Jaber S. Alqahtani, PhD, Department Respiratory Care, Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia
Dr Jaber S. Alqahtani is an Assistant Professor and Senior Specialist in Respiratory Care, specializing in Advanced Clinical Practice, particularly in Critical Care. He has earned the prestigious title of Fellow from the American College of Chest Physicians and is notably named in the World's Top 2% Scientists List by Stanford University, a distinction that underscores his remarkable contributions to the field of chest medicine. Dr Alqahtani's research focuses on Respiratory Care, Critical Care, COPD, and the respiratory complications associated with various respiratory interventions. He has an extensive publication history, encompassing over 100 research papers, including books and book chapters, featured in international peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, he serves as an editor for many prestigious international journals. Dr Alqahtani's mission is to promote the well-being of individuals through the pursuit of healthy lungs and the optimal management of patients, all guided by the uplifting force of hope.
Teresa Renda, MD. PhD, Cardio-Thoraco-Neurovascular Department, San Donato Hospital, Italy
Dr Teresa Renda a consultant in the Pulmonology and Respiratory Intensive Care Unit at San Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy. She worked for many years in the Respiratory ICU of Careggi Teaching Hospital in Florence and got a PhD in Pathophysiology of the Cardio-Respiratory System and Associate Biotechnology at Second University of Naples, Italy. She participated in and lead several activities with Respiratory Intensive Care Group of Italian Thoracic Society (ITS/AIPO) as Scientific Head of Simulation Courses, Coordinator of the Italian Position Paper on the Respiratory ICUs (2018;2021) and Scientific Update Column with the start of a Corner Expert in collaboration with the Respiratory Critical Care Assembly-2 of ERS (2019). Her current field of interests include pathophysiology and the treatment of acute respiratory failure.
Raffaele Scala, MD, Chief of Pulmonology and RICU, San Donato Hospital, Italy
Dr Raffaele Scala is the Chief Head of Pulmonology and RICU at the San Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy. Scientific appointments include FERS and FCCP, cover for the positions of Head of Assembly of Respiratory Intensive Care in ERS and AIPO/ITS, Executive Committee of Italian Association of Hospital Pulmonologists (AIPO), and the 2016-2017 Section Editor for the section “Respiratory critical care” of BMC Pulmonary Medicine since 2014. He is the author of 196 scientific publications (editor of 2 books and author of 34 chapters of book/position paper), and was invited to speak at 444 presentations as well as presented 209 oral communications or posters at national and international congresses.
Gaetano Scaramuzzo, MD, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Italy
Dr Gaetano Scaramuzzo works as intensivist and anesthesiologist for the Arcispedale Sant’Anna (Ferrara) and as Assistant Professor for the University of Ferrara. His main interests are intraoperative advanced monitoring, lung pathophysiology and medical imaging. His work is mainly focused on personalized approaches to critically ill and anesthesia patients, innovative technologies for diagnosis and monitoring and acute respiratory failure mechanisms. He is Associate Editor of BMC Anesthesiology and BMC Pulmonary Medicine and part of the NEXT Committee of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine.
