Professional Bio:

Biography: Born and educated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, outstanding grades in high school. Graduated from King Saudi University medical school 1985. Trained in general surgery, cardiothoracic surgery and pediatric congenital heart surgery in Canada. Returned to Riyadh in 1999 and worked for 17 years until recruited to the Cleveland Clinic as chair of Pediatric and Adult Congenital heart surgery on 2016. After 16 years of developing the premier Pediatric Heart Center at King Abdulaziz Medical Center in Riyadh Saudi Arabia, Dr. Najm joined the Cleveland Clinic on January 1, 2016 as the chair of pediatric and congenital heart surgery. Dr. Najm is considered an expert in his field of congenital heart surgery as he has personally performed more than 10,000 surgical cases on newborns, children, and adults with the most complex heart disease. Dr. Najm came to the Cleveland Clinic with not only his clinical expertise in pediatric and congenital heart surgery, but also is the past president of the Saudi Heart Association, Editor – in – Chief, Journal of Saudi Heart Association, Editorial Board Member Saudi Medical Journal and Associate Professor of King Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. Dr. Najm holds numerous memberships in national and international professional organizations and currently is a Trustee of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Najm is an international lecturer in the field of congenital heart surgery. He is known of innovative techniques in congenital heart surgery where he innovated multiple new surgical techniques to improve outcome in complex congenital heart defects. Due to his contributions in the field he was awarded the “Great Arab Minds” 2023 award in Medicine an award otherwise called “Arab Nobel”.