Prof. Faissal A.M. Shaheen

MBBch. Facharzt(Austria), FSM(Neph), FRCP(UK), FACP(USA)

Head of Nephrology. Dr. Suleman Fakeeh Hospital, Jeddah

Senior Consultant of Internal Medicine and Nephrology

Director General, Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Riyadh

March-1993 To May 2018 (www.scot.gov.sa)

Founder of Jeddah Kidney Center in 1993.

Executive Editor of SJKDT from 1994.

Councilor member of the Transplantation Society (TTS), DICG, MESOT, ISODP. 2018

President ISODP (International Society for Organ Donation and Procurement) 2019-2021 (https://www.tts.org/isodp/about-isodp)

Co-Chairman of the Donation and Transplantation Task Force of the WHO (World Health Organization) 2018

THE MAIN AREAS OF INTEREST:

Organ donation and transplantation policies and procedures, updating guidelines. In addition to the chronic kidney diseases, guidelines for renal replacement therapy and prophylaxis. 28 memberships in national and international societies, 191 full papers and 190 abstracts in different national and international journals. Conferences attended - national and international 399. From 2019  ZOOM -- WEBINARS – Video Conferencing  AND –Telephonic Meetings  295. Total Conf. Cong. Meeting and Webinars:  694.