Mohamed Haytham Khayat ( ar, محمد هيثم الخيَّاط) (1937 – 5 September 2020) was a Syrian physician and lexicographer. He was a senior policy advisor to the World Health Organization Regional Directory for the Eastern Mediterranean, a member of both the Board of Trustees of the

International Union of Muslim Scholars The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS; ar, الاتحاد العالمي لعلماء المسلمين; ') is an organization of Muslim Islamic theologians headed by Ahmad al-Raysuni described as the "supreme authority ...

, and the Board of Trustees of the

Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the ma ...

. He was known for his major contribution to the Unified Medical Dictionary (UMD). Khayat was born in

Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...

, Syria, in 1937. He was educated at Damascus University, Faculty of Medicine, where he was awarded a

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...

in 1959. 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. He died on 5 September 2020 in Cairo, Egypt.

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People from Damascus Syrian physicians International Union of Muslim Scholars members Damascus University alumni 1937 births 2020 deaths World Health Organization officials Syrian lexicographers Members of Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo {{Syria-med-bio-stub