Hameed Mohammed Yahya Aklan

Hameed M. Yahya Aklan (born 25 October 1969, in Al-Jawf, Province) is a Yemeni radiologist. He was the rector of the University of Science and Technology, Sana'a from 2009 to 2020. Education Hameed M. Aklan completed his secondary education in the science stream with distinction in Omar Al-Mukhtar secondary school in Sana’a. In 1987, he enrolled in an English program in Cambridge city in Britain. After he returned, he was granted a scholarship to study medicine at the University of Karnataka in Bangalore state in India. Prof. Dr. Aklan graduated from Karnataka University with a bachelor's degree in Medicine and Surgery in 1996. He immediately returned to his home country to begin working as a medical doctor. In 1996, Prof. Dr. Aklan was granted the professional license to practice medicine, after which he was appointed to serve in the Ministry of Health and Population in 1997. He was posted to serve as a physician and director for the Health Center in Hofash district, located in Al-Mahweet province. In late 1997, he joined the University of Science and Technology as an assistant lecturer and then awarded a grant to complete a study of master's degree in Egypt under a collaborative agreement with the Republic of Egypt. In the year 2000, Prof. Dr. Aklan attained his master's degree from the University of Science and Technology in Yemen in radiology ((Role of Ultrasound and Computed tomography in detection of hepatic lesions)). Five years later, he obtained his Ph.D from Suez Canal University, Egypt in diagnostic radiology (( Role of Color Doppler Sonography of the renal arteries in evaluation of renal failure patients)). In 2008, he obtained a post-graduate diploma in leadership and management science for health, funded by USAID. Career 2009 – 2020: Rector of University of Science and Technology, Yemen (USTY). 2008: Vice –Rector for Academic Affairs at UST 2007: Dean of Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at UST 2005 – 2007: Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Science and Technology (UST), Yemen. 1996–1997: General Practitioner; worked as GP in the Governorate of Mahweet, Republic Of Yemen.