Assistant Professor in Respiratory and Internal Medicine
Al-Nahrain University - College of Medicine September 2021 - Present, Baghdad, Iraq
Specialist Doctor in Internal Medicine and Respiratory Medicine
Imamein Kadhimein Medical City (Previously Al-Kadhimya Teaching Hospital)
November 2016 - Present, Baghdad, Iraq.

MRCP(UK)
Royal College of Physicians • United Kingdom • 2023
F.I.B.M.S. (Respiratory Medicine)
Iraqi Board of Medical Specialties • Baghdad, Iraq • 2016
F.I.B.M.S. (Internal Medicine)
Iraqi Board of Medical Specialties • Baghdad, Iraq • 2012
M.B.Ch.B.
Al-Nahrain University, College of Medicine • Baghdad, Iraq • 2005

Teaching third year medical students the principles of clinical medicine and clinical sessions in the medical ward
Teaching fourth year medical students in the clinical sessions in medical ward as well as being in charge of their course in clinical medicine
Giving lectures in respiratory medicine course
Teaching fifth year students in the outpatient clinic
Teaching sixth year students in the medical ward
Supervising sixth year research projects

Responsible for mentoring postgraduate fellows, resident in internal medicine and house officers (interns)
Supervisor of Iraqi Board of Medicine Fellows and Iraqi Board of Respiratory Medicine Fellows
Supervised many master and PhD students

COVID-19
Asthma in Iraqi population
Asthma and its relation with vitamin D deficiency
COPD characteristics in Iraqi patients
Interstitial lung diseases in connective tissue diseases patients
Diabetes and its co-morbidities

• Evaluation of S-Adenosylmethionine (SAM), Folic acid and cobalamin levels in a sample of Iraqi patients
with Severe & Critical coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐ 19). Published: March 2022 in Shanghai Ligong
Daxue Xuebao/Journal of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology DOI:
10.51201/JUSST/22/0335
•Estimation of Serum Amyloid A, CRP, Homocysteine, and Neutrophils to Lymphocyte Ratio as an
Inflammatory biomarker and their correlation with Cardiovascular risk in a sample of Iraqi COVID-19
Patients. Published: Aug 2021 in Shanghai Ligong Daxue Xuebao/Journal of University of Shanghai for
Science and Technology DOI: 10.51201/JUSST/21/07306
• Correlation of Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) activity, D-Dimer and Severity in a sample of COVID-19
patients in Iraq. Published: Jul 2021 in Shanghai Ligong Daxue Xuebao/Journal of University of Shanghai
for Science and Technology DOI: 10.51201/JUSST/21/07164
• The association of FKBP5 polymorphism with asthma susceptibility in asthmatic patients. Published: Jun
2021 in Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology. DOI: 10.1515/JBCPP-2020-04500• The role of IL-13 Polymorphisms in Asthma. Published: Feb 2021 in Annals of Tropical Medicine and
Public Health
• Awareness for need of regular eye exams and retinal involvement in diabetes patients,Sensibilización sobre
la necesidad de exámenes oculares periódicosy la afectación de la retina en pacientes con diabetes.
Published: 2021 in Archivos Venezolanos de Farmacologia Y Terapeutica. DOI:
10.5281/ZENODO.4716240
• Risk Factors for Stroke Associated Pneumonia. Published: Dec 2020 in Annals of Tropical Medicine and
Public Health. DOI: 10.36295/ASRO.2020.232412
• Distinguishing Exudative from Transudative Effusion by Using Pleural Fluid Cholesterol and Bilirubin in
Comparative Study to Light’s Criteria. Published: Oct 2020 in Medico-Legal Update.
DOI:10.37506/MLU.V20I4.1972
• Vitamin D and its association with the severity and/or the control of asthma among adult Iraqi
asthmatics. Published: Apr 2020 in Medico-Legal Update. DOI: 10.37506/V20/IL/2020/MLU/194398
• Association between Diabetic Retinopathy and (Albumin/Creatinine) Ratio in Diabetic Patients.
Published: Feb 2020 in Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development. DOI:
10.37506/V11/I2/2020/IJPHRD