About the doctor
Professional Experience
- Intern, Mansoura University, Egypt, 1981-1982.
- Resident, Internal Medicine and Nephrology, King Fahd General Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1982-1984.
- Clinical Training Program in Nephrology, Western Hospital, Glasgow, UK, 1984.
- Clinical Training Program, University of Vienna, Austria, 1984-1987.
- Consultant Internal Medicine, Head of Nephrology Unit at King Fahd Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1987-1989.
- Consultant Nephrologist, Associate at Al-Shati Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
- Founder and Director of the Kidney Center in Jeddah, King Fahd Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1990-to date.
- General Director of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation (SCOT), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 1993-to date.
Professional Achievements
- Established kidney center in Jeddah doing 250 X 365 dialysis session per year, It is the largest dialysis center in the Arab world providing comprehensive State of Art dialysis service with excellent results, in 1990.
- Established Jeddah Kidney Center as the leading kidney transplant center in the country with 75 transplants a year.
- Established a comprehensive CAPD unit which is becoming a reference center for this therapy in the region providing training for patients and staff as well as home support system.
- Established Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation as the model for transplantation activity in the Islamic world covering kidney, heart, liver corneal and pancreatic transplantation and established the Bye-Laws, regulation, retrieval system at national level.
- Established Prince Salman Kidney Diseases Center, to provide dialysis treatment to needy patients in Riyadh region and providing comprehensive State of Art dialysis service with excellent results, in 2001.
- Established scientific and research basis for all aspects of organ retrieval and procurement including medical, social and ethical aspects of transplantation.
- Contributed to regional and international policies on organ transplantation having been an active member and on the Executive Committees of Arab Societies, Middle East Society, Asian Society and GCC committee of transplantation.
- Contributed significantly to medical knowledge in Nephrology and transplantation in the Arab world particularly in relation to specific problems encountered in these fields in this region.
- Contributed to training in Nephrology and transplantation in the region having had many personnel from all over this region trained both in Jeddah Kidney Center and Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation in Riyadh.
- Distinguished Professor in Organ Procurement and Transplantation from the National Institute of Transplantation, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Visiting Transplant Physician, from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Former President of Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation.
- Distinguished Professor from Aden University, Yemen.
