Mohamed Haytham Khayat

Mohamed Haytham Khayat (Arabic: محمد هيثم الخيَّاط) (1937 – 5 September 2020) was a Syrian physician and lexicographer.^[1] He was a senior policy advisor to the World Health Organization Regional Directory for the Eastern Mediterranean,^[2] a member of both the Board of Trustees of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, and the Board of Trustees of the Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences. He was known for his major contribution to the Unified Medical Dictionary (UMD).^[3][4]

Mohamed Haytham Khayat
محمد هيثم الخيَّاط
Born	1937 (1937) Damascus, Syria
Died	5 September 2020(2020-09-05) (aged 82–83) Cairo, Egypt
Other names	M. H. Khayat
Occupation(s)	Physician and lexicographer
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Khayat was born in Damascus, Syria, in 1937. He was educated at Damascus University, Faculty of Medicine, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1959.^[1] He has published more than 25 books on medicine, health, chemistry, botany, Arabic language, and Islamic ethics in Arabic, French and English, including some dictionaries. He has also published hundreds of articles in Arabic, French, English, German and Italian in various fields.^[1]

He died on 5 September 2020 in Cairo, Egypt.^[5]

References

1. "د. محمد هيثم الخياط – شبكة الألوكة – الكتاب والمفكرون". Alukah. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
2. "Interview with Dr Mohamed Haytham Khayat, Senior Policy Adviser to the Regional Director" (PDF) (in Arabic). Vol. 1, no. 3. Saudi Arabia: World Health Organization. September 2005. Retrieved 6 September 2020. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
3. Khayat, Mohamed Haytham (2006). Unified Medical Dictionary (4th ed.). World Health Organization. p. ط. ISBN 9953337268. Archived from the original on 6 September 2020.
4. غانم, مؤنس محمود (1997). "كيف تم تعريب الطب في جامعة دمشق". Faisal Magazine (in Arabic). No. 244. Saudi Arabia. p. 78. Archived from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
5. "الدكتور والمفكر محمد هيثم الخياط في ذمة الله". ResalaPost (in Arabic). 6 September 2020. Archived from the original on 7 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.