Posted on: 2007-10-15
Adnan Al-Mufti, MD MPH-------------Resume------------- Address: 511 University ave Ave SE, apt 101, Minneapolis, MN 55414 Telephone: (612) 331-3689 cell (612)227-4323 Email: [email protected] OBJECTIVE: Field Epidemiological Surveillance, Public Health, and Infection Control. Notes: (I recently received Green card status). WORK EXPERIENCE: AM, MD Associates, L.L.C., Minneapolis, MN Health Policy Consultant 2001-2005 Consultant to Cleveland Health Quality Choice CHQC, Medical Quality Assurance investigation of reasons of Readmission of Patients of Congestive Heart Failure CHF. Expert Witness in cases dealing with food poisoning, and communicable disease control. Several of these cases settled out of court on basis of AM consultation. Consultant to Minnesota Department of Health regarding Brown Fields and environmental effects on Native Americans in Minnesota. Midwest Careers Institute. 9/2003- Present Instructor: teach Anatomy& physiology, Hematology, Medical Terminology courses. Zumbrota Hospital, Zumbrota, MN--- 2001-2003 Preventive Medicine officer: Oversight for disease surveillance and monitoring for several counties region in Southern Minnesota. Develop and oversee Community outreach programs. Infection Control Program, Clinical Quality and Outcomes Department; Advisor to CEO for program expansion and development. Ministry of Health, Homs City, Syria-- 1994-1998 Medical Officer, Director of Primary care Clinics and Rural Hospitals: Over see 91 Rural Primary Care Clinics and Hospitals in Rural Homs Province to see they are functional in: Maternal and Child Health, Child Survival Charts, Health Education, Reproductive Health, Nutrition Supplementation, Immunization campaigns, Reproductive Health and Field Epidemics surveillance. Field Epidemiologist 10/1992 to 8/1994: Field trips 50%, surveillance detection and control of epidemics and endemics in the Homs Province such as Leishmaniasis and Malaria, Hepatitis A and B, Typhoid. Central Military Hospital, Homs, SAR--- Dermatology Resident Physician 1987- 1988: Dermatology, Trauma and ER departments. The Workers Hospital, Dablan Street, Homs City General Resident, 8/1986-3/1987 Military Service, SAR ER physician, 11/1988-11/1990 Central Oil Refinery, Homs Occupational Medicine Referral Physician, 11/1990-11/1991 EDUCATION: MPH Master in Public Health, 2000 Tulane University School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA 39 Semester Hours, Major: Public health, Minor: International Health Community Medicine Specialty, SAR 1995 36 Semester Hours in the academic part Minor: Field Epidemiology MD, Damascus University, SAR 1986 JOB-RELATED TRAINING COURSES: CDC Workshop, Atlanta, GA. March 1998, CDC continuing education courses online. Internship, U of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinic, Dept. of Quality Assurance, 1999 JOB-RELATED SKILLS: Continuous Quality Improvement in Health organizations and administration, Field Epidemiological Surveillance, Computer skills in Excel, Dbase4, SQL, Epi Info, GIS Arc View, VP expert 2, and 8 years weekly use of Medline online database. MEDICAL REGISTERATION: Registered, Minnesota State Medical Board PH Physician, SAR, 1/1993 General practitioner, SAR, 7/1986 HONORS, AWARDS: Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Award, Fulbright, 1997. Third Award, Arab Health Research Conference, 1993. CONFERENCES: International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases, Feb 29-March 3, Atlanta, GA National Syndromic Surveillance Conference, New York Sep23- 24, 2003 and 2002. Global BioSecurity 2002 Conference, Nov 18-22, 2002, Las Vegas. Publications & Presentations: The Toxic Nightmare on Native Americans, a Health political ethics study, U of MN Public Health school. Reasons of Hospital readmission of CHF patients. Syrian Family Health status, a 2500 household questionnaires in 2 villages and a suburb of Homs city, contrasting health and economic and educational status, Arab Conference for Health Research, Aleppo April 10, 1994. Leishmeniasis endemic new spread methodology, due to both arthropod and human migrations in Syria: The Coastal, Aleppo and African Visceral patterns, Also New Control measures experience discussed, International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases. Nutrition intake Survey, of 3000 households in Homs region, a Syrian or East Mediterranean pattern of nutrients consumption, Arab Council for Health Research 1993 Critique of Contemporary Computer Clinical Decision Support Systems CDSS�, and the need for one gigantic computerized comprehensive global medical domain decision tree, National Syndromic Surveillance Conference. Professional Affiliations: American Association of Public Health Physicians American Public Health Foundation American College of Preventive Medicine American Public Health Association Louisiana Public Health Association REFERENCES: Dr. Siad Abdullahi MD MPH, Director, Midwest Careers Institute, 1908 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis MN 55404, tel (612)281-6866. Fax 612-588-9420. Prof. F. Abuzzahab, U of Minnesota, International Anti Aging Institute, 701 25th Ave so, Ste.# 303, Minneapolis, MN 55455-1490, tel. , Fax 612-339-1342. Penny Jessop, Senior Program Manager, Tulane U SPH, International Health department, (504) 584-3655, fax 584-3653-- [email protected]. Prof. Mahmoud Khan, Tulane University, Academic Advisor, 1440 Canal Street, Ste# 2200, New Orleans LA 70112, (504) 584-1979, [email protected]. Dr. Basel Moussa, MD, A colleague 1561 Saddle Brook Lane, West Lake, OH 44145, [email protected], tel(440)336-6666