Adult Pulmonary, Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Medicine Division, Prince Sultan Military Medical City Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Fatimah J. Alshammari MHS, RRT, ACCS, RRT-NPS, RPFT Head, Respiratory Services Department of Medicine, Prince Sultan Military Medical City. Lecturer, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saleh S. Alshahrani, BsRT, RRT, RPSGT Supervisor, Sleep Center, Department of Medicine Prince Sultan Military Medical City Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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

Mai Alzaydi, PhD Researcher in Mitochondrial and Vascular Biology General Manager, Bioengineering Institute King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Faisal Aloufi, MD Consultant, Cardiothoracic Radiologist Cardiothoracic Imaging Fellowship in University of Toronto, Canada Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Special Guests

Paula Pinto, PharmD, PhD Medical Writer PMA – Pharmaceutical Medicine Academy, Lda Coimbra, Portugal

Bronwen Field, RN Clinical Trials Coordinator Wesley Research Institute Brisbane, Queensland, Australia