A Saudi family physician.

She is a professor of family medicine at the College of Medicine at King Saud University since June 2013, a founding member of the National Society for Human Rights since 2004, a consultant in family and community medicine at King Saud University Medical City since 1992, and a consultant at primary care clinics at King Khalid University Hospital .

She has also been a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners since 1990, the World Organization of Family Doctors since 1994, the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 1995, and the Saudi Society for Family and Community Medicine .

She worked as a healthcare consultant at Dr. Sulaiman Faqih Hospital in Riyadh, and was a member of the Saudi Shura Council , and a member of the Health and Environmental Affairs Committee in the same council. She was chosen to represent Saudi female representatives in the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and was the supervisor of the Sheikh Abdullah bin Salem Bahmdan Chair for Evidence-Based Healthcare Research and Practical Application of Knowledge at King Saud University.

She also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Global Network for Guidelines for Clinical Professional Practice (GIN) for two terms, between 2021 and 2024, and between 2013 and 2018, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum. She also served as Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization for International Health Measurement, Evaluation and Improvement between 2017 and 2019, becoming the first Arab woman and the first Saudi woman to be chosen for this position.

She co-founded the National Society for Human Rights in 2004 and the National Family Safety Program . She was an advisor to the Minister and Secretary-General of the National Population Committee at the Ministry of Economy and Planning during 2017. In addition, she worked as an Associate Professor at King Saud University between 1996 and 2013, and as an Assistant Professor there between 1990 and 1996.

She has published more than 30 scientific papers in the field of family medicine and evidence-based practice in local and international peer-reviewed journals, and has translated and authored many books and scientific studies. She has won several awards in her field locally and regionally, including: the “Dean’s Award for Excellence in Medical Research” at the College of Medicine at King Saud University in 2010.

She holds a Master's degree in Primary Health Care from King Saud University, a Bachelor's degree in Medicine and Surgery from the same university in 1985, and obtained the Royal College of General Practitioners (FRCGP) from London, and the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP).