Dr. Maan Abuzaid

Dr. Maan Mohammed Abuzaid is a Saudi Consultant Pediatrician and Consultant Neonatologist with more than 11 years of professional experience in pediatric and neonatal medicine. He is currently associated with King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital (KFAFH), Jeddah, where he works in the Pediatric Department/NICU. The official CHILDEX website lists him as a Consultant Pediatric Neonatologist at KFAFH and as a member of both the Organizing and Scientific Committees for CHILDEX.

Dr. Abuzaid received his MBBS from King Abdulaziz University. He subsequently completed the Saudi Board in Pediatrics through the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties and pursued further subspecialty training in Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, completing the Saudi Fellowship of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine. His professional qualifications are listed by King's College Hospital Jeddah as MBBS, Saudi Board of Pediatrics, and subspecialty training in Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine.

His clinical practice focuses on neonatal intensive care, care of premature and high-risk newborns, neonatal respiratory support, neonatal jaundice, feeding difficulties, and general pediatric care. His clinical expertise includes neonatal procedures and the management of critically ill newborns in the NICU.

Dr. Abuzaid is also active in neonatal research. His published work includes research examining the reliability of non-invasive blood-pressure monitoring in very-low-birth-weight infants. The study, conducted in the NICU at KFAFH, compared non-invasive blood pressure with invasive arterial measurements and found that non-invasive measurements could overestimate blood pressure, highlighting the importance of accurate hemodynamic assessment in very-low-birth-weight infants. Dr. Abuzaid was one of the study's authors.

His academic interests also include postnatal growth and retinopathy of prematurity, neonatal brain injury, intraventricular hemorrhage, and neonatal intensive-care outcomes. His current professional profile lists publications and research involving postnatal weight gain and severe ROP, ventricular access devices for posthemorrhagic ventricular dilatation, and structured brain-care bundles for preventing severe germinal-matrix/intraventricular hemorrhage in very preterm neonates.

Dr. Abuzaid is a member of the Saudi Neonatal Society, with his membership recorded in the Society's official membership documentation. He has also participated in professional pediatric education and assessment activities, including involvement in the Saudi Pediatric Diploma final examination under the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties.

Professional Profile

• Full name: Dr. Maan Mohammed Abuzaid
• Specialty: Pediatrics and Neonatology
• Current role: Consultant Pediatrician / Consultant Pediatric Neonatologist
• Institution: King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Department: Pediatrics / Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• Education: MBBS, King Abdulaziz University
• Postgraduate qualification: Saudi Board of Pediatrics
• Subspecialty qualification: Saudi Fellowship of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
• Professional affiliation: Saudi Neonatal Society
• CHILDEX role: Organizing Committee and Scientific Committee member
• Clinical interests: Neonatal intensive care, premature infants, high-risk newborns, neonatal respiratory support, neonatal procedures and general pediatrics

Research & Academic Interests

Dr. Abuzaid's documented academic work is particularly focused on neonatal intensive care and outcomes in premature and very-low-birth-weight infants. His research includes:

• Accuracy and reliability of non-invasive blood-pressure monitoring in very-low-birth-weight infants.
• Postnatal weight gain and severe retinopathy of prematurity.
• Management of posthemorrhagic ventricular dilatation in premature infants.
• Prevention of severe germinal-matrix/intraventricular hemorrhage through structured neonatal brain-care interventions.