Scientific Board

MEGMA Scientific Board

Prof. Majid Alfadhel

MD, MHSc, SSC-Ped, ABHS(CH), FCCMG

Head of Genetics Division, Department of Pediatrics King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Moeen AlSayed

MD, FACMGG, MBA

Chairman, Department of Medical Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center Professor of Genetics, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University Director, MSc Genetic Counselling Program, Alfaisal University

Dr. Ahmed Alfares

MD, FRCPC, FACMGG, FCCMG

Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Almulyda, Saudi Arabia

Naif A. Almontashiri

PhD, FACMG, DABMGG

Director of the Center for Genetic and Inherited Disorders (CGID), Taibah University, Almadinah Almunawrah, Saudi Arabia Vice Dean (Technical Affairs and Development) of the Deanship of Scientific Research, Taibah University, Almadinah Almunawrah, Saudi Arabia Assistant Professor in Medical Genetics Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Almadinah Almunawrah, Saudi Arabia

Osama Aldirbashi

PhD, FCCMG, DABMGG, CLG-EBMG

Head of Newborn Screening, National Reference Lab, Abu Dhabi, UAE Professor of Paediatrics (adjunct), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada Associate Staff, Metabolics and Newborn Screening, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Dr. Mohammed Almannai

Section of Medical Genetics, Children's Hospital, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Ayman El-Hattab

MD, FAAP, FACMG

Associate Professor, College of Medivine University of Sharjah, UAE Consultant Clinical Genetics, University Hospital Sharjah, UAE Mediclinic City Hospital and Kanad Hospital, UAE

Dr. Fuad Al Mutairi

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Consultant of Medical Genetics, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Tawfeg Ben-Omran

Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, Weill Cornell Medical College, Department of Pediatrics, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Dr. Nawal Makhseed

Department of Pediatrics, Jahra Hospital, Ministry of Health, Jahra City, Kuwait

Prof. Fatma Al Jasmi

Associate Professor of Pediatrics at College of Medicine & Health science, UAE University, Al Ain Metabolic consultant at Tawam Hospital, UAE

Dr. Khalid Althihli

BSc, MD, FRCPC, FCCMG

Senior Consultant Clinical and Biochemical Geneticist, Genetics Department, Genetics and Developmental Medicine Clinic, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

Dr. Eissa Faqieh

Children's Specialist Hospital, Section of Medical Genetics, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Malak Alghamdi

MD, FCCMG

Medical Geneticist at King Saud University Medical City Head of Medical Genetic Division at KSUMC

Dr. Muhammad Umair

PhD

Team Leader Functional Studies in the Medical Genomics Research Department at King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Ministry of National Gard Health Affairs (MNGHA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Prof. Mohammed Almuqbil

FRCPC, ABPN, FAAN, FACMG/ABMGG, MMEd

Consultant Paediatric Neurology and Neurogenetics at King Abdullah Specialized Children Hospital(KASCH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.