Daoud Mustafa Khalid

In 1960, Khalid moved to the UK again for 1 year for further medical training. In 1963, he became the first Sudanese head of department of medicine at University of Khartoum. In 1965, he was promoted to professor of medicine. In 1967, with Professor Hussin Suliman Abusalih, Khalid cofounded the Sudanese Society of Neurosciences (SSNS). In 1974, he became the dean of Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, and one year later, was awarded the title of professor emeritus. It's well known that he established neurology as a specialty in Sudan.

In 1950, Khalid got a scholarship and moved to the UK to study internal medicine. In 1952, he was among the few Sudanese physicians at that time to obtain a Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians. Khalid returned to Sudan in 1952, and worked as physician at Atbara Hospital for one year. He then returned to Omdurman Teaching Hospital, and also worked as a part-time lecturer in department of medicine at University College Khartoum.

From 1943 to 1949, Khalid worked in several hospitals across Sudan, including Meroë, Wad Medani, and Omdurman Teaching Hospital. He was well known for his responsibility towards all his patients without any discrimination. He was universally accepted as a leader, and was honored and well respected physician.

Khalid studied medicine at Kitchener School of Medicine in 1936. His outstanding educational career included prizes of anatomy, physiology pathology, medicine, and surgery.

Daoud Mustafa Khalid (Arabic: داؤود مصطفى خالد, 10 August 1917 – 3 June 2008) was a prominent Sudanese physician and neurologist. He was known as the "founding father of medicine in Sudan''.