ZAHRAE SANDOUK
Sheffield Lake, OH. 44054
Phone 518-***-**** ( *********@*****.***
POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION
****- ******* ********* ******, *********, OH
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship.
Completion date: 08/16/2016
2011-2014 Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Internal Medicine Residency
EDUCATION
2005-2011 Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar, Doha, Qatar
Doctor of Medicine,
Certificate of completion Premedical Education in May 2007
2002-2005 Lycee Louis Massignon (High School)
Baccalaureat Francais - Mention Tres Bien.
LICENSING
Ohio license of medicine (training license)
CERTIFICATIONS
2014 American Board certified in Internal Medicine
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
2009 USMLE step 1 : score 91
2010 USMLE sep 2CS: pass
USMLE step 2 CK: score 94
2012 USMLE step 3: score 89
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2014 - present Member: American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
2013 - present Member: The Endocrine Society
2013 - 2014 Executive Member: American Society of Geriatrics - Henry
Ford Hospital
2012 - 2014 Culture of Safety Committee Member: Henry Ford Hospital
2008- 2011 Board Secretary: American Medical Student
Association, Qatar Chapter
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
11/14-present An investigation into the effects of intra-articular
steroid injections on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
function'
Mentor: Drs Kennedy, MD and Lansang, MD. Endocrinology
department Cleveland clinic.
* Prospective clinical research
12/14-present Cardiovascular outcome in women with prolactinoma
Mentor: Dr Hatipoglu, MD. Endocrinology department Cleveland
clinic.
* Retrospective clinical research
12/14 - present TSH-omas, a rare clinical entity
Mentor: Dr Pantlone, MD. Endocrinology department Cleveland
clinic.
* Case-series. Retrospective clinical research.
08/12-08/14 Characteristics of HIV-Syphilis Co-Infection in the Inner
City.
Mentors: Dr I. Brar, MD and Dr J. Mckinnon, MD, Infectious
Disease Department, Henry Ford Hospital
* Retrospective clinical research
08/12-08/14 Prevalence of Vertebral Fractures (VF) in Primary
Hyperparathyroidism (PHPT)
Mentor: Dr S. Rao, MD, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Bone Mineral
Disorders Department, Henry Ford Hospital
* Retrospective clinical research
09/11-12/11 Adherence to Guidelines for Low Back Pain Imaging: Comparison
of a Teaching and Non-Teaching Clinic.
Mentor: Dr Drake, S. MD. Internal Medicine Department at Henry Ford
Hospital
* Retrospective clinical research
PUBLICATIONS
Sandouk, Z; Stevens, M; Brainard, J; Raymond, D; Nasr, C. Adenocarcinoma of
the lung in a patient with radioiodine refractory metastatic papillary
thyroid carcinoma. Poster to be presented and abstract published online at
the AACE annual meeting website. May, 2015.
Sandouk Z, Alirhayim Z, Hassan S, Qureshi W. Cryofibrinogenaemia: not just
skin deep. BMJ case reports. 2013 Feb 20;2013. [PMID: 23429017]
Sandouk Z, Alirhayim Z, Khoulani D, Hassan S. DRESS syndrome and thrombotic
thrombocytopaenic purpura: are they related? BMJ case reports. 2012 Nov
14;2012. [PMID: 23152183]
Hassan S, Alkhatib Y, Sandouk Z, Amer S. Cerebrovascular accident in
patients with Von Willebrand
disease. J Pharm Biomed Sci, Apr 2013; 29(29):831-833.
Sandouk Z, Sharifi M, Rao S. Prevalence of vertebral fracture in Primary
Hyperparathyroidism. Poster presented and abstract published online at the
Endocrine Society annual meeting website. June, 2013.
Sandouk Z, Khoulani D, Bandak G, Betensley A. Unexpandable lung secondary
to spontaneous bacterial
pleuritis with resolution after liver transplantation. Journal of General
Internal Medicine. Jun 2013; 28 (Suppl 1):S413. [PMID: 23625304 //
Abstract #1617890]
Sandouk Z, Montezuma D, Uduman A, Weinmann A. Pus, Thrombosis and
Fusobacterium necrophorum Infection: a recurrent theme. Poster presented
and abstract published: Journal of General Internal Medicine. Jun 2013; 28
(Suppl 1):S377. [PMID:23625304 // Abstract #1617893]
Khoulani D; Sandouk Z; Thavarajah K. Malignant Epitheloid Solitary Fibrous
Tumor of the lung pleura (SFTP) - a case report. Poster presented and
abstract published: Journal of General Internal Medicine. Jun 2013; 28
(Suppl 1):S357. [PMID:23625304 // Abstract # 1625948]
Taramona Espinoza CP, Skupin M, Montezuma D, Sandouk Z, Drake S. Adherence
to guidelines for low back pain imaging: comparison of a teaching and non-
teaching clinic. Poster presented and abstract published: [Abstract
#1311087]. Journal of General Internal Medicine. Jul 2012;27(Suppl 2):S113.
[PMID: 22528616]
Sandouk Z, Rizvi M, Al-Khafaji JTJ, Salameh Y, Gray J, Malek J, Ross M.
Folic acid supplementation
affects epigenetic changes associated with the Wnt pathway: implications
for neural tube defects
Poster presented and abstract published: [#871.4/CC6]. San Diego, CA:
Society for Neuroscience, 2010. Online.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Sandouk Z, Sharifi M, Rao S. Prevalence of vertebral fracture in primary
hyperparathyroidism. Oral presentation at: the American College of
Physicians Michigan Chapter; May 2013; Troy, MI.
Sandouk Z, Taramona C, Montezuma D, Skupin M, Drake S. Adherence to
guidelines for low back pain imaging: comparison of a teaching and non-
teaching Clinic. Oral presentation at: the American College of
Physicians Michigan Chapter; October 2012; Traverse City, MI.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES
2013-2014 Super User for Epic Electronic Medical Record, Henry
Ford Hospital, Detroit.
* Assisted with helping new users of the Epic System
2011-2014 Cabrini Clinic, Detroit, MI
* Provided medical help to the uninsured population
of Detroit at a free clinic
located in a church.
2006 Mathematics tutoring to a visually
impaired student at the Academic Bridge
Program, Education City, Qatar
PERSONAL INFORMATION
French Citizen.
J1 Visa
LANGUAGE
English, French, Arabic Fluent (spoken & written)
German Basic (spoken & written)
INTERESTS Hiking, traveling, reading novels, movies, playing badminton.