The King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC) is a modern state-of-the-art 1,100+ bed (inclusive of 170 day beds) academic medical facility located in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia.

KFSH&RC is the national referral center for Oncology, Organ Transplantation, Cardiovascular Diseases, Neurosciences, and Genetic Diseases. A full range of tertiary, secondary and primary health care services are provided. The hospital's postgraduate education programs support both Residency and Fellowship training. The Research Centre focuses on basic and translational research primarily in cancer, cardiovascular diseases, transplant immunology, genetics, molecular diagnostics and proteomics.

In the Middle East, the KFSHRC has been a pioneer in kidney and bone marrow transplantation, oncology, IVF, and orthopedic and cardiovascular surgery.

The hospital performs over 2,000 open-hearts and 6,500 cardiac catheterizations per year. It offers chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and bone marrow transplant, treating over 2,800 new adult patients per year. Pediatric oncology/hematology patients are treated at a 40 bed, state-of-the-art facility, the King Fahad National Centre for Children's Cancer and Research that opened in 1997.

The hospital achieved Magnet status in 2019.

Stay up-to-date on the KFSH&RC latest achievements.

In response to the growing demand for oncology services in the region, the King Abdullah Centre for Cancer and Liver Diseases (KACCLD) opened in October 2017. Over the past 15 years, the incidence of cancer in Saudi Arabia has risen by more than 25%, with projections indicating a continued upward trend. Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed, accounting for 15% of all cases, followed by colorectal cancer at 10.4%.

The expanded EMS Building opened January 2018, with 100+ beds in three sections (adults, pediatrics, clinical decision/holding).

Housing & Benefits:

Most contracts are for a minimum of 1 or 2 years (and are renewable on-site). Benefits include:

• Tax-free income
• Furnished Accommodations
• Medical coverage
• More than 7 calendar weeks of vacation
• Annual return airfare

Housing for single women and single men is on the hospital site.

Housing is located within walking distance of a large modern supermarkets and restaurants and a short taxi ride to several shopping centers. The hospital offers free shuttle service to well-known hypermarkets/grocery stores.

Housing for families is located either on the hospital campus, or up to 20 minutes drive away.

The KFSHRC has a number of recreational facilities open to staff, including swimming pools, tennis courts, a bowling alley and amenities centre. In addition, the Employee Social Club & Recreation Services offer a number of recreational courses, exercise programs and trips and a variety of other benefits to the employees.

Some Statistics:

Nursing Staff: Nursing Recruitment reported that 27% of Nursing Staff are from the West (e.g., USA, Canada, Ireland, UK, New Zealand, Australia, etc.).

Medical Staff: They employ over 1000 Medical Doctors (including Saudi Residents and Fellows) of whom 46% are expatriates (including 16% US/Canadian and 11% European) and 54% are Saudis.

Some transplant statistics
* In October 2024, the hospital proudly announced that they had performed 1092 organ transplants in the past year (and approximately 9000 since the program started in1981.
* heart transplants: since its inception in 1989, there have been 413 heart transplants; in 2021, there were 26 adult heart transplants and 10 pediatric heart transplants.
* heart/lung transplant: 1 on 17-year-old (as of June 2018)
* lung transplants: since 2000, there have been 268 transplants; in 2021, there were 32 lung transplants
* liver transplants: in 2022, 302 liver transplants were performed; in 2021, 185 adult liver transplants and 101 pediatric liver transplants were performed; there were 1,207 liver transplants performed between 2010-2019; in Sep 2023, it was announced that they had performed the world's first fully robotic liver transplant and in May 2025, it was announced that they had performed the world's first fully robotic pediatric liver transplant * kidney transplants: between 1981 and 2021, a total of 6,025 kidney transplants were performed; in 2021, 542 were performed
* pancreas transplants: from 2004 to 2021, 56 transplants were performed
* intestinal/multi-visceral transplant program started in 2017, and between 2017-2019, 6 transplants were performed
* BMTs: 537 in 2022 * stem cell transplants: As of 2024, they are ranked within the top 2% facilities worldwide for the volume of annual stem cell transplants, with more than 7,400 transplants, 38% of which were for pediatric patients.

Medical Departments & Subspecialties

• Department of Anesthesiology: subspecialties in Cardiac; Transplant & Cancer; Obstetrics & Outlying; Pediatric; Orthopedic & Plastic; Neuro; Pain Management
  
• Department of Critical Care Medicine: subspecialties in Adult ICU and PICU
• Department of Dentistry: subspecialties in Endodontics, General, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry, Periodontics, Prosthodontics
• Department of Dermatology
• Department of Emergency Medicine: subspecialties in Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine
• Department of Family Medicine & Polyclinics
• Department of Heart Center: subspecialties in Adult Cardiology, Cardiac Critical Care, Cardiac Surgery, and Pediatric Cardiology
  
• Department of Medical Genetics
• Department of Liver Transplantation & Hepatobiliary: subspecialties in Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Transplant Hepatology
• Department of Medicine: subspecialties in Allergy/Immunology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Pulmonary Medicine, Rheumatology
  
• Department of Neurosciences: subspecialties in Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Pediatric Neurology
  
• Department of Mental Health: subspecialties in Adult and Pediatric Psychiatry
• Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology: subspecialties in Gynecologic Oncology, Perinatology, Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
  
• Department of Oncology: subspecialties in Adult Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Medical Oncology, Palliative Care Medicine, Radiation Oncology
  
• Department of Orthopedic Surgery: subspecialties in Adult Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Oncology, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, Hand Surgery
• Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery: subspecialties in Head & Neck Surgery, and Otology & Communication Disorders
• Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine: subspecialties in Anatomic, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Blood Bank & Transfusion Services, Clinical Biochemistry, Cytogenetics/Molecular Genetics, Hematopathology, Immunopathology, Microbiology, Specimen Collection & Processing, Toxicology & Bioanalysis
• Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology: subspecialties in Hematology, Leukemia/Lymphoma, Solid Tumors, Stem Cell Transplantation
• Department of Pediatrics: subspecialties in General Pediatrics, Neonatology, Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, Pediatric Critical Care, Pediatric Endocrinology/Diabetes, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Pulmonology, Pediatric Rheumatology
• Department of Radiology: subspecialties in Abdominal, Interventional, Musculoskeletal, Neuroradiology, Nuclear Medicine, Pediatric Radiology, Thoracic/Chest
• Department of Surgery: subspecialties in Breast & Endocrine, Colorectal, General & Minimally Invasive, Ophthalmology, Pediatric, Plastic, Thoracic, Vascular
• Department of Urology: subpecialties in Adult and Pediatric Urology
• Department of Organ Transplant Center