Prof. Imad Tleyjeh is a Consultant and Head of the Infectious Diseases Section at King Fahd Medical City in Riyadh. He is also a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Alfaisal University and Adjunct Faculty with the Division of Infectious Diseases and Division of Epidemiology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Sciences, Rochester, USA, where he also holds the appointment of Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology. Prof. Tleyjeh is a clinician-investigator who has written multiple book chapters and has around 120 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals with more than 30,000 citations. He is a certified instructor for the Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) of the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC). He is also a member of the guidelines writing committee for Infective Endocarditis, at the American Heart Association.