Prof. Fadhil Alamrani

Curriculum Vita
Name: Fadhil Al-Amrani
Phone No. 3133000829
Current address: 4636 curtis st. Dearborn, MI 48126, USA
Published scientific research in pubmed website: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=al-amran

Current position: Chief editor of American journal of biomedicine
Qualification: professor in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery
MD FIBMS MRCS FRCS FACS
FIBMS (PhD) (Fellowship of Iraqi Board of Medical
Specialization) in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery. 2001
.
MRCS (UK) Member of Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Glasgow.
FRCS (UK) Fellow of Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Glasgow.
FACS (USA) Fellow of American College of Surgeons
Post-doctoral research fellow cardiothoracic surgery (USA)
Assistant professor surgical department medical college Kufa
University Iraq.
Professor (honor) cardiothoracic surgical department-
Colorado Denver University USA

Past positions :- Consultant cardiothoracic surgeon in Alnajaf
teaching hospital.
Professor in cardiothoracic surgery medical college, Kufa university
-Head of cardiothoracic surgical department in medical College Kufa University.

-Head of Iraqi/Najaf Board of Medical Specialization in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery committee.

Past medical education courses
M.D. Degree: 1992
Rotational residency 1993-1995
SHO in cardiothoracic surgery 1995-2001
Specialty (FIBMS PhD) in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery 2001
MRCS from Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons from Glasgow 2006
Post-doctoral research fellow at cardiothoracic surgical department-
Colorado Denver University 2008-2009.
FRCS 2010
FACS 2011

Published scientific research papers 18 articles:

Research published in international journals

1- Research title: Evaluation of the effects of glimepiride (Amaryl) and repaglinide (novoNorm) on atherosclerosis progression in high cholesterol-fed male rabbits.

journal name: J Cardiovasc Dis Res. 2012 Jan;3(1):5-11.
PMID: 22346138 [PubMed] This journal is indexed in This journal is indexed in U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).

Website link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3271684/?tool=pubmed

2- Research title: Effects of thyroid hormone analogue and a leukotrienes pathway-blocker on renal ischemia/reperfusion injury in mice.

Journal name: BMC Nephrol. 2011 Dec 23;12:70.
PMID: 22196041 [PubMed -] PMC Article This journal is indexed in This journal is indexed in U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).

Website link : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3259032/?tool=pubmed

3- Research title: Novel Toll-like receptor-4 deficiency attenuates trastuzumab (Herceptin) induced cardiac injury in mice.

Journal name: BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2011 Oct 14;11:62. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-11-62. PMID: 21999911 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] PMC Article This journal is indexed in This journal is indexed in U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).

Website link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3209438/?tool=pubmed

4- Research title: Leukotriene biosynthesis inhibition ameliorates acute lung injury following hemorrhagic shock in rats.

Journal name: J Cardiothorac Surg. 2011 Jun 7;6:81. PMID: 21649921 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article This journal is indexed in This journal is indexed in U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
Website link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118110/?tool=pubmed
5- Research title: MMP-9 INDUCES THE EXPRESSION OF MCP-1 AND ICAM-1 TO EXAGGERATE POST-ISCHEMIC ADVERSE LV IN AGING HEART

Journal name :INDO-GLOBAL RESEARCH LIBRARY
Indo-Global Research Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
April-June 2012 | Vol. 2 | Issue 2

Website link:
www.igrlinfo.com

6- Research title: Amelioration of chronic cyclosporine A-Induced
Nephrotoxicity by Telmisartan in rats

Journal name: African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology Vol. 5(4)., April, 2011 Available online http://www.academicjournals.org/ajpp
ISSN 1996-0816 © 2011 Academic Journals
Website link:
http://www.academicjournals.org/ajpp/PDF/pdf2011/Apr/Al-Amran%20et%20al.pdf
7- Research title: Experience of pulmonary surgery for thoracic trauma in Iraq.
Journal name: Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, volume 24, number 4, OCT-DEC 2008.
Website link: http://medind.nic.in/ibq/t08/i4/ibqt08i4p249.pdf
8- Research title: Surgical experience of 825 patients with thoracic hydatidosis in Iraq.
Journal name: Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, volume 24, number 2, APR-JUNE 2008.
Website link : http://medind.nic.in/ibq/t08/i2/ibqt08i2p124.pdf
9- Research title: Relationship of the expression of IL-32 on NF-κB and p-p38 MAP kinase pathways in human esophageal cancer.
Journal name: American society of clinical oncology, journal of clinical oncology J Clin Oncol 30, 2012 (suppl 4; abstr 59)

Websitelink: http://www.asco.org/ASCOv2/Meetings/Abstracts?&vmview=abst_detail_view&confID=115&abstractID=87490

10- Research title: Venous Injury; Repair Versus Ligation

Journal name: kufa medical journal, volume 10, number 1, 2007.
Web link:
http://www.med.kufauniv.com/ar/Journals/Journal/11.pdf

11- Research title: Effect of Continuous Graft Cardioplegia on Myocardial Recovery in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Journal name: Published in Iraqi Cardiothoracic Surgery bulletin, in Iraq.volum1 no. 1 2001

12- Research title:The role of surgical and diagnostic approaches in the surgical outcome determination of congenital tracheo-esophageal fistula in IRAQ

Journal name: kufa medical journal

Web link: http://www.med.kufauniv.com/ar/Journals/Journal/14.pdf

13- Research title :The benefit of bypass versus interposition graft in the surgical treatment of coarctation of aorta in IRAQ

. Published in Kufa medical journal, volume 12, number 1, 2009.

14- Journal name: kufa medical journal

Weblink: http://www.med.kufauniv.com/ar/Journals/Journal/15.pdf

15. Research title: Acute lung injury following hemorrhagic shock is governed by macrophage related factors that acts through neutrophil infiltration in a hemorrhagic shock rat model
. Published in Kufa medical journal, volume 1, number 1, 2011.
Journal name: kufa medical journal
Web link:
http://www.med.kufauniv.com/ar/Journals/Journal/19.pdf
http://med.kufauniv.com/dr/hassan/researches.html

16. Research title: Determinants of immediate outcome of surgical esophagectomy
. Published in Kufa medical journal, volume 1, number 1, 2011.

Journal name: kufa medical journal
Website link:
http://www.med.kufauniv.com/ar/Journals/Journal/20.pdf
http://med.kufauniv.com/dr/hassan/researches.html

17. Research title: Blocking leukotrienes pathway ameliorates renal ischemia/ reperfusion injury in a mouse model
Accepted for publication in Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation.

18. Research title Determinat of operative mortality and morbidity of aortic valve surgery in IRAQ
Published in; the heart bulletin of IBN ALBEITAR CENTER in Iraq no. 1 march 2001

Finished research works:
1. TLR4-mediated MCP-1 expression regulates macrophage accumulation and augments myocardial injury after permanent ischemia
2. TLR4-regulated macrophage Interleukin-18 production mediates myocardial injury in a mouse model of permanent ischemia
3. IL- 18 mediated neutrophil infiltration augments myocardial injury in a mouse model of ischemia reperfusion.
4. IL1-F7 modulates myocardial injury in a mouse model of permanent ischemia
5. Mononuclear cell TLR2 and TLR4 are critical for survival after polymicrobial sepsis in mice.
6. Aging augments myocardial injury and heart failure in a mouse heart model of permanent ischemia and is associated with delayed injury-repair.

Medical conferences international(Speaker):
Speaker in International conferences (10)

1. USA-Speaker in heart valve conference April 12-14 2012, Manhattan, NY, USA
Link: http://www.heartvalveconference.com/programs.htm
Tissue Engineering and Cell Biology (Session A)
Chair:Adrian Chester, PhD
MK-886 (5-lipoxigenase inhibitor) and DITPA (thyroid hormone analog ) Attenuate Global Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion Injury after Heterotopic Heart Transplantation in Male Rats — Fadhi Ghaly Yousif Al-Amran, MD

2. USA- METABOLOMICS-2012 ,20-22 February 2012, San Francisco Airport Marriott, USA ,International Conference & Exhibition on Metabolomics & Systems Biology
Link: http://www.omicsonline.org/metabolomics2012

Abstract presentation:
COX-2 inhibitor prevents esophageal adenocarcinoma in Barrett’s
Esophagus

3. USA- 6th Annual Academic Surgical Congress meeting –ASC- California , USA
Abstract of presentation A TLR4‐MCP‐1‐macrophage IL‐18 Cascade Plays a Major Role in Myocardial Injury and Cardiac Dysfunction after Permanent Ischemia
4. USA- Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, Vascular Biology 2012 Newsroom
April 18, 2012 ATVB 2012 Newsroom
Location: Hilton Chicago – Chicago, IL
Conference Dates: Apr 18-20, 2012

Poster presented: Pomegranateregressed carotid and coronary arteries atheroma: is a fiction or fact?
5. Portugal- 25th European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Annual Meeting October 1 – 5, 2011; Lisbon, Portugal
.abstract of presentation
Cysteinyl leukotrienes receptor antagonist ameliorates acute lung injury following hemorrhagic shock in rats.

6. Austria- The 24th International Cardiovascular surgical symposium in Austria- 4th _11th March 2006:
presented paper entitled “Outcome of aortic valve surgery in Iraq.

7. France- The 59th Congress of the French Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: 14th -17th -June, 2006. Presented paper entitled “The role of left ventricular mass index in determining the outcome of aortic valve surgery in Iraq” France In Cardiac Surgery.
Link ; http://www.ctsnet.org/file/Zursprogramme.pdf

8. Russia- The 10th Annual Session of the Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES-Mosco-Russia ,
presented paper entitled: Determinat of mortality of aortic valve surgery

9. Croatia-The 4th Croatian congress of surgery –zadar Croatia;
Presented:The role of intrathoracic duct infusion with Epipodophyllotoxins combined with radical surgery, in survival improvement of patients with small cell carcinoma of lung .

10. Czech- 3rd PharmSciFair, June 13-17, 2011, Prague, Czech Republic presentation titled: titled Blocking leukotrienes pathway and renal ischemia.

Special training and advance courses

1. Advanced course in minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery [in sir Ganga ram hospital-new Delhi, India, in sept, 2005]

2. Advanced course in thoracoscopic surgery [in asklepios fachkliniken hospital munchen-gauting, Germany on ,August 2005

3. Clinical observation in vascular surgery in UK, Glasgow starting on 30th may 2007 and for six weeks in the following hospitals: Gartnavel General Hospital, Southern General Hospital and Glasgow Royal Infirmary under general supervision of Mr. Dominique Byrne
4. ATLS course in June 2007 in UK, Glasgow
5. Clinical observation in cardiothoracic surgery in university hospital, CO USA from December 2008 till October 2009
6. Affiliated training in MICS: minimally invasive coronary surgery, Staten Island university, NY, USA April 11th to July 11th 2012.

Prizes and awards:
1- Award of day of science from minister of higher education and scientific research in Iraq, due high standard research publications.
2- Award of first teacher in kufa university medical college, due to special teaching ability.
3- Award of first attending surgeon in najaf health office/ ministry of health, as the no. of super major operations exeedings 6000 cases.
4- Award of special scientific achievement – university of Colorado denver USA.
5- Patent for new treatment for hydatid cyst (registered in Iraq)

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