Department of Clinical Pharmacy

About the Department

The department teaches the basic skills that help students to effectively engage with the medical team in preparing treatment plans, educating and counseling patients about their medications, assessing drug interactions, and understanding the pharmacokinetics and factors that might affect the drug disposition and whether they change the drug efficacy or safety. In addition, the department teaches and trains students on the proper ways of obtaining evidence-based medical information using medical databases. It also covers the aspects of planning and developing pharmaceutical services in hospitals and health institutions.

Research in the department of clinical pharmacy encompasses diverse areas related to the clinical aspects of medications, with the goal of optimizing medication use and improving the quality of patient care. Areas of research include medication outcomes and comparative effectiveness, clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, pharmacogenomics, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacoeconomics, and health policy. It also includes pharmacy education and practice-based research in areas such as community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, ambulatory care, internal medicine, acute care, and other specialized areas.

 

temp  Department Chair
  Dr. Wael A. Alghamdi
  Associate Professor in Clinical Pharmacy
  walghamdi@kku.edu.sa
  Phone: 017-2419272
Faculty Members
Tahani M. Almeleebia
Associate Professor
talmelby@kku.edu.sa
Dalia A. Almaghaslah
Associate Professor
damoazle@kku.edu.sa
Sultan M. Alshahrani
Associate Professor
shahrani@kku.edu.sa
Mona A. Almanasef
Associate Professor
malmanasaef@kku.edu.sa
Wael A. Alghamdi
Associate Professor
walghamdi@kku.edu.sa
Asif A. Mohammad
Assistant Professor
aashaik@kku.edu.sa
Ahmed R. Ibrahim
Assistant Professor
aribrahim@kku.edu.sa
Asma M. Al-Shahrani
Assistant Professor
ashahrany@kku.edu.sa
Geetha K. Lakshmi
Assistant Professor
glakshmi@kku.edu.sa
Khalid M. Orayj
Assistant Professor
korayg@kku.edu.sa
Ayesha S. Shafeeq
Assistant Professor
ayshafiq@kku.edu.sa
Abdullah A. Assiri
Assistant Professor
aalabdullah@kku.edu.sa
Vigneshwaran E. Bagyalakshmi
Assistant Professor
vbagyalakshmi@kku.edu.sa
Moteb A. Khobrani
Assistant Professor
makhobrani@kku.edu.sa
Md S. Husain
Assistant Professor
mdhusain@kku.edu.sa
Abubakr T. Hussein
Lecturer
atmohammeed@kku.edu.sa
Arwa K. Abdulrahman
Lecturer
arwak@kku.edu.sa
Eman M. Shorog
Lecturer
eshorog@kku.edu.sa
Rayah M. Assri
Lecturer
rassri@kku.edu.sa
Sirajudeen S. Shaik
Lecturer
sshaik@kku.edu.sa
Soha A. Makki
Lecturer
samaki@kku.edu.sa
Abdullah M. Alshehri
Lecturer
amashehri@kku.edu.sa
Noohu A. Khan
Lecturer
nakhan@kku.edu.sa
Amjad M. Hmlan
Teaching Assistant
amhamlan@kku.edu.sa
Bander A. Assiri
Teaching Assistant
baahassiri@kku.edu.sa
Sarah A. Alasmary
Teaching Assistant
sasmary@kku.edu.sa
Mofareh A. Alzahrani
Teaching Assistant
malzahrany@kku.edu.sa
Nada H. Alshahrani
Teaching Assistant
nalshahrania@kku.edu.sa