Committee
Organizing Committee
Dr. Andres Obeso
Staff Physician, Thoracic Surgery,
Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute,
Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. James Douglas Aitchison
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon,
King's College Hospital London,
Dubai, UAE
Dr. Taj Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon,
Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Prof. Khaldoon Abo Dakka
Cardiothoracic Surgeon,
Prime Hospital, Dubai ,UAE
Scientific Committee
Dr. Brandon Stiles
Chief, Divisions of Thoracic Surgery &
Surgical Oncology, Associate Director,
Surgical Oncology, Montefiore Einstein
Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA
Dr. Joel Dunning
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
James Cook University Hospital, UK
Prof. Shyam Kolvekar
Consultant cardiothoracic surgeon,
Barts Heart Centre
(St. Bartholomew’s Hospital),
UK
Dr. Isabelle Schmitt-Opitz
Director of Department of Thoracic Surgery,
University Hospital Zurich
Department of Thoracic Surgery,
University Hospital Zurich,
Switzerland
Dr. Cecilia Pompili
Honorary Consultant Thoracic Surgeon,
Hull University Teaching Hospitals, NHS Trust
Associate Professor in Psychosocial Oncology,
University of Hull, University of York, UK
Visiting Associate Professor, Patient Centred
Outcomes Research, University of Leeds, UK
