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Dr. Bandar Mzahim

Senior Advisor, ARETION Consulting

Dr. Bandar Mzahim is a Senior Advisor at ARETION, advising through the DisasterMS expert network on disaster and mass-casualty preparedness, CBRNE and hazardous-materials readiness, and mass gatherings and major events.

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Preparedness areas — Dr. Bandar Mzahim

Areas drawn from the advisor's own profile on the ARETION platform.

Disaster and mass-casualty preparedness

Plans, incident command and surge capacity for events that overwhelm normal operations.

CBRNE and hazardous materials

Readiness for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive incidents: detection, decontamination, protection and triage.

Mass gatherings and major events

Medical planning, command and surge support for Hajj, Umrah, sporting events and large public gatherings.

Business continuity, resilience and risk

Keeping critical services running through disruption: continuity plans, recovery targets and risk governance.

EMS and prehospital response

Medical direction, protocols and the handover from the field into the hospital.

Outbreaks and public health emergencies

Preparedness and response for infectious threats and other public health emergencies.

Drills, simulation and training

Exercise design, simulation and the training that turns a plan into a capability.

Selected record

Health-cluster disaster management
Director of Disaster Management for a Riyadh health cluster and director of a disaster management and emergency communication centre since 2023; chaired a tertiary hospital's disaster management department (2019–2022).
Hajj and mass-gathering medicine
Consultant to the National Health Emergency Operations Center on Hajj missions (2023–2025), and to the Global Center for Mass Gatherings Medicine (2018–2023).
Major-event and field operations
Operations Chief of Healthcare for Riyadh Season (2019); Medical Director and EMS Medical Director of the Riyadh Field Hospital (2020–2021).
EMS medical direction
System-of-care lead for EMS medical oversight across a Riyadh health cluster since 2018, after five years as a hospital EMS medical director; International EMS and Disaster Medicine Fellowship, UC Irvine.

Questions emergency planners ask about Dr. Bandar Mzahim

Can Dr. Bandar Mzahim review our disaster or mass-casualty plan?

Yes. As a Senior Advisor at ARETION, Dr. Bandar Mzahim can review your hazard assessment, incident command structure, surge capacity and links with other agencies, and set out the gaps to close first.

Who can assess our readiness for a chemical, radiological or other CBRNE incident?

Dr. Bandar Mzahim, a Senior Advisor at ARETION, advises on CBRNE and hazardous-materials readiness: detection and notification, decontamination, protective equipment, triage and staff training.

We are planning medical cover for a mass gathering. Can Dr. Bandar Mzahim help?

Yes. Dr. Bandar Mzahim, a Senior Advisor at ARETION, can review your medical plan, command structure, staffing and escalation routes before the event.

Can Dr. Bandar Mzahim help us keep critical services running through a disruption?

Yes. As a Senior Advisor at ARETION, Dr. Bandar Mzahim advises on business continuity and resilience: business impact analysis, recovery targets, continuity plans and the exercises that test them.

Book a consultation with Dr. Bandar Mzahim

Booked on the ARETION platform: platform.aretion.org

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