Achievements & Career Highlights

• Established Center for pediatric nephrology as collaboration between community and the university. It helps all children with kidney diseases in western province as it is considered charity center. It has the facilities for peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis and the latest facilities to diagnose and treat different renal diseases in children. Major intentions for prevention, public awareness and research in pediatric nephrology. http://pnce.kau.edu.sa/Pages-DirectorWordAr.aspx AWARDS: ESPN’96 POSTER AWARD: 30th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology, Lausanne, Switzerland. September 1996. Awarded for the study of: Endothelial dysfunction, lipids and nitric oxide metabolism in children with chronic renal failure. SSN 2006 First Poster Award: The first meeting of Saudi Society of Nephrology, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, February 2006. Awarded for the study of: Familial Hypomagnesaemia with Hypercalciuria and Nephrocalcinosis Best researcher in health sciences award: Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University ( for the year 2014) , April 2015 Best researcher in health sciences award: Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University (for the year 2017), April 2019 Best researcher in health sciences award: Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University (for the year 2019), February 2021 Life-time achievements award : Saudi Society of Nephrology 2017 KAU President Award for serving the community, King AbdulaAaziz University, April 2018 Best Research award (AKI in children), The 6th meeting of Saudi Society of Nephrology and transplantation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 2018 Best Research award (Acute kidney injury in children with COVID-19: a retrospective study), The 6th meeting of Saudi Society of Nephrology and transplantation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 2021 21 Best center serving the community for 2018- Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, February 2020 Best center serving the community for 2019- Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, February 2021 Publication Research Deanship Award: King AbdulaAaziz University, November 2008. IMC Clinical Excellence Award: May 2009 Publication Award: Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, November 2009. Publication Award: Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, January 2011. Publication Award: Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, April 2012. Citation of publication Award (3 awards) : Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, April 2012. Publication Award (2 awards): Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, April 2013. Citation of publication Award (2 awards): Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, April 2013 Publication Award (3 awards): Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, March 2014. Citation of publication Award: Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, March 2014 Publication Award (5 awards): Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, April 2015. Citation of publication Award (2): Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, April 2015 Publication Award (2 awards): Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, April 2016. 22 Citation of publication Award (2): Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, April 2016 Citation of publication Award: Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, April 2017 Citation of publication Award (2): Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, April 2019 Publication Award (2 awards): Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, April 2019 Citation of publication Award (4): Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, February 2020 Publication Award (5 awards): Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, February 2020 Citation of publication Award (3): Research Deanship, King AbdulaAaziz University, February 2021 Publication Award (5 awards): Research Deanship, King Abdulaziz University, February 2021 Publication Award: Research Deanship, King Abdulaziz University, March 2022 Recognition Awards from the medical college deanship- King AbdulAziz University (KAU) : 2001 Recognition Award (KAU) 2004 Best Pediatric Consultant 2007 Recognition Award (KAU) 2009 Recognition Award (KAU) 2010 Recognition Award (KAU) 2012 Recognition Award (KAU) 2014 Best faculty producing research (KAU) 2015 Best faculty producing research (KAU) 2017 Best faculty producing research (KAU) 2019 Second best faculty producing research (KAU) 2019 Recognition Award (KAU) 2021 Recognition Award (KAU) 2022 Recognition Award (KAU)