Jordan University of Science
And Technology (J.U.S.T)
Faculty of Medicine
Department of Physiology
Irbid-Jordan
E-mail: ktalafih@just.edu.jo
Phone: +962 2 7201000
Ext.: 23667
P.O. Box: 3030
Mobile: +962 2 79 5680290
Fax: +962 2 7095010
Dr.Khalid Talafih
Associate Professor
Education: [1980-1983]
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey .
Rutgers medical School .N.J.USA.
Post doctoral fellow.
[1975-1979]
Faculty of Medicine-Istanbul University –Turkey.
Ph.D. Human Physiology
[1969-1974]
Faculty of Science-Istanbul University –Turkey.
Biology –B.S.C.
Teaching Experience:
1.September 2008- Present : Jordan University of Science And Technology (J.U.S.T),
Irbid-Jordan
Participated in teaching of Human Physiology (Lectures and labs) for: Medical
Students, Dentistry students , Pharmacy students , Nursing students, Allied Health
students.
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine.
2. September 2005-September 2008 Philadelphia University, Amman –Jordan .
Lecturing in Human Physiology plus labs supervision.
Department of Clinical and Basic Sciences-faculty of pharmacy.
3. 1986- 2005 : Jordan University of Science And Technology (J.U.S.T), Irbid-Jordan
Participated in teaching of Human Physiology (Lectures and labs) for: Medical
Students, Dentistry students, Pharmacy students, Nursing students, Allied Health
students.
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine.
4. 1983- 1986: Yarmouk University, Irbid-Jordan
Teaching of Human Physiology of the following courses (Lectures and labs) for:
Pharmacy, Nursing, Allied Health, Public Health, and Physical Education.
Department of Basic Medical Sciences- Faculty of public Health. .
5. 1980- 1983: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Rutgers Medical
School. N.J-USA.
Teacher assistant during post doctored fellow, include human physiology labs.
Department of Physiology.
6. 1974- 1979: Istanbul University – Turkey.
Teacher assistant during gradate studies, include teaching human physiology as well
as systemic physiology labs for physiology major and premedical students.
Department of Physiology- Faculty of Medicine.
Workshops and meetings in Medical education:
1. Workshop on cardiac pacing and electrophysiology Queen Alia Heart institute
K.H.M.C Amman –Jordan October 22-24, 1986
2. First national conference on Medical education
University of Jordan, Amman, November 6, 1986
3. Workshop on Medical education Jordan University of Science and Technology
October 2-4 1990.
4. Workshop on the Technology of Learning and evaluation
Jordan University of Science and Technology September 7-12, 1991
5. Workshop in Medical education (Problems based Medicine)
Jordan University of Science and Technology March 2001
6. Workshop on the designing a faculty development Faculty of Medicine
Jordan University of Science and Technology June 17-21, 2001
General Services:
A. Supervision of students:
1. Advisor for Public Health students 1984-1985
2. Advisor for Medical students from 1986-2001
B. Students societies:
1. Counselor for Public Health student's society, 1984
2. Counselor for Medical students society, 1986-1999
3. Counselor for:
I. Basic Medical students society 1988
II. Public Health students 1988
III. Allied Health students society 1988
4. Students activities and affairs committee 1986-2000 Membership of
university and Faculty of Medicine committees 1986-present.
I. Member, faculty council in the college of public Health 1983-1986
II. Member of several committees in the college of public Health and
Allied Health 1983-1986
III. At Medical School (Just).
- Member, Faculty Council
- Member of the Academic advising committee
- Chair of the Academic advising committee
- Member of the tenders committee
- Member of the Library committee
- Member of seminars and Lectures committee
- Member in educational and social committee
- Member of Non-Academic student committee
- Member of the scientific research committee
PROFESSIONAL AND SCEINTIFIC MEETINGS:
1. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) 66th Annual
meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 15-23, 1982.
A paper presented entitled:
Regional O2 supply and consumption in control and thyroxine induced
hyperterophic rabbit hearts, effect of hypoxia.
2. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) 66th Annual
meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 15-23, 1982.
A paper presented entitled:
The effect of niledipine infusion on blood flow and O2 Extraction in Normal and
ischemic rabbit Myocardium.
3. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
Physiological society.
67th Annual meeting
Chicago, Illinois, April 10-15, 1983.
A paper was presented entitled:
Action of Nitroglycerin upon the regional O2 supply consumption Rario in
ischemic Myocardium.
4. American Heart Associations
55th Scientific Sessions
November 5-18, 1982 Dallas, Texas
A paper was presented entitled:
Relationship between O2 supply and consumption in an ischemic region of the Dog
Heart: Effect of Nitroglycerin.
SEMINARS AND LECTURES DURING THE Ph.D PERIOD:
1. Factors Affecting hemoglobin Affinity , Structure of hemoglobin .
Department of Physiology, Istanbul 1976.
2. Methemoglobin
Department of Physiology, Istanbul 1977
3. 2,3-DPG in Pregnancy,
Department of Physiology, Istanbul 1978
4. Tissue Oxygenation in pregnany ,
Department of Physiology, Istanbul 1979
5. Served as a teaching assistant in the department of Pysiology ,
Faculty of Medicine.
University of Istanbul – 1974-1979.
6. Development a simple method for determining oxygen
Dissociation curves and the effect of 2,3-DPG
Department of Physiology, Istanbul -1975-1978.
7.Supervision of Medical students in their practical work in physiology .
Department of Physiology, Istanbul -1975-1979.
8. Creation a method for calculation P50 in single blood sample,
Department of Physiology, Istanbul -1975-1978.
Research Interest:
1. Tissue Oxygenation .
2. Blood
3. Effect of LEPTIN hormones on the biochemical change in normal and
Hypertensive Rabbit heart.
ABSTRACT:
1. TALAFIH,K., WEISS, HR,.
Regional O2 supply and consumption in control and Thyroxine Induced
hypertrophic Rabbit Heart:
Effect of Hypoxia
Fed. Proc.Vol.41.PP. 992, 1982.
2. ELIADES, D., TALAFIH,K., K, WEISS, HR,.
The effect of nifedipine infusion on blood flow and O2 extraction in normal and
ischemic Rabbit myocardium .
Fed. Proc.Vol.41.PP. 1098, 1982.
3. KADEM,J., TALAFIH,K., K, WEISS, HR,.
Action of nitroglycerin upon the regional O2 supply consumption ratio in ischemic
myocardium .
Fed. Proc.Vol.42.PP. 463, 1983.
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Talafih, K.
Blood 2,3-DPG concenterations and tissue oxygenations, Turkish Physiological
Society, V-National Congress
Ankara, May 1979.
2. Oztas,B., Talafih, K.Siylan , Z., Caglayan, S.,
Kanakulluk , Y.,Cavasoglu, H.,Kayserilioglu, A., And gokhan, N. And -3 ATA
with special references to oxygyen and carbon dioxide transport.
Internationl symposium on hyperoxia and oxygyen toxicity , July
25-28, 1978 Istanbul, P.37.
3.Gursoy, D., Etbangi, T., Savusoglu, H., Kayserilioglu,A., Oztas, B., Ziylan , Z.,
Gokhan, N., and Talafih , K.
Relation ship between EM findings in lung and choroids plexus to variations in
blood and cerebrospinal fluid parameters of rabbits breathing pure oxygen at 1 and 3
ATA.
Internationl Symposium on hyperoxia and oxygen toxicity, July 25-28, 1978,
Istanbul , P.45.
4. Talafih, K., Caglayan, S. and Gokhan, N.
Findings on blood parameters, vital capacity, reobase and cronaxie ,
Histamine-adrenaline tests of a group of Medical students.
Turkish Physiological society Vll. National Congress, May 1978, Samsun, Turkey.
5. Talafih, K.
The relation ship between tissue oxygenation and 2,3- Diphospholgycerate and
other blood parameters in normal pregnant Women . Ph.D Disseration .
6. Talafih, K.and H.R. Weiss: Regional O2 supply and consumption in control in
control and thyroxine- included hypertrophic rabbit hearts :
Effect of hypoxia.
Feb. Proc. 41: 992, 1982.
7. Eliades, D., K. Talafih , and H.R. Weiss. The effect of nifedipine infusion on blood
flow and O2 extraction in normal and ischemic rabbit myocardium.
Feb. Proc. 41: -1098, 1982.
8. K. Talafih , Briden, KL., WEISS, HR.
Thyroxine- induced hypertrophy of the rabbit heart effect on regional oxygen
extraction , flow and oxygen consumption .
Circulation Research .52, (3): 272-279, 1983.
9. Talafih,K., Grover, G., WEISS, HR.
Effect of T4 –included cardiac hypertrophy on O2 supply consumption balance
during normoxia and hypoxia,
AM.J. Physiology, 246: H379, 1984.
10. Grover, GJ., Talafih,K., WEISS, HR.
The effect of graded doses of Norepinephrine on the O2 supply consumption
balance in ischemic and nonischemic Rabbit myocardium.
Eur.J. Pharamcology, 108(1):9-18, 1985.
11.KEDEM,J., TALAFIH,K., WEISS, HR.
Improvement in regional myocardial O2 supply and O2 consumption by
Nitroglycerin during ischemic.
Eur.J. Pharamcology, 112(1):47-55, 1985.
12. ELIADES, D., TALAFIH,K., WEISS, HR.
Regional O2 supply consumption in normal and ischemic Rabbit myocardium :
Effect on Nifedipine.
Clin.Exp. Pharmacol. Physiology. 12(4):331-342, 1985.
13. KEDEM,J., TALAFIH,K., WEISS, HR.
Action of Nitroglycerin upon the regional O2 supply consumption ratio in
ischemic myocardium .
Feb.Proc.Vol.42:463, 1983.
14. KHATIB,S. TALAFIH,K.,TAKROURI, M.
The haemodynamic Effects of propofol on the Isolated Rabbit Heart.
Middle East Journal of anestehesiology . Vol.11:455-466, 1992.
15. Nayef S. Gharaiebeh M.D., Ph.D., Khalid Al-Talafih Ph.D. Mohammad
Gharaiebeh Ph.D.Raymond Batchoun Ph.D.
A comparative Analysis of hematological Parameters of Mammalian Blood
(Human , Camel , Rabbit) .
Indian Journal of animals Science. 63(9): 942-945, 1993.
16. Khalid Al-Talafih, Abdelrahim a.Hunaiti, Nayef S. Gharaiebeh, Mohammad
Gharaiebeh and Saied Jaradat.
The prevalence of hemoglobins and Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenize
Deficiency in Jordanian Newborn.
The Journal of obstetrics and Gynaecology. 22(5): 417-429, 1996.
17. Khalid Al-Talafih, Mohammad Mousa J., Mukhallad A. Mohammad and Zeyad J.
El-Akawi.
Effect of intra- Venous versus intra –Arterial Leptin infusion on blood pressure
and rate .
The open physiology Journal , 2009,2,14-17
18. Khalid Al-Talafih, Mukhallad A. Mohammad and Mohammad Mousa J.
Effect of Leptin on Hypertensive rabbits (submitted)