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Ahmad Tarawah, MD, DCH, CABP, CPHO,CH (he/him/his)

Consultant, Pediatrics Hematology
AlMadinah Hereditary Blood Disorders center, Maternity and Children Hospital, King Salman Medical City, President, Madinah Hereditary Blood Disorders Association
Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Ahmad M. Tarawah is a consultant in pediatrics, hematology, and oncology at King Salman Medical City. Visiting professor, Canadian College of Medicine. President of the Middle East and North Africa Hematology League. President Madinah Hereditary Blood Disorders Society. Branches Director, Saudi Hemophilia Society. Board of Directors’ member, Saudi Society of Blood Disorders. Secretary General, Saudi Societies of hereditary blood disorders.

Prof. Tarawah qualified in Medicine at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 1990. He joined a one-year pediatrics program at the University of Edinburgh in 1993. He continued his pediatrics program residence in Madinah and held an Arab board certificate of pediatrics in 1997. He began his training in pediatrics hematology/oncology at King Faisal Specialist Hospital, where he received a fellowship certificate in 2001. He had a Training program on hemostasis at the Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, Canada, in 2000.

Prof. Tarawah has clinical and research expertise in hemophilia, bleeding disorders and sickle cell anemia. He has more than 150 publications and is the editor of a benign hematology textbook and 10 educational booklets. Reviewer of many hematology journals. He was president of 6 international congresses and 21 local Conferences, Leader of 33 conferences Organizing / Scientific Committee, and a member of 13 others. Participated in 150 Volunteer / Educational / Charity Medical Campaign. Invited Speaker to 65 International / Middle Eastern conferences, and 68 local conferences and symposiums, With more than 500 presentations. He was the principal investigator of 11 research projects and co-investigator of 7 projects.
Prof Tarawah Founded five civil associations and seven hematology societies in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. He led teams that prepared 22 guidelines for the Saudi Ministry of Health, including SCA, Hemophilia, vWD, rare bleeding disorders, Thalassemia. He has Been Crowned with eight awards.

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