عضو هيئة تدريسية هالة سامح عارف

Employment:
Current Position:
-Professor in Pediatrics; the College of Medicine/ Al-Nahrain University/ since the 24th of Sept./2018.
-Assistant Professor at the College of Medicine/ Al-Nahrain University,
Since 15 Dec/1998 until now.
Involved in both Undergraduate & Postgraduate Pediatric teaching (supervising
both Arab Board & Iraqi Board candidates of Pediatrics, in addition to sharing in
supervision of some of the Postgraduate students in the basic sciences)
-Consultant Pediatrician since 16/2/2003.
Practicing General Pediatrics & Neonatology, and covering the specialty of
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Metabolic problems.

Previous Positions:
- 1991-1998: Lecturer in Pediatric dept. in Sadam Medical College ( now Iraqi Medical College) and as specialist pediatrician in the Teaching hospital.
- 1990-1991: Specialist pediatrician at Al-Elweya Pediatric Teaching hospital in Baghdad.
- 1988: Membership of the Arab Board for Medical specializations/Pediatrics.
- 1988-1990: Specialist pediatrician at the Children’s hospital in Dyala governorate-Iraq.

- 1981- 1982: Resident for 12 months rotation, at the Medical City in Baghdad.
- 1982-1983: General practitioner in rural areas for one year.
- 1983-1984: S.H.O. in Pediatrics, at the Medical City Pediatric hosp. (Al- Mansoor hosp.)
- 1984-1987: Candidate for the Pediatric Arab Board membership at Al-Yarmook teaching hosp. In Baghdad.

M.B.Ch.B., University of Baghdad, College of medicine, 1981. Membership of The Arab Board for Medical specializations in Pediatrics - 1988. Associate Member in The Royal College Of Pediatrics and Child Health, 2005, Membership. No. 206917.

Supervising postgraduate candidates’research: • Hepatitis B and C in a sample of Iraqi children./2017-2018. • Clostridium Defficile infectin in children.2016. • Favism, a 3 year analysis in three major pediatric hospitals in Baghdad/2012. • Sellective screening of certain metabolic errors and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogense deficiency by using tandem mass spectrometry/2011 • Hospitalization for lower respiratory tract infection in children under 2 year old./2011 • The effect of certain nutritional markers on the neonatal outcome/2010. • Malnutritional disorders among school aged children in a sample of Iraqi children/2008. • The prevalence of stunted growth, overweight and obesity among preschool children in Baghdad/2008. • Wilson’s disease, diagnostic and epidemiologic aspects. 2007. • Urinary tract infection in under 1year old, 2001.

Publications: • A study on cases of diarrhea admitted to Sadam teaching hospital. Published in the Journal of Sadam University, vol.2 (4), Dec.1998. • Iron deficiency anemia in a group of Iraqi children, Journal of Sadam University, vol2 (4), Dec 1998,p:71-77. • Protinurea in school aged children, Journal of Sadam University,vol2(4), Dec 1998, p:199-204. • Emergency Room management for acute asthmatic children, Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, vol2 (1), 2002, p:75-82. • Langerhan’s cell histiocytosis in Baghdad, Iraqi Journal of Community Medicine, vol15 (4), 2002, p: 73-84. • Cold Enrichment Technique for isolation of Yersinia enterocolitica in childhood diarrhea, accepted for publication in the Journal of the Faculty of Medicine –Baghdad, at 9/10/2002. • Chronic diarrhea in under 2yr children, a ten year retrospective analysis. Journal of Faculty of Medicine/Baghdad, 2007; 49(2):205-210. • Kawasaki Disease: A case report from Iraq and literature review. Journal of the Arab Board of Medical Specializations • Some diagnostic aspects of Celiac Disease in Iraqi children. Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences 2009; vol7(3): 32-39. • Choledochal cysts in children: Current issues and experience at a pediatric surgical unit in Baghdad. Iraqi journal of Gastroenterology (official publication of the Iraqi Society of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2008; 2(2): 75-81. • Etiology of chronic liver disease in Iraqi children, with special emphasis on the role of liver biopsy. “Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences” July – September, 2011; 27(4):870-873. Indexed in Thomson Reuters • The role of Chlamydia pneumonia and Respiratory Syncitial virus in acute lower respiratory tract infections, in hospitalize d under 2 year old children. The Middle East Journal of internal Medicine.2011; Vol(4) issue 4, p:21-25. • The values of Hyalouronic acid and other biochemical as markers of cirrhosis in children with chronic liver disease. Iraqi journal of medical sciences IJMS, ISSN (1681-6579). 2013;12(1):72-77. • The role of urinary N-acetyl Beta-D-glucoseaminidase in children with urological problems. Oman medical journal 2014;29(4).p285-289. • A comparative study of 8-epi-prostoglandin f2 alpha, selenium levels in preterm, term Iraqi infants and their mothers. The International journal for sciences and technology (IJST) 2014; 9(4). • The Association Between Biliary Atresia and Cytomegalovirus Hepatitis. J. Nepal Paediatr. Soc..2015;35(3):269-273. • Effect of maternal vitamin A and iron status on fetal outcome. Int J Pharm Bio Sci 2015Jan: 6(1):(B) 1229-1236. • Inborn errors of metabolism status in Iraq. IOSR journal of pharmacy and biological sciences.2016;11(2):58-62. • LINOLEIC AND OLEIC ACID LEVEL IN IRAQI CHILDREN WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS AND CELIAC DISEASE. International Journal of Advanced Research (2016), Volume 4, Issue 6, 126-131 • Diagnosis of Noroviruses in Iraqi children suffering from Gastroenteritis by Enzyme linked assay and conventional PCR. THE MEDICAL JOURNAL OF BASRAH UNIVERSITY. (MJBU),2016. Vol. 34, No.1:42-49. • Malnutrition trends in preschool children from a primary healthcare center in Baghdad: A comparative two-year study (2006 and 2012): QATAR MEDICAL JOURNAL 2017; VOL. 2017 / ART. 5. P1-7. • Immunohistochemical expression of CMV protein(pp65) in childhood hepatitis. Accepted in Sri Lanka Journal of childhealth. • Correlation of Bilirubin and Alkaline Phosphatase in Infantile Patients with Cholestasis. MEDICAL JOURNAL OF BABYLON,Volume 16 (1) I January - March 2019,P47-50. • FREQUENCY OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AMONG NEONATES ADMITTED TO THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. I.J.S.N., VOL.8 (3) 2017: 639-643. • Genotyping of CMV from symptomatic infected neonates in Iraq.Am J Trop Med Hyg, 100(4), 2019, pp. 957–963. • An investigation of risk factors associated with respiratory syncytial virus infection in a sample of infants and young children from Baghdad. Journal of Biotechnology Research Center 2019;13(1): 29-34.