Danny M. Rabah , M.B,B.S,  FRCS(C), FACS
 

D.O.B.:                           1972

 
Permanent Address:       Surgery Department (37)
                                      King Khalid University Hospital
P.O Box 7805, Riyadh 11472
                                       Saudi Arabia
                            
Tele:                               966-11-4671836
Fax:                               966-11-4679493
                                     
Email:                            dannyrabah@yahoo.com
                                      drabah@ksu.edu.sa
 
Current Position:
 
Professor and Consultant.
Chairman, Surgery Department.
Director of The Uro-Oncology Research Chair.
King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), King Saud University (KSU).
Adjunct Professor , McGill University. Montreal, Canada
 
Other Posts:
 

1. Chief Division of Urology King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), King Saud University (KSU) from 2008-2013,

2. Residency Program Director at Division of Urology, King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), King Saud University (KSU)2007 - 2013

3. Member of the Scientific Board of Saudi Council for Health Specialties, Board of Urology from 2011 to present.

4. Saudi Council for Health Specialties, Board of Urology. Riyadh local training committee. 2005-2013

5. Saudi Council for Health Specialties, Board of Urology. Exam committee. 2005-2007

6. Saudi Council for Health Specialties, Board of Urology. Exam committee. 2007-2010

7. Arab Board of Urology Scientific Council. 2011 to present

8. Associate Editor of Urology Annals journal, 2009-present

 
Reviewer for the following Journals:
 

• Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques

• Urologic Oncology

• Urology annals

• Arab Journal of Urology

• Saudi Medical Journal

 
 
Training:
                  
2003-2004:           Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,
                             Clinical fellowship, Urological Oncology
Chairman, Dr. Peter Scardino.
                             New York, NY, USA.
 
2002-2003:           Endourology/Laparascopy /Robotic Surgery Fellowship
                             Eastern Virginia Medical School
                             Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
 
1999-2002:           Resident (PGY 3-5) Urology
                             McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
 
1997-1999:           Resident (PGY 1-2) General Surgery
                             McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
 
1996-1997:           Resident  (General Surgery)
                             King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
 
1995-1996:           Rotating Internship
                             King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
 
Education:
 
                  
1989-1995:           King Saud University, Faculty of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Received M.B,BS. (M.D.) Graduated with honors
 
 
Memberships:
 

• Fellow of the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada.

• Fellow Of the Endourological Society

• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)

• American Medical Association (AMA)

• American Urological Association (AUA)

 
Licenses and Certifications:
 

• Board Certifications:  (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada) Urology. 2002.

• Medical Licensure: Commonwealth of Virginia 2002, Washington State 2002, New York State 2003

• Principles of Surgery Exam, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (May 1999)

• USMLE 1 (U.S. Medical Licensing Exam 1), 1994

• USMLE 2 (U.S. Medical Licensing Exam 2), 1996

• USMLE 3 (U.S. Medical Licensing Exam 3), 2000

• ECFMG Education Commission of Foreign Medical Graduates, 1996

·        BCLS (Basic Cardiac Life Support), 1997

• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support), 1997

• ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support), 1996

 
Patents:
 

1.Method for discriminating between benign and malignant prostate tumors

US 2010/0173350 A1 dated Jul. 8, 2010
 

2.METHOD OF DETECTING BLADDER CANCER BY OPTICAL ANALYSIS OF BODILY FLUIDS.

US2016/0258871A1; dated Sep. 8, 2016
 
Peer Reviewed Publications:

1. Shan J, Al-Rumaihi K, Chouchane K, Al-Bozom I, Rabah D, Farhat K, Chouchane L. Prostate cancer small non-coding RNA transcriptome in Arabs. J Transl Med. 2017 Dec 21;15(1):260. doi: 10.1186/s12967-017-1362-x.
 
2. Al-Mazidi S, Farhat K, Nedjadi T, Chaudhary A, Zin Al-Abdin O, Rabah D, Al-Zoghaibi M, Djouhri L. Association of Interleukin-6 and Other Cytokines with Self-Reported Pain in Prostate Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy. Pain Med. 2017 Jun 22. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnx145.
 
3. Arafa MA, Farhat KH, Al-Atawi MA, Rabah DM. Prostate cancer screening in a low prevalence population. Is it worth it?  Saudi Med J. 2017 Jul;38(7):733-737. doi: 10.15537/smj.2017.7.18643.
 
4. Mostafa A Arafa, Danny M Rabah. With increasing trends of prostate cancer
             in the Saudi Arabia and Arab World: Should we start screening programs?. World J Clin Oncol 2017 December 10; 8(6): 447-449
 
5. Danny M. Rabah, Mohamad S. Mabrouki, Karim H. Farhat, Mohamed A. Seida, Mostafa A. Arafa,  Riyadh F. Talic. Comparison of Escalating, Constant and Reduction energy output in ESWL for renal stones: Multi-arm Prospective. Randomized study. Urolithiasis. 2017 Jun;45(3):311-316
 
         6. Sandhanasamy Devanesan, Mashael AlShebly, Rudran Kalaivani, Krishnan Sivaji, Karim Farhat, Mohamad Saleh AlSalhi, Mohamed AlAtawi, Danny Rabah and Vadivel Masilamani. Fluorescence spectral features of blood components of pregnant women. Current Sciences 2017 Volume 113 Number 3 457-461.
 
7. Alotaibi M, Saadeddin A, Bazarbashi S, Alkhateeb S, Alghamdi A, Alghamdi K,
Murshid E, Abusamra A, Rabah D, Ahmad I, Al-Mansour M, Alsharm A. Saudi Oncology Society and Saudi Urology Association combined clinical management guidelines for testicular germ cell tumors. Urol Ann. 2016 Apr-Jun;8(2):141-5.
 
8. Alghamdi A, Alkhateeb S, Alghamdi K, Bazarbashi S, Murshid E, Alotaibi M, Abusamra A, Rabah D, Ahmad I, Al-Mansour M, Saadeddin A, Alsharm A. Saudi Oncology Society and Saudi Urology Association combined clinical management guidelines for renal cell carcinoma. Urol Ann. 2016 Apr-Jun;8(2):136-40.
 
9. Alkhateeb S, Al-Mansour M, Alotaibi M, Saadeddin A, Abusamra A, Rabah D, Murshid E, Alsharm A, Ahmad I, Kushi H, Alghamdi A, Alghamdi K, Bazarbashi S. Saudi Oncology Society and Saudi Urology Association combined clinical management guidelines for urothelial cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. Urol Ann. 2016 Apr-Jun;8(2):131-5.
 
10. Abusamra A, Murshid E, Kushi H, Alkhateeb S, Al-Mansour M, Saadeddin A, Rabah D, Bazarbashi S, Alotaibi M, Alghamdi A, Alghamdi K, Alsharm A, Ahmad I. Saudi oncology society and Saudi urology association combined clinical management guidelines for prostate cancer. Urol Ann. 2016 Apr-Jun;8(2):123-30.
 
11. Binsaleh S, Babaeer A, Rabah D, Madbouly K. Evaluation of Urology Residents’ Perception of Surgical Theater Educational Environment. J Surg Educ. 2015 Jan-Feb;72(1):73-9.
 
12.Brockman JA, Alanee S, Vickers AJ, Scardino PT, Wood DP, Kibel AS, Lin DW, Bianco Jr FJ, Rabah DM, Klein EA, Ciezki JP, Gao T, Kattan MW, Stephenson AJ. Nomogram Predicting Prostate Cancer-specific Mortality for Men with Biochemical Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy. Eur Urol. 2015 Jun;67(6):1160-7
 
13.Mostafa Arafa, Karim Farhat, Danny Rabah. Knowledge and attitude of population towards cancer prostate Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Urology annals. Year : 2015  |  Volume : 7  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 154-158
 
14. Mostafa Arafa, Karim Farhat, Saad Aqdas, Mohamed Al-Atawi, Danny Rabah. Assessment of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Saudi Men using the International prostate Symptoms Score. Urology annals. Year : 2015  |  Volume : 7  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 221-225
 
15. Mubarak Al-mansour, Ahmad Saadeddin, Sultan Alkhateeb, Ashraf Abusamra, Danny Rabah, Mohammed Alotaibi, Esam Murshid, Abdullah Alsharm, Imran Ahmad, Khalid Alghamdi, Shouki Bazarbashi11. Saudi oncology society and Saudi urology association combined clinical management guidelines for urothelial urinary bladder cancer. Urology Annals. Year : 2014  |  Volume : 6  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 273-277
 
16.Sultan Alkhateeb, Ashraf Abusamra, Danny Rabah, Mohammed Alotaibi, Rana Mahmood, Mubarak Almansour, Esam Murshid, Abdullah Alsharm, Ashwaq Alolayan, Imran Ahmad, Hussain Alkushi, Abdullah Alghamdi, Shouki Bazarbashi. Saudi oncology society and Saudi urology association combined clinical management guidelines for prostate cancer. Urology Annals, Year : 2014  |  Volume : 6  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 278-285
 
17. Shouki Bazarbashi, Sultan Alkhateeb, Ashraf Abusamra, Danny Rabah, Mohammed Alotaibi, Mubarak Almansour, Esam Murshid, Abdullah Alsharm, Ashwaq Alolayan, Imran Ahmad, Khalid Alghamdi, Abdullah Alghamdi. Saudi oncology society and Saudi urology association combined clinical management guidelines for renal cell carcinoma. Urology annals. Year : 2014  |  Volume : 6  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 286-289
 
18. Mohammed Alotaibi, Shouki Bazarbashi, Sultan Alkhateeb, Ashraf Abusamra, Danny Rabah, Mubarak Almansour, Esam Murshid, Abdullah Alsharm, Imran Ahmad, Khalid Alghamdi, Ahmad Saadeddin, Abdullah Alghamdi. Saudi oncology society and Saudi urology association combined clinical management guidelines for testicular germ cell tumors. Urology annals. Year : 2014  |  Volume : 6  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 290-294
 
19.Alsulihem AA, Rabah DM. Priapism associated with pregabalin. Urol Ann. 2014 Oct;6(4):366-8.
 
20. M. S. ALSALHI, M. ATIF, S. DEVANESAN, K. FARHAT, D. RABAH, V. MASILAMANI, AMERA AMWERA, HASSAN ABOL-ENEIN. Preliminary study of bladder cancer patients using spectral techniques. JOURNAL OF OPTOELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS Vol. 16, No. 9-10, September - October 2014, p. 1191 - 1195
 
21. Stephenson AJ, Eggener SE, Hernandez AV, Klein EA, Kattan MW, Wood DP Jr, Rabah DM, Eastham JA, Scardino PT. Do margins matter? The influence of positive surgical margins on prostate cancer-specific mortality. Eur Urol. 2014 Apr;65(4):675-80.
 
22.            Badr G, Al-Sadoon MK, Rabah DM, Sayed D.  Snake (Walterinnesia aegyptia) venom-loaded silica nanoparticles induce apoptosis and growth arrest in human prostate cancer cells. Apoptosis. 2013 Mar;18(3):300-14
23.            Badr G, Mahmoud MH, Farhat K, Waly H, Al-Abdin OZ, Rabah DM. Maternal supplementation of diabetic mice with thymoquinone protects their offspring from abnormal obesity and diabetes by modulating their lipid profile and free radical production and restoring lymphocyte proliferation via PI3K/AKT signaling. Lipids Health Dis. 2013 Mar 18;12:37
24.V. Masilamani M.S. AlSalhi , S. Devanesan, M. Atif , D. Rabah, K. Farhat,  Y. Pu, R.R. Alfano.  A parallelism between spectral grading and Gleason grading of malignant prostate tissues. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2013 May;10(2):168-72
 
25.V. Masilamani, B.B. Das, J. Secor, M. AlSalhi, S.Devanesan, S.Prasad,  D. Rabah, R. R. Alfano. Optical Biopsy of benign and malignant tissue by time resolved spectroscopy. TECHNOL CANCER RES T. 2013 Dec;12(6):559-63.
26.M Atif, S Devanesan, K Farhat, D Rabah, M S AlSalhi and V Masilamani. Spectral features of the body fluids of patients with benign and malignant prostate tumours. Laser Phys. 23 (2013) 055602 (4pp)
 
27.            Shan J, Al-Rumaihi K, Rabah DM ,Al-Bozom I, Kizhakayil D, Farhat K, Al-Said S, Kfoury H, Dsouza SP, Rowe J, Khalak HG, Jafri S, Aigha II, Chouchane L “Genome scan study of prostate cancer in Arabs: identification of three genomic regions with multiple prostate cancer susceptibility loci in Tunisians”. J Transl Med. 2013 May 13;11:121
 

28.            El-Meliegy A, Rabah DM, Al-Mitwalli K, Mostafa T, Hussein T, Istarabadi M, Lei Y, Gurbuz S. A 6-month, prospective, observational study of PDE5 inhibitor treatment persistence and adherence in Middle Eastern and North African men with erectile dysfunction. Curr Med Res Opin. 2013 Jun;29(6):707-17

29.            Badr, Gamal; Al-Sadoon, Mohamed K.; Rabah, Danny M. Therapeutic efficacy and molecular mechanisms of snake (Walterinnesia aegyptia) venom-loaded silica nanoparticles in the treatment of breast cancer- and prostate cancer-bearing experimental mouse models. FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE  Volume: 65   Pages: 175-189   Published: DEC 2013

30.            Al-Sadoon, Mohamed K.; Rabah, Danny M.; Badr, Gamal. Enhanced anticancer efficacy of snake venom combined with silica nanoparticles in a murine model of human multiple myeloma: Molecular targets for cell cycle arrest and apoptosis induction. CELLULAR IMMUNOLOGY  Volume: 284   Issue: 1-2   Pages: 129-138   Published: JUL-AUG 2013

31.            Al-Abdin, O. Z.; Rabah, D. M.; Badr, G.; Kotb A, Aprikian A. Differences in prostate cancer detection between Canadian and Saudi populations. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH  Volume: 46   Issue: 6   Pages: 539-545   Published: JUN 2013

32.            Ibrahim HM, El-Elaimy IA, Saad Eldien HM, Badr BM, Rabah DM , Badr G. Blocking type I interferon signaling rescues lymphocytes from oxidative stress, exhaustion, and apoptosis in a streptozotocin-induced mouse model of type I diabetes. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 7 may 2013; 148725

33.            Danny M. Rabah , Osman Zin Al-Abdin. The development of robotic surgery in the Middle East. Arab Journal of Urology (2012) 10, 10–16.

 
34.M.S.AlSalhi, V. Masilamani, M. Atif,   K. Farhat, D. Rabah, and M.R. Al Turki. Fluorescence spectra of benign and malignant prostate tissues. Laser Phys. Letter, 9, 631–635, 2012.
 
35.V. Masilamani, B.B. Das, J. Secor, M. AlSalhi, S. B. Amer, K. Farhat, D. Rabah, R. R. Alfano. Time Resolved Optical Biopsy Spectroscopy of Normal, Benign and Malignant Tissues from NADH and FAD Changes. Proc. of SPIE 2012, Vol. 8220, 822009.
36.M. Al Salhi, V. Masilamani, D. Rabah, K. Farhat, C.H Liu, Y.Pu, R.R Alfano. Spectral Grading and Gleason Grading of Malignant Prostate Tissue using Stokes Shift Spectra. Proc. of SPIE 2012, Vol. 8220, 82200J
 

37.            Badr G, Al-Sadoon MK, Abdel-Maksoud MA, Rabah DM , El-Toni AM. Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlie the anti-tumor activities exerted by Walterinnesia aegyptia venom combined with silica nanoparticles against multiple myeloma cancer cell types. PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e51661

 
M.S. AlSalhi, S. Ben Amer, K. Farhat, D. Rabah, S. Devanesan, M. Atif, V. Masilamani. Optical Biopsy of Breast cancer tissue. Laser Physics 2012, 22, (8), 1358–1363. 201
 

39.            Arafa MA, Rabah DM , Wahdan IH. Awareness of general public towards cancer prostate and screening practice in arabic communities: a comparative multi-center study. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2012;13(9):4321-6

40.            Rabah DM, El-Nimr N, Rafe BA, Arafa MA. Fertility cryopreservation for female cancer patients: attitudes and clinical practices of oncologists in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. J Reprod Med. 2012 Sep-Oct;57(9-10):431-4

 
41.Al-Sadoon MK, Abdel-Maksoud MA, Rabah DM, Badr G. Induction of apoptosis and growth arrest in human breast carcinoma cells by a snake (Walterinnesia aegyptia) venom combined with silica nanoparticles: crosstalk between Bcl2 and caspase 3. . 2012;30(3):653-65
 
Badr G, Badr BM, Mahmoud MH, Mohany M, Rabah DM,Garraud O. 10. Treatment of diabetic mice with undenatured whey protein accelerates the wound healing process by enhancing the expression of MIP-1α, MIP-2, KC, CX3CL1 and TGF-β in wounded tissue. BMC Immunol. 2012 Jun 18;13:32
 
43.            Kibel AS, Ciezki JP, Klein EA, Reddy CA, Lubahn JD, Haslag-Minoff J, Deasy JO, Michalski JM, Kallogjeri D, Piccirillo JF, Rabah DM, Yu C, Kattan MW, Stephenson AJ. Survival among men with clinically localized prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy in the prostate specific antigen era. J Urol. 2012 Apr;187(4):1259-65
 
44.Arafa MA, Rabah DM, Wahdan IH. Awareness of general public towards cancer prostate and screening practice in arabic communities: a comparative multi-center study. . 2012;13(9):4321-6
 

45.            Altaweel W, Mokhtar A, Rabah DM. Prospective randomized trial of 100u vs 200u botox in the treatment of idiopathic overactive bladder. Urol Ann. 2011 May;3(2):66-70

 
Bazarbashi S, Al Othman K, Al Otaibi M, Abusamra A, Rabah DM, Aljubran A, Murshid E, Al Oraifi I, El-Naghi M, Bahader Y, Soudy H, Rehman A. Saudi Oncology Society clinical management guidelines for renal cell carcinoma Urol Ann. 2011 Mar;3 Suppl:S3-5.
 

47.            Abusamra AJ, Bazarbashi S, Bahader Y, Kushi H, Rabah DM, Al Bogami N, Al Ghamdi K, Al Ghamdi A, Balaraj K, Seyam R, Al Otaibi M, Al Saeed E. Saudi Oncology Society clinical management guidelines for prostate cancer. Urol Ann. 2011 Mar;3 Suppl:S10-6.

48.            Alyami FA, Rabah DM. Effect of drinking parsley leaf tea on urinary composition and urinary stones' risk factors. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2011 May;22(3):511-4

49.            Rabah DM, Alomar M, Binsaleh S, Arafa MA. Health related quality of life in ureteral stone patients: post-ureterolithiasis. Urol Res. 2011 Oct;39(5):385-8

50.            Arafa MA, Rabah DM,. Attitudes and practices of oncologists toward fertility preservation. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011 Apr;33(3):203-7.

 
51.            Eggener SE, Scardino PT, Walsh PC, Han M, Partin AW, Trock BJ, Feng Z, Wood DP, Eastham JA, Yossepowitch O, Rabah DM, Kattan MW, Yu C, Klein EA, Stephenson AJ. Predicting 15-year prostate cancer specific mortality after radical prostatectomy , J Urol. 2011 Mar;185(3):869-75
 

52.            Masilamani V, Rabah DM, Alsalhi M, Trinka V, Vijayaraghavan P. Spectral discrimination of benign and malignant prostate tissues--a preliminary report. Photochem Photobiol. 2011 Jan-Feb;87(1):208-14.

53.            Rabah DM, Altaweel W, Arafa MA. Clinical assessment and validation of an Arabic Aging Male Symptoms questionnaire in patients with androgen deficiency. Aging Male. 2011 Mar;14(1):33-6.

54.            Danny M Rabah. Determinate of primary care physicians’ practice of prostate cancer counseling and screening. Bulletin of high institute of public Health 2010 Vol 40 No 1.

55.            Hassen WA, Karsan FA, Abbas F, Beduk Y, El-Khodary A, Ghosn M, Khader J, Khauli R, Rabah DM, Shamseddine A, Srinivas S; MENA Prostate Cancer Regional Guidelines Committee Modification and implementation of NCCN guidelines on prostate cancer in the Middle East and North Africa region. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2010 Jul;8 Suppl 3:S26-8

 
56.            Arafa MA, Rabah DM, Abdel-Gawad E, Ibrahim FK. Association of physicians' knowledge and behavior with prostate cancer counseling and screening in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Med J. 2010 Nov;31(11):1245-50.

57.            Arafa MA, Rabah DM. Study of quality of life and its determinants in patients after urinary stone fragmentation. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2010 Oct 19;8:119

58.            Rabah DM, Wahdan IH, Merdawy A, Abourafe B, Arafa MA. Oncologists' knowledge and practice towards sperm cryopreservation in Arabic communities. J Cancer Surviv. 2010 Sep;4(3):279-83. Epub 2010 Jul 23.

59.            Altaweel W, Rabah DM. TransObturator Tape for Female Stress Incontinence: two years follow- up. CUAJ. Can Urol Assoc J. 2010 Feb;4(1):33-6.

60.            Rabah DM, Abumostafa N, Sulaihim A, Arafa M. Survey of urologic laparoscopic practice patterns in Saudi Arabia. J Endourol. 2010 Aug;24(8):1293-5.

61.            Rabah DM, Arafa MA. Prostate cancer screening in a Saudi population An Explanatory Trial Study. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2010 Jun;13(2):191-4. Epub 2010 Jan 12.

62.            Eyad M. Alhelih, Danny M. Rabah, Mostafa A. Arafa. Analysis of perceived benefits and risks for prostate cancer screening in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 1(7) pp. 302-308 August 2010

63.            Rabah DM, Arafa MA Validation of an Arabic ADAM questionnaire for androgen deficiency screening in the Arab community. Aging Male. 2009 Dec;12(4):95-9.

64.            Rabah DM, Adwan AA, Seida MA. Lymphatic preservation using methylene blue dye during laparoscopic varicocelectomy: early results. Can J Urol. 2009 Oct;16(5):4826-30

65.            Rabah DM, Al-Hathal N, Al-Fuhaid T, Raza S, Al-Yami F, Al-Taweel W, Alomar M, Al-Nagshabandi N. Computed tomography angiogram: accuracy in renal surgery. Int J Urol. 2009 Jan;16(1):58-60.

66.            Rabah DM, Alyami FA. Robotic-assisted transperitoneal radical prostatectomy in a patient with pelvic kidney. Saudi Med J. 2008 Feb;29(2):288-90

67.            Rabah DM. Robot-assisted partial cystectomy for the treatment of urachal carcinoma. Can J Urol. 2007 Aug;14(4):3640-2.

68.            Talic RF, Rabah DM. Effect of modification of shock-wave delivery on stone fragmentation. Curr Opin Urol. 2006 Mar;16(2):83-7.

69.            Soderdahl DW, Diaz JI, Rabah DM, Schellhammer PF, Fabrizio MD. Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: evaluation of specimen pathologic features to critically assess and modify surgical technique.

Urology. 2005 Sep;66(3):552-6.

70.            Rabah DM, Soderdahl DW, McAdams PD, Knowles YK, Vingan HL, Shaves SC, Fabrizio MD. Ureteropelvic junction obstruction: does CT angiography allow better selection of therapeutic modalities and better patient outcome?

J Endourol. 2004 Jun;18(5):427-30.

71.            Spiess PE, Rabah DM, Herrera C, Singh G, Moore R, Corcos J.The tensile properties of tension-free vaginal tape and cadaveric fascia lata in an in vivo rat model. BJU Int. 2004 Jan;93(1):171-3.

72.            Rabah DM, Paul F. Schellhammer , Jose I. Diaz, Ingolf Tǘerk and  Michael D. Fabrizio. Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy, Is Intact Organ Removal Attainable? Study Of Margin Status. J Endourol. 2004 Oct;18(8):731-4.

73.            Douglas W. Soderdahl, Rabah DM, Thomas McCune, John Colonna, Roland French, Edwin Robey and Michael D. Fabrizio. Misattributed Paternity in a Living Related Donor, To Disclose or Not to Disclose. Urology. 2004 Sept; 64 (3), 590

74.            Rabah DM, Louis R. Begin, Abdelrahman Zahran and Jacques Corcos. TISSUE REACTION OF THE RABBIT URINARY BLADDER TO CADAVERIC HUMAN FASCIA LATA AND POLYPROPYLENE SURGICAL MESH. Can J Urol. 2004 Aug;11(4):2344-9.

75.            Rabah DM, Fabrizio MD. POSTOPERATIVE PAIN: CURRENT MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS. Contemp Urol. 2003;15(8):15-29.

76.            Rabah DM, Philippe E. Spiess, Louis R. Begin, and Jacques Corcos. Tissue reaction of the rabbit urinary bladder to tension-free vaginal tape and porcine small intestinal submucosa. BJU International 2002, 90, 601-606.

77.       Sero Andonian, Rabah DM, Armen G. Aprikian Pseudomonas aeruginosa sacroiliitis and osteomyelitis of pelvic bones after radical prostatectomy. Urology 2002, 60: 4: 698.

 
Book Chapters:
 

• Rabah DM and Michael D. Fabrizio FLEXIBLE FIBEROPTIC URETEROPYELOSCOPY. Smith's Textbook of Endourology. 2nd Edition. 2007

• Translated Book: Current opininions in localized Prostate Cancer. M Ohori, P Scardino. 1 st edition. 2009

• Translated Book: Urodynamics Made Easy.  Christopher R Chapple. 3rd edition 2009

 
 
Scientific Awards:
 

First Prize Winner of Basic Science research at Quebec Urological Association Annual Meeting 2000, Quebec city, for: (PREVENTION OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN THE DIABETIC RAT). : Rabah DM, Abdelrahman Zahran, Pascal Vachon and Serge Carrier.

 
First Prize Winner of Basic Science research at Quebec Urological Association Annual Meeting 2001, Montreal, for:  (Tissue reactivity of tension free vaginal tape (TVT) and porcine SOFT TISSUE FASCIA GRAFTS ON THE URINARY BLADDER IN AN IN VIVO RABBIT MODEL). : Philippe E Spiess, Rabah DM, Louis R Begin, and Jacques Corcos.
 
Northeastern American Urological Association (AUA) research prize. 2002. TENSILE STRENGTH STUDY OF TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE (TVT) AND FASCIA LATA IN AN IN VIVO RAT ANIMAL MODEL.Philippe E Spiess, Constance O Herrera, Rabah DM, Bob Moore, Gurdip Singh and Jacques Corcos.
 
Third Prize Winner, Annual Essay Contest of the Endourological Society. September 2003. ( Laparascopic Radical Prostatectomy, Is intact organ removal attainable? Study of margin status). : Rabah DM, Paul F. Schellhammer , Jose I. Diaz, Ingolf Tǘerk and  Michael D. Fabrizio.
 
 
Published Abstracts:
 
L. Chouchane, S. Shan, K. al-Rumaihi, I. al-Bozom, S. al-Said, D. Rabah, K. Farhat, D. Kizhakayil and I. Aigha. IDENTIFICATION OF THREE GENOMIC REGIONS WITH MULTIPLE CONSECUTIVE PROSTATE CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI THROUGH A GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY IN ARAB POPULATION. Annals of Oncology. Volume 23 | Supplement 5 | June 2012. V14
 
 
Rabah DM , Louise R Begin, A Zahran and Jacques Corcos. TISSUE REACTION COMPARISON BETWEEN CADAVERIC HUMAN FASCIA LATA AND POLYPROPYLENE SURGICAL MESH ON RABBIT URINARY BLADDER. (American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, April 2000)
- J Urol., 164(5):228, May 2000.
 
Rabah DM, Louise R Begin, A Zahran and Jacques Corcos. TISSUE REACTION COMPARISON BETWEEN CADAVERIC HUMAN FASCIA LATA AND TWO TYPES OF POLYPROPYLENE SURGICAL MESH ON RABBIT URINARY BLADDER. (International Society of Urology [SIU] 25th Congress, Singapore, October 2000)- British J. Urol., 86(3); November 2000.
 
 
 
Rabah DM, Abdelrahman Zahran, Pascal Vachon and Serge Carrier. LA PREVENTION DE LA DYSFUCTION ERECTILE CHEZ LE RAT DIABETIQUE (PREVENTION OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN THE DIABETIC RAT). (Quebec Urological Association Annual Meeting, Quebec City, November 2000)
- Can J. Urol., 7(5); October 2000.
 
Abdelrahman M Zahran, Rabah DM, Hyman Shipper, Pascal Vachon and Serge Carrier. ANTIOXIDANTS IN THE PREVENTION OF BLADDER DYSFUNCTION IN DIABETIC RATS. (American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, June 2001)- J Urol., 165(5):276, May 2001.
 
Philippe E Spiess, Constance O Herrera, Rabah DM, Bob Moore, Gurdip Singh and Jacques Corcos. TENSILE STRENGTH STUDY OF TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE (TVT) AND FASCIA LATA IN AN IN VIVO RAT ANIMAL MODEL. (Quebec Urological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, November 2001)
- Can J. Urol., 8(5); November 2001.
 
 

Scientific Presentations:

 
TISSUE REACTION COMPARISON BETWEEN CADAVERIC HUMAN FASCIA LATA AND POLYPROPYLENE SURGICAL MESH ON RABBIT URINARY BLADDER. Rabah DM, Louis R Begin, A Zahran and Jacques Corcos. (Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology Annual meeting, Atlanta, April 2000)
 
 
TISSUE REACTION COMPARISON BETWEEN CADAVERIC HUMAN FASCIA LATA AND POLYPROPYLENE SURGICAL MESH ON RABBIT URINARY BLADDER. Rabah DM, Louis R Begin, A Zahran and Jacques Corcos. (Canadian Urological Association Annual Meeting, Kelowna BC, June 2000)

Leiomyoma to the Kidney, A case report.

Rabah DM, Carson Wong, Andrew P. Steinberg, Jamie Libman, Amira R. Mehio, and Simon Tanguay (St. Lawrence Urological Group Annual Meeting, Quebec, February 2000)
 
PREVENTION OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN THE DIABETIC RAT. Rabah DM, Abdelrahman Zahran, Pascal Vachon and Serge Carrier. (Quebec Urological Association, Quebec City, November 2000)
 
TISSUE REACTION COMPARISON BETWEEN TVT (tension-free vaginal tape) AND PORCINE SOFT TISSUE FASCIA GRAFTS ON RABBIT URINARY BLADDER. Rabah DM, Philippe E Spiess, Louis R Begin, and Jacques Corcos. (Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology Annual meeting, Anaheim, May 2001)
 
Tensile strength of tension free vaginal tape and cadaveric fascia lata allograft slings after in-vivo implantation in an animal model at various time intervals. Rabah DM, Philip Spiess, and J. Corcos.
 
Ureteropelvic junction obstruction:  Does CT angiography allow for better selection of therapeutic modalities and thus better patient Outcome? Rabah DM, Paul D. McAdams, Douglas Soderdahl, Yasmeen K. Knowles, Harlan L. Vingan, Sarah C. Shaves, and Michael D. Fabrizio. World Congress of Endourology. Montreal September, 2003.
 
Laparascopic Radical Prostatectomy Series At A U.S.University Medical Center: Our First 70 Patients. Rabah DM, Paul F. Schellhammer , Jose I. Diaz, Ingolf Tǘerk and  Michael D. Fabrizio. World Congress of Endourology. Montreal September, 2003.
 
Prospective Pathological Review of Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Specimens, Is Intact Organ Removal Attainable? Rabah DM, Paul F. Schellhammer , Jose I. Diaz, Ingolf Tǘerk and  Michael D. Fabrizio. World Congress of Endourology. Montreal September, 2003.
 
 
 
Basic Science Research Experience:
 
April 1999 to July 1999:
1. Erectile dysfunction and neurourology laboratory, Lady Davis research institute, McGill University.
Supervisor:          Dr. Serge Carrier
Project:       The Role of Oxidative stress in urogenital complications of juvenile diabetes.
Skills Acquired:
Diabetic rat cavernous nerve stimulation and measurement of cavernosal pressures.
                                      Diabetic rat  cysometrography.
                                      Rat tissue harvesting and preservation.
 
2. Female urology and incontinence research, Lady Davis research institute, Jewish General Hospital.
Supervisor:          Dr. Jacques Corcos.
Project:       Testing of various surgical slings on Rabbits urinary Bladders.
 
Accomplishment:
                   Developed a practical model for testing of Bladder slings on the urinary bladder of rabbits that will be used to test new sling material proposed by the industry.
Languages:
 

Fluent in English and Arabic, Speaking Knowledge of French

 
Extracurricular Activities:
Sailing, Scuba diving and Squash.