Samar Alhomoud Saudi Arabia

Professor Samar Alhomoud • Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Cancer Center of Excellence, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia • Professor of Surgery, AlFasial University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia • President of The Saudi Society of Colon & Rectal Surgery & founding member of the society • Chair of The Ethics Committee at International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the WHO • Honorary Visiting Consultant Surgeon at St. Mark’ Hospital in the United Kingdom • Awarded the King Abdulaziz Medal of honour of the First Class by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia in December 2018 for her outstanding contributions in the field of research and cancer • Awarded 2019 WHO Kuwait Prize for the Control of Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region as first Saudi to receive such award in recognition of her work in lower burden of cancer in the region • Executive member of Gulf Center for Cancer Control and Prevention (GCCCP) • International expert in the field of colorectal cancer screening & prevention and was involved in drafting several national, international & WHO Regional policy statements and recommendations. She sits on numerous influential committees • Has several publications including NEJM and Lancet Oncology