Chief Medical Officer at Al Borg Medical Laboratories
Dr. Hisham Shams, MD, Ph.D. obtained his Bachelor degree of medicine and surgery from Kasr El-Aini School of Medicine in Cairo University, followed by a residency of Clinical Pathology, and subsequently a Clinical Master’s degree and Clinical Ph.D. in Clinical Chemistry.

He worked as a fellow in the National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, and as a Medical Director of the laboratory medicine department in Saudi German Hospital-Jeddah.
He is currently the Chief Medical Officer of Al Borg Medical Laboratories in the GCC. He is also the Head of the accreditation compliance department in the same organization. Dr. Hisham has publications the field of hematology and was a speaker in many events. Of the topics, he likes to talk about is the laboratory preventive role in healthcare.
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