Meet the editors

Dr. Salim Surani is an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Medicine, Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Texas A&M University, USA, as well as a Clinical Professor of Pharmacology at Texas A&M University Kingsville. He is also a voluntary professor at the University of Houston, Texas, USA, and a research collaborator at Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, USA. He serves as the director of the Pulmonary Fellowship Program at

Bay Area Medical Center, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. He completed a fellowship in pulmonary medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. Dr. Surani received a master's degree in Public Health and Epidemiology from Yale University and a master's degree in Health Management from the University of Texas, Dallas, USA. Dr. Surani also has served as a board trustee and secretary for the CHEST Foundation and chair of the practice operations network of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP). He is on the award committees for ACCP and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). He is editor-in-chief, editorial board member, and reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals. He has served on the steering committee for the executive committee of networks of ACCP. Dr. Surani has authored more than 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has written several books and book chapters. He has been involved in teaching residents for more than two decades and has received numerous Faculty of the Year awards. He has established himself as a Master Clinician who has trained significant numbers of practicing primary care, internal medicine, and emergency physicians in the Coastal Bend region. Dr. Surani has established several ICU-intensivist models in the region and has served in every possible leadership role in the hospital system. He has also helped start an emergency medicine residency program. He has served as a speaker at several regional, national, and international scientific conferences. His areas of expertise include critical care, sleep medicine, ICU infections, and practice operations. He has also served on committees for several national organizations and has received several community and teaching awards, including the Health Care Hero award and humanitarian awards from the American College of Physicians, ACCP, and Texas Medical Association. Dr. Surani is highly regarded among his peers and is very well respected as a mentor, clinician, and humanitarian.

Dr. Syed Anjum Khan has been involved in patient care, education, and curriculum development for critical care education for more than two decades. She has served as the regional chair of the critical care division of the Southwest Minnesota Mayo Clinic Health System since 2007. She is also a member of the organization's specialty critical care council committee. In addition, she is a member of the Mayo Clinic Enterprise critical care

specialty council and practice committee. Dr. Khan played an instrumental role in taking care of critically ill covid patients during the COVID-19 pandemic and was the site investigator for the Discovery virus trial, which was a collaboration between the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Khan is an exceptional educator, researcher, mentor, and critical care physician.

Prof. Reena Shah is a consultant physician, section head of infectious diseases, and the fellowship director for the infectious disease fellowship program at Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. She has recently been appointed head of the Department of Medicine at the same hospital. She received her MBBS from the University of Southampton, UK in 1996 and her MRCP from the Royal College of Physicians London in 2000. She obtained a

diploma in Infectious Diseases from the University of London, UK in 2008 as well as a diploma in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases from the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2009. She also holds a master's degree in Infectious Diseases from the University of London. She obtained a fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh (FRCPE) in 2014 and a fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians London (FRCP) London in 2018. Dr. Shah is currently leading Aga Khan University Hospital in COVID-19 response as the head of infectious diseases and a frontline worker. She has also been involved in the development of the national case management guidelines in Kenya. With her new appointment, she oversees all sections of internal medicine, including cardiology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, neurology, intensive care, and others.

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