Faissal Shaheen

Faissal Shaheen
Known for	First kidney transplantation in the Arab World (2003) Co-founder of the Jeddah kidney center in King Fahad Hospital Jeddah and the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation
Medical career
Profession	Nephrologist

Faissal Shaheen is a Saudi nephrologist and co-founder of the Jeddah kidney center in King Fahad Hospital Jeddah and the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation. In 2003 he led the Saudi team involved in the first kidney transplantation in the Arab World, in Aden, Yemen.[1][2][3][4] He is the president of the International Society for Organ Donation and Procurement from 2019 to 2021.[5]

Biography

Shaheen studied at Mansoura University in Egypt and graduated in 1980. He underwent specialist training (Fachartz) in internal medicine and nephrology from the Vienna Medical Academy of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research in 1987. In 2002, he earned a fellowship at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh.[1] He worked as director general of the Saudi Centre for Organ Transplantation until 2018.[1]

References

1. "Prof. Faisal Shaheen - Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences - HMA". hmaward.org.ae. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
2. Saudi Arabia: The Monthly Newsletter of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington. Information Office, Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia. 1998.
3. Sayyari, Abdulla Ahmed Al (1 June 2008). "The History of Renal Transplantation in the Arab World: A View From Saudi Arabia". American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 51 (6): 1033–1046. doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.01.016. ISSN 0272-6386. PMID 18423811.
4. Fitzgerald, Robert D.; Stockenhuber, Felix; Fitzgerald, Annelies (2005). "Dealing with the Uncertain and the Unexpected: A Report on the First Kidney Transplantations in Aden, Republic of Yemen". Annals of Transplantation. 1: 44–47. PMID 15926752.
5. "By-Laws of the International Society for Organ Donation and Procurement". www.tts.org. The Transplant Society. Retrieved 1 November 2020.