King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
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| King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre مستشفى الملك فيصل التخصصي ومركز الأبحاث |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  |
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| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Funding | Government hospital |
| Hospital type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | Alfaisal University |
| Services | |
| Standards | JCAHO/JCI/CBAHI |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 985 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.kfshrc.edu.sa |
The King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (Arabic: مستشفى الملك فيصل التخصصي ومركز الأبحاث) (KFSH&RC) is a 985-bed tertiary/quaternary care and referral hospital based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is the national referral center for oncology, organ transplantations, cardiac surgery, genetic diseases, and more.
KFSH&RC also maintains a facility in Jeddah.
Chief Executive Officer: Qasim Q. Al Qasabi, MD, FRCSI, FACS (since 2005)
Contents
Profile
History
KFSH&RC was established on land donated by King Faisal and was opened by King Khalid in 1975 with a current total land area of 920,000 square meters.
Saudi Diagnostic Holding Company established in 2007
Personnel
KFSH&RC has over 11,000 employees, of 63 different nationalities.
The Annals of Saudi Medicine
The Annals of Saudi Medicine is an English bimonthly multidisciplinary medical journal. The Annals publishes original articles, case reports, letters to the editor, editorials, and special reviews dealing with various aspects of clinical, academic or investigative medicine or research. Emphasis is placed on matters relating to medicine in Saudi Arabia in particular, and the Middle East in general. The Annals is a joint project of KFSH&RC, the King Saud University College of Medicine, and the King Khalid University Hospital. Its current worldwide distribution exceeds 16,000 copies.
Medical and clinical statistics
2010 data (Riyadh)
- Total number of Consultants: 418
- Total # of beds: Riyadh: 400 (Inpatient (ICU) Beds: 140 One-day Beds: 184)
- Inpatient days: 241,872
- Outpatient encounters: 776,302
- Laboratory tests: 7,867,354
- Radiology procedures: 194,158 (45% routine)
- Total day procedures: 70,013
- Patients accepted: 18,091
- List of protocol patients: over 7,000
- Major surgery: 12,186[citation needed]
Areas of specialisation
Oncology
KFSH&RC treats approximately 30% of the cancer cases in the Kingdom and 70% of all pediatric cancer cases
Total number of cancer cases treated as of 2013[update]: Approximately 70,000
Annual chemotherapy sessions: 58,443
Annual Radiation therapy sessions: 238,386
Center of Excellence in Oncology Clinical Research
Clinical trials as members of major international cooperative groups.
Transplants
At KFSH&RC there are on average, three transplants every 48 hours (e.g., bone marrow, kidney, liver, heart, lung, or pancreas) all year round with outcomes similar to that of eminent international institutions. The total number of transplants conducted in 2010 was 529 which include 312 Bone Marrow, 145 Kidney, 46 Liver, 19 Heart and 7 Lung transplants.[citation needed]
Cardiovascular
KFSH&RC performs complex congenital heart surgery and heart transplant program in the region.
Health Outreach
- Total number of outreach collaborating centers = 18
- Tele-ICU Centers: 12
- Number of surgeries conducted in collaborating centers = 943
- Telemedicine consultations = 1455
- KFSH&RC held 75 regional Polyclinics during 2010
- Patients seen through the collaborating centers: 2,082
In-Vitro Fertilization
- In-vitro fertilization cases = 1,074
- Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis
Interventional Radiology
Performed 5,368 procedures in 2010.
Medical Genetics
• Genetic/Metabolic • Congenital immune deficiencies • Among top 3 centers in the world by number of cases[citation needed] • Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis
Neurosciences
• Comprehensive Epilepsy Program • Movement Disorder Program • Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory • Skull Base Surgery • Stereotactic Epilepsy Surgery • Brain Tumor
Academic statistics
- Total number of Fellowship & Residency Programs = 74
- Total number of Fellows and Residents = 336
- Two International Journals (with Annual Distribution)
Annals of Saudi Medicine – 14,965
Hematology/Oncology & Stem Cell Therapy – 4,000
Research statistics
Primary Areas of Focus: Cancer, Biology, Infection & Immunity, Cardiovascular Research, Genetics, Diabetes, Stem Cell Biology, Molecular Medicine
- Research Scientists: 100
- Research Projects: 233
- Publications: 153 were approved by the Research Advisory Council
- Collaborating centers: 8 National and 2 International, (including WHO, Harvard and Mayo Clinic)
- Sponsoring agencies: 92 KFSH&RC, 8 KACST, 10 NCPST, 2 Pharmaceutical Companies, and 2 others
