Who we are

PATS has members from many African countries who are predominantly respiratory physicians.

The society is overseen by a committee made up of the following members who are all influential in the field of African thoracic medicine.

Professor Ali Ben Kheder
République Tunisienne
Ministère de la Santé publique
Hôpital A. Mami Ariana
Tunisia

Bryan Pearson
Managing Director
FSG Communications Ltd
UK

Professor Heather Zar
Director Division of Paediatric Pulmonology
Red Cross Children’s Hospital
University of Cape Town
South Africa

Professor G. E. Erhabor
Head, Department of Medicine,
Consultant Chest Physician, 
Obafemi Awolowo University
Nigeria

Professor Elizabeth Aka Danguy

Dr Evans Amukoye
Center for Respiratory Diseases Research
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
Kenya

Dr Stephen Gordon
Reader in Tropical Respiratory Medicine
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Pembroke Place
Liverpool
L3 5QA