Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

                                                                                         May  2025

Personal Data:

Name: Sana Dlawar Jalal

Sex:      Female

DOB: 06/12/1973

Nationality: Iraqi/Kurdish

Languages: Arabic, English, Kurdish

Mobile: 009647703649694

Email: dr.sanajalal612@gmail.com,   sana.jalal@univsul.edu.iq

Place of work: College of Medicine, University of Sulainmani, Kurdistan region, Iraq.

Home address: Garden City-Sulainmani-Iraq

GMC reference number: 7615253 ,  granted on 28/7/2020,full registration with license to practice. Active registration.

Current positions

•  Head of PG unit since 20-8-2023.

•   Royal College of Pathologists- UK country adviser /Kurdistan-Iraq, since 2015.

•   Professor in Haematopathology, Feb 2021, Sulainmani College of Medicine.

•  Specialist haematopathologist, 2004, continuing after return from the UK in June.

Positions Held

·       Head of department Pathology and Forensic Medicine - Sulaimani College of Medicine –University of Sulaimani. Sulaimani – Iraq, November 2014- May 2022.

·       One-year contract as locum consultant pathologist at Hammersmith Hospital, London-UK, Cellular pathology department, SIHMDS team from 13/6/2022-12/6/2023.

Educational Degrees:

            . August 2024, awarded PG certificate in medical education from the University of Dundee-UK.

          ·       June 2015:    Awarded a fellowship of the royal college of pathologists-UK (overseas) in Haematology, after passing part II successfully in June   2015.

·       February 2004: Awarded a fellowship  of Iraqi Board  of Medical  Specializations  in Haematopathology – Baghdad /Iraq, where I passed the part I examination from the 1st attempt and ranked the 1st among fifteen students, then I spent 4 years in the Directorate of Teaching Laboratories /Medical City/Baghdad training in the haematology department, and passed the part II examination from 1st attempt and ranked the 1st among nine students and awarded a fellowship of Iraqi Board of Medical Specialization.

·       July 1997: Awarded the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. Awarded an MBChB degree on the 30th June 1997; Grade: Medium; average mark:  67.29, Ranked 65 amongst 312 graduates.

·       June 1991:   Awarded the secondary school national certificate, Grade: Excellent, average mark: 97.

Work Experience

·       Internship :

·   23/5/1999-28/10/1999 , house officer at Al-Wasity Hospital for Plastic and Orthopedic Surgery, Baghdad-Iraq ,full time employment.

·   28/2/1999-22/5/1999, house officer at Neurosurgical Teaching Hospital, Baghdad-Iraq, full time employment.

·   3/1/1999-28/2/1999, house officer at Al-Ishaa Hospital for Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, Baghdad-Iraq, full time employment.

·   1/11/1998-3/1/1999, house officer at Ibn Al Haaytham Hospital for Ophthalmology, Baghdad-Iraq in ophthalmology specialty, full time employment.

·   3/5/1998-31/10/1998, house officer at A-Karama Teaching Hospital Alawai Al Hillah, Baghdad-Iraq in surgery specialty , full time employment .

·   10/1/1998-2/5/1998, house officer at Ibn Al Nafees Hospital Al-Andalus Sequare Baghdad-Iraq in medicine specialty, full time employment.

·   30/9/1997-8/1/1998, house officer at Al-Elwea Hospital –Baghdad-Iraq in gynecology and obstetrics specialty .Full time employment.

University Posts& Teaching Responsibilities.

·       Dec 2015- Oct 2019:  Program director of haematopathology in Kurdistan Board of Medical Specialization (KBMS). Due to my work load I had requested  to leave this post.

·       Oct 2013- June 2022: Director of Sulaimani haematopathology training center – Kurdistan Board of Medical Specialization, Sulaimani – Iraq

·       Nov 2014 – June2022: Head of department of pathology – Sulaimani College of Medicine – University of Sulaimani. Sulaimani – Iraq.

·       Feb 2011-now: Assistant professor of haematopathology department of pathology – Sulaimani College of Medicine –University of Sulaimani. Sulaimani – Iraq.

·       November 2005 to 2011: Lecturer at pathology department/Sulaimani College of Medicine/University of Sulaimani, after I transferred from Ministry of Health in Baghdad to Ministry of Higher Education& Scientific Research /Sulaimani after two years spent at the Directorate of Teaching Laboratory of Medical City/ Baghdad as specialist haematopathologist which is one of the main centers for diagnosing haematological disorders in Iraq.

My specialty work Experience

·       July 2018-till now Specialist haematopathologist at Shorsh Teaching Hospital, Immunohistochemistry department for the diagnosis of variable disorders in haemato-oncology.

·       Oct 2011- Now: Establishing the Flow Cytometry department for leukemia and lymphoma Immunophenotyping in Sulaimani Public Health Lab, which is the first qualified center in Sulaimani and we served patients from different parts of Kurdistan and Iraq.

·       2008- 2016: Establishing a collaborative team with Tehran genetic center for performing chorionic villous sampling for thalassemia major and intermedia characterization and encouraging at risk couples to attend the screening program. The molecular work for at risk couples was performed at our clinic, but the CVS procedure was performed in Tehran. From 2016 and on, Sulaimani Thalassemia Center is responsible for CVS and molecular work-up of at risk couple. Our clinic continued with the screen work-up only.

·       Sept 2006- June2022: Head of haematology department in Sulaimani Premarital Screen Clinic as primary step in thalassemia prevention in Sulaimani which is the first and the only professional premarital screen centers in Sulaimani /Iraq and one of few functioning premarital screening clinic in whole Iraq.

·       Dec 2005-June2022 physician in charge of haematology department –Sulaimani Public Health Lab

·       November 22nd 2005 I started a new job in Kurdistan province –Iraq, Sulaimani city, starting as lecturer at Sulaimani College of Medicine –University of Sulaimani-Iraq. 

·       April 2004-Nov 2005 specialist haematopathologist at the Teaching Laboratories of Medical City Teaching Hospital-Baghdad-Iraq

·       Nov 1999-March 2004    resident of Iraqi Board of Medical Specialization  at the Teaching Laboratories of Baghdad Medical City Teaching Hospital (Practicing in Haematology, Blood Bank, Coagulation unit, Microbiology, Biochemistry and Histopathology, as well as adult Haematology clinical wards.

·       Sept 1997- Oct 1999 House Officer –2-year period internship including:  Medicine, General Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology and subspecialty branches at the following sequence;

My diagnostic responsibilities as a consultant haematopathologist as shown below in Sulaimani-Kurdistan province-Iraq

1- Independent reporting of peripheral blood smears, BMA and BMB in a wide variety of benign and malignant haematological disorders.

2- Independent reporting of immunophenotyping results for haematological disorders using IHC and flow cytometry.

3- Regarding flow cytometry immunophenotyping, we perform diagnosis of leukemia/lymphoma, ALL MRD, PNH diagnosis and follow up. Types of specimens include peripheral blood, BMA, FNA with other body fluids and spleen and LN biopsy.

4- Running counselling clinics for thalassemia and haemoglobinopathies and involved in HPLC and capillary electrophoresis results interpretations for the couples attending the regional premarital screen clinic( afternoon clinic ) together with other ancillary tests.

5- Also I have a good experience in the diagnosis and follow-up of inherited and acquired coagulation and platelet disorders.

6- A limited experience in LN biopsy (H &E) interpretation.

7- Also I am involved in teaching undergraduates at Sulaimani College of Medicine and post-graduate haematology trainees, including  clinical supervision, help in thesis writing,  and researches publishing  in peer reviewed journals .Some of my published work is  from my own projects  .

 Interests and achievement

·       I have a big interest in molecular genetics research, in particular thalassemia molecular characterization, and I had published researches in peer reviewed international journals regarding the molecular characterization of thalassemia.

·        Considering the fact that leukemia and lymphoma had evidently increased among Iraqi population due to different risk factors, including the long wars we had  faced throughout  history, and this  had increased my interest in working on immunophenotyping of leukemia and lymphoma among adults and children in Sulaimani Province and compare the results with neighboring countries and developed countries

·          I have been enrolled in an academic staff training program (Cagliari University-Italy) in relevance to molecular genetics of thalassemia and premarital screen programs to improve my skills in this field and try to implement the molecular diagnostic tests through the pathology curriculum of the undergraduate students.

Teaching & Academic Experiences:

-Supervision a postgraduate study in haematology:

1. Thrombocytopenia in Iraqi pregnant ladies. Dr. Asmaa Thanoon. M.D./M.Sc in Hematopathology/School of Medicine/University of Sulaimani. Sulaimani. Iraq 2007

2. Molecular characterization of alfa thalassemia deletions in Sulaimani. By Najeeb S Rasheed, MD, M.Sc in Hematology/School of Medicine/University of Duhok. Iraq .2009

3.     Prevalence and hematologic findings in Sickle cell trait in Sulaimani Province. By Jabar M Ameen, B.Sc, High Diploma in Lab Hematology MOH/Kurdistan .Iraq 2011.

4.     Effects and relation of HbA2 and Iron status.   By Deler J Muhammad, B.Sc, High Diploma in Lab Hematology MOH/Kurdistan. Iraq 2011

5.     Thrombocytopenia in pregnant ladies in Sulaimani. by Nzar H Hassan, B.SC, High Diploma in Lab Hematology, MOH/Kurdistan. Iraq 2011.

6.     Thrombophilia mutations: FV Leiden, Prothrombin G20210A and MTFHR in patients with thrombosis in Sulaimani Province. MSc thesis, 2013,by Dr Aveen Muhamad Raouf Abdulqader.

7.     Evaluation of soluble transferrin receptor concentration in diagnosis and differentiation of iron deficiency anemia from anemia of chronic disorders. Kurdistan Board of Medical Specialties (KBMS) thesis, 2016, by Dr Soleen Salah Abdulkareem.

8.     Platelets count and indices in acute coronary syndrome, KBMS, 2017,by Dr Kocher Hassan Abdullah.

9.     Molecular characterization of beta thalassemia patients in Sulaimani. Recent PHD project 2017(in progress) by Dr Shaema Salih.

-Participation in Postgraduate thesis discussion committees:

1. Activated protein C resistance & anticardiolipin antibodies in women with recurrent fetal abortions in Duhok region. By Qaes A Muhammad Sufi, MD, M.SC in hematology/School of Medicine/University of Duhok. 2007.

2. Preoperative hemostatic screen in Sulaimani city. By Azad Rasheed. MD, M.SC in Hematology/School of Medicine/University of Sulaimani 2007.

3. The prevalence of anticardiolipin antibodies among pregnant women with preeclampsia. By Wisam M Hameed , MD, M. SC in Gynecology& Obstetrics /School of Medicine/University of Sulaimani. Sulaimani. Iraq 2008.

4. Clinical, hematological and molecular characterization of Sickle cell disease in Duhok. by Awny J Ahmad , MD, M.SC in Hematology/School of Medicine/University of Duhok. Iraq 2009.

5. Concentration effect relationship for radical scavenging activity of sibilinin and benfotiamine in nitrite induced oxidation of hemoglobin. by Bushra Mufti , M. Sc  in Pharmacology/School of Medicine/ University of Sulaimani. Sulaimani. Iraq 2010.

6. Trends of events during induction phase of pediatric ALL management in Sulaimani Province of Iraq/Kurdistan. By Vian M Faeq. MD , High Diploma in Oncology , MOH/Kurdistan 2011

7. Pattern of hematologic response to Glivac in chronic myeloid leukemia. By Muhammad A  Ali, MD  , High Diploma in Oncology , MOH/Kurdistan, 2011

8. Correlation between serum Ferritin and volume of transfusion in chronically transfused thalassemia. By Teeba Lutfi , MD, High Diploma in Clinical Hematology , MOH /Kurdistan, 2011

9. Pre transfusion HbF level in thalassemia patients. Effects of well-balanced versus poor transfusion. By Mustafa Z Jasem , MD, High Diploma in Hematopathology , MOH,Sulaimani. Iraq  2011

10. Blood smear findings in chronically transfused thalassemia patients, effects of well transfused versus poor transfusion. By Muheb F Matlub , MD, High Diploma in Hematopathology , MOH , Sulaimani. Iraq 2011

11. Comparative study of peripheral blood and BM findings in CML .By Hewa Yaseen, MD, High Diploma in Hematopathology , MOH ,Sulaimani. Iraq 2011

12. Prevalence of hypochromic anemia in blood donors. By Mareewan M Saeed. B.Sc,High Diploma in lab Hematology, MOH, Sulaimani. Iraq 2011.

13. The new reliable indices in differentiation of beta thalassemia minor. By Abdul Hameed S Muhammad, B.SC, High Diploma in lab Hematology, MOH, Sulaimani. Iraq 2011.

14. ABO compatibility in group O mothers in Sulaimani. By Dereen S Mahmood, B.Sc, High Diploma in lab Hematology, MOH, Sulaimani. Iraq2011.

15. Alloimmunization among multiply transfused thalassemia patients in Sulaimani. By Awaz M Mahmood. B.SC, High Diploma in lab Hematology, MOH, Sulaimani. Iraq 2011.

16. Frequency and molecular characterization of G6PD deficient variants among adult males in Erbil. By Dler AbdulKareem Hassan. MD, M.SC in Hematology/School of Medicine/University of Duhok .Iraq 2013.

17. Molecular identification of BCR-ABL fusion gene in chronic myeloid leukemia in patients of Sulaimani province by RT-PCR. By Nozad Omar Ahmed. B.Sc., M.Sc. in molecular hematology. Sulaimani college of Science/Sulaimani University. Iraq 2013

18. Eosinophil values in Kurdistan. By Jenoor Abdullah . MD, HD in hematology /DOH/Sulaimani. Iraq 2014

19.   The phenotype frequencies of blood group systems (ABO, Rh, Kell, Duffy, MNSs, Lutheran, Lewis and P) in blood bank donors in Sulaimani province. By Shaema Salih .MD, M.Sc in hematology/College of medicine/University of Sulaimani. Iraq 2015.

20. Prognostic significance of Urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) expression in human breast cancer. MD, M.Sc. in histopathology/College of medicine/University of Sulaimani. Iraq 2015.

21. Molecular diagnosis in patients with hemophilia A: application for carrier detection and inhibition detection. By Dr Aveen Muhammd Raouf Abdulqader. MD, PhD, in hematopathology/ College of medicine/University of Sulaimani,Iraq,2019.

-Participation as a member in our College of Medicine following Committees:

1.     Examination Committees for two years 2007-2008 & 2008-2009

2.     Accreditation Committee for the year 2010-2011.

3.     CAD (continuous academic development) & TQA (teaching quality assurance) Committees for the years 2011-2012 and 2012/2013, 2013-2014.

4.     Pathology department Scientific Committee for 2012-June2022, as a member and a head.

5.     College of Medicine scientific committee 2015.

Published Papers:

1.     Prevalence of hemoglobinopathies in Sulaimani/Iraq. Sana D Jalal, Nasir Allawi, Azad H Faraj & Najmaldeen H Ahmad , DMJ 2008;2(1):71-79.

2.     Beta thalassemia mutations in the Kurdish population on Northeastern Iraq. Sana D Jalal, Nasir Allaw, Nooshin Bayat, Hashem Imanian, Hossein Najmabadi & Azad Faraj. Hemoglobin 2010;34(5):469-476.

3.     Prevalence & hematologic profile of delta beta thalassemia trait in Sulaimani Province /Iraq /Kurdistan. Sana D Jalal, DMJ2010;4(2):84-91.

4.     Throbmocytopenia in Iraqi pregnant Women. Asmaa Thanoon& Sana D Jalal. J Fac Med 2011;53(2):171-174.

5.     Prevalence and molecular characterization of G6PD deficient variants in Sulaimani Province /Iraq. Adil AZ Esssa, Fatih A Muhammad,Ali I Muhammad, Nasir AS AL Allawi, Sana D Jalal, Jaladet MS Jubrael. Duhok Med J 2012;5(2):69-75.

6.   Sickle cell disease in the Kurdish population of northern Iraq.Al-Allawi NA, Jalal SD, Nerwey FF, Al-Sayan GO, Al-Zebari SS, Alshingaly AA, Markous RD, Jubrael JM, Hamamy H. Hemoglobin. 2012;36(4):333-42

7.     Philadelphia-chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia manifested as aberrant myeloid expression in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Hassanain H. Hassan, Sana Delawar.  www.BloodMed .com, edited by Barbara Bain .Case report and images.2012

8.     XMN1 polymorphisim in beta thalassemic patients in the Duhok region-Iraq. Nasir Al Allawi, Farida F Neirway, Dilan Jasim, Sharaza Q Omer , Sana D Jalal , Raji D Marous. DMJ ,2012;6(1) :1-7.

9.     The spectrum of alfa thalassemia mutations in the Kurdish population of Northeastern Iraq. Nasir A allaw , Sana D Jalal, Najeeb  S Rasheed ,Nosheen Bayat,  Hashem Imanian, Hossein Najmabadi and Azad H Faraj .Hemoglobin,2013;37(1) :56-64.

10.  The Spectrum of β-thalassemia mutations in Baghdad – Central Iraq. Nasir AS Al-Allawi, Bassam MS Al-Musawi, Ameer I Ahmed, Sana D Jalal. Hemoglobin.2013;37(5):444-53.

11.  The first five years of preventive programme for haemoglobinopathies in Northeastern Iraq. Nasir AS Al Allawi , Sana D Jalal, Najmaddin H Ahmed, Azad H Faraj, Awaz Shalli and Hanan Al Hamamy. J Med Screen, 2013; 20(4):171-176.

12.  Beta thalassemia Intermedia in Northern Iraq: A single center experience. Nasir AS Al Allawi, Sana D Jalal, Ameen M Mahmood, Sharaza Q Omer, and Raji SD Markous. Biomed Research International, Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 262853, 9 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/262853 .

13.  Immunophynotypic aberrancies in acute lymphoblastic leukemia from 282 Iraqi patients. Int J Lab Hem 2017;1-8.

14.  A case report of young female with plasma cell leukemia. Rashed NG, Jalal SD. IJH, 2017; 6:94-96.

15.  Immunological profile of acute myeloid leukemia in Kurdistan Iraq. Salim AW, Jalal SD. DMJ, 2018; 12(1):1-12.

16.  The incidence of thrombocytopenia among 600 pregnant ladies in Sulaimani-Iraq. Hassan NH, Shalli AA, Jalal SD and Mustafa AR. JSMC, 2017; 7(4):355-360.

17.  Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in the Middle East Is Characterized by Low Incidence Rates With Advancing Age. Rafil T. Yaqo, Sana D. Jalal, MBChB2; Kharaman J. Ghafour, Hemin A. Hassan, and Michael D. Hughson. J of Global Oncology. DOI https://doi.org/10. 1200/JGO.18.00241.

18.  A female with classical paroxysmalnocturnal hemoglobinuria misdiagnosed as megaloblastic anemia. Jalal SD, Saeed Sh M, Rashid NG, Saeed AS. Case report. IJH.2019; 8(2):81-83.

19.  The evaluation of platelets parameters in patients with acute coronary syndrome from single cardiac center in northeastern Iraq. Abdullah KH  , Shalli AAK, Muhammad AI, Jalal SD JKBMS.2021;7(2).Accepted paper.

20.  Pattern, clinical and laboratory features from of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients from Kurdistan-Iraq. Muhammed DJ, Jalal SD, Yassin AK, Muhammad AI .JKBMS.2021;7(2).Accepted paper.

21.  Beta-Thalassemia Intermedia: A Single Thalassemia Center .Experience from Northeastern Iraq. Amin SS, Jalal SD, Ali KM, Mohammed AI, Rasool LK, Osman TJ.  BioMed Research International .https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/2807120.

22.  ABO Blood Groups and Thrombophilia Markers in Patients with Unstimulated Thrombosis in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Ali Ibrahim Mohammed AI, Abdulqader AMR, Jalal SD, Mahmood SN.Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis; 26: 1-6.

23.   The Outcome of Acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 109 Adult Iraqi Patients. Dunya J. Mohammed, Sana D. Jalal,   Ahmed K. Yassin, Ali I. Mohammed Nasir A. Al-Allawi) . IJTB, (DOI: 10.1007/s12288-020-01345-1). In publication.

24.  Molecular Characterization and Disease-Related Morbidities of β-Thalassemia Patients from the Northeastern Part of Iraq. Amin SS, Jalal SD, Ali KM, Rasool LK, Osman TJ, Omed Ali, Abdullhameed  M-Saeed.  International Journal of General Medicine 2020:13 1453–1467.

25.  Genetic epidemiology of hemoglobinopathies among Iraqi Kurds .Nasir Al-Allawi1 & Sarah Al Allawi2 & Sana D. Jalal. Journal of Community Genetics (2021) 12:5–14https://doi.org/10.1007/s12687-020-00495-z.

26.  The contribution of CD200 to the diagnostic accuracy of Matutes score in the diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in limited resources laboratories. Sana Dlawar Jalal .PLoS ONE 16(2): e0247491. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247491.

27-The Impact of JAK2 V617F, CALR, and MPL Mutations as Molecular   Diagnostic Markers of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms in Kurdish Patients. A Single-center Experience. Maysam Basim Najm, Sana Dlawar Jalal, Hisham Arif Getta. Cellular and molecular biology (2022),68(8);202-209.https://doi.org/10.14715/cmb/2022.68.8.34%20%20%20

Membership of International Professional Bodies

1.     British Society of Haematology (BSH) since 2015.

2.     International Society of Laboratory Haematology (ISLAH) since 2016.

3.     International Clinical Cytometry Society (ICCS) since 2020.

Other Activities:

1. Active attendance of virtual international webinars, workshops, and conferences relevant to haematopathology.

2. Attending many training courses and workshops inside and outside Iraq (Turkey, Amman, Dubai, Germany, UK, Italy ….) regarding the new and advanced techniques in hematopathology and molecular hematology (HPLC in thalassemia diagnosis, molecular diagnostic techniques, immunophenotyping of leukemia lymphoma and thalassemia).

3. Active attendance of seminars of pathology department & seminars of Sulaimani School of medicine.

4. Awarded a grant from the EU for exchange programme at University of Cagliari-Italy 2016. The course was one month training at premarital training center.

5. Short clinical attachment in Hammersmith hospital as clinical observer in pathology department for 45 days, summer 2014 at the haematopathology department headed by Professor Kikkeri Naresh at that time.

6.     October 2013 – Train the Trainer Course. The Royal college of Pathologists – Erbil Iraq.

7. The European Haematology Association (EHA) & European School of Haematology (ESH) 2009, 2010. (Lebanon).

8. 1st Genetic conference & workshop in Aen (UAE), where I presented Sulaimani Thalassemia Preventive Program 2008 .