Ali Mersal

Dr. Ali Mersal is a highly experienced pediatrician and neonatologist with over four decades of international clinical and academic experience. After graduating from Garyounis University in Libya in 1979, Dr. Mersal completed a pediatrics residency in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1983, followed by a Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship at the University of Calgary in 1988. In 1989, he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

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From 1989 to 1994, Dr. Mersal served as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Saskatchewan and worked as a consultant pediatrician at Regina General Hospital and Pasqua Hospital. He then held leadership roles in Saudi Arabia, including Head of the Department of Pediatrics and Director of the NICU at both Alnoor Hospital (1994–2000) and Royal Commission Hospital (2000–2002). From 2002 to 2016, he was a Consultant Neonatologist and Pediatrician at King Faisal Specialist Hospital.

In 2014, Dr. Mersal earned a PhD in Health Care Management from Must University in California, further strengthening his expertise in medical administration and systems of care. Since 2016, Dr. Mersal has been practicing pediatrics in Ontario at the Georgina Health Centre. He has contributed to numerous research projects and published widely in the field of pediatrics and neonatology.