former Director General of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation
His Excellency the Minister of Health, Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah, honored His Excellency Dr. Faisal Shaheen, the former Director General of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, in his office at the Ministry’s office yesterday. The honor came in recognition of Dr. Shaheen''s distinguished efforts and active contributions in the field of spreading the culture of donation and organ transplantation, developing the services of the center and activating its tasks, for more than 25 years, which were full of remarkable achievements and qualitative initiatives that contributed - thanks to God - in advancing the work process of the center, in addition to Organ transplant program in the Kingdom.
It is worth noting that Dr. Faisal Shaheen, a consultant physician, worked as a consultant at Al-Shati Hospital and King Fahd General Hospital in Jeddah, and at the same time held the position of Head of the Kidney Department at King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah between 1987 and 1989 AD. He also held the position of Director of the Kidney Center at King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah since 1990, and the position of General Director of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation between 1993 and 2018.
Dr. Faisal has held the position of Head of Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation departments at Soliman Fakeeh Hospitals Group in Jeddah since 2018, and is currently the President of the International Association for Organ Donation and Removal, and he works as a consultant to the World Health Organization for organ transplantation.
During his career, Dr.Faisal has won a number of awards, decorations, shields, medals, and certificates of honor locally and internationally, most notably the Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences for the year 2018, and the Dr. Ali Tawfiq Shousha Award from the World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. For the year 2010 AD.
