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Rayan Kteish, MD

*** ****** ******, *** ** A, East meadow, NY 11554, USA

+1-919-***-**** – ad1se9@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

American University of Beirut- Beirut, Lebanon 08/2015-05/2019 Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

American University of Beirut- Beirut, Lebanon 09/2012-05/2015 Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biology with High Distinction WORK EXPERIENCE

Nassau University Medical Center 07/2021-present

East Meadow, NY, USA

Department of Pediatrics

Expected Graduation Date: June 2024

Position Held: Resident Physician

Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School – 08/2019-04/2021 Boston, MA, USA

Division of Allergy and Immunology

Position Held: Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Roles:

-Coordinating phase I and phase III clinical trials that involve peanut oral immunotherapy, immunoglobulin infusions and fecal microbiota transplant

-Working on retrospective longitudinal studies to assess the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with peanut and sesame allergy in Boston Children’s Hospital

-Conducting basic research laboratory procedures for future mechanistic studies about fecal microbiota transplant

U.S. CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Duke University Hospital- Durham, NC, USA 03/2019-04/2019 Clinical Elective in Pediatric Endocrinology

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CLINICAL OBSERVERSHIPS

Borgo Trento Hospital- Verona, Italy 07/2016

Clinical Observership in Cardiovascular Surgery

HONORS & AWARDS

Case Competition Award- The Eastern Society For Pediatric Research (ESPR)- 03/2023 Philadelphia, PA, USA

Awarded first place in the Clinical Case Competition, which is held annually at The Eastern Society For Pediatric Research (ESPR) and involves the presentation of an interesting clinical case

Annual Academic Research Day – Nassau University Medical Center- 05/2022 East meadow, NY, USA

Awarded second place in Poster Presentations on the Annual Academic Research Day at Nassau University Medical Center

Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Honor List- American University of 09/2012-05/2015 Beirut- Beirut, Lebanon

Placed on the Dean's Honor List of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences during all undergraduate semesters from Fall 2012-2013 till Spring 2014-2015 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School – 01/2020-04/2021 Boston, MA, USA

Position Held: Co-Investigator

Sesame allergy prevalence and characteristics

Principal Investigator: Dr. Rima Rachid

This project seeks to study the prevalence of sesame allergy and collect data about demographics and clinical outcomes in patients with sesame allergy. Duties: Data collection

Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School – 10/2019-04/2021 Boston, MA, USA

Position Held: Co-Investigator

Long-term Outcome of Peanut Allergic Patients Followed up in Young Adulthood Principal Investigator: Dr. Rima Rachid

This project aims to evaluate the long-term outcome of peanut-allergic patients diagnosed in childhood and followed through adulthood.

Duties: Data collection, data analysis, manuscript writing R Kteish CV

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Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School – 08/2019-04/2021 Boston, MA, USA

Position Held: Study Coordinator

A phase I open-label trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of oral encapsulated Fecal Microbiota Transplant in peanut-allergic patients

Principal Investigator: Dr. Rima Rachid

This clinical trial aims to evaluate the safety and tolerability of fecal microbiota transplantation in patients with peanut allergy.

Duties: Coordinating clinical trial activities

Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School – 08/2019-04/2021 Boston, MA, USA

Position Held: Study Coordinator

A Multicenter, Open-Label, Long-Term Safety Study of AR101 Characterized Oral Desensitization Immunotherapy in Subjects Who Participated in a Prior AR101 Study Principal Investigator: Dr. Rima Rachid

This clinical trial seeks to evaluate the safety and tolerability of AR101, a standardized peanut oral immunotherapy given to peanut-allergic patients.

Duties: Coordinating clinical trial activities

American University of Beirut- Beirut, Lebanon 06/2017-07/2018 Position Held: Study Coordinator

The five-year experience of an HIV outpatient practice in Lebanon Principal Investigator: Dr. Nesrine Rizk

The goal of the project is to study retention in care among HIV-infected patients at the American University of Beirut medical center.

Duties: Proposal writing, data collection

American University of Beirut- Beirut, Lebanon 09/2016-05/2017 Position Held: Co-Investigator

Empathy, Personality and Moral Development in Lebanese Medical Students: A Cross- Sectional Study

Principal Investigator: Dr. Marco Bardus

This study aims to measure the levels of empathy in medical students across all four years of medical school and determine whether specific personality profiles are predictive of empathy levels.

Duties: Proposal writing, data collection, data analysis, manuscript writing MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION

Qattea I, Kteish R, Chaudry S, Aly H. The effect of demographic, financial and hospital factors on the length of stay preterm infants: a U.S. national database study. May 2023. R Kteish CV

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Kteish R, Ung L, Furman Y, Ejaz S. Fever, Headache and Runny Nose in an 8-year-old Girl. May 2023.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS

Qattea I, EL-Dib I, Chaudry S, Asma N, Kteish R, Aly H. Length of stay preterm infants according to gestational age and birth weight: A US national database study. Pediatric Academic Societies

(PAS) Meeting 2023- Washington, DC. May 2023.

Kteish R, Ung L, Furman Y, Ejaz S. A case of pneumocephalus caused by Haemophilus Influenzae sinusitis. The Eastern Society For Pediatric Research (ESPR)- Philadelphia, PA. March 2023.

Accepted for oral presentation and awarded first place in the Clinical Case Competition Kteish R, Abdalrahman E, Kalwajtys V, Rachid R. Long-term Outcome of Peanut Allergic Patients Followed up in Young Adulthood. ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting 2021. American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) – New Orleans, LA. November 2021. Dagher M, Karam B, Kteish R, Saleh M, Abou Jaoude P, Ghandour H, Bardus M. Empathy, Personality, and Moral Development in Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study. Research Design and Development Course Conference. American University of Beirut- Beirut, Lebanon. May 2017.

Accepted for presentation on the 11th Annual Standing Committee on Research Exchange

(SCORE) Research Day hosted by the Lebanese Medical Students’ International Committee

(LeMSIC)

PUBLICATIONS

Abi Farraj, F., Kteish, R., Salmons, A., Kalwajtys, V., AbdalRahman, E., & Rachid, R. (2022). Sesame Allergy: Characteristics and Outcomes. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 149(2), AB318.

Kteish, R., Abd Alrahman, E., Kalwajtys, V., & Rachid, R. (2021). P111 LONG-TERM OUTCOME OF PEANUT ALLERGIC PATIENTS FOLLOWED UP IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 127(5), S43.

VOLUNTEERING EXPERIENCE

The MENA Conference for Crisis Management (MCCM)- 01/2017-05/2017 Beirut, Lebanon

Student-led initiative that tackled issues related to refugees in Lebanon Participated as a member of the organizing committee to host medical students from different Arab countries to participate in the conference

Champs Fund: The Hicham El Hage Program for Young Hearts & Athletes 10/2016-02/2017 Health- Beirut, Lebanon

Charitable fund that aims at raising awareness regarding sudden cardiac death among young athletes

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Lebanese Medical Students’ International Committee (LeMSIC)- 11/2015-04/2016 Beirut, Lebanon

Non-governmental organization run by medical students from different Lebanese medical schools Participated as an active member of the Standing Committee on Public Health (SCOPH), Standing Committee on Sexual and Reproductive Health including HIV/AIDS (SCORA) and Standing Committee on Human Rights and Peace (SCORP) American University of Beirut (AUB) Outdoors- 02/2015-05/2015 Beirut, Lebanon

Student-run festival that includes concerts, games and entertainment events Participated as a member of the food and treasury teams Saint Jude Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon - 02/2014-05/2014 Beirut, Lebanon

Participated as a volunteer to entertain children with cancer Biology Student Society –American University of Beirut – 10/2012-12/2012 Beirut, Lebanon

Student-run society for Biology students

Participated as a member of the charity team to organize fundraising events for children with sickle cell disease

SKILLS

• Fluent in English and Arabic

• Clinical skills

• Procedural skills which include, but are not limited to, intravenous line insertion, phlebotomy and umbilical line insertion

• Experience with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software

• Experience with electronic health records including Sunrise, EPIC and Power Chart

• Experience with electronic data capture systems such as Redcap and Medrio

• Experience with using online medical databases such as Medline, Cochrane library etc.

• Experience with critical appraisal of research articles

• Oral presentation skills in Arabic and English

• Basic research laboratory procedures used in cell biology and immunology HOBBIES

• Jogging

• Pilates

• Hiking

• Dancing

• Reading (mainly about philosophy)

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