Editors-in-Chief

Ali Somily, MD, FRCPC, D(ABMM), FCCM
Professor and Consultant Microbiologist
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Microbiology)
College of Medicine, King Saud University and King Saud University Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected], [email protected]

Abdelazeem Eldawlatly, MD
Professor, Department of Anesthesia
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Editorial Assistant

Mohamad Taisir A.Ghiba, M.Sc.
Researcher, College of Medicine Research Center
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Associate Editors

Abdulaziz Alhomaidi Alodhayani
Associate Professor,
Family and Community Medicine
King Saud University and College of Medicine,
King Saud University Medical City,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Ahmad Hersi, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Professor of Cardiac Sciences
Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist, King Fahad Cardiac Center
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Assim Alfadda,MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP, FACE
Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology & Metabolism
Director, Obesity Research Center
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Abdulrahman Alsultan, MD, FAAP
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Danny Rabah, MD
Professor of Urology
Chairman, Department of Surgery
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Hani Al Mezaine, MD
Professor and Consultant of Ophthalmology
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Mashal M. Alshazi
Assistant Professor ofPharmaceutical Biotechnology
College of Pharmacy, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Mona Soliman, MD, PhD
Professor of Physiology
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Sulaiman Alshammari,MBBS,MSc,FRCGP,MFPH
Professor and Consultant of Family Medicine
Department of Family and Community Medicine
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Khaldoon Aljerian, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FCAP
Associate Professor and Consultant Pathologist& Ethicist
Forensic Medicine Unit, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine
King Saud University and King Saud University Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected] / [email protected]

Khalid Alhasan,MD
Associate Professor of Pediatric
Consultant Pediatric Nephrologist
College of Medicine, King Saud University
President, Saudi Societyof Nephrology and Transplantation
[email protected], [email protected]

Advisory Board

Khalid Fouda Neel, MD, FRCSI
Professor of Urology, Consultant Pediatric Urology
Dean, College of medicine
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Mohammad El Mouzan, MD, ABIM
Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology)
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Ahmed Abu El-Asrar, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Consultant and Chief, Vitreo-retina Division
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Editorial Board

Abdelgalil Abdelgadir, MD, PhD, FRCP
Professor of Physiology
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Abdullah A. Alangari, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Consultant Allergist and Immunologist
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Abdullah Aldahmash, PhD
Professor, Biomedical Science and Stem cells
General Director, Prince Naif Bin Abdulaziz Health Research Center
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

AbdulLatif AlGhaiheb, PhD
Professor, Clinical Pharmacy
College of Pharmacy, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Adel Almogren, PhD
Professor, Immunology and Allergy
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Ahmad Aboshaiqah,RN, PhD
Associate Professor
Dean, College of Nursing
College of Nursing, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Ahmad Alammar, MD
Professor and Consultant, Department of Otolaryngology
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Ahmed Abdelwarith, MD
Professor of Medical Oncology
Hematology Oncology center
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Ahmed Al-Barrag, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medical Microbiology
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Aljohara Saud Almeneessier, MD
Associate Professor and Consultant of Family Medicine, and Medical Education
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Anas Abdulhafeez Khan, MBBS, SBEM, MHA
Consultant and AssociateProfessor, Emergency Medicine
Director General, Global Center for Mass Gatherings Medicine, Ministry of Health
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Bassam Bin-Abbas, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Consultant, Endocrinology and Diabetes Section
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

David Gozal, MD, MBA, PhD (Hon)
Marie M. and Harry L. Smith Endowed Chair
Chairperson, Department of Child Health
Pediatrician-in-Chief, MU Women’s and Children’s Hospital
University of Missouri School of Medicine
Columbia, MO, USA
[email protected]

Fahad D.Alosaimi, MD
Professor and consultant of Psychiatry and Psychosomatic medicine
Department of psychiatry, College of Medicine
King Saud University Medical city, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Fatimah Alhaidar, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Firas Abdussalam Nakshabandi, MD
American Board Certified Adult, Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
CEO & Founder Empathic Resonance, LLC
A faculty member at the University of Chicago
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience
The University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, USA
[email protected]

Gregory R Ciottone, MD
Director, Division of Disaster Medicine, BIDMC
Director, Disaster Medicine Fellowship Program, BIDMC
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Instructor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
President, World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Boston, MA, USA
[email protected]

Haitham Jahrami, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University
Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
[email protected]

Hazem M. Al-Mandeel, MBBS, MSc, FRCSC
Associate Professor, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Consultant of Obstetrics, Gynecology, Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Jean-Marc Nabholtz
Professor of Medicine
Consultant Medical Oncologist
King Saud Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Judy McKimm
Professor of Medical Education
Director, strategic planning
College of Medicine, Swansea University
Swansea, UK
[email protected]

Khalid M Akkour
Assistant Professor OBGYN & Gyn-Oncology Consultant
College of Medicine & KSUMC
King Saud university
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Khalid Al Jarallah, MD
Professor of Medicine
Health Sciences Center, Kuwait University
Kuwait City, Kuwait
[email protected]

Khalid Bin Abdulrahman, MD
Professor of Family Medicine & Medical education
Dean, College of Medicine
Al-Imam Mohammed Bin Saud Islamic University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Majdy Idrees, MD, FRCPC, FCCP, FPVRI, FRCP
Member, Saudi Association for Pulmonary Hypertension
Consultant Pulmonologist
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Majid Alfadhel,MD, MHSc, SSc-Ped, ABHS(CH) FCCMG
Consultant Genetics and Pediatrics
National Guard Health Affairs
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Mashael Alshaikh, MPH, PhD
Head of pharmacy development and strategic plan unit
College of Pharmacy, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Mohammed A.Al-AbriMD, PhD
Associate Professor and Senior Consultant Sleep Medicine
Head Department of Physiology and Clinical Physiology
Sultan Qaboos University
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
[email protected]

Mohammed Al-Omran, MD, FRCSC, MSc
Head, Division of Vascular Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital
Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
Toronto, ON Canada
[email protected]

Mohammed N. Al-Ahdal, BPharm, MA, PhD
Professor, Center of Infection and Immunity
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Mohammed Omair,MD
Associate Professor of Rheumatology
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Muhammad Morshed, PhD
Clinical Professor, University of British Columbia
Clinical Microbiologist, BCCDC
Vancouver, BC Canada
[email protected]

Nevin FW Zaki,MD, MSc
Neurology and psychological medicine
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
ESRS Somnologist
Mansoura University
Mansoura, Egypt
[email protected]

Osamah T. Khojah, MD, M.Sc., IFCAP
Program Director of Clinical Pathology
Consultant, King Saud University Medical City
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Rabih Halwani,MSc., PhD
Professor of Immunology
Department of Clinical Sciences
College of Medicine, University of Sharjah
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
[email protected]

Reem Sallam, MD, PhD
Professor of Medical Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
[email protected]

Riyadh Akeel, BDS, MDSc, PhD
Professor, Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences
College of Dentistry, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Saleh Zaid Almuhsen, MD
Professor and Consultant
Department of Pediatrics
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]

Samer Elkaissi, MD, PhD
Department Chair, Endocrinology
Medical Subspecialties Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Abu Dhabi, UAE
[email protected]

S.R. Pandi-Perumal
Somnogen Canada Inc
Toronto, ON, Canada
[email protected]

Stefania Stefani
Professor of Microbiology
University of Catania
Catania, Italy
[email protected]

Trevor Gibbs, MD, SFHEA, DA. FAcadMED, MMedSc, FRCGP, FAMEE
President, Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
Gusi International Peace Prize Laureate 2019
Independent Consultant and Professor of Medical Education & Primary Care
Professor of Medical Education, First Affiliated Hospital
Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Professor (Honoris Causa), Tbilisi State Medical University, Georgia
[email protected]

Waleed Alhazzani, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine
Associate Member, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON Canada
[email protected]

Walid Zaher, MD, MSc, MHPE, PhD
Group Clinical Research & Development Director
Abu Dhabi Health Services Co. (SEHA)
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
[email protected]