CURRICULUM VITAE
November, 2009
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KASSIM ABDUL HAMID ABDUL KARIM
AL_SAUDI
11 Feb. 1944 - Baghdad, Iraq
Iraqi
Muslim
Married
Two: Son/ Married
Daughter/ Married
PRESENT POST:
Professor of Pharmacology
APPOINTMENT:
16 March, 1996
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATION:
1. M.B., Ch.B, (Medicine & Surgery):(1976)
Faculty of Medicine
University of Baghdad
Iraq
2. Ph. D. (Pharmacology):(1976)
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow
U.K
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES:
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4.
Iraqi Medical Association.
Iraqi Cancer Society.
Iraqi Medical Society.
Iraqi Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES:
a. Faculty of Medicine, University of Baghdad,
 1976-1996: Member of the Department Board.
 1978-1996:Member of the Scientific Research Committee.
 1978-1996:Member of the Central Library Committee for
the selection of Books
 1978-1996: Member of the Higher Studies Committee.
 1984-1987: Member of the Quality Control Assessment Committee
(Ministry of Planning).
 1989-1996: Member of the National Board for the Selection of
Drugs (Ministry of Health).
 1992-1996: Member of the Scientific Promotion Committee of Staff
Members.

1976-1996:Chairman or Member of Several Exammining
Committees for M.Sc. or Ph.D. Degrees in the fields of
Pharmacology, Physiology, Pharmacognosy, Toxicology
and Medicine, at the Faculty of Medicine and pharmacy
of:
- University of Baghdad
- University of Mustansyria
- University of Mosul
- Nehrain University
b. Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology,
 1996 - 2001: Member or Chairman of the Department Scientific
Research Committee.
 1996 - 2001: Member or Chairman of the faculty Scientific
Research Committee.
 1996 - Present: Member of the University Scientific Research
Board.
 1996 - 2005: Member of the Faculty Board.
 1997 - 2000: Member of the Faculty Ethical Committee.
 1998 -2000: Member of the Faculty committee for Postgraduate
Studies.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (As Part of Supervision of M.Sc. Studies):
a. 1973 – 1974: The effect of anoroxient drugs on gastric secretion in
dogs.
b. 1973 – 1976: Intestinal phase of gastric secretion.
c. 1977 - 1979: Studies on the effects of different drugs on systemic
and peripheral vascular beds at two levels of temperature.
d. 1978 - 1981: The biological effects of inhaled welding fume.
e. 1979 - 1981: A comparative study of the effect of secretin,
proglumide and cimetidine on induced gastric ulcers and serum
calcium level in reserpinized and reserpinized pylorus ligated rats.
f. 1982 - 1984: The role of brain GABA in changes of seizure
susceptibility induced by variations in blood glucose level.
g. 1984 - 1986: A study on the induction and treatment of stress
gastric ulcer in rats.
h. 1986 - 1988: A study of the effects of some drugs on stress gastric
ulcer in rats.
i. 1989 - 1991: Gastric lesions and the central nervous system in the
rat.
WARKSHOPS:
1. Methods in Scientific Research. Organized by the Faculty of
Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Feb. 2226, 1997, Irbid, Jordan.
2. Improving Oral and Clinical Medical Examinations. Organized
conjointly by the center for Educational Development for Health
Personnel, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan and the
Royal College of General Practitioners, London,UK., Marc, 29-31,
1997, Amman, Jordan.
3. Evidence Based Medicine. Organized conjointly by the Faculty of
Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology and Drug
Safety Research Unit, Southampton, UK. April, 12, 2001, Irbid,
Jordan.
4. Content and Assessment Strategies in an Integrated Medical
Curriculum. Organized by the Faculty of Medicine, Jordan
University of Science and Technology. April, 19, 2001, Irbid,
Jordan.
5. Designing a Faculty Development Program-Organized conjointly
by the Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and
Technology and Harved Medical School, (Office of Educational
Development) Boston, USA. June, 18-21, 2001, Irbid, Jordan.
6. WHO GCP meeting: Informal consultation to Review WHO's
Guidelines on Good Clinical Practice. Sep. 10-12, 2001. Geneva.
7. Pharmacovigilance-Organized conjointly by the Faculty of
Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology and Drug
Safety Research Unit, Southampton, UK., March, 27, 2002.
8. WHO GCP meeting: 2nd Informal consultation to Review WHO's
Guidelines on Good Clinical Practice. Dec. 2-5, 2002. Geneva.
9. Training course: Testing and Evaluation "University
Examinations". Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science
and Technology. July, 6-7, 2005.
10. Training course: Lectures by power point presentation. Faculty of
Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology. June, 2529, 2006.
11. Preparing Examination questions (MCQ). Academic Research
Center. Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and
Technology. June, 2008.
PAPERS PRESENTED AT NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCES:
1. The effect of proglumide and cimetidine on ulcer production and
serum calcium level of reserpinized rats. IUPHAR 8th. International
Congress of Pharmacology, Tokyo, 1981.
2. Paradoxical effect of histamine on pulmonary vascular bed in the
rabit. 66th. Annual Meeting of the Fedaration of American Societies
for Experimental Biology (FASEB), New Orleans 1982.
3. The effect of proglumide and cimetidine on gastric acidity in rats. 67th
Annual Meeting of the Fedaration of (FASEB), 1983.
4. The relation of gastric acidity and serum calcium level to gastric
ulceration in rats. IUPHAR 9th. International Congress of
Pharmacology, London, 1984.
5. The variation in gastric ulceration and serum calcium level according
to age and sex in reserpinized rats. III World Conference on Clinical
Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Stockholm, 1986.
6. The influence of age and sex on gastric ulceration and serum calcium
in rats. IUPHAR 10th. International Congress of Pharmacology,
Sydney, 1987.
7. Gastric ulceration and biochemical changes following stress in rats.
5th. Southeast Asian and Western Pacific Regional Meeting of
Pharmacologists, Bejing, 1988.
8. The relation of age and sex to gastric ulceration and serum calcium
level in reserpinized rats. 5th. Southeast Asian and Western Pacific
Regional Meeting of Pharmacologists, Bejing, 1988.
9. The protective effect of nifedipine against alcohol induced gastric
mucosal injury in rats. 4th. International Symposium on Calcium
antagonists: Pharmacology and Clinical Research, Florence, 1989.
10. The effect of water immersion stress on gastric mucosa, serum
calcium, phosphate and glucose levels in rats. The fifth National
Medical Congress, Baghdad, 1989.
11. The effect of verapamil on stress gastric ulcer in rats. The fifth
National Medical Congress, Baghdad, 1989.
12. The effect of CGS 9896 on stress-induced gastric ulcer in rats. The
Fifth National Medical Congress, Baghdad, 1989.
13. Verapamil versus cimetidine in preventing stress-induced gastric ulcer
in rats. The Fifth National Medical Congress, Baghdad, 1989.
14. Lallemantia iberica leaves promote wound healing in mice. The 27 th.
Pan Iraqi Medical Congress, Baghdad, 1991.
15. CGS 9896 attenuates stress-induced gastric mucosal damage in rats.
The 11th Scientific Day, Faculty of Medicine, JUST, 1997.
16. The Effect of Nifedipine on alcohol-induced gastric mucosal damage
in rats. The 13th Scientific Day, Faculty of Medicine, JUST, 1999.
17. Current drug use situation in Jordan. The 14th Scientific day, Faculty
of Medicine, JUST, 2000.
18. Nifedipine can prevent alcohol-induced gastric mucosal damage in
rats. VII World Conference on Clinical Pharmacology and
Therapeutics, Florence, Italy, 2000.
19. Effect of lamotrigine on a novel model of epilepsy. VII World
Conference on Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Florence,
Italy, 2000.
PUBLICATIONS:
I. BOOKS:
1. Co-author of the Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Nursing in arabic.
University Press, Dar-Alhikma Publishing Bureau, Ministry of Research
and Higher Education, Baghdad, IRAQ.
2. Co-author in the translation of Goth-Medical Pharmacology into arabic.
II. PAPERS:
1. Waton, N.G. and Karim, K.H. The effects of fenfluramine and 780SE on
stimulated acid secretions of the stomach of dogs. Postgraduate Medical
Journal, 1975, 51 (Suppl. 1), 68.
2. AL-Hachim, G. and Karim, K.H The peripheral action of catecholamines
on satiety and hunger centres . Journal of Faculty of Medicine, Baghdad,
1981, 23, No.1, 7-15.
3. AL-Khalidi, A., Karim, K.H and Mahmood, S.R. Paradoxical effect of
histamine on the pulmonary vascular bed in the rabbit. IRCS Medical
Science, 1982, 10, 329-330.
4. Karim, K.H.., Jawad, F. H. and AL-Thamer, S.N. The effects of
proglumide and cimetidine on ulcer production and serum calcium level
of reserpinized rats. Journal of Faculty of Medicine, Baghdad, 1983, 24,
No.3, 127-135.
5. Farjou, I.B., Karim, K.H , Jaddou, H. and Hammoudi, H. Effect of
feeding upon irradiated Zahdi dates in mice and rats. IRCS Medical
Science, 1983, 11 853-854.
6. Farjou, I.B., AL-Wandawi, H., Karim, K.H , Jawad, F.H., Tawfiq,
N.H.and Sadik, S. Effect of feeding on Roselle (Hibiscus Sabdariffa L. )
seeds in mice and rats. Nutritional Reports International, 1983, 28, No.5,
1189-1196.
7. Farjou, I.B., Avadais, T. Y. and Karim, K.H. Hyperglycemia-induced
alterations in brain GABA and seizure threshold. IRCS Medical Science,
1985, 13, 645-646.
8. Al-Shamma, K.J., Karim, K.H. and Al-Geno, G.M. The effects of inhaled
flux coated electrode (OK 46.00) welding fume on the lungs of rats.
Journal of Community Medicine, Baghdad, 1988, 1, No.1, 11-19.
9. Najim, R.A. and Karim, K.H. Effect of CGS 9896 on stress-induced
gastric ulcer in rats. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology &
Physiology, 1990, 17,157-161.
10. Najim, R.A. and Karim, K.H. Protection against ethanol-induced gastric
damage by drugs acting at the GABA-benzodiazepine receptor complex.
Psychopharmacology. 1991, 103, 110-114.
11. Al-Mashhadani, W.M., Karim, K.H., Al-Taie, R.I. and Al-Zahawi, H.M.
Nifedipine versus cimetidine in preventing stress-induced gastric ulcers in
rats. European Journal of Pharmacology, 1991, 192 (1), 117-121.
12. Karim, K.H., Najim, R.A. and Abdula, F.M. The protective effect of the
aqueous extract of Lallemantia iberica leaves against ethanol-induced
gastric damage in rats. Annals of Medical Journal, Mosul, 1991, 17, 49-52.
13. Avadais, T.Y., Farjou, I.B., Karim, K.H. Effect of GABA modifying
agents on seizure susceptibility in insulin hypoglycemic mice. Journal
Faculty of Medicine, Baghdad 1993 Vol, 35 No.4, 399-410.
14. Najim, R.A. and Karim, K.H. Prevention of ethanol- induced gastric
damage by the imidazobenzodiazepine Ro 15-4513 and Ro 15-3505 in
rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behaviour, 1993, 45. 597-599.
15. Karim, K.H. The Protective effect of nifedipine against alcohol-induced
gastric mucosal injury in rats. Iraqi Medical Journal, 1993, 272-280
16. Najim, R.A., Karim, K.H. and Al-Hadithi, R.H. Lallemantia iberica
promote wound healing in mice. The scientific Journal of Tikrit
University. The Medical Section, 1996,2, 49-54.
17. Khadour, F.H., Karim, K.H. and Najim, R.A. Drugs acting at central
benzodiazepine receptors attenuate ethanol-induced gastric lesions in
rats. European Journal of Pharmacology, 1996, 298, 271-277.
18. Hasan. Z.A., Hasan. M.M., Karim K. H, and Woolley D. E. Effects of
propofol and thiopentone on pilocarpine-induced limbic seizures in the
rat. Biomedical letters, 1999, 60, 55-63.
19. Karim (Al-Saudi), K.H., and Allah-Werdi, F.S. Gastric ulceration and
biochemical changes following stress in rats. (in preparation).
20. Karim (Al-Saudi), K.H., Jawad, F.H. and Al-Thamer, S.N. The relation of
age and sex to gastric ulceration and serum calcium level in reserpinized
rats. (in preparation).
21. Karim (Al-Saudi), K.H., Jawad, F.H. and Al-Thamer, S.N. The relation of
gastric acidity and serum calcium level to gastric ulceration in rats. (in
preparation)
22. Otoom, S., Bateiha, A., Hadidi, H., Hasan, M. and Karim (Al-Saudi),
K.H.. Evaluation of drug use in Jordan using WHO prescribing
indicators. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2002, 8 , No.4/5, 537543.
23. Otoom, S., Bateiha, A., Hadidi, H., Hasan, M. and Karim (Al-Saudi),
K.H.. Evaluation of drug use in Jordan using WHO Patient care and
health facility indicators. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2002, 8,
No.4/5, 544-549.
24. Karim (Al-Saudi), K.H., Zahawi, H.M., Hameed, O.K. and Hasan, Z..
Nifedipine can prevent ethanol-induced gastric mucosal damage in
rats. (in preparation).
25. Bani Hani, I., Karim (Al-Saudi), K.H., Alkafaji, A.. Innovative learning
approaches in an established Medical School-The experience at JUST in
Jordan. Eastern Mediterranian Health Journal, 2003, 9 , No.5/6,10841092.
REFEREES:
1. Professor W. C Bowman
Dept. of Pharmacology and Physiology
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow – UK
2. Professor M. Hasan
Head Dept. of Pharmacology
Faculty of Medicine
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Irbid, Jordan
3. Professor H. Hadidi
Dept. of Pharmacology
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Irbid, Jordan