Assim Abdulaziz Alfadda

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Professor. Dr. Assim Abdulaziz Alfadda is a Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism in the Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Prof. Alfadda is the Founder and Director of the Obesity Research Center at King Saud University (KSU), the Director of the Strategic Center for Diabetes Research, KSU, and the Vice Dean for Postgraduate Studies and Research, College of Medicine, KSU. Previously, he held several leadership positions including, the Deputy Director of the Center of Excellence in Biotechnology Research at KSU (2007-2009), Head of Endocrinology and Metabolism Division, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and KSU Medical City, KSU (2011-2013), and the Chairman of the Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and KSU Medical City, KSU (2018-2021). He sets as board member in several committees including Founding Committee of Prince Naif Health Research Center, KSU (2008-2010), the National Committee of Bioethics (2015-2018), KSU Institutional Review Board (2013-2022), and College of Medicine Board, KSU (2018-to date). During his fellowship training at McGill University, he was always interested in understanding the regulation of body weight and metabolism. In 2004, he received a master's degree in Physiology from McGill University for a thesis entitled: "Metabolic consequences of deleting the mitochondrial glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene in mice". For this work, he had won the Endocrine Society Astra Zeneca Diabetes & Metabolism Research Fellow Award, in conjunction with the 85th annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003. Prof. Alfadda is a fellow in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the Royal College of Physicians of London, and in the American College of Physicians. Author of more than 130 journal and conference papers, Prof. Alfadda's research interest is directed towards the regulation of body weight and metabolism, adipokines and inflammation and the pathophysiological changes that occur in metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes. He has co-supervised several master and doctoral degree candidates and was awarded several research grants by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, the Center of Excellence in Biotechnology Research, the Deanship for Scientific Research at KSU, and the College of Medicine Research Center at KSU. In addition, he has established the Proteomics Facility at the Obesity Research Center, holds research collaboration with several national and international institutes, and is a visiting professor to Seoul National University, South Korea. Prof. Alfadda also is an active participant in symposia and exhibitions to increase public awareness about obesity and its complications. Prof. Alfadda holds a bachelor's degree in Medicine and Surgery from King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He did his Internal Medicine and Endocrinology & Metabolism training at McGill University, Canada. He obtained a master's degree in business and administration (MBA) in International Health Management from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany.