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CURRICULUM VITAE
Abdel-Latif A. Woreikat
Personal Details:
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Place of Birth |
Amman –
Jordan |
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Date of Birth |
1948 |
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Nationality |
Jordanian |
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Marital Status |
Married with
four children |
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Permanent Address |
King Hussein Medical Center
Amman - Jordan |
Languages:
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Arabic |
Mother
Tongue |
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English |
Fluent Comprehension & Spoken |
Professional Status:
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Minister of Health
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Senior Consultant Neurologist & Neurophysiologist
Neurology Department/King Hussein Medical Center
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General Director of Jordanian Army Royal Medical Services
Membership:
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Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians / London (FRCP)
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians /Edinburgh (FRCP)
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Member of the American Academy of Neurophysiology.
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Member of Jordan Neurological Association.
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Member of the Jordanian Society of Neurology.
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Member of the Jordanian Society of Epilepsy.
Academic Qualifications:
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2001
2000 |
Fellow of
the Royal College of Physicians / London(FRCP).
Fellow of
the Royal College of Physicians/Edinburgh (FRCP) |
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1991 |
Jordanian
Board in Clinical Neurology and Neurophysiology |
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1989 |
Diploma in
clinical Neurology / University of London
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1985 |
Jordanian
Board in Internal Medicine |
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1981 |
Diploma in
Tuberculosis an Chest Disease (D.T.C.D)
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1974 |
MBBS / Sarajevo University – Yugoslavia |
Employment, Courses & Research Activities:
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1990 – now |
Senior Consultant Neurologist &
Neurophysiologist
King Hussein Medical Center
Amman –
Jordan |
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1988 – 1990 |
Post Graduate Fellow
National Hospital
Queen Square
UK |
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1987 – 1988 |
Consultant Internist
King Hussein Medical Center
Amman –
Jordan |
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1983 – 1986 |
Medical Consultant for the Defense Ministry
The State of
Kuwait |
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1982 – 1983 |
Post Graduate Fellow
Post Graduate Medical School of Exeter
Hammersmith
Hospital, London |
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1981 – 1982 |
Post Graduate Fellow
Llandough Hospital
Cardiff, UK |
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1977 – 1980 |
Registrar
Internal Medicine
King Hussein Medical Center
Amman –
Jordan |
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1976 |
Jordan Armed
Forces |
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1975 |
Senior House Officer
King Hussein Medical Center
Amman – Jordan |
Publications:
1.
A. Woreikat et al. Hereditary Parkinsonism with dementia is
caused by Mutation in ATP 13A2, encoding a lysosomal type 5
P-type ATPase. Nature Genetics, 38 (10) 2006.
2.
A. Woreikat et al. Dufor
Rakeb Disease: Autosomal Recessive, Levodopa - Responsive
Parkinsonism with Pyramidal Degeneration, Supranuclear Gaze
Palsy, and Dementia, Movement Disorders, 2005;
20 (10) 1264-1271.
3.
A. Woreikat et al.
Epidemiology of Multiple Sclerosis in Arabs in Jordan,
Journal of the Neurological Science, 1996;
135, 162 – 167.
4.
A. Woreikat et al.
Young Stroke 1996; Journal of the Royal
Medical Services.
5.
A. Woreikat et al.
Epidemiology of Multiple Sclerosis in Arabs in Jordan: A
Comparative study between Jordanian and Palestinians. Journal
of the Neurological Sciences 135: 1996; 162-167.
6.
A. Woreikat et al.
Multiple Sclerosis in Arabs in Jordan, Journal of the
Neurological Science. 1995; 131,144-149.
7.
A. Woreikat et al.
Risk Factors of aseptic intracranial Venous Occlusive
Disease, Acta Neural. Scand, 1994; Vol.
90, 412-416.
8.
A. Woreikat et al.
Autosomal Recessive Ataxia, Slow Neurological Sciences,
1994; Vol. 124, 61-66.
9.
A. Woreikat et al.
Pallido Pyramidal Degeneration, Supra nuclear up gaze
Paresis and Dementia: “Kufor Rakeb Syndrome”. Acta Neural
Scand. 1994; Vol. 89, 347-352.
10.
A. Woreikat et al.,
Risk Factors of Dural Sinus Thrombosis in the Adult
population of Jordan, Journal of the Royal Medical
Services, Amman, Jordan1993.
11.
A. Woreikat et al.
Stroke Experience at King Hussein Medical Center, Journal
of Royal Medical Services, Amman, Jordan 1992.
Conferences:
1.
Stroke Experience at King Hussein Medical Center. 1st
Scientific Day of Internal Medicine Department,
1992; Amman, Jordan.
2.
Risk Factors of Dural Sinus thrombosis in the Adult
Population of Jordan.
The 2nd Scientific Day of the Department of
Internal Medicine, 1993; Amman, Jordan.
3.
Risk Factors of Dural Sinus Thrombosis in the Adult
Population of Jordan.
14th scientific day, June 29th,
Jordan University 1994; Amman, Jordan.
4.
Stroke in Young Jordanians,
First International Medical
Conference of the Royal Medical Services. May 14-17th, 1996;
Amman, Jordan.
5.
Papilloedema and Dural Sinus Thrombosis at KHMC. 7th
Scientific Day of General Surgery Department, Jan 2nd,
1997; Amman, Jordan.
6.
New Variant CJD. The
First Jordanian Workshop on CJD and Cow Mad Disease, Amman,
September 28th, 1998; Amman,
Jordan.
7.
Alcohol with Xylocaine for Treatment of Writer’s Cramp. The
4th Pan-Arab Rheumatology Congress, Sept. 22-24,
1999; Amman, Jordan.
8.
Alcohol with Xylocaine for Treatment of Limb Dystonia. 1st
Jordanian Greek International Conference, June 10-12,
2000; Amman, Jordan..
9.
A New Halloverden Spatz Disease Variant with Pancerebellar
Atrophy.
10th Saudi Neurosciences Symposium, 30 Oct-1 Nov. 2000.
10.
Autohaemotherapy for Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. The 53rd
Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology
Philadelphia 5-11 May, 2001.
11.
CJD and New Variant.
International Congress on Transmissible Spongiform
Encephalopathies. Egypt
1-4 May 2001.
12.
Multiple Sclerosis Therapy. First
Pan Arab and Sixth Jordanian Internal Medicine Congress.
Amman 19-23rd April 2002; Amman,
Jordan.
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