Department of Child Health

About Department

About Us

Welcome to the Department of Child health in the College of Medicine at King Khalid University. The department is dedicated to excellence in teaching and innovative medical research. It offers a variety of courses in the child health, which include normal growth and development, the common childhood diseases across the pediatric ages (neonates- infants- pre-school- school age), and the basics of the pediatric critical care. I addition, our faculty take care of thousands of sick children in Southwestern region of the country, providing general pediatric and subspecialty services. Finally, our department is committed to advancing medical knowledge through high quality research to help improve the health of Asser’s children and children throughout the world.

VISION, MISSION AND GOALS:

VISION: 

In line with the vision of College of Medicine, the department vision is to be a regional leader in improving health through innovation in medical education, research and community service in the region.

MISSION: 

As a mission, the department is dedicated to promoting outstanding undergraduate medical student teaching by developing excellence in medical education that will aid future medical professionals in providing high quality healthcare and carrying out scientific research to contribute to the service of the community.

GOALS:

  1. Interact collegially with faculty, staff, and students.
  2. Foster collaborative learning among students.
  3. Improve continually the efficiency of learning for our students.
  4. Share our teaching and learning techniques with the intellectual community at large.
Head of Department
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Head of Child Health Department

Professor Ali Mohammed Alsuheel Asseri

Associate Professor, Department of Child Health

 

Pediatric Pulmonology Consultant

Saudi, Arab, and Jordan Boards of Pediatrics

Fellowship of Pediatric Pulmonology, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States

 

Contact:

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 641, College of medicine,

Abha 61421, Saudi Arabia. Tel: 00966172417866

Email : Alsoheel11@kku.edu.sa

Program, Courses

Programs and Courses

The Department of Child Health offers two major clinical courses in Medicine for the MBBS program of the College of Medicine, along with additional courses like Applied Molecular Medicine course, basic clinical skills, and medical ethics.

1.      Courses for College of Medicine students:

 

#

Course Name

Course Code

Level

Credit Hours

1

Pediatric-1

PED-511

L14

11 (6+5)

2

Pediatric-2

PED-612

L16

9 (3+6)

3

Applied Molecular Medicine

MBC 534

L13

3 (3+0)

4

Basic Clinical Skills

Com-361

L-10

4 (0+4)

5

Medical Ethics

Med-431

L-11

3(3+0)

Research

Research

For over three decades, the Department of Child Health at the College of Medicine, King Khalid University, has been a leader in medical education, patient care, and scientific research. The Department has produced distinguished medical professionals and conducted advanced research that has significantly contributed to the field of medicine.

Here are some of the published papers:

    1. Asseri, A. A., Al-Qahtani, S. M., Algathradi, M. A., Alzaydani, I. A., Al-Jarie, A. A., Al-Benhassan, I. A., AlHelali, I. A., Alassiri, M. S., Alrmelawi, A. A., & Ali, A. S. (2022). Clinical, laboratory, and chest radiographic characteristics of COVID-19 associated severe pediatric pneumonia. A retrospective study. Saudi medical journal, 43(12), 1390–1396. https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.12.20220420
    2. Asseri, A. A., Shati, A. A., Moshebah, A. Y., Alshahrani, O. M., Saad, R. M., Alzuhari, A. M., Qout, M. M. A., & Al-Helal, A. S. (2022). Clinical Presentation and Surgical Management of Five Pediatric Cases with Bronchogenic Cysts: Retrospective Case Series. Children (Basel, Switzerland), 9(12), 1824. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9121824
    3. Asseri, A. A., Assiri, M., Alshehri, M. A., Asseri, M., Ali, A. S., & Awadalla, N. J. (2022). Acute encephalopathy in a 6-year-old child with concurrent COVID-19 infection: a case report from Saudi Arabia. International journal of infectious diseases: IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, 123, 76–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.08.013
    4. Asseri, A. A., Al-Jarie, A., Alassim, A., Hamid, M. E., & AlGhamdi, H. (2022). Disseminated Pulmonary Mycosis Caused by Candida tropicalis in an 11-Year-Old Male Patient with Chronic Granulomatous Disease. Case reports in pediatrics, 2022, 7089907. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/7089907
    5. Asseri, Ali Alsuheel, and Abdullah Alsabaani. “Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among Children Visiting a Tertiary Hospital during the Prevaccination Period, Southwest Region, Saudi Arabia.” Vaccines vol. 10,8 1344. 18 Aug. 2022, doi:10.3390/vaccines10081344
Faculty Members

FACULTY MEMBERS

No

Name

Designation

Specialty

1

Ali Mohammed Alsuheel Asseri

Professor

Pediatric Pulmonology

2

Mohamed Al-Hag El-Awad Ibrahim

Professor

Pediatrics

3

Suliman Hussein Al-Fifi

Professor

Pediatric Endocrinology

4

Mohammed Abdullah Alshehri

Professor

Pediatric Pulmonology

5

Saleh Maedi Al-Qahtani

Professor

Pediatrics

6

Ayed Abdullah Shati

Professor

Pediatric Cardiology

7

Youssef Ali Mohamed Al-Qahtani

Associate Professor

Pediatric Endocrinology

8

Samy Ali Abd -El Rahman Dawood

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

9

Ahmed Naser Al-Hanshani

Assistant Professor

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

10

Alam Eldin Musa Mustafa

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

11

Sara Yahia Abdulraheem

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

12

Neimat Mohamed

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

13

Zeinah Hussein Ali Al-Fardan

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

14

Safa Mosa Al-Haider

Assistant Professor

Pediatric Gastroenterology

15

Ashwaq Ali Abdullah Assiri

Assistant Professor

Pediatric Allergy/ Immunology

Community Services

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.

Here are some of the community services that the department members had contributed with:

  1. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vSWqm-iu-MwxW65QskKN4MngiklYZqQf?usp=sharing

  1. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17xizHRi8fMV7eJGNbzfgWJmzqy18G8zA?usp=sharing

  1. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hfAHRO566bXqEYuz_jT0p21Sry8CHtAb?usp=sharing

  1. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17fuza0nif7P0rPT9ybPAWkm5EKD630yY?usp=sharing

 

  1. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mHK4lV2uY0-1tQyLDx2CLxT1PHBBwi8O?usp=sharing

Contact Us

Contact Us

P.O. Box 641, Abha

Telephone: 0172417484 

Fax: 017 247 8136

E-mail: pediatrics@kku.edu.sa