International

Dean R. Hess, PhD, RRT, FAARC
FRCS Editor
Managing Editor,
Respiratory Care Respiratory Care,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Douglas S. Gardenhire, EdD, RRT, RRT-NPS, FAARC
Chair and Clinical Professor
Governor’s Teaching Fellow
Department of Respiratory Therapy
Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA, USA

Dana L. Evans, MHA, RRT, RRT-NPS, FACHE, FAARC
Respiratory Regional Director,
Midwest at Advocate Health
Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
President-Elect, American Association for
Respiratory Care
Vice- Chair, American Respiratory Care Foundation

Ghazi A. Alotaibi, PhD, RRT
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Associate Professor of Respiratory Care
Department of Respiratory Care
College of Applied Medical Sciences
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Ahmed S. BaHammam, MD, FRCP, FCCP
Professor of Medicine
Editor-in-Chief: Nature & Science of Sleep
President, Asian Society of Sleep Medicine
Consultant Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
Director,
University Sleep Disorders Center
Executive Director, Academic Affairs,
King Saud University Medical City
Director Prince Naif Health Research Center, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sigurd A. Aarrestad, MD, PhD
Consultant Pulmonologist
Department of Pulmonary Medicine
Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, Norway

Arzu Ari, Ph.D, RRT, PT, CPFT, FAARC, FCCP
Associate Dean of Research at
the College of Health Professions
Professor of Respiratory Therapy
Department of Respiratory Therapy and
Sleep Center
Texas State University
Round Rock, Texas, USA

J. Brady Scott, PhD, RRT, ACCS, AE-C, FAARC, FCCP
Associate Professor and Program Director
Respiratory Care Program
Department of Cardiopulmonary
Sciences-Division of Respiratory Care, RUSH University
Chicago, IL, USA

Noel S. Tiburcio, PhD, RRT, RRT-NPS, RTRP, FAARC
Program Chair – Respiratory Therapy Department
College of Allied Health Sciences
Trinity University of Asia
Cathedral Heights,
Quezon City, Philippines

Mohamad F. El-Khatib, MD, PhD, MBA,RRT
American University of Beirut, School of Medicine
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Director, Department of Respiratory Therapy
Beirut, Lebanon

Rachael C. Sullivan, MD, MS, FACS
Trauma and Emergency General Surgeon and
Surgical Intensivist
Mercy St. Vincent Hospital
Toledo, Ohio, USA

Carl R. Hinkson, MSc, RRT, RRT -ACCS,
RRT -NPS, FAARC
Senior Director Ancillary Services
Providence Health & Services
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett,
Everett, WA, USA
President, American Association for
Respiratory Care (AARC)
Chair, American Respiratory Care Foundation (ARCF)

Keith D. Lamb, RRT, RRT-ACCS, FAARC, FCCM
Trauma, Surgery and Neurological Service
Respiratory Therapy Services
University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Majdy M. Idrees, MD, FRCPC, FPVRI
Head, Pulmonary Vascular Unit
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Adjunct Professor of Respiratory Medicine
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada