A member in the operational steering committee for prince Mohammed Bin Fahad hospital for inherited blood disorders
A member in the Awareness and Education Committee
Head of IBDC patient Support committee
National and international memberships: -
A member of the real-world assessment survey for SCD in Saudi "ROARS" survey team in Sickle cell disease sponsored by Novartis, Saudi Arabia (June 2020).
Leader: model of care for Sickle Cell disease at Eastern Health cluster
Member of Hematology committee at MOH
Member of MOHJA
Member of SAPHOS
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Head/Coordinator of Health Out Reach Services
QCH branch, KFSH&RC
01.2015 - Current
Deputy of Pediatric Residency Program
Pediatric Department
01.2020 - 10.2024
Deputy Medical Director
Medical Administration
01.2021 - 01.2023
Head of Hematology Unit
Pediatric Department
01.2015 - 01.2022
Deputy of the Pediatric Department
Pediatric Department
01.2016 - 01.2017
PHO Fellowship of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh
01.2012 - 01.2015
CIBP, pediatric board
Qatif Central Hospital, Eastern province
01.2007 - 01.2011
Director
Umm ALHammam primary Health Care
01.2005 - 01.2007
MBBS Medical Degree
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
06.2002 - 01.2003
Education
M.D. - Medical Degree
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
07-2002
PHO Fellowship of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
01-2015
Advanced Diploma In Quality Management
Healthcare Quality
Chandigarh, India
01-2015
Pediatric Residancy
CJBP, Pediatric Board, Qatif Central Hospital, Eas
Al Qatif, Saudi Arabia
10-2011
Skills
Expert in managing benign hematology Hemoglobinopathies and Hemostasis 'including Sickle cell disease (with variety of geno and phenotypes with their complications , Thalassemia ( beta and alpha , TDT and Non TDT)
Expert Bleeding Disorders (Hemophilia (A,B,C) , Platelet Disorders ( Glanzmann Thrombasthenia Bernard Soulier syndrome, Platelet granules disorders), Von Willebrands Disease, ITP and others
Bone marrow failure
Expert in diagnosis of oncology patient and emergency management
Languages
Arabic
English
Timeline
Deputy Medical Director
Medical Administration
01.2021 - 01.2023
Deputy of Pediatric Residency Program
Pediatric Department
01.2020 - 10.2024
Deputy of the Pediatric Department
Pediatric Department
01.2016 - 01.2017
Head/Coordinator of Health Out Reach Services
QCH branch, KFSH&RC
01.2015 - Current
Head of Hematology Unit
Pediatric Department
01.2015 - 01.2022
PHO Fellowship of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh
01.2012 - 01.2015
CIBP, pediatric board
Qatif Central Hospital, Eastern province
01.2007 - 01.2011
Director
Umm ALHammam primary Health Care
01.2005 - 01.2007
MBBS Medical Degree
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
06.2002 - 01.2003
M.D. - Medical Degree
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
PHO Fellowship of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Advanced Diploma In Quality Management
Healthcare Quality
Pediatric Residancy
CJBP, Pediatric Board, Qatif Central Hospital, Eas
Registration Record
SCFHS No. : 05 km 1276 , Expired: 2026-08-19
Consultant-Pediatric and pediatric Hematology /oncology
Registration Record
SCFHS No. : 05 km 1276 , Expired: 2026-08-19
Consultant-Pediatric and Pediatric Hematology /oncology
Publications
- Currently doing different research studies
Aldarwish M, Alaithan I, Alawami F. Aplastic Anemia in Triple X Syndrome. Children (Basel). 2023 Jan 3;10(1):100. doi: 10.3390/children10010100. PMID: 36670650; PMCID: PMC9856361.
- Cyril Cyrus, Chittibabu Vatte , Awatif Al-Nafie , Shahanas Chathoth , Mohammed S. Akhtar , Mohammed Darwish , Dana Almohaizey , Saud H. AlDubayan , Martin H. Steinberg and Amein Al-Ali , miRNA Expression Associated with HbF in Saudi Sickle Cell Anemia Medicina 2022, 58, 1470. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58101470
- Yousef M Alyousef 1, Faisal A Alonaizan 1, Ahmed A Alsulaiman 1, Mohammed I Aldarwish 2, Ali A Alali 1, Naif N Almasood 1, Chittibabu Vatte 3, Cyril Cyrus 3, Alawi H Habara 4, Bobby P C Koeleman Oral microbiota analyses of Saudi sickle cell anemics with dental caries Int Dent J 2022 Sep 27;S0020-6539(22)00147-2.doi: 10.1016/j.identj.2022.06.017
- Iman Al Mukhtar., et al. “Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Early Presentation” . EC Paediatrics 8.8 (2019): 753-761
- Aljishi F, ALDarwish M. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency induced haemolysis in a woman with newly diagnosed diabetes after normalization of hyperglycaemia. Diabet Med. 2017 Sep;34(9):1318-1321. doi: 10.1111/dme.13385.
Abdullah Alwabari, Gamal Abbas, Mohammed Al Darwish. Cystic Partially Differentiated Nephroblastoma A Rare Form of Wilm’s SM J Pediatr Surg. 2017; 3(4): 1052. OPEN ACCESS. ISSN: 2573-3419
- Mohammed Al-Darwish, Asim F Belgaumi et al. The contribution of multiple packed red blood cell transfusions toward cardiac and liver dysfunction in pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma 57(10):2472-5. E pub 2016 Feb 25.
Abstracts
Hana Hassan Aljulaih, Mohammed Al Darwish, Ahmed Al Khalifah, Kauther Al Sadeq,Manar Alrashed, Cholelithiasis in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease Patients Medical oncology Journal. April 2025 https://doi.org/10.69690/ODMJ-018-0425-2905
Hatoon Ezzat, Abdullah Al Zayed, Hussain Al Saeed, Mohammed Al Darwish, Muneer Albagshi, Hafiz Malhan, Ahmad Tarawah, Aljawhara Al Manea, Iman Al Hazmi, Mohamad Qari, Azzah Al Zahrani, Mohsen Al Zahrani, Wesam Soliman, Farid Askar, Al Shaimaa Yassin, Sukina AlMustafa, Wasil Jastaniah Sickle cell disease (SCD) burden on patients treated with hydroxyurea (HU): results from the real-world assessment survey for SCD in Saudi (ROARS) Blood (2022) 140 (Supplement 1): 10879–10880.https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2022-166723
Wasil Jastaniah, Abdullah Hasan Al Zayed, Hussain H. Al Saeed, Mohamed Al Darwish, Muneer Albagshi, Hafiz Malhan, Ahmad Tarawah, Aljawhara Al Manea, Iman Alhazmi, Mohamed Qari, Azzah Alzahrani, Mohsen Alzahrani, Wesam Soliman, Farid Askar, Sukina Almustafa, Hatoon M. Ezzat, Evidence Gaps in the Management of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) by Non-specialist Healthcare Professionals (HCPs): Results from the Real-World Assessment Survey for SCD in Saudi (ROARS). Blood (2022) 140 (Supplement 1): 5133–5134. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2022-166880
Ezzat H, Al Zayed A, Al Saeed H, AlDarwish M, Albagshi M, Malhan H, Tarawa A, AlManea A, AlHazmi I, Qari M, Al Jefr A, Alzahrani A, Alzahran M, Soliman W, Arsalan M, Jastaniah W. PB2224: IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE: RESULTS FROM THE REAL WORLD ASSESSMENT SURVEY FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE IN SAUDI (ROARS). Hemasphere. 2022 Jun 23;6(Suppl ):2094-2095. doi: 10.1097/01.HS9.0000851724.42845.34. PMCID: PMC9428979
Books/Guideline
One of the Contributors of Manual management of Sickle Cell Disease 2024
Cardiometabolic Risk Management Guidelines in Primary Care 2013
Associate consultant, Cardiothoracic Imaging at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC)Associate consultant, Cardiothoracic Imaging at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC)