February 2009 to April 2014
Minister of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
August 2010 to April 2016
Member, Board of Trustees
of King Abdullah University for Science and Technology, Jeddah
August 2010 to April 2016
Chairman of the Board
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh
May 2005 to February 2009
Founder and President
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
King Abdulaziz Medical City – Riyadh
July 2003 to February 2009
Chief Executive Officer
National Guard Health Affairs
King Abdulaziz Medical City – Riyadh (Ministry of National Guard)
Initiated and commissioned many major health and scientific projects in all regions of the Kingdom.
As Head of the Surgical and Multidisciplinary Team for the Saudi Conjoined Twins Programme, has performed sixty-one (61) successful separations. To date, one hundred and forty-two (142) cases have been reviewed that have been referred by twenty-six (26) countries.
Dr. Al Rabeeah is the recipient of many national and international awards, including: the King Abdulaziz First Degree Medal (November 2002); the King Abdulaziz Excellence Degree Medal (November 2003); the Medal of Merit, Commander Class from the President of the Republic of Poland (August 2005); Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences (for outstanding medical personalities in the Arab World) Dubai, U.A.E. (December 2012), and the HH Sheikh bin Rashid Al Maktoum Tolerance Award – International Institute for Tolerance (Human Thought Category) (February 2020).
Chaired and participated in many national and international scientific and health committees and councils; notably, he has recently participation in addressing COVID-19 as Chair of the COVID-19 National Committees for the procurement of health supplies, mobile hospitals, ICU expansions, PPEs, medications and vaccinations. He also participated in several high-level national committees to plan and control the COVID-19 pandemic, and was appointed as a member of the Ministerial Committee for Vaccine and Biological Medical Industries in Saudi Arabia.
Invited speaker to many national, regional and international scientific and humanitarian gatherings.
Wrote and published one hundred and five (105) scientific/medical articles and 71 abstracts in international refereed journals. He has also authored and published five (5) books.
