Speaker and Scientific committee
Scientific Committee
Ahmed Cordi, MD
Consultant physician and research fellow at the Department of Endemic Medicine, Cairo University Hospitals
Aynaa Alsharidi, MD
Consultant at King Saud University Medical City (KSUMC), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Batool Ali, MD
Consultant and head of HIV centre at East Jeddah Hospital.
Ghassan Wali, MD
Assistant professor, consultant internal medicine, and infectious diseases consultant. King Faisal specialist hospital and research center, Jeddah.
Hadel Altayib, MD
Consultant infectious diseases at King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC-NGH), Jeddah
Jameela AlSalman, MD, CIC, CMQ.
Jameela al Salman Associate professor at Arabian Gulf University. Senior Consultant in Infectious diseases and Consultant in geriatric medicine. Chairperson of the Internal medicine department/Infectious diseases/Infection control at King Hamad American mission hospital.
Jawaher Alotaibi, MD
Consultant Infectious Diseases. King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, KSA.
Manaf AlQahtani, MD
Manaf Alqahtani Professor, Consultant Infectious diseases and Medical Microbiology consultant at the Royal Medical Services of the Bahrain Defence Force. Bahrain
Nesrine Rizk, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, specializing in Infectious Diseases, at the Department of Internal Medicine at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC). Beirut, Lebanon
Nesreen Alsharbini, MD
Consultant and section head, Infectious diseases section. Prince Sultan Military Hospital. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Nezar Bahabri, MD
Consultant Infectious Diseases, Board member, and director of the Jeddah Branch. Saudi Society of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Reem Almaghrabi, MD
Consultant Transplant Infectious Diseases, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Board member, and director of the Riyadh Branch. Saudi Society of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sahar Althwadi, MD
Sahar Althawadi is a consultant and Section Head of the Microbiology laboratory at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center (KFSHRC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sami Hussain Al-Hajjar MD, MBA, FRCPC, FAAP, FIDSA
Professor of paediatrics- infectious disease at College of Medicine, Al Faisal University. Consultant and section head of paediatrics infectious diseases. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Tariq AlMusawi, MD
Consultant and chairman of ICU department at Al Salam Hospital, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Speakers and Chairpersons
Abdulellah Almohaya, MD
Consultant Infectious Diseases, King Salman Hospital. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah Alhokail, MD
Consultant Infectious Diseases. King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA.
Abdulrahman Alrajhi, MD
Infectious Diseases Consultant.,
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulwahab Bin Jumah, MD
Consultant, Molecular Microbiology. Director of Riyadh Regional Laboratory, Ministry of Health. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ahlam Yanbaawi, MD
Consultant, Infectious Diseases. King Fahad Medical City. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed Alharbi, MBBS
Assistant professor of Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia
Alaa Al Juaid, MD
Consultant pediatric infectious diseases Abdulaziz medical city-Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Ali AlBarrak, MD
Consultant Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases – Prince Sultan Military Medical City. Director General Assistant for Health Affairs – Health Service Directorate – Ministry of Defence, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ali M. Somily, MD
Professor Medical Microbiology, King Saud University’s College of medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ali Omrani, MBBCh, MSc, FRCP, FRCPath
Senior Consultant in Infectious Diseases at Hamad Medical Corporation, and a Clinical Professor of Infectious Diseases at the College of Medicine, Qatar University. Doha, Qatar.
Alyaa Alhazmi, MD
Consultant Intensivist in Ministry of Health and Saudi Ministry of Health lead of ECMO services, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Amani Alnimr, MD
Associate professor in the college of medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, and consultant of clinical microbiology at King Fahad University Hospital, AL Khobar. Saudi Arabia.
Amani Yamani,MD
Transplant Infectious Diseases Consultant at the Organ Transplant Center of Excellence at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Aynaa Alsharidi, MD
Infectious Diseases Consultant at King Saud University Medical City (KSUMC), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Board member Saudi Society Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
Basma AlSaffar, MD
Consultant Infectious Diseases
Batool Ali, MD
Adult infectious disease consultant head of HIV centre at East Jeddah Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Ebrahim Mahmoud, MD
Infectious disease consultant in King Faisal Specialist hospital and research center in Madinah
Farhan Fazal, MD
Infectious disease Consultant. Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arabs Emirates.
Fatimah Alhamlan, PhD
Consultant and Senior Scientist (Microbiologist) in the Department of Infection and Immunity at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC). Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Faryal Khamis, MD
Senior Consultant and Head of Internal Medicine Subspecialties and Deputy of the Directorate of Internal Medicine at the Royal Hospital in Muscat, Oman,
George Kassianos, MD (Hons), FRCGP, FBIHS, FESC, FHEA ,Facad MEd, FISTM, FFTM RCPS Glasg
Royal College of General Practitioners, London, UK.
Ghassan Wali, MD
Assistant professor, internal medicine, and infectious disease. King Faisal specialist hospital and research center, Jeddah. Saudi Arabia.
Hadeel Altayeb, MD
Consultant Infectious Diseases at King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC-NGH), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Hail AlAbdely, MD
Professor of Medicine at Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Consultant Infectious Disease King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Haya Altuwalah, PhD
Consultant Clinical Virologist, Assistant Professor at Kuwait Medical, Kuwait.
Huda Bukhari, MD
Professor of Medicine, Abdulrahman bin Faisal University. President of Saudi Society of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (2011 to date). Head of Infection Control Unit at KFHU. President, Saudi Society of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Jameela Al Salman, MD,CIC,CMQ
Associate professor at Arabian Gulf University. Senior Consultant in Infectious diseases and Consultant in geriatric medicine. Head of infection control/Chairman of Internal Medicine at King Abdulla University Hospital. Manamah, Bahrain,
Jawaher Alotibi, MD
Infectious Diseases Consultant, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh,Saudi Arabia .
Jehad Abdalla, MD
Consultant, chair of ASP committee at SEHA (Abu Dhabi Health Services Company) and SKMC (Sheikh Khalifa Medical City). Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Joost Wauters, MD
Associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven/UZ Leuven, Belgium.
Khalid Aljaaly, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCIDP, FCCP, FIDSA
Associate professor in the faculty of pharmacy at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Majed Alghoribi, MD
Research Scientist, Infectious Disease Research Department King Abdullah International Medical research Center Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Majid Al Shamrani, MD
Executive Director of Infection Prevention and Control Program in Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs.Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University of Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Maha Alawi, MD, FRCPC, CIC
Infection control consultant, King Abdelaziz University Hospital. Jeddah Saudi Arabia.
Maha Almozaini, PhD
Consultant scientist Research, Development, and Innovation Authority (RDIA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Malcolm Richardson, PhD
Consultant Clinical Scientist in Medical Mycology, Mycology Reference Centre - European Confederation of Medical Mycology Centre of Excellence (Diamond Status), Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.
Manaf AlQahtani, MD
Professor of medicine and Infectious diseases, Medical Microbiology consultant at the Royal Medical Services of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF). Manamah, Bahrain.
Mohammed AlHazmi, MD, FACP
Infectious Diseases consultant physician. Jazan University. Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed Bosaeed, MD
Consultant, Infectious Diseases Division, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed Jamil, MD
Adjunct Assistant professor Al-Faisal University. Medical Director of Tele-ICU program Consultant, Critical Care, Pulmonary Medicine, and Sleep Medicine. Department of Adult Critical Care Medicine. King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre.Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed Qutub, MD
Senior Clinical Microbiology Scientist, Section Head of Molecular Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Laboratories at KFSH&RC Gen. Org. Jeddah Branch and a Member of several Committees.
Muna Al Maslamani, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease- College of Medicine at Qatar University. Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Senior Consultant-Infectious Disease Hamad Medical Corporation. Doha, Qatar.
Mushira Enani, MBChB, ABIM, FRCPE, FACP, FIDSA
Consultant, Internal Medicine and Adult Infectious Diseases. Assistant Professor of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health Sciences. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nahed Seddiq, MD
Infectious diseases and internal medicine Consultant Bahrain Defense Force- Royal Medical Services. Manamah, Bahrain.
Naif Alotaibi, MD
Infectious diseases consultant and division head at King Saud University. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Nezar Bahabri, MD
Consultan infectious deseases, Board member, Director of Jeddah Branch. Saudi Society of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Omar Alzomor, MD, MPH
a Pediatric Infectious Diseases Consultant, King Saud Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sami Al-Hajjar, MD, MBA, FRCPC, FAAP, FIDSA.
Sami Hussain Al-Hajjar MD, MBA, FRCPC, FAAP, FIDSA. Professor of pediatrics- infectious disease at College of Medicine, Al Faisal University. Section head Infectious Disease at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Rand Arnaout, MD
Consultant and Section head of Allergy immunology department. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Reem Almaghrabi, MD
Consultant and Section Head, transplant Infectious Diseases, Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence, King Faisal Specialist hospital and Research Centre. Board member and Director of Riyadh Branch, Saudi Society of Medical Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Roaa Alosiami, MD
Infectious Diseases Consultant. East Jeddah Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Sahar Althwadi, MD
Consultant Medical Microbiologist, Section Head of the Microbiology laboratory at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center (KFSHRC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Salem Alghamdi, MBBS.
Consultant, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics. Director, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Department. King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Salma Albahrani, MD
Infectious Disease Consultant in King Fahd military medical complex Dhahran. Saudi Arabia.
Samir Agrawal, BSc, MBChB, PhD, FRCP, FRCPath
Consultant Haemato-Oncologist. Queen Mary University of London. London, United Kingdom.
Samira Aljehani, MBBS, D (ABMM), FRCPC
Head of Microbiology & Virology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and a Consultant Microbiologist in King Abdulaziz Medical City.Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sana AlRuhily, MD
Consultant of Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease Manager National AIDS Program Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Sara Habbash, MD
Internal medicine consultant and adult infectious diseases consutant and the program director of adult infectious diseases fellowship program in Asser Central Hospital in the south regon and head of the antibiotics stewardship program
Shariq Haider, MD
Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University. Canada.
Tariq AlMusawi, MD
Consultant and chairman of ICU department at Al Salam Hospital, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Tariq AlAzraqi, MD
Consultant infectious diseases, Assir General Hospital, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Wadha Alfouzan, PhD
Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists in medical microbiology, Associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University. Kuwait
Yamama AlJishi, MD
Transplant infectious diseases, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Zeyana Al-Habsi, MD
Head of HIV, STIs and Hepatitis control program at the Ministry of Health Oman.
