Pediatrics branch of medicine concerned with the welfare of children. It therefore
includes the various aspects of development and physical health, psychological child,
including the treatment of diseases, And disabilities and various diseases. And
often extends to include preventive health care. The so-called doctors who practice
pediatric specialists Pediatrics. The doctors, providing care for children of different
age groups, from birth until the stage Adolescence. Has evolved as a separate pediatric
medicine, because a lot of health problems occur mainly Or exceptional children.
For example, chicken pox disease affects children more than it affects Adults. And
that children differ physically and psychologically from adults, For doctors treated
differently. In addition, the children, hot-growth, making change them change faster
than adults.
After obtaining the official certificate to practice medicine, requires the doctor,
who plans to specialize in pediatrics, Several Years in specialized training in
medical care for children. There are many pediatric specialists who spend two or
three years of additional training in a particular area of Pediatrics. Understand,
for example, may specialize in blood diseases or leukemia; or in certain Member
Such as the heart, or kidneys or lungs or in patients with a particular age group,
such as premature infants or Newborns or adolescents.
To teach the undergraduate and the graduate students the practice in internal medicine
* Integrated medical care for children transferred to the internal department and
clinics.
* Contribute to the continuing of medical education for students, doctors and nursing
staff.
* The exchange of medical advice with other clinical departments
* Several medical researches in the areas of specialization
* The active participation in teaching the students of the Faculty of Medicine in
the new curriculum
* The direct supervision for the graduate studies’ programs in the department
* Distinguished scientific research in the specialized fields and publishing in
superior scientific journals
* Membership of the scientific and administrative committees in the Faculty of Medicine
and King Abdul Aziz University
* Sponsoring of the cultural, social and athletic extracurricular activities of
the students of the Faculty of Medicine
* The direct and the indirect care of the patients of the university hospital
* Providing of part-time consultations to the governmental and private hospitals
and colleges of medicine in Makkah region
Head of Department
Name: Jameela Abdul-Aziz Kari
Tel: 026401000
Ext:: 18329
Head of Department
Tel: 026401000
Fax: 6408339
Ext: 18327