Professor of Surgery ABDULAZIZ HASSAN AL SAIGH (FRCS, FACS)
CURRENT POSITION Secretary General Saudi Commission for Health
Specialties Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
CONTACT INFORMATION Saudi Commission for Health Specialties
Diplomatic Quarter P.O. Box 94656 Riyadh 11614 Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia Tel: (00966) 11 290 5510 Fax: (00966) 11 290 5558 Email:
[email protected] /
[email protected] Mobile: 0555300232
PERSONAL INFORMATION Nationality: Saudi Place of Birth: Abha Date
of Birth: 10/09/1954 Marital Status: Married, has 8 children SCHS
Registration No: 99-RM-03 Expiration Date: 06-06-2017
QUALIFICATIONS
1979 MBBS King Saud University 1986 FRCS (Fellow, Royal College of
Surgeons,
Ireland)
1992 FACS (Fellow, American College of Surgeon) 2012 FCPS Honorary
Fellow of the College of
Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
EDUCATION Primary Education (1961-1972)
1961 - 1967 Elementary School 1967 - 1969 Intermediate School 1969
- 1972 Secondary School UNIVERSITY (1972-1979) MBBS King Saud
University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
INTERNSHIP (1979-1980)
3 months - Paediatrics Riyadh Central Hospital - Riyadh, KSA
3 months - Internal Medicine King Abdulaziz University Hospital -
Riyadh, KSA
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING (1980-1981)
10th July 1980 to 25th July 1981 General Surgery Resident King
Khalid University Hospital (Central Hospital Unit) Riyadh,
KSA
1st August 1982 to 1st February 1982 A&E Resident King Khalid
University Hospital (Central Hospital ER) Riyadh, KSA
1st April 1982 to 30th August 1982 General Surgery Resident Toronto
University Canada
1st November 1982 to 30th April 1983 Orthopaedic Resident King
Khalid University Hospital Riyadh, KSA
1st May 1983 to 30th April 1984 General Surgery Resident King
Khalid University Hospital Riyadh, KSA
1st July 1984 to 30th June 1986 General Surgery Resident University
of Alberta Hospital Edmonton Canada
08-02-2016
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
1986 - 1992 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GENERAL SURGERY Abha College of
Medicine King Saud University Abha, KSA
1992 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GENERAL SURGERY College of Medicine
King Saud University Riyadh, KSA
1998 PROFESSOR OF GENERAL SURGERY College of Medicine King Saud
University Riyadh, KSA
2009 PROFESSOR OF GENERAL SURGERY College of Medicine Alfaisal
University Riyadh, KSA
Since my appointment as Assistant Professor of Surgery in 1986, I
was extensively involved in the teaching of under- and postgraduate
students of different levels, coordinating and designing the
surgical courses. In 1989, I was appointed as Dean of the College
of Medicine, King Saud University, Abha branch. During my deanship
I was involved teaching, supervision of different courses and
chairing of many academic as well as educational committees. I was
also an Examiner in the Arab Board and Saudi Board for Surgery;
consequently, I was invited several times as External Examiner in
other countries like Syria, Egypt, and Yemen. In 1992, I joined
King Fahad Hospital, AI-Madinah AI-Munawarah in secondment from the
university to take the position of the Medical Director as
Consultant General Surgeon. During this time, I participated very
actively in the teaching of the postgraduate students in the Arab
Board Program and in the fellowship of Ireland and Edinburgh.
Additionally, I was supervising and chairing the committees
concerned with the postgraduate training programs. ADMINISTRATIVE
APPOINTMENT
1987 - 1989 VICE DEAN FOR CLINICAL AFFAIRS Abha College of Medicine
King Saud University Riyadh, KSA
1989 - 1992 DEAN OF ABHA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
I have been involved extensively in the administration of the
college and the hospital as Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs and Dean
of the college. Managing and supervising the college teaching staff
as well as developing the curriculum for the Medical School in Abha
as it was in its early years of establishment during my term as the
Dean of the college. The clinical teaching was consolidated by the
Ministry of Health Hospital, we established the protocol for the
cooperation between the two institutions, chaired the College
Board, Curriculum Committee, Research Centre and other important
committees. Involved very actively in the management of the Assir
Central Hospital Department of Surgery, ensuring a good standard of
medical care to the patient. and keeping an active continuous
educational activity at the hospital. During my term as a Head of
Department of Surgery, the Department was recognized from the Arab
Board and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland
for Pre-fellowship requirement training. I have an extensive
experience in the recruitment of doctors and nurses as I am the one
who was doing the recruitment for the College of Medicine, and was
doing it for Assir Central Hospital for 3years.
1992 - 1995 MEDICAL DIRECTOR King Fahad Hospital Al-Madinah
Al-Munawwarah, KSA
I joined King Fahad Hospital in AI-Medina Al-Munawarah as the
Medical Director and Consultant Surgeon, taking care of the
management of the different department of the hospital related to
the Medical Director. I have put the By-laws, Policy and Procedures
of the Clinical Departments and started all the important
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Committees required to run the hospital smoothly and ensure a high
level of medical care delivery.
1998 - 2001 ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL FOR PROFESSIONAL
AFFAIRS
Saudi Commission for Health Specialties Riyadh, KSA
I was appointed in this position - taking care of all the
professional aspects of the Saudi Commission tasks, I joined the
Saudi Commission at early period of its constitution. I was
involved very heavily in the administrative managements and
establishing different committees for Saudi Board Training Programs
in more than 30 specialties, in addition to the involvement of
putting the Policies and Procedures and By- laws of the Saudi
Commission for Health Specialties. I am also representing the SCHS
in many important committees in the Ministry of Health, e.g. the
Higher Medical Committee and Higher Training Committee. Also,
Acting for the Secretary General during his vacations.
2004 - 2010 MEDICAL DIRECTOR & CHIEF OF MEDICAL STAFF
National Medical Care Company Riyadh Care Hospital Riyadh,
KSA
National Medical Care Company (NMC) is a medical company that owns
and manages two (2) big private hospitals in Riyadh, KSA (Riyadh
care Hospital and National Hospital). As a Medical Director, I was
overseeing and managing the medical aspect of this business,
planning for the Improvement and upgrading of the hospitals
services. I chaired many important committees including the Capital
Equipment Purchasing Committee while the NMC Forms Committee and
the NMC Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee were reporting to me as
Medical Director of NMC. Besides chairing hospital committees, I
was also with the recruitment panel responsible for interviewing
and selecting medical staff wherein I could make use of my
extensive experience in medical staff recruitment since 1988. I was
a member of the recruitment panel of Witikar Company and thereafter
the Washington Healthcare Company, and the Ministry of Health,
recruiting medical and non-medical staff for government and private
hospitals. Concurrent of being the Medical Director of both
hospitals, I was also the Chief of Medical Staff of Riyadh Care
Hospital, which is about 300-beded hospital with a very busy
practice In all aspects of medical specialties. As such, I chaired
the Hospital Price List Committee, Credentialing and Privileging
Committee, and the Medical Executive Committee. Likewise, there
were several significant committees reporting to me namely:
Ambulatory Care Committee, Handicaps and Mortality Committee,
Infection Control Committee, Code Blue, Peer Review, Operating Room
Committee, Ethics Committee, etc. I was also instrumental in the
realization of some hospital projects like the IVF Unit (ART Care
Unit), Paediatric ICU, Laparoscopic Unit, Lasik Unit, and the
project of establishing an Orthopaedic Unit in the Hospital in
collaboration with the Bio Motion Foundation in Florida, USA. I was
also involved in the recruitment of medical staff, local and
international, for both Riyadh Care Hospital and Riyadh National
Hospital. My active involvement as Member of the Steering Committee
and Sub-Committee Chairman tasked to prepare the hospital towards
accreditation, both local and international the Joint Commission
International Accreditation granted the hospital's "Gold Seal"
signifying that the Hospital has been accredited Internationally.
Additionally, our active Continuing Medical Education Department,
the Ambulatory Care Services, the Medical Library, and the BCLS
Programs were also under my concern. Although I am very busy in the
medical administration aspects of the company. still I had to
attend fully booked outpatient clinics including a regular
operating session. Further, I used to be the acting during the
leaves of the Director General of the Company (National Medical
Care Company) and the Director General of Riyadh Care
Hospital.
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENT
1986 - 1992 CONSULTANT IN GENERAL SURGERY & HEAD OF SURGERY
DEPARTMENT
Abha General Hospital & Assir Central Hospital (affiliated with
College of Medicine) Abha, KSA
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King Fahad Hospital Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, KSA
1996 - 2005 CONSULTANT IN GENERAL & LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY
Department of Surgery College of Medicine King Khalid University
Hospital Riyadh, KSA
2004 - 2010 CONSULTANT IN GENERAL & LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY
Department of Surgery Riyadh Care Hospital Riyadh, KSA
I have a very extensive experience as a General and Laparoscopic
Surgeon with special interest in Thoracic and Biliary Surgery. I
have performed a large number of operations in different fields of
general, thoracic and vascular surgery, including the most major
type of operations which can be done in this field. In spite of my
administrative commitment as a Dean of the College and the Head of
the Department of Surgery, I managed to keep myself as one of the
busiest surgeons in the department performing a long O.R. list and
running the outpatient clinical. I have a very good experience in
Laparoscopic Surgery (Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic
Hernia Repair, laparoscopic Splenectomy and other laparoscopic
Procedures). We started the Robotic surgery at King Khalid
University Hospital as the first group of surgeons trained in this
technology in the Middle East.
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS
1 Chairman, College Board Abha Medical College of Medicine, King
Saud University
2 Member, College Board Abha Medical College of Medicine, King Saud
University
3 Member, Department of Surgery Meetings (Monthly) Abha Medical
College of Medicine, King Saud University
4 Member, University Council King Saud University
5 Member, High University Council King Saud University
6 Chairman, Educational Committee Assir Central Hospital,Abha
7 Member, High Medical Committee Assir Central Hospital,Abha
8 Member, Mortality and Morbidity Committee Assir Central Hospital,
Abha
9 Member, Quality Assurance Committee Assir Central Hospital,
Abha
10 Member, Patient Friendship Association Assir Region
11 Chairman, Continuous Medical Education Committee King Fahad
Hospital, Al-Madinah AI-Munawarah
12 Chairman, Disaster Plan Committee King Fahad Hospital,
Al-Madinah AI-Munawarah
13 Chairman, Quality Assurance Committee King Fahad Hospital,
Al-Madinah AI-Munawarah
14 Chairman, Medical Executive Committee King Fahad Hospital,
AI-Madinah AI-Munawarah
15 Chairman, Regional CPR Committee AI-Madinah Al-Munawarah
16 Member, Regional Medical Postgraduate Committee AI-Madinah
AI-Munawarah
17 Member, Scientific Council, Saudi Commission for Health
Specialties
Saudi Commission for Health Specialities, Riyadh, KSA
18 Member, Examination Committee, Saudi Commission for Health
Specialties
Saudi Commission for Health Specialities, Riyadh, KSA
19 Chairman, General Surgery Program Local Training Committee,
Saudi Commission for Health Specialties
Saudi Commission for Health Specialities, Riyadh, KSA
20 Chairman, Planning Committee, Department of Surgery Medical
College, King Saud University, Riyadh,
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KSA
21 Chairman, Medical By-Laws Committee College of Medicine, King
Saud University
22 Member, Higher Medical Committee, Ministry of Health Riyadh,
KSA
23 Member, Higher Training Committee, Ministry of Health Riyadh,
KSA
24 Member, Accreditation Committee Saudi Commission for Health
Specialities, Riyadh, KSA
25 Member & Advisor, Committee for Establishment of Private
Medical School, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research
Center
Riyadh, KSA
26 Member, Advisory Committee for the Establishment of National
Guard Medical School
Riyadh, KSA
27 Member, Executive Management Committee Riyadh Care Hospital
Riyadh, KSA
28 Chairman, Medical Executive Committee Riyadh Care Hospital
Riyadh, KSA
29 Chairman, Credentialing and Privileging Committee Riyadh Care
Hospital Riyadh, KSA
30 Member, Hospital Steering Committee on Hospital
Accreditation
Riyadh Care Hospital Riyadh, KSA
31 Chairman, Capital Equipment Purchasing Committee Riyadh Care
Hospital Riyadh, KSA
32 Chairman, Hospital Pricelist Committee Riyadh Care Hospital
Riyadh, KSA
33 Chairman, NMC Surgery Steering Committee Riyadh Care Hospital
Riyadh, KSA
34 Member, NMC New Projects Committee Riyadh Care Hospital Riyadh,
KSA
35 Member, Advisory Board for the Medical College & University
Hospitals
King Saud University Riyadh, KSA
36 Member, Board of Trustees, Saudi Commission for Health
Specialties
Riyadh, KSA
37 Chairman Executive Council in the Saudi Commission for Health
Specialties
Riyadh, KSA
38 Chairman of the Classification and Registration Committee Saudi
Commission for Health Specialties
Riyadh, KSA
39 Chairman of the Board of Health Scientific Societies Riyadh,
KSA
ASSOCIATION & MEMBERSHIP
1 Alberta Medical Association, Candidate Groups of American College
of Surgeons
2 Member, National CPR Committee
3 Member, World Association of Hepato-Biliary Surgery
4 Member, American College of Surgeon (Fellow)
5 Governor, American College of Surgeons Chapter in KSA
6 Member, Asian Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons Association
(ELSA)
7 Member, Board of Directors, Saudi Minimal Invasive Surgery
Association
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8 Member, Board of Directors, King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre
9 Member, Investment Committee, King Faisal Specialist Hospital
& Research Centre
10 President, Manpower Services Extension Committee, King Faisal
Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
11 Member, Investment Committee, King Faisal Specialist Hospital
& Research Centre
12 President, Mission and Training Committee, Ministry of
Health
13 Member, Saudi Health Council
14 Member, Board of Directors, National Commission for
Accreditation and Assessment
15 Secretary, Board of Trustees, Saudi Commission for Health
Specialties
SPECIAL COURSES
1992 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Course Gottingen, Germany
1992 Laparoscopic Course (Advanced) & Laboratory Training in
the use of Auto-Suture Surgical Staplers
USA
1999 Advanced Laparoscopic Course Strasbourg, France
2001 Laparoscopic Bariatric Course Strasbourg, France
2002 Medical Education Course - King Saud University Riyadh,
KSA
2003 Laparoscopic Hernia Repair Course Strasbourg, France
2003 Robotic Surgery Training France, Germany & Italy
2003 Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal, Endocrine and Paediatric
Surgery Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2003 Medical Education Course King Saud University Riyadh,
KSA
OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITY
1. Member, International Advisory Board of JK Practitioner of
Medicine and Surgery. March 2001 - 2002
2. Member and Advisor, Committee for Establishment of Private
Medical School at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research
Center. Along with other members of the committee, we prepared a
complete proposal for the establishment of the Medical School,
including the curriculum. We also visited many Medical Schools in
USA and Canada for this purpose.
May 2003 - July 2004
3. Member, Advisory Committee for the Establishment of National
Guard Medical School from.
4. Member of the Accreditation Committee in the Saudi Commission
for Health Specialties.
LOCAL CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIUMS ATTENDED
No. Date Conference/Symposium Title Venue Participation Type
1. 20 November, 1989 Symposium in Limb Trauma Abha Medical College
Abha, KSA
Attendee
2. 29-30 November, 1989 2nd Assir Trauma Symposium Abha Medical
College Abha, KSA
Attendee
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3. 9-20 November, 1989 Medical & Surgical Aspect of
Hepatobiliary Disease Symposium
Riyadh Military Hospital Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
4. 29-30 October 1989 International Symposium on living with
Diabetes
Abha Medical College Abha, KSA
Attendee
Abha, KSA Attendee
6. 14-15 February, 1989 Improvement of the Nursing Care Services
throughout the Ministry of Health Hospitals
Abha, KSA Attendee
Abha Medical College Abha, KSA
Attendee
Khamis Mushayt Military Hospital
Asir Central Hospital Attendee
10. 7 September, 1991 Trauma Symposium Asir Central Hospital
Attendee & Presenter: DVT & Pulmonary Embolism in Surgical
Patients
11. 2-3 October, 1991 Symposium on the Future of Primary Health
Care in Saudi Arabia
King Faisal University Dammam, KSA
Attendee
Riyadh, KSA Attendee
13. 24-25 January, 1990 The International Symposium on Thyroid
Gland Disease
Security Forces Hospital Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
Tabouk Military Hospital Tabouk, KSA
Attendee
15. 22-23 February, 1992 A New Dimension in Gastroenterology &
Endoscopy
Jubail Attendee & Presenter: Essential Diagnostic Requirements
in Hepatic-Cell Carcinoma
16. 27-28 April, 1994 5th Assir Surgical Conference Abha Medical
College Abha, KSA
Attendee & Presenter: AI-Madinah Experience in Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy 384 patients
17. 1994 New Dimensions in Minimally Invasive Surgery
Tabouk Military Hospital Tabouk, KSA
Attendee
18. 19 November, 1997 5th Annual Meeting of the Saudi
Gastroenterology Association
AI-Khobar, KSA Attendee
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Meeting King Saud University Riyadh, KSA
20. 2001 Minimal Invasive Conference College of Medicine King Saud
University Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
Attendee
22. 16-20 September, 2000 2nd Integrated Surgical Course Riyadh
Medical Complex Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
College of Medicine King Saud University Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital
25. 9 March, 2003 Workshop on Skills of Instructional Methods
College of Medicine King Saud University Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
26. 11 May, 2003 Uses of Computer in Medical Education Course
College of Medicine King Saud University Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
27. 30 November, 2006 Evidence Based Medicine: A New Paradigm
Lecture
Riyadh Care Hospital Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
28. 17 December, 2006 Oyslipidaemia Management in High Risk Patient
Lecture
Riyadh Care Hospital Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
Riyadh Care Hospital Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
Riyadh Care Hospital Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
Riyadh Care Hospital Riyadh, KSA
Attendee & Organizer
32. 28-30 April, 2008 1st Saudi International Conference on Medical
Education
King Fahad Medical City Riyadh
Attendee
Riyadh Care Hospital Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
34. 15 November, 2008 Management Guru Event - Tom Peters in Saudi:
A Leadership - Seminar Organized by Institute for International
Research (IIR) Middle East
KSA Attendee
Riyadh Care Hospital Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
36. 7-9 March 2009 4th Annual General Surgery Symposium &
Workshop
King Fahad Cultural Centre
37. 10 May, 2009 Seminar on Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis
Riyadh Care Hospital Riyadh, KSA
Attendee & Organizer of the Physician Education Series
conducted by Riyadh Care Hospital in Collaboration with
International American Surgeons
38. 2 June, 2009 Seminar on Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery
39. 12 July, 2009 Seminar on Orthopaedics, Neuro- spine, Child
& Adult Deformities
40. 15 -18 August, 2009 Application of Balanced Scorecard Course
Study
Riyadh Care Hospital Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
41. 18 -20 October, 2009 2009 Healthcare Quality Week Riyadh Care
Hospital QL Department Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
42. 5 November, 2009 Attended the Symposium on Recent Advances in
Trauma Management
Riyadh Care Hospital Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
43. 13 June, 2010 Medicine & Law Forum Riyadh, KSA Attendee
& Presenter: The Role of the Saudi Commission for Health
Specialties in the Quality of Health Service
44. 23-24 October, 2010 Medicine & Human Communities
Symposium
Riyadh, KSA Attendee
45. 28-29 November, 2010 The Saudi Arabian Conference on Residency
Education
Marriot Hotel Riyadh, KSA
Attendee & Presenter: Overview on Postgraduate Training Present
& Future
46. 30 December, 2010 SCFHS Strategic Plan Workshop Saudi
Commission for Health Specialties
Riyadh, KSA
47. 11 October, 2010 Medical Errors Forum Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
48. 29 December, 2010 Symposium on Resident Research Day
Security Forces Hospital Prince Naif Auditorium Riyadh, KSA
Attendee & Presenter: Research Ethics
49. 12-14 March, 2011 Saudi Conference for Colleges of Health
Sciences (CCHS)
Marriot Hotel Riyadh, KSA
Attendee & Presenter: The Role of the Saudi Commission for
Health Specialties (SCHS) in Health Education & Training
50. 17 May, 2011 ATLS Symposium 2011 Riyadh, KSA Attendee
51. 10-11 April, 2011 Health Insurance Conference “Options &
Prospects”
Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Centre
Riyadh, KSA
Ministry of Health Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
53. 7-9 February, 2012 2nd Saudi Arabian Conference on Marriot
Hotel Attendee
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Residency Education Riyadh, KSA
54. 22-24 April, 2012 Patient Safety Conference Riyadh
Intercontinental Hotel
Riyadh, KSA
55. 22-26 April, 2012 The Saudi International Medical Education
Conference
National Guard Attendee & Presenter: Innovating Postgraduate
Medical Education in KSA
56. 2-4 December, 2012 The 1st International Conference on
Assessment & Evaluation
Riyadh Intercontinental Hotel
Attendee and Session 15 Chair
57. 12-13 December, 2012 11th Meeting of Endoscopic &
Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA)
Marriot Hotel Riyadh, KSA
58. 18 February, 2013 Health Insurance Conference Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
59. 19 February, 2013 1st Conference of Health Management
Riyadh, KSA Attendee & Session Chair
60. 09-11 March, 2013 1st International Health Specialties
Conference
Marriot Hotel Riyadh, KSA
Riyadh, KSA Attendee
62. 3 April, 2013 Saudi e-heath Conference Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
63. 03 March, 2014 CanMed Workshop Jeddah, KSA Attendee
64. 12-14 April, 2014 e-Health Forum Jeddah, KSA Attendee
65. 15-17 April, 2014 5th International Critical Care
Conference
Al Faisaliah Hotel Prince Sultan Hall Riyadh, KSA
Attendee
66. 1 August, 2014 MOH Conference: The Most Important
Challenges
Riyadh, KSA Attendee
67. 3-5 February, 2015 7th Medical Career Day Intercontinental
Hotel Taif, KSA
Attendee & Presenter: Saudi Local Clinical & Collaborative
Programs
68. 11-13 April, 2015 2nd International Health Specialties
Conference
Burj Rafal Hotel Kempinski
No. Date Conference/Symposium Title Venue Participation Type
1. 13-17 December, 1987 Hepate-Biliary Pancreatic (HBP)
Conference
Lund, Sweden Attendee & Presenter: Cholecystectomy Without
Drainage)
2. 20-25 September, 1987 33rd World Surgical Conference Toronto,
Canada Attendee
3. 8-10 December, 1989 Wilson TS Wang International Surgical
Symposium
Hong Kong, Japan Attendee
4. 21-25 May, 1990 International Surgical Conference Milano, Italy
Attendee
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& Updates in Surgery
5. 3-4 May 1991 1st International Symposium & Workshop (The
Diabetic Foot)
Netherland Attendee
6. 20-25 October, 1991 American College of Surgeons 77th Annual
Clinical Congress
Chicago, USA Attendee
7. 10- 15 February, 1992 33rd Postgraduate Course of Laparoscopic
Surgery (Basic & Advanced)
University of Gottingen Germany
8. 11-16-October, 1992 American College of Surgeons 78th Annual
Congress
New Orleans, USA Attendee
9. 3-5 December, 1993 Wilson TS Wang International Surgical
Symposium: New Perspective in Surgery
Hong Kong, Japan Attendee
10. 14 October, 1994 American College of Surgeons 80th Annual
Clinical Congress
Chicago, USA Attendee
11. 11 October, 1996 American College of Surgeons 82nd Annual
Clinical Congress
San Francisco, USA Attendee
12. 25 September, 1997 The Annual Meeting of the Canadian Royal
College of Surgeons & Physicians
Vancouver, Canada Attendee
13. 10-15 October, 1999 85th Annual Clinical Congress San
Francisco, California, USA
Attendee
14. 1-4 June, 2000 7th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery &
8th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Endoscopic & Laparoscopic
Surgeon of Asia
Singapore Attendee
European Surgical Institute
16. 14-17 October, 2000 2nd Arabian Gulf Medical Associations
Conference
Abu Dhabi, UAE Attendee
17. 22-27 October, 2000 86th Annual Clinical Congress Chicago,
Illinois, USA, Attendee
18. 9-11 February, 2001 5th Asia- Pacific Congress of Endoscopic
Surgery
Shangri-La Hotel Mandaluyong, Philippines
19. 1-14June 2003 Advanced Course in Laparoscopic Morbid Obesity
Surgery
Strasbourgh, France Attendee
20. 19-21 Sept 2002 15th Congress of Japan Society of Endoscopic
Surgery & Congress of the Society of Endoscopic &
Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia
Tokyo, Japan Attendee
21. 10-13 Sep 2003 6th Asia Pacific Congress of Endoscopic Surgery:
Minimum but Optimum
Shangri-La Hotel Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Attendee
Dubai, UAE Attendee
23. February 2004 International Endoscopic Conference
Cancun, Mexico Attendee
24. September 2004 7th Asia Pacific Congress of Endoscopic Surgery
(ELSA)
Bali, Indonesia Attendee
25. February 2005 Workshop in lncisional Hernia London, UK
Attendee
26. 17-19 Aug 2005 8th Asia Pacific Congress of Endoscopic
Surgery
Hong Kong Attendee
27. 15-17 September, 2005 European Wound Healing Congress - from
the Laboratory to the Patient "Future Organization & Care of
Problem Wounds"
Stuttgart, Germany Attendee
28. 1-3 Dec 2005 27th International Congress of the European Hernia
Society
Turin, Italy Attendee
29. 20-22 March, 2007 7th International Symposium on Sympathetic
Surgery
Porto de Gallinhas, Brazil Attendee
30. 25-27 October, 2007 3rd International Congress of the
Asia-Pacific Hernia Society
Singapore Attendee
31. 28-29 March, 2008 Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic
Surgery (NOTES)
Strasbourg, France Attendee
32. 20-23 May, 2008 Attended VTE Experts Meeting Marmaris, Turkey
Attendee
33. 12-16 October, 2009 American College of Surgeons 94th Annual
Clinical Congress,
San Francisco, California, USA
Attendee
34. 16-18 April, 2009 Conference on Advance Course in Laparoscopic
Digestive Surgery
Strasbourg, France Attendee
35. 18 April, 2009 Minimal Access Surgery, IRCAD University of
Strasbourg, France
Attendee
36. 22-24 June, 2009 SILS Workshop American University of
Beirut
Lebanon
Attendee
37. 11-15 October, 2009 American College of Surgeons 95th Annual
Clinical Congress
San Francisco, California Attendee
38. 20-24 September, 2011 4th Annual International Medical
Education Leaders Forum
USA Attendee
39. 23-27 Oct 2009 American College of Surgeons 97th Annual
Clinical Congress
San Francisco, California, USA
USA Attendee
41. 23-06 January, 2012 Arab Health Forum Dubai, UAE Attendee
42. 21-24 July, 2012 American College of Surgeons National Surgical
Quality Improvement Program (ACS
NSQIP) Conference
USA Attendee
43. 7-14 November, 2012 Golden Jubilee of the College of Physicians
& Surgeons Pakistan
Pakistan Attendee
44. 19 March, 2012 Dubai Health Meeting Dubai, UAE Meeting
45. 12-16 October, 2012 5th Annual International Medical Education
Leaders
Canada Attendee
46. 5-7 July, 2012 Visit the Federal Republic of Germany with the
Ministry of Health delegation to meet with Saudi doctors
scholarships and evaluation of training programs
Germany Meeting and Hospital Visits
47. 20-21 March, 2013 The International Metabolic & Bariatric
Surgery (SASMBS)
Dubai, UAE Attendee
48. 11-14 April, 2013 11th Asian Pacific Congress of Endoscopic
Surgery
Taipei, Taiwan Attendee
49. 5-9 May, 2014 Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal
Australasian College of Surgeons
Singapore Attendee
50. 26-30 October, 2014 Clinical Congress 2014 American College of
Surgeons
San Francisco, USA Attendee
51. 8 November, 2014 Lecture in University of Texas Health Science
Center at San Antonio (UTHCSCA)
USA Attendee
52. 12-13 November, 2014 3rd Arab Conference on Medical
Liability
Dubai, UAE Attendee
Dubai, UAE Attendee & Presenter: Professional Regulatory
Model
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of the carotid artery: An unusual cause of stroke in younger
patients. Canadian Med Association J 1987;36(1):51-53 2. Al-Saigh
AH, Zaidi A, Shewan A. Traumatic rupture of a hydatid cyst In a
child. Emirates Med. J 1991;9(3):210-212 3. Al-Saigh AH, Zaidi AZ.
Mesenteric venous thrombosis - Assir Experience. Emirates Med. J
1992;10;225-228 4. Latif AA, Hussain SA, Choudhary A, Al-Saigh AH.
Cholecystectomy without drainage: A controlled clinical trial.
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Saudi Med. 1991;9(1):36-38 5. Malatani TS, Latif AA, Al-Saigh AH,
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6. Ajao OG, Al-Saigh AH, Malatani TS, Ladipo JK. Timing of surgery
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8. Al-Saigh AH. C-reactive protein in the differential diagnosis of
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9. Shetty SD, Al-Saigh AA, Ibrahim AI, Malatani T, Patil KP.
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methods. Br J Urol. 1992;69(5):476-80
10. Shetty SD, Al-Saigh AH, Ibrahim AI, Patil KP, Bhatiachan CL.
Management of hydatid cysts of urinary tract. British Journal of
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11. Morad N, Khan AR, Al-Saigh AH, Malatani T, Hussain NA. Pattern
of primary gastrointestinal tract cancer in the southern province.
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12. El-Tahir Ml, Omojola MF, Malatani T, Al-Saigh AH, Ogunbiyi OA.
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manifestations of thalassaemia intermedia: Evidence
of temporal bone involvement and report of a unique
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diagnosis and management. Ann Saudi Med
1992;12(6):552-554 15. Ajao OG, Ajao A, Ladipo JK, Al-Saigh A,
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Khan AR, Grillo IA, Al-Saigh AH. Primary pericardial malignant
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OG, Ladipo JK, Al-Saigh AH, Malatani T. Primary closure of breast
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20. Al-Shehri MY, Saif S, Ibrahim A, Abu-Eshy S, Al-Malki T, Latif
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ampicillin for prophylaxis against wound infection in acute
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Saud University, on 23 June, 1996 24. Al-Saigh AA, Fadl-Elahi FA,
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patients: Experience at
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25. Batouk AN, Jastaniah S, Grillo IA, Malatani TS, Al-Saigh AH,
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pneumothorax: A retrospective study of twenty five patients and
literature review. Ann Saudi Med. 1996;16(3):249-53 26. Al-Saigh
AA, Fazili FM, Fadl-Elahi F. Traumatic rupture of the diaphragm: A
rare cause of pneumoperitoneum. Ann
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28. Softah A, Grillo IA, Al-Saigh AH, Batouk A, al-Shehri MY,
Jastaniah S. Unusual presentation of injury to the bronchus
with literature review. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci.
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needle biopsy over percutaneous blind needle biopsy in
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