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Portrait of Abdulwahhab Alshammari

Honor Society® member

Abdulwahhab Alshammari

Full time lecturer at College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Riyadh

  • University of Washington
  • Biomedical and Health Informatics
  • Class of 2016
  • Seattle, WA

Member since August 2014

Education

  • Dalhousie University

    Master of Health Informatics

    2008 – 2010

  • Dalhousie University

    Bachelor of Computer Science

    2004 – 2008

Honors and awards

  • King Abdulaziz bin Saud University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS) Scholarship Award

    It is an award granted for selected faculty members to study abroad to accomplish a PhD degree

  • Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Award for Excellent Academic Achievement, 2009

    It is an award granted for higher academic achievements

  • Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Program for External Scholarship to Study Abroad, Years 2005- 2010

    It is a Saudi Program awarded for selected saudi students to study abroad in vital specialties and in prestigious universities

  • Ministry of High Education of Saudi Arabia Scholarship Award, Year 2004-2005

    It is an award to Study Abroad for distinguish students

  • Student Tuition Award, Fall 2004

    It is a faculty award for undergraduate students who achieve higher GPA

  • Sexton Scholar for Extraordinary Academic Achievement, Summer 2004

    It is the highest award from the university for undergraduate students who achieve a higher GPA

Goals and interests

Career goal

Academic path

Outside the classroom

Soccer, Volleyball, Badminton, Basketball and Casual games of Chess

Experience

  • Full time lecturer

    College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Riyadh

    Aug 2010 – Aug 2012

Volunteering

  • Member

    The Saudi Association for Health Informatics (SAHI)

  • Member

    National Institutes of Health Informatics (NIHI)

  • Member

    Saudi Scientific Association for the Quality Performance and Risk Management in Health Sector (SAQR)

Languages

  • Arabic Advanced
  • English (US) Advanced