Alfred Abuhamad

Dr. Alfred Abuhamad currently serves as President, Provost and Dean, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Radiology at Eastern Virginia Medical School. Dr. Abuhamad is a past President of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), Society of Ultrasound in Medical Education (SUSME), Perinatal Quality Forum (PQF) and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM). Heis also founder and past-Chair of the Council for Patient Safety in Women’s Health Care, in Washington DC. He has published more than 180 peer-reviewed manuscripts, authored six textbooks in fetal echocardiography, ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, first trimester ultrasound and office procedures, and received numerous national and international awards including The 2019 Commonwealth of Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award. He is the recipient ofthe National Institute of Health RO1 grant to study “Novel Tools for the Noninvasive Evaluation ofthe Human Placenta”. Dr. Abuhamad established the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology’s (ISUOG) outreach program and has led several ultrasound trainingmissions to the developing world to include Haiti, Ghana and Somaliland. He is well known internationally for his work in ultrasound, prenatal diagnosis, fetal echocardiography, global outreach and patient safety. Dr. Abuhamad has been a faculty member at EVMS and a citizen of Hampton Roads for 29 years.