Waleed Tamimi

Director of Newborn Metabolic and Toxicology Laboratory

Waleed Tamimi is Director of the Newborn Metabolic and Toxicology Laboratory at King Abdulaziz Medical City, and a consultant in clinical biochemistry and toxicology with a PhD from the University of Essex and a fellowship from Washington University. Newborn screening is among the highest-stakes laboratory services there is: a population-wide test on asymptomatic infants where a missed result carries lifelong consequences and a false positive alarms a family. His interests also cover laboratory sustainability and the preanalytical controls that prevent specimen misidentification.