Professor Manaf Alqahtani
Prof. Alqahtani is a North American double-qualified internist, infectious diseases Consultant, and clinical microbiologist physician. Dr. Manaf is the head of Infectious Diseases Services and a senior Adult Infectious diseases consultant and microbiologist at Royal Medical Services Hospitals. He is also the Program Director of the Adult Infectious Diseases Fellowship Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS). He obtained his medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in Dublin.
Professor Al Qahtani then completed his Internal Medicine Residency Program training at the University of Toronto, Canada and successfully obtained the Diplomate American Board certification in Internal Medicine (DABIM) as well as the Canadian Board Certifications in Internal Medicine.Professor Alqahtani was also awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC), after which he pursued his training in Infectious Diseases followed by training in Medical Microbiology and Infection Control at University of Toronto, Canada.
In 2009, Professor Alqahtani received his American Board Certification in Infectious diseases (ABIM-ID) and later obtained also obtained his master’s degree in medical management in 2010 (MMM) from Tulane University, School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine.
Adding to his list of achievements, in 2017, Professor Alqahtani was awarded The First-Class Medal of Competence and in 2021
he was honored by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa with the ‘Prince Salman bin Hamad Medal for Medical Merit’ for
his achievements in healthcare for the kingdom of Bahrain. He is also affiliated with several professional international organizations such as American Board of Internal Medicine and Canadian Medical Protective Association and on a national level, he is a member at Bahrain National Tuberculosis and HIV and vaccination committee.
Professor Alqahtani is also currently an Editor in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (AMR-UK) and Editorial Board Member, BMC Infectious Diseases (BioMed Central, Springer Nature), since 2023 — contributing to peer review oversight, editorial decision-making, and advancement of high-impact infectious disease research. He is appointed as Founding Head of the Microbiology Department under the School of Medicine- RCSI-Bahrain in April 2022. He has authored over 62 peer-reviewed journal articles and international guidelines.
