Hani Lababidi, MD, FCCP, FACP, FSSH
<p "="">Dr. Lababidi is a Senior Consultant in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at King Fahad Medical City (KFMC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Lababidi has 14-year experience in healthcare simulation. He is the Founder and Ex-Director of the Center for Research, Education & Simulation Enhanced Training (CRESENT) at KFMC where more than 16,000 healthcare workers are trained utilizing simulation based education (SBE) annually. He is the cofounderthe Saudi Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSSH), and currently the vice-President of SSSH.<p "="">Besides the various leadership positions, Dr. Lababidi chaired and/or participated in key hospital committees and functions. He has special expertise in hospital and simulation programs accreditation and health information management. He is on editorial board and/or reviewer of many scientific journals in the fields of Healthcare Simulation, Pulmonary Medicine, Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine.<p "="">Dr. Lababidi received his M.D from American University of Beirut and did his training in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care at John Hopkins University and New York Medical College. He is American Board certified in Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine.<p "="">Dr. Lababidi academic and leadership career began as Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cornell University, New York, USA; Chief of Staff at Makassed General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon; Head of Pulmonary Division, King Fahad Medical City, Assistant Professor of Medicine at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and Director of CRESENT.<p "="">Dr. Lababidi research interests include: severe asthma, end of life care, MDR infections in ICU, and simulation skills acquisition and maintenance. He has many publications in peer review journals and has more than 500 presentations in national, regional and international conferences. Dr. Lababidi is a member of many renowned societies such as: Simulation Society in Healthcare, Saudi Simulation Society in Healthcare, American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, Saudi Thoracic Society, Saudi Critical Care Society, Lebanese Pulmonary Society, and Lebanese Critical Care Society.