About the doctor
Certifications & Qualifications
- Consultant Diagnostic Radiology, Mammography
- Saudi Fellowship
- Head of Radiology Department, King Abdulaziz Hospital, Jeddah
- Supervisor of radiology departments in grandfather''s health
- Head of the central coordination unit for the early detection of breast cancer program in Jeddah
Experiences
* Regarding breast imaging, we have Hollogic FFDM with a prone table for stereotactic biopsies I report about 80 diagnostic mammograms per month. I do breast interventional procedures like FNA biopsies, trucut biopsies, vacuum assisted stereotactic and U.S. guided biopsies, wire localizations, metallic marker placement and drainages. Also I do breast U.S. I started doing breast MRI cases since mid 2008 with a rate of 5 cases per week. Since 2011 I started doing MRI guided VAB where our hospital is considered to be the only one providing this service among all MOH hospitals throughout the kingdom.
- Head of diagnostic imaging department at King Abdulaziz Hospital, ministry of health hospital, Jeddah, Since July 2003 till now.
- worked in King Abdulaziz Hospital (MOH hospital) as an acting consultant doing all the diagnostic procedures including MRI, CT (including CT angiography), including small parts and Doppler, sono-mammogram, fluoroscopy, general reporting and non-vascular interventional procedures, Since year 2002.
- obtained the Saudi board degree in diagnostic radiology followed by 1 year training in breast imaging including mammogram, breast U.S and breast interventional procedures, In January 2001.
- clinical attachment in breast screening service in Charing Cross hospital A part of Hammersmith hospitals NHS trust - London. During that period I have seen about 1000 screening mammograms as well as attending assessment clinics, one stop symptomatic breast clinics, weekly multidisciplinary team meeting (MDT) and different breast interventional procedures. Also I spent one week in St’ Gorge’s hospital another NHS hospital providing wide breast cancer screening service, From 3rd April 2006 to 8th May2006.
- appointed as chief of central coordination unit for Jeddah breast cancer screening program. We started phase one of our pilot screening program using a mobile mammogram unit that moved in Jeddah for a period of two months, a total of 1167cilents were screened and our cancer detection rate was 0.42%, the positive cancer cases were subjected to MDT meeting and received management, On June, 2010.
- I did clinical attachment the whole month of February 2012 in Canada (Montreal and Quebec City) with Dr. Nathalie Duchesne an imminent breast Radiologist, reporting screening and diagnostic mammograms as well as doing a lot of breast interventional procedures.
- I am practicing only breast imaging and I am the head of the imaging breast unit at King Abdulaziz hospital, Jeddah, From September 2007 till now.
