Z.A. Memish
Director Gulf Cooperation Council (States) Center for Infection Control, Executive Director Infection Prevention & Control Program, Saudi Arabian National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
fax: +966 1 252 0437
email: zmemish@yahoo.com

Q. Ahmed, Department of Medicine, Winthrop University Hospital, Division of Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine, Mineola, New York, USA

H.H. Balkhy, Consultant Pediatric Infectious diseases, King Abdulazziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

G.E. Garber, Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada

G.C. Gray, Director, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Professor of Epidemiology and International Programs, University of Iowa College of Public Health, USA

D. Haran, Addressing the Balance in Burden in AIDS, Research Programme Consortium, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK

R.C. Moellering Jr., Professor of Medical Research, Harvard Medical School, USA

A. Shibl, Professor of Microbiology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

B. Al Knawy, Chief Executive Officer, National Guard Health Affairs, President King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

A. Al Rabeeah, Minister of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

M. Al Tuwaijri, Dean, College of Public Health and Health Information, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

W. Cameron, Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Ottawa at The Ottawa Hospital, Canada

K. Earhart, Deputy Head, Commanding Officer, Disease Surveillance, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Egypt

E. Larson, Professor of Pharmaceutical and Therapeutic Research, Associate Dean for Research, Columbia University School of Nursing, Professor of Epidemiology, Joseph Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, USA

D. Menzies, Professor/Director, Respiratory Division, McGill University Health Center and McGill University, Montreal Chest Institute, Canada

M. Niederman, Chairman, Department of Medicine, Winthrop University Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Vice Chairman Department of Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook, USA

R. C. Read, Professor, Academic Unit of Infection and Immunity, Sheffield University School of Medicine and Biomedical Science, UK

R. Steffen, Head, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention of Communicable Diseases, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Travelers' Health, University of Zurich/Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, Switzerland

M. Abolfotouh, Head, Medical Team, Biobanking Section, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

H. Al Ansari, Consultant, Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Clinical Immunology Salmaniya Medical Centre Department of Health, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain

A. Al Barrak, Consultant, Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

M. Al Hosni, Senior Consultant, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Head of Department Pediatrics, The Royal Hospital, Sultanate of Oman

F. Al Rabiah, Consultant, Infectious Diseases, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, MBC 46 Department of Medicine, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

J.A. Al-Tawfiq, Consultant, Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Aramco, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

A. Al Thaqafi, Section Head and Infectious Diseases Consultant, Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training Program, Department of Medicine, Director, Infection Prevention and Control Program, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

A. Apisarnthanarak, Infectious Disease Consultant/Hospital Epidemiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Thailand

Y. Arabi, Chairman, ICU and Medical Director, Respiratory Services, Intensive Care Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

G.F. Araj, Professor and Director of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon

N.J. Beeching, Senior Lecturer (Clinical) in Infectious Diseases, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK

Z.A. Bhutta, Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan

R. Booy, Professor, National Centre for Immunization Research and Surveillance, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia

A. El Saed, Biostatistician, Infection Prevention and Control Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

M. Falagas, Director, Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Director, Infectious Diseases, Clinic Henry Dunant Hospital, Greece

A.E. Gomaa, Sr. Medical Officer, Surveillance Branch, Division of Surveillance Hazard Evaluation and Health Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

S. Gordon, Chairman and Staff Member in the Department of Infectious Disease, The Cleveland Clinic, USA

E. Gotuzzo, Professor and Director, IMT Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru

J. Jagger, Professor of Internal Medicine and Director International Health Care Worker Safety Center, University of Virginia, USA

W. Jarvis, Epidemiologist, President, Jason and Jarvis Associates, USA

K.P. Klugman, William H. Foege Professor of Global Health, The Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, USA

S. Mehtar, Professor and Head of Academic Unit for Infection Prevention and Control, Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University, South Africa

G. Pappas, Institute of Continuing Medical Education of Ioannina, Greece

T.M. Perl, Professor, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA

B. Soule, Practice Leader, Infection Prevention and Control, Joint Commission Resources, Inc., USA

A. Srinivasan, Response Team Leader, Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion, NCPDCID, Epidemiologist, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

G. Stephens, Consultant Microbiologist, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, University of British Columbia, Canada

P. Tambyah, Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore

R.L. Costes, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia