After completing his school education at La Salle College (Les Freres) in Amman, Dr. Yazan
received his medical education at University of Jordan/Amman (1985-1991). He moved to the
USA for specialty training, where he did pediatric residency at University of New York (SUNY)-
Brooklyn, and obtained his American Board of Pediatrics in 1996, then he did subspecialty
fellowship training in Allergy/Clinical Immunology (conjoint adults and pediatrics) at Thomas
Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, and obtained his American Boards in
Allergy/Immunology in 1999. He proceeded with subspecialty fellowship training in pediatric
pulmonology at University of California/Irvine and Miller Children’s Hospital in Long Beach,
California.
He established and headed the Advanced Pediatric Pulmonary Center in Spring Hill, Florida. He
also worked as a pediatrician in Prince Edward Island in Canada. He currently holds the section
head of Pediatric Pulmonary/Allergy Immunology section at King Fahad Specialist Hospital in
Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
He is on the International Advisory Board of International Congress Pediatric Pulmonology (CIPP)
and founding member of the Middle East Cystic Fibrosis Association (MECFA). He was on the
executive boards of Saudi Pediatric Pulmonary Association (SPPA) and Saudi Allergy, Asthma and
Immunology Society (SAAIS). He is a member of multiple international and local scientific
associations and societies.
He organized many local, regional and international specialized conferences and is a frequent
guest speaker in many local and international scientific meetings. His areas of expertise include:
cystic fibrosis, chronic urticaria, severe asthma, primary immunodeficiency and immunotherapy.
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