Dr Selwa AlHazaa

Forbes International Magazine named Arab Woman of the Year & The Most Powerful Arab Women for the Year 2005. Prof. Selwa A. F. Al-Hazzaa; MD; FRCS; MMM; Senior Advisor to President, King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology; is a Distinguished Clinical Professor & Director of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Saudi Alfaisal University; Senior Consultant of Ophthalmology & Genetics; Member of Board of Trustees, King Abdul-Aziz University. Through a Royal Decree was the first female member of Saudi “Al-Shura Parliamentary Council” as part of the KSA formal advisory body. She is considered as one of the most influential Saudi/Arab woman personalities & a female pioneer to achieve international success academically, professionally, & politically as an active advocate in continuously empowering Saudi women. She served as “Senior Advisor” to Saudi Minister of Health & a former Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at John Hopkins University & University of Southern California. She is currently CEO & Founder of the company SDM Tech, a digital health startup with her extensive 40 years of expertise in Retinal imaging disrupting the “Digital Health Industry” into an “Innovative”, “Efficient” & “Sustainable” health system, “Accessible” to all shaping Saudi Arabia as a PIONEER in digital health transformation & making the Saudi innovations feasible in the region & beyond.