Hanan H. Balkhy MD

Dr. Hanan Balkhy is a graduate of King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. She completed her pediatric residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston USA 1993-1996; followed by a pediatric infectious diseases fellowship training from 1996-1999 from a joint program of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Balkhy is American Board certified in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Disease.

Dr. Balkhy is currently the Executive Director, Infection Prevention and Control at the Ministry of National Guard, a corporate department that oversees the infection control functions of five hospitals under the umbrella of the Saudi Ministry of National Guard. She is also the Director of the GCC Center for Infection Control (2005-current) and the WHO CC (2009-current). The impact of these centres has been to enhance and unify practices in healthcare settings to the best possible standard to ensure patient safety.