Dr. Hani Lababidi

Dr. Hani Lababidi is a Senior Consultant at King Fahad Medical City (KFMC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Clinical Assistant Professor in Critical Care Medicine at University of North Dakota, USA. Dr. Lababidi is also the CEO of Advanced Healthcare Training Solutions and Metaverse Medicorum, both companies are involved in advanced healthcare education solutions. He is a distinguished physician, educator, simulationist, researcher, and mentor.

Dr. Lababidi earned his medical degree from the American University of Beirut. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Good Samaritan Hospital / Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, followed by fellowships in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at and New York Medical College. He holds American Board certifications in both Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Lababidi holds a Ph.D. in Simulation Education from MGH Institute of Health Professions (Harvard) in Boston, and currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at MGH-IHP.

A pioneer in healthcare simulation, Dr. Lababidi founded the Center for Research, Education & Simulation Enhanced Training (CRESENT) at KFMC, the flagship of simulation centers under the Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia, where over 16,000 healthcare professionals are trained annually using simulation-based education. He co-founded the Saudi Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSSH) and served as its Vice President. He is an active member and fellow of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). Dr. Lababidi is a reviewer and member of the Board of Review Accreditation Committee at SSH.

Dr. Lababidi serves on the editorial boards of several scientific journals in the fields of healthcare simulation, pulmonary medicine, and critical care medicine. He has written three book chapters on simulation, has more than 60 publications in peer review journals, and has more than 500 presentations at national, regional, and international conferences.