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Faculty Members<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Prof. Abdullah M. Aldalaan, MD<\/strong>
\nPresident, Saudi Association for
\nPulmonary Hypertension (SAPH)
\nConsultant, Pulmonary Medicine
\nDirector, Pulmonary Hypertension Program,
\nLung Health Center
\nKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
\nProfessor of Medicine, Alfaisal University
\nRiyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Prof. Olivier Sitbon, MD, PhD<\/strong>
\nDepartment of Respiratory and Intensive
\nCare Medicine
\nFrench National Referral Centre for
\nPulmonary Hypertension
\nH\u00f4pital Bic\u00eatre, Paris-Saclay University
\nLe Kremlin-Bic\u00eatre, France<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Prof. Luke Howard, MD, DPhil, FRCP<\/strong>
\nConsultant Pulmonologist, Hammersmith Hospital,
\nImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London
\nProfessor of Practice (Cardiopulmonary Medicine),
\nNational Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London
\nLondon, UK<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Prof. Nazzareno Gali\u00e8, MD<\/strong>
\nFull Professor of Cardiology Chief of Cardiology,
\nIRCCS-S.Orsola University Hospital, Bologna
\nDirector, Post-graduate School of
\nCardiovascular Diseases
\nAlma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
\nBologna, Italy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Prof. Majdy Idrees, MD, FRCPC, FPVRI<\/strong>
\nHead, Pulmonary Vascular Unit
\nPrince Sultan Military Medical City
\nRiyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Prof. Zhi-Cheng Jing, MD, PhD<\/strong>
\nPresident, East Asian Society of Pulmonary Hypertension
\nProfessor of Medicine
\nHead, Department of Cardiology
\nGuangdong Cardiovascular Institute,
\nGuangdong Provincial People’s Hospital,
\nGuangdong Academy of Medical Sciences,
\nGuangzhou, China<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Prof. Jean-Luc Vachi\u00e9ry, MD<\/strong>
\nClinical Professor of Cardiology,
\nDirector, Pulmonary Vascular Diseases and
\nHeart Failure Clinic,
\nH\u00f4pital Erasme \u2013 Cliniques
\nUniversitaires de Bruxelles
\nBrussels, Belgium<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Prof. Irene M. Lang, MD<\/strong>
\nClinical Cardiologist
\nProfessor of Vascular Biology
\nDepartment of Cardiology
\nAKH-Vienna, Medical University of Vienna
\nVienna, Austria<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Prof. Marc Humbert, MD, PhD<\/strong>
\nDirector of the Department of Respiratory
\nand Intensive Care Medicine
\nFrench Pulmonary Hypertension Reference Center
\nH\u00f4pital Bic\u00eatre, Universit\u00e9 Paris-Saclay
\nPast President, European Respiratory Society
\nLe Kremlin-Bic\u00eatre, France<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Prof. Anna R Hemnes, MD<\/strong>
\nProfessor of Medicine
\nDirector, Division of Allergy,
\nPulmonary and Critical Care
\nPhysician-in-Chief, Vanderbilt Lung Institute
\nNashville, TN, USA<\/span>
\nPresident, Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Prof. John Granton, MD<\/strong>
\nConsultant, Pulmonary Hypertension and Critical Care
\nMedical Director, Health Services UHN
\nFaculty Lead, Fellowships, Temerty Medicine
\nProfessor of Medicine
\nFaculty of Medicine
\nUniversity of Toronto
\nToronto, Canada<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Prof. Yoshihiro Fukumoto, MD, PhD, FJCC, FESC, FAHA, FJCS<\/strong>
\nPresident, Japanese Pulmonary Circulation and
\nPulmonary Hypertension Society
\nDeputy Director of Kurume University Hospital
\nProfessor and Chairman, Division of Cardiovascular
\nMedicine, Department of Internal Medicine
\nKurume University School of Medicine
\nKurume, Japan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Ragdah Hussain Arif, MD, FRCPC, ABIM<\/strong>
\nConsultant, Pulmonologist and Pulmonary Hypertension
\nAssistant Professor, King Abdulaziz
\nUniversity\/Hospital
\nJeddah, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Prof. Paul B. Yu, MD, PhD<\/strong>
\nDirector, Cardiovascular Research Center
\nCardiology Division
\nCharles and Elizabeth Sanders Endowed Chair
\nMassachusetts General Hospital
\nAssociate Professor of Medicine
\nHarvard Medical School
\nBoston, USA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Prof. Sean Gaine, MB, PhD, FRCPI<\/strong>
\nConsultant, Respiratory Physician
\nMater Misericordiae University Hospital
\nDirector, National Pulmonary Hypertension Unit
\nDublin, Ireland<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Prof. Stephan Rosenkranz, MD<\/strong>
\nInterventional Cardiologist,
\nHead, Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) Center
\nUniversity of Cologne
\nHead, Cologne Cardiovascular Research Center (CCRC)
\nCologne, Germany<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Prof. Kuo Yang Wang, MD, PhD<\/strong>
\nPresident, Taiwan Pulmonary
\nHypertension Association
\nDirector, Pulmonary Hypertension and
\nPulmonary Vascular Disease
\nChina Medical University Hospital
\nTaichung, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Prof. Wen-Hui Wu, MD, PhD<\/strong>
\nAssociate Chief Physician,
\nAssociate Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Vascular Disease
\nDepartment of Cardio-Pulmonary Circulation
\nShanghai Pulmonary Hospital
\nTongji University School of Medicine
\nShanghai, China<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Prof. Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani, MD<\/strong>
\nProfessor, Pulmonary Vascular Research,
\nJustus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
\nHead, Pulmonary Hypertension Division,
\nPulmonary Vascular Research Institute
\nCEO, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg
\nGiessen, Germany<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Noura Alturaif, MD<\/strong>
\nConsultant, Pulmonary and
\nPulmonary Hypertension
\nLung Health Department
\nKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
\nRiyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Shaya Ahmed Alshaya, MD<\/strong>
\nConsultant, Pulmonary, Pulmonary Hypertension
\nProgram Director of
\nC2 Adult Pulmonary Fellowship Program
\nProgram Director of
\nC2 Internal Medicine Residency Program
\nKing Fahad Medical City
\nRiyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Abdullah M. Alkhodair, MD, FRCPC<\/strong>
\nConsultant, Interventional Cardiology \/
\nPulmonary Hypertension
\nAdult Cardiology Program Director
\nKing Fahad Medical City
\nRiyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Prof. Ioana R. Preston, MD<\/strong>
\nConsultant, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
\nDirector, PH Program,
\nLahey Clinic and Medical Center
\nBurlington, Massachusetts, USA<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Hani Sabbour, MD, FACC, FHRS, FASE<\/strong>
\nConsultant Cardiologist and Cardiac
\nElectrophysiology
\nMediclinic
\nAbu Dhabi, UAE<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Bader J. Alghamdi, MD<\/strong>
\nConsultant, Pulmonary Medicine, Pulmonary
\nHypertension, and Clinical Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
\nAssistant Professor in King Saud bin Abdulaziz
\nUniversity for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS)
\nSection Head of Respirology and Director of
\nRespirology Fellowship Training Program
\nMinistry of National Guard
\nJeddah, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Prof. John Feenstra, MBBS, FRACP, FCCP<\/strong>
\nPresident, Pulmonary Hypertension Society of
\nAustralia and New Zealand (PHSANZ)
\nThoracic Physician, Pulmonary Hypertension Specialist
\nVisiting Medical Practitioner
\nWesley and Prince Charles Hospitals
\nHonorary Fellow, Wesley Research Institute
\nSenior Lecturer
\nUniversity of Queensland
\nQueensland, Australia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Prof. Tom\u00e1s Pulido, MD, FCCP<\/strong>
\nRespiratory Medicine
\nAssociate Professor of Medicine,
\nNational Autonomous University of Mexico
\nDeputy Director, Clinical Research
\nIgnacio Ch\u00e1vez National Heart Institute
\nMexico City, Mexico<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Prof. Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, MD<\/strong>
\nFull Professor & Chair, Division of
\nPulmonary Sciences,
\nAmsterdam University Medical Center
\nAmsterdam, Netherlands<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Prof. Stefan Gr\u00e4f, PhD<\/strong>
\nPrincipal Research Associate
\nComputational Genomics and Genomic Medicine
\nDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge
\nVictor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute
\nCambridge, England, UKal University
\nRiyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Prof. Takeshi Ogo, MD, PhD<\/strong>
\nDepartment, Advanced medical research for
\nPulmonary Hypertension
\nDivision of Pulmonary Circulation,
\nDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine
\nNational Cardiovascular Center
\nOsaka, Japan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Nawal Al Gubaisi, MD, SSC-Med, SF-PD<\/strong>
\nConsultant Pulmonologist
\nPulmonary Hypertension Specialist
\nHead of Pulmonary Medicine Unit
\nKing Fahad Medical Military Complex
\nDhahran, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Prof. Soni Savai Pullamsetti, MD, PhD<\/strong>
\nProfessor, Cardio Pulmonary Institute (CPI)
\nJustus Liebig University
\nGiessen, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Nasser Al Busaidi, MBBS, FRCP (UK), FRCPI<\/strong>
\nSenior Consultant Pulmonologist
\nDepartment of Medicine, Royal Hospital
\nSultanate of Oman
\nPresident, Oman Respiratory Society
\nMuscat, Oman<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Saleh Al Dammas, MD<\/strong>
\nConsultant, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
\nPrince Sultan Military Medical City
\nRiyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Fayez K. Alahmadi, MD<\/strong>
\nChairman, Scientific Committee
\nConsultant, Pulmonary Medicine,
\nPulmonary Hypertension and Balloon
\nPulmonary Angioplasty,
\nKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
\nRiyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Prof. Ayman A. H. Farghaly, MD<\/strong>
\nProfessor of Pulmonology,
\nMilitary Medical Academy
\nDirector of PH Programme
\nAir Forces Specialized Hospital
\n& International Medical Center
\nCairo, Egypt<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Prof. Ath\u00e9na\u00efs Boucly, MD, PhD<\/strong>
\nAssociate Professor, Respiratory Medicine,
\nUniversit\u00e9 Paris-Saclay
\nConsultant, French Referral Center for
\nPulmonary Hypertension,
\nDepartment of Respiratory and Intensive Care
\nMedicine, H\u00f4pital Bic\u00eatre,
\nLe Kremlin-Bic\u00eatre, France<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Prof. David Montani, MD, PhD<\/strong>
\nProfessor, Department of Respiratory Medicine
\nFrench National Referral Centre for
\nPulmonary Hypertension
\nH\u00f4pital Bic\u00eatre, Le Kremlin-Bic\u00eatre,
\nParis-Saclay University
\nLe Kremlin-Bic\u00eatre, France<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Khaled M. Alobaidellah, MD, FRCPC<\/strong>
\nConsultant Adult Pulmonary,
\nPulmonary Hypertension,
\nPulmonary Medicine Division,
\nPrince Sultan Military Medical City
\nRiyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Fatimah J. Alshammari MHS, RRT, ACCS, <\/strong>RRT-NPS, RPFT<\/strong>
\nHead, Respiratory Services
\nDepartment of Medicine,
\nPrince Sultan Military Medical City.
\nLecturer, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
\nRiyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Saleh S. Alshahrani, BsRT, RRT, RPSGT<\/strong>
\nSupervisor, Sleep Center,
\nDepartment of Medicine
\nPrince Sultan Military Medical City
\nRiyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Hussam Sakkijha, MD<\/strong>
\nConsultant, Pulmonary,
\nCritical Care and Sleep Medicine
\nKing Fahad Medical City,
\nRiyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Mai Alzaydi, PhD<\/strong>
\nResearcher in Mitochondrial and Vascular Biology
\nGeneral Manager, Bioengineering Institute
\nKing Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
\nRiyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Faisal Aloufi, MD<\/strong>
\nConsultant, Cardiothoracic Radiologist
\nCardiothoracic Imaging Fellowship in
\nUniversity of Toronto, Canada
\nRiyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\n

Special Guests <\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Paula Pinto, PharmD, PhD<\/strong>
\nMedical Writer
\nPMA \u2013 Pharmaceutical Medicine Academy, Lda
\nCoimbra, Portugal<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Bronwen Field, RN<\/strong>
\nClinical Trials Coordinator
\nWesley Research Institute
\nBrisbane, Queensland, Australia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1725","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1725"}],"version-history":[{"count":84,"href":"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2198,"href":"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1725\/revisions\/2198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saphconference.com\/SAPH2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}