Department of Clinical Biochemistry

About Department

AN OVERVIEW:

The Clinical Biochemistry Department is one of the important basic sciences departments of the College of Medicine, King Khalid University. The Department teaches Biochemistry courses to medical students and other Health Sciences Colleges (Dentistry and Pharmacy). The academic staff performs many researches in Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetic Engineering.  

VISION, MISSION AND GOALS:

VISION: Strives for excellence in teaching, medical research, and community service utilizing Department's faculty staff expertise and research.

MISSION: Preparing graduates at a high level of scientific skills and laboratory experience to help in understanding the basis of biochemical biological processes within the human body in health and disease, and to enable in the continuous progress in the field of health sciences in all medical fields.

GOALS:

  1. Efficiency in teaching medical students and other colleges such as Applied Medical Sciences, Dentistry, and Pharmacy the theoretical and practical courses of specialties related to Biochemistry.
  2. Active participation in conducting researches concentrating on studying clinical topics, community health problems, and endemic diseases, at national, regional, and international levels.
  3. Publication of the results of researches in local, regional and international periodicals, and presenting them at conferences.
  4. Departmental participation in fields of community service and environment.
  5. Performing general, specialized, and confirmatory diagnostic laboratory tests.

The department teaches MBC226 and MBC227 and MBC534 courses for the MBBS program. In addition, the department teaches biochemistry courses for the Pharmacy [MBC223 MBC228] and Dentistry [MBC224 MBC225] colleges.

Department Committees

The Department, represented by its teaching staff members, has been participating in several committees of the College and the University, as well as forming a number of permanent and temporary committees at the Department:

1.      College and University level:

·         College Academic Affairs Office

·         College Academic Guidance Committee

·         College Postgraduate Studies Committee for Basic Sciences

·         College Stem Cell Research Committee

·         College Research Ethics Committee

·         Committee for preparing a biostatistics curriculum for postgraduate students at the faculty’s basic sciences departments

·         Committee for organizing the College's Annual Scientific Research Day event

·         College E-learning Committee

·         Committee for developing the University's Website

2.      Department level:

·         Academic Timetable Preparation

·         Curricula Evaluation Committee

·         Scientific Research Committee

·         Teaching Staff Member Promotion Committee

·         Committee for Auditing and Revising Examination Results

·         Committee for the Master's Degree in Clinical Biochemistry

·         Committee for looking at ways to bring Saudis with competencies to work at the Department.

 Head of the Department of Clinical Biochemistry
colleges

 

Head of the Department of Clinical Biochemistry

Prof. Awad Saeed Samghan

Professor, Family Community Medicine

College of Medicine

Department of Clinical Biochemistry

P.O. Box: 641, Abha

Telephone: 07 241 7002

Fax: 07 241 8363

E-mail: asoman@kku.edu.sa

Scientific Certification

Professor, Family Community Medicine Department, College of Medicine, KKU,

Program, Courses and Faculty

Programs and Courses:

The department teaches 8 courses to the students of the College of Medicine,

College of Dentistry, and College of Pharmacy:

1.      Courses for College of Medicine students:

SN

Course Name

Course Code

Level

Credit Hours

1

Biochemistry 1

MBC 226

L4

7(5+2)

2

Biochemistry 2

MBC 227

L5

5(3+2)

3

Biochemistry 2

MBC 227

L6

3(2+1)

4

Molecular Biology

MBC 534

L10

3(2+0)

2.      Courses for College of Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy students:

SN

Course Name

Course Code

Level

Credit Hours

1

Pharmacy

MBC 223

L5

4(4+0)

2

Pharmacy

MBC 228

L6

4(4+0)

3

Dentistry

MBC 224

L5

4(4+0)

4

Dentistry

MBC 225

L6

4(4+0)

Research

The Research provides the basic feed for academic knowledge across all academic departments. Research provides depth in the knowledge of a given area of exploration. The Biochemistry department has been involved in many aspects of research fields.

Staff and Faculty List

 

Name

Nationality

Academic Rank

Office phone

KKU Username

MALE SECTION

       

Awad Saeed Abdallah Al Samghan

Saudi

Professor (HOD)

7991

asoman

Mohamed Abd Ellatif

Egyptian

Professor

7865

mabdellatif

Waleed Niazy Hassan

Egyptian

Professor

7867

wnhassan

Salah Ahmed Sheweita

Egyptian

Professor

 

ssheweita

Khalid Ali Nasif Mohamed Ismail

Egyptian

Associate Professor

8472

kismail

Mohammed Amanullah

Indian

Associate Professor

7863

maman

Ayaz Khurram Mallick

Indian

Associate Professor

 

amallick

Ayyub Ali Patel

British UK

Assistant Professor

7870

ayyub

Imad M. Al-Ghawanmeh

Jordanian

Lecturer

8295

alghawanmeh

Mohammed Babiker Abdelrouf

Sudanese

Assistant Professor

4427

mbabkr

Abdulwahab Alahmari

Saudi

Laboratory Technician

   

Saif Abdullah Saif Shahrani

Saudi

Biochem Lab. Tech. (Dept. Secretary)

7878

saab.alshahrani

FEMALE SECTION

Nationality

Academic Rank

Office phone

KKU Username

Rehan Munir Youssif Soliman

Egyptian

Associate Professor

2513

rsoliman

Noora Saeed Khamees Al Zahrani

Saudi

Assistant Professor

2513

Muniera Yousif Mohi Eldeen

Sudanese

Lecturer

2513

myousof

Marwa Esmaeel Saeed

Sudanese

Lecturer

2513

misaeed

Safa Hassan Umer

Sudanese

Lecturer

2513

shasn

Community Services

The department's role extends to participation in community service and public health education programs and seminars, as well as participation in academic seminars in secondary schools to provide professional medical information.

The department also welcomes junior high school students and familiarizes them with the parts of the human body. 

Our aim is to support the training of young residents and doctors. There are courses for training in specific surgical techniques. In addition, we help develop and test new technologies and surgical instruments, as well as newly invented prostheses and implants. We also support training for paramedical groups such as physical therapy and medical technology companies. 

We organize clinical courses in almost every medical field: Emergency Medicine, Infiltration Course, Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology, Plastic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery, Visceral Surgery, Gynecology, Robotic Surgery, Intensive Care Medicine, Pedal Surgery, Anesthesia Care, Intensive Care Medicine.