Dr. Yazan Alsaid (KSA)
Dr. Yazan Alsaid is a Consultant Pediatric Pulmonologist and Allergist/Immunologist at King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Department of Pediatrics. Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
After completing his education at La Salle College (Les Freres) in Amman, Dr. Yazan received his medical education at the University of Jordan/Amman (1985-1991).
He proceeded with subspecialty fellowship training in pediatric pulmonology at the University of California/Irvine and Miller Children’s Hospital in Long Beach, California. He moved to the USA for specialty training, did a pediatric residency at the University of New York (SUNY)-Brooklyn, and obtained his American Board of Pediatrics in 1996. Then he did subspecialty fellowship training in Allergy/Clinical Immunology (conjoint adults and pediatrics) at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and obtained his American Boards in Allergy/Immunology in 1999.
Dr. Alsaid established and headed the Advanced Pediatric Pulmonary Center in Spring Hill, Florida. He also worked as a pediatrician on Prince Edward Island in Canada. He currently holds the section head of the Pediatric Pulmonary/Allergy Immunology section at King Fahad Specialist Hospital in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
He is a member of multiple international and local scientific associations and societies. He is on the International Advisory Board of the International Congress Pediatric Pulmonology (CIPP) and is a founding member of the Middle East Cystic Fibrosis Association (MECFA).
He was on the executive boards of the Saudi Pediatric Pulmonary Association (SPPA) and the Saudi Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Society (SAAIS).
Dr. Alsaid organized many local, regional, and international specialized conferences and is a frequent guest speaker in many local and international scientific meetings. His areas of expertise include cystic fibrosis, chronic urticaria, severe asthma, primary immunodeficiency, and immunotherapy.
