Prof. Abdo is an accomplished Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist currently working
as the Chief Executive
Officer & Senior Vice President of Fakeeh Care Group. He joined the Board of Directors in 2022.
He is a Professor of Medicine at King Saud University’s College of Medicine and Director of King
Saud University’s Liver
Disease Research Center. He is also working as a consultant in gastroenterology and hepatology
at King Khalid University
Hospital.
Prof. Abdo has extensive experience in education and training. Being that, he was appointed as
vice dean of the college
of medicine for graduate studies and scientific research at Umm Al-Qura University in 2013 –
2016 and Head of Academic
Affairs at King Saud University’s College of Medicine and its Vice-Dean for Quality and
Development (2008 to 2012).
He has been also appointed as the former Secretary- General of the Saudi Commission for Health
Specialties (SCFHS) from
2016 – 2022.
Professor Abdo has been a member of many national boards, including the National Education and
Training Evaluation
Commission, the Saudi Patient Safety Center, the Saudi Public Health Authority, and the Saudi
Medical Council. He was
the founding member of the two distinguished societies namely, Pan-Arab Liver Transplant Society
and the Saudi Society
for Study of the Liver and Transplantation (SASLT). He was formerly Treasurer and Board Member
of the Saudi Association
of Gastroenterology, and Editor-in-Chief of the Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology.