Hayel M. Obeidat

Dr. Hayel M. Obeidat is the Director General of Jordan Food and Drug Administration since the year 2012. He received his BSc of Medicine in 1985 and joined the Jordanian Board of Ophthalmology in 1999. He received his Fellowship in Ophthalmology from the University of Tubingen / Germany in (2001-2002). Throughout his extensive career he held the following positions: Technical Advisor to the Minister of Health and Chief of Ophthalmology Directorate (2011-2012); Head of the Ophthalmology Department at several Jordanian hospitals: AL- Bashir Hospital (2009), Prince Hamza Hospital (2005) and Princess Basma Hospital (1999); Clinical Lecturer at: Hashemite University and Balqa Applied University (2006), as well as Teaching Assistant at Jordan University of Science and Technology (2009-2011) and Head of the steering committee for the Drug Transparency Project and the higher committee for drug and pharmacy/JFDA.