Mohamed Farahat Ibrahim Desouky MD, PhD, CPHQ, CPPS, CPKPI

Dr. Mohamed Farahat Ibrahim is a Professor, Consultant Phoniatrician (Voice, speech, language, and swallowing disorders). He received his Bachelor's Degree in Medicine and General Surgery, a Master's degree (M.Sc.) and a Doctoral degree (M.D) of Phoniatrics from the College of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Since 2008, He is the Chairman of Communication and Swallowing Disorders Unit (CSDU), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Saud University and the supervisor of Swallowing Disorders Clinics, King Khalid University Hospital, College of Medicine, King Saud University.

In addition to academic and clinical assignments, Dr. Farahat is the coordinator of the ORL course for fourth-year medical students, College of Medicine, King Saud University. He spent 4 years in the ENT team for Canadian Accreditation, ENT Department, King Saud University. Dr. Farahat was nominated as the international coordinator of World Swallowing Day from Union of European Phoniatricians (UEP). From the research point of view, He is heading a King Saud research group of Voice, Swallowing, and Communication disorders and also a member in a grant funded by the National Plan of Science and Technology (NPST). He is a member of the Research Chair of Voice, Swallowing and Communication disorders since 2009. He published more than 17 articles with his colleagues in the field of Voice, Swallowing, and Communication disorders.