Dr Samir Abbas, founder of the hospital, and owner of a number of women wellness centres kingdom-wide, is an authority in the field of infertility, reproductive endocrinology and women wellness.He is a well-known International figure in the field of women's reproduction and assisted reproductive techniques, and was the first to facilitate a test tube baby in the Arab and Muslim world in 1986. He also performed the very first successful in-vitro fertilisation procedure in the kingdom resulting in a live and healthy neonate.