Curriculum Vitae
RANA CHALFOUN RIZK, M.D
Clinical Pathologist
Tel: 70144882
Email: ************@*******.***
Personal Data:
Date of Birth: October 28, 1988
Place of Birth: Bchaaleh, Batroun, Lebanon
Nationality: Lebanese
Marital Status: Married
Address: Kaslik, Kesrouan, Lebanon
Present Position:
Laboratory Director-Eye & Ear International Hospital, Naccache-Lebanon.
(November 2017-present).
Laboratory doctor-Lebanese Military HealthCare.
(June 2019-present).
Education:
Diplomas:
● M.D.: Diploma in General Medicine, Lebanese University 2013
● Clinical pathology, Lebanese University 2017
Training:
● Clinical pathology: July 2013- June 2017
Rafic Hariri University hospital (Beirut-Lebanon):
Hematology:
- Routine testing
-Smear Interpretation
-Bone marrow aspirate
Coagulation Studies
Curriculum Vitae
Chemistry/Serology/Endocrinology: Routine, electrophoresis, Immuno-fluorescence
Bacteriology
Blood Bank: Immunohematology, Quality management of blood donation and blood products, Plasmapheresis and Leukapheresis.
(Lebanese MOPH practice permission in Blood Banking 2017)
Molecular: Real time RT-PCR/Real time PCR (Measles, Rubella,Dengue, west Nile, Corona viruses)
Quality Programs:Quality Controls, Proficiency testing, Documentation, KPIs, Risk management, Accreditation. Validation and qualification.
Academic activities:
● Thesis:
Information Lebanese cancer patients want to know concerning their disease and its treatment before consenting to the treatment.
(Thesis submitted in response to the requirement of the degree of doctor of medicine diploma).
● Articles:
Charcot arthropathy, A case report.
Trends in antimicrobial susceptibilities of enterobacteriacae in a tertiary care center in Lebanon over 2 years (publication in progress) Microbiological quality of water: experience of one Lebanese reference center
(publication in progress)
● Conferences:
Lyophilized plasma
MALDI TOF MS
Method validation
MGIT
Mastocytosis
Plasma cell dyscrasia
Malaria
Donor selection
KPI key performance indicator
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
Curriculum Vitae
Chief Resident: Responsible of teaching system and rotation of clinical pathology residents (2016)
Writer of a part of Lebanon Pilot Blood Bank Standard Operating Procedures at RHUH. (2015-2016).
Supervisor of the installation of the reference TB laboratory at RHUH. (2017)
Institutor of Chekri Ghanem Military Laboratory- Fiyadiyeh.
(2019)
Internship:
-Rafic Hariri University Hospital: July-dec 2011
- Lebanese Hospital-Geitaoui: Jan-Jun 2012
- Notre Dame Du Liban Hospital: July-Dec 2012
- MEIH Bsalim: Jan-Jun 2013
Training in internal medicine
High School:
Collège des Apôtres, Jounieh, Lebanon (2006)
MEDICAL CONFERENCES and WORKSHOPS:
-8eme congres du syndicat des biologistes du Liban (mars 2019)
-4eme journees francophones des maladies auto-immunes “Cytopenies auto-immunes de l’adulte”. (fevrier 2018)
-7eme congres du syndicat des biologistes du Liban (mars 2017)
- Genetic and cancer congress of Institut National De Pathologie (may 2016)
- Molecular Diagnostic Educational Seminar (May 2016)
-6eme congres du syndicat des biologistes du Liban (avril 2015)
- The eighth regional meeting of the lebanese society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (October 2014)
- Formation de transfusion sanguine. (ESA September 2014)
- 11th Lebanese Society of medical Oncology National Forum Hematopathology workshop (april 2014)
Curriculum Vitae
- 5eme congres du syndicat des biologistes du Liban (Feb 2014)
- The 15th Congress of the Lebanese Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Mirobiology (6 – 8 February 2014)
-The 14th Congress of the Lebanese Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Mirobiology (February 2013)
Personal Skills and Competences:
Languages:Arabic, French, English
Computer Skills and competences: Microsoft office: PowerPoint, Word,Excel.