Dr. Abumaree is an associate professor of Reproductive Biology & Immunology at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and a Director of the Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Department at King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (KAIMRC), Saudi Arabia. He received his PhD in Reproductive Biology and Immunology from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Auckland in 2005. Dr Abumaree’s research has focused on the development of Stem Cell Therapies for Cancers, Diabetes, Neurological and Cardiovascular Diseases. He has 35 peer reviewed papers and 30 published abstracts. Dr Abumaree organized two stem cell conferences “Placental Stem Cells from Characterization to Clinical Application” in 2012 and “Stem Cells in Science and Medicine” in 2014, Saudi Arabia. He also organized KAIMRC Stem Cell Workshop (2015) and was an organiser and presenter at the Stem Cell Workshop IFPA Brisbane, Australia (2015) and the Stem Cell Workshops at IFPA, Whistler, Canada (2013). Dr Abumaree has given platform presentations at many international and national conferences. He has also participated in reviewing many research grants for King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology (KACST) and KAIMRC, Saudi Arabia. He is a member of the International Placental Stem Cell Society (IPLASS).