Founder
Prof. Saleh Al-Alaiyan
Professor of Pediatrics
Consultant Neonatologist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Email: [email protected]
Editor-in-Chief
The Editor-in-Chief is the most senior editor and has overall responsibility of the journal. In addition to carrying out the administrative responsibilities of the journal, the Editor-in-Chief has the final say in decisions regarding journal content, resolution of complaints or appeals and final decision of the reviewed manuscripts.
Prof. Saad Abdullah Alsaedi. MD, FAAP, FRCPC
Former Head, section of neonatology, Dept of pediatrics,
Faculty of medicine, King abdulaziz university (KAU) and
KAU hospital and King Faisal specialist hospital and research center,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, currently is a consultant neonatologist,
King Faisal specialist hospital and research center,
Jeddah Saudi Arabia. MBC# J(58) P.O Box 40047,
Jeddah 21499, Saudi Arabia,
Email: [email protected]
Associate Editors
The associate editors are responsible for researching topics for editorials, carrying out primary evaluation of the manuscript for journal suitability, liaison with authors and reviewers, coordinating peer review and performing developmental editing and proof check on the manuscripts.
Prof . Sajjad Ur Rahman
Consultant neonatologist, senior MRCP, UK examiner,
Department of Pediatrics, Maternity and Children hospital,
Al Qaassim, Saudi Arabia,
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Mohammed Y. Al-Alhindi
Consultant neonatologist, department of Pediatrics,
King Abdulaziz medical City, western region, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Email: [email protected]
Advisory Board
The committee comprises of national and international members with extensive knowledge and experience in neonatology. The members are selected based on their proficiency in the field of neonatology. By serving on this committee, they guide, promote, and advocate the journal future. In addition, this committee also plays a role in identifying topics for special issues and provide guest editorials.
Prof. Abdulrahman Alnemri
Professor of pediatrics and Consultant neonatologist,
Department of Pediatrics, King Saud University,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Ibrahim Alhifzi
Consultant neonatologist, Department of pediatrics,
Saudi German Hospital-Asseer, Abha, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Hany Aly MD
Chairman Department of Neonatology at Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital,
9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
Dr. Khalid N Haque
Professor of pediatrics,
Faculty visiting professor, Children hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
276 Club Drive, San Carlos, California, USA
Dr. Heidi Alwassiah
Associate professor of pediatrics,
consultant neonatologist, Faculty of Medicine,
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Mansour Alqurashi
Consultant Neonatologist,
The dean of Faculty of Medicine,
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Sameer Al-Abdi
Consultant Neonatologist,
King Abdulaziz Hospital, MNGHA,
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Administrative Editor
The administrative editor is responsible for the day-to-day work of the journal. He oversees the prepared material and organizes the scientific and technical editing processes. He coordinates with and reports to editor in chief of the journal.
Dr. Jamal Atta
Consultant Neonatologist, Department of Pediatrics,
King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,
Email: [email protected]
Technical Assistant
The technical assistant is responsible for the technical issues related to the journal website and acts as a liaise Person with the publisher regarding technical issues.
Mr. Shinu Rajaretnam
Saudi Neonatology Society, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[email protected]
Section Editors
The section editors are experts in pediatric and surgery sub-specialties related to the field of neonatology, and they provide expert opinions and internal peer-review on the submitted manuscripts as per their sub-specialty of interest. As a part of peer review, the statistical review of the manuscripts under review is performed by a diligent statistician.
Pediatric Surgery
Dr. Osama bawazir
Professor and Consultant Pediatric Surgery,
College of medicine, Umm Al-Qura university,
Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Pediatric Cardiology
Dr. Jameel Abdulaziz AlAta
Consultant pediatric cardiologist,
Department of pediatrics, king Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Pediatric Pulmonology
Dr. Talal Almaghamsi
Consultant pediatric pulmonologist,
Department of pediatrics, king Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Pediatric Nephrology
Dr. Naffa N. Aharbi
Consultant pediatric Nephrologist,
Department of pediatrics, king Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Statistical Editor
Mohamed Shoukri PhD
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatics,
Schulich school of medicine and dentistry, University of Western Ontario,London Ontario, Canada
Editorial Board
The editorial board members comprise of eminent members from national and international colleagues in the field of neonatology. The responsibilities include assisting the associate editors in reviewing the submitted manuscripts and providing inputs to the Editor-in-Chief on managing issues of scientific misconduct, plagiarism, complaints, and appeals. Additional responsibilities include researching content for guest editorials, editing guest editorials.
Dr. Abbas Alomran
Consultant neonatologist,
Almana general hospital,
Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Abdullah Alburaey
Assistant professor of pediatrics,
Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University,
Consultant neonatologist,
King Fahd hospital Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Alaa Eldemerdash
Professor of Pediatrics, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV,
Attending Neonatologist at Children's Hospital of Nevada,
University Medical Center,Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Dr. Amal A. Zubani
Consultant Neonatologist,
Department of Pediatrics,
King Faisal Specialist hospital and Research center,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Hany Aly MD
Chairman Department of Neonatology at Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital,
9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
Dr. Jubarah Alallah
Consultant Neonatologist and Assistant Professor of pediatrics,
Faculty of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences,
Director of Saudi NRP, Saudi Neonatology society, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Martin Keszler
Professor of Pediatrics,
Department of pediatrics,
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Women and Infants Hospital, RI, USA
Dr. Máximo Vento MD PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Neonatal Research Group (Grupo de Investigación en Perinatología),
University and Polytechnic Hospital La Fe; Av. Fernando Abril Martorell 106; 46026 23 Valencia; Spain
Dr. Patrick McNamara
Neonatologist & Division Head, Professor of Pediatrics & Internal Medicine,
University of Iowa 200 Hawkins Drive,
Iowa City, IA 5224, USA
Dr. Paolo Manzoni
Professor of pediatrics and neonatology,
S. Anna hospital, Torino, Italy
Dr. Rafat M.Mosali
Associate professor, consultant Neonatologist,
Faculty of medicine, Um Al-Qura university,
Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Rafat M.Mosali
Associate professor, consultant Neonatologist,
Faculty of medicine, Um Al-Qura university,
Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Sunil Sinha
Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatal Medicine,
University of Durham and The James Cook University Hospital,
Middlesbrough, UK
Dr. Vinod K. Bhutani
Professor of pediatrics (Neonatology),
The Lucile Salter Backard Children’s Hospital, USA
Dr. Yahya Etawi
consultant neonatologist and director of NICU,
Saudi German Hospital, Ajman, UAE.
Dr. Zakariya Al Salam
Consultant neonatologist,
Chief of pediatric and chief medical officer,
AlDara Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
