Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 6th January 1962

Place of Birth: Baghdad, Iraq

Citizenship: Iraqi

Academic Position: Assistant Professor

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

MBChB, University of Baghdad

MRCS, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland

PhD in Anatomy, IIUM, Malaysia.

WORKING EXPERIENCE

1. Chairperson of Nursing department College of Medicine; Komar University for Science and Technology. September 2021-present

2. Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, IIUM 2009-2021

3. Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Tikrit University, Iraq 2008-2009

4. Specialist Surgeon, Sheba Hospital, Sana`a, Yemen, 2006-2007

5. Assistant professor, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Thamar University, Yemen 2005-2006

6. Demonstrator in Anatomy, College of Medicine, Sana`a University, Yemen 2001-2005

7. Senior House officer in General Surgery in Al-Karama Teaching Hospital , Baghdad, Iraq 1998-2001

FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION

1. Gross Anatomy

2. Applied Anatomy

CURRENT ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES

1. General Human Anatomy for undergraduate medical students.

2. Anatomy of Head and Neck for Dentistry department.

CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

Chairperson of Nursing department, College of Medicine; Komar University for Science and Technology.

National/ International Membership in Professional Bodies/ Associations

1. Member of Iraqi Medical Association.

2. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland since 2004

3. Member of Asian Breast Disease Association. (ABDA)

4. Coordinator of the Iraqi International Medical Association in Malaysia

5. Member of the United Iraqi Medical Association UK and Ireland (UIMA)

RESEARCH / CONSULTANCY / INNOVATION

1. CORRELATION OF LEPTIN WITH CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF BREAST CANCER.

2. ANATOMICAL VARIATIONS OF CELIAC TRUNK AND HEPATIC ARTERIAL SYSTEM IN RETROSPECTIVE MULTI DETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY

3. IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF LEPTIN AND LEPTIN RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN MALAYSIAN PATIENTS WITH COLON CANCER

PRESENTATIONS

1. Oral presentation in 13th Asia-Pacific Oncologists Annual Meeting Kuala lumpur on 17-19 October 2016 entitled as: “Serum Leptin in invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast”

2. Poster presentation in 13th Asia-Pacific Oncologists Annual Meeting Kuala lumpur on 17-19 October 2016 entitled as: “Serum Leptin in invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast”

3. Poster presentation. Multiple renal arteries with an ascending upward renal vein of the right kidney: A case report. IIUM Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition (IRIIE) 2014 International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)

4. Oral Presentation: Correlation of leptin with clinico-pathological features of breast cancer, Third International Conference on Molecular Diagnostics & Biomarker Discovery 2018, 24 – 25 Sept 2018, Penang, Malaysia

5. Poster Presentation: Duplication of Inferior Vena Cava- Case report of an anatomic variation: The Malaysian Anatomical Association Conference (MAAC) 2019. 4th - 5th September 2019, Marina Putrajaya, Malaysia.

6. Oral Presentation: Possible role of leptin and leptin receptor in breast carsinogenesis: International Conference on Oncology and Virology 2019, 13 – 14 December 2019 Bangkok, Thailand

7. Poster Presentation: Usefulness of Alvarado Score for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in hospitals of poor resources. 1st Kufa Medical College International Poster presentation Conference for Surgical Specialties. 3rd March 2020, Faculty of Medicine, Kufa Medical College, Iraq.