Prof. Ahmed I. Albarrak

    • Chairman, Health Informatics and Promotion Research Chair.
    • Professor of Medical Informatics in Medical Education at College of Medicine, King Saud University.
    • Former founding Chairman of Medical Informatics Dept.Director of E-learning and Knowledge Management for King Saud University Hospitals and College of Medicine.

Qualifications and education

  • PhD in Mmedical informatics, City University, London, UK
  • Master of Sciences in Biomedical Engineering, Surrey University, UK
  • Foundation Courses In Healthcare Management, KSU, Riyadh
  • BSc. in Biomedical Technology, KSU, Riyadh
  • Professional Project Management, PMP
  • Strategic Planning Certificate, (ARADO)
  • Strategic Plane Executions Certificate, Chamber of Commerce, Riyadh
  • ITIL foundation

Current specialization

  • Health Informatics
  • Biomedical Technologies
  • Medical Education
  • E-health
  • Health Information Systems
  • Information Technology
  • Staff development
  • E-learning
  • Content and document management
  • E-government

Academic responsibilities

  • Chairman and Founder, Medical Informatics Unit, College of Medicine, KSU.
  • Faculty Member, Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine.
  • Adviser member in the Ministry of Higher Education.
  • Teaching and Supervising Research Students in the College of Medicine.
  • Teaching and Supervising For Graduation Projects In College Of Applied Medical Sciences, KSU.
  • Member, Commission on the Educational Needs of the College of Medicine.
  • Teaching and Member of board for Master Degree in Medical Informatics in Saud Bin AbdulAziz University .
  • Member of the Founding Board for the Faculty of Health Services and Informatics at the University of Saud bin Abdul Aziz for Health Science.
  • Member, Commission on the Development of Faculty Members in the College of Medicine.

Professional & Society Membership’s

  • Member of International Medical Informatics Association
  • Member of IEEE association
  • Member of Saudi Radiology Association
  • Member of National Committee for Electronic Health Record
  • Board and establishing Member of Saudi Health Informatics Association
  • Member American diabetes association
  • Member European association for diabetes studies

National & International Symposiums and Events Addressed

  • Speaker, the Second Conference On March Of Medical Education, Riyadh, KSA, 2003.
  • Speaker, the Annual Conference Of Saudi Family Medicine Society, Riyadh, KSA, 2003.
  • Speaker, the Second e‑health Conference For The Middle East Region, Dubai, 2004.
  • Speaker, the 1st International Conference On E-learning, Manamah, Bahrain, 2006.
  • Key Note Speaker, Riyadh emergency Club Annual Symposium, Riyadh, KSA, 2006.
  • Speaker, the 6th International Conference On Internet And Education, Cairo, Egypt, 2007.
  • Attendance, Six Sigma Workshop, Riyadh, 2005.
  • Speaker, the Second International Conference On Information Technology In Healthcare, Dubai, UAE 2007.
  • Speaker, Introduction To Clinical Research Workshop, Ministry Of Health, Riyadh, 2007.
  • Speaker, PACS and Essentials Symposium, Riyadh, KSA, 2007.
  • Speaker and a Chair Person, Saudi Health Conference, Riyadh, KSA, 2008.
  • Chairperson and Scientific Committee Member, The First Saudi e-health conference, Riyadh 2006.
  • Participants, Distance Learning Workshop, Om Alqura University, Makah, KSA, 2007.
  • Referee and Scientific Committee Member, Medinfo, Brisbane, Australia, 2007.
  • Speaker, the Annual Conference For The Saudi Computers Society, Riyadh, KSA, 2008.
  • Chairperson and Scientific Committee Member, The Second Saudi E-Health Conference, Riyadh, KSA 2008.
  • Speaker, Saudi health conference, Riyadh, 2009.
  • Speaker, HIMSS conference, Manamah, Bahrain, 2009.
  • Speaker, the Saudi Health Information Technology Conference, Dammam, KSA, 2009.
  • Chair person, Saudi Laboratory Society Annual Conference, Riyadh, KSA, 2009
  • Speaker, the Second International E-Learning Conference, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia 2,009.
  • Speaker, the 3rd Annual Forum On E-Learning Excellence in the Middle East, Dubai 2010
  • Keynote Speaker, The Third Middleast Medical Informatics Conference, Bearit 2010
  • speaker and panel member, the second e health conference, Dubai 2010
  • attendance, Health Informatics workshop, Dubai 2010
  • speaker, the fourth Saudi health conference, Riyadh 2010
  • scientific committee member and board member, The Saudi e health conference, Riyadh 2010

Research & Areas of Interest

  • Medical education
  • E-Learning
  • Security systems
  • Public health and Diabetes
  • Statistical, Mathematical and Physiological Modeling and Analysis
  • Biomedical Technologies
  • Faculty / Trainers Development
  • Patient Education
  • Hospital/Health Management and Information Systems

Publications

  • Albarrak AI, Extending Medical E-learning Systems by Integration of Hospital Information Systems. International Journal of E-learning and Higher Education, Volume 2, October, 2010, Malaysia.
  • Albarrak AI, Assessment of Medical Informatics Skills of Undergraduate Medical Students at College of Medicine, King Saud University. Journal of Administrative science. 7 (1), Malaysia, 2010.
  • Albarrak AI, Designing E-learning System in Medical Education: A Case Study. International Journal of Excellence in Healthcare Management, 3 (1): 1-8. UAE, 2010.
  • Albarrak AI, Integrating Smart Classroom in Medical Education; 3rd forum on e‑Learning Excellence in the Middle East, Dubai, UAE, (February 1-3 2010).
  • Albarrak AI, and Hanan Al-Ghammas. The role of information technology in medical and patient education. Cairo dental journal 25 (1): 105-108, Egypt 2009.
  • Albarrak AI, Abdulrahman Alsughayr and Alia Alzawawi. Attitude of general practitioners toward online continuing medical education. Egyptian dental journal 55: 1513-1519, Egypt 2009.
  • Albarrak AI, Extending Medical E-learning Systems by Integration of Hospital Information Systems. International Journal of E-learning and Higher Education, Volume 2, October, 2010, Malaysia.
  • Albarrak AI, “Medical informatics in undergraduate medical study”; Technology and Health Care; Volume 13, Issue 5(December 2005); Pages: 356 – 357.
  • Albarrak, A. I. S., Luzio, S. D., Chassin, L., Playle, R., Owens, D. R., and Hovorka, R. Explaining inter-individual variability of clinical measures of diabetes control in newly presenting type 2 diabetes. Diabetic Medicine 16 (Suppl 1), 46. 1999.
  • Owens DR, Albarrak AIS, Luzio SD, Chassin LJ, Playle R and Hovorka R. Relationships between clinical measures of diabetes control, and insulin sensitivity and pancreatic responsiveness in newly presenting type 2 diabetes. Diabetes 48: 1298, 1999.
  • Hovorka, R., Albarrak, AIS, Chassin, L., Luzio, S. D., Playle, R., and Owens, D. R. Close association between -cell responsiveness and fasting glucose in subjects with newly presenting Type 2 Diabetes. Diabet.Med. 17(1), 136. 2000.
  • Hovorka R, Albarrak A, Chassin L, Luzio SD, Playle R and Owens DR. Relationship between beta-cell responsiveness and fasting plasma glucose in Caucasian subjects with newly presenting type 2 diabetes. Diabet Med 18: 797-802, 2001.
  • Albarrak, AIS, Luzio, S. D., Hovorka, R., Playle, R., and Owens, D. R. Reproducibility and Comparability of Pancreatic beta-cell Responsiveness during MTT and OGTT in Healthy Subjects. Diabet.Med. 18(1), 136. 2001.
  • Albarrak AIS, Luzio SD, Playle R, Hovorka R and Owens DR. Pancreatic beta-cell responsiveness is reproducible in type 2 diabetes during MTT. Diabetes 50: A508-A509, 2001.
  • Agbaje S, Playle R, Luzio SD, Albarrak AIS, Lunn DJ, Owens DR and Hovorka R. Population approach to estimate insulin sensitivity and glucose effectiveness by minimal model. Diabetologia 44: 211, 2001.
  • Albarrak AIS, Luzio SD, Playle R, Hovorka R and Owens DR. Reproducibility of pancreatic beta-cell responsiveness during MTT and OGTT in healthy subjects. Diabetologia 44: 524, 2001.
  • Albarrak AI, Luzio SD, Chassin LJ, Playle RA, Owens DR and Hovorka R. Associations of glucose control with insulin sensitivity and pancreatic beta-cell responsiveness in newly presenting type 2 diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87: 198-203, 2002.
  • Albarrak, A. I. S., Luzio, S. D., Hovorka, R., and Owens, D. R. Pancreatic β-cell responsiveness during mtt and ogtt in type 2 diabetes subjects. Diabet.Med. 19(2), 16. 2002.
  • Albarrak A, Luzio SD, Hovorka R and Owens DR. Full phase insulin response is more closely associated with deteriorated glucose control than first phase insulin response in newly presenting Type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia 45: 439, 2002.
  • Albarrak AI, Luzio SD, Owens DR and Hovorka R. “Evaluation of cold two compartment minimal model in type 2 diabetes,” in Feng, D. F. and Carson, E. R. (eds.) Modeling and Control in Biomedical Systems, Proceedings of the 5th IFAC Symposium Oxford: Elsevier, 2003, pp. 445-450.
  • Albarrak AI, “Medical informatics in undergraduate medical study”; Technology and Health Care; Volume 13, Issue 5(December 2005); Pages: 356 – 357.
  • Albarrak AI, and Hanan Al-Ghammas. The Role of Information Technology in Medical and Patient Education. Cairo Dental Journal 25 (1): 105-108, Egypt 2009.
  • Albarrak AI, Abdulrahman Alsughayr and Alia Alzawawi. Attitude of General Practitioners toward Online Continuing Medical Education. Egyptian Dental Journal 55: 1513-1519, Egypt 2009.
  • Albarrak AI, Extending Medical E-learning Systems by Integration of Hospital Information Systems. International Journal of E-learning and Higher Education, Volume 2, October, 2010, Malaysia.
  • Albarrak AI, Assessment of Medical Informatics Skills of Undergraduate Medical Students at College of Medicine, King Saud University. Journal of Administrative science. 7 (1), Malaysia, 2010. Acceptance letter dated October 9th 2009.
  • Albarrak AI, Designing E-learning System in Medical Education: A Case Study. The International Journal of Education Development. Malaysia.
  • Albarrak AI, Integrating Smart Classroom in Medical Education; 3rd forum on e‑Learning Excellence in the Middle East, Dubai, UAE, (February 1-3 2010).

Projects and achievements

  • Best Paper Award, the Second E health Conference, Hamdan Bin Mohammad University, Dubai, 2010
  • Nomination for the Best Paper presentation, the Third E learning Conference, Dubai 2010
  • Pictures Archiving and Communications System (PACS) King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), King Abdul Aziz University Hospital (KAUH)
  • Infrastructure and Networks Project in King Abdul Aziz University Hospital (KAUH)
  • Microwave and lease line for WAN connectives
  • Voice over IP (IP telephony) system University Hospitals
  • Wireless network new generation (N) for data/voice/videos
  • Video conferencing and broadcasting project
  • Web based call centre and help desk system for college of medicine and University Hospitals
  • Radiology Information System (RIS) King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), King Abdul Aziz University Hospital (KAUH)
  • E-learning and Integrated Classrooms in the College of Medicine
  • Infrastructure project and for Dental Information System in the Dental Colleges (Dir’iya and Malaz)
  • Medical Dictation System and Medical Reporting in King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), King Abdul Aziz University Hospital (KAUH)
  • System management, inventory and maintenance sections and help desk of the computer in King Abdul Aziz University hospital, King Khalid University Hospital, and new clinics building
  • Prescription Automation Project for inpatients in clinical pharmacy and outpatient clinics at King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH)
  • Lab Access System for King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), King Abdul Aziz University Hospital (KAUH)
  • Project of ORICS (operation room integrated control system) for recording and broadcasting surgical operations
  • Project of Patient File Merge and Standardizing medical file in University hospitals
  • Outpatient and the accounting system of the business center in University Hospitals
  • Document management and archiving for administration documents