Dr.Al-Faqih worked at the Riyadh Central Hospital for Accidents and Emergencies in Riyadh from 1974 to 1978.
During this period, he worked as a chief physician at the Department of Surgery from 1974 to 1976. Dr. Al-Faqih has worked at several hospitalities in the UK from 1978 to 1981.
He served at the Department of Urology at Stokemandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, from 1978 to 1980, and at the Department of Urology at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, in 1980.
Dr. Al-Faqih also served at the Department of Urology, London-based Royal Marsden Hospital, from 1980 to 1981.
(1981-1983) he worked as Urologist at Riyadh Central Hospital before being appointed as Assistant Professor and Urologist at King Khalid University Hospital (1983 to present).