Dr. Aroonwan Preutthipan is a pediatrics professor in the pediatric pulmonary and sleep medicine division at Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. She holds the prestigious positions of President of the Asian Pediatric Pulmonology Society (APPS) and the Thai Society of Pediatric Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (TPRC). She earned a Thai Subboard in Pediatric Pulmonology in 1992. Then, working as a visiting faculty for 2 years at the Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Pediatric Sleep and Breathing Disorders Center at the John Hopkins Children’s Center, Maryland, USA. In 2003, she was honored with the Governors Community Service Award for her project on Home Mechanical Ventilation for Children in Thailand. Her leadership as the President of the Sleep Society of Thailand led to the organization winning the Distinguished Activity Award from the World Sleep Society in 2019. She has also been recognized with several teaching awards in Thailand and was recently invited as a lecturer of the World Sleep Academy. She has written book chapters and research manuscripts, been a reviewer of a number of journals, and given talks at international meetings. Her topics mainly focus on obstructive sleep apnea, home mechanical ventilation, and respiratory care.

Dr. Joel Reiter is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Medicine. Having completed his residency in pediatrics he completed a pediatric pulmonary fellowship at the Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FA, followed by a fellowship in sleep medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Hospitals, in Boston, MA. Dr. Reiter returned to Israel in 2014 and joined the Hadassah Pediatric Pulmonary unit. In 2016 he established the Hadassah sleep center and sleep laboratory. He is a Hebrew University Medical School senior lecturer and coordinator for the course on the Respiratory System of the Sick Person. Chairman of the Israeli Sleep Research Society committee. Dr. Reiter’s research interests include diagnosis and treatment of asthma, bronchiolitis, cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia and sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea and narcolepsy