Dr. Feras Al Hawari

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When calling King Hussein Cancer Center, request extension 6955. Confirm the physician appointment and receiving location before attending.

Consultant Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care at King Hussein Cancer Center.

• Medical School Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS)
• 1999: Pulmonary/ Critical Care Fellowship, University of California, Irvine
• 1998: Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship, State University of New York, Buffalo, Millard Fillmore Hospital
• 1996 : Internal Medicine Residency, State University of New York, Buffalo, Millard Fillmore Hospital

• 10-2007: Physician in Management
• 2000: ABIM, Critical Care Medicine
• 1999: ABIM, Pulmonary Diseases
• 1999: American Board of Clinical Pharmacology
• 1996: ABIM, Internal Medicine
• 1993: FLEX
• 1992: FMGEMS

• 03/2021 – 08/2025: Jordan Minister of Health
• 03/2021 – 08/2025: President, Jordan Medical Council
• 03/2021 – 08/2025: Chief Executive Officer, Jordan FDA
• 03/2021 – 08/2025: Chief Executive Officer, Prince Hamza Hospital
• 02/2023 – 02/2025: Acting Chairman, The Arab Board of Medical Specialties
• 12/2020 – 03/2021: President, Jordan Center for Disease Control
• 06/2019-12/2020: Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Jordan
• 09/2018-12/2020: Chief, Cancer Control Officer, King Hussein Cancer Center
• 01/2010-09/2018: Director, Cancer Control Officer, King Hussein Cancer Center
• 10/2004 –12/2020: Chief, Pulmonary/ Critical Care, King Hussein Cancer Center
• 08/2013-12/2020: Executive Council Member, King Hussein Cancer Center
• 02/2007-12/2020: Director, Respiratory Therapy Unit, King Hussein Cancer Center
• 03/2006-10/2007: Director, Institutional Review Board, King Hussein Cancer Center
• 08/2000 – 09/2004: Senior Staff Fellow Pulmonary/Critical Care, Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine Branch, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
• 12/2000 – 09/2004: Consultant, Pulmonary/ Critical Care, Suburban Hospital
• Bethesda, Maryland, USA

• Associate Editor, Tobacco Regulatory Science Journal
• World Health Organization (WHO) expert consultant on cancer control
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert consultant on cancer control (ImPACT mission Lebanon 11/2013)
• Temporary advisor for the World Health Organization for the new advisory note on wtaerpipe tobacco smoking, Cairo 3/2014
• Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP)
• Regional Director, Global Bridges Healthcare Alliance, Eastern Mediterranean Region
• Member, Management Board Treatobacco.net
• Member, The Society for the Advancement of Science and Technology in the Arab World (SASTA)
• KHCC representative on the Steering Committee of the Global Smoke-free Partnership
• KHCC representative on Eastern Mediterranean Regional Alliance against Cancer
• Member of the editorial board of the World Journal of Critical Care Medicine
• Member of the editorial board of Respiratory Care
• International Advisory Board, World Conference on Tobacco or Health
• Member, Jordan Medical Council Pulmonary Diseases Examination Committee (07/2014-present)
• Member, National Anti-Tobacco Committee (01/2009 – present)
• Member, National Cancer Control planning committee
• Member, National Non-communicable Diseases committee
• Chairman, Critical Care Committee, KHCC (2005-present)
• Member, Quality Council, KHCC (2007-present)
• Member, Product Evaluation Committee, KHCC
• Member, Facility Planning Committee, KHCC
• Member, Infection Control Committee, KHCC (2005-2010)
• Member, Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee, KHCC (2005-2011)
• Member, Credentials and Privileges Committee, KHCC (2005-7/2014)

• The 2016 Judy Wilkenfeld Award for International Tobacco Control Excellence
• 4/2011: Ibn Sinna Award for “Best Physician in Critical Care Study”, WFSICCM conference
• 1996: Dexter Levy Memorial Award of “Excellence in Bedside Medicine”, SUNY at Buffalo Graduate Medical and Dental Education Consortium Program, Buffalo, NY, USA