Date & Place of Birth: 11/2/1948. Nablus

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Name: Dr. Muhammad Rushdi A. Khammash

FRCSI

Personal data

Date & place of birth: 11/2/1948. Nablus..

Nationality: Jordanian.

Marital status: Married. 4 children.

Address; Department of surgery, Faculty of medicine,

JordanUniversity of Science & Technology,

P O Box 3030

Irbid 22110

JORDAN

Telephone 00962 2 7200600/40603

Mobile 00962 79 5601467

Email:

Email: .

Degrees: June 1973 MBChB BaghdadUniversity

June 1984 FRCSI RoyalCollege of Surgeons Ireland.

Societies: Jordan Medical Association.

Jordan Surgical Association.

International Surgical Association.

WORK EXPERIENCE

1975-1979: Surgical Department, Chest Disease Hospital, Kuwait.

1980-1981: Surgical Department, Sabah Hospital, Kuwait.

1981-1990: Register then senior registrar in Surgical Department, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait.

1991-2000: Assistant then Associate Professor of Surgery, Dept. of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan. As well as surgical department, Princess Basma Teaching Hospital (Affiiliated to the Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science & Technology).

2000-2006 : Associate Professor, Department of Surgery- Faculty of Medicine, KingAbdullahUniversityHospital-Irbid-Jordan.

2007 till now : Professor of surgery, Department of Surgery- Faculty of Medicine, King Abdullah University Hospital- Irbid- Jordan.

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

1.CommunicationSkillsat JUST Aug 24- 28 1991.

2. Evaluations and Marking Skills at JUST Jan 24-26 1998.

3.Designingafacultydevelopmentprogram at JUST Jun 18- 21 2001.

4. Evidence based medicine JUST April 12 2001.

5. Objective Structured Clinical Examinations ( OSCE ) JUST and Wilson center for research in education, University of Toronto June 13-15 2005.

6. Clinical Assessment Workshop. JUST and Dept of medical education at University of Illinois and Chicago and FAIMER. May 19- 20 2007.

Administration Experience

1. Head of Dept of general surgery, urology and anesthesia, Princess Basma teaching hospital and faculty of medicine . (Sept 1994- Aug 1996),

2. Head of Dept of general surgery, urology and anesthesia, King Abdulla teaching hospital hospital and faculty of medicine . (Sept 1999-Aug 2000),

3. Head of Accident and Emergency Department. King Abdulla teaching hospital and the faculty of medicine (Sept 2004- Aug 2006).

4. Head of the department of General Surgery, urology and anesthesia. Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulla teaching hospital, (September 2006- August 2007).

Activities Outside the University

-Member of scientific and examination committee of the Jordanian Board of Surgery (1994-1998).

-Member of Scientific and Examination Committee of the Jordanian Board for Accident and Emergency (2004- 2006).

-Member of Scientific and Examination Committee for the Arab Board and Medical Specializations "Accident and Emergency" (2005- 2009).

-Member of the executive as well as Scientific Committee for the annual conference of the Jordanian Surgical Society ( for more than four conferences ).

Member of different in-hospital and faculty committees.

Publications

1-Symptomatic solitary non-parasitic liver cyst. M.R Khammash, T.S Abunema, Journal of Kuwait. Medical Association. 1987 vol. 2(1) 44-46.

2-Drain Vs No Drain in Primary Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery. K. Ayyash, M.R. Khammash: Eur J. Surgery 1991 vol. 157, 113-114.

3-Diabetic Foot Infection. Two years experience: M.R. Khammash, S.Al-Natour, TM El-Jaberi. Saudi Medical Journal 1994 vol. 15(3) 227-229.

4-Wound Infection in Primary Versus Delayed Primary Wound Closure in Case of Perforated and Gangrenous Appendictis. M.R. Khammash, K. Ayyash. Saudi Medical Journal 1994 vol. 15(6) 408-410.

5-Behcet's Disease: Clinical Study of Jordanian Patients. M. Aboosi, M.R. Khammash et. Al. International J. of Dermatology 1995 vol. 35(9) 623-626.

6-Colorectal Adenocarcinoma in a defind Jordanian Population form 1990-1995: Disease of the Colon and Rectum. T. El-Jaberi, F. Ammari, M Khammash. vol. 40(9) 1089-1094.

7-Liposarcoma of the Spermatic Cord. M.R. Khammash, E. Rawaily: Journal of The Bahrain Medical Society vol. 8(1), April 96 40-43.

8-Management of Kerosone Injections in the Upper Limb. M.R. Khammash. A.D. Hussein, M. Musmar. Saudi medical Journal; 1997; vol. 18(2) 188-190.

9-Self-Inflicted Foreign Body Mastitis: a Case Report. M.R. Khammash, F. Ammari. The Breast, 1997 vol. 6 301-302.

10-Breast Cancer in the North of Jordan with Special Emphasis on Descriptive epidemiology. Rami J. Yaghan, Nidal Buheis, Tareq Al-Jaberi, Kamal Gharaybeh, Muhammad R. Khammash. Saudi M. Journal. 1999; vol. 20(10): 779-782.

11-Concurrent Pilomatrix Carcinoma and giant Pilomatrixoma. Muhammad R. Khammash, David Todd, Ali Abalkhail. Australasian J. of Dermatology 2001 vol. 42; 120-123.

12- Empyema of the gall bladder: Reapprasal in the laparascopic Era. Tareq Al-Jaberi, Kamal Gharaibeh, Muhammad Khammash. Ann Saudi Med 2003; vol 23(3-4):140-142.

13-Prevalence of Ischemia in Diabetic Foot Infection .Muhammad R Khammash.,Khaled Obeidat. World J. Surg. 2003:Vol 27: 797-799 .

14-Skin cancer trends in northern Jordan. Abdel k Omari, Muhammad R Khammash, Ismail matalka. International J Dermatology 2004,.

15-Abdominal wall endometriosis: an overlooked diagnosis. Muhammad R Khammash, Abdl k Omari, Ghazi Gasaimeh, Kamal E Bani-Hani. Saudi Med journal 2003; vol 24 : 523-525.

16-Do road traffic accidents increase during the fasting month of Ramadan? Muhammad R Khammash, Tamer F Al-Shouha. Neurosciences 2006 vol. 11: 21-23

17-Penetrating Chest Trauma in North of Jordan: A Prospective Study. Muhammad R Khammash, Fuad El-Rabee. The Internet Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Vol 8, Number 1

18- Screening of hospitalized diabetic patients for lower limb ischaemia: is it necessary?. Khammash MR, Obeidat K A, El-Qarqas EA. Singapore Med J 2008, 49(2):110-113.

19-Changing pattern of intestinal obstruction in North Jordan. Abdelkarim omari, L alkhateeb & Muhammad Khammash. World j of Surgery. 2012 vol 36: 637-440.

20- Simultaneous bilateral fractures of the femoral neck as the first presentation of hypocalcaemia and renal impairment. Mohammad A. Mesmar, Muhammad R. Khammash. Internet J Emerg Med;2009: vol 6 Number 1

21-Patterns of anterior abdominal stab wounds and their management at Princess Basma teaching hospital, North of Jordan. Abdelkarim Omari, Muhammad Bani Yasin, Muhammad R Khammash, Ghzi gasimeh, Fahmi eqab & Hashem Jadou. World J of Surgery: 2013 vol 37: 1162-1168.

22-Peripheral arterial disease in diabetic Jordanian patients and the agreement between ankle brachial index and toe brachial index. Sameh Moosa, Faris Bakri, Muhammad Khammash, Hasem Jadou, Nawwaf Shatnawi & Kame Ajlouni. British J of diabetes and vascular disease. 2013 Vol 13: 37-42S

23-Acute appendicitis in the elderly: risk factors for perforation. Abdelkarim Omari, Muhammad Khammash, Ghazi Gasaimeh, Ahmad Shammari, M bani Yasin & Sahel Hammouri. World J of emergency surgery. 2014- vol 9: 6

24-Intramural cardiac hydatid cyst- incidental finding. Emad Hijazi, Muhammad Khammash, Hassan Balas, Ghaith Helat. World J of cardiovascular diseases; 2014 vol 4: 5-8S