- Neonatal intensive care fellowship, McMaster University Canada 1994
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health of United Kingdom 2001
- Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health of the United Kingdom 1990
- Diploma of Child Health of Ireland 1987
- Associate professor of pediatrics college of medicine Kuwait University from 1996 – 2024 with many articles and books publications
- Consultant neonatologist, Maternity hospital from 1994
- Neonatal fellow, McMaster University hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 1992 – 1994
- Head of faculty of pediatrics at Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialisation (KIMS) 2002 – 2012
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health examinations organiser and examiner 2002 – 2011
Dr. Mazen Alessa
Head of Neonatal Unit & Newborn Nursery, Consultant Pediatrician and Neonatologist
Qualifications:
Experienced In:
- Neonatal intensive care and advanced respiratory care
- Treatment of low birth, very low birth and extremely low birth weight babies
- Chronic lung disease of the premature babies
- Gastro-esophageal reflux disease in infants
- Antenatal and postnatal counseling parents in high risk pregnancy
- Follow up of development of premature babies after discharge and up to early childhood
- Founder of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening program in all neonatal units in Kuwait since 1994 till now with many publications
