Curriculum Vitae

Kamis Gaballah

Associate Professor and Senior Specialist in Oral and

Maxillofacial Surgery

Address : Faculty of Dentistry Ajman University PO Box 346 Ajman

Personal: PO Box 5069 Ajman UAE

Email: kamisomfs@yahoo.co.uk Website: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kamis_Gaballah

Telephone: +971 (0)50 85 39189

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD. Doctor of Philosophy. King’s College London, University of London. Thesis title:

Novel Strategies to destroy Oral Precancer and Residual disease. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2007.

• GCAP. Graduate Certificate of Academic Practice, King’s Institute of Learning and

Teaching, King’s College London, 2006.

• FDS RCS. Fellowship of Faculty of Dental Surgery-Royal College of Surgeons in

England (Specialties: Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine). London, July, 2002.

• FFD RCSI (OSOM) Fellowship of Faculty of Dentistry-Royal College of Surgeons in

Ireland (Oral Surgery with Oral Medicine) Dublin, April, 2002.

• MSc, Faculty of Medicine, Garyounis,University, Benghazi, Libya. Grade: Excellent .

March 2000.

• B D S. Bechalor of dental Surgery. Faculty of Dentistry, Garyounis University,

Benghazi, Libya. Grade: Very Good (with Distinction) July 1993.

PRESENT APPOINTMENT

October 2008-Date. Associate Professor in Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine, Ajman University.

Duties Include:

• Lecturing and clinical teaching Undergraduates in Oral Surgery and Oral • Medicine and General Surgery.

• Leading Research Projects for Undergraduates and junior GDPs.

• Treating Oral Surgical/ Implantology patients in the Consultant clinic.

• Cases treated at Ajman: third molar removal, surgical coronectomy, impacted canine exposure-bonding and removal, insertion of implants, bone grafting, enucleation of cysts, excision or oral, facial and skin lesions, FNA, biopsies, TMJ-Facial-arthromylagia, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Root apicectomies and repair of resorption and perforation defects, Closure of oro-antral and Oro-nasal fistulas, uvuloplatoplasty for sleep-apnea cases, surgically assisted maxillary expansion and treatment of patients with various oral mucosal diseases.

• Writing up publications and research grant applications.

• Director of Staff Development scheme in the faculty of Dentistry.

• Technical support and training for the cross-infection and clinical Audits teams

• .Actively contributed to setting up of PG studies.

• Lectures on surgical topics for Master students

• Lectures for GDPs setting the MFD examination.

• Zulekha Hospital Sharjah for inpatients and surgeries under both LA and GA

• Plan to apply for consultant upgrade on 2014

• Operating in Libya around 2 months/year: same like in Ajman in addition to facial trauma and orthognathic cases.

Februaury 2007 – October 2008. Clinical Lecturer/Specialist, Department of

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, KCL Dental Institute at King’s College Hospital.

Duties included:

• Lecture and Clinical Teaching of Oral Surgery to undergraduate students in years 3,4 and 5.

• Teaching Local anesthesia and sedation to year 3 and 4 students.

• The lead Oral Surgery teacher for the final year students.

• Clinical examiner for final year BDS students.

• Supervision the SHOs and junior dentists and leader for the clinical service in the Acute Dental Care department.

• Treat patients in Oral surgery and Acute Dental Care departments (under LA, IV sedation and day surgery unit).

• On call for the maxillofacial Unit, King’s College Hospital (the major maxillofacial trauma referral unit for the south east London).

• Clinical Audit and Research.

• Various Presentations to the staff of the Oral Surgery.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENTS

• January 2003-December 2006. Writing up a PhD, King's College London under

the supervision of Profs. Max Partridge and Mark McGurk.

• August 2006- Februaury 2007. SHO in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, King’s

college Hospital (A&Es, Maxillofacial trauma, Orthognathic Surgery, Oral Surgery).

• February 2006-August 2006.SHO in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital (A&Es, Head and Neck Oncology, Salivary Gland Surgery, Oral Surgery).

• January 2005- February 2006.Clinical Assistant/ Clinical Teacher in Acute Dental Care, King’s College Hospital My duties included supervision and teaching undergraduates, providing treatment for patients and managing the clinical service in the department.

• January 2005 – September 2005, As a part of my PhD project, I was doing

three soft tissue surgery sessions a week. Cases include various oral biopsies and surgical excision of potentially-malignant oral lesions at King’s college Hospital.

• November 2001-October 2002, Honory Registrar in the following units in

Dublin- Ireland:

1. Oral Surgery Department, Dublin Dental Hospital and School. 2. Oral Medicine Department, Dublin Dental Hospital and School. 3. The National Maxillofacial Surgery Unit- St. James’s Hospital, Dublin.

• September 1998–November 2001, Registrar in Oral and

Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. I was performing minor surgical procedures including most of the Dento-alveolar surgeries under local and general anesthesia such as impacted wisdom teeth, endodontic, preprosthetic surgery and biopsies.-I was also involved in the clinical teaching of undergraduates and supervision of dental interns in the department. Ward duties included Clerking assisting and operating in major surgical cases that include maxillofacial trauma, odontogenic tumours and cysts cases, Tempromandibular joint ankylosis and few cases of cancer, orthognathic surgery and maxillofacial Distraction Osteogenesis. On Call duties 1 in 2. At Aljalla Hospital (the main Emergency, Accidents and Surgery hospital in Benghazi and eastern part of Libya).

• August 2000-October 2000 and August 2001-October 2001: joined to the oral

and maxillofacial surgery unit at Nasser Institute- Cairo (one of the major referral centers in Egypt-about 900 beds,20 operation theatres). I worked as a registrar to Prof.Hatem El-Mekkawi where I was involved in on calls, assessment and preparation of patients for surgery, assisting in many trauma cases, orthognathic surgery, and distraction osteogenesis. I was allowed to perform some surgical procedures under supervision such as facial trauma, various osteotomies, insertion and activation of various distractors (uniaxial, biaxial, bone transport) as well as bimaxillay distraction. I was also involved in many day surgery lists including various dentoalveolar surgery.

• October 1995 - September 1998. Senior house officer from at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Faculty of Dentistry,

Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. I was involved in the Extraction clinic and minor oral surgery under LA. I was also attending and assisting at some operations under general anesthesia, as well as in the on call duties at the same hospital.

• December 1994 - October 1995. I was employed as a General

dental practitioner in the Main Disabled Center in Benghazi. My duties were to deliver dental services under local anesthesia mainly dental extraction,

conservative dentistry, and periodontal treatment and also to assess and refer those handicapped patients that require oral surgery under general anesthesia.

• October 1993 - October 1994. This period was an internship rotational

program held at the Faculty of Dentistry, Garyounis University Benghazi including the following departments: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, in Removable Prosthodontics, Fixed Prosthodontics, Conservative Dentistry, Endodontic, Periodontology, Peadodontics, Orthodontics, Oral Medicine, Radiology and Preventive & Community Dentistry.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

1. Post-graduate dental training in the United Arab Emirates. Faculty Dental Journal .

2013:4(3):148-152

2. Oral Cancer in the UAE: a multicenter retrospective study. Libyan Journal of Medicine

(impact factor: 0.18). 01/2013; 8:21782.

1. BISPHOSPHONATE RELATED OSTEONECROSIS OF JAWS: AN OVER-

REVIEW FOR GENERAL DENTAL PRACTITIONERS . International Journal of

Science Innovations and Discoveries02/2013; 3(1):11-21.

2. Needle Stick Injuries among undergraduate dental students: risk factors and

recommendation for prevention. Libyan Journal of Medicine01/2012; 7 Sweden.

3. Trigeminal nerve injury related to Third molar surgery. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg.

2012 Dec;41(12):1509-18.

4. Can Presence of Oral Fordyce’s Granules Serve as a Marker for Hyperlipidemia?

In press , the Denta Research Journal

5. Diffuse Inflammatory Facial Swelling Secondary to Local Anesthetic Injections in Patient with

Polyalkylimide Gel Used for Cheek Augmentation. Smile Dent J (2010)5(4):18-20.

6. Bisphosphonate Related Osteonecrosis of Jaw:a new puzzle for dental practitioner. Dental

Journal. (2011):1(2) January:21-24

7. Minimizing the Injury of Inferior Dental Nerve During Removal of Lower Third molar:

Systematic Approach. Libyan Dental Journal. (2010):1(1) July:21-24

8. The antiangiogenic agent ZD4190 prevents tumour outgrowth in a model of minimal residual

carcinoma in deep tissues. British Journal of Cancer (2009) 101, 418 – 423

9. Tissue Engineering of Oral Dysplasia. The Journal of pathology,(2008) 215 (3),280-9.

10. Lysis of dysplastic but not normal oral keratinocytes and tissue-engineered epithelia with

conditionally replicating adenoviruses. Cancer Res.( 2007) Aug 1;67(15):7284-94.

11. Molecular Markers for Head and Neck Cancer. Cancer and metastasis reviews(2005) 24:71-

85.

12. Observations on Effects of Chlorehexidine Mouthwash on the Oral Mucosa. Ainshams

Dental Journal (2005) VIII (3):27-34.

13. Histological Studies on The Von Ebner’s Salivary Glands of Rabbits. Cairo Dental Journal

(2004),20 (1):175-178.

14. Factors Associated with Tempromandibular Joint Problems in Eastern Libya.Pakistani Dental

and Oral Journal (2002), 22(2):111-116.

15. Reiger‘s Syndrome Case-Report and Review. Qatar Medical Journal (2001),10(2):69-71.

16. Fracture of Facial Bones in Benghazi. Qatar Medical Journal (2000).9(2): 36-38.

17. Recapitulating the features of mild, moderate and severe oral dysplasia using keratinocytes

derived from clinical lesions and artificial connective tissue supports. Submitted for

publication.

Manuscripts in preparation:

1. Perception of Oral surgical Competency by Undergraduate Dental

Students. 2. Dentist’s role in screening for hypertension. 3. Needle stick injuries among undergraduate dental students: benefits of

safety syringes versus education and training. 4. Risk factors for needle stick injuries in middle east dental institutions. 5. Prediction of risk factors for individual at risk of TMDs 6. GDPs awareness of TMDs 7. Wisdom tooth related problems in UAE 8. Reasons for infrequent dental visits by UAE nationals

ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

1. Evidence based care for individual with Tempromandibular disorders. Ibn Sinna medical conference, November, 2013

2. Tips in Manuscript writing up. Faculty of Dentistry, University of Benghazi, August, 2013.

3. How to avoid manuscript rejection. General Surgery Unit,Hawari General hospital, Benghazi, Libya, August, 2013.

4. Needle Stick Injuries in Dentistry, the 7th RAK Dental Conference, May,2013

5. Delivered a Day long course on Cross Infection Control, Dubai, December, 2012

6. Management of occupational exposure hazard. AIPEC conference , Dubai, Ocober, 2012

7. The Surgeon Hands in Implant Dentistry. Ibn Sinna conference, Ajman, December,2012

8. The role of stem cells in regenerative surgery and dentistry. AIPEC conference , Dubai, Ocober, 2012

9. One day long course with hands on cross infection control,Dubai, December,2012

10. Risk factors for Tempromandibular Disorders. the 6th International Conference in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,Antalya, Turkey, June 2012.

11. Stem cells and cancer stem cells: overview .The international conference on stem cells: Theory and Practice. Ajman University. December, 2011.

12. Can Presence of Oral Fordyce’s Granules Serve as a Marker for Hyperlipidemia? The 2nd conference of the world wide association of Dental Schools, Leeds, UK. July.2011.

13. Complications of gel fillers in orofacial region. The 10th meeting of the British association for academic Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Cardiff. Wales, UK. November 2010 .

14. Smoking cessation: the role of Dental Care workers. Smoking cessation symposium. Ajman university, May 2010.

15. Clinical Assessment Methods in undergraduate Dentistry: Lessons From the British Experience.. invited lecture, the 5th Libyan Dental Conference, Tripoli, July, 2010

16. Wisdom in lower third Molar Surgery. invited lecture, the 5th Libyan Dental Conference, Tripoli, July, 2010

17. Closing the loop: the principles of effective audit. The staff professional development symposium, Ajman University, October 2009.

18. Clinical Audit. Symposium for the Medical Staff of Benghazi Medical Centre, Libya, August, 2009.

19. Cross Infection Control in the dental clinics of AUSTN: Current Practice and Future Work. Continuous education Days, College of Dentistry, Ajman University, June 2009

20. The Role of GDP in the Diagnosis and Management of Bisphosphonate- related Jaw Necrosis. Iraqi International Medical Association conference, UAE, May, 2009

21. Controversies in managing patients susceptible to infective endocarditis:Case against antibiotic prophylaxis. Updates in Clinical Dentistry Course, Ajman Univeristy, April,2009

22. Bisphosphonate-related Jaw Necrosis: A new challenge to GDPs. a. Zuliekha Hospital (Sharjah & Dubai) Conference. November 2008 and

to the b. International Iraqi Medical Association Sharjah, April,2009.

23. New Trends in Assessment of Clinical Dentistry. Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. August, 2008.

24. Selection of Gloves for Oral Surgery. Dental Institute, King’s College a. London, London. May, 2008.

25. Monitoring Jaw Osteomyelitis. King’s College Hospital, London, March a. 2008.

26. Viral Therapy for Oral Precancer. The Association of Academic British Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (ABOAMS).Glasgow November, 2007.

27. Anti-angiogenic agents for the treatment of residual head and neck

cancer. The 1st World Congress of the International Academy of Oral Oncology (IAOO). Oral Oncology: A Global Challenge. Amsterdam, May 2007

28. Mallkerson-Rosenthal Syndrome: Atypical presentation. The Pan London group of Oral medicine. December, 2006, King’s college Hospital, London.

29. Can conditionally replicating adenoviruses be used to modulate the growth of precancerous epithelia to prevent the subsequent emergence of a tumour? NCRI-cancer conference October, 2005, Birmingham,UK.

30. New technique to correct occlusal cant, Report of 30 cases. The 17th

a. international conference on oral and maxillofacial surgery, ICOMS August,

b. 2005.Vienna.

31. An in vitro model of precancerous oral epithelium.8th Cancer Research

UK Beatson International Cancer Conference. Human Cancer: Modelling the Disease. June 2005, Glasgow, Scotland.

32. The potential use of oncolytic adenovirus in the treatment of oral potentially malignant lesions. The Annual Postgraduate Day, GKT Dental Institute, March, 2005. (Prize for Guys Best PhD student verbal presentation).

33. Targeting oral precancer. Hauckland Hospital, University of Bergen, Norway, December, 2005.

34. Tempromandibular joint ankylosis in east of Libya: Review of sixteen cases. The second Libyan-Tunisian meeting of the Plastic surgery, Benghazi.15/16 June 2000.

35. Pattern of the bone lesions of the jaws in eastern part of Libya. The first congress in the post-graduate studies, Al-Arab Medical University. March

a. 1997

36. Lesions of the oral mucosa in Benghazi. The first congress in the post- graduate studies, Garyounis University. March 1997.

37. Maxillofacial Injuries. The international symposium in emergency trauma care, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.1997.

CLINICAL AND SURGICAL SKILLS

• Dento- alveolar Surgeries including surgical removal of teeth and lesions.

• Preprosthetic and endodontic surgeries.

• Bone grafting techniques.

• IV Sedation.

• Dental Implantology.

• Antral-related surgeries.

• Salivary Gland disorders.

• Orofacial trauma.

• Othognathic Procedures.

• Maxillofacial Distraction Osteogenesis.

• Management of mucosal Diseases.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Editor-in-Chief for the Libyan Dental Journal (Sweden), editor for Smile dental Journal. • Active reviewer for Saudi medical Journal, American Journal of Infection Control, Smile

Dental journal and others • Registered/Licensed Specialist -A Maxillofacial Surgeon by both Ministry of Health

(MOH) and Dubai Health Authority (DHA), UAE. • Visiting Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon to various Hospitals in Libya. • Revision lectures for MFD RCSI applicants, Ajman University, UAE. • Oral Surgery Examiner for the Overseas Registration Examination (ORE) for

the General Dental Council, UK.

• Associate of the UK Higher Education Council.

• Lecturer for Harriet-Ellis Education and Recruitment agency. R e v i s i o n a n d

continuous professional education courses to GDPs.

• Contributed to the development of the cross-infection control training in the

Dental institute at King’s College Hospital.

• Member of the Undergraduate Curriculum and Progress Monitor teams at

King’s College London.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor in Oral Surgery and Medicine. Ajman University. October 2008-date • Visiting undergraduate Lecturer and examiner to various Dental Schools in

Libya 2008-present. • Visiting Postgraduate lecturer for MSc Program , Garyounis University,

Benghazi, Libya. • Clinical Lecturer in Oral Surgery, GKT Dental Institute February 2007-

October 2008. • Clinical Teacher, Oral Surgery and Acute Dental Care, GKT Dental

Institute (January 2005 –February 2006). • Completed the requirements and awarded with Graduate Certificate of

academic practice (GCAP) at King’s College London. • In April 1999-2000, I was appointed as an assistant lecturer in department of • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Garyounis University,

Benghazi, Libya.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

During the period between 2003 and 2006 I was extensively involved in a research project leading to a PhD degree of the University of London. The project consists from three main sections:

1. Isolation and growth of oral dysplastic cells in different conditions and establishment of three dimensional preclinical models of oral cancer and precancer.

2. Testing of gene therapy for selective destruction of oral precancer. 3. Testing a novel anti-angiogenesis agent to eliminate residual oral cancer

lesions.

Research skills:

a. Tissue culture techniques including enzymatic and explant methods for isolation of oral keratinocytes and fibroblasts.

b. Engineering in vitro models for oral mucosa (normal, dysplastic and neoplastic).

c. Manual processing of tissues. d. Freezing and cutting of cryostat sections. e. Immunohistochemistry f. The use of Conditionally Replicating Adenovirus for selective destruction of

oral dysplastic and neoplastic epithelia. g. Adenovirus replication assays. h. The use of flow cytometry for cell cycle analysis. i. Western blotting assays for proteins. j. Cell viability and cytoxocity assays.

SCIENTIFIC COURSES

• Oral mucosal tissue expanders (OSMED). Antalya, Turkey, June,2012

TMDs: Diagnosis and Management. Libyan Orthodontic Center, Benghazi, Libya, July,2010. • Avanced Moodle training courses. CEC AUST, April 2010 • Update on online learning technologies, Moodle, Human Logic, Ajman

Univeristy, March, 2009

• Advanced oral Implantology, Univeristy of Bern. December,2008.

• Contemporary Fornsic Dentistry. Sharjah University, November, 2008.

• Consent training course. . King’s College Hospital, December 2007.

• Immediate life support. Resuscitation Council UK. King’s College Hospital, November 2007.

• Infection Control in Dentistry. . King’s College Hospital, November 2007.

• Radiation Protection for Prescribers. King’s College Hospital, April 2007.

• Practical skills in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Bart’s and the London Hospital, January 2006.

• Basic Life Support training courses. King’s College Hospital. February 2005, and August 2006.

• British Dental Association Course: Evolution and revolution in management of oral ulcerations (Credits 2). London October 2003.

• British Dental Association Course: Emerging Infections: HIV Disease, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, vCJD and their Implications for the Profession" Professor John Greenspan (USA) and Dr Ian McIntyre, President of the- British Dental Association. (Credits 2), London, May 2003.

• Successfully completed licensee training course on experimental animal

management. King’s college London, March 2003.

• Study day on facial esthetic surgery, the British association of oral and maxillofacial surgeons (credits 6), London, March 2003.

• 3-Day workshop on orthodontics for orthognathic surgery, faculty of dentistry, Hong Kong University. September 2000, Cairo, Egypt.

• 5- Days revision course for the final FDS. Royal college of surgeons of Edinbrough .September 2001.

• 14-days Revision Course for primary examination of fellow ship in dentistry. Royal College of surgeon in England. Cairo. August 1998.

• 10-days Continuous Dental Education Course held at the Faculty of Dentistry, Benghazi. August 1994.

• The following were Paid internet- based CPD Courses:

• Arc mesa educators USA:

• - Odontogenic tumours and tumour-like lesions(credits:2), Feb.02

• - Cysts of the jaws, (credits:4), Feb.02

• - Women oral health needs, (credits:1) May 2002

• - Periodontal diseases pathogenesis and etiology,(credits:2)May 2002

• - Oral Cancer, (credits:2) June 2002

• University of California, Los Angeles, California continuous dental education centre, USA:

• - Lichen Planus. (credits:4) Feb.2003

• - Use of oral analgesics following periodontal surgery. (credits:2) Feb.2003

• - Pemphigus Vulgaris, (credits:4) Feb.2003

• - Oral complications of cancer treatment (credits:4) Feb.2003

• - UCLA infection control course(credits:6) Feb.2003

• - Oral AIDS-Neoplasms (credits:2) Feb.2003

• - Oral AIDS-Fungal Infections (credits:2) Feb.2003

• -Antibiotics (credits:3) Feb.2003

• Successfully completed the continuous education course on Local Anesthesia in Dentistry (credits:8) Foundations In Continuing Education USA, June 2002

• Successfully completed a continuous education course: Using research for clinical decision-making: Evaluating a research report. Inter-reactive course, (credits:2) Procter and Gamble, June 2002

• Successfully completed a continuous education course: Philosophies and Principles of Infection Control. (credits:4) www. DenTrek.com, Nov. 2002

• Successfully completed several continuous education courses based on articles published in BDJ 2004-2006.

SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS & CONFERENCES ATTENDED

• Effective teaching and assessment methods. Dubai, January 2014 • Communication and presentation skills. Ajman, January,2013 • Ethics in Medical research: ICH-GCC guidelines, Sharjah, Jan, 2014 • Consensus on Dental Implantology, Dubai, December, 2013 • Consensus on Dental Implantology, Sharjah University, December,2012 • Fujairah Dental conference . April, 2012. UAE • the Joint Dental Conference between FFD RCSI and COD AUST, Ajman, April,

2012. • The Joint Dental Conference between FFD RCSI and COD AUST, Ajman, April,

2011. • The Joint Dental Conference between FFD RCSI and COD AUST, Ajman, April,

2010. • Aeedec, Dubai, March, 2009. Poster and Research Judge for the conference.

• The Association of Academic British Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Conference (ABOAMS).Glasgow November, 2007.

• The 1st World Congress of the International Academy of Oral Oncology (IAOO). Oral Oncology: A Global Challenge. Amsterdam, May 2007

• Pan London Group of Oral Medicine meetings, Regular attendee of quarterly meetings since 2006.

• National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) conference. October,2005 Birmingham,.

• The Beatson International Cancer Conference. Human Cancer: Modelling the Disease. June 2005, Glasgow, Scotland.

• Oral cancer: Risk Assessment. The Royal Society of Medicine and The British Association of The Head and Neck Oncologists. May, 2005.

• The first Annual Conference of the British Society for Gene Therapy, Oxford, March, 2004.

• The Junior Trainee Conference. The British Association of Oral And Maxillofacial Surgeons, London, March 2004.

• The annual meeting of the British Association of The Head and Neck Oncologist, London, April 2003.

• The annual scientific meeting of the Faculty of Dentistry-Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Dublin, November 2002.

• The second international conference for the Egyptian association of oral and maxillofacial surgery, September 2002, Cairo, Egypt.

• The first international symposium on the effect of oral sepsis on the cardiovascular health., Mansoura, Egypt October, 2001.

• The first international conference for the Egyptian association of oral and maxillofacial surgery, , Cairo, Egypt September 2000.

• The 1st symposium molecular biology and medicine Organized by Benghazi medical association and continuous education programme at faculty of medicine. July 2000.

• The first international conference of the national institute of oncology in Libya. Tripoli, August, 2000.

• The second Libyan-Tunisian meeting of the Plastic surgery, Benghazi 15/16 June 2000.

• The first symposium on the viral hepatitis. Organized by the ministry of health. Benghazi. November 1999.

• The First Congress in the Post-Graduate Studies, Al-Arab Medical University. Benghazi-March 1997.

• The Third Libyan Medical Conference. Tripoli. June 1996.

• The Second Libyan Medical Conference. Benghazi. June 1995.

• The First National Conference of Traumatology. Sirte. Libya January 1996.

• The Fourth Western Arab Dental Conference. Benghazi. Libya. May 1993. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Member of the Association of Academic British Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

• Associate of the Higher Education Council UK.

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in England.

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons In Ireland

• Member of the British Association for Cancer Research

• Member of the British Dental Association.

• Member of the Egyptian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

• Member of the Libyan Dental Syndicate, Benghazi-Branch.

SKILLS AND INTERESTS

Reading, playing sports especially, football and using computer. completed several computer courses. Completed IT courses at King’s College London on information retrieval, poster design, handling of long documents, statistical and data handling soft wares. Working with colleagues to establish a society linking Libyan doctors working in Europe and North America with their local colleagues and authorities at home.

Honors and Awards

• Award for the supervision of best research, college of dentistry , Ajman, May 2012 • BDS, with Distinction, 1993 University of Garyounis , Libya • PhD- Scholarship Grant Higher education,2002, Libya • Cancer antiangiogenesis Research Grant, 2003 Astra Zeneca, UK • Award for the Best Research, Guy’s Hospital, London,2004 • Assessor for the posters at the AEDEC Dubai, 2009. • Assessor for the research in the5th Approach Conference, Ajman,2009

• Assessor for the research in the6th Approach Conference, Ajman,2010

REFEREES

Available upon request.