Education

• Canadian Fellowship in Epilepsy & Electroencephalography (EEG) — University of Calgary, Canada (2024–2025)
• Saudi Fellowship in Pediatric Neurology — Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh (2021–2023)
• Saudi Board in Pediatric Medicine — King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah )2017–2020)
• MBBS with Honors — King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah (2009–2014)

Professional Experience

Areas of Expertise

• Interpretation of EEG studies — routine EEG, prolonged and long-term video-EEG monitoring (LTM), and continuous critical- care EEG
• Interpretation of brain MRI and pediatric neuroimaging
• Ketogenic diet therapy — initiation and specialized follow-up
• Vagus nerve stimulation )VNS) programming and follow-up
• Pre-surgical evaluation and referral for epilepsy surgery
• Advanced management of status epilepticus and drug- resistant epilepsy
• Precision-medicine treatment planning based on genetic diagnosis
• Epilepsy and all seizure disorders — childhood epilepsies, genetic (inherited) epilepsies, drug-resistant (refractory) epilepsy, developmental and epileptic encephalopathies, epilepsy with spike-and-wave activation in sleep (ESES/CSWS), and febrile seizures
• Neurometabolic and genetic disorders, including congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) and rare treatable inherited epilepsies
• Neuromuscular disorders — congenital myopathies, muscular dystrophies, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), peripheral neuropathies, myasthenic syndromes, and Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Movement disorders — dystonia, tremor, tics and Tourette syndrome, ataxia and coordination disorders
• Cerebral palsy and early motor delay
• Pediatric stroke and cerebral venous thrombosis
• Neuroimmunological disorders — autoimmune encephalitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
• Migraine and primary headache disorders
• Idiopathic intracranial hypertension and secondary headaches
• Concussion and traumatic brain injury
• Developmental delay, developmental regression, and neurodegenerative disorders
• Hypotonia )the floppy infant)

Licenses & Memberships

• American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
• Saudi Epilepsy Society (SES)
• Saudi Pediatric Neurology Society (SPNS)
• Saudi Stroke Society (SSS) Peer reviewer for Epilepsia and Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
• Consultant Pediatrician; Consultant Pediatric Neurologist )Epilepsy & EEG) — Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS