Maha bint Mishari Al Saud
Saudi Arabian academic and royal
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Maha bint Mishari Al Saud (Arabic: مها بنت مشاري بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود) is an academic at Alfaisal University's College of Medicine and a physician at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.[1] She is a member of the Saudi royal family, one of the grandchildren of Saudi's founder King Abdulaziz.
Maha bint Mishari Al Saud | |
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| Born | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Citizenship | Saudi Arabian |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Title | Associate Professor |
| Spouse | Prince Khaled bin Saad Al Saud |
| Children | 5 daughters |
| Parent | Mishari bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (father) |
| Relatives | King Abdulaziz (grandfather) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Medicine |
Sub-discipline | Internal medicine |
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Early life and education
Princess Maha is the daughter of Mishari bint Abdulaziz, one of the children of King Abdulaziz. Her mother is a Syrian woman from Aleppo, whose father was a physician.[2] Princess Maha was born in Beirut.[2]
Princess Maha got her early education in Lebanon and in Riyadh.[2] She holds a bachelor’s degree in medicine and surgery which she received from the College of Medicine at King Saud University in 1986.[3] She completed her residency program at George Washington University Hospital in internal medicine in 1993.[3] In 1994, she got a certificate from the American Board of Internal Medicine.[3]
Career
Following her medicine training, Princess Maha began to work at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in 1995 where she still works as a consultant in internal medicine and a senior clinical scientist.[3] She is an associate professor of medicine at Alfaisal University’s College of Medicine and has served as the university’s vice president of external relations since 2014.[1][4]
She served as the governor of Saudi Arabia chapter of the American College of Physicians and a member of College's international council from 2015 to 2019.[3] She was also a member of the board at the Primary Vascular Research Institute.[4]
Personal life
Maha bint Mishari is the wife of Prince Khaled bin Saad Al Saud.[1] They have five daughters.[1] They live in Riyadh and also have a mansion in Mulholland Estates in Beverly Hills which they bought in 2013.[1][5] The mansion was put on sale in February 2020.[5]