Samar Alsaggaf
{{Short description|Saudi anatomist}}{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2013}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Samar Alsaggaf
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|7|27}}
| birth_place = Saudi Arabia
| occupation = Professor of Human Anatomy and Embryology
| title1 = Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission to the United States
| term_label1 = Medical and Health Science Programs Director
| term_start1 = 2010
| term_end1 = 2015
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| website = {{URL|https://www.kau.edu.sa/Content-0002487-EN-38716|King Abdulaziz University profile}}
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Samar Mohammad Alsaggaf is a Saudi Professor in human anatomy and embryology and the first female anatomist in Saudi Arabia. She is currently a professor in human anatomy at King Abdulaziz University.{{cite web|url=https://manhom.com/%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81/|title= سمر السقاف طبيبة سعودية متخصصة بعلم التشريح|access-date=17 March 2022|publisher=Manhom|language=ar}}{{cite web|url=https://saudiprp.com/speaker/prof-samar-alsaggaf|title=Prof. Samar Alsaggaf|publisher=Saudi Pre-Residency Prime|access-date=17 March 2022}} Previously, she was the director of Medical and Health Science Programs at the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission to the United States in Washington, D.C. from 2010 to 2015.
Early life and education
Alsaggaf was born in Saudi Arabia on 27 July 1964.{{cite web|url=http://www.kau.edu.sa/Files/0002487/Files/23422_Dr%20Samar%20new.doc|title=السـيرة الذاتـيـة - جامعة الملك عبدالعزيز|publisher=King Abdulaziz University|language=ar}} In 1988, she completed her bachelors of medicine and surgery (MBBS) in King Abdulaziz University. She went to obtain a master's degree in anatomy and embryology from King Saud University in 1993 and later a PhD in the same field in 1996. Her thesis was titled "Effect of Irradiation on the development of the cerebellar cortex of Guinea pig". In 2009, she obtained a Certificate of Medical Education from the University of Illinois.{{cite web|url=https://www.mawhopon.net/?p=23191|title=تُكنى بـ"أم المبتعثين" سمر السقاف.. أول طبيبة سعودية متخصصة في علم التشريح|date=March 16, 2021 |publisher=mawhopon|language=ar|access-date=17 March 2022}}
In 2013, she received an honorary doctorate from University of Saint Joseph in Connecticut.{{Cite web |date=March 5, 2013 |title=Saint Joseph Announces 2013 Commencement Speaker And Honorary Degree Recipients |url=https://www.courant.com/community/hc-xpm-2013-03-05-hcrs-71701hc-west-hartford-20130301-story.html |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=Hartford Courant |language=en}}
Career
Alsaggaf was the director of Medical and Health Science Programs at the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission to the United States in Washington, D.C. from 2010 to 2015.{{cite journal|url=https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=smhs_medhealth|title=The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Science|journal=Medicine+Health|publisher=George Washington University|date=Fall 2013|page=24}}{{cite web|url=https://www.arabnews.com/columns/saudi-medical-students-goodwill-ambassadors-us|title=Saudi medical students goodwill ambassadors in the US|publisher=Arab News|date=7 November 2012}}
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Category:Saudi Arabian women medical doctors
Category:21st-century Saudi Arabian women scientists
Category:21st-century Saudi Arabian medical doctors
Category:University of Illinois Chicago alumni
Category:King Saud University alumni
Category:King Abdulaziz University alumni