Founders

Dr. Khalid A. Alsulaiman is a critical care clinical pharmacist consultant as well as an assistant professor in pharmacy practice. Currently, he serves as program director for critical care pharmacy residency at King Abdulaziz Medical City (Riyadh). Dr. Alsulaiman completed his bachelor's degree in pharmaceutical Sciences from King Saud University (KSU)3 in 2011. Dr. Alsulaiman completed his postgraduate studies at King Abdulaziz Medical City. He completed PGY-1 in 2013, accredited by the Saudi Commission for health specialties (SCHS) and the American society of health system pharmacists (ASHSP). Dr. Alsulaiman has a special interest in critical care, and in 2016 he completed his PGY-2 in critical care at King Abdulaziz Medical City and became a board-certified critical care pharmacist by both American and Saudi councils. In addition, he obtained American board certification in nutritional support in 2018 and is a board-certified nutritional support pharmacist., Moreover, he received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from a Swiss Business School (SBS) in 2021. Recently, Dr. Alsulaiman was designated as a fellow in the American College of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM) in 2022. 

Dr. Alsulaiman is passionate about his career and ensures ongoing professional development in order to deliver the best care to his patients. His assertive nature, personal, professional attitude, and emotional sensitivity to patients make him a competent, effective, and respectful clinical pharmacist. He is the primary author of "Pharmacy Resident Shortcut" as well as "Critical Care Cornerstone". Moreover, he served as a reviewer for the book entitled "Critical Care Prep Course" by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) in 2020, 2021, and 2022.  

Dr. Alsulaiman's research interests in critically ill patients have developed despite a full-time critical care practice. Dr. Alsulaiman is the founder of the Saudi Critical Care Pharmacy Research (SCAPE) platform, a non-profit research platform that significantly impacts junior and senior researchers from different specialties among Saudi Arabian and international researchers. He is actively involved in research and has several publications in peer-reviewed journals. In addition, he has many ongoing types of research, including randomized control trials. Dr. Alsulaiman is also a member of the pharmacy research unit for development and conducting research in the pharmacy field an additional focus on research related to critically ill patients that will impact the patients within ICUs. Moreover, he served as a peer-reviewer for several high-impact journals.

Due to his passion for critical care and teaching, he draws most pharmacy residents and interns from different training sites to be trained and instructed under his supervision. He is actively involved in precepting and teaching pharmacy students, interns, and residents in critical care rotations. He was recently awarded as the best preceptor for pharmacy residents. Dr. Alsulaiman has been acknowledged as the instructional mentor for pharmacy residents and interns for the customized critical care pharmacy simulation lab. In parallel to routine "day by day" patient care and teaching didactics, Dr. Alsulaiman also volunteered frequently at the national level to engage in various events, activities, and committees. Dr. Khalid has also spoken at regional and national meetings on several topics in his specialty.

Dr. Ohoud Aljuhani is a faculty member for Pharmacy Practice specialized in critical care pharmacotherapy and she is a Consultant Critical Care Pharmacist. Currently, she served as the chair for critical acre and emergency medicine pharmacists’ network  group and a director for critical care pharmacy residency program. Also, she has more than ten years of experience as clinical preceptor for pharmacy trainees (Interns and residents) in critical care units including medical and surgical ICUs. Dr. Aljuhani is an active member of the sepsis clinical pathway, she is the lead person in several critical care-related projects and research. She focuses on critical care medicine, including post ICU survivors' outcomes, COVID-19, ICU protocols developments and implementation, trauma and life support, pain, sedation, and ICU delirium management. 

Dr. Aljuhani completed an ASHP accredited general pharmacy residency followed by an ASHP accredited specialized pharmacy residency in Critical Care Pharmacy from the University of Arizona Medical center (Level one trauma center), Tucson, AZ, USA. Then, she received a two years of post-doctorate fellowship specialized in Critical Care clinical research from the college of pharmacy at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. She was among the first group of pharmacists in the world who passed the board certification in critical care pharmacy (BCCCP) exam in its first version in 2014. 

Dr. Aljuhani is a peer reviewer for several national and international journals and critical care self-assessment program by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP). She has published several critical care-related papers and book chapters. She was one of the main writers for the Critical Care Pharmacotherapy textbook's foreword published by ACCP in its first edition. She received the ACCP 2015 Annual meeting resident/fellow award for one of her projects. She also spoken in several national and international meetings and webinars on critical care topics, mentoring and clinical research related topics. 

Her areas of research interest include critical care related topics such as; trauma and life support, acute pain, sedation, ICU delirium, analgesia, fluids management, patients related health outcomes, COVID-19 and post ICU survivors' quality of life. 

Her primary role in academia involves teaching, research and training in critical care and emergency medicine topics, life-threatening infections, pharmacy practice related topics such as professionalism, communications, and teaching skills. Also, providing academic advising and career counseling, mentoring for undergraduate and postgraduate students, pharmacy residents and junior pharmacist. Dr.Aljuhani is known for her mentoring skills for students, trainee and junior researcher, specifically in translating research ideas to reality. Her main focus is to mentor them through out their research journey.