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QUALIFICATIONS

1988                                M.B.B.S., College of Medicine, King Saud University
1989-1993                        Arab Board of Surgery, KKUH
30 September 1993           Arab Board legable
23rd November 1993         Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (F.R.C.S.I.)
30th June 1998                 Fellowship in Pediatric Urology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

CURRENT POST
1. Dean, College of Medicine, King Saud University
2. Professor of urology. College of medicine, King Saud University
3. Consultant pediatric urologist, King Khalid University Hospital, KSU
4. Editor-in Chief, Urology Annals (www.urologyannals.com).

WORK EXPERIENCE:
1. August 1988 - August 1989
    Rotation Internship, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2. 1 October 1989 - 30 September 1993
    Resident, Arab Board of general Surgery, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
3. 26 December 1992 - 4 November 1994
    Registrar in Urology, Department of Surgery, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4. 5 November 1994 - 15 December 1995
    Assistant Pediatric Urologist, Department of Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi        Arabia
5. 16 December 1995 - 30 June 1996
    Senior Registrar in Urology, Department of Surgery, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
6. 6th April 1996
    Appointed as Assistant Professor of Urology, College of Medicine, King Saud University
7. 1st July 1996 - 30th June 1998
    Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Canada. During         which I worked as Acting Consultant Pediatric Urologist from March 1997 till end of June 1998
8. 1st August 1998 up to date
    Consultant Pediatric Urologist, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University
9. 1st of November 2000 to 30 November 2005
    Part-time Consultant Pediatric Urologist, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
10. October 2004
     Appointed as Associate Professor of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University
11. 2005 - 2007
     Vice Director of the Medical Education Centre, College of Medicine, King Saud University
12. 2002 -2014
      Member, Scientific Council of Urology, Saudi council for health specialties
13. 2005 - 2011
      Director, Pediatric urology fellowship, Saudi council for health specialties
14. 2007 -2011
      Director, examination committee, Saudi board of urology, Saudi council for health specialties
15. 2008 up to date
      Editor-in-Chief, Urology Annals, Official publication, Saudi Urological Association
16. 2009 -2012
      Board Member, Saudi urological association board
17. 9 May 2010
      Appointed as Professor of Urology, college of medicine, King Saud University
18. 1st September 2010 to 2016
      Dean, Prince Bin Abdul-Aziz College for Emergency Medical Services
19. 20th February 2011 – 30 December 2014
      Chairman of the Saudi Board of Urology Scientific committee, Saudi health Commission
20.  24 July 2016 upto date,  Dean, College of Medicine, King Saud University

AWARD RECEIVED
 
Awarded the prize "The Resident of the Year" (1992) in the Residency Training Program, Department of Surgery, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University.
 

CURRENT WORK EXPERIENCE
 
1.   Dean, College of Medicine, King Saud University
2.   Professor of Urology, College of Medicine, King Saud University with very active teaching, academic, and research schedule 
3.   In-Charge of Pediatric Urology King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University 
4.   Editor-in-Chief “Urology Annals” Official publication of the Saudi Urological Association 
5.   Scientific Societies Membership
a. Saudi Urological Association

b. European Society of Pediatric Urology

c. Honorary Member, Saudi Society for Emergency Medical Services

6.   Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Pediatric Urology
 
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS

1.  Course organizer for different academic courses, Department of surgery, College of Medicine, KSU
2. Interns Coordinator, Department of Surgery - College of Medicine, King Saud University from August 1998 – November 2000.
3. Member, medical education board 2001-2007
4. Associate director of medical education center for clinical skills training 2002-2007
5. In charge medical education center 2005-2007
6. Member, scientific council of urology, Saudi commission for health specialties 2002-2010
7. Member, examination committee, Saudi board of urology, 2002-2006
8. Director , examination committee, Saudi board of urology, 2006-2011
9. Director, Pediatric urology fellowship, Saudi commission for health specialties, 2005-2010
10. Member; Saudi Urological Association executive  board. 2001-2012
11. Chairman, Saudi Board of Urology Scientific committee, Saudi health Commission. 2011-2014
12. Member, Saudi Commission for health specialties executive council. 2011-2014
13. Dean, Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz College for Emergency Medical Services. 2010-2016

MEMBER OF DIFFERENT COMMITTEE IN THE PAST

1. College of Medicine Interns Committee, King Saud University,
2. Hospital File System Committee, King Khalid University Hospital
3. Planning Committee, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine
4. Undergraduate Student Courses Committee, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine
5. Member, Medical Education Centre Board
6. Director, Clinical Skills Training Committee (MEC)
7. Member, Central Committee for the Medical Curriculum (MEC)
8. Member, Needs for New Curriculum Committee (MEC) to establish the  new medical curriculum.
9. King Saud university central committee for health specialties training
10. Reform of students acceptance in health colleges committee, King Saud University.
11. Saudi Board of Urology Council
12. Credential committee, department of surgery
13. Executive board, Saudi commission for health specialties

CURRENT COMMITTEES

1.  Member of University Council
2. College board, Prince sultan college for EMS, KSU
3. Academic committee, Prince sultan college for EMS, KSU
4. Strategic plan committee, Prince sultan college for EMS, KSU
5. Recruitment committee, Prince sultan college for EMS, KSU
6. Steering committee, Prince sultan college for EMS, KSU
7. Health colleges Dean’s council, KSU
8. Central committee for health colleges students acceptance, KSU
9. Private health colleges supervising committee, Ministry of Higher Education
10. King Saud University Central Committee for Salary Increment for Non-Saudi teaching staff

PREVIOUS ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES IN MEDICAL EDUCATION
 
I was involved in the medical education center since it was started in 2001, as I was a member in the medical education board for 6 years, and the associate director of the center for skills training, during which I took the responsibility to establish the current state of art clinical skills facility in college of medicine, King Saud University.
From 2005 I was the vice director of the medical education center were I took the responsibility to prepare for the new medical curriculum in the college of medicine, where different tasks were accomplished ( staff development, personal needs of the new curriculum, physical need of the new curriculum) the new curriculum started in 2008.
During this period I took the responsibility to promote medical education as a specialty to prepare in establishing the medical education department, we encouraged our colleagues in scholarship to obtain medical education degrees, and we established an agreement with the medical education center in Dundee for the staff to have a diploma in medical education.

Establishing Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz College for Emergency Medical Services (PSCEMS)

Since September 2010 to July 2016, I took the responsibility in creating a completely new health school dedicated for emergency medical services, during which and with a dedicated team, we were able to establish a comprehensive health school including the administration, laboratories, teaching classes, recruiting an excellent teaching group, finishing the study plan and preparing the college for accreditation. Some of the functions I have administered in the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz College for EMS are as follows:
1. Executing an integrated strategy for the college approved by the Vice Rectorate of the University for Development compatible with the University’s plan 2030.
2. Recruiting skilled academic staff and developing their academic skills which are witnessed by all visitors of the college.
3. Developing the curriculum of the college in agreement with the American Accreditation Commission and the National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment won the praise of all the specialists.
4. Furnishing the temporary college building(Administrative section, training labs, interactive lecture halls, members of the faculty offices and student affairs and activities).
5. Continuing the educational and academic environment in the college and activating the councils of the college, departments and the academic and administrative units. By the praise of Allah, the fourth batch will be graduated in this term, all our graduates who were employed,  won the praise of their employers and we have noticed desire of the recruitment agencies to attract our graduates.
6. Creating the different college units (development, quality, e-learning, studentaffairs, registration, Personnel, procurement, financial affairs, public relations and administrative communication).
7. Training an administrative and technical staff to manage the college labs and supervise the field training.
8. Establishing three Vice deanships for the college and activating the four college departments for supervising the curriculum and scholarship students.
9. Performing the cooperation agreement between the students and Saudi Red Crescent Authority, which has been signed by your excellency with his Royal Highness the Chairman of the Authority  through which the stations of the Saudi Red Crescent have been opened for training our college students.
10. Preparing the college for the academic accreditation from the American Commission for accrediting programs of emergency medical services and the National Commission for Academic accreditation and Assessment. Our self study has been sent to them and we are awaiting their visit as a last step for accreditation if God Wills.
11. Recruiting 3 Saudi assistant professors,22 demonstrators, out of them 11 on scholarship(3 Phd students), 15
of them from the distinguished college graduates and the rest are graduates of the United States and Australia.
12. Establishing Life Support Unit accredited by the American Heart Association as a specialized center for conducting first aid and CPR courses for training students, it has become more than fifty trained of our college students accredited by the American Heart Association and by the grace of God we are the first to achieve this.
13. Creating qualitative programs, where some of them have been adopted by the university for all colleges such as expert program. An agreement has been conducted with colleagues from the University of Stanford to teach in the college and a program of sending a group of distinguished intern students to spend part of their internship year in the United states. An agreement has been signed by your excellency with the University of Creighton. The first and the second batches have been sent and thanks God, the results of the experiment were wonderful.  
14. Receiving the first independent building for the college in the premises of King Saud University in Malaz (Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacology for Girls before) after being prepared by Vice Rectorate of the University for Projects which is a scientific oasis and we will be moving during the current academic year if God Wills.
15. We are proud of our distinct community service activities led by the project of “King Saud University saves a life” to train students of King Saud University to deal with emergency cases and the project of dealing with the emergency cases in the general educational curricula, and project of distributing the devices of CPR in the buildings of the university and other community activities.
16. Completing the designs and skitches of the permanent headquarters of the college and the Emergency Medical Services Center under the supervision of the Vice Rectorate of the University for Projects, allocating a piece of land for the project in the university premises with the support of your excellency. It is hoped to start implementing the project in the near future if God Wills.
17) Facilitated two International Forums  in the context of EMS education and Research for the purpose of refining the curriculum as well as for visualizing the directions in EMS Research.
18) Facilitated the cooperation and agreement between the college preparatory year and the PSCEMS for the establishment of a training center to train new preparatory year students in First Aid and CPR courses.

These qualitative achievements have been implemented in line with the university’s policy towards global excellence  and the mission of the college towards local leadership and global distinction.

PREVIOUS ACTIVITIES IN THE SAUDI COUNCIL FOR HEALTH SPECIALITIES

1.  Member, Saudi Board of Urology Council, 2002 - 2014
2. Director, Saudi Fellowship of Pediatric Urology Committee, 2005-2010
3. Director, Exam Committee, Saudi Board of Urology, since 2006-2010
4. Director, Saudi Board of Urology Scientific Council since 2010 - 2014.
5. Member, Executive Council, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties from 2010-2014

I had the honor of being in the Saudi urology board for 12 years, where I was a member in the exam committee, and then became its director, we were having a very busy all year schedule in preparing and conducting the different levels urology exams.
I also had the honor to establish the Saudi pediatric urology fellowship, since 2005, which is the first Saudi urology subspecialty program, and it’s gaining an excellent reputation.

A summarization of my involvement in the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties is as follows:

1. I was the member of the Urology Examinations committee from 2002 – 2006 and I contributed the idea of the introduction of the OSCE exam in the final clinical examination which was the first of its kind in Saudi Commission for Health Specialties.

2. I also chaired the Program Setup Committee for Pediatric Urology and the program was declared as the first fellowship program as a sub-specialty in Urology.

3. I also chaired the Council Examinations Committee from 2006-2011 which proved to be the best committee for the excellence of its members. The work, during the four and half years, concentrated on the comprehensive development of the Council Examination System as a blue print that ultimately reached its perfection as a unique systematic examination offered by the Scientific Council of Urology as witnessed by all foreign and fellow participants who attended the exams during the last years.

4. I served as a member of the committee responsible for the restructuring of boards and committees and also conducted an oversight of the Committees Examinations Authority.

5. I served as a member of the committee that prepared the study to increase the capacity of all the programs in the body, which has been approved by the Executive Board and to initiate the start of work in it, and one of the goals was to open training centers outside the kingdom. One of them, the King Hussein Medical City in Amman, was approved by the Board of Urology.

6. I served as the president of the Scientific Council of Urology in the period from 2011 and 2014.

7. I was a member in the executive council of the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties from 2010-2014.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES IN THE SAUDI UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
 
Other than being an active member in the Saudi urological association, I was the founder and editor-in-chief of the “Urology Annals” the official publications of the Saudi urological association “urologyannals.com”. Currently, we are in its 7th volume and became indexed in Pubmed four years ago.

I was a member in the board of the Saudi urological association from 2009-2012.

GRANT RESEARCH ACTIVITY
In addition to continuing our line of research, particularly in the field of conservative management if patients with neuropathic bladder, I have a research grand from King Abdullaziz city entitled “Total endoscopic management of patients with neuropathic bladder”.

ABSTRACT & LECTURES PRESENTED

1.  "Abdominal Trauma" - Presented at the Symposium on Polytrauma held in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia, January 1994.
2. “Urothelial Bladder Augmentation” – Presented at the 9th Saudi Urology Conference, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, November 1995.
3. “Management of Posterior Urethral Rupture in Boys” – Presented at the 9th Saudi Urology Conference, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, November 1995.
4. “Bladder Neck Reconstruction in Bladder Exstrophy” – Presented at the 9th Saudi Urology Conference, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, November 1995.
5. “Presentation of Posterior Urethral Valves in Saudi Arabia” – Presented at 12th Saudi Urology Conference, Taif, Saudi Arabia, February 1999.
6. “Variability of Significance of Nuclear Medicine Cystogram” - Presented at 12th Saudi Urology Conference, Taif, Saudi Arabia, February 1999.
7. “Endoscopic correction of complicated vesicoureteric reflux in children” – Presented at 14th Saudi Urology Conference, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, February 2001.
8. “Extravesical ureteric reimplantation in children:  Preliminary Experience from KKUH ” – Presented at 14th Saudi Urology Conference, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, February 2001.
9. “Outcome of ureteropelvic obstruction in the first year of life ” – Presented at 14th Saudi Urology Conference, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, February 2001.
10. “Non-intubated versus intubated pyeloplasty in children: The KKUH experience ” – Presented at 14th Saudi Urology Conference, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, February 2001. and the First Department of Surgery Annual Research Conference, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 2001.
11. “Botulinum-A Toxin: Solo treatment for neuropathic noncompliant bladder” presented in joint ICCS & ESPU meeting, Antalya,m September 2006
12. “Minimally invasive surgery in Pediatric urology” 20th Saudi Urology Conference, Al-Khobar, 2008
13. “Can Perioperative Tolterodine Enhance The Success Rate Of Endoscopic Treatment Of Primary Vesicoureteric Reflux?  A Prospective Randomized Study” VUR course, Eupsala, 2008
14. “Total endoscopic management and anal irrigation management (TEAM approach) of children with non-compliant neuropathic bladder: A preliminary report” VUR course, Uppsala, 2008
15. “ Recent advances in the management of the wet child” 21st  Saudi Urology Conference, Tabouk, 2008 and the 6th Annual Pediatric Urology Update Course, Riyadh, 2009
16.  Minimally invasive approach for patients with neuropathic bladder. 21st meeting of the European society of pediatric urology, Antalya, April 2010

SYMPOSIA AND COURSES ORGANIZATION:
   I was the chairperson in the following and courses:

1.  1st Saudi Pediatric Urology Update Course, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 2001
2. 2nd Saudi pediatric urology course, Alhasa, 2002
3. Management of Antenatal Hydronephrosis, Saudi Urological Society, Al-, Khobar, Saudi Arabia, 2000 
4. 19th Saudi urological conference, Riyadh, 2007 
5. 1st Saudi minimally invasive course, Riyadh, 2009

  I was a member in the Scientific Committee of the following courses:

1. 2nd Saudi Pediatric Urology Update Course, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia, January 2002​
2. 8th Congress of the Arab Association of Paediatric Surgeons and International Symposium on Paediatric Surgery and Workshop, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 
3. 3rd Saudi Pediatric Urology Update Course, Qassim, Saudi Arabia, January 2003
4. 16th Saudi Urology Conference, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 2004
5. 1st King Saud Conference on Medical Education, College of Medicine, October 2003
6. 6th pediatric urology update course, KFMC, Riyadh
7. 1st Saudi pediatric urology minimally invasive surgery course, Riyadh, January 2010
8. 2nd Saudi pediatric urology minimally invasive surgery course, Riyadh, January 2011

COURSES ATTENDED
 I have attended many international (in the US, Europe) as well as middle-eastern courses.
 
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
 I have attended in almost 44 conferences internationally as well as within the middle-east.