Brief Profile

Dr. Hussam Alobida is Sub-speciality Consultant in Adult Infectious diseases and Internal Medicine. He got a great interest in Immunocompromised patients related infections. He is a speaker in multiple local and international conferences with special interest in vaccination and transplant infectious diseases with experience exceeding 14 years.

Dr. Alobida had a great experience in Internal medicine field where he works a program director of IM residency program for 3 years in King Fahad Medical City. He also had a wide experience in adult infectious diseases as he works as head section of infectious diseases department in the same institute. 

Core Competencies

• General medicine related diseases like DM, hypertension and dyslipidaemia.
• Adult infectious diseases
• Gastroenterology infections like H. Pylori and gastroenteritis
• Pulmonary infections like pneumonia and lung abscess
• Tuberculosis and fungal infections
• Urinary tract infection 
• Sexually transmitted infections like syphilis and gonorrhoea
• CNS infections and meningitis
• Skin infections
• Surgical site infections and post ob infections
• Osteomyelitis and prosthetic joint infections
• Viral infections like HIV and hepatitis 
• Vaccinations in elderly like Zoster vaccine and Pneumococcal vaccine
• Travel medicine and vaccination
• Tropical medicine
• Solid organs transplant and stem cell transplant related infections
  

Qualifications

• MBBS, King Saud University, 2010
• Internal Medicine Board, Saudi Council of medical specialties, 2014
• Adult Infectious Diseases fellowship, Saudi council of medical specialties, 2016
• Transplant infectious diseases fellowship, University of Toronto, Canada, 2018