CURRICULUM VITAE
NADER G. ATALLA, M.D.
Attending Neurologist, Subspecialty in Epilepsy and EEG monitoring.
Mailing Address : 166 Bienville Drive
Madison, Mississippi 39110
Phone: Cell 757-***-****. Home & Fax 601-***-****
E-mail <ac24g4@r.postjobfree.com>
CITIZENSHIP: PERMANENT RESIDENT OF THE U.S.A
CANADIAN CITIZEN
CERTIFICATIONS:
Oct. 2016 Recertification of American Board of Neurology, U.S.A.
May 2003 Licentiate of Medical Council of Canada (LMCC), CANADA.
April 1993 ECFMG Certificate.
National Board of Medical Examiners, U.S.A
June 1978 M.B.B.Ch. Diploma of Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University
Abbassia, Cairo P.O 38. EGYPT
EDUCATION:
UNDERGRADUATE
College, Faculty of science (Premd),
1971 - 1972 Ain shams University, Cairo,Egypt.
GRADUATE Medical School, Faculty of Medicine
1972 – 1978 Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
CURRENT APPOINTMENT:
8/1/2015 -- Present Attending Neurologist.
Subspecialty in Epilepsy/EEG
ICU EEG Monitoring & Ambulatory Video-EEG.
Baptist Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi 39202
8/1/2014 - 7/31/2015 Medical Advisor/ Teaching Responsibility
St. George Coptic Church.
Hampton Roads, Virginia 23666
4/30/2010 – 7/1/2014 Attending Neurologist
Subspecialty in Epilepsy and EEG monitoring
Chesapeake Regional Medical Center
Chesapeake, Virginia 23320
7/14/2001 – 4/28/2010 * Clinical Position: Attending Neurologist
Health Sciences Center, St. John’s, NF. CANADA
* Academic Position: Clinical Assistant Professor
Memorial University of Newfoundland, CANADA.
St. John's, Newfoundland A1B 3V6, Canada
*As Attending Neurologist
I am responsible to provide Neurology consultation
(outpatient/ inpatient), Epilepsy patients and
manage Neuro-ICU and Emergency patients.
As well as read EEG daily
* As Clinical Assistant Professor in Neurology,
I am responsible for teaching and supervising Medical
Students, Neurology Residents and House staff
rotating through the Neurology department.
* Lecture Neurology and Internal Medicine Residents,
half academic day for neurology two sessions a month
as well as Neurology and Neurosurgery Grand rounds
weekly.
RESIDENCY & FELLOWSHIP
TRAINING (USA)
7/1/2000 – 6/30/2001 Fellow in Clinical Neurophysiology (Epilepsy/EEG/EMG)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Montefiore Medical center, Bronx, New York. U.S.A.
Bronx, New York 10467
* I have full responsibility of the epilepsy unit which
Consists of 6 monitored Beds and 2 unmonitored beds.
Monitored beds are used for the following purposes;
characterization and classification of seizures, as well as
CCTV/EEG Monitoring presurgical evaluation for
epilepsy patients .Unmonitored beds are used for Patients
requiring medications adjustments, initiation of the
ketogenic diet,and patients who are status post WADA test
7/1/97 – 6/30/2000 Resident in Neurology
Seton Hall University
New Jersey Neuroscience Institute
JFK Medical Center
Edison, New Jersey 8818, USA
* MY neurology program provides comprehensive training
in stroke unit, neuro- critical careUnit, neurophysiology
lab.(EEG/EMG),Sleep Lab.,movement disorders, epilepsy
neuro-oncology, Pain and neuromuscular disorders. As
well as neuroradiology ( MRI/MRA,CT Technology
Including CT angiography and perfusion rotional 3D
angiography ).
* I gained extensive hands-on experience in general
Neurology as well as in subspecialty Neurology including
training in both outpatient and inpatient service.
-Took on significant responsibility in making decisions about
the care of patients.
- Management of acute medical and neurological cases in
emergency room. Management of critical ill patients in
stroke unit and Neuro-critical care unit.
-Conducting lectures, journal club and teaching rounds
-Clinical teachings of third and fourth year medical
students and junior Residents.
7/1/96 – 6/30/97 Resident (PGY-2) in Internal Medicine
New York Medical Collage
Lincoln Medical Center
Bronx, New York 10451
7/1/95 – 6/30/96 Resident (PGY-1) in Internal Medicine
New York Medical Collage
Lincoln Medical Center
Bronx, New York 10451
8/1/94 – 6/30/95 Externship in Medical /Radiation Oncology Dept.(Volunteer)
Research Section
New York Methodist Hospital.
Brooklyn, New York 11215
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE &
TRAINING OUTSIDE U.S.A.
2/92 – 7/94 Senior Attending Staff in Emergency Med/Internal Med.Div.
National Health Insurance Hospital
Cairo, Egypt.
5/88 – 1/92 Attending Staff in Emergency Medicine/Internal Med.Div.
National Health Insurance Hospital
Cairo, Egypt.
.
5/84 – 4/88 Resident in Internal Medicine
Coptic Hospital, Cairo Health Care Corporation.
Cairo, Egypt.
4/81 – 4/84 Resident in Emergency Medicine
Coptic Hospital, Cairo Health Care Corporation,
Cairo, Egypt.
9/79 – 3/81 General Practitioner in Emergency Medicine
Air Force Military Hospital
Cairo, Egypt.
9/78- 8/79 Rotating Internship
Ain Shams University Hospital
Cairo, Egypt.
ACADEMIC CONFERENCES &
PRESENTATIONS:
1-INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION SYNDROME.
CME Neurology Grand Rounds. JFK Medical Center,New Jersey Mar. 1999
2-KLIPPEL-FEIL SYNDROME Clinical Case Presentation . January 2000
The best presentation at JFK Medical Center for the academic year 1999/2000.
3-MONOTHERAPY FOR EPLIPSEY PATEINTS . CME Neurology Grand Rounds .JFK Medical Center, New Jersey, April 2000
4-POEMS SYNDROME Clinical Case Presentation
Neurology /Neuromuscular Rounds, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
New York, Oct.2000.
5-NITOUS OXIDE INDUCED MYELONEUROPATHY.
Neurology /Neuromuscular Rounds, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
New York, Feb 2001.
6-DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF SYRINGOMYELIA
Neurology /Neuromuscular Rounds, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
New York, May 2001
7-STRATEGIES FOR TREATING REFRACTORY EPILEPSY. CME Medical Ground Rounds Presentation, Memorial University,
Newfoundland. June 2002
8-HAEMORRHAGIC CEREBRAL MASS LESIONS IN
IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATEINTS.
Neurology Grand Rounds, Memorial University, NF. March 2003
9- HUNTINGTON’S CHOREA, Clinical Case Presentation
Neurology Grand Rounds, Memorial University of Newfoundland Nov. 2003
10- ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY IN ADULT PATIENTS
Neuropathology Rounds, Memorial University, NF. June 2004.
11- DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION IN MANAGEMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL
DISORDERS.
CME Medical Grand Rounds Presentation. Memorial University, NF, Oct. 2004.
12- SPONTANEOUS CERVICOCEPHALIC ARTERIAL DISSECTION IN YOUNG
PATEINTS.
CME Neurology Grand Rounds, Memorial University, NF. March 2005
13- POSTPARTUM CEREBRAL VENOUS THROMHOSIS
CME Neurology Grand Rounds, Memorial University, NF. July 2005
14- FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY IN ELDERY
PATEINTS.
Neurology / Neuromuscular Rounds, Memorial University, Nov. 2005
15- FK-506 INDUCED CORTICAL NECROSIS IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED
PATEINTS.
CME Neurology Grand Rounds, Memorial University, NF. August 2006.
16- WHAT IS NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA ? WHAT IS DEVIC'S DISEASE ?
CME Neurology Grand Rounds, Memorial University, NF, June 2007.
17- FRONTAL LOBE, EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION AND GAIT DISORDER.
CME Neurology Grand Rounds, Memorial University, NF, Dec. 2007.
18- ACTIVILY-DEPENDENT CONDUCTION BLOCK IN MULTIFOCAL MOTOR
NEUROPATHY.
Neurology/ Neuromuscular Rounds, Memorial University, NF, May 2008.
19- FALLS AND FRACTURES IN PATIENTS CHRONICALLY TREATED WITH
WITH ANTIEPILEPTICS GRUGS.
CME Neurology Grand Rounds, Memorial University, NF, Nov. 2008.
20- MEDICATION OVERUSE HEADACHE.
Neurology Grand Rounds, Memorial University, NF, May 2009.
21- RISK OF SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE AMONG PATIENTS INFECTED
WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS.
CME Neurology Grand Rounds, Memorial University, NF, Oct. 2009.
22- EPILEPSY AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY.
Neurology Grand Rounds, Memorial University, NF, March 2010.
23- BASILAR ARTERY THRMOBOSIS IN HEMOPHILIC PATIENT.
CME Neuroscience Grand Rounds, EAST Virginia Medical School, USA Nov. 2010
24- A MULTIDISCIPLINE APPROCH TO TREATING SPONTANEOUS CSF LEAK
CME Neuroscience Grand Rounds, East Virginia Medical School, USA Oct. 2011
25- SUBLINICAL STATUS EPLIPTICUS AFTER ENDARTRECTOMY.
CME Neuroscience Grand Rounds, East Virginia Medical School, USA Nov. 2012
RESEARCH/ CLINICAL TRIALS:
- Co-investigator: Clinical trials including IV and IA thrombolytics and
neuro-protectants /Stroke Unit, New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, USA.
- Co-investigator: Clinical trials / Anti-epileptics drugs ( Keppra).
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
- Co-investigator: Clinical trials/ Anti- Parkinson drugs.
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
-An outstanding Professional Performance, Memorial University, Newfoundland, 2007, CANADA.
- Participation on a panel as a examiner for the Royal college of physicians and
Surgeons in-service final year exam of neurology residency, April 2010,
CANADA.
- Heath grades Recognized Doctor, 2012, USA.
MEDICAL PEER REVIEW:
- Atlantic Provinces Medical Peer Review / ( APMPR ) Assessment Committee
have placed my Neurology Practice in Category I, Oct. 2006. CANADA.
SCHOLARSHIP:
- Full four years Scholarship, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, EGYPT.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
1-American Academy of Neurology, USA
2-American Medical Association, USA.
3-Medical Society of Virginia, USA.
4-Newfoundland Medical Association, CANADA.
5-Egyptian Medical Syndicate of Physician and Surgeons, EGYPT.
MEDICAL LICENSE:
1- Mississippi State Board Of Medical Licensure
Full Medical License- since 6/2015, USA
2- Virginia Medical Board
Full Medical License- since 11/2009, USA
3- College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland, CANADA
Full Medical license – since 12/2003.
4- Egyptian Medical Syndicate of Physicians and Surgeons, EGYPT
Full Medical License - since 9/1979.
VOLUNTEER:
* Coptic Orthodox Church and Foundation in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
Work to help new Christian immigrants in province of Newfoundland,
CANADA
* Christian Relief organization in USA.
This opportunity afforded me the privilege of providing social and
Medical assistant to Christian population of under-serviced areas in EGYPT.