About the doctor
Education
- MBBS Degree (with honor), King Saud University, The Faculty of Medicine, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 1982 - 1988.
Internship
- Three months rotations in Medicine, Surgery, OB/GYN, and Pediatrics, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh Central Hospital, Sulimania Pediatrics Hospital, Overall Evaluation, Excellent, 1988 - 1989.
Certifications
- MBBS, (Evaluation: Very good, with honor), 1989.
- MRCP (UK), (Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom), March 1993.
- ABIM, (Arab Board of Internal Medicine), April 1994.
- Certificate of Fellowship training in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, University of Manitoba, Canada, June 1997.
- Certificate of Fellowship training in Sleep Medicine, December University of Manitoba, Canada.
- Diplomates of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine European Diploma of Intensive Care medicine (EDIC), July.
- Diplomates of the European Respiratory Society European Examination in Adult Respiratory Medicine, 2008.
- Diplomates of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS).
- ESRS Examination for Sleep Experts.
- ESRS Certified Somnologist, Expert in Sleep Medicine, September 2012.
- (Fellowship of the American College of the American College of Chest Physicians), FCCP, May 2000.
- FRCP Edin, October 2000.
- Fellowship of the Royal College of physicians of Edinburgh, FRCP London, 2009.
- Fellowship of the Royal College of physicians of London, FACP, 2009.
- Fellowship of the American College of Physicians, FCCS Instructor, (Fundamental Critical Care Support), April 1997.
- Society of Critical Care Medicine, Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Certification, October 2009.
- ECFMG, 1992.
RESIDENCY TRAINING
- Resident, Internal Medicine, August 1989.
- King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, July 1993.
SPECIALITIES
- Internal Medicine.
- Respiratory Medicine.
- Sleep Disorders.
- Critical Care Medicine.
CURRENT TITLES and POSITIONS
- Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, King Khalid University Hospital.
- Consultant Pulmonologist, Intensivist and Sleep Disorders Specialist.
- FCCS National Course Consultant, Society of Critical Care Medicine, USA.
- Director, University Sleep Disorders Center, King Khalid University Hospital, The 1st Academic Sleep Disorders Center in Saudi Arabia.
