Curriculum Vitae

Karrar Al Gburi, MD

**** * **** ***, *******, TX, United States 78504

adl9w6@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of qualifications

-Trained in evidence-based medicine environment, highly patient-centered management, and ethical values care

-Strong work experience and initiative personality who consistently accomplish his goals

-Comfortable working with patients of diverse ethnicities, gender identity, and socio-economic status

-Team leader with magnificent communication skills to ensure intact team dynamics and patient satisfaction

-Passionate involvement in the education of medical students and residents with integrated group discussions

-Powerful engagement in clinical research, resident led-quality improvement projects, and case reports

Present Academic Rank and Position

Internal Medicine Resident PGY3 at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley- 2018-Present

Doctor’s Hospital Renaissance (UTRGV-DHR), Edinburg, Texas

Education

-Internal Medicine Residency Program, UTRGV-DHR, Edinburg, TX 2018-present

-ECFMG certification, National Boards Step 3: Pass 1st attempt 2018

-National Boards Step 1, 242 Step 2 CK 239, Step 2CS: Pass 1st attempt 2016-2017

-Babylon School of Medicine, Iraq-Doctor of Medicine 2004-2010

Board Certification

American Board of Internal Medicine Certification Eligibility 7/2021

Expected 10/2021

Medical Licensure

Massachusetts Medical License Expected 7/2021

Texas Medical License Expected 12/2021

Honors/Awards

- “Certificate of appreciation for outstanding dedication and commitment to medical 2021

student’s clinical education”, The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley, School of Medicine, Texas

(nominated by my faculty for enormous participation in medical education)

- “Outstanding Intern Award”, UTRGV Internal Medicine Residency Program 2019

(Nominated by peers and faculty among my class of 16 as displaying excellence in patient care and teamwork)

- “Resident Award”, Internal Medicine Transitional Service, Iraq 2014

(Selected by my peers and faculty for academic and clinical excellence)

- “Honorary Award for Academic Excellence”, Babylon School of Medicine, Iraq 2010

(For being among the top 20th medical students graduated from medical school)

- “Medical School Leadership Award”, for Resident Council role in Medical School 2009

- “Community Service Award”, for community health talk and services, Babylon School of Medicine, Iraq 2008

Professional Memberships and Certifications

American Medical Association, Member 2021-Present

American College of Rheumatology, Member 2021-present

Society of Hospital Medicine, Member 2020-present

American College of Physicians, Member 2018-Present

American College of Cardiology, Member 2018-Present

Basic Life Support, AHA Expires 6/2022

Advanced Life cardiovascular Support, AHA Expires 6/2022

Leadership Experiences

-Graduate Medical Education GME, University of Rio Grande Valley UTRGV 2019-2020

Nominated by faculty to represent the residency perspective on the GME Executive Subcommittee

Interacted with GME leadership and gained an understanding of ACGME policies

-Accelerating Change in Medical Education-American Medical Association (AMA) Meeting, Arizona 2019

Residents representative of my residency program, I participated in the discussions held by AMA

to change and improve the current medical education and discuss its current challenges

-Internal Medicine Service, Iraq-Chief Resident 2013-2015

-Babylon College of Medicine, Iraq-Resident Council Member 2008-2010

-Student Governmental Association, Iraq as Student Representative for National Medical schools 2007

-TEDx to promote bright ideas, Iraq, as coordinator, educator, and motivator 2005

Teaching experiences

-University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medical School “Residents as Teachers” 2019-Present

Taught MS1 Clinical Skills Session on Breaking Bad News

Precepted MS2 Clinical Skills Session on the Physical Exam

-Teaching medical students during Inpatient service-DHR hospital 2018-Present

-Speaker at Question-and-Answer Session for incoming Medical Students 2019

As part of the Clinical Foundations and Procedural Skills Program

-UTRGV school of medicine, “Offering Student Support” program 2019

Discussing life after medical school

-San Antonio Refugee Health Clinic-Education of medical students 2015

-Babylon School of Medicine Educational Services-Course Facilitator 2014

Professional and Volunteer Experiences

-UTRGV led- COVID-19 Community Vaccination, UT Health RGV-Edinburg, Texas, USA 2020-2021

-Working at HOPE clinic for non-insured and immigrant patients-Mission, South Texas, USA 2019-2020

-Radio Interview promoting preventive care importance, Texas, USA 2019

-Health Fair, providing essential evaluation and patient education 2018

Community health talk about essential hypertension, Doctor Hospital at Renaissance-Edinburg, Texas, USA

-Volunteer and medical interpreter in San Antonio Refugee Health Clinic (SARHC), San Antonio, Texas, USA 2015-2017

Work Experiences:

International SOS/Iraq 2015

As Medical Doctor

-Provided employees the following services: primary care, vaccinations, diagnostic and emergency care, patient’s referrals, health education about infectious diseases and environmental hazards exposure

-Performed weekly evaluations to monitor the quality of food served, assessment of the communicable diseases, and vector control protocols

Internal Medicine Service/Iraq

As Senior House Officer at Marjan Hospital 2013-2014

-Provided patient care and management in different units, dealt with diverse urgent and critical medical emergencies

-Gathered history, conducted a physical examination, laboratory work and imaging studies, documented patient notes

-Attended didactical lectures, mortality and morbidity meetings

-Worked in Catheterization Lab, supported the Interventional Cardiologist in multiple procedures

-Conducted efficiently Echocardiogram and bedside ultrasound studies on my patients

Transitional Medical Service/Iraq 2010-2013

As Junior House Officer, worked in the following hospitals:

Surgery-Al-Hilla Hospital

-Provided patient care in Emergency Department/ General wards/ Burn Center/ Intensive Care Unit

-Handled minor surgical procedures as a chest tube, suprapubic puncture, fractures splints, endotracheal intubation, tracheostomy

Obstetrics/Gynecology and Pediatrics-Babylon Hospital

-Admitted pediatric patients, provided management, and follow up in Emergency Department/ General wards/ Thalassemia Units/ Neonatal ICU

-Managed multiple critical cases as abortion, ectopic pregnancies, and postpartum hemorrhage in Emergency Department

Internal Medicine-Marjan Hospital

-Provided patient care in Emergency Department / General wards/ Dialysis/ Oncology Unit

-Conducted morning/night rounding, discussed management plans, attended by other residents, nursing and pharmacist staffs

-Participated in mortality and morbidity and morning reports

Primary Care Centers-Babylon:

- Supervised employees in a primary care center, arranged interactive and educational events to provide basic preventive and medical screening for people in the community, worksite, schools, and site corporation.

-Conducted vaccination fair supported by the Ministry of Health

-Managed patients of all age groups and provided them with basic primary and preventive care

-Offered prenatal care and vaccinations for pregnant patients

Research Experience

San Antonio Texas Diabetes Institute, USA 2016-2017

As post-doctoral fellow, participated and assisted in conducting the following Clinical Trials:

-Effect of therapeutic interventions (Saxagliptin, Metformin, Exenatide, Canagliflozin)

to prevent progression of prediabetes in people with impaired glucose tolerance, impaired fasting glucose, or both

-Effect of combined incretin therapy plus canagliflozin on glycemic control

and the compensatory rise in hepatic glucose production in Type II Diabetic Patients

Publications and Presentations 2018-Present

-Intramural Presentations

COVID-19 cytokine storm and myocarditis, Grand Round presentation

Rivaroxaban plus aspirin versus aspirin concerning vascular risk, Journal Club presentation

-National Presentations

A Rare Case of Recurrent Very Late Stent Thrombosis of the Right Coronary Artery with an Anomalous Left Main Coronary Artery

American College of Cardiology, May15-17th, 2021-Atlanta/Georgia

Christian Avalos, MD, Karrar Al Gburi MD

Chaotic Brain, a Case of Autoimmune Encephalitis

Society of Hospital Medicine, April 18th, 2020-San Diego/CA

Karrar Al Gburi MD, Jose Bejarano MD, Brandon Cantazaro MD

Mysterious Shadow in the Liver, a Case of Biliary Mucinous Cystadenoma

Society of Hospital Medicine, April 18th, 2020-San Diego/CA

Steffi Sathiyaraj MD, Karrar Al Gburi MD

IgG4 Related Disease Presented as Diffuse Gastric Wall Thickening Resembling Gastric Cancer

American College of Gastroenterology ACG October 25th, 2019-San Antonio/Tx

Hussein Al Jobori, MD; Juan Castano, MD; Karrar Al Gburi, MD

-Regional/Local Presentations

Poster Presentations

Evaluation of Longitudinal Resident-Led QI projects

South Texas ACP May 24th, 2019-Temple/TX

Karrar Al Gburi MD, David Gomez MD, Jessica Martin MD, MHSA, Chelsea Chang, MD

Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis

UTRGV Symposium of Annual Research 2019

Karrar Al Gburi, MD; Salil Mangi, MD; Chelsea Chang, MD

Difficulties in Managing Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

UTRGV Symposium of Annual Research 2018

Andres Suarez MD, Karrar Al Gburi MD, Lozano Jose MD, Chelsea Chang MD, John Paredes MD

Osteomyelitis in Diabetic Foot

UTRGV Symposium of Annual Research 2018

Karrar Al Gburi MD, Christopher Sullivan MD, Chelsea Chang MD

Case Reports

IVIG for the Anti-Synthetase Syndrome, a truth hard to swallow

South Texas ACP May 24th, 2019-Temple/ TX

Mais Alnoukari MD, Karrar Al Gburi MD

Ongoing Hydralazine Treatment Leading to Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage-when the going gets tough

Mayo clinic pulmonary manifestations of connective tissue disorders, October 12th -2019, Florida

Karrar Al Gburi MD, Emilia Dulgheru MD, Chelsea Chang MD

Anomalous Origin of Right Coronary Artery Presenting as Unstable Angina

American College of Cardiology, South Texas Chapter, October 10th, 2020-San Antonio/Tx

Karrar Al Gburi MD, Brandon Cantazaro MD, Ruben Abreu, MD, Christian Avalos MD

Delayed Spontaneous Recanalization of a Completely Occluded Left Anterior Descending Artery After a Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

American college of cardiology, South Texas Chapter, October 3rd, 2019- San Antonio/Tx

Christian Avalos MD, Karrar Al Gburi MD, Carlos Morales MD

Hepatitis C Associated Vasculitis

American College of Physicians, South Texas Chapter, October 25th, 2019- San Antonio/Tx

Suarez Andres, Rivas Cynthia, Bello Fatimah, Karrar Al Gburi MD

Renal Actinomycosis, unusual presentation without significant risk factors

Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles 2019

Karrar Al Gburi MD, Hussein Aljobori MD, Andres Suarez MD, Chelsea Chang MD

Renal Actinomycosis, unusual presentation without significant risk factors

American College of Physicians, South Texas Chapter, October 25th, 2019- San Antonio/Tx

Karrar Al Gburi MD, Hussein Aljobori MD, Andres Suarez MD, Chelsea Chang MD

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Secondary to Septic Shock

American College of Cardiology, South Texas Chapter, October 3rd, 2019- San Antonio/Tx

Karrar Al Gburi MD, Steffi Sathiyaraj MD, Brandon Cantazaro MD

Vegan Diet Effect in a Patient with Inoperable Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

UTRGV Symposium of Annual Research 2018

Suarez Andres MD, Karrar Al Gburi MD, Chang Chelsea MD

Platform/Oral Presentation

A Suspected case of Acute Flaccid Myelitis

James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man (DIN)-May 30th, 2019- Dallas/Texas

Karrar Al Gburi MD, Christopher Sullivan, MD

An Endemic Infection, yet the unexpected presentation

James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man (DIN)-May 30th, 2019- Dallas/Texas

Mais Alnoukari MD, Karrar Al Gburi MD

Typhus presenting as multi-organ failure in a patient with no risk factors

James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man (DIN)-May 30th, 2019- Dallas/Texas

Salman Bangash, MD; Karrar Al Gburi MD; Anoop Pasupuleti, MD

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Effect of Combination SGLT2 inhibition and GLP-1RA Therapy on Glycemic Control, Body Weight, and Beta-Cell Function in Type 2 Diabetic (T2D) Subjects. Diabetes. 2017, Apr.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles/Abstracts (Other than Published), Robert A. Martinez, Karrar Al-Gburi, Hussein Al Jobori, John Adams, Muhammad Abdul-Ghani, Curtis Triplitt, Ralph A. Defronzo, Eugenio Cersosimo

Quality Improvement Projects

Decrease IV antihypertensive medications used for the treatment of uncontrolled, asymptomatic hypertension in hospitalized patients

PDSA cycle performed on UTRGV resident’s in-hospital patients/ participated as a team member

Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) as Intravenous Pushes versus Drip in Upper GI Bleeding, to decrease unnecessary PPI drip use in hospitalized patients

PDSA cycle performed on UTRGV resident’s in-hospital patients/ participated as principal investigator

Increase HCV screening in GME ambulatory clinic patients

PDSA cycle performed on ambulatory resident’s clinic patients/ participated as principal investigator

Computer skills

Working efficiently on Electronic Medical Record System

Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Photoshop

Languages

Arabic: Native language, write and read efficiently

English: The second language, write and read efficiently (advanced levels)

Civil activities

-Painting: Classical, Romantic and Impressionistic Art- graphite and oil Painting

-Reading novels, plays and poems, and history

-Running, biking, and outdoor social life

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