The Department of Internal Medicine

The Department of Medicine is a very large department with a very busy services.

The departmental mission and vision goes with the MNGHA mission and vision.

It is the primary goal of the Department of Medicine to ensure that every possible effort is directed to fulfill its role in meeting the mission of the Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs in providing National Guard personnel and their eligible dependents as well as all other eligible patients with the highest quality of safe tertiary healthcare while ensuring efficacy and proper utilization of resources. Equally important to the mission are components related to medical and health education and the scientific research.

It is the vision of the Departmental of Medicine to create a professional standard where the highest caliber medical staff are recruited and retained, and up-to-date medical equipment are purchased and maintained while the appropriate rules and ambitious plans are set to ensure the department of Medicine provides patients with nothing but the best available practice, residents with the best attainable training, and employees with the best possible working environment.

Department Capacity

There are eleven (11) divisions in the department namely:

1. Dermatology
2. Endocrinology
3. Gastroenterology
4. Geriatric Medicine
5. Infectious Diseases
6. Internal Medicine
7. Nephrology
8. Neurology
9. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Physiatry)
10. Pulmonology
11. Rheumatology

Number of occupied position as of to date are as follows:

• 112 Consultants
• 15 Associate Consultants
• 11 Assistant Consultants
• 19 Staff Physicians
• 36 Non-medical staffs

Four (4) Residency Training Programs

• Dermatology Residency Training Program
• Medicine Residency Training Program (Internal Medicine)
• Neurology Residency Training Program
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Physiatry) Residency Training Program

Nine (9) Fellowship Training program

• Endocrinology
• Gastroenterology
• Geriatric Medicine (In Process)
• Adult Infectious Diseases
• Nephrology and Renal Transplantation
• Pulmonology
• Rheumatology
• In addition to two fellowship sub-specialties in Stroke and Diabetes

Thirty nine (39) Fellows (in addition to Rotating Fellows)

One hundred forty one (141) Internal Medicine Residents (for Academic Year 2021 – 2022)

In addition to one hundred forty one (141) rotating Internal Medicine Residents

Fifty nine (59) subspecialty residents (for Academic Year 2021 – 2022)

Two hundred (200) rotating subspecialty residents (for Academic Year 2021 – 2022)

1,074 Rotating Medical Interns (AY 2020 – 2021)

Forty five (45) Medical Students (2021)

Thirteen (13) Staff joined the department in 2021

Eight (8) Staff left the department in 2021

Scope of Services

Includes the following services:

1. Inpatients
   
2. Outpatient Services
3. Consultation Services
4. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services:

   
   4.1 Endoscopy Unit

   
   4.2 Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis

   
   4.3 Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory

   
   4.4 Bronchoscopy

   
   4.5 Sleep Disorder Center

   
   4.6 Clinical Neurophysiology Service
   

   
   4.7 Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
5. National, MNGHA, KSAU-HS Contributions from Department of Medicine Staff Public Educational Activities
   

Divisions of Internal Medicine

• Infectious Diseases
• 
  Endocrinology
• 
  Medicine Residency Training Program
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Pulmonology
• Rheumatology
 

Clinical Programs of Internal Medicine Department

Department of Internal Medicine Leadership

Contact Department of Internal Medicine