Assim A. Alfadda MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP, FACE, MBA

Dr. Assim A. Alfadda is a Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology, and Metabolism in the Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University (KSU), and the Founder of the Obesity Research Center (ORC), KSU. During his fellowship training at McGill University, he was always interested in understanding the regulation of body weight and metabolism. In 2004, he received a master’s degree in Physiology from McGill University for a thesis entitled: "Metabolic consequences of deleting the mitochondrial glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene in mice". For this work, he had won the Endocrine Society AstraZeneca Diabetes & Metabolism Research Fellow Award, in conjunction with the 85th annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003.

Professor Alfadda is a fellow in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the American College of Physicians, and the American College of Endocrinology. Author of 45 journal and conference papers, Professor Alfadda‘s research interest is directed toward the regulation of body weight and metabolism, adipokines and inflammation, and the pathophysiological changes that occur in metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes.
Professor Alfadda has co-supervised several master's degree and doctoral candidates and was awarded six research grants by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, the Center of Excellence in Biotechnology Research, and the College of Medicine Research Center at KSU. He holds close research collaboration with the University of Colorado Denver and Seoul National University. Professor Alfadda also is an active participant in symposia and exhibitions to increase public awareness about obesity and its complications. Professor Alfadda holds a bachelor's degree in Medicine and Surgery from KSU in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He did his Internal Medicine and Endocrinology & Metabolism training at McGill University, Canada.