Pulmonology & Respiratory Medicine

Dr. Richard W. Light received his undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado in 1964 and his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1968. He trained in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital 1968-1970, and completed a Pulmonary Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1972. After serving in the US Army for two years, Dr. Light accepted his first academic appointment at Louisiana State University in Shreveport, Louisiana. He then spent nearly 20 years at the University of California Irvine where his positions included chief of the pulmonary diseases section and associate chief of staff at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Long Beach. Dr. Light is presently Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Light is best known for his research on pleural disease. He developed Light’s criteria for the separation of transudates and exudates in 1972. Subsequently, he has published many papers concerning the pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of pleural disease. Dr. Light is the editor of 16 books of which the two most famous are the single authored monograph Pleural Diseases which is now in its sixth edition and The Textbook of Pleural Disease which he edits in conjunction with Dr. YC Gary Leed which is now in its third edition. Dr. Light has now been an author on more than 450 articles and has spoken in 57 countries.

Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Use of transforming growth factor beta to produce a pleural effusion Studies of the characteristics of pleural fluid with different diseases, Development of a model of empyema in the rat, Relationship between pulmonary hypertension and the presence of pleural effusions

Alexander D Verin has completed his PhD from Moscow State University, Moscow Russia and Postdoctoral studies from University of Indiana, School of Medicine. Currently he is a Professor of Vascular Biology and Medicine at Vascular Biology Center and Pulmonary Division at Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA. He has published more than 135 papers in reputed journals and serving as an academic editor of Cardiology and Angiology and an Editorial Board Member in several other journals in the field of pulmonary and cardiovascular research such as Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Journal of Multidisciplinary Pathology, Journal of Vascular Diagnostics, The Journal of Bio pharmaceutics Sciences, Tissue Barriers, World Journal of Respirology. In addition, he served as Editorial Board Member in American Journal of Physiology (Lung) from 2006 to 2011 and was a reviewer for a number of highly regarded journals.

Biochemical basis of endothelial cytoskeletal regulation and permeability. Structure and function of contractile proteins and protein phosphatases. Phosphorylation/ dephosphorylating as mechanism regulation of endothelial cytoskeletal contractility. Relationship between endothelial cytoskeletal contractility/cytoskeleton and barrier function. Crosstalk between microtubules and microfilaments in endothelial cytoskeletal barrier regulation. Contractile responses to bioactive mediators and receptor/signal coupling in endothelial cytoskeletal.

Dr. Robert Buckingham is an internist in Ojai, California and is affiliated with Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. He received his medical degree from University of Illinois College of Medicine and has been in practice for 40 years. His specialities include Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine, Non-invasive Cardiology, Critical Care and Intensive Care, Consultant in Internal Medicine, author and writer on vascular inflammatory prevention and life extension. My passion is treating patients by providing individualized strategies to help them succeed. Robert Buckingham practice career spanning 4 decades has offered a rarified perspective of health care delivery, as I have been responsible for patients requiring intensive care, managed care and then those that require comfort care. The gamut of care delivery has enabled me to have access to all the advances in medical diagnostics and treatments as well as first -hand experience in evaluating hundreds if not thousands of cardiac and carotid ultrasounds and sleep studies. These experiences in health care delivery have given me an unprecedented perspective on inflammatory risk factors to health and has motivated me to write books addressing the cause and effect of inflammatory lifestyles to many of the chronic illnesses we face as we age. My goal is to make as many people as I can aware of these toxic risks and make adjustments before getting boxed in by spirals of inflammation that require multiple medications and limit activity. This message of prevention becomes more important to health care delivery with each passing day.

Health Care Delivery to treat different chronic illness and specialists in many fields such as diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, hypertension, cigarette smoking, alcohol and drug abuse, elevations in LDL cholesterol and other lipoproteins, inactivity, poorly managed diet, excessive stress and inadequate sleep from sleep apnea or insomnia.

Dr. Yong-Xiao Wang has been a Full Professor in Albany Medical College (USA) since 2006. Dr. Wang has had extensive research experience in basic, translational and drug research concerning pulmonary hypertension, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, and cardiac arrhythmia for over 30 years. As the Principal Investigator, he has/had numerous NIH R01 research awards, AHA Established Investigator Award, and various other grants, for which he often holds/held 2 – 3 NIH R01 grants with other awards each year. As the corresponding author, first author and key contributor, he has had numerous publications in highly peer-reviewed journals including Antioxid Redox Signal (impact factor: 8.209), Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (9.432), Nature (34.480), Circ Res (9.214), etc. Dr. Wang has been the editor of academic books in the field including one entitled by “Redox Signaling in Health and Disease Pulmonary Vasculature” that has been confirmed for publication by Springer (New York). Dr. Wang has also served as the editorial board member and/or section editor for the Clinical and Translational Medicine, Pulmonary Circulation and several other journals. He has collaborated with numerous well-known scientists, served on various grant review panels, been the Editor-In-Chief and Editorial Board Member for several scientific journals, and trained a number of scholars.

Translational and drug research concerning pulmonary hypertension, Asthma, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Diabetes and Cardiac arrhythmia.

Dr. Mojtaba Mafi M.D. is a Medical Doctor/ Physician, graduated from Tehran university, School of Medicine with honor. He studied in neurosurgery ward and graduated with a score with thesis on Meningioma Brain Tumor during 6 years. With continuing my practice with special consideration on psychosomatic disorders, He completed many post graduate courses on health psychology, addiction medicine, sexual disorders therapy successfully. He passed many post graduate courses in Neuro, approved by Medical sciencesuniversity. As well, He have been passed post graduate courses on Nutrition, Gastroenterology and hepatology, Obesity treatment and diabetes approved by Tehran University of Medical sciences. He successfully passed more than 10 programs with certificates and membership in Iranian Association of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Having honor of working as associate of Iran Hepatitis Network and Gastroenterology and Hepatology research center, Middle East Liver Diseases Center (MELD).

Neurology, Nutrition, Gastroenterology and hepatology, Obesity treatment and diabetes, Recurrent Meningioma, Trigeminal neuralgia, Radiation induced meningioma, Behavioral change in Brain Tumors, DVT prevalence and management among patients with meningioma.

Fernando Guedes is a medical doctor, specialist in Pulmonology and Intensive Care Medicine. He works in CHP/Hospital Geral de S. Antonio, a General Hospital in Oporto, Portugal, as coordinator of Bronchology Unit. Since 2013, he works as well as Phd researcher in regenerative Medicine.In 2013, he funded the Pediatric Bronchoscopy. Since 2010 he is Instructor of Bronchology of European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. His clinical activity also relies on Sleep Apnea, invasive and non-invasive ventilation and COPD. In his academic activity, he works as invited professor of Pulmonology and Pathology in Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas Abel Salazar Medical School of Oporto University. Since 2011 he works as a scientific reviewer of British Medical Journal. He is author of more than 40 presentations and publications in scientific reviews and congress books in both national and international congresses.He won several prizes for his work in bronchology.

Bronchology, Regenerative Medicine, Intensive care Medicine, COPD, Ventilation and Pulmonology

Dr.D. Nagasamy Venkatesh is serving as Assistant Professor at JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty. Tamil Nadu. He has completed his M. Pharm in the year of 1998, and Ph. D in the year of 2011. His research focuses on the development of controlled/sustained release drug delivery systems and nanobased targeted drug delivery system. He has 35 publications to his credit in and presented 25 research papers in national and international conferences. He also presented his research work in national and international conferences. He is interested in developing targeted drug delivery system using nanoparticles for the treatment of cancer and HIV. He serves as a reviewer of more than 25 peer reviewed journals including AAPS, Carbohydrate polymer, Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He serves editorial board member for more than 20 international journals.

Nano based drug delivery systems for antiviral and anticancer drugs, developing sustained/controlled drug delivery systems for certain drugs, dissolution enhancement of certain drugs by solid dispersion techniques analytical and bio-analytical method development for drugs.

Professor and honorary faculty of Imperial College, London. He is Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioner and College of Public Health. UK, member of the Irish College of General Practitioner and the American Academy of Family Physicians. He was the Vice President and Chairman of Family & Community Department at Arabian Gulf University, College of Medicine Bahrain. He is the General Secretary of the International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine and is currently the chairman of Home Health Care Centre, He served for eight years as the President of the Scientific Council of Family & Community Medicine in the Arab Board for Health Specialties. He published three books, contributed to chapters in two international books and 70 articles Published in refereed Journals. He is also a regular health education editor in the local magazines and newspapers. Dr. Alnasir is recognized locally, regionally and internationally for his expertise in the areas of Family Medicine for which he is regularly invited to many conferences and scientific gathering to deliver talks and lectures. Prof Alnasir was the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Bahrain Medical Society, and now he is the member of the editorial boards of many national and international journals. He also serves as an advisor for the World Health Organization, EMRO region and the World Organization Congress of Family Physicians (WONCA, EMR). Prof Alnasir served as a member of various medical and scientific societies and acted on many institutional and national committees including the National Committee for the Care of the Elderly, Postgraduate Certificate Accreditation Committee, Drug licensure committee and others. Also, currently, he is the board member and official representative of the Kingdom of Bahrain in the Elite Doctor Association, Anti-Smoking International Alliance and founder and a member of Global Family Medicine Scientific Alliance. Prof Alnasir was awarded many recognitions and appreciation of excellence from various local and international organizations. It includes: Gold Medals from H.E. the late Amir of Bahrain, the Bahrain Medical Society, the Pakistan Academy of Family Physicians, the World Organization Congress of Family Doctors (WONCA) as the Global Family Doctor of the month, the Arab Council for Health Specialties, the Sudanese National Council, distinguished award from H.E. Sheikh Khalifa bin Ali Alkhalifa’s prize for parents caring, and most recently was recognized by the World Health & Wellness Awards in India for his remarked professional input.

Community Medicine, Family medicine, Elderly and child care, Primary care, Nutrition, Health education, Child and elderly care, Knowledge and attitudes of people

Sergey Suchkov belongs to a family of dynasty medical doctors. In 1980, graduated from Astrakhan State Medical University and was awarded with MD. In 1985, maintained his PhD as a PhD student of the I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy and Institute of Medical Enzymology, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia. In 2001, finished the PostDoc Research Fellowship Program and maintained his Doctor Degree at the National Institute of Immunology, Russia. In 1993-1996, was an Executice Secretary-in-Chief of the Editorial Board, Biomedical Science, an international journal published jointly by the USSR Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. Dr Suchkov is a member of the Editorial Boards of many international journals.

Cell Biology, Biotechnology, Cancer Research, Immunology, Clinical Immunology, Nanobiotechnology, Endocrinology, General Practice.

Dr.D. Nagasamy Venkatesh is serving as Assistant Professor at JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty. Tamil Nadu. He has completed his M. Pharm in the year of 1998, and Ph. D in the year of 2011. His research focuses on the development of controlled/sustained release drug delivery systems and nanobased targeted drug delivery system. He has 35 publications to his credit in and presented 25 research papers in national and international conferences. He also presented his research work in national and international conferences. He is interested in developing targeted drug delivery system using nanoparticles for the treatment of cancer and HIV. He serves as a reviewer of more than 25 peer reviewed journals including AAPS, Carbohydrate polymer, Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He serves editorial board member for more than 20 international journals.

Nano based drug delivery systems for antiviral and anticancer drugs, developing sustained/controlled drug delivery systems for certain drugs, dissolution enhancement of certain drugs by solid dispersion techniques analytical and bio-analytical method development for drugs.