King Saud University yesterday morning inaugurated the Orthopedic Research Chair, inaugurated on behalf of the President of King Saud University, Dr. Abdullah Al-Othman, Vice President for Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research, Dr. Ali Al-Ghamdi, in the presence of the Dean of the College of Medicine and the supervisor of university hospitals, Dr. Musaed Al-Salman, Dr. Fawzi Al-Jasser, the supervisor of the chair. Signing a contract with Dr. Robert Tarcott, Professor of the Chair, Head of the Department of Orthopedics at Miguel University, Canada.

Dr. Al-Ghamdi explained that the College of Medicine is one of the most important pillars in the current development stage, and it is one of the colleges that lead the course of scientific research at the university mainly, as there are 48% of the university''s research chairs located in it, indicating that the research chairs program has achieved great and important achievements that the university is proud of. From the facts and figures for the year 2010 that 30% of the total scientific production, especially the one presented in the ISI base on the publishing side, was from the research chairs program, and the research chairs program has now become a cornerstone of the development the university is witnessing, so the research chairs program was an important and stimulating indicator. Because of the success of the university endowments project, and some of the towers whose construction contracts were signed were the products of this program.

Dr. Al-Ghamdi called for the university’s research chairs to achieve global leadership and to achieve a continuous link with society, and this will only be achieved through the principle and factor of achievement. We want the program’s contribution to continue to produce and develop scientific research for the university, especially in the field of publishing and in the field of patents. We want to see some Chairs are emerging from emerging companies, so the research chairs program will not be a program that receives funding from the university without giving and the tender offered by this program, not only in scientific publishing, but there is social giving, especially in health awareness, in addition to the achievement that we aspire to from the research chairs that It will be stand-alone one day, especially on the financial side, as there are some research chairs that have come to generate a surplus of income for the program.

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For his part, Dr. Al-Jasser, the supervisor of the Orthopedic Research Chair, said that the idea of ​​establishing this chair came from the Kingdom’s need for this specialization and the large number of injuries and cases that require intensive study. The Kingdom has developed in all health fields, and we saw that the development in the field of orthopedic surgery is binding on us, pointing out That the vision of the Chair is summarized in the completion of research in all the presented fields, taking into account the scientific publishing in the distinguished international periodicals, and the expansion of the circle of benefit to include the Saudi society, through media seminars to raise awareness, print publications and pamphlets and distribute them to different groups of society, and establish the nucleus of a distinguished research center in all Aspects and for King Saud University to be a reference in orthopedic disease research to achieve leadership locally, in the Gulf and in the Arab world.

He pointed out that the mission of the Chair is determined in exchanging experiences with various international centers in the fields of pediatric orthopedics, stadium injuries, treatment of bone tumors, and conducting studies and research in previous fields, in an attempt to develop treatment methods and achieve new discoveries in these areas for the benefit of the Saudi society, and to be The Orthopedic Research Chair is an important means to enhance the concept of scientific research and application and enrich the knowledge of doctors and medical workers as well as members of the community, and that the results of research through this chair contribute to improving health services provided to society in terms of quality and quality, and to show us a distinguished group of researchers and doctors in the Kingdom And neighboring countries.

Al-Jasser explained that the chair aims to exchange experiences with international centers specialized in the fields of the chair. Conducting distinguished scientific research on a global level. And to attract international scientists in the fields of the Chair to benefit from their experiences Attracting PhD students from King Saud University to gain experience and participate in research, and to achieve a real and distinguished scientific and research partnership with local and international research centers, in which the College of Medicine at King Saud University will be a leader in it, and to train and highlight a generation of local cadres in the field of scientific research related to orthopedic diseases, and conduct studies and research Scientific related to orthopedic diseases to spread health awareness among members of the community and improve the health services provided, and for King Saud University, represented by the College of Medicine, to be a prominent research center to provide advice to various scientific bodies and institutions as well as to coordinate and facilitate the exchange of scientific production and professional ideas between the relevant bodies, institutions and centers locally and abroad.