Focus

Where the clinical work, the governance work and the research overlap.

  • Disaster medicine
  • Mass-casualty triage
  • Prehospital care & EMS
  • Business continuity (ISO 22301)
  • Emergency department operations
  • Health-system resilience
  • Tele-emergency care
  • Outbreak response
  • Systematic review & meta-analysis
  • Medication safety

Appointments

Concurrent clinical, governance and national roles.

2019 — present

Emergency Medicine Consultant

King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh
current

Chair of Business Continuity

KFMC / Riyadh Second Health Cluster

Built the cluster-wide Business Continuity Management framework to ISO 22301 from inception — risk register, Business Impact Analyses, Key Risk Indicators and recovery-time objectives across critical clinical services, with scenario-based tabletop exercises and continuity stress-tests.

2023 — present

Emergency & Disaster Service Lead

Seha Virtual Hospital

Established Saudi Arabia's first Disaster Lead Service within the national virtual hospital, founding the Virtual Disaster and Virtual Emergency Departments and the Emergency Medicine and Rapid Response Virtual Team (EM-RRVT) for surge and escalation during mass-casualty events.

2024 — present

Lead

Disaster Management Experts Club
2026 — present

Scientific Committee, EMS & Disaster

Saudi Commission for Health Specialties
2026 — present

Senior Advisor

ARETION Healthcare Consulting
2025 — 2026

Director, EMS & Disaster Fellowship Programme

Saudi Commission for Health Specialties

Curriculum architect for the subspecialty fellowship — Incident Command Systems (ICS/NIMS/FEMA), scenario planning, mass-casualty management, CBRNE/HazMat and operational resilience, aligned to Vision 2030 health-sector resilience priorities.

2024 — 2026

Chairperson, Clinical Research Department

King Fahad Medical City

Founded the department; established governance, SOPs and a compliance framework aligned to ICH-GCP, NCBE, SFDA and PDPL, with joint-controller data governance and risk-tiered protocol review.

2023 — 2024

Chairperson, Disaster Management Department

King Fahad Medical City

Established hospital-wide disaster governance, mass-casualty plans and HazMat protocols; led the AI for Disaster Preparedness & Response programme deployed across 12 hospitals in Riyadh Health Cluster R2.

2020 — 2021

Advisory Consultant

Ministry of Health

Advised on MERS-CoV and COVID-19 surveillance protocols, data architecture and analytic outputs feeding national public-health decisions.

Training

2022 — 2023

Fellowship, EMS & Prehospital Care (AFC)

McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
2021 — 2023

Advanced MSc, Disaster Medicine

Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale

Publications

42 works, 2011 to 2026. Verified against Crossref, PubMed, OpenAlex and ORCID.

2026
Case series

Button Battery Code: A Case Series of Button Battery Ingestions in Children at a Tertiary Referral Center and Proposed Management Protocol

J Medicine, Law & Public Health · 10.52609/jmlph.v6i2.285

2025
Trial

To Evaluate Quality of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Performed At Scene and During Transport After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Crossover Trial

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v5i2.132

Report

Emergency Medicine and Rapid Response Virtual Team (EM-RRVT): Insights from the Hajj 1445/2025 Experience

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v5i2.160

Study

Optimizing Paediatric Paracetamol Dosing: Transitioning from Age-Based to Automated Weight-Based Calculations in Saudi Arabia

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v5i2.187

SR / MA

Methylene blue use in adult and pediatric patients with vasodilatory shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Int J Medicine in Developing Countries · 10.24911/ijmdc.51-1752093448

2024
Position

Mpox Preparedness and Response 2024: Position Statement of The Disaster Management Experts Club

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v5i1.163

Scoping

Vitamin-D Effect on SLE: A Scoping Review

Arthritis & Rheumatology — ACR Convergence 2024

2023
Commentary

Prehospital ultrasound: a commentary

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine · 10.1007/s43678-023-00551-w

Study

Comparison of START and SALT Triage System in Mass Casualty Incidents: A Study of On-Site Training

Int J Advanced Research · 10.21474/ijar01/17092

Study

The Cluster Approach: A Study of a New Model of Disaster Response

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v3i3.85

Commentary

Evacuating Patients with Ongoing Dialysis

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v3i3.90

SR / MA

The Effect of Butyrophenones for the Management of Primary Headache in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v3i2.78

Case

Ketamine For Sickle Cell Priapism: A Case Report & Literature Review

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v3i3.84

Commentary

Vendor Attraction to Improve the PTM System: A Commentary

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v3i1.70

2022
SR / MA

Use of Diphenhydramine for Pain Management in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v2i3.55

SR / MA

Ketamine for Adults with Severe Asthma Exacerbation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v2i1.37

Review

A Systematic Review of The Systematic Review of Post COVID-19 Syndrome

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v2i1.33

2021
Report

MERS-CoV in the COVID-19 era: update from Saudi Arabia, 2019–2020

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal · 10.26719/emhj.21.049

SR / MA

The risk of coronavirus to healthcare providers during aerosol-generating procedures: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Annals of Thoracic Medicine · 10.4103/atm.ATM_497_20

Study

The Effect of Wearing an N95 Mask on the Blood Gas Values of Healthcare Providers

Int J Medical Research & Health Sciences 10(2): 51–54

Study

Does The Existence of COVID-19 Vaccine Affect The Level of Anxiety Among Frontline Healthcare Providers? A Pre And Post-Analysis

International Medical Journal 28(2)

Trial

Virtual Versus In-Personal Teaching of Infection Control Essentials: A Quasi-Experimental Nonequivalent Groups Design

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v1i3.25

SR / MA

Magnesium Administration For COPD Exacerbation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v1i3.22

Commentary

Scenario Planning in Disaster Management: A Call to Change the Current Practice

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v1i3.28

Commentary

Lethal Over-the-Counter Cardioselective Drugs: An Urgent Call to Policy Makers

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v1i3.21

Survey

Patient Satisfaction with the Emergency Department Experience in the Era of COVID-19: A National Survey

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v1i2.11

Study

Improving the patient's experience in the emergency department during COVID-19 pandemic: a community-based analysis from Western Saudi Arabia

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v1i1.9

Study

Leaving The Emergency Department Without Being Seen or Without Complete Treatment: A Study From Saudi Arabia

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v1i1.8

Study

Wrist and Forehead Temperature Measurement as Screening Methods During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v1i2.12

Study

Sleep Disturbance During Quarantine in the Era of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Pandemic

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v1i1.5

Study

The Prevalence of COVID-19 in Jizan Region, Saudi Arabia: A Demographic Analysis

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v1i2.4

Study

Prevalence of COVID-19 in Al Qassim Province, Saudi Arabia: A Sociodemographic Analysis

JMLPH · 10.52609/jmlph.v1i2.16

Book

The Art of Emergency Medicine: A Practical Approach for Emergency Physicians

Monograph

2020
Case

Liraglutide overdose: A case report and an updated review

Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine · 10.4103/2452-2473.276386

2019
Case

Varenicline Seizure: Case Report and Literature Review

J Neurobehavioral Sciences · 10.5455/jnbs.1532600115

2018
SR

School closure during novel influenza: A systematic review

Journal of Infection and Public Health · 10.1016/j.jiph.2018.01.003

Case

Psychosis and middle cranial fossa arachnoid cyst: Case report and literature review

J Neurobehavioral Sciences · 10.5455/jnbs.1527282016

Commentary

Antibiotic misuse: a looming crisis for Saudi Arabia

Nature Middle East — partner content

2017
Study

Over-the-counter antibiotics in Saudi Arabia, an urgent call for policy makers

Journal of Infection and Public Health · 10.1016/j.jiph.2016.09.016

2016
Study

Patient Safety Culture: what are we missing?

Annals of Alquds Medicine 12/13: 2–13

2014
Cohort

Ommaya reservoir infection rate: a 6-year retrospective cohort study of Ommaya reservoir in pediatrics

Child's Nervous System · 10.1007/s00381-014-2561-x

2011
Case

Guidewire Breakage: An Unusual Complication of Anterior Odontoid Cannulated Screw Fixation

Asian Spine Journal · 10.4184/asj.2011.5.4.258