Raouf Afifi
HOD
Military Hospitals
Saudi Arabia
Biography
Dr. Raouf Afifi is preventive medicine & public Health consultant, researcher, health administrator, and consultant pediatrician with over 37 years in clinical and community health practice at renowned international academic and healthcare institutions. He was lastly Supervisor of Community Medicine Board, Taif, Saudi Arabia; former Head, Preventive Medicine Departments, Military Hospitals, SA; Consultant, ITM-Health Services & Research Institute, Indiana, USA; Consultant, Research Excellence Institute, Cairo Egypt. Dr. Afifi is principal investigator and peer reviewer in the field of epidemiologic, communicable (CDs), non-CDs, childhood trauma, applied health policy and healthcare reform research, with over 65 publications, books, and international authorships. Dr. Afifi obtained his MD, MS, PhD, from Al-Azhar University, Egypt, 1980-1991. He obtained MPH & MHA degrees, Indiana University, USA, 2000-2005.
Research Interest
Dr. Afifi is dedicated to preparing community health cadres, supervising their thesis and coaching them in the collaborative efforts to raise the health standards of the populations through prevention.