Professor Abdulla Al Sayyari is Professor of Medicine at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh and Head, Division of Nephrology & Renal Transplantation, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh. He qualified with BSc (Honors) in Biochemistry and MB BS (Honors) in Medicine both from University College London. He then obtained a Doctor of Medicine Degree (MD) from the University of London. As a medical student, he won a Distinction Scholarship to study Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry at the University of London, the McGrath Scholarship (University College Hospital, London) in Obstetrics and Gynecology , Phillip Seth Belasco Medal (University College Hospital, London) in Medicine and MBBS Honors (Distinction University of London). He got MRCP (UK) and FRCP from London and Edinburgh Colleges of Physicians. Professor Al Sayyari also has Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Sheffield Hallam University. After completing his specialization in UK, he worked at University College Hospital Medical School, London as Lecturer and Senior Registrar with Professor Oliver Wrong before coming back to Saudi Arabia to work as Director of the Nephrology and Postgraduate and Academic Affairs Departments at Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital prior to moving to his current post at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh. Professor Al Sayyari won the prestigious Manusrah Prize issued by the Egyptian Academy of Science and Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education in 2004 and the senior Researcher Award at King Abdulaziz medical City for 2011 He is an ex-Councilor of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and Chairman of Middle East Subcommittee of Commission of Global Advancement of Nephrology (COMGAN) and member of COMGAN's Education Committee He is the Chairman, Saudi National Committee of Kidney Transplantation and Editor-in- Chief, Saudi Journal for Kidney Diseases and Transplantation Professor Al Sayyari has authored or co-authored 8 books and written chapters in 4 other books His main research interests are in Saudi issues related to renal transplantation and dialysis as well as in Bioethics and patients centeredness. He is actively involved in clinical nephrology and research having authored 286 peer reviewed cited articles