Prof. Ziad Memish
Senior advisor to HE the Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Center (KSrelief) for Medical & Humanitarian Research. Professor of Infectious Diseases at the College of Medicine in AlfaisalAL Faisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia & Adjunct Professor Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Obtained his MD from the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada in 1987 and Board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Infectious Diseases as well as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Canada, Edinburgh, and London) and the American College of Physicians.
Received the King Abdulaziz Medal from the first degree in 2007, the highest national award for his achievements in Infectious diseases and infection control in KSA, also in 2019 received the Minister of Health Award for leadership in research for over 10 years.
In Oct 2024 awarded the “the Health Research Excellence: Lifetime achievement award” by Research Development & Innovation Authority.
A Highly Cited Researchers” for exceptional research performance by production of multiple highly cited papers (those that rank in the top 1% by citation in the field) by the Web of Science (Clarivate analytics) 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. EIC of 5 medical journals, presented extensively nationally and internationally and published more than 1000 peer reviewed papers and book chapters.
