President of the Jordan University of Science and Technology since August 2021, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

He is a professor of neurology at the same university, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the King Abdullah University Hospital and the Regional Institute for Infectious Diseases and Antibiotic Resistance.

He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the American Society of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (MGFA), the European Academy of Neurology (EAN), and the Jordanian Society of Neurology.

Al-Salem served as Vice President of the Jordan University of Science and Technology, Dean of the Graduate School at the same university, and Chief Resident in the Department of Neurology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ( UAMS) in the United States.

He holds a Master's degree in Health Professions Education from Maastricht University in 2008, a Bachelor's degree in Medicine from Jordan University of Science and Technology in 1996, and is also certified by the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology in 2003, the American Board of Neuromuscular Medicine in 2009, the Jordanian Board of Neurology in 2002, and a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuromuscular Diseases from Duke University.