Pulmonary and Critical Care

He completed PhD and M.Sc. from the Ohio State University and B.Sc. from the University of Baghdad. FELLOW member of the ASME, and a member of 11 other international professional societies. Editor of the ASME monograph series-Biomedical and Nanomedical Technologies and the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, and has been on the editorial and refereeing boards for several international journals. Published more than 270 papers in international journals and conference proceedings including two ASME books on Vibration and Acoustics in Biomedical Applications and a third one on CPAP devices. Supervised more than 90 postgraduate students in biomedical applications, vibrations, biomechanics, and electroactive polymers. During his academic career has forged strong alliances between academia and industries; in particular in the medical devices area.

Dr. Hwa Mu Lee is Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of California, Irvine College of Medicine, in Irvine, California and Clinical Professor of Medicine at Western University of Health Sciences, in Pomona, California, and is Chairman of the Dept. of Medicine at West Anaheim Medical Center in Anaheim, California

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.

Amnon Ariel is the immediate past president of the Israel Society of Pulmonology, and current lead of Clalit Heathcare Services COPD program. He is currently involved in clinical and organizational endeavors of improving airway disease diagnosis management and related database research in Clalit Healthcare Services (insuring 55 percent of the population in Israel). He is co-author of the 2004 Canadian COPD Guidelines and the 2017 Israeli Position Paper of the diagnosis and management of COPD in the community.

Hiroaki Kume obtained his MD from Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University in 1982. He has completed his PhD in Department of Medicine (II), Nagoya University School of Medicine in 1990, and postdoctoral studies from School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (Dr. Michael I. Kotlikoff’s Lab). Currently, he works at Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine and Department of Respiratory Medicine, Rinku General Medical Center, Izumisano City, Osaka 598-8577, Japan, and focuses on investigating the characteristics of COPD with the goal of rational therapy for COPD