of fellowship doctors
Dr. Abdul-Ilah bin Abbad Al-Tuwairqi, Executive Director General of King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, sponsored the graduation ceremony of a new batch of physicians for the Subspecialty Fellowship Program in Ophthalmology for the year (1431 AH - 2010 AD), which reached 15 doctors during the weekly symposium that was held last Monday In the presence of Dr. Ashley Burns, Executive Medical Director of the hospital (from Johns Hopkins Medical University in America), heads of departments and a number of ophthalmologists in the hospital and ophthalmologists in various health sectors, as the hospital used to hold such a ceremony annually in December of each year.
In his speech on this occasion, Dr. Al-Tuwairqi explained that this program that was established in the hospital in (1994 AD) is considered the first program in the subspecialties of the eye, and it is also one of the most prominent and successful postgraduate medical studies programs to graduate qualified personnel in ophthalmology and surgery in the Kingdom. Until this year (196) doctors graduated from this distinguished program with a subspecialty fellowship degree in ophthalmology and surgery, working in all regions of the Kingdom and the Gulf states. He thanked the hospital physicians ’staff for their commendable efforts in training these cadres and preparing them to assume their responsibilities in providing medical care at the desired level. In the health facilities in which they work in various regions and governorates of the Kingdom and the Arab Gulf states, he also stressed in his speech the importance of playing the required role in serving patients after they have been highly trained and qualified in the hospital, and he also indicated that doctors perform the duty expected of them and provide appropriate services to all Patient segments, and that the hospital continues to support them when they need to through continuous medical education and facilitate the difficulties they face. Dr. Ashley Burns, Chief Medical Officer of the hospital gave his speech on the occasion of his graduation saying: There is no doubt that this moment is a defining moment in the lives of all graduates today, and it is time for you to be in the real world on your own to help patients, and in that the real help is for the people you have learned from, and now you will strive We are trying to expand the horizons of your knowledge and transfer the information that you have learned to the destinations to which you will return, and therefore it is a rare moment for you, and I have to say that I really enjoyed the time I spent with you despite my presence with you for only five months But I really appreciate all the knowledge that I have gained from you, because this is important when you are teaching specialized people like you, and I also wish you great success in your field of specialization and at the same time I would like to welcome the new fellowship doctors who will come next year, and I also do not fail to mention that this edifice that We work in it (King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital) is considered the best hospitals and eye medical centers in the world, and in conclusion, I hope that you do not stop at this stage of science Science never stops, and we must keep abreast of developments as each of us learns from the other.
Dr. Iman Habib Al-Lawatia, receives a graduation certificate from Dr. Al-Tuwairqi
Dr. Iman Habib Al-Lawatia, receives a graduation certificate from Dr. Al-Tuwairqi
Dr. Sawsan bint Rashad Noelati, Director of Medical Education at the hospital, indicated that this training program has a duration of two years, depending on the type of specialization, and is enrolled after completing the resident ophthalmologist program of (4) years, and after obtaining a Saudi fellowship or equivalent. British or Canadian fellowship), and annually, a new batch is accepted and graduates who have completed the training will return to their destinations.
At the end of the ceremony, Dr. Al-Tuwairqi congratulated the graduates and the graduation certificates were handed over to the doctors, and they are: Dr. Saleh Abdul Aziz Al-Aqil from the Armed Forces Hospital in Riyadh, Dr. Hani Hamad Al-Najm from Uhud Hospital in Madinah, Dr. Abdul Majeed Ahmed Al-Shiha from the Security Forces Hospital in Riyadh and Dr. Turki Abdulaziz Al-Turki from King Hospital Khaled Al-Majma`a, all in the specialty of the front side of the eye (anterior segment), Dr. Abdulaziz Abdulrahman Al-Arifi, Dr. Faisal Abdulaziz Al-Mubarak and Dr. Abdul Salam Arif Tarjuman from King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Riyadh, and all of them specialize in glaucoma, and in the specialty of pediatric ophthalmology Dr. Ismail Saeed Al-Ghamdi from the Armed Forces Hospital in the South, Dr. Iman Habib Al-Lawatia from the Sultanate of Oman, and Dr. Raed Muhammad Al-Omair from the Specialized Hospital in her door, and in the specialty of ophthalmology, Dr. Bandar Muhammad Al-Qahtani from the Ajyad General Hospital in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, and in the specialty of retinal and vitreous diseases and surgery Dr. Abdullah Muhammad Al-Omari is from King Khalid Hospital in Tabuk and Dr. Saad Abdullah Al-Dahmash from King Abdulaziz Hospital With me in Riyadh, Dr. Hatem Moqbel Al-Jayyar from Uhud Hospital in Madinah, and Dr. Muhammad Saeed Al-Maliki from King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital in Taif.
