Ahmed Hassan Fahal (Arabic: أحمد حسن فحل, born 25 December 1956) is a Sudanese Professor of Surgery at the University of Khartoum, who specialised in Mycetoma.
He returned to Sudan as a Consultant Surgeon at Soba Hospital, University of Khartoum.
[8] Fahal's research focuses on mycetoma and tropical surgery, with enormous peer-reviewed publications and books,[9][10][11][12][13] presentations,[14][15] and national and international collaborations.
[20] As of November 2022, Fahal is the President of the Scientific Research and Innovation Agency, Sudan,[1] an advisor for the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific research, Sudan,[21] a member of the executive council of the Sudanese National Academy of Sciences (SNAS) since 2007, founding secretary general for the Sudanese Association of Medical Education (2004), founding member of the Global Academy of Tropical Surgery (2004) and the African Association for Health Professions Education and Research (2007), World Health Organization Consultant for Medical Education,[22] and an Editor for the PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Journal.
[32] Fahal was also awarded the Ordre des Palmes académiques (OPA), the Republic of France in 2018,[31] the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (OMRI) in 2018,[33] and the Donald Mackay Medal from the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2018.