Peer-reviewed research, international posters, and long-form writing on medical AI.

Comparative Evaluation of Machine Translation and AI Tools in International Critical Care Education

Role: Author

Tested how well machine translation and AI tools carry critical care teaching across languages, a first step toward equitable global ICU education.

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Mind the Gap: A Global Disconnect Between Approved Antifibrotic Use and Off-label PH Therapies in PH-ILD

Role: Author

Shows how differently clinicians worldwide treat pulmonary hypertension in interstitial lung disease, exposing a gap between approved therapies and real-world practice.

Final authorship and metadata to be checked against the original abstract.

DOI 10.1093/ajrccm/aamag286.296

Pulmonary Medicine

Concomitant Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis and Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Refractory Celiac Disease

Role: Author

A rare pairing of two lung diseases in a patient with profound immune compromise, documented to help clinicians recognize it earlier.

Pulmonary Medicine

Fatal Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillus Niger Infection in an Immunocompetent Adult

Role: Author

A reminder that a mold usually seen in immunocompromised patients can kill an otherwise healthy adult, and why early suspicion matters.

DOI 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2015.191.1_MeetingAbstracts.A1618

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Stop Diagnosing Asthma and COPD With a Reversibility Test

Role: Author

Bronchodilator reversibility should be one treatable trait among many, not the basis for diagnosing asthma or COPD.

Pulmonary Medicine

After HI-PEITHO, What Do We Tell the Patient?

Role: Author

Equipoise in practice: how to talk with patients about pulmonary embolism trial enrollment after the HI-PEITHO trial.

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Intermediate-Risk Pulmonary Embolism in 2026: New Guidelines, New Evidence, and the Same Old Problem

Role: Author

Intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism in light of the new guidelines and the HI-PEITHO trial, and why the hard decisions have not changed.

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Pulmonary/Critical Care Conference of the Desert 2027

Role: Invited speaker (upcoming)

Upcoming: June 5, 2027 at the Classic Club, Palm Desert. Dr. Bencheqroun returns to the Coachella Valley pulmonary and critical care conference.

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Ghost Author: Your Name May Already Be on a Paper You Never Wrote

Role: Invited speaker

Upcoming: Saturday, September 19, 2026, Session II at 10:45 a.m. How AI-generated manuscripts and paper mills can put a clinician's name on work they never did, and what to do about it.

Medical AIPulmonary Medicine

Aging With Pride: LGBTQ+ Perspectives on End-of-Life Care and the Golden Years

Role: Speaker (Member-at-Large, LGBTQ+ at CHEST Interest Group Steering Committee)

Recorded June 29, 2026 with moderators Mauricio Danckers, MD, FCCP, and Adan (Adam) Mora Jr, MD, FCCP: how generational experiences shape care needs, access, and end-of-life conversations for LGBTQ+ older adults, and how clinicians can provide truly inclusive care.

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AI in Medicine (Plenary Session)

Role: Plenary presenter (with Jessica Schweller, APRN-CNP)

Friday, June 19, 2026: plenary for the Association of Pulmonary Advanced Practice Providers on how AI is entering pulmonary diagnosis, documentation, and clinical decision support.

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Western-Built Models in Arab ICUs: How to Stop Importing Foreign Errors

Role: International faculty and speaker

May 10, 2026, Session 43, Driving Excellence through Innovations and New Technology in ICU: why AI models trained on Western data need local validation before they guide care in Arab ICUs.

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Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Invited Lecture

Role: Invited lecturer

April 12 to 17, 2026: the congress convened health professionals, researchers, and policy leaders from more than 25 countries at the Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, with the WHO Tunis Office. Dr. Bencheqroun lectured in the AI in healthcare theme.

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Pulmonary and Critical Care, Clinical Research, and AI in Medicine: a Session for Pre-Health Students

Role: Presenter

A free two-hour recorded session (March 4, 2026) for students exploring medicine: respiratory physiology, cardiopulmonary interactions, clinical development, and how AI is changing research and decision-making.

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AI in Nursing: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Role: Speaker

February 21, 2026, at the symposium The Power of Purpose: Transforming Challenges into Impact. AI from the nursing perspective: real clinical challenges, decision support, and emotional workload (1.25 CE).

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Healthcare Innovation and Technology Symposium (HITS) 2026

Role: Speaker

February 17 to 19, 2026: a regional conference hosted by the Riverside University Health System emergency medicine community, bringing EMS, nurses, advanced practice providers, and physicians together around innovation in patient care.

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AI in Nursing

Role: Speaker, with Donna Wellbaum, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, NI-BC (Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, UCLA Health)

February 3, 2026: a chapter education session on artificial intelligence in nursing practice, presented with Donna Wellbaum, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, NI-BC, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at UCLA Health.

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AI Helping With Wellness? We're Skeptical Too. You Might Rethink It.

Role: Speaker and panelist

September 26, 2025: a session on whether AI can help clinician wellness in critical care, plus the wellness panel across disciplines and the patient perspective session on what makes patients feel cared for.

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How to AI in Medicine: Scribe, Diagnostics, and Predictive Prognostics

Role: Speaker

September 20, 2025: a practical tour of AI for pulmonary and critical care teams, from ambient scribes to diagnostics and predictive prognostics.

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Panel Discussion: AI in Medicine

Role: Panelist

July 5, 2025: the National Arab American Medical Association convention panel on AI in medicine, moderated by Hassan Fehmi, MD, with Islam Abudayyeh, MD.

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AI in the ICU: What Every Critical Care Provider Needs to Know

Role: Speaker

June 7, 2025: what AI can and cannot do at the bedside today, for the Coachella Valley critical care community.

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Is AI the New Intern in Medicine? Finding the Harmony Between Tech and Tradition

Role: Presenter

March 19, 2025, accredited one-hour webinar for critical care teams: strengths and concerns of AI implementation, what AI can already do for physicians (predictive analytics, image analysis), and how to apply it to workflow, documentation, and task prioritization.

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Pulmonology Today Welcomes Hassan Bencheqroun, MD, EMBA, to Its Editorial Board

Role: Editorial board member

Appointed to the editorial board of Pulmonology Today, the pulmonology channel of DocWire News, as a critical care physician, medical educator, and clinical research expert focused on safe, practical AI adoption.

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