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Prof. Ali Hajeer

Vice President - Academic Affairs

Education Qualifications
  • PhD Immunology, University of Manchester, 1991
  • Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists, United Kingdom, 2000
  • Fellowship of the American college of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, USA, 2010
Experience
  • Deputy Chairman, King Abdelaziz Medical City, MNGHA, Mar 2001Aug 2023
  • Assistant Dean, College of Medicine, KSAU-HS, Riyadh, Sep 2011Aug 2021
  • Chairman, University Student Research Board, KSAU-HS, Sep 2013Aug 2023
  • Chairman, Basic Medical Sciences, KSAU-HS, Riyadh, Sep 2005Aug 2011
  • Lecturer, University of Manchester, Sep 1992Mar 2001
Courses Taught
  • Advanced immunology
  • Transplant immunology
  • EBM
  • Autoimmune diseases
  • Immunogenetics
Publications
  • Sanchez-Mazas, A., Nunes, J. M., Dominguez, E. A., Gerbault, P., Faye, N. K., Almawi, W., Andreani M., Arrieta-Bolanos E., Augusto A., Buhler S., de Groot NG., Diaz-Pena R., D'Silva S., Dubois V., ElGhazali G., Gorodezky C., Grubi? Z., Hajeer A., Hollenbach J., Issler HC., Ivanova M., Jawdat D., Kanga U., Kirijas M., Lemieux W., Loginova M., Mahfoudh N., Mehra N., Mouron D., Pet?ek M., Petzl-Erler M., Richard L., Roelen DL., Sacchi N., Sharma A., Singh B., Singh M., Singh A., Tarassi T., Vidan-Jeras B. The Most Frequent HLA Alleles Around the World: a Fundamental Synopsis. Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology, 2024:101559.
  • Hajeer, A., Jawdat, D., Massadeh, S., Aljawini, N., Abedalthagafi, M. S., Arabi, Y. M., & Alaamery, M. Association between Human leukocyte antigen alleles and COVID-19 disease severity. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2024: 102498.
  • Essa, Mohammed, Rodaina Abujoub, Abdulrahman Alsultan, Shahbaz Memon, Nada Alshaikh, and Ali Hajeer. The effect of HLA B-LEADER, and HLA DQ heterodimers matching in pediatric haploidentical stem cell transplantation in acute leukemia; retrospective single center analysis. Bone Marrow Transplantation, vol. 58, no. SUPP 1, 2023. 581-582.
  • Alanazi H., Alshubaili A., Cereb N., Hajeer A., Jawdat D. Identification of the novel HLA-B*53:69 allele by sequencing-based typing. HLA. 2024 Jan;103(1):e15331.
  • Fakhoury HMA., Yousef Z., Tamim H., Daher S., Attasi AA., Al Ajlan A., Hajeer AH. Combined effect of age and body mass index on postoperative mortality and morbidity in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients. Front Surg. 2023 Nov 23;10:1243915.
Achievements
  • Distinctive Role in FACT accreditation and establishing CAR-T cell program. 2022
  • Saudi Stem Cell Donor Registry, Founder Award. 2020
  • ARSHI founder Award. 2019
  • Department of Basic Medical Sciences Founder Award. 2010
  • Senior Research Award, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center. 2008
  • Specialist Achievement Award – Laboratory, Arab Health, Dubai. 2006