Curriculum Vitae Fadwa Jameel Altaf Professor of patholoy & Consultant Pathologist M.D., FRCPC, F.I.A.C. Jeddah P.O. Box 51241, Saudi Arabia 21543 : fadwaaltaf@yahoo.com Mobile 00966 505654146 Fax 009662 629 0330 Present Employer: King Abdulaziz University P.O. Box 80215 Jeddah 21589 Saudi Arabia Contact Numbers: Work (Hosp): 640-1000 ext 17084 Office(Hospital): 640-8429 Faculty: 640-3393 ext 24015 QUALIFICATIONS F. R.C. P. (C ) F.I.A.C. Canadian Board in Anatomic Pathology from the Royal College of Physician and Surgeon of Canada, June 1991. Cytopathology Board from the International Academy of Cytology, August 2002 Present Job: 1. Professor of patholoy king Abdull Aziz University. Teaching activities: Medical students teaching third and fourth year medical, third year Dentistry, second year Nursing. MRCPath Residency program teaching. Hospital rounds teaching. 2 Consultant Pathologist at King Abdulaziz University Hospital since Oct 1993 3. Consultant Cytopathologist at King Abdulaziz University Hospital since Augast 2002 Areas of Interest: Surgical pathology: Breast pathology, Gynecological pathology, Hematopathology.GIT pathology Cytopathology: Breast-cytopathology, fine needle aspiration cytology and gynecological cytology Education Undergraduate: 1978 – 1984: Six years of Medical School at King Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAU), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. June 1984: M. B; Ch. B from King Abdulaziz University with VERY GOOD GRADE & Second-degree honour. good grade and second degree honor. August 1984 to July 1985: Rotating Internship at KAUH including: Month of General Medicine 4 months of General Surgery 2 months of Paediatric. 2 months of Obstetrics and 2 months Gynaecology Month of Elective in Haematology Postgraduate Training: Sept. 1985- Nov. 1986: Resident in Haematology at KAUH under the supervision of Professor Awad Omer (Head of Department). March 1987: Passed the Canadian Evaluating Examination for Foreign Graduates. July 1987-June 1988: First year residency in Anatomical Pathology at the University of Toronto, rotating between Sunny brook Hospital and Womens College Hospital. July 1988-June 1991: Resident 2 and Residnet 3, and Senior Registrar in Anatomical Pathology at McGill University, rotating between Montreal General Hospital, Montreal Children Hospital, Jewish General Hospital and the Royal Victoria Hospital. Training: Histopathology, autopsies, Frozen Section., Paediatric Pathology, Cytology, Fine Needle Aspiration cytology, Neuropathology and Forensic Pathology (Medico Legal Institute) Responsibilities: Residnet 1, 2 & 3: Cutting surgical specimens, sign them out, performing autopsies, and frozen section, presenting interesting cases all under the supervision of staff pathologists. Chief Resident (year 4) Cutting surgical specimens, sign them out with staff pathologist doing electron microscopy when necessary. Dealing with all frozen section calls, performing autopsies and signing them out completely. Presenting pathology in clinical conferences, teaching medical students and junior pathology residents. Supervision of junior pathology residents in processing all pathology specimens. Presenting interesting cases with literature review in pathology meetings. June 1991: Certified as a Fellow in Anatomical Pathologyby the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada(FRCPC). Augast 1998 Member of international Academy of Cytopathology Augast 2002: Certified as Fellow of international Academy of Cytopathology Academic Activities: November 1993: Appointed as an Assistant Professor King Abdulaziz University, Department of Pathology January 1994 Promoted as Consultant Pathologist 1994 – present Teaching Pathology course to candidates of Obstetrics & Gynaecology joining Arab Board & MRCOG 1996 – present Running Gynaecological Pathology Conferences 2002 Promoted to Associated Professor at KAU. 2003-2005 Member of Ethical Committee 2004 Coordinator for the pathology department in female section. Coordinator of the pathology department in the development of museumes in female & male section. 2005-present 2006 June Coordrenatore Of Pathology Club Western Region. Promoted to Professor of pathology at KAU Previous Adminstrative Posts: 1. Director of MRCPath residency training program / Histopathology, 19951997, Jeddah, K.S.A. 2. Academic supervisor on all laboratories an stores of Faculty of Medicine, Female Section1999 (1419). 3. Organizer of Histopatholoy course in the International Pathology Symposium (1417) 1997. 4. Faculty representative in the General Public Relationship in the University, Female section 1996(1416). 5. Member of Faculty Puclic Relation Committee. 6. Assisstant of the Vice Dean for Female Section 1999 (20/2/1419). 7. Acting Head of Pathology Department year 2000. 8. Head section of Histopathology lab KAUH, 2000. 9. Academic Supervisor to a group of 3rd year students. 10. Member of public relation committe in the medical collage. 1997-1999 11. Member of Oncology Committee 2001 2005 12. Coordinator of Gastrointestinal module since 2004 up till now 13. Chairing thecommitee of department of pathology for post graduate to write diploma degree 1994 14. Chairing thecommitee of department of pathology for post graduate to write Master degree 1995 15. Chairing thecommitee of department of pathology for post graduate to write clinical PHDdegree 2008 Other Hospitals Affiliations: 1. May 15 – June 1993: Worked at al Noor Mospital in Makkah to supervise, regulate and evaluate the histopatholgy department in addition to participating the routine work with other pathologists. 2. Aug. – Sept. 1993: Locum for 2 months at Royal Commission (RCH) Hospital at Yanbu. 3. May – June 1994: One month locum, RCH (Yanbu) 4. July 2 – Aug. 8, 1995: Al Hada & Prince Sultan Armed Forces Hospital & Rehabilitation Center 5. Nov 1997- Feb 1998: King Khalid Natinal Guard Hospital Worked as Head Sectin and single handed pahtologis for Histopathology, cytology and E.M. service. Participated in Internal and External Quality Control Programs. Covered fine Needle Aspiration Cytology Clinic and all teaching activities with other departments. Head of tissue Committee and tumor Board Committee. 6. Feb. – March 2001: King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Jeddah 1 month locum 7. Oct2002- present Consultant Pathologist At Al kadra Privte labratoris Meeting and CME Activities 1. Attended the AIP in March 1988 in USA. During the meeting attended 5 courses including liver biopsy interpretation, update on cardiac pathology, benign and malignant tumors of bone, problems in diagnosis and treatment. And gastrointestinal pathology. 2. Attended the Canadian Congress of Laboratory Medicine, June 1989 attending five workshops. 3. Attended the Quebec association of pathologist symposium about cytology of thyroid gland and its differential diagnosis. 4. Attend IAP course August 11-17 1990 Anna Arbor Michigan. 5. Attended Quebec Association of pathologists meeting on Lung Pathology 1990. 6. Attended the Canadian Congress of Laboratory Medicine June 23-27 1991. 7. Attended Harvard Medical School course on Surgical Pathology in 1991. 8. Participated in “Improving University Teaching" Course in King Abdulaziz University course” 1994. 9. Attended the Biostatitics course organized by Tufts University December 1994. 10. Attended a course at KAU entitled “Student and University Teacher Continuous Assessment”. 11. Attended and participated in the first oncology symposium in Jeddah, 9-11 January 1995. 12. Attended “Current Concepts in Surgical Pathology: Symposium 28-29 November 1995, Riyadh, KSA. 13. Attended “Application of Molecular Biology to Medicine” Workshop 9-20th of March 1996. King Fahad Research Center. Jeddah, KSA 14. Attended “Clinical Applications of Molecular Genetics” Course 2-6th of March 1996, KAUH, Jeddah, KSA. 15. Participate in workshop by ASCP November 1997, “Fine Needle Aspiration, General Update”. 16. Participated in CAP Surgical Pathology Improving Program, 1997. 17. Participated in CAP Cervicovaginal Cytopathology Program, 1997. 18. Participated in International Symposium of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. November 1997 organization And sientific committees 19. Attended Bone tumor Seminar December 1997 at King Fisal Specialist Hospital. 20. Attended a Symposium on Osteoporosis, October 1998. 21. Attended Fine Needle Aspiration and Cervical Cytology Workshop on November 1998. 22. Participate in a workshop on Writing of Research proposal and scientific papers and editing for Medical Journals November 1998. 23. Attend the 17 th European Congress Of Pathology in Barcelona, Spain, Sept 18-23 1999 24. Attended Comprehensive Approach to Diagnostic Pathology Symposium, 29th November – 1December 1999 at King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh. 25. Educational attatchment with Dr. David Page, Breast Pathologist at Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, U.S.A., August 2000 (for 1 month). 26. Participation in the symposium held at King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Jeddah “current Topics in the Diagnosis and Management of Breast Pathology” 24 January 2001. 27. Attended a workshop held at King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Jeddah “Writing Scientific Paper, Basic Principle of Biostatistics / Epidemiology, Computer, Internet and Biomedical Research. 4th April 2001. 28. Attended Symposium Blood Transfusion Medicine at King Faisal Spital & Reserch Center jeddah 26th February 2001. 29. Attended the symposium titled “Breast Diseases” held at King Abdulaziz Hospital and Oncology Center on 8-9/11/1422H corresponding 22-23/1/2002 G. 30. Attended a symposium on Disease of Colon and Rectum in King Abdulziz Hospital and Oncology Center on 16 and 17 of April 2002. 31. Attendance of “Medical Curriculum Development” held at King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences on 23-25 Safar 1423 H (6-8 May 2002). 32. Completion of 2002 interlaboratory comparison program in cervicovaginal cytopathology in the College of American Pathologists with certificate of continuing medical education on April 2002. 33. Attended the 12th Course of Cytopathology Qubec, Canada 21-27 July 2002. 34. Board of cytopathology Examination administered by the International Academy of Cytology on 29 August 2002. 35. Attended The International Symposium& workshop on ‘Assessing Application of Knowledge with written Test and Objective Structured Clinical Exams Workshop “At King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences and King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Academic and training Affairs 28-30 Oct 2002.17/7/1423 36. Attended a workshop held at King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Jeddah “Writing Scientific Paper, Basic Principle of Biostatistics / Epidemiology, Computer, Internet and Biomedical Research. 4th April 2001. 37. Attend Workshop on “Accelerated Learning”, February 2003. 38. Attend Symposium of Multidisciplinary Breast Care on December 7-9,2003 At Jeddah Meridien Hotel. 39. Completion of 2003 interlaboratory comparison program in cervicovaginal cytopathology in the College of American Pathologists with a certificate of continuing medical education on April 2002. 40. Completion of 2004 interlaboratory comparison program in Surgicalpathology in the College of American Pathologists with certificate of continuing medical education on April 2002. 41. Completion of 2004 interlaboratory comparison program in Cytopathology from the College of American Pathologists and obtained the certificate of continuing medical education 42. Completion of 2004 interlaboratory comparison program in cervicovaginal cytopathology in the College of American Pathologists with a certificate of continuing medical education on April 2002. 43. Attended01st KAUH Stategic Planning Workshop 09-10D,Qa’da st st 1425H/21 -22 December 2004 at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah. 44. Active participation of gynaepathology meeting 1997-2009 45. Attended Symposium “Recent Advances in Surgical Pathology”, 10-11 May 2005 / 02-03 Rabia Al Thani 1426 at King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh. 46. Lecturing on Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy , May 16, 2005 / 8th Rabi Thani 1426 at King Fahd General Hospital Research Center. 47. Attended the Seventtenth International Arabdivision in Amman 10-12 Nov, 2005. 48. Participate by oral presentation in the Seventtenth Intenational Academy of Pathology Arabdivision and presenting a sientific paper “Cervical Cancer Screening in Saudi Arabia” 12 Nov, 2005. 49. Attended and participate in the 1st International Saudi Symposium of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 21-23 Nov, 2005. 50. Completion of 2005 interlaboratory comparison program in Surgica lpathology from the College of American Pathologists and obtained the certificate of continuing medical education. 51. Completion of 2005 interlaboratory comparison program in Cytopathology from the College of American Pathologists and obtained the certificate of continuing medical education 52. Completion of 2005 interlaboratory comparison program in Gynepathology from the College of American Pathologists and obtained the certificate of continuing medical education Academy of Pathology 53. Attended a Course Titeled “ How to Create Your Online Lecture “ in King Abdulaziz University on March 1st 2006. 15-17 R.Awal 1427 54. Attended a course on " How to utilize an Excell Program" at King Abdulaziz University from 4 to 7 March 2006. 55. Attended a course on utilization of (SPSS) at King Abdulaziz University on 25 nd 26 March 2006. 56. Attended a Course Titeled “ The Implementation and Assesment of Outcome - Based Implementation and Curricula “ from 15 to 17 April 2006. 57. Attended a Course Titeled “ Learning To Lead“at King Abdulaziz University 18/11 2006 27/10/ 1427 58. Attended a Course Titeled “ Weekend of Pathology “ in Chicago-USA from 16 to 18 June 2006. 59. Completion of 2006 interlaboratory comparison program in Surgicalpatholog from the College of American Pathologists and obtained the certificate of continuing medical education. 60. Completion of 2006 interlaboratory comparison program in Cytopathology from the College of American Pathologists and obtained the certificate of continuing medical education. 61. Completion of 2006 interlaboratory comparison program in cervicovaginal cytopathology in the College of American Pathologists with a certificate of continuing medical education on April 2002. 62. Attend and participate in the symposium “Up date in Oncologic& Molecular Pathology” held at King King Faisal Specialist Hospital Research Center Jeddah.30-31 May 2006. 19/2/1427 63. Completion of 2006 interlaboratory comparison program in Surgica lpathology from the College of American Pathologists and obtained the certificate of continuing medical education. 64. Completion of 2006 interlaboratory comparison program in Cytopathology from the College of American Pathologists and obtained the certificate of continuing medical education 65. Completion of 2006 interlaboratory comparison program in Gynepathology from the College of American Pathologists and obtained the certificate of continuing medical education 66. Attended the 3rd Saudi General Surgery Socity Scientific Meeting and the 1st El-Eman Cancer Society Scientific Meeting held on 23-25 Safar 1428H. /13-15 March 2007 at King AbdulAziz University 67. Attended in workshop of "How to Design an Item Bank Exam "held at King AbdulAziz University from 7-8 April 2007 68. Attended in the workshop of Problem-Based Learning held at King AbdulAziz University from 20-21 March 2007 69. Participate and attend a symposium in Colposcopy with held on 3April 2007/15 R. Awal 1428H. at Meridian Hotel – Jeddah 70. Participate in the 3rd Saudi General Surgery Socity Scientific Meeting and the 1st El-Eman Cancer Society Scientific Meeting held on 23-25 Safar 1428H. /13-15 March 2007 at King AbdulAziz University. 71. Chairman and General Organizer of "Update of Cytopathology and Fine Needle Aspiration Workshops" 28th – 30th of May 2007 72. Coordination of Pathology Club Western Region from 2005 till today. 73. Participate in Breast Awarness program carried by minestry of health in Oct 2007. 74. Attend and participate in Symposium of Saudi Society of Laboratory Medicine 29- 31 Oct. 2007. 75. Attend The Sixth Symposium of Goulf Country Council and the second Medical Educatin Conference Nov 9-11, 2007 KAU Jeddah 76. Attend The Symposium of Recent Advances Of Laboratory Medicine 1921 Nov. 2007. Riyadh. King Fahad National Guard Hospital And King Abdullah University For Health Sinces 77. Attend The Symposium of Recent Advances Of Laboratory Medicine 1921 Nov. 2007. Riyadh. King Fahad National Guard Hospital And King Abdullah University For Health Sinces 78. Completion of 2007 interlaboratory comparison program in Surgica lpathology from the College of American Pathologists and obtained the certificate of continuing medical education. 79. Completion of 2007 interlaboratory comparison program in Cytopathology from the College of American Pathologists and obtained the certificate of continuing medical education 80. Completion of 2007 interlaboratory comparison program in Gynepathology from the College of American Pathologists and obtained the certificate of continuing medical education 81. Attend XXVII International Congress Of The International Academy Of Pathology. Attens Geece 12-17 October 2008 attended workshops and courses in Brest pathology lymphoma,Gyneapathology. 82. Completion of 2008 interlaboratory comparison program in Surgica lpathology from the College of American Pathologists and obtained the certificate of continuing medical education. 83. Completion of 2008 interlaboratory comparison program in Cytopathology from the College of American Pathologists and obtained the certificate of continuing medical education 84. Completion of 2008 interlaboratory comparison program in Gynepathology from the College of American Pathologists and obtained the certificate of continuing medical education 85. Atten continous medical education of the King Abdullah University Hospital .Jeddah13 Dec-2008 15/11 1429 Scientific Presentations & Teaching: 1. Oral presentation a paper on “Pulmonary Blastoma” In the Canadian Congress of Laboratory Medicine June 23-27 1999. 2. Teaching pathology course for MRCOG and Arab board Candidate at KAUH from 1993 to 1999. 3. Organized a histopathology course in International Symposium Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. November 1997 Jeddah KAU of 4. Oral presentation of a paper on “Hepatocellular carcinoma, histopathological diagnostic criteria” in International Symposium of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. November 1997 Jeddah KAU. 5. Supervise a master dgree sbject “ The effect of metotraxate on Liver “ 1421 6. Oral presentation of a paper on "Proliferative Breast Diseases, How Frequent? What is next…"at the 14th Congress of International Academy of Pathology, Arab division on 22- 25 September 2002. 7. Oral presentation sientific lecture on " Proleferative and Preinvasive breast lesions" in Multidisciplinary Breast Care Symposium on December 7-9,2003 Jeddah Meridien Hotel sponsered by Minestry of Health. 8. Lecturing on "Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Of Breast " May 16, 2005 / 8th Rabi Thani 1426 at King Fahd General Hospital Research Center Ministry of Health. 9. Oral presentation in the Seventtenth Intenational Academy of Pathology Arab division and presenting “Cervical Cancer Screening in Saudi Arabia” 12 Nov, 2005. Amman Jordan 10.Lecturing in the 1st Intenational Saudi Symposium of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 23 Nov, 2005: Jeddah KAU on “Understanding of Cancer” 11.Oral presentation on "Pediatric Lymphoma” Pathological Prospective.in the 1st Intenational Saudi Symposium of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 23 Nov, 2005: Jeddah KAU 12.Oral presentation " Barrat's Esophagous" in the 3rd Saudi General Surgery Socity Scientific Meeting and the 1st El-Eman Cancer Society Scientific Meeting held on 23-25 Safar 1428H. /13-15 March 2007 at King AbdulAziz University 13.Oral presentation"Bethesda System For Cervical Smear Interpretation" in Colposcopy symposium held in Meridian Hotel – Jeddah on 3April 2007/15 R. Awal 1428H. . 14.Lecturing on "Bethesda System in Cervical Cytology" in "Update of th th Cytopathology and Fine Needle Aspiration Workshops" 28 – 30 of May 2007 . Jeddah KAUH 15.Lecturing on "Lymph Node Aspiration Cytology" in "Update of th th Cytopathology and Fine Needle Aspiration Workshops" 28 – 30 of May 2007 . Jeddah KAUH 16.Rununig a workshope on "Cervical Cytology" in "Update of Cytopathology and Fine Needle Aspiration Workshops" 28th – 30th of May 2007 . Jeddah KAUH 17.Rununig a workshope on "Benign& Malignant Lymph Nnode Cytology" in "Update of Cytopathology and Fine Needle Aspiration Workshops" 28 th – 30th of May 2007 . Jeddah KAUH 18.Lecturing on "Sentinel Lymph Node "Pathology Club Western Region 24th Nov 2006 KAUH Jeddah. 19.Chairing a ssecion on ."GI Pathology" in Symposium of Saudi Society of Laboratory Medicine 29- 31 Oct. 2007. Jeddah KAUH 20.Chairing a ssecion on ."Cervical Cytopatholgy" in Symposium of Recent Advances Of Laboratory Medicine 19- 21 Nov. 2007. Riyadh. King Fahad National Guard Hospital And King Abdullah University For Health Sinces 21.Presentation on " Sentinel Lymph node Pathological Prospective" in Pathology Club meeting on Dec 4th 2007. Publications: 1. A rare metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma. M Bakhotma, F. Altaf, T. Bakhsh. Saudi Medical Journal 1997 Vol 18 (3). 2. Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Histological Diagnostic Criteria with p53 Hepatitix b & C findings. F. Altaf. Saudi Medical Journal 2001. Vol.22 (5): 416-418 3. Pattern of Breast Disease King Khalid National guard Experience F. Altaf. Annals of Saudi Medice 2001. Vol.21 No. 3-4 ; 239-241 4. Frozen Section experience letter to the editor, . F. Altaf & I. Mansour Saudi Medical Journal,2001,vol 22(6); 549-550 5. Pattern of Cervical Smears Cytology in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia. . F. Altaf.Annals of Saudi Medicine,vol 21,No.1-2.2001 6. Histopathology of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the larynx and Adenocarcinoma Hybrid. . F. Altaf. Saudi Medical Journal 2001 ; Vol.22 (10) ; 920-923 7. Histopathology and Immunohistochemical Characteristic of Renal Primary Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumour. F. Altaf, A. Jamal & I. Mansour. Saudi Medical Journal ; Vol.23 (1) ; 90-92 8. Intra Alveolar Proteinosis. Annals of Saudi Medicine. July 2000). S. Wali, F. Altaf, Y. Saman. 9. Clinicopathological Features of Immature Neck Teratoma, Case Report. Annals of Saudi Medicine, March 2001) A. Jamal, I. Mansour, F. Altaf. 10. Frozen section utilization and accuracy, King Abdulaziz University Hospital experience. F. altaf, Mansoura Medical Journal; Vol. 33 No. 3 & 4; July and October 2002, pp 11-21. 11. Audit of breast frozen section, F. altaf Annals of Saudi Medicine 24 (2), March-April 2004, p141-144. 12. Breast cancer screening. F. altaf. Saudi Medicine J 2004; Vol. 25 (8), p 991997. 13. Frequency of benign and preinvasive breast diseases. F. altaf L.S Abdullah, A.A. Jamal. Saudi Medical J 2004; Vol. 25 (4), p 493-497. 14. Pattern of Surgically-treated Thyroid Disease: A retrospective study. F. Altaf. L. S. Abdullah. Bahrain Med Bull 2004; 26 (4): 99-101. 15. Unusual Causes of Haemophagocytic Syndrome. F. Al Sayes. F. Altaf. Bahrain Med Bull 2005; 27 (1): 39-42. 16. Cervical Canser Screening with pattern of Cervical Smear Multicenter Studies Review . F. Altaf. Saudi Medical J 2006; 27(10):1498-1502 17. The Prevalence of Pathologyical Types of Ovarian Lesions in King AbdulAziz University Hospital. F. Altaf S.Salama. Accepted for publication in the Saudi Journal of Obstertrics and Gynecology. 18. Composite Lymphoma. Accepted for publication in the medical jornal of King Abdulaziz Univercty F. Altaf and J. AL- Maghrabi. 19. Large Cell Calcifying Sertoli Cell Tumor of the Testis .later to the edditor J. AL- Maghrabi. and F. Altaf. Ann Saudi Med 25(5) S`eptember-October 2005 20. Phyllodes Tumor. F. Altaf& N. Daffa. Bahrain Medical Bulletin 2004; 26(3):85-90 Memberships: Royal Collage Of Physician& Surgeon Of Canada International Academy of Cytology (IAC): 1991-present 1998-present American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP): 1998-present International Academy of Pathology Arab-Division : Saudi Council Of Health Sinces 1999- present 2005- Present Journal Reffereze 1. Saudi Medical Journal 2. Annals of Saudi Medicine 3. King Abdull Aziz Journal of Medical Sience. Personal Data: Saudi Nationality Speak English and Arabic Language D.O.B: 24 August 1961, 13 R Awal 1381 Mother of four, Laui 1986. Ahmad 1990. Abeer 1992. Ragad 1994.