EDUCATION University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK PhD in Physics/ Medical Physics 2009

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1 ABDULRAHMAN ALFURAIH Department of Radiological Sciences College of Applied Medical Sciences King Saud University PO.Box Riyadh Saudi Arabia Tel: / Mobile: EDUCATION University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK PhD in Physics/ Medical Physics 2009 George Washington University, Washington D.C, USA M.Sc. Electrical Engineering/Biomedical Engineering 2002 King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia B.Sc. Radiological Sciences 1998 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE King Saud University, Riyadh Vice Dean, Postgraduate and Research College of Applied Medical Sciences King Saud University, Riyadh Head of Department Department of Radiological Sciences University of Surrey, UK Visiting Reader University of Surrey, UK Visiting Senior Fellow King Saud University, Riyadh

2 Assistant Professor Medical Physics, Department of Radiological Sciences University of Surrey, UK Visiting Academic Researcher University of Surrey, UK Teaching Assistant Radiation Physics laboratory; supervision and demonstrating for M.Sc. students. University of Surrey, UK Dissertation Co-Supervisor Supervision of projects leading to M.Sc. in Medical Physics King Saud University Demonstrator/Teaching Assistant Boards and Committees: Medical Imaging Board, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Member Journal of Health Specialties, Editorial Board, Member Academic Audit Committee, Ministry of Higher Education, Chairman (Medical Imaging) College of Applied Medical Sciences Board, Member Permanent Committee for Collaborators, Vice Rectorate for Educational and Academic Affairs, King Saud University Member Lecturer and Demonstrators Affairs Committee, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University Chairman Faculty Appointment Committee, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University,

3 Chairman Research Excellence Committee, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Chairman PUBLICATIONS 1- Abdulrahman Alfuraih, Khalid Alzimami, Andy K. Ma, Ali Alghamdi, Ibrahim Al Jammaz, Effective dose to immuno-pet patients due to metastable impurities in cyclotron produced zirconium-89, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, Volume 104, November 2014, Pages Ahmed M. Maghraby, K.S. Alzimami, M.A. Alkhorayef, K.G. Alsafi, A. Ma, A.A. Alfuraih, A.A. Alghamdi, N.M. Spyrou, Investigation of LaBr3:Ce probe for gamma-ray spectroscopy and dosimetry, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, Volume 95, February 2014, Pages Abdulrahman Alfuraih, Khalid Alzimzmi, Andy K. Ma, Ali Alghamdi, Optimization of 89Zr production using Monte Carlo simulations, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, May 2013, Volume 296, Issue 2, pp M. Alkhorayef, K. Alzimami, A. Alfuraih, M.Alnafea,N.M.Spyrou, Measurement of three gamma annihilation by lanthanum-based crystals compared with NaI(Tl) and HPGe, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry,February 2012, Volume 291, Issue 2, pp Investigation the Potential Use of LaBr3:Ce Scintillators for Scintimammography Imaging. K. Alzimami, S. Sassi, A. Alfuraih and NM Spyrou, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Volume 633, Supplement 1, May 2011, Pages S282-S Investigation of the possibility of improving spatial resolution in SPECT with the combination of LaBr3:Ce-based detector and 3D-OSEM reconstruction algorithms. Khalid S. Alzimami, Salem A. Sassi, Abdulrahman A. Alfuraih, Nicholas M. Spyrou

4 , Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Volume 633, Supplement 1, May 2011, Pages S289-S K. S. Alzimami, S. A. Sassi, A. A. Alfuraih, M. A. Alkhorayef and NM Spyrou. Optimized Energy Window Selection for 89Zr PET Imaging Using Monte Carlo Simulation, Transactions- American Nuclear Society Meeting, Vol 103, pages , Las Vegas, USA, November Ma A, Alghamdi A, Alsaif A, Alfuraih A, Validation of Homogenous Breast Tissue Assumption in MGD Calculations Using A Realistic Computational Breast Phantom, Proceedings of The Joint International Conference on Supercomputing in Nuclear Application and Monte Carlo (SNA+MC2010), Tokyo, Japan.2010, Article no A. Alfuraih, M. P. W. Chin, N. M. Spyrou,Measurements of the photonuclear neutron yield of 15 MV medical linear accelerator. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 278, No.3, pages (2008) 10- Ma A, Awotwi-Pratt J, Alghamdi A, Alfuraih A and Spyrou NM (2008) Monte Carlo study of photoneutron production in the Varian Clinac 2100C linac. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Alfuraih, A. Chin, M.P.W. Spyrou, N.M. Boron Neutron Capture Therapy: Medical Linear Accelerator Versus Reactor Beams, TRANSACTIONS- AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY,2007, VOL 97, pages Spyrou NM, Alfuraih A and Ma A (2006) Monte Carlo simulations for boron neutron capture therapy with linacs. American Nuclear Society Transactions Alfuraih A, Ma A, Awotwi-Pratt J and Spyrou NM (2006) BNCT with linac, feasibility study. Proceedings of 12th International Congress on Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Alfuraih A, Alghamdi A, Ma A and NM Spyrou (2005) Prospect of using the photoneutron beam component from high energy linacs in BNCT, a Monte Carlo simulation. Proceedings of EUROCON 2005 The International Conference on Computer as a Tool

5 Societies IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Member since 2000 IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, Member since 2000 American Nuclear Society, Member since 2008 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Member since 2013 World Molecular Imaging Society, Member since 2014