Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Medical Licensure
Research & Publications
Leadership & Service
Timeline
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Fahad Al-Twijri

Montreal,QC

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Interventional Cardiology Fellow

Montreal Heart Institute
03.2025 - Current

Adult Cardiology Fellow

Adult Cardiology Fellowship, National Guard Hospital
01.2022 - 12.2024
  • Patient care for in-patients and out-patients as well as on-call duties for emergency cardiac cases of all types and take part in busy on-call schedule. Invasive procedures such as Diagnostic Cardiac Cath and TEE under supervision.

Internal Medicine Training Resident

Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Hospital
10.2017 - 09.2021
  • PGY I-II:
  • Initial assessment of patient and actively participate in all aspects of patient care, including initial history and physical, diagnostic and therapeutic planning, procedures, and interaction with family. This is reviewed with faculty attending. Orders are written by junior residents. Junior residents role in student teaching is primarily that of ensuring active student involvement in care of patients student is following.
  • PGY III-IV:
  • Supervisory role under attending guidance practiced in senior years with increased teaching and consultative. Senior residents are responsible for maintaining hospital Medical Records and meeting credentialing requirements appropriate to their post graduate level. In addition to responsibilities as senior resident in-house.

Clinical Research Fellow

University of California
07.2016 - 07.2017

King Abdullah Scholarship Program. Preparing for United States Medical License examinations, hands-on clinical experience in United States, and conducting medical research

Clinical Trainee

Saint Joseph Hospital
04.2016 - 05.2016
  • Duties included taking detailed patient histories and performing a physical examination, formulating differential diagnosis and discussing management plans with attending physician
  • Gained expertise in counseling patients on lifestyle modification, screening tests, and vaccinations
  • Became acquainted with use of electronic medical record systems
  • Main Preceptor: Dr. Margaret Van Dyk.

Clinical Trainee

Swedish Covenant Hospital
02.2016 - 03.2016
  • Duties included taking detailed patient histories and performing a physical examination, formulating a differential diagnosis and discussing management plans with Preceptor
  • Main Preceptor: Dr. Milenko Lazarevic

Senior House Officer – Trainee

Prince Sultan Cardiac Center
11.2013 - 08.2014
  • Admitting and discharging patients, rounding in adult cardiac wards and ICU, Anticoagulation Clinics, On-call shifts, preparing patients for cardiac catheterization procedures or for cardiac imaging, removing femoral artery catheter under supervision of senior.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - Internship Rotations

King Khalid University Hospital
Riyadh
2013

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery -

College of Medicine, King Saud University
Riyadh
2012

Skills

  • English Language High proficiency
  • French Language (DELF A1)
  • Leadership
  • Sport: Swimming and Kickboxing
  • Cultural Awareness

Medical Licensure

  • United States Medical License (Full ECFMG Certified).
  • Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Examination.
  • Saudi Medical License .

Research & Publications

Published:


Elshaer F, Altwijri F , Alrasheed F, A. Elasfar, Kharabsheh S, Habeed W. Congenital Ventricular Outpouch & MI- Diagnostic Challenge &

Implications

Journal of Saudi Heart Association, 27(4): 277–282, 2015 Oct.


Oral Presentation:


1- Ali Pourdjabbar, Fahad Altwijri , Lawrence Ang, Praneet Mylavarapu, Omid Behnmfar, Ryan Reeves, Ehitsam Mahmud, Mitul Patel

The safety and clinical feasibility of OCT guided atherectomy in the percutaneous management of patients with peripheral arterial disease:

A single center, real world experience from a tertiary care center.

Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions 2017, U.S.


2- F.Altwijri,M.Alduhaim,M.Alamri,A.Hersi.K.Alhabib Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Heart Association 2014.


Poster Presentation:

1- F. Altwijri , F. Alrasheed, M. Alduhaim, N. Aldubayan, H. Saad, M. ALmallah.

Active and Passive smoking among Saudi medical Students.

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 2014, TUR.


2- F. Alrasheed , F. Altwijri , M. Alduhaim, N. Aldubayan, H. Saad, M. ALmallah.

Obesity among Saudi medical students.

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 2014, TUR.

Leadership & Service

2013

Organizer , Media Center, 24th Saudi Heart Association and 10th Gulf Heart Association Conference.

Role: Establishing and managing the first media studio. Preparing the interviews with international cardiologists, spreading the news through social media network and coordinating the press conference with the journalists.


2010

Vice-representative , Faculty of Medicine Consultative Council, Partnership Student Program

Role: The mission of the college representative is to communicate the voice of students to the university to develop and improve the academic standards

within the university and elevate the responsibilities toward the university and community. The representative also encourages and motivates student's initiative and incubates it.


2008

Chief , Field Trips Students Committee, Medical Students Committees.

Role : Relaunch the visiting committee arranging a visit between and medical students group and the hospitals for showing our sympathy for the patients.

Timeline

Interventional Cardiology Fellow

Montreal Heart Institute
03.2025 - Current

Adult Cardiology Fellow

Adult Cardiology Fellowship, National Guard Hospital
01.2022 - 12.2024

Internal Medicine Training Resident

Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Hospital
10.2017 - 09.2021

Clinical Research Fellow

University of California
07.2016 - 07.2017

Clinical Trainee

Saint Joseph Hospital
04.2016 - 05.2016

Clinical Trainee

Swedish Covenant Hospital
02.2016 - 03.2016

Senior House Officer – Trainee

Prince Sultan Cardiac Center
11.2013 - 08.2014

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - Internship Rotations

King Khalid University Hospital

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery -

College of Medicine, King Saud University
Fahad Al-Twijri