rahimij@ksau-hs.edu.sa

 Dr. Jamilah Saad Al Rahimi

Program director, Cardiovascular Technology Echocardiography Program
Chairman Cardiac Science

Consultant Adult Cardiology & Echocardiography

King Faisal Cardiac Center – King Abdulaziz Medical City- WR

Director of Postgraduate Medical Education

Deanship of Postgraduate Education, KSAU-HS, WR

Assistant Professor Medicine / Cardiology KSAU-HS, Jeddah

Director, Echocardiography Fellowship Program, King Faisal Cardiac Center - KAMC- WR
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EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

​​​​The Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) certificate. September 2019 

MASTERCLASS IN EFFECTIVE MEDICAL LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATE, March 2019 

National Board of Echocardiography (ASCeXAM), ASE, USA since 06/2012 

Echocardiography Training Fellowship Certification, University of Toronto, ON, Canada -07/2011-06/2012 

Adult Cardiology Training Fellowship Certification, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, Canada 07/2008 - 06/2011 

Internal Medicine Arab Board Certification, The Arab Board of Health Specializations -02/2007 

Internal Medicine Saudi Board Certification (SSC-Med), Saudi Commission For Health Specialties - 04/2007 

Medical Council of Canada Evaluation Exam (MCCEE)  - 05/2007 

Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider /Instructor since 2004 

Certificate Of Completion Of The Internship Year, The Faculty of Medicine and Allied Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 08/2002 

Bachelor’s in Medicine & Surgery, The Faculty of Medicine & Allied Science, KAAU, Jeddah, VERY GOOD Standing, 11/2001 


Research Interests / Collaborations

Echocardiography Based Registries  

Speckle Tracking Echocardiography    

3D Echocardiography & advance modalities    

Transesophageal and stress echocardiography    

Cardiac Outcome-Based Registries    

Disease progression and preventions in cardiac disease 


  

  

Publications

1. AlRahimi J, Alattas R, Almansouri H, et al. (November 23, 2020) Assessment of Different Risk Factors Among Adult Cardiac Patients at a Single Cardiac Center in Saudi Arabia. Cureus 12(11): e11649. DOI10.7759/cureus.11649 

2. Alkashkari W, Al-Husayni F, Almaqati A, AlRahimi J et al. (November 23, 2020) An Adult Patient With a Tetralogy of Fallot Case. Cureus 12(11): e11658. DOI 10.7759/cureus.11658 

3. Wail Alkashkari, Saad Albugami, Faisal Al-Husayni, Jamilah AlRahimi, Mohammed Althobaiti, 
Percutaneous Intervention With Balloon-Expandable Covered Stent for the Treatment of Traumatic Aortic Pseudoaneurysm in a Paediatric Patient. Cureus. 2020 Jun 5;12(6):e8453. doi:10.7759/cureus. 8453. PMID: 32523859. PMCID: PMC7274260 

4. Alkashkari W, Albugami S, Althobaiti M, Alfouti M, Alrahimi J, Kinsara A, et al. (2020) Transcatheter Intervention for Late Complications after Aortic Coarctation Surgical Repair. J Clin Trials 10:402. doi: 10.35248/2167-0870.20.10.402 

5. Saad Albugami , Faisal Al-Husayni , Abdullah AlMalki , Mohammed Dumyati , Ysear Zakri Jamilah AlRahimi, Etiology of Pericardial Effusion and Outcomes Post Pericardiocentesis in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia: A Single-center Experience. Cureus. 2020 Jan 11;12(1):e6627. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6627. PMID: 31966943 , PMCID: PMC6957035 

6. Alkashkari W, Albugami S, Alrahimi J, Althobaiti M, Kinsara A, Abousa A, et al. Percutaneous device closure of patent ductus arteriosus in adult patients with 10-year follow-up. Heart Views 2019;20:139-45. 

7. Gilbert Habib et al, on behalf of the EURO-ENDO Investigators (alrahimi j), Clinical presentation, aetiology and outcome of infective endocarditis. Results of the ESC-EORP EURO-ENDO(European infective endocarditis) registry: a prospective cohort study, European Heart Journal (2019) 40, 3222–3233 doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehz620 

8. Alkashkari W, Albugami S, Alrahimi J, et al. Percutaneous device closure of patent ductus arteriosus in adult patients with very long term follow up. Clin Cardiol J 2019;3(1):1 -21. 

9. Ahmed Saati,……. Jamilah Alrahimi, The Prevalence Of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction In Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism And Its Impact On Prognosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study., Indo Am.J. P. Sci, 2019; 06(01). 

10. Abuosa A, AlRahimi J, Mansour N, Bilal A, AlQabbani A, Neyaz A. Uncommon cause of complicated myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries in a Saudi patient. J Saudi Heart Assoc.2018;30(4):331–335. doi:10.1016/j.jsha.2018.06.005 

11. Rahimi JA, Abuosa A (2018) Challenges in Cardiology: Mixed Valvular Heart Diseases. Ann Heart 3(1):60-62. Http://scholarlypages.org/Articles/heart/ahe-3-013.php?jid=heart 

12. Al Rahimi J, Mulji A, Salehain O. Is Expanding Heart Always Serious (2018) Clinical Cardiol Cardiovascular Med 1:6-7.  

13. Ahmed Abuosa, Jamilah AlRahimi, Nabil Almouaalamy, Does Cardiac Exercise Stress Testing Still Exist? J Clin Cases Rep 1(3):116-121) 

14. Wail Alkashkari, MD, Jamilah AlRahimi, MD, Saad Albugami, MD, Qi-Ling Cao, MD, Ziyad M. Hijazi, MD, MPH, Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement: The Venus P valve-Current Status, Journal of Structural Heart Disease, February 2018, Volume 4, Issue 1:1-8 DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.12945/j.jshd.2018.035.17 

15. Saad Al Bugami, Akram Neyaz, Mosa Alabbadi, Amani Alsubaie, Abdullah Almalki, Jamilah Alrahimi, Nasir Mansoor, Wail Alkashkari and Ahmed Krimly, In hospital outcomes of primary percutaneous intervention in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction in Saudi Arabia – A single center study, Curr Res Cardiol Vol 5 No 1 Spring 2018 

16. Faisal Saed Alharthi, Jamilah Saad Alrahimi, Abdulrahman Ali Alotaibi, Daniah Ahmed Alhamdi, Bashair Mohammed Ibrahim, and Yasmina Aymen Badeeb, Prevalence of Undiagnosed Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adults Aged 20 - 40: A Cross-Sectional Study in 2016 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Cardiol Res.2017 Jun; 8(3): 111–116 

17. Ahmed Adel Shaheen, Wael Al Kashkari, Mohammed Althobiti and Jamilah Alrahimi, 
Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor Compressing the Main Pulmonary Artery and Part of the Left Pulmonary Artery with Consequent Right Sided Heart Failure and Dilatation, EC Cardiology 2.5 (2016): 200-206 

18. R Binyousef, Jamilah S Alrahimi, WAlkashkari, M Althobaiti, S Al Bugami, Uncommon Findings Post Repair of Type A Aortic Dissection. J Cardiol Curr Res 5(6): 00185. DOI:10.15406/jccr.2016.05.00185 

19. S Al Bugami, M Althobaiti, Jamilah Alrahimi, A J Alsaiedi, W Al Kashkari, Coronary Intervention of An Anomalous Left Main Coronary Artery Arising from the Right Sinus of Valsalva Presented as Acute Coronary Syndrome. J Cardiol Curr Res 5(6): 00184. DOI: 10.15406 /jccr. 2016. 05 .00184 

20. S Al Bugami, Jamilah Alrahimi, A Almalki, F Alamger, A Krimly, W Al Kashkari, ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Door to Balloon Time Improvement Project, Cardiol Res. 2016;7(4):152-156 

21. S Al Bugami, M Althobaiti, T Momenah, Jamilah Alrahimi, W Al Kashkari, Percutaneous Intervention of a Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Draining Into Left Pulmonary Vein and Coarctation of the Aorta, Cardiol Res. 2016;7(4):157-160 

22. A Kinsara, J AlRahimi, Does ACS management differ in different regions in Saudi Arabia, J Cardiol Curr Res, 4 (1):00134 

23. A Kinsara, J AlRahimi , Oyindamola B. Yusuf, STEMI vs NSTEACS management trends in non-invasive hospital, Indian Heart J. (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j .ihj.2015.11.006 

24. J Al Rahimi, O Salehian – A Hungry Thrombus, J. Am Coll Cardiol. 2012;59 (15):e29-e29. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.07.061 

25. ALRahimi J., Kinsara A. Reporting Medical Errors Among Residents. BMJ 2006;13 (133 ) : 14 

26. ALRahimi J., Kinsara A. Burn Out Syndrome Among Saudi Residents: A Cross Sectional Study. 
BMJ2006;13(135 ) : 9  

27. Rahimi J., Saadani M., Kinsara A. Burnout Syndrome among Saudi Medical Residents: A Controlled Study, Current Psychiatry, Vol. 13 No.1 March 2006 

28. Samman YS, Rahimi JS, Wali SO, Krayem AB, Abdelaziz MM. The Effect of Henna Dye on Oxygen Saturation Reading Using Pulse Oximetry. Saudi Med J.2006 ; 27(2): 268-9. 



SCIENTIFIC MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES

​Membership of Scientific Associations: 
2013- Member of the Saudi Heart association & Saudi Echo group 
2009- Member of the Canadian Society of Echocardiography 
2008- Member of the American Society of Echocardiography 
2008- Member of the ACC/AHA 
2007- Reviewer in the Canadian Medical Journal/British Medical J. 
2004- Instructor, Adult Cardiac Life Support Center, KAMC, Jeddah 
2004- 2006 Representative of Medical Residents Western Region for The Saudi Council, Jeddah 
2004- Medical Chief Resident at KAMC, Jeddah for one year 
 

Committees: 
Chair, Department of Cardiac Sciences Executive Committee. 
Chair, Business Committee Department of Cardiac Sciences, KAMC-Jeddah 
Chair, Advanced Adult Heart Failure Treatment Modalities, KFCC-KAMC- Jeddah 
Chair, Recruitment Committee, Department of Cardiac Sciences, KAMC- Jeddah. 
Co-Chair, Drugs and Therapeutics Committee, Department of Cardiac Sciences, KAMC-Jeddah 
Member, Regional Capital Medical/Non-Medical Equipment Committee, KAMC-Jeddah 


KFCC Committees’ Under My Supervision: 
Adult Mortality and Morbidity Committee, Department of Cardiac Sciences, KAMC-Jeddah 
Adult Heart Team Committee, Department of Cardiac Sciences, KAMC-Jeddah 
Scientific Activities Committee, Department of Cardiac Sciences, KAMC-Jeddah 
Adult Cardiology Section Business Committee, Department of Cardiac Sciences, KAMC-Jeddah 
Postgraduate & Scholarship Committee, Department of Cardiac Sciences, KAMC-Jeddah 
Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Unit (CSICU), Department of Cardiac Sciences, KAMC-Jeddah. 
Cardiac Non-Invasive Lab Management, Department of Cardiac Sciences, KAMC-Jeddah. 
Cardiac Care Unit (CCU), Department of Cardiac Sciences, KAMC-Jeddah 
 

KSAU-HS Councils’ & Committees’: 
Member, College Council, College of Medicine, Jeddah KSAU-HS 
Member, College Council, College of Applied Medical science, Jeddah KSAU-HS 
Member, Academic Counseling Committee, College of Medicine, Jeddah KSAU-HS 
 

Deanship of Postgraduate Education, KSAU-HS: 
Chair, Postgraduate Medical Education Institutional Training Committee. 
Chair, Postgraduate Medical Education Residency Training Program Committee. 
Chair, Postgraduate Medical Education Fellowship Training Program Committee. 
Chair, Selection of Program Director Committee 
Chair, Counseling and Stress Management Committee



CONTACT INFORMATION

KSAU Email: rahimij@ksau-hs.edu.sa
Phone EXT.: (85-25808 /85-21372)