Published Jointly by ICDR and JCRPO Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

At a Glance Professional Profile

DR.Mohammed H.S Al Turaiki

Scientific Qualifications

§         Certificate of English Proficiency – College of Technology, UK (1975)

§         Certificate of Advanced Education – South Port Technological College, UK (1977)

§         Bachelor of Science (Hons) Mechanical Engineering – University of Lancaster, UK (1980)

§         Ph.D. Orthopaedic Engineering & Rehabilitation – University of Salford, UK (1985)

§         Postgraduate Certificate in Orthotics – Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, USA (1989)

§         Postgraduate Certificate in Prosthetics – Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, USA (1990)

§         Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Disability Consultants USA, 1996

Current Job Title

§         Professor of  Orthopaedic Bioengineering and Rehabilitation in King Saud University

§         Principal Investigator & Director-General, The Joint Centre for Research in Prosthetics & Orthotics and Rehabilitation Programmes

§         President of Medical and Rehabilitation Consultancy House in Riyadh

§         President of the Islamic World Council on Disability and Rehabilitation

Consultancy Jobs (Past and Present)

§         Advisor of HRH Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz City for Humanitarian Services (SBACHS)

§         Prosthetic-Orthotic Advisor, Ministry of Health, Faculty of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital in King Saud University, Riyadh (from 1992 – till now)

§         Prosthetic-Orthotic & Rehabilitation Technology Advisor, Ministry of Health, Riyadh

§         Rehabilitation Consultant, Prince Salman Social Centre, Riyadh

§         A Member of Consultant Committee (Medical, Educational, and Rehabilitational Care – the Saudi Benevolent Association for Care and Rehabilitation of Disabled Children

§         Technical Advisor to Prince Mohammed Bin Fahad Rehabilitation Technology Centre, Dammam

§         Member of Executive Committee & Deputy Vice President of Rehabilitation International (RI)-Arab Region (1996)

Scientific Positions

§         Ex-Visiting Professor – Rehabilitation Engineering Program & Prosthethic Research Lab, Northwestern Medical School, Chicago, USA (1989-1990)

§         Member of the American Association of Assistive Technological Means for Disabled, USA

§         Member of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics, Denmark

§         Biological Engineering Society, UK

§         Member of British Orthopaedic Research Society, UK

§         Member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK

§         Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, USA

§         Member of Executive Committee & Deputy Vice President of Rehabilitation International (RI)-Arab Region (1996)

§         Attended and participated in a number of conferences, seminars, and international scientific symposiums which were held in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Germany, USA, China, UK, Egypt, Japan, Finland, India, Zambia, Denmark, Pakistan, Sweden, Singapore, etc.

§         Author or co-author of more than 75 scientific research which were published or accepted for publication in scientific periodicals

§         Author, translator, supervisor, and editor of more than 40 references, textbooks (English/Arabic) in the field of disability and rehabilitation

§         Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the following journals/periodicals (1) Saudi Journal of Disability and Rehabilitation (English); (2) Disability World (Arabic); (3) The Scientist (Arabic); (4) Arab Health (English)

§         Assistant Research Professor and Supervisor of Biomedical Research Projects – Directorate of Scientific Research, King Abdul Aziz City for Science & Technology

Scientific Achievements

 §         Acquired an American Patent in 1989 for his invention (Lockable Rotating Ankle Joint for Modular Below-Knee Prosthesis

§         Acquired a European patent in 1991 for his invention (Non-Invasive Quantitative Knee Joint In Vivo Knee Instability Analyzer)

§         Included among the World’s Distinguished Persons in the Publication of “Marquis Registry, Who’s Who in the World” from 1997 till now in “Science and Engineering” and “Medicine & Healthcare”

§         Winner of the “Best Paper Gold medal Award” for the year 1996 in the XXIV Conference of Indian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation