Leen Alfaris

Compassionate hospitalist with an interest in leadership, healthcare quality and patient safety.

Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), Member

• ECFMG Certification
• USMLE Step 1: 249
• USMLE Step 2: 256
• USMLE Step 3: 227
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
• NAHQ Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (2025)

• Quality Improvement
• Patient Safety
• Fitness
• Personal Training
• Traveling
• Photography

• English, Native or Bilingual Proficiency
• Arabic, Full Professional Proficiency
• French, Limited Working Proficiency

• Blood Pressure and Its Association with Gender, Body Mass Index, Smoking, and Family History among University Students, Alhawari, H. H., Al-Shelleh, S., Alhawari, H. H., Al-Saudi, A., Aljbour Al-Majali, D., Al-Faris, L., AlRyalat, S. A., International journal of hypertension, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4186496
• Blood pressure difference between pre and post-menopausal women and age-matched men: A cross-sectional study at a tertiary center, Alhawari, H., Alzoubi, O., Alshelleh, S., Alfaris, L., Abdulelah, M., AlRyalat, S. A., Altarawneh, S., Alzoubi, M., Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2024, https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.14801
• Do decision support tools decrease the prevalence of hospital-acquired venous thromboembolisms when compared to clinical judgement? A single-center pre-post study, Abdulelah, M., Haider, O., McAuliffe, M., Al-Faris, L., Paadam, J., Medarametla, V., Kleppel, R., Joshi, K., Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2024, https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13133854
• Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis Triggered By IV Contrast - A Case Report, Under review
• Acute Pain Management In Patients With Opioid Use Disorder - A QI Project, Ongoing
• Gender and Racial Disparities in Cardiac Arrest Mortality. A CDC WONDER Study, Oral Presentation at Society of Critical Care Conference 2025