Program Director Consultant
Resume:
MA-CV ****
Motasem A. Abuelreish, MD
Born August 24th, 1968 in Kuwait
CANADIAN
ADDRESS
Permanent Current
Montreal, QC H3A-2L9
Canada
Al Qassimi Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Wasit St, Al Khezamia, Sharjah
United Arab Emirates
admyb7@r.postjobfree.com
CAREER OBJECTIVES
I aspire to satisfy my passion to learn, grow, benefit and explore. By working smart and hard to stay informed and up-to-date, I endeavor to become more competent and more experienced to positively promote children’s wellbeing and to be better equipped to teach. Exploring new horizons through medical research is a must do. I thrive on challenges that help me grow and improve my abilities at administrative level targeting healthcare quality improvement and innovation. CAREER SUMMARY
DOUBLE AMERICAN BOARD CERTIFIED (in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases). Good administrative and healthcare quality knowledge and experience. Currently working as the FIRST and ONLY Pediatric Infectious Diseases Consultant with the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) at Al Qassimi Women’s and Children’s Hospital (AQWCH), the Tertiary Pediatric Hospital serving the Northern Emirates. Head of the Infection Control Unit at AQWCH and Chair of the MOHAP Central Antimicrobial Stewardship Team. Worked as a consultant at King Fahad Specialist Hospital - Dammam, KSA a tertiary-level-care-hospital with Bone Marrow and Solid Organ Transplant services, a General Pediatric Residency Program and chaired a ten-member Infection Prevention and Control Department. Also worked as Consultant at Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, KSA which housed a Pediatric Residency Program and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship. Worked as a Pediatric Infectious Diseases Consultant in Amman, Jordan private sector and part-time consultant with King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan. Established and directed a private-hospital based Pediatric Residency Program accredited by the Medical Arab Board to satisfy my passion for teaching. Participated in professionalizing the practice of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) in Jordan in conjunction with the MOH and many private hospitals, by directing IPC programs, training and educating many practitioners in the field. As a Quality-oriented person I worked with different private hospital to achieve Joint Commission International Accreditation. Director and active participant in many committees (Infection Control, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Ethics, Research, Governance, Executive, Quality Assurance and Improvement) Motasem Abuelreish, MD, ABP, ABPID
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EDUCATION
Sep 1986 - Jun 1992
Medical School: Jordan University of Science and Technology, MBBS
Jul 1997 - Jun 2000
Pediatric Residency, Blank Children’s Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
Aug 2002 - Aug 2005
Fellowship: Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Florida, Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
American Board of Pediatrics, Certified through 2023
American Board of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases, Certified through 2023
Board of Infection Control since 2015
LICENSURE:
Jordan, Jordan Medical Council 1993
USA, Iowa Board of Medicine 2002
Saudi Arabia, Saudi Council for Medical Specialties 2010
UAE, Ministry of Health and Prevention 2018
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Pediatrician/Pediatric Infectious Diseases Consultant
Al Qassimi Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Sharjah, UAE Feb 2018 - Current
King Fahad Specialist Hospital – Dammam, Saudi Arabia Feb 2016 – Jan 2017
Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Nov 2012 – Nov 2015
King Fahad Specialist Hospital – Dammam, Saudi Arabia Feb 2010 - Aug 2012
Private practice, Amman, Jordan Oct 2005 - Dec 2009
King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan (Part-time) Nov 2005 - Mar 2008
Infection Prevention and Control Head
Al Qassimi Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Sharjah, UAE Feb 2018 - Current
King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
Ibn Al-Haytham, Amman, Jordan Apr 2008 - May 2009
Istishari Hospital, Amman, Jordan Aug 2007 - May 2008
Specialty Hospital, Amman, Jordan Nov 2006 - Apr 2008
Central Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Head
Ministry of health and Prevention, Dubai, UAE Apr 2018 - Current
Pediatric Residency Program Director
Specialty Hospital, Amman, Jordan Nov 2006 - Apr 2008
Chief Resident
Blank Children’s Hospital, Des Moines, IA, USA Jul 1999 - Jun 2000 SELECTED SPECIAL COURSES:
Good Clinical Practice 2017
NIH “Protecting Human Research Participants” Mar 2011
MBA, Imperial College of London Jun 2013 – Jun 2015 SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
Jordan Medical Association (JMA) 1993
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 1997
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Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 2002
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) 2009 COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS HELD
Jul 1999 - Jun 2000 Chief Resident, Blank Children’s Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa, USA Jul 1998 - Jun 2000
Resident Graduate Medical Education Subcommittee, Blank Children’s Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Aug 2002 - Aug 2005
Infection Control Committee, Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Nov 2005 - Mar 2008 Infection Control Committee, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan Nov 2005 - Mar 2008
Antimicrobial Utilization Committee, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan
Nov 2006 - Apr 2008
Chair, Infection Prevention and Control Department, Specialty Hospital, Amman, Jordan
Nov 2006 - Apr 2008
Chair, Joint Committee International, Prevention and Control of Infection Cluster, Specialty Hospital, Amman, Jordan
Jan 2007 - Apr 2008
Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee, Specialty Hospital, Amman, Jordan Aug 2007 - Jul 2008
Chair, Infection Prevention and Control Department, Istishari Hospital, Amman, Jordan
Jun 2008 – Dec 2010
National Committee for Pandemic Influenza Management, MOH, Amman, Jordan Mar 2008 - May 2009
Chair, Infection Prevention and Control Department, Ibn Al-Haytham Hospital, Amman, Jordan
Jul 2008 - May 2009
Chair, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Department, Ibn Al- Haytham Hospital, Amman, Jordan
Feb 2010 – Aug 2012
Infection Control Committee, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Feb 2010 - Aug 2012
Antimicrobial Utilization Subcommittee, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Feb 2010 - Aug 2012
Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Jan 2013 – Dec 2014
Educational Activities Coordinator, Pediatric infectious Diseases Division, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Jan 2015 – Nov 2015
Antimicrobial Utilization Subcommittee, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Jul 2016 – Jan 2018
Chair, Antimicrobial Subcommittee, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
Chair, Infection Prevention and Control Department, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Feb 2018 Head, Infection Control Unit, Al Qassimi Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Motasem Abuelreish, MD, ABP, ABPID
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Sharjah, UAE
Apr 2018
Chairman, MOHAP Central Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, MOHAP, UAE Apr 2018 Mortality and Morbidity Committee, Al Qassimi Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Sharjah, UAE
May 2018 Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee, Al Qassimi Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Sharjah, UAE
Oct 2018 Ethical Committee, Al Qassimi Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Sharjah, UAE Jan 2019 Executive Committee, Al Qassimi Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Sharjah, UAE
Jan 2019 Quality and Patient Safety Committee, Al Qassimi Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Sharjah, UAE
Mar 2020 Clinical Governance Committee, Al Qassimi Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Sharjah, UAE
Jun 2020 Research Ethics Committee, Al Qassimi Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Sharjah, UAE
Sep 2020 Central Sterilization and Store Department Team, Al Qassimi Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Sharjah, UAE
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PUBLICATIONS:
Original Articles:
1. Motasem A Abuelreish, Mobeen H Rathore, “Increase in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease
(IPD) in Children associated with Shortage of Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
(PCV7)”, Clinical Pediatrics, 2007 Jan; (46)1:45-52. 2. Ayesha Mirza, Asad Subedar, Sandra L. Fowler, Dennis L. Murray, Sandra Arnold, Debra Tristram, Motasem Abuelreish, Peter Wludyka, Thomas T. Chiu and Mobeen H. Rathore,
“Influenza Vaccine: Awareness and barriers to immunization in families of children with chronic medical conditions other than asthma”, Southern Medical Journal, 2008 Nov;101(11):1101-5. Abstracts:
1. Motasem A Abuelreish, Mobeen H Rathore, “Decrease in Incidence of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children in Northeast Florida after the Introduction of the Heptavalent Conjugate Pneumococcal Vaccine”.
Presented at the 2003 Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting in Seattle, WA, May 2003 2. Motasem A Abuelreish, Ana M Alvarez, “Accuracy of Binax Now® Streptococcus pneumoniae urinary antigen test in children with empyema”. Presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of Infectious Diseases Society of America, San Diego, CA, Oct 2003
3. Motasem A Abuelreish, Mobeen H Rathore, “Influenza vaccine: Awareness & barriers, a survey of families of children with chronic medical conditions”. Presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of Infectious Diseases Society of America, San Diego, CA, Oct 2003
4. Motasem A Abuelreish, Mobeen H Rathore, “Shortage of Heptavalent Conjugate Pneumococcal Vaccine (PCV7) Caused an Increase in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD) Rate in Children in Northeast Florida”.
Presented at the 2004 Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, May 2004
5. Motasem A Abuelreish, Fawzi Al Hammouri, “Hospital wide antibiogram: Defining resistant organisms and the rate of resistance”.
Presented at the 2008 50th Pan Arab Annual Meeting in Amman, Jordan, April 2008 Book Chapters:
1. Motasem A Abuelreish, Mobeen H Rathore, “Infectious Diseases: Viruses: Enteroviruses”. Neurologic Aspects of Pediatric Disorders, Sweis and Zeitlinger. Case Reports:
1. Motasem A Abuelreish, Mobeen H Rathore, “Subpectoral Abscess: A Rare Group A [Beta] Hemolytic Streptococcus Infection”, Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005 Dec;24(12):1121-2 2. Abdulsalam Alawfi, Abdullah Algarni, Jocelyn Donesa, Motasem Abuelreish, Voriconazole- induced severe hypokalemic rhabdomyolysis: A case report, International Journal of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 2021, doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpam.2021.03.007 Proof Editing:
1. AlWaqfi NR, Ibrahim KS, Khader YS, Baker AA. Predictors of temporary epicardial pacing wires use after valve surgery. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2014 Feb 12;9(1):33. Motasem Abuelreish, MD, ABP, ABPID
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