Academic Obituary

The School of Medicine, represented by the school’s Dean, Dean’s deputy and assistants, and members of the teaching and administrative staff, mourns its great loss: Professor Ahmed Saeed Ahmed Al-Sheikh Al-Sarugiya, who passed away on Friday, 9/22/2023. As the School of Medicine mourns its great loss, it recalls his pioneering and generous professional and academic career full of great achievements in providing and serving the health sectors and the national academy. He, may God have mercy on him, was one of the first generation who laid the foundation stone for the Department of General Surgery and Endocrine Surgery at Jordan University Hospital, and his efforts as a professor will be always highly recognized ,as he served in the School of Medicine for several decades in teaching, training successive batches of graduates with Bachelor and Higher specialization degrees ,those graduates made their way after graduation as Physicians and Professors who occupy important academic and professional positions inside and outside Jordan. The late professor also held a number of leadership administrative positions at the academic and professional levels. The School of Medicine staff extend their sincere condolences to Dr .l Al-Sarugiya ‘s family, colleagues and students.