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		We Celebrate our Golden Jubilee	College Headlines
This year marks the Golden Jubilee of the College of Pharmacy. For fifty years now, the College has been committed to teaching, conducting research, and providing services to the public in areas unique to the practice of pharmacy and to the pharmaceutical sciences.  To mark the significance of this milestone in Saudi healthcare, this occasion coincides with the introduction of the Pharm. D. program.			Al-Omar Chair of Pharaceutical Chemsitry Dr. Mohammed Al-Omar, associate professor of medicinal chemistry, has recently been appointed head of the department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Dr. Al-Omar has administrative experience that he developed helping to manage the university-wide nanotechnology initiative. Dr. Al-Omar's chairman office is located in room 2 A 111.     Al-Suwayeh New Chair of Pharmaceutics: Dr. Saleh Al-Suwayeh, associate professor of pharmaceutics, has recently been appointed head of the department of Pharmaceutics. Dr. Al-Suwayeh has extensive administrative experience from his previous post as vice dean at the deanship for Scientific research. Dr. Al-Suwayeh's chairman office is located in room A A 56.     Al-Sultan Presides over the Saudi Pharm. Society Dr. Mohammad S. Al-Sultan, the Assistant Professor at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Board of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society.     Dr. Kadi Vice Dean For Development & Quality A new vice dean for development and quality was appointed, he will be coordinating the College of Pharmacy's efforts to develop it's resources, facilities, and products, and to improve the level of service it is committed to provide to the community.       The Dean meets with Research Chair Sponsor Dean Asiri met on Dec. 4th with Dr. Walid Kayyali the generous sponsor of Pharmaceutical Industry Research Chair.     College seeks Accreditation: The college of Pharmacy is seeking accreditation from The National Commission for Academic Accreditation & Assessment. A team of three external reviewers: Colin Chapman, and Beverley Glass, from Australia, and George Spratto from USA are visiting the college for this purpose.   More News and Events

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Collaboration between Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and Our College “We are very impressed with the quality of pharmacy education and practice at KSU and its clinical sties,” said MCPHS President Monahan.			Dr. Asiri Delivers 12th Annual Ordman Lecture in MCPHS
	We are very impressed with the quality of pharmacy education and practice at King Saud University and its clinical sites,” said President Charles F. Monahan from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) in USA, who was accompanied by Dr. George Humphrey, Vice President for College Relations, and Dr. Caroline Zeind, Chair and Professor of Pharmacy Practice at MCPHS-Boston during their visit to KSU. “This collaboration will provide both institutions with a unique opportunity to develop cross-cultural and international perspectives on pharmaceutical care.”   Read More		Dr. Yousif Asiri, Dean of the College of Pharmacy at King Saud University (KSU) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, delivered the 12th Annual Michael J. Ordman Memorial Lecture in Reed Hall. The presentation was titled “Pharmacy Education in King Saud University: Past, Present and Future.” Read More

A Lion share of Prizes for the College Six Faculty Members Win Dr. Kayyali Research Prizes

Six faculty members of the College of Pharmacy won Dr. Walid  Kayyali Prize for Research in Pharmacy in both prize categories. Dean Yosef Asiri won the first prize in Pharmacy practice for his research about poisoning. The third and fourth prizes in pharmacy practice went to Professor Hisham Abou-Auda and Dr. Hisham Al-Judhie, respectively. In the the basic science section of the prize, professor Hussein Al-Sabbagh achieved the first place followed by Dr. Tawfik al-Howiriny and Dr. Ibrahim alsarra in the second and third places, respectively.

H.E. University Rector Inaugurates Dr. Kayyali Research Chair
		His Excellency Professor Abdullah A. Al-Othman, the University Rector, inaugurated Dr. Walid A. Al-Kayyali Chair for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing. This research chair was established this year with a generous donation of SR 5 million within the pharmaceutical Technology Center under the auspices of the Department of Pharmaceutics at the College of Pharmacy. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Dr. Walid Al-Kayyali the owner of Al-Haya Medical Company (AMCO), Prof. Ali Al-Ghamdi the Vice Rector for research and Dr. Yosef Abdo Asir, the Dean of College of Pharmacy.                                                                            More details

The College prepares for ISO 9001:2000			We Are All-University Soccer Champions in 2008
	The college of pharmacy has been chosen for a university-wide program to certify a select number of university sectors for the quality management system certificate (ISO 9001:2000). The college is currently participating in weekly sessions at the deanship for quality in the university to help obtaining the certificate in the near future. Dr. Adnan Kadi the Vice-Dean for Development & Quality Assurance is actively involved in this task.		The College of Pharmacy soccer team has won the All-around University football (Soccer) Championship this season. Dean Yosef Asiri received the champions in his office and congratulated them for this achievement.                                       See More Photos

The Dean of College of Pharmacy, University of Florida visits Riyadh
Dr. William H. Riffee, the Dean of the College of Pharmacy, Ian Tebbett, Professor and Director of  online Forensic Science Programs, and Dr. David Benson Brushwood from the  University of Florida, Gainesville, visited the College of Pharmacy, King Saud University on Tuesday October 28, 2008 where they held a meeting with Dean Asiri and discussed future collaboration between the two schools of pharmacy. The group visited the Drug and Poison Information Center, the cenral research laboratory and the saudi Pharmaceutical Society.  More Photos	Dean Asiri with Dean Riffee	The group visits DPIC