Professor of Medicine at AL-FAISAL University and a Consultant Medical Oncologist, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Prof. Zekri received his higher medical oncology training in the UK where he was certified and practised as a consultant.
He moved to Saudi Arabia and was the head of the medical oncology section for 8 years.
He acted as the deputy director of the research centre (Jeddah) for 3 years.
He is also an active member of National Cancer Management Guidelines Task Force for Gastrointestinal and Breast Cancers.
He is a member of Africa and Middle East Uro-oncology group and a co-founder of the Red Sea Lung Cancer Group.
Prof. Zekri has published more than 85 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 2 oncology chapters in a book.
He presented about 60 abstracts of original research at several international conferences and he is a peer reviewer in many scientific journals.