Curriculum Vitae
Name: Amira Gamal Eldin Mohamed Abdel Rahman
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, King Faisal
University
Email: gamalamira@gmail.com
Present Job
Ass. Prof. of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, , King Faisal University
Education
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MD. in Industrial Medicine and Occupational Health in August 2003 with
excellent degree, Faculty of Medicine, University of Suez Canal, Ismailia, Egypt.
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MSC, Master degree in Industrial Medicine and Occupational Health in July 1996
with very good degree, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia,
Egypt.
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Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in September 1990 with Very good honored
degree, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
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Primary care Physician in Medical Centre (Ministry of Health) for 1 year started in
March 1992, Ismailia, Egypt.
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Training for 6 months at Family Medicine Department Clinics, Faculty of Medicine,
Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, 1993.
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Staff grade at the Department of Community, and Occupational Medicine, Faculty
of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, since May 1993
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Assistant Lecturer of Occupational Medicine, Community Medicine Department,
Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, 1996
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Assistant Prof of Occupational Medicine, Community Medicine Department,
Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, 2003
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Associate Prof. of Occupational Medicine, Community Medicine Department,
Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, 2008
Present Job Responsibilities
Teaching:
 Community Medicine and Computer for Medical Sciences, 2nd year undergraduate
medical students, King Faisal University, Al Ahsaa, Faculty of Medicine, 20072010
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Primary Health care and research methodology for 4th year undergraduate medical
students, King Faisal University, Al Ahsaa, Faculty of Medicine, 2009-2010
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Nutrition and Biostatistics, 3rd year undergraduate medical students, King Faisal
University, Al Ahsaa, Faculty of Medicine, 2011.
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Biostatistics in Medicine, 1st year, undergraduate medical students, King Faisal
University, Al Ahsaa, Faculty of Medicine. 2011
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Postgraduate course " Environmental health and Family Health" for postgraduate
students, Agriculture Faculty, Al Ahsaa, KFU, 2011
Research Projects Supervisor for undergraduates:
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Coordinator for 1st year undergraduate students, KFU, 2011
Administrative Work:
● Member of quality assurance Committee, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia, 2010
●Head of Public relations Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Female Section, King
Faisal University, Saudi Arabia, 2007-2010
Registration
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Specialist of General Medicine at the Egyptian Medical Syndicate, Egypt in
March
1992.
Experiences
● Field Experiences:
● Internship: full time intern for 1 year started in March 1991 at Suez Canal
University Hospitals, Ismailia, Egypt training in different clinical departments.
Projects Experiences:
 PI in research titled" Risk perception of infection control measures for H1N1
among health care professionals", 2009-2010.
Membership
♦ Member at the Egyptian Association of Community Medicine, Ain Shams
University, Cairo Egypt, in 1994.
♦ Member at the Egyptian Society of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine,Ain Shams University, Cairo Egypt, in 1994.
♦ The NetWork: Community Partnerships for Health through Innovative
Education, Service, and Research, located in The Netherlands, Maastricht
University since
2001.
♦ Member at the UICC GLOBALink; the Tobacco Control Community; 2004.
♦ Member at the Egyptian Society of Fitness, Disability and Environmental Health,
2004.
♦ Member at the Clinical Epidemiology Unit; (INCLEN) Suez Canal University,
Ismailia, 2005.
♦ Member of the Presidential Committee of Egyptian Association of Community
Medicine, 2005.
♦ Member of the Head Committee of Quality Assurance, Female Section, King
Faisal
University, 2010-2011
♦ Member of the Health Education Committee, College of Medicine, King Faisal
University, 2010-2011
♦ Member of the Committee of Curriculum Change, GMCA, for application of PBL
system, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, 2010-2011
Courses
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Completion and participation of a course titled: Introductory course on clinical
epidemiology and research methods, December 15, 1996-January 8, 1997.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: 4th Alexander Hollander Training
Course in Genetic Toxicology “Practical training in contemporary genetic
toxicology” 15-18 Sept., 1997.
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English proficiency test TEOFEL, Amid EAST, Cairo, Egypt in 1997.
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DELE for Spanish language May 2006.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: Petroleum Industry and
Petrochemicals and Exposure to their Health Hazards, Kasr El Aini Faculty of
Medicine, Occupational Medicine Department, in March 1997.
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Completion and participation in a workshop titled: Orientation workshop for
Community medicine staff about ARI/Standard case management, Suez Canal
University, 8-9/7/1998.
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Completion and participation in a workshop titled: Diagnostic molecular biology
PCR a world-wide tool advanced technologies in diagnosis, Faculty of Medicine,
Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt in 1998.
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Completion and participation of a workshop titled: Advanced topics in problembased
learning, of the summer course, Expanded horizons in problem based learning,
from
June 28- July 2 1999, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: Intensive course Dutch Language
and Culture” Worldneth, Language Center, of Maastricht University, from Sept 27
till 8, December 1999.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: SPSS course in 1999/2000,
Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
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Tutorship in the educational unit “Fatigue and weight loss for 4 th year
undergraduate
students at Faculty of Medicine, between 11-01-2000 and 21-02-2000, Maastricht
University, The Netherlands.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: English for Health Sciences,
Masters of Public Health” between 26 Oct 2000 and 25th January 2001.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: Postgraduate Course in
Toxicology:
Toxicological Risk Assessment” Wageningen, Sept. 30-13 Oct, 2001, The
Netherlands.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: ¨Preparation of the University
Teacher¨ March 31-April 5, 2001, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University,
Ismailia, Egypt.
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Completion and participation of a workshop titled: ESPRI workshop from 8
January to 11, January 2003, National Training Institute, Cairo Egypt.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: 1st course in genetic and acquired
thrombophilia: investigation and management”, Limassol, Cyprus from Nov. 29Dec.2, 2003.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: Pre-natal and postnatal clinical
cytogenetics, Beirut-Lebanon, Feb., 12-15, 2005.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: Evidence Based Medicine, April,
2005, Suez Canal University, Egypt.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: Manuscript writing, November,
2005, SSI, USA in collaboration with WHO-EMRO, Egypt.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: Grant writing, November, 2005,
SSI, USA in collaboration with WHO-EMRO, Egypt.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: “Communication Skills”, Suez
Canal university, Medical Education Center, 25-29 May, 2005.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: “Professional Ethics”, Suez Canal
university, Medical Education Center, 24th-26th July, 2005.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: “Decision Making and Problem
Solving”, Suez Canal university, Medical Education Center, 5-7 September, 2006.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: “Legal Aspects”, Suez Canal
university, Medical Education Center, 2006.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: "Using Technology in Teaching",
Suez Canal university, Medical Education Center, 30th Jannuary-1 February, 2007.
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Coordination of the course titles: Research methodology in the field of Molecular
Epidemiology and genetics, 21-23 October, 2003, Ain Shams University, Faculty
of Medicine, Community Medicine Dept., Abbasya-Egypt.
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Active participation in the course titles: Research methodology in the field of
Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics, 12-15 December 2004, Ain Shams
University, Faculty of Medicine, Community Medicine Dept., Abbasya-Egypt.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: "Molecular Epidemiology
workshop" from 6-8 November 2006, WHO/EMRO, in collaboration with SIDA
(Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Sweden) and TMRI,
Cairo, Egypt
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Completion and participation of a course titled: Genomics and Metabolics
workshop", 6-7 November, 2006 WHO/EMRO, in collaboration with SIDA
(Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Sweden) and TMRI,
Cairo, Egypt
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Completion and participation of a course titled: "Smoking cessation Program", 9th
of November, 2006 WHO/EMRO, in collaboration with TMRI, Cairo, Egypt.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: "Clinical trial design and
applications", TMRI in collaboration with Pfizer, 14th November, 2006.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: Evidence Based Medicine",
Medical Technology Center, University of Alexandria, Medical Research Institute,
11th-13th December, 2006.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: "Survival analysis on STATA", Ain
Shams University, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt, in collaboration with
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, 7-11 July, 2007.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: "Basic data analysis on STATA",
Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt, in collaboration with
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, 30th June-4th July, 2007.
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Speaker and participant in the workshop titled: "Second annual workshop on
communication skills in health education", held in WHO-EMRO Office, 29th July2 August, 2007.
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Completion and participation of a course titled: "Preparation of Electronic Exams
through using WebCT", King Faisal University, Al Hassa ,26-28-12-1428, 2008.
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Completion and participation of a course titled "Effective teaching using Learning
management systems" King Faisal University, Al Hassa, 27-29/04/1429
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Completion and participation of a course titled: "Content management of
WebCT", King Faisal University, Al Hassa,19-01- 2009.
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Speaker in Lecture titled: "Ethics in Profession", in program of Professional
Qualifications, King Faisal University, Al Hassa, April, 2009.
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Completion and participation in a Symposium and workshop of OBY-GYN and
GP, at College of Medicine, Al Hassa, King Faisal University, 19th Feb., 2009
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Completion and participation in workshop titled: "Course Specifications according
to guidelines of Saudi National Commission of academic accreditation and
assessment", at College of Medicine, Al Hasaa, 3rd Feb., 2009.
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Completion and participation in training program titled: "Skills and tools for using
of Black Board", King Faisal University, 3-5 April, 2010
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Completion and participation in training program titled: "Self study", King Faisal
University, Deanship of Quality Assurance and Academic Accreditation, 18-19
Dec., 2010
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Completion and participation in workshop titled " Conducting quality surveys,
data analysis and reports" NCAAA, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 4-5-012011
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Completion and participation in workshop titled "Program and course
description", Deanship of Quality Assurance and Academic Accreditation, King
Faisal University, 23-24-10-2010
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Completion and participation in workshop titled "Course reporting, what is after",
College of Medicine. King Faisal University, 20-2-011
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Completion and participation in workshop titled "Strategic planning", Deanship
of Quality Assurance and Academic Accreditation, King Faisal University, 31-012011
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Completion and participation in workshop titled "The 2nd International Winter
Course on Problem Based Learning PBL", in collaboration of Suliman Al Rajhi and
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Feb, 2011
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Completion and participation in workshop titled " Learning and Teaching"
Deanship of Quality Assurance and Academic Accreditation, King Faisal
University, 15-3-2011
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Completion and participation in workshop titled " Methods of comprehensive
evaluation" Deanship of Quality Assurance and Academic Accreditation, King
Faisal University, 22-3-2011
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Completion and participation in workshop titled " Bioethics and research ethics
system on living creatures" King Abdulhah International Center for medical
research, 27-4-2011, Al Khobar
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Completion and participation in workshop titled " Strategic planning- concept and
application" Deanship of Academic Development, May 30-31-2011
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Teaching and presenting the Summer Course for Gifted students, titled " Health=
my life" for high school and preparatory gifted students, 1-20-7-2011, KFU,
Faculty of Medicine
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Completion and participation in training course titled "Problem based learning
management" Groningen University, The Netherlands 15-30 October 2011.
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Presenting the training program titled " Statistical Package of Social Sciences
(SPSS)" held on Nov 28-29, 2011, Deanship of Academic Development, King Faisal
University
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Completion and participation in training course titled " How to design your
website" held on Nov 21-22, 2011, Deanship of Academic Development, King
Faisal University
Thesis
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Thesis titled: “Injuries among children under 16 years who are working in
mechanic
small workshops in Ismailia City” from 1994-1995 for partial fulfillment of the
Master degree in Industrial Medicine and Occupational Health, Faculty of
Medicine,
Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, July 1996.
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Thesis titled: Risk assessment for carcinogenicity among workers in petroleum
refinery using the DNA adduct level test” from 1998-2002 for fulfillment of the
PhD degree in Industrial Medicine and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine,
Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, in May 2002.
Congresses and communications
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Participation in the 10th conference of the Egyptian Association of Community
Medicine titled: Fall-related injuries, Cairo, Egypt, in December 1994.
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Participation in the 19th International Annual Ain Shams Medical congress titled
Health for all and all for health, Cairo, Egypt, in February 1996.
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Participation in the 11th conference of the Egyptian Association of Community
Medicine titled: Health insurance, Cairo, Egypt, in March 1996.
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Participation in the 13th conference of the Egyptian Association of Community
Medicine titled: The national development projects of Egypt from a health view,
Cairo, Egypt, in April 1997.
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Active participation in the 8th annual Conference High Technology: Uses and
Hazards, April 12, 2001, Ismailia, Egypt.
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Participation in the conference of the Egyptian Association of Community
Medicine titled: Health Reform in Egypt and Family Medicine, Cairo, Egypt, in
July 2005.
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Study titled: Knowledge of hospital workers about their occupational hazards in
the third Pan African conference on Occupational Health, Cairo, Egypt, in
December 1994.
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Study titled: Periodic medical check up among health care workers in the third
Pan African conference on Occupational Health, Cairo, Egypt, in December 1994.
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Study titled: Low back pain among nurse assistants in the third Pan African
conference on Occupational Health, Cairo, Egypt, in December 1994.
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Study titled: Occupational health hazards among hospital workers (A pilot survey
study) in the third Pan African conference on Occupational Health, Cairo, Egypt,
in December 1994.
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Study titled: Aetiology and risk factors of acute hepatitis in Great Cairo (first
phase) in the First Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee of Viral
Hepatitis Surveillance and Treatment in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, in January 2003.
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PAEMS 4th International Meeting, 2-7 March 2003, Ain Shams University, Cairo,
Egypt.
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The first national conference on human performance in health and disability, Kasr
El Aini, Faculty of Medicine, March 10-11, 2004, Cairo-Egypt.
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The 9th Annual Conference of the Egyptian Association of Immunologists, in
collaboration with the Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez
Canal University, Nov.24-26, 2004.
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Annual Meeting for HCP project group funded by NIH Meryland University,
Luxor, March, 2005.
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Participation in the conference of the Egyptian Association of Community
Medicine titled: Health Reform in Egypt and Family Medicine, Cairo, Egypt, in
July 2005.
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Participation in the conference of the 10th Pan Arab Conference on Diabetes, 28th31st March, 2006, Cairo, Egypt.
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Fourth International Conference on Occupational risk Prevention and The VIII
Andalussian congress about Security and Laboral Health, 10-12 May, 2006, Spain.
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Participation in the conference of the Egyptian Association of Community
Medicine titled: Health Reform in Egypt and Family Medicine, Bani Sweif, Egypt,
in 21st April, 2007
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Participation in the conference of the First Saudi International Conference on
Medical Education, King Fahad Medical City, Saudi Arabia, 28th-30th of April, 2008
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Participation in the conference of 3rd International Conference of Environmental
Research Division under the theme of "Environmental Science and Technology,
Egypt", April 1-3, 2008.
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Participation in the conference of Arab Health Congress of Dubai International
Convention and Exhibition Centre, Dubai, UAE, titled: "First Quality
Management Health care Conference", 27-28, January, 2010.
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Participation in the conference of Quality and Safety in Health Care,
Amsterdam, 2011, 5-8 April, Amesterdam RAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Publications
1-Abdel-Rahman AG, Allam MF, Mansour MT, Mustafa MA. PAH-DNA adducts in a
petrol refinery in Egypt. European Journal of Cancer Prevention 2001; 10:469-72.
2-Assessment of carcinogenicity in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposed
workers using PAH-DNA adducts. Revista de Oncologia 2004;6(3):159-164
3-El Gaafary MM, Rekacewicz C, Abdel-Rahman AG, Allam MF, El Hosseiny M,
Hamid MA, Colombani F, Sultan Y, El-Aidy S, Fontanet A, Mohamed MK.
Surveillance of acute hepatitis C in Cairo, Egypt. Journal of Medical Virology 2005;
Aug;76(4):520-5.
4-Antonio Varo Baena, Mohamed Farouk Allam, Carmen Dı´az-Molina, Amparo
Serrano Del Castillo, Amira Gamal Abdel-Rahman and Rafael Ferna´ndez-Crehuet
Navajas. Urinary bladder cancer and the petroleum industry: a quantitative review.
European Journal of Cancer Prevention 2006, 15:493–497
5-Baena AV, Allam MF, Del Castillo AS, Diaz-Molina C, Requena Tapia MJ, AbdelRahman AG, Navajas RF. Urinary bladder cancer risk factors in men: a Spanish casecontrol study. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2006 Dec; 15(6):498-503.
6-Gamela Mohamed A. Nasr, Amira Gamal, Amani Waheed And Hassan Mahmoud.
Cardiac Function Among Workers Exposed to Magnetic Fields in A High Voltage
Electrical Power Station in Egypt. The Egyptian Heart Journal 2006. Vol. 58, Sept. no 3.
7-N. Loutfy, M. Fuerhacker , P. Tundo, S. Raccanelli, A.G. El Dien , M. Tawfic
Ahmed. Department of Water–Atmosphere–Environment, University of Natural
Resources and Applied Life Sciences, MuthgasseDietary intake of dioxins and dioxinlike PCBs, due to the consumption of dairy products, fish/seafood and meat from
Ismailia city, Egypt. Science of the Total Environment 370 (2006) 1–8
8-Heba M. Wagih, Amira Gamal, Nanacy Abdel Aty and Ayman Akram. Expression
of c-met in malignant pleural mesothelioma: an immunohistochemical study. The
Medical Journal of Cairo University. Vol 74, (suppl. III) December 2006.
9-Abdel-Rahman AG, Meky FA, Allam MF, El-Tabakh M, El-Gaafary MM. Hearing
disorders among secondary school students in Ismailia city, Egypt. East Mediterr
Health J. 2007 May-Jun;13(3):586-94.
10-Amira Gamal Abdel-Rahman, Amany Waheed Eldin Abdel Halim,Mohamed
Farouk Allam, Fatma Meky. Low Job Satisfaction Among Physicians in Egypt. TSK
Koruyucu Hekimlik Bülteni, 2008: 7 (2).Kor Hek. 2008; 7(2):91-96
11-Nahed Moustafa, Amira Gamal and Amr Ashraf. A Pilot Study for Evaluating
Egyptian Health Websites as a representative for Arab Websites: Technical and
Ethical Perspectives. The First International Conference on Medical Education, KSA,
2008
12- Amin TT, Suleman W, Ali A, Gamal A, Al Wehedy A Pattern, prevalence, and
perceived personal barriers toward physical activity among adult Saudis in Al-Hassa,
KSA. J Phys Act Health. 2011 Aug;8(6):775-84.
13- AV Baena, MF Allam, C Diaz-Molina, AS del Castillo, AG Abdel-Rahman, and
RF-C Navajas. Is smoking the principal risk factor for urinary bladder cancer? Tob
Induc Dis. 2005; 3(1): 39. Published online 2005 December 15. doi: 10.1186/16179625-3-39
Activities Attended
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Participation in Seminar titled "Two minutes save your life" Breast Cancer,
Faculty of Medicine, King Faisal University, Feb, 2009.
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Participation in Campaign of " Measurement of Risk factors of Cardiovascular
Diseases and Diabetes", King Faisal University, 14-18-05-1430 H, April, 2009
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Participation in Campaign of " Measurement of Risk factors of Cardiovascular
Diseases and Diabetes" in the International Day of Hypertension, under the theme
of " Healthy weight-Healthy blood pressure", King Faisal University, first to fifth
/06/1431 H, May, 2010
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Participation in Campaign of " Your Health, Your safety and Prevention of your
environment starts with you" King Faisal University in collaboration of Aramco of
Saudi Arabia, 24-27-11-1431 H, Al Hassa,
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Participation in Campaign of "Women Health" King Faisal University, Faculty of
Medicine, Female Section, 22-24-11-1431 H, Al Hassa.
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Participation in Committee of the Campaign of " Aramco Exhibition" Female
Section, KFU, 1431-1432
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Participation in Campaign of " University and Community together we build our
generations future" Female Section, KFU, 22-23-1432
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Participation in Committee of the External Examiners for Accreditation, Female
Section, KFU, 1431-1432
Certificates of Honours:
♦ Certificate of Honour of participation and working in Medical education for the
year,
2004-2005, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
♦ Certificate of Honour of participation and working in Medical education for the
year,
2003-2004, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
♦ Certificate of Honour of participation and working in Medical education for the
year,
2005-2006, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
♦ Certificate of Honour of International Publications from the University of Suez
Canal,
Vice President of Postgraduate Affairs, 2008.
♦ Certificate of Honour of participation in the Project titled: "Management of Burn",
HEEP, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, 2008
♦ Certificate of Honour of Teaching Community Medicine, organization of Research
Methodology Course, Evaluation of Community Medicine Curriculum, Science and
Technology University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Sana'a, Yemen, 2007.
Certificate of Honour for working as Head of Public Relations Committee, Faculty of
Medicine, Al Ahsaa, King Faisal University, 2008
♦ Certificate of Honour for working as Head of Public Relations Committee, Faculty
of
Medicine, Al Ahsaa, King Faisal University, 2009
♦ Certificate of Honour for working as Head of Public Relations Committee, Faculty
of
Medicine, Al Ahsaa, King Faisal University, 2010.
♦ Certificate of Honour of participation in the cultural activities of the King Faisal
University, Al Ahsaa, 2009.
♦ Certificate of Honour of participation in the Teaching of the course titled " Health=
my life" for Gifted students 1-20-7-2011 Faculty of Medicine, KFU
♦ Certificate of Honour of participation in the Committee of Quality, Female Section,
KFU, 1431-1432.