SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES

Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology Scientific Committee

CHAIR
Salahudin El Naas, MD
Section Head & Consultant,
Abdominal Radiology, Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
CO-CHAIR
Mohamed Abd El Bagi, MB.BCH, DMRD,
MS, FFRRCSI, FRCR
Consultant Radiologist, MSK Radiology,
Medical Imaging Department
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
CO-CHAIR
Khaled Sherlala, MD
Consultant Neuroradiologist,
University Hospitals Coventry
United Kingdom

MEMBERS
Rania Abu Aish
Senior Technologist, Ultrasound
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Khalid Alahmadi, MD
Consultant, Neuroradiology
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ahnaf Arafah, BSc, MBA
Head, Clinical Radiology
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Rachelle Anne Bantique, RN
Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator, Radiation Oncology Physics Section,
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Omer Demirkaya, PhD, DABSNM
Senior Scientist and Head,
Imaging Physics Section
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Khaled M. Elsayes, MD
Professor, Department of Radiology
University of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, USA
Saad Barad Al Enezi, MBA, EMPA
Assistant Head, Radiology
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
President, SSMRT
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Kadria El Haddad, MD
Consultant, Women Imaging
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Fawaz AlHarbi, FRCPC
Assistant Professor and Chief,
Radiology Department
College of Medicine, Qassim University
Vice President,
Radiological Society of Saudi Arabia
Buraidah, Qassim, Saudi Arabia
Faisal Bin Hussain, MD
Consultant, Pediatric Radiologist
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Javed, MD
Section Head & Consultant,
Musculoskeletal Radiology,
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Amna Kashgari
Assistant Professor, Radiology, KSAU-HA
Residency Training
Program Director, KAMC
Riyadh Secretary General,
Radiological society
Saudi Arabia
Abdulaziz Mohammad Khiyami, MD
Consultant,
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Nuha Khoumais, MD
Women's Imaging Consultant Radiologist,
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Metab AlKubeyyer, MD
Consultant Body MRI & Imaging Informaticist,
King Khalid University Hospital
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Irfan Mamoun, MD
Chairman, Medical Imaging Services
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Masawi, MSc
Research/Technical Specialist,
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Belal Moftah, PhD, FCCPM
Chairman, ICRM2018
Head, Radiation Oncology Physics
Chairman, Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Adjunct Professor, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Rafat Mohtasib, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow,
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Manal Mustafa
Senior Technologist, Ultrasound
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Badr AlMutairi, MD
Chairman, Scientific Committee of Body Imaging Fellowship,
Program Director, Body Imaging Fellowship
King Abdulaziz Medical City,
National Guard Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Fahad Onaizan, BSc
Senior MRI Technologist
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mashael AlRujaib, MD
Consultant, Cardiothoracic
Radiology Department
Director, Medical Quality Management
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Meshal Alshaalan, MD
Consultant, Musculoskeletal Radiology
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nora Alsoraya
3D Imaging Specialist,
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Samira Turkistany, MD
Chest and Body Imaging Radiologist,
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Medical Physics Scientific Committee

CHAIR
Shada Wadi-Ramahi, PhD, DABR
Chief Medical Physicist,
Radiation Oncology Physics Section
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
CO-CHAIR
Mamdouh Alqathami, PhD
Head, Medical Physics,
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
CO-CHAIR
Salem Ahmed Sassi, PhD, MIPEM
Senior Consultant Medical Physicist & Director, Research and Training,
Department of Medical Physics
Prince Sultan Military Medical Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

MEMBERS
Abdullah Abu Jamea, PhD
Assistant Professor &
Consultant Medical Physicist,
Technical Director, Department of
Radiology and Medical Imaging
Radiology Department
King Khaled University Hospital
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Wamied Abdelrahman, PhD, DABR
Chief Medical Physicist,
King Fahad Specialist Hospital
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Kostas Chantziantoniou, MSc, DABR
Consultant Medical Physicist, Radiology PACS & IT Consultant Imaging Support Unit
Supervisor, Johns Hopkins
Aramco Healthcare (JHAH)
Radiology Imaging Services
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Camelia Constantinescu, PhD
Medical Physicist, Radiation Oncology Physics Section
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Omer Demirkaya, PhD, DABSNM
Senior Scientist and Head,
Imaging Physics Section
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Christine Higby, MA
Chief Radiation Therapist,
Radiation Therapy Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Noha Jastaniyah, MD
Consultant, Radiation Oncology
Oncology Center
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Md. Abdullah Al Kafi, MSc, DABR
Medical Physicist, Radiation Oncology Physics Section
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mawya Khafaji, PhD
Head, Medical Physics Unit
Assistant Professor, Radiology Dept.,
Head, Volunteering Office
Faculty of Medicine,
King Abdulaziz University
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Ghada Ahmed Khouqeer
Assistant Professor of Physics
College of Science
Imam Muhammad ibn Saud
Islamic University (IMSIU)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Masawi, MSc
Research/Technical Specialist,
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Refaat Al-Mazrou, MSc, FIPEM
Deputy Chairman,
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nabil Maalej, PhD
Associate Professor, Medical Physics,
King Fahad University of
Petroleum & Minerals
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Ghadeer Nazer, CMD
Medical Dosimetrist, Clinical Dosimetry Treatment Planning Unit
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Nobah, MSc, DABR
Medical Physicist,
Radiation Oncology Physics Section
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Bilal Shahrure, MSc
Medical Physicist,
Radiation Oncology Physics Section
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mukhtar AlShanqity, PhD, DABR
Consultant Physicist & Head,
Medical Physics
Comprehensive Cancer Center
King Fahad Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Nuclear Medicine Scientific Committee

CHAIR
Mohei-Eldin Abouzied, MD, FACP
Consultant, Nuclear Medicine
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

CO-CHAIR
Mohammed Al-Qathani, PhD
Senior Scientist,
Cyclotron & Radiopharmaceuticals Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

CO-CHAIR
Mahmoud Tuli, MD
Consultant, Nuclear Medicine
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

MEMBERS
Ahnaf Arafah, BSc, MBA
Head, Clinical Radiology
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Omer Demirkaya, PhD, DABSNM
Senior Scientist and Head,
Imaging Physics Section
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Fathala, MD
Consultant, Nuclear Medicine and Cardiovascular Imaging
Medical Imaging service
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Zubair Khan, MD
Consultant, Nuclear Medicine
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Refaat Al-Mazrou, MSc, FIPEM
Deputy Chairman,
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ahmad AlMuhaideb, MD
Consultant, Nuclear Medicine
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Alrowaily, MSc
Acting Supervisor, Nuclear Medicine
Medical Imaging Services
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Hossam El-Zeftawy, MD, ABNM, CBNC, PhD
Head, Nuclear Medicine Section
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Radiation Oncology Scientific Committee

CHAIR
Noha Jastaniyah, MD
Consultant, Radiation Oncology
Oncology Center
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
CO-CHAIR
Christine Higby, MA
Chief Radiation Therapist,
Radiation Therapy Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
CO-CHAIR
Mohammad Al-Shabanah, MD
Co-Chairman, ICRM2018
Head, Radiation Oncology
Acting Director, Oncology Centre
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

MEMBERS
Hussain AlHussain, MD
Consultant, Radiation Oncology
King Fahad Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Nobah, MSc, DABR
Chair, Medical 3-D Printing Scientific Committee
Medical Physicist,
Radiation Oncology Physics Section
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mohamed Rizwanullah, MD
Consultant, Radiation Oncology
Oncology Center
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Shada Wadi-Ramahi, PhD, DABR
Chief Medical Physicist,
Radiation Oncology Physics Section
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Radiation Protection & Radiobiology Scientific Committee

CHAIR
Arib Mehenna, PhD
Chief Health Physicist,
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

CO-CHAIR
Ghazi AlSbeih, MD, PhD
Principal Scientist and Head,
Radiation Biology Section
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

MEMBERS
Abdelilah Aboussekhra, PhD
Chairman & Principal Scientist,
Molecular Oncology Department
Head, Cancer Biology & Experimental Therapeutics Section
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mahmoud Ahmed, PGDip, RPE, MIPEM
Health Physicist, Radiation Safety Officer, Bio-Medical Physics Section,
Oncology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
AbdulAzeez Akintokun, MSc
KFMC RSO/Nuclear Medicine Physicist, Medical Physicist Section
Radiation Oncology Department
King Fahad Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Hassan Al-Ghamdi, MSc, ABMP
Senior Medical Physicist / Radiation Protection Officer,
Dhahran Health Center
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Olivier Aranjo
Manager, SSDL
Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Muaadh Abdulrahman AlAsbahi, BSc
Radiation Safety Officer &
Medical Physicist,
Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Department Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib
Medical Group
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ibrahim Al-Gain, MSc
Health Physicist,
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Najla Al-Harbi
Research Associate,
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Costas Hourdakis
Head, Licensing and Inspections Department, Greek Atomic Energy Commission (EEAE)
Athens, Greece
Abdulkadir Alaydarous, PhD
Radiation Physics Specialist,
Physics Department,
Faculty of Science
University of Taif
Taif, Saudi Arabia
Fareed Mahyoub, MSc, MIPEM
Head, Radiation Safety Office
Head, Health Physics Section
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Krishna Mishra, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow,
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Akram AlMoussa, MSc
Head, Gamma Irradiation Facility Unit
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Omar Noor, M.A.Sc.
Health Physicist,
Secondary Standard Dosimetry Lab
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salam Rahma
Senior Technical Specialist, Cyclotron & Radiopharmaceuticals Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Talal Salim, B.Eng
Health Physicist,
Bio-Medical Physics Section,
Oncology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Abdullah A. Alshreef, MSc
Technical Specialist,
Radiation Oncology Physics
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Paula Toroi
Medical Radiation Physicist, SSDL Officer, Section of Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics, Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
International Atomic Energy Agency
Vienna International Centre
Vienna, Austria

Biomedical Engineering Scientific Committee

CHAIR
Suliman AlSadoun, MSc
Chair, ICRM2018 Scientific Committee for
Biomedical Engineering
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

CO-CHAIR
Abdullah A. Alshreef, MSc
Technical Specialist, Radiation Oncology Physics
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
MEMBERS
Ibrahim Nematallah Andijani, PhD
Consultant Biomedical Engineer, Prince Sultan Medical Military City
Chairman, Biomedical Engineering Chapter
Saudi Council of Engineers
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Adham M Aleid, PhD
Assistant professor,
Biomedical Technology Department
College of Applied Medical Sciences
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Eng. Faisal Alfarsy
Assistant Head,
Clinical Engineering Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Abdulrahman A Alfuraih
Vice Dean, Postgraduate and Research
College of Applied Medical Sciences
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Andy Ma
Lecturer, in Medical Physics
RCSI Bahrain
Adliya, Kingdom of Bahrain
Belal Moftah, PhD, FCCPM
Chairman, ICRM2018
Head, Radiation Oncology Physics
Chairman, Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Adjunct Professor, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Eng. Hatim Najjar
Executive Manager, Board Member
Saudi Scientific Society for Biomedical Engineering - SSSBE
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nazeeh Alothmany, PhD
Vice Executive President,
Medical Devices
Saudi Food & Drug Authority Professor,
Electrical/Biomedical Engineering
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Ahmed M. Sallam
Consultant and Director, Quality Management & New Technologies
Gulf Medical Company
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Hamad AlThumairi, PhD
Co-Chairman, ICRM2018
Executive Director,
Administrative Services Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Muhammad Fayyaz Uddin
Senior Clinical Engineer,
Clinical Engineering Department
King Faisal Specialist hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Abdullatif S. Al Watban
Director, National Center for Medical Devices Research and Information
Medical Devices Sector
Saudi Food & Drug Authority
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Radiologic Technology Scientific Committee

CHAIR
Saad Barad Al Enezi, MBA, EMPA
Assistant Head, Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
President, SSMRT
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

CO-CHAIR
Ahnaf Arafah, BSc, MBA
Head, Clinical Radiology
Radiology Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

MEMBERS
Mr. Ghassan Abuturboush
Vice President, SSMRT
Acting technical director, Radiology
King Saud University Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mr. Sameer Al Dulaikan
Supervisor, Cardiac CT / MRI
Prince Sultan Cardiac Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Masawi, MSc
Senior Technical Specialist,
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mr. Abdulrahman Al Otaibi
Nuclear Medicine Technologist,
King Saud University Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed AlRowaily, MSc
Nuclear Medicine &
Pet Radiopharmacy Specialist,
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Medical 3-D Printing Scientific Committee

CHAIR
Ahmed Nobah, MSc, DABR
Medical Physicist,
Radiation Oncology Physics Section
Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
CO-CHAIR
Salam Dib, RDT
Manager, Dental Laboratory
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

MEMBERS
Adnan Sheikh, MD
Musculoskeletal & Emergency Radiologist, Head and Fellowship Director, Emergency/Trauma Radiology
Director, Advances Musculoskeletal Interventions
Medical Director & Associate Editor,
3D Printing in Medicine
Associate Professor, Univesity of Ottawa
The Ottawa Hospital
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Mashael AlRujaib, MD
Consultant, Cardiothoracic
Radiology Department
Director, Medical Quality Management
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
James Robar, PhD, FCCPM
Chief, Medical Physics, NSHA
Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology,
Dept. of Physics & Atmospheric Science
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Canada
Francois Deblois, PhD, FCCPM
Chief, Physics in Radiation Oncology
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
de Montreal (CHUM)
Assistant Professor,
University of Montreal
Adjunct Professor, McGill University
Montreal, Canada
Mohammad Geraty, BSc, MPhil
Senior Dental Laboratory,
Dental Laboratory
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Belal Moftah, PhD, FCCPM
Chairman, ICRM2018
Head, Radiation Oncology Physics
Chairman, Biomedical Physics Department
King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Adjunct Professor, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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