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Reem Mubarak Alhammad
Bio
Assistant professor of neurology
Neuromuscular specialist
College of Medicine
King Khaled University Hospital
Riyadh,Saudi Arabia
Neuromuscular specialist
College of Medicine
King Khaled University Hospital
Riyadh,Saudi Arabia
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King Saud University Medical School
Curriculum vitae
Date prepared: October, 2019
Name: Reem Mubarak Alhammad, MBBS
Current position: Assistant professor of neurology and consultant neurologist, Neurology unit, Department of medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University
Mailing address: P O box 10985, Riyadh 11645, Saudi Arabia
Work E-mail: Ralhamad@ksu.edu.sa or Reem.Alhammadmd@gmail.com
Work phone: 0114671077
Gender: female
Nationality: Saudi
Country of origin: Saudi Arabia
Education/training/faculty academic appointments:
| 08/2018 – current | Assistant professor and consultant neurologist | Neurology unit, department of medicine | College of medicine, King Saud University |
| 1/2017 – 8/2018 | Clinical Fellow | Neuromuscular Medicine - Muscle | Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota |
| 1/2016 – 1/2017 | Clinical Fellow | Neuromuscular disorders - Nerve | Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota |
| 12/2012 – 1/2016 | Instructor | Neurology | College of Medicine, King Saud University |
| 10/2008 – 12/2012 | Resident | Neurology | Saudi Board of Neurology, joint program |
| 7/2006 – 9/2008 | Instructor | Neurology | College of Medicine, King Saud University |
| 6/2005 – 6/2006 | Intern | Internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics | College of Medicine, King Saud University |
| 6/2005 | Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery | Medicine | College of Medicine, King Saud University |
Professional Societies
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Clinical expertise
1.Peripheral nerve disorders.
2.Acquired and genetic myopathic disorders.
3.Clinical interpretation of nerve and muscle biopsies.
4.Muscle biopsy section preparation and Immunohistochemical staining.
5.Clinical electromyography (EMG), lumbar puncture
Special academic/research interests
Muscle
1. Role of plasmacytoid dendritic cells in type I interferon – inducible genes in dermatomyositis.
2. Non – Caseating granulomatous myositis.
3. Myopathic head drop.
4. Limb girdle muscular dystrophies
5. necrotizing autoimmune myopathies
Nerve
- Acquired demyelinating neuropathies
- Diabetic neuropathies
- Hereditary sensorimotor neuropathies
Presentations
Local conferences
1.Approach to asymptomatic/paucisymptomatic hyperCKemia: Saudi neuromuscular disease and electrodiagnostic medicine conference; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 2019
2. Muscle biopsy interpretation: Neurology residency joint program lectures; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March, 2019.
3. Rapidly progressive myopathies : 2nd Annual KFSH&RC Neurology Crash Course , Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 9, 2019.
Abstracts:
1. Diagnostic Spectrum and Treatment Outcomes of Granulomatous Myopathy
Reem Alhammad, Teerin Liewluck. American Academy of Neurology annual meeting, April 10, 2018.
2. Myopathies Presenting with “dropped-head syndrome” Reem Alhammad, Elie Naddaf. American Academy of Neurology annual meeting, April 10, 2018.
3. Myopathy: An Underrecognized Presentation of Transthyretin Amyloidosis, Marcus Vinicius Pinto, Margherita Milone, Michelle Mauermann, Reem Alhammad, Ellen McPhail, Teerin Liewluck. American Academy of Neurology annual meeting, May 4-10, 2019.
Publications
1. Alhammad RM, Dronca RS, Kottschade LA, Turner HJ, Staff NP, Mauermann ML, Tracy JA, Klein CJ. Brachial Plexus Neuritis Associated With Anti-Programmed Cell Death-1 Antibodies: Report of 2 Cases. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes 2017;1(2):192-197.
2. Alhammad RM, Liewluck T. Myopathies featuring non-caseating granulomas: Sarcoidosis, inclusion body myositis and an unfolding overlap. Neuromuscul Disord 2019;29(1):39-47.
3.Transthyretin Amyloidosis: Putting Myopathy On The Map.
Pinto MV, Milone M, Mauermann ML, Dyck PJB, Alhammad R, McPhail ED, Grogan M, Liewluck T. Muscle Nerve. 2019 Oct 6. doi: 10.1002/mus.26723.