Dr. Sameer Abdullah

Maternity unit & care for the fetus

Consultant, Maternal Fetal Medicine

Consultant, Maternal Fetal Medicine Consultant in high risk pregnancy 1993 Bachelor of medicine and surgery ( MBBS ) (among top ten graduates )
King saud university , Riyadh , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1985 – 1992 Undergraduate Training In Medicine , King saud university , Riyadh , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Consultant, Director of the Maternal Fetal Medicine ( Fetal Care Center ) Thuriah Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia .
  • July 2002-june 2005 Fellowship in maternal fetal medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of maternal fetal medicine, University of British Columbia, BC women’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • 3 Year, Maternal fetal medicine. Prenatal Genetics ( Medical Genetics ) and fetal Echo .
  • University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada and University of Montreal Canada .
  • July 2000-june 2002 Fellowship in maternal fetal medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • September 2000 Medical Council of Canada Evaluation ( MCCEE) { 9427113 }.
  • 1998- 1999 Saudi Board in Obstetrics & Gynecology Part II ( written and oral exam ) .
  • March 1966 Saudi Board in Obstetrics & Gynecology Part I.
  • 1995 Medical council of Canada evaluation examination ( MCCEE 9427113 ) .
Work History :
June 2006 to date consultant, Maternal Fetal Medicine, king faisal specialist hospital & research centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia .
January 2007 to date Editorial board member, Saudi Arabia, Donald school journal of ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology .
August 2005 to date Director of the Maternal Fetal Medicine ( Fetal Care Center ) Thuriah Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia .
June 2006 to date school Director, Ian Donald International School of medical ultrasound Riyadh, Saudi Arabia .
July 2002-June 2005 Fellowship in maternal fetal medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of British Columbia, BC women’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
( Fellowship completed June 2005 ) .
3 Year, Maternal fetal medicine. Prenatal Genetics ( Medical Genetics ) and fetal Echo .
University of British Columbia
Membership in professional organizations
  • Member, American Institute of ultrasound in medicine (#127390).
  • Member, the international society  of ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology( ISUOGREF#3076 )
  • Fellow, the society of obstetricians and gynecologists of Canada ( 112637 ).
ON-Going Research Activity
Principal Investigators : Dr. Sameer Abdullah / Dr. Robert Liston

  • Comparison of the bishop score and fetal fibronectin  assay in predicting the mode of delivery in induced postdate nilliparous women .
  • The role of thrombin in preterm parturition ( awardad by BC research institute ) . ongoing trial where D.Dimer Is used as apredictor of PTL for the 1 time .
  • The use of fetal fibronection in the prediction of the mode of delivery in term induction of labor. Sponsored by Adeza Biomedical Laboratories .
Principal investigators: Dr. Sameer Abdullah / Dr. Ken Lim
Pseudocyst of the umbilical cord : prenatal ultrasound characteristics and clinical significance. A retrospective study to assess the morphologic characteristics and the clinical significance of umbilical cord pseudocysts detected prenatally by routine second trimester ultrasound.
New Research project AT king faisal specialsist hospital & research centre
Principal Investigator :   Dr. Sameer Abdullah

  • Pregnancy in renal transplant recipient: predictors of pregnancy of outcome in renal transplant recipients .
  • Pregnancy in renal transplant recipient: the effect of pregnancy on cyclosporine levels in renal allograft patients .
  • The role of thrombin in preterm parturition .
Areas of interest
  • Preterm labor
  • Fetal ultrasound and dysmorphology    
  • Fetal echo
  • Perinatal genetics