Pharmacology Professor, University of Bergen.

Curriculum Vitae ****

Ramadhan Najmaddin Aziz ORUCH

I. Personalia

Date and country of birth: 8th January 1961 / Norwegian citizen

Marital status: Married, 3 children, 2 sons and a daughter

Norwegian ID number (person number): 080********

Home address: Amalie Skrams vei 32, N-5036 Bergen, Norway .

Work address: Sandviken Psychiatry Hospital, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

Telephone in Norway: + 47 461 54 583

e-mail: ******@*****.*** ; *******@*******.*** ; ********.*****@*****-******.**

II. Education

MB.ChB. Bachelor of medicine and surgery, university of Mosul, Iraq (1986).

Certification to practice medicine in Turkey (1991).

Certification to practice medicine in Norway, Cand. Med University of Oslo (1995).

Basic course in medical research technology, university of Bergen, Norway (2004).

Course in cell-labeling with radioactive isotopes and radiation protection, university of Bergen, Norway (2005).

PhD (MD), in Biochemistry/Psychopharmacology, university of Bergen (2009).

III. Experience

1. Iraq: Internal medicine and surgery (1986-1991).

Meysan (Amarah) county.

Suleymaniya county.

Military hospital of 5th Iraqi army (Erbil military hospital).

2. Turkey: Private clinics in Izmir and Ankara (1991-1992).

3. Norway (1993-1998).

Medical department, Haraldsplass university hospital, Bergen, Norway.

Solli Nerve-sanatorium (psychiatry hospital), Bergen, Norway.

Tynset hospital (Hedmark state), Norway.

Eikelandsåsen medical center (Hordaland state), Norway.

IV. Present situation

Assistant professor in biochemistry, school of medicine, Najran university, KSA (2009-2012).

Associate professor of pharmacology, school of pharmacy, Benghazi university, Libya (2013-2014).

Doctor in research (psychopharmacology and psychiatry) at Sandviken, Bergen university psychiatry hospital with medical license, department of psychosis. (2015-2016).

Editorial board member in Austin Journal of Pharmacology (USA).

Editorial board member in International Journal of Pharmaceutical sciences (USA).

Reviewer in the following journals:

1.International journal of General Medicine.

2.International Medical Case Reports.

3.Research and reports in Medicinal Chemistry.

4.Research and Reports in Endocrine Disorders.

5.Journal of Depression and Anxiety.

6.Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

7.Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment.

V. International meetings and conferences

1.International nanoscience meeting in Bergen, Norway 2007.

2.International lipid conference, Turku, Finland 2008.

3.European conference on Fedlipid, Toulouse, France 2008.

4.Evaluation board committee member of the 16th scientific conference of pharmacy school of the Arab World, Benghazi, Libya 2013.

VI. Publications

1. Ramadhan Oruch, Erlend Hodneland, Ian F. Pryme & Holm Holmsen

Psychotropic drugs interfere with the tight coupling of polyphosphoinositide cycle metabolites in human platelets: A result of receptor-independent drug intercalation in the plasma membrane?

Published, BBA-Biomembranes.

2. Ramadhan Oruch, Ian F. Pryme and Holm Holmsen

Effects of psychotropic drugs on the thrombin-induced liberation of arachidonate in human platelets. Published, Saudi Medical Journal.

3. Ramadhan Oruch, Erlend Hodneland, Ian F. Pryme and Holm Holmsen

In thrombin stimulated human platelets Citalopram, Promethazine, Risperidone and Ziprasidone but not Diazepam may exert their pharmacological effects through intercalation in membrane phospholipids in a receptor-independent manner.

Published, Journal of Biological Chemistry.

4. Ramadhan Oruch, Anders Lund, Ian F. Pryme and Holm Holmsen

An intercalation mechanism as a mode of action exerted by psychotropic drugs: results of altered phospholipid substrate availabilities in membranes?

Published, Journal of Biological Chemistry.

5. Ramadhan Oruch, Ian F. Pryme and Holm Holmsen.

The Fat Soluble Antioxidant Vitamin E: Its Metabolism, and Biological and Physiological Significance

Published, Global Journal of Biochemistry

6. Ramadhan Oruch and Ian F. Pryme.

The Biological Significance of Vitamin A in Humans: A Review of Nutritional Aspects and Clinical Considerations

Published in ScienceJet.

7. Khalid Turky, Nesreen Elnahas, and Ramadhan Oruch

Effects of Exercise Training on Postmenopausal Hypertension: Implications on Nitric Oxide Levels.

Published, Medical Journal of Malaysia.

8. Ramadhan Oruch, Ian F. Pryme and Anders Lund.

The Ideal Antipsychotic: Hybrid between Typical "Haloperidol" and the Atypical "Clozapine" Antipsychotic

Published, The Journal of Bioanalysis and Biomedicine.

9. Ramadhan Oruch, Mahmoud El-Derby, Hassan Khattab, Ian F. Pryme and Anders Lund.

Lithium: A Review of Pharmacology, Clinical Uses, and Toxicity.

Published in : European Journal of Pharmacology.

10. Ramadhan Oruch

Psychosis and Antipsychotics: A Short Résumé

Published in Austin Journal of Pharmacology

11. Ramadhan Oruch, Ian F. Pryme, Anders Lund.

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: An Easily Overlooked Neurological Emergency

Published: Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

CV completed

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