RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, May 11, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – Dr. Majid Al Fayyadh, CEO of King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC) joined the Gulf Creatives Conference (GCC) at Harvard 2024. The event, GCC at Harvard, is organized by The Diwan, an organization run by graduate students at Harvard University. In his address, Dr. [...]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, May 10, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC) has experienced a year of achievements across its three Centres of Excellence—Oncology, Genomics, and Transplantation. KFSH&RC’s Oncology Centre of Excellence continues to lead the fight against the disease in the Kingdom. This year alone, the centre has treated [...]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, May 02, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – KFSH&RC tops the healthcare sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, recognizing it as the most valuable healthcare brand in these regions for the second year. According to the 2024 Brand Finance reports, it placed 9th in Saudi Arabia and 28th in the Middle [...]
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC) is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Björn Zoéga as Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective 01 April 2024. This strategic move is set to accelerate KFSH&RC’s aspiration of becoming a leading healthcare institution on the global stage, leveraging Dr. Zoéga’s notable career and proven track [...]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 25, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – In a ground-breaking development, scientists at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC) have identified a new species of bacteria, referred to as “Stenotrophomonas Riyadhensis” through the application of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) technology. This discovery signifies a major advancement in understanding how bacteria interact with [...]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 05, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – In a major scientific breakthrough, a research team from King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC), in collaboration with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), working alongside researchers from the UK, the US, and India, discovered a vital gene instrumental in combating malaria. [...]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 24, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre honored 25 scientists who joined Stanford University’s prestigious list, marking them among the ‘top 2% most-cited scientists’ list updated in October 2023. The recent release recognizes 25 distinguished KFSH&RC scientists, among the top 2% most-cited researchers worldwide in 2021-2022, [...]
- Honorary Accreditation of the Nursing Residency Program announced RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 27, 2023 (Korea Bizwire) – The 10th International Nursing Conference commenced this morning in Jeddah, themed ‘Nurses: As Catalysts, Navigators & Innovators in Healthcare’. Organized by the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC), the conference aims to create a unified [...]
Bed waiting time reduced from 32 hours to 6 hours RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 30, 2023 (Korea Bizwire) – Healthcare providers are facing a continuous increase in the demand for healthcare services, necessitating a redirection of efforts towards improving the operational efficiency of healthcare institutions. In response to this challenge that healthcare providers worldwide face, [...]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 29, 2023 (Korea Bizwire) – In a historic achievement, the Organ Transplant Center of Excellence (OTCoE) team at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC) has successfully performed the world’s first fully robotic living donor liver transplant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia—a move that solidifies KFSH&RC’s position as a [...]