The author

Dr. Abdulmohsen Alsaawi

Physician Executive · Board Member · Healthcare Strategist — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Areas of expertise

Organizational design and leadershipHealthcare managementStrategy and organizational transformationChange managementBusiness resilience, crisis and disaster managementEmergency medicineQuality management and improvement scienceTalent retention and management

Roles and record

Board and advisory

Member of multiple governance boards, and advisor on multiple national strategies and transformation programs.

Clinical and academic

Consultant and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine since 2009, with fellowship training in emergency clinical ultrasound and Saudi board certification in emergency medicine.

Research and speaking

More than 20 peer-reviewed publications, mostly in health services improvement and technology, the most recent in JAMA. Invited speaker at national and international meetings across North America, Europe, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

Full publication record on Google Scholar

Selected publications

Peer-reviewed work on effectiveness at system scale, national quality improvement, and health information technology.

2025

Electronic Sepsis Screening Among Patients Admitted to Hospital Wards: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized TrialJAMA · 2025;333(9):763–773 · second author of 48. A stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial in 45 wards across five hospitals, testing whether electronic sepsis screening reduces mortality among ward patients.

2023

Impact of a national collaborative project to improve the care of mechanically ventilated patientsPLoS One · 2023;18(1):e0280744 · third author. The NASAM national collaborative: evidence-based ventilation practice spread across intensive care units nationwide, measured on ventilator-associated events and ICU mortality.

2016

Information technology to improve patient safety: a round table discussion from the 5th International Patient Safety Forum, RiyadhAnnals of Thoracic Medicine · 2016;11(3):219–223 · fourth author. An expert round table on where health information technology makes care safer — and where it does not.

Full publication record on Google Scholar ORCID 0000-0003-1471-5683

Education

Degrees, professional certification and executive education.

Degrees and certification

2023

INSEADGeneral Management Programme

2019

London Business SchoolExecutive MBA

2015

KSAU-HSMPH — Health Services & Quality Management

2014

University of OxfordMSc Evidence-Based Healthcare

2010

George Washington UniversityFellowship — Emergency Ultrasound

2008

SCFHSSaudi Board of Emergency Medicine

2003

King Saud UniversityBachelor of Medicine and Surgery

Executive education

MITCrisis Management & Business Continuity

Harvard Business SchoolValue-Based Healthcare and Healthcare Strategy

London School of EconomicsHealthcare Economics & Policy

Institute for Healthcare ImprovementCertified Improvement Advisor

Contact

Get in touch

Email alsaawi@me.com

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