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C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
NAME : FAHAD ABDULLAH AL ZAMIL
NATIONALITY : Saudi
CURRENT ADDRESS : Department of Pediatrics (39)
College of Medicine & KKUH
King Saud University
P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
JOB TITLE : Professor and Consultant Pediatric
Infectious Disease,
College of Medicine, King Saud University
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. M. B. B. S. : King Saud University, Riyadh, 1980
2. Diploma of Child Health: Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, 1985
3. Jordanian Board Certificate in Pediatrics, Amman, Jordan, 1988.
4. Arab Board Certificate in Pediatrics, Arab Board Council for Medical Specializations 1990.
5. Fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Disease, KFSH&RC, Riyadh, KSA, August 1992.
6. Appointed as Consultant in Pediatric Department, KKUH, Riyadh, K.S.A., January 1991.
7. Assistant Professor in Pediatric Department, College of Medicine & University Hospitals, King Saud University, Riyadh, K.S.A., May 1995.
8. Consultant in Pediatric Infectious Disease, KKUH, Riyadh, K.S.A., August 1992.
9. Associate Professor in Pediatric Department, College of Medicine & University Hospitals, Riyadh, K.S.A., March 2001.
10. Professor in Pediatric Department, College of Medicine & University Hospitals, Riyadh, K.S.A., March 2009.
A. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1. Intern : One year rotating internship at King
Saud University Hospitals, Riyadh, 1980-1981.
2. House Officer: Department of Pediatrics, King Khalid University Hospital. Full exposure to outpatient and emergency room as well as inpatient service including Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Units, 1981-1985.
3. Resident : Residency Training Program for the Arab
Board in Pediatrics (R1 – R4), at King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), rotating in all aspects of General Pediatrics including Outpatient / Inpatient service, Accident / Emergency, Pediatric And Neonatal Intensive Care as well as Pediatric subspecialties including Hematology/Oncology, Nephrology, Cardiology, Neurology, Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases, Gastroenterology and Ambulatory Pediatrics, 1985 - 1989.
4. Registrar : Department of Pediatrics, KKUH, 1985 -
1988.
5. Senior Registrar: Department of Paediatrics, KKUH,
1988.
6. Senior Registrar in-charge of Outpatient
service:
King Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAUH) Riyadh, 1989-1990.
7. Fellow Paediatric Infectious Disease:
Paediatric Department, KFSH, 1990-1992. 2 years rotation in Paediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship Programme at KFSH involved in Management of Immune Compromise, Bone Marrow Transplant and HIV patients.
8. Consultant Paediatric Infectious Disease,
KKUH, 1992.
B. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCES:
1. Chief Resident:
Department of Paediatrics, King Khalid University Hospital, for a period of 18 months, 1985 – 1987.
2. Registrar in-charge of Paediatric Emergency and Outpatient Service:
KKUH, for a period of 4 months, 1984.
3. Senior Registrar in-charge of Paediatric Emergency and Outpatient Services:
KAUH, for a period of 8 months, 1989 – 1990.
4. Course Coordinator, Undergraduate Teaching Program Committee:
KKUH for a period of 2 years.
5. Chief of Medical Staff:
KKUH from 1998 (27.04.1419H) to 2003 (27.04.1424H).
6. Chairman of Pediatrics:
KKUH from 2004 (09.05.1425H) to 2005 (06.08.1426H).
7. Vice-Dean for University Hospitals Affairs:
KKUH & KAUH from 2005 (06.08.1426H) to 2009
C. TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
1. Participation in theoretical and clinical teaching of final year medical students of different courses as well as organization of clinical examinations at the Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University.
2. Clinical teaching of Junior Residents and Nurses at the Department of Paediatrics, KKUH.
D. MEMBERSHIP AND ASSOCIATIONS:
¨ Member in the Infectious Disease Society in America, April
1993.
¨ Member in the International Society of Infectious Disease,
April 1993.
¨ Member in Saudi Paediatric Association, 1992.
E. PUBLICATIONS:
1. Al-Eissa YA, Kambal A, Al Zamil F. Al Jishi. Childhood
brucellosis in Riyadh, Abstract, 4th Annual Pediatric Symposium, Riyadh. Ann Saudi Med 1990; 10:228A.
2. Al Eissa YA, Kambal AM, Al Nasser MN, Al Habib SA, Al Fawaz IM, Al Zamil FA. Childhood brucellosis: a study of 102 cases. Ped Infect Dis Journal 1990;9:74-9.
3. Al Eissa YA, Kambal AM, Al Nasser MN, Al Habib SA, Al Fawaz IM, Al Zamil FA. Childhood brucellosis: Infect Dis Digest 1990;10:10-11.
4. Al Eissa YA, Kambal AM, Al Nasser MN, Al Habib SA, Al Fawaz IM, Al Zamil FA. Childhood brucellosis: A study of 102 cases (Abstract). Pediatr Alert 1990;15:27-28.
5. Al Eissa YA, Al Zamil FA. Brucellosis : A Public Health Problem in Saudi Arabia. Abstract. Symposium on Endemic Diseases. Al Baha; January, 1990.
6. Al Eissa YA, Al Zamil FA, Al Mugeiren MM, Al Rasheed SA, Al Mazyad AS, Al Sanie AM. Childhood brucellosis: a deceptive infectious disease. Scand J Infect Dis 1991;23:129- 133.
7. Al Eissa YA, Familusi JB, Al Zamil FA, Al Mofada SM, Al Jarallah AA, Al Kharashi MA, Al Husain MA. Profile of children hospitalized for their first febrile convulsion in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. J Trop Geogr Neurol 1992;2.
8. Al Zamil FA, Shibl A, Qadri HSM. Detection of pneumococci with increased resistance to pneicillin and their clinical significance. Ann S Med 1992;12(3):279-282.
9. Al Zamil FA, Shibl A, Qadri HSM. Plesimonas shigelloid and its clinical significance.
10. Al Eissa YA, Kambal AM, Al Nasser MA, Al Habib SA, Al Fawaz IM, Al Zamil FA. Childhood brucellosis. Year Book of Infectious Disease. Mosby-Year Book Inc. 1992;61-63.
11. Al Eissa Y, Al Zamil FA, Al Kharashi M, Kambal AM, Chowdhurry M, Al Ayed I. The relative importance of Shiegella in the aetiology of childhood gastroenteritis in Saudi Arabia. Scand J Infect Dis 1992;24:347-351.
12. Kambal AM, Chowdhury MNH, Al Eissa YA, Al Zamil FA, Al Kharashi MA. Salmonella gastroenteritis in children; experience at a teaching hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Med Sci Res 1992;20:149-151.
13. Al Zamil FA, Shibi A, Qadri HSM. Detection of pneumococci with increased resistance to penicillin and their clinical significance. Ann Med 1992;12:279-282.
14. Al Eissa YA, Al Zamil FA, Al Fadlley FA, Al Herbish AS, Al Mofada SM, Al Omair AO. Acute rheumatic fever in Saudi Arabia mild pattern of initial attack. Pediatr Cardiol, 14:89- 92, 1993.
15. Al Zamil FA, Al Ballaa S, Nazer H, Tufenkeji H. Meningiococcemia: A life threatening complication of upper diagnostic endoscopy. The Journal of Infection, 1994:28:73- 75.
16. Al Eissa YA, Al Zamil FA, Al Nasser MN. Duration of Chemotherapy for Childhood Brucellosis. Paediatric Infectious Diseases Journal 1994; 13:335-336.
17. Niazi, MA, Al Mazyad AS, Al Husain MA, Al Mofada SM, Al Zamil FA, Khashoggi TY, Al Eissa YA. Down’s syndrome in Saudi Arabia; Incidence and Cytogenetics. Hum Hered 1995;45:64-69.
18. Mustafa A.M. Salih, MBBS, MPCH, MD; Muslimudin Kabiraj, MPHIL; Generoso G. Gascon, MD; Abdullah S. Al Jarallah, MBBS, DABP; Fahad A. Al Zamil, MBBS, DABP.
19. Hanan A. H. Babay, Mohammed N. H. Chowdhurry, Fahad Al Zamil and Mona A. Bader. Campylobacter upsaliensis bacteremia in a paediatric patient” case report. Med Sci Res 1996:24;501-502.
20. Ahmed Al Jarallah, Mustafa A. M. Salih, Mohammed Al Nasser, Fahad Al Zamil and Jamel Al Gethmi. Rett syndrome in Saudi Arabia report of six patients. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics 1996;16,347-352.
21. Asaad M. A. Abdullah, Mohammed N.H. Chodhurry, A al Mazrou, Fahad Al Zamil and Abdel Mageed Kambal. Spectrum of Haemophilus influenza type B disease in Children at a university hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Journal of Tropical Paediatrics Vol. 43,10-12 February 1997.
22. Abdullah Al Salloum, Mohammed Al Mugeiren, Soud al Rasheed, Abdulrahman Al Mazrou, Fahad Al Zamil. CAPD in Saudi children: ten years experience from a single centre. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transplant 1997;(8) 3:248-301.
23. Fahad Al Zamil. Recurrent bacterial meningitis: report of two cases from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics 1999;19;395-399.
24. Elham Boukhari, A. Al Mazrou, Fahad Al Zamil, Ramzi Kilani. Listeria Monocytogenes Bacteremia and Meningits in Saudi Newborn. Annals of Saudi Medicine, Vol. 19, No. 6, 1999:539-540.
25. YA Al Eissa, Fahad Al Zamil, AM Al Sanie, AA Al Salloum, HM Al Tuwaijri, NM Al Abdali, SA Al Azzam. Home management of Fever in Children Rational or Ritual? IJCP, April 2000, Vol 54; No. 3 138-142, International Journal of Clinical Practice.
26. Fahad Al Zamil. The dogma of identifying occult bacterial infection. IJCP ; accepted for publication 5th of June 2000.
27. Fahad Al Zamil, AA Al Hamidi, A. Al Mazrou, Abdullah Al Herbish, Abiodun Olasope, Asaad M. Abdullah, Sulaiman A. Al Habib. Protective hepatitis B, antibodies (anti-HBs) after three doses of hepatitis B vaccine in a cohort of children in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Current Paediatrics. Res 2001;5 C1.
28. Youssef Al Eissa, SAmeeh S. Ghazal, Fahad Al Zamil, Abdullah A. Al Salloum, Abdullah Al Omair, Mohammed Al Nasser. Pattern of febrile illnesses in children seen at a Paediatric Ambulatory Care Setting, accepted for publication in Journal of Family & Community Medicine, 15 July 2000.
29. Kingsley Twum-Danso, MBChb, FRC(Path); Abdulrahman M. Al Mazrou, MBBS, FECPC; Abdel-Mageed M. Kambal, MBBS, FRC(Path), Fahad A. Al Zamil. Penicillin resistance in serogroups/ serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing invasive infections in Central Saudi Arabia. Saudi Med J 2003; Vol.24(11): 1210-1213.
30. Ahmed Al Jarie, MD, Ibrahim Al-Mohsen, FAAP, Suliman Al Jumaah, FAAP, Mohammed Al Hazme, MD, Fahad Al Zamil, MD, Mohammed Al Zahrani, MD, Edna Al Modavar, SRMT, Fouad Al Dayel, MD, Haider Al Arishii, MD, Dayel Serán, MD, Jens Martins, MD, Ali Al Mehaidib, MD, Ljubomir Rossi, FRCS(C), Ibrahim Olaiyan, MD, Garry Le Quesne, FRACR, DDU and Abdulrahman Al-Mazrou, FRCPC. Pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J; 2003; Vol.22(11): 1007-3.
31. Abdulrahman Al Mazrou, MD, FRCP(C); Kingsley Twum- Danso, FRCPath; Fahad Al Zamil; Abdelmageed Kambal, FRCPath. Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes/serogroups causing invasive disease in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: extent of coverage by pneumococcal vaccines. Ann Saudi Med 2005;25(2):94-99.
32. Fahad Abdullah Al Zamil, Parent's reluctance towards antibiotic use in children. Curr Pediatr Res 2005;9(1&2):45- 49.
33. Abdulrahman M. Al Nemri, ABP, Lena C. Ignacio, MBBS, Fahad Al Zamil, MD, ABP, Abdullah S. Al Jarallah, MBBS, ABP. Rare but Fatal Complication of Umbilical Venous Catheterization. Congenit Heart Dis. J. 2006; 1:180- 183.
34. Fahad Abdullah Al Zamil, MBBS, ABP. CHEMOKINES AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH PAEDIATRIC DISEASES. Pak Med Sci J October – December 2006; Vol.22(4): 496-502.
35. Fahad Abdullah Al Zamil, MBBS, ABP. Conjugated Pneumococcal Vaccine for children in Saudi Arabia following the footsteps of HIB vaccine. J Egypt Public Health Assoc. Vol.83 No. 1 & 2, 2008.
36. Fahad Abdullah Al Zamil, MBBS, ABP. Bacteremia in children at the University Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. World J Pediatr, Vol 4 No 2 – May 15, 2008. ISSN 1708-8569.
37. Fahad A. Al Zamil, Muslim M. Al Saadi, Nada A. Bokhary, Laila Al Shamsa, Sulaiman Al Alola, Yousef Al Eissa. The Clinical profile of childhood osteomyelitis: A Saudi experience. Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vol 3 No 4 July 22, 2008. ISSN 1305-7707.
38. Muslim M. Al Saadi, Fahad Al Zamil, Nada A. Bokhary, Layla A. Al Shamsan, Sulaiman A. Al Alola and Youssef S. Al Eissa. Acute septic arthritis in children. Pediatrics International 2009;51:377-380.
39. Abdulrahman Al Nemri, Lena Ignacio and Fahad Al Zamil. Laryngoscope bulb ingestion during delivery room resuscitation. Journal of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine 2 (2009) 299-301.
40. Tariq Al Fawaz, Fahad Al Zamil, Abdulrahman Al Mazrou. Abdominal tuberculosis in children-case report. Curr Pediatr Res 2010;14(2):106-107.
41. Abdulla A. Alangari, Fahad Al-Zamil, Abdulrahman Al Mazrou, Saleh Al-Muhsen, Stephanie Boisson-Dupuis, Sitalbanat Awadallah, Abdelmageed Kambal, and Jean-Laurent Casanova. Treatment of Disseminated Mycobacterial Infection with High-Dose IFN-y in a Patient with IL-12Rβ1Deficiency. Clinical and Developmental Immunology Volume 2011, Article ID 691956, 5 pages.
42. Abdulkarim Abdullah Alrabiaah, Sarah Suliman Alsubaie, Elham Issa Bukhari, Ashry Gad, Fahad Abdullah AlZamil. Outbreak of Bacille Calmette-Guerin-related lymphadenitis in Saudi children at a university hospital after a change in the strain of vaccine. Annals of Saudi Medicine Vol. 32 Issue 1 2012; 4-8
43. Alsubaie S., Bahkali K., Somily, AM., AlZamil F, Alrabiaah A., Alaska A., Alkhattaf F, Kambal A, Al-Qahtani AA, Al-Ahdal MN. Nosocomial transmission of community-acquired Methicillin-Resistant Sthaphylococcus aureus in a Well-Infant Nursery of a Teaching Hospital. Pediatrics International Japan Pediatric Society 2012 May 28.
44. Bukhari E, Alzahrani M, Alsubaie S, Alrabiaah A, AlZamil F. Bacillus Calmette-Guerin: A 6-year experience in two Saudi hospitals. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology – 55(2), April-June 2012 Pages 59-62.
E. CONFERENCES & SYMPOSIA:
1. First Annual Paediatric Symposium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
March 1986.
2. Second Annual Paediatric Symposium, Al Khobar, Saudi
Arabia, March 1987.
3. International Conference on The Impact of Viral Diseases on health Care and Medical Services in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 1988.
4. Third Annual Paediatric Symposium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 1988.
5. Fourth Annual Paediatric Symposium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 1989.
6. First International Symposium on Recent Advances in Immunization and Immunotherapy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 1990.
7. The 8th Mediterranean Congress of Chemotherapy, 24-29 May 1992, Athens, Greece.
8. The 61st Annual Meeting of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
9. 18th International Congress of Chemotherapy, June 27 – July 2, 1993, Stockholm, Sweden.
10. First International Symposium on Recent Advances in Immunization and Immunotherapy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 1990.
11. “HIV-Paediatric Perspective” Symposium on “HIV Infections and AIDS: An update” held at College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, November 1992.
12. 5th Advanced Medicine and Tuberculosis Symposium 16-18 October 1994, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh Military Hospital.
13. 2nd International Conference on AIDS, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, 28-30 November 1994.
14. SPEAKER in International Conference on Infectious Diseases, ALAIN, United Arab Emirates, 20 – 23 November 1994.
15. SPEAKER in Respiratory Diseases in Children Symposium, King Saud Hospital, Onaizah, Al Qassim, 13 April 1995.
16. Symposium on Infection Control, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, July 6, 1996.
17. First Congress of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Acapulco, Mexico; 4-7 December 1996.
18. “International Symposium on Hospital Acquired Infections” King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, K.S.A. 4-5 May 1997.
19. 37th Interscience Conference of Antimicrobial Therapy and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Toronto, Canada, 20th September to 1st October 1997.
20. “Rationale Use of Antibiotics” Symposium on “Recent Advances in Paediatrics, King Khalid National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 11-13 May 1998.
21. 2nd World Congress of Paediatrics Infectious Diseases, Manila, Philippines, 3-6 November 1999.
22. Advanced Clinical Pediatrics & Neonatal Medicine, Children's Hospital, Riyadh Medical Complex, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 4-9 December 2004.
23. SPEAKER Advanced Child Health International Conference, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 5-8 December 2005.
24. SPEAKER 12th International Congress on Infectious Diseases, International Society for Infectious Diseases, Lisbon, Portugal. 15-18 June 2006.
25. SPEAKER Pediatric Infectious Diseases Seminars, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 23-24 October 2007.
26. 5th World Congress of the World Society of Pediatric Infectious Disease, World Society of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Bangkok, Thailand. 15-18/11/2007.
27. 6th Conference of Hospital Administration, Arab Administrative Development Organization, League of Arab States, Cairo, Egypt. 26-29/11/2007.
28. 13th International Congress on Infectious Diseases, International Society for Infectious Diseases, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 19-22 June 2008.
29. 7th Arab Universities Strategic Plan Conference towards High Educational Developmental (15th National Conference), Ein Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. 23-24/11/2008.
30. SPEAKER, 7th RMH Paediatric Symposium: Neonatology and General Paediatrics Update, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 10- 12 October 2010 (2-4 Dhulqaddah 1431).
31. SPEAKER, Combating Antibiotic Resistance Conference at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 7-9 March 2011.
32. SPEAKER, 4th Pediatric Infectious Disease Seminar at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 23-24 April, 2011
33. SPEAKER, 1st Middle East Vaccine Congress, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 17-19/11/2011, “N. Meningitidis: From Global To Local Perspectives.”
34. 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID). London, United Kingdom 29 March- 3 April 2012.
35. 30th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID). Thessaloniki, Greece. May 8-12, 2012.
36. First Pediatric Intensive Review Course. Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Sept. 15-20, 2012
37. SPEAKER, 3rd Pediatric Infectious Diseases Review Course and Workshop, King Fahad Medical City. 7th November 2012
38. 8th PSMMC Paediatric Symposium, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, KSA, 12th-13th November 2012
39. SPEAKER, 6th Asian Congress of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Colombo Sri Lanka, 28th November – 1st December 2012
40. SPEAKER, 2nd Middle East Vaccination Congress, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 14-15 December 2012
41. MODERATOR, 1ST State of the Art Pediatrics International, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 1-5, 2012
42. 1ST State of the Art Pediatrics International, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 2-4, 2012