Dr. Mazen Alessa

Head of Neonatal Unit & Newborn Nursery, Consultant Pediatrician and Neonatologist

Department: Neonatal Unit

Qualifications:

• Neonatal intensive care fellowship, McMaster University Canada 1994
• Fellowship of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health of United Kingdom 2001
• Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health of the United Kingdom 1990
• Diploma of Child Health of Ireland 1987
• Associate professor of pediatrics college of medicine Kuwait University from 1996 - 2024 with many articles and books publications
• Consultant neonatologist, Maternity hospital from 1994
• Neonatal fellow, McMaster University hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 1992 - 1994
• Head of faculty of pediatrics at Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialisation (KIMS) 2002 - 2012
• Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health examinations organiser and examiner 2002 - 2011

Experienced In:

• Neonatal intensive care and advanced respiratory care
• Treatment of low birth, very low birth and extremely low birth weight babies
• Chronic lung disease of the premature babies
• Gastro-esophageal reflux disease in infants
• Antenatal and postnatal counseling parents in high risk pregnancy
• Follow up of development of premature babies after discharge and up to early childhood
• Founder of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening program in all neonatal units in Kuwait since 1994 till now with many publications