Clinical Research Medical

Abdul Sami

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Medical Professional with 17 years of experience in Ophthalmology, health education and 3 years clinical research in diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

Key Skills

Specialized knowledge of the diseases of the eye and visual system.

Preventive health educator emphasizing on lifestyle modification and chronic diseases management.

Project coordination, training and program management.

Experience recruiting patients for clinical trials, obtaining informed consent, administering surveys, analyzing/managing data sets and report writing.

Computer skills: Strong knowledge of Windows, and Microsoft Office, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, Outlook, Access

Language skills: Proficient in English, Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi, Arabic.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Supervisor 03/2015 – Till Date United States Postal Services New York

Ophthalmology Observer ship 10/2014 – 03/2015 Dello Russo Laser Vision New Jersey

Ophthalmology Observer ship 10/2013 – 10/2014 Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary Boston

Ophthalmologist 10/2005 – 10/2013

Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

350 bedded secondary care Government hospital serving the city and surrounding villages with latest equipments and qualified healthcare professionals.

Performed 25-30 out-patient consultation per day providing examination, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye and visual system.

Provided in-patient care for hospitalized patients and ophthalmic consultations to other medical professionals.

Performed eye surgeries such as cataract, glaucoma, refractive, corneal, ocular muscle, eye trauma etc.

Supervised 10 persons department, leadership and coordination of members of ophthalmology team.

Conducted workshops to educate the patients and community regarding ocular effects in systemic diseases for 200-300 people in a month.

Planned and coordinated conferences to educate 40-50 health care professionals about diseases of the eye once in every month.

Ophthalmologist 10/1996 – 10/2005

Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan

1800 bedded tertiary care teaching hospital serving the city and surrounding villages and referral from whole province.

Performed 40-50 out-patient consultations providing examination, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye and visual system.

Conducted and facilitated monthly community awareness program for 200-300 patients regarding preventable blindness.

Planned and facilitated weekly workshops for 40-50 patients regarding diabetes, hypertension awareness and their ocular effects.

Taught and trained 90-100 junior doctors and 50-60 other health care professionals’ annually.

Provided weekly counseling and support to 50-60 patients and their families on a wide range of health and life style issues.

Registrar 07/1994 – 10/1996

Union Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan

200 bedded diabetes and endocrinology research and education center.

Performed out-patient 25-30 consultations providing examination, diagnosis, and treatment in general medicine.

Took patient’s histories, ordered and analyzed EKG’s, CT scans and lab tests, established care plan and prescribed medicines.

Planned and facilitated weekly community awareness and screening program regarding diabetes, cardiovascular and kidney diseases.

Effectively recruited, screened and enrolled patients in clinical studies & helped project needs.

Developed and modified research protocols, created methods for evaluation to prioritize patient’s treatment based on severity of case and standardized procedure of documentation.

Taught and trained 90-100 junior doctors and 50-60 other health care professionals annually.

Directed program to evaluate treatment effectiveness & patient satisfaction; conducted & analyzed pre and post treatment 500 patient weekly surveys to assure the delivery of high quality services.

EDUCATION

Postgraduate Diploma in Ophthalmology (DOMS) 1999

Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan.

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) 1991

Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan.

Equivalent to MD (Doctor of Medicine) in USA. (Evaluation by Globe Language Services can be provided on request)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Attended Contact Lens course held in May 2009.

Successfully completed the BLS (Basic Life Support) and ACLS (Advance Cardiac Life Support) provider course in December 2008.

Attended workshop on Primary Surgical Skills held on July 2003.

Attended workshop on Communication and Interpersonal Skills held in June 2003.

Attended workshop on introduction to Computer and Internet held in June 2003.

Attended workshop on Research Methodology, Biostatistics and Dissertation writing held in September 2002.

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