Dr. Howaida Obaid Muhammad Al-Qathami is one of the pioneering women in the world of medicine in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the world, as she is the first consultant for cardiac surgery in the Middle East and the second in the world in the presidency of cardiac surgery. And cardiac surgery for the armed forces, and she was elected among the fifty most influential global personalities, by the American Foundation of World Celebrities, who held many medical positions inside and outside the Kingdom.

Educational attainment

Howayda Al-Qathami studied at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah to obtain a bachelor''s degree in medicine, Dr. Howaida Al-Qathami obtained many certificates and qualifications that qualified her to become one of the top cardiac surgeons at the regional and global level, where she obtained the British Fellowship in Surgery, as well as the Canadian Clinical Fellowship in Heart Surgery And birth defects.

career

Senior consultant in pediatric heart surgery and birth defects in adults, at Prince Sultan Center in Riyadh.

Senior specialist in pediatric heart surgery and congenital defects, at the Children''s Hospital of the University of Toronto, Canada.

Senior specialist in pediatric and adult cardiac surgery at Prince Sultan Center in Riyadh.

Specialist in cardiac surgery for kebabs at the Bruceyière Hospital in the Persian storm, Paris.

She worked as a specialist in cardiac surgery for adults and children at Prince Sultan Center.

She headed the red scarf campaign for the prevention of heart diseases for women, in the Saudi Heart Association.

I worked as a surgeon at the Military Hospital in Riyadh.

I worked as a senior surgical physician at the Military Hospital in Riyadh.

I worked as a resident physician at the Military Hospital in Riyadh.

Her medical achievements

Dr. Howaida Al-Qathami is the first surgeon to perform a pulmonary valve implantation without opening the heart and without using an artificial heart device. It is the first operation of its kind in the Middle East. Only six patients were performed, and all of them were successful. The single operation took about a quarter of an hour only. The first doctors who performed a ligation of the pulmonary artery in children with birth defects in the Middle East, so that the heart is one chamber instead of four and is accompanied by holes between the ears and the ventricle.

Awards and Honors

Howayda Al-Qathami has won many awards and honors for her great achievements in the field of medicine at the Arab and international levels, and among these awards are the following:

She was awarded the Order of King Faisal of the fourth degree.

The Unity Medal and the Unity Medal from the Republic of Yemen.

She was honored by Princess Nouf Bint Abdulaziz Al Saud at the Janadriyah Conference.

It was honored by Al-Zulfi Governorate.

Named as the Fifty Most Famous International Personality by the American World Celebrity Foundation.

She was honored by Princess Hessa bint Trad Al-Shaalan for her participation in an open dialogue under the title "Women between work and hope."

She was honored by the wife of Prince Sultan bin Fahd Al Saud, “Princess Al-Jawhara Al-Sudairy,” for her participation in the Women’s Sports and Heart Health Week at Prince Salman Social Center.

Memberships

Member of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Heart Association and Treasurer.

President of the National Registry of Congenital Heart Defects in Saudi Arabia.

Headed the scientific committee for the Saudi Fellowship for Cardiac Surgery at the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties.

She is a member of the examination committee of the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties.

And a member of the American Heart Association.

She is also a member of the European Society of Cardiac Surgery.

Member of the Arab Society for Cardiac Surgery.

Member of the Gulf Heart Association.

Founding member of the International Society for Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery for Birth Defects.

Member and Fellow of the British College of Surgery from the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Member and Fellow of the Canadian Clinical College in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and Birth Defects at the University of Toronto, Canada.