biography

Biography of Dr Al-Anazi Dr. Khalid Al-Anazi is a consultant hematologist and head of Department of Adult Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) at King Fahad Specialist Hospital (KFSH) in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. He graduated from the College of Medicine, King Saud University (KSU) in Riyadh, in the year 1986. After passing his Boards in Internal Medicine, he trained in clinical hematology and HSCT at King’s College Hospital, University of London, U.K. He has 24 year experience in adult clinical hematology and HSCT at Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital then King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC) in Riyadh, King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH) in Riyadh and KFSH in Dammam Saudi Arabia. During his work at KFSH&RC in Riyadh, he looked after the first matched unrelated donor allogeneic HSCT and he contributed to the success and achievements of that institution in the years 2004 and 2005. He established the HSCT unit at KFSH in Dammam in 2010. He was selected as the best teacher in the department of internal medicine at KKUH & the College of Medicine, KSU in Riyadh in the year 2014. Also, he has 60 publications including retrospective studies, review articles, book chapters and electronic books and he reviews for 21 international medical journals in addition to being an editorial board member of 6 stem cell transplantation, hematology, cancer and infectious diseases journals.