Ammar Abdulaziz Khayat MBBS, ABP
Consultant, Pediatrics & Pediatric Gastroenterology
Children's Health Center
Years of Experience: 12
Education
Medical School
2008
Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine and Surgery
Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Residency
2013
General Pediatrics
Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center - Detroit, MI, USA
Fellowships
Fellowship
2018
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Medical College of Wisconsin/Children's Hospital Of Wisconsin. Milwaukee WI, USA
Membership
- Saudi Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (SASPGHAN)
- North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN)
- Saudi Association for Study of Liver diseases and Transplantation (SASLT)
License
- Saudi Commission for Health Specialties
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Wisconsin Medical Board
Work Experience
2022 – Present
Consultant, Pediatrics & Pediatric Gastroenterology
International Medical Centre in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2010 – Present
Assistant Professor
Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
2018 – Present
Consultant, Pediatric Gastroenterology
King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Saudi Arabia
2020 – 2022
Consultant, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Intermed Clinic, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Publications
- -Khayat AA, Vitola B, Telega G, et al. Mo1493 - Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Auto-Antibodies in Overweight and Obese Children with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis. Gastroenterology 2018; 154.
- -Khayat AA and Martínez AM. Splenules Presenting as Incidental Gastric Fundic Masses on Endoscopy. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition 2017; 65, e78-e79
- -Khayat AA, Suchi M and Vitola B. A Rare Case Of a 2-year-old Boy With Alagille Syndrome and Type 3 Hereditary Hemochromatosis With TFR2 Mutation. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition 2019; 68, e68-e70
- -Khayat AA and Telega G. Persistent elevation of aminotransferases in liver transplant in association with chronic norovirus infection. Clinical and Molecular Hepatology 2019; 25: 408 - 411.
- -Khayat AA, Alamri A and Saadah O. Outcomes of late Kasai portoenterostomy in biliary atresia: a single-center experience. The Journal of International Medical Research 2021; 49, 5
- -Saadah O, Khayat AA, Alsufyani H, et al. Paediatric autoimmune liver diseases: A descriptive study of patients from Saudi Arabia. Arab journal of gastroenterology : the official publication of the Pan-Arab Association of Gastroenterology 2021; 2, 146-150.
- -I. Saadah, Omar, Ammar Abdulaziz Khayat, Ohood Abusharifah, Meshari A. Alaifan, Naglaa M. Kamal, Yagoub Y. Bin-Taleb and Bakr H. Alhussaini. “Liver function changes following the introduction of a gluten-free diet in patients with celiac disease.” Clinical and Experimental Hepatology 7 (2021): 415 - 421.
- -Khayat AA. Primary intestinal lymphangiectasia presenting as limb hemihyperplasia: a case report and literature review. BMC Gastroenterology 2021; 21, 225
- -Khayat AA, Algethami G, Baik S, et al. The Effect of Using Rome IV Criteria on the Prevalence of Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders and Functional Constipation among Children of the Western Region of Saudi Arabia. Global Pediatric Health 2021; 8. 2333794X211022265
- -Khayat A, Vitola B. Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Autoantibodies in Children with Overweight and Obesity with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. J Pediatr. 2021 Dec;239:155-160
- -Alaifan MA, Khayat A, Bokhary RY, Ibrahim A, Bin-Taleb Y, Alhussaini BH, Saadah OI. Prevalence of Esophageal Eosinophilia, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, and Lymphocytic Gastritis in Children with Celiac Disease: A Saudi Tertiary Center Experience. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 Jan 9;2024:5541687
- -Khayat AA, Alkhaldi AJ. Neonatal Lupus presenting with neonatal hemochromatosis-like liver disease that responded to steroids: a case report. BMC Pediatr. 2022 Nov 3;22(1):630

