WASEEM HAJJAR MD.

 
 
Dr. WASEEM   HAJJAR, MD, MS, FRCS(Ed), FCCP.
 
Associate professor & consultant thoracic surgeon,
College of medicine, king Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 
 
 

• M.D. Aleppo University

Faculty of Medicine
                   Registered 12.08.1984
 

• M.S. General Surgery

                   Certificate of Specialization in General Surgery
                   Ministry of Health
                   Damascus - Syria 02.07.1988
 

• FRCS Edinburgh - Nov. 1992

• ATLS Certificate - May 1993

• ACLS Certificate - March 1996

• ATLS Certificate - April 2013

• FCCP Certificate - Nov. 2014

•  GMC Certificate of Full Registration, U.K.

Registration No:  4040545
 

• MDU Member of the Medical Defense Union

No. 300195E
 

• Member of the Society of Cardio thoracic

Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
 

• Member, Riyadh Chest club

• Member of Arab Thoracic Associations

• Member of Saudi Thoracic Society

• Saudi Council for Health Specialties (SCFHS) 

• FIRST PRIZE for the “best paper”

Intra-operative Heparin Release during Lung Surgery
Hajjar W, Essa M, Al-Motrafi M, Al-Kattan K, Ashour M.  Presented in the 1st Surgical Annual Research Conference, Department of Surgery
23-24 April 2001
King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
 

• EXCELLENCE AWARD IN TEACHING

The Dean of College of Medicine
From Deanship of Quality 1431-1432
 
 
 

 
Present Position: 
 

• Jan. 2017 till now Associate Professor & Consultant Thoracic Surgeon

Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery
King Khalid University Hospital,
College of Medicine, King Saud University,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
 
 

• 09 September 2006 up to Dec. 2016 Assistant Professor & Consultant Thoracic Surgeon

Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery
King Khalid University Hospital,
College of Medicine, King Saud University,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
 

• 01 November 2005 - September 2006

Consultant & Honorary Assistant Professor (Surgery)
Thoracic Surgery division, Department of Surgery
King Khalid University Hospital
 
 
Previous Positions: 
 

• 01 May 1997 - 30 October 2005

Senior Registrar & Honorary Clinical Teacher (Surgery)
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery
King Khalid University Hospital
           Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
 

• 01 July 1995 - 30 April 1997

Senior Registrar in Cardio thoracic Surgery
The Cardio thoracic Centre – Liverpool, UK
Mr. A. Rashid, Mr. B.M. Fabri, Mr. A. Soorae
 
 
 
 

• 01 August 1993 - 30 June 1995

Registrar in Thoracic Surgery
Norfolk & Norwich Hospital - Norwich, UK
Mr. B.A. Ross, Mr. R. Vaughan
 

• 01 February 1993 - 31 July 1993

SHO Thoracic Surgery
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital - Norwich, UK
Mr. B.A. Ross, Mr. R. Vaughan
 

• 01 February 1992 - 31 January 1992

SHO in Orthopaedics, Trauma and Spinal Surgery
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital - Norwich UK
Mr. H. Philips, Mr. P. Gallagher and
Mr. J. Wilson-MacDonald
 

• 01 August 1991 - 31 January 1992

SHO Accident, Emergency and Trauma,
West Suffolk Hospital, Hardwick Lane,
Bury, St. Edmunds, IP33 1QZ, U.K.
Mr. C.A. August
 

• 01 April 1990 - 31 July 1991

Honorary Clinical Assistant, General Surgery
Department of Surgery,
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich, U.K.
Mr. J.D. George and Mr. D.N.L. Ralphs
 

• 01 January 1989 - 01 January 1990

Lecturer in Faculty of Medicine,
Department of Anatomy and Histology,
Aleppo Medical School,
University of Aleppo, Syria
 

• November 1984 - December 1988

Pre-Fellowship Surgical Rotation
Aleppo University Hospital/Aleppo Medical
School, Aleppo – Syria 
 
                   A)      Anatomy Demonstrator
                             November 1984 - April 1985
                             Faculty of Medicine
                             University of Aleppo
                             Aleppo – Syria
 
                   B)      Surgical S.H.O.
                             April 1985 - October 1986
                             3 months - Accident and Emergency
                             6 months - General Surgery
                             6 months - Vascular and Thoracic Surgery
                             3 months - Plastic Surgery
                  
                   C)      Surgical Registrar
                             October 1986 - December 1988
                             6 months - Neurosurgery
                             20 months - General Surgery
 

• 01 July 1983 -30 June 1984

Pre-Registration Year
Aleppo University Hospital/Aleppo Medical School
6 months in Medicine, E.N.T. and Ophthalmology
6 months in General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology
 
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
 
 

• 01 September 2010

Member, Department of Surgery Research Committee
2 years
 

• 01 September 2010

Member, Department of Surgery Mortality and Morbidity Committee
2 years
 

• 01 September 2010

Member, Undergraduate Courses and Examinations Committee
2 years
 

• 01 September 2009

Member, Department of Surgery Course Organizer, GSO-311 Dental Course
2 years
 

• 01 January 2011

Member, Department of Medical Education Examinations Committee
2 years
 

• 01 September 2011

Member, Department of Surgery Course Organizer, Surg Course 451
2 years.