King Abdulaziz University
Dr. Raed A. Azhar is the president of the Saudi urological association. He is an associate professor at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He completed his Urology residency training at McGill University in Canada then he pursued fellowship training in Advanced Robotics and Laparoscopy at USC Instituteof Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California under the direction of Dr.Inderbir Gill ad his team. He was actively involved with the USC team in the development of innovative techniques in Robotic Urologic surgery.. He then arrived back on faculty at King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia while still serving as an adjunct clinical assisstant professor of Urology at USC Institute of Urology. He is considered one of the leaders of robotic urologic surgery in Saudi Arabia and in the Middle East. He has helped develop several robotic surgery programs in this region. More recently, he spearheaded the introduction of robotic surgery at Doctor Soliman Fakeeh Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, making it the 1st private healthcare insitution in Saudi Arabia to offer robotic surgery. He has also received several acclaimed awards including scholarship awards, outstanding resident teacher awards as well as several awards for his scientific presentations and surgical videos at scientific meetings. He has presented many abstracts at scientific meetings and has authored several peer-reviewed articles, reviews, and chapters. He was invited as a visitig professors at differet institutions. He is a reviewer for several urology journals and recently joined editorial board of the Journal of Urology.
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