Dr. Walid Alhussin

MBBS, CABP (Arab Board of Pediatrics), Fellowship in Neonatal-perinatal Medicine – KSA, Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship – Canada

Consultant Neonatology

Work Experience

• Dr Walid Alhussin is a highly experienced and skilled Neonatologist with work experience in many gulf Countries and Canada.
• He completed MBBS from Damascus University in 2000, then he started Pediatric Residency Training Program at Children Hospital, Damascus University and he got Arab board certificate in pediatrics in 2005.
• He worked as a registrar in Neonatology at Department of Pediatrics, Military Hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, then he joined to Saudi Neonatology fellowship program on January 2010 and he was awarded Saudi board Neonatology Fellowship Certificate in 2012.
• Dr Walid was promoted to Neonatology Consultant in Saudi Arabia in 2013 and he worked as Head of NICU at King Khaled Hospital, MOH, Saudi Arabia till 2016. Dr Walid was member of Ministry of Health Neonatal Service Improvement Program since 2013 as the Regional Director for North West Region of Saudi Arabia. His work was to implement Improvement projects, monitor, supervising and reporting about the services in north region in Saudi Arabia.
• Dr Walid has good experience in UAE medical service system and he got MOH license as Consultant Neonatologist in 2017 and he worked at Medcare hospital groups for 18 months then he moved to Canada and he did Neonatology Fellowship program at McMaster University and graduated in 2020.

Languages Spoken

• Arabic
• English

Special Interests

• Care of Extreme preterm and IUGR babies.
• Neonatal ventilation
• Neonatal nutrition and growth follow up
• Golden hour and neonatal resuscitation
• Neonatal neurology and developmental Follow up

Research and Publications

• (Anti gliadin and Dexylose test in celiac disease in children 2003) submitted to Children Hospital, Damascus University Syria.
• Walid Alhussin, M. TereseVerklan, et al.Complications of Long-Term Prostaglandin E1 Use in Newborns with Ductal- Dependent Critical Congenital Heart Disease. The Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing.2016 .Volume 30. Number 1, 73–79.
• Case report (VACTRAL-H case in newborn). Submitted for publication
• Director and Instructor NRP program at King Khalid hospital, MOH, Tabuk. Saudi Arabia 2013 –2016
• Instructor NRP program at Military Hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. 2010 –2012
• Instructor in Obstetric Life Support Workshop 23-24 May 2012.at Military Hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
• International speaker in the 1st International Conference of Al Bashir Hospital, 31st March - 2nd April 2016, Landmark Hotel, Amman – Jordan
• International Speaker in Review of hot topics in pediatrics, 23-24 December 2015.MOH, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia