CURRICULUM VITAE
Adeel Urrehman
Work Address: Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Aga Khan University Hospital, National stadium Rd, 74800, Karachi, Pakistan.
Email: ************@*****.**.**, ******.*****@***.***
Telephone: +923*-**-***-***, +923**-***-****
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8676-6119
EDUCATION
(Indicate Institution; Degree; Start Date and Completion; Degree Awarded)
• Diploma in EUS Interventional Endoscopy. WEO International School of EUS, WISE, Seoul Korea. Dec 2020
• Dept. of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital SGH, Singapore Fellowship in Interventional & Advance Endoscopy Feb-Dec 2017
• Dept. of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Singapore General Hospital SGH, Singapore. Specialty Training as Specialist Registrar Jan 2015-Dec 2017
• Royal college of physicians RCP UK, Specialty Certificate Examinations SCE Gastroenterology and Hepatology UK May 2016
• National University of Singapore NUS, Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine). (M Med.) March 2015
• European Section & Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Montijo, Portugal European Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology EBGH April 2015
• Royal college of physicians RCP UK, Membership of Federation of Royal colleges of physicians MRCP (Internal medicine) London UK Oct 2014
• Dow Medical College, University of Karachi (Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery) MBBS Mar 1997 - Oct 2002
SCHOLARLY INTERESTS TRAINING
(Indicate Institution; Nature of Training; Start Date and Completion)
• SGH Singapore, Advance endoscopy Fellowship, Feb 2017-Dec 2017
• SGH Singapore, Gastroenterology and hepatology Speciality training March 2013- Dec2016
• SIUT Karachi, Nephrology/medicine/Gastroenterology training July 2009- Feb 2013
• SIUT Karachi Gastroenterology Sept 2005- Jun 2009
• Civil hospital CHK Karachi internship Oct 2002- Sept 2003
POSITIONS HELD
Jan 2020- Till Date
Clinical Assistant Professor
Dept of Medicine
Section of Gastroenterology
AKUH
Jan 2018-Dec 2019
Associate Professor and Interventional Endoscopist
SIUT
Feb 2017-Dec 2017
Fellow Interventional/Advance Endoscopy
SGH
Jan 2015—Dec 2017
Specialist Registrar
SGH
Jun 2015 – Dec 2017
Clinical Lecturer/Academic Tutor
NUS Singapore
Mar 2013 – Dec 2014
Clinical Associate
SGH
July 2009 – Mar 2013
Registrar
SIUT
Sept 2005 – Jun 2009
Resident Medical Officer
SIUT
Dec 2003- Jun 2004
Resident Medical Officer
SIUT
Oct 2002 – Sept 2003
Internship: General Medicine & Surgery
CHK
AKUH Aga Khan University Hospital, SIUT Sindh institute to Urology and Transplantation, SGH Singapore General Hospital, NUS National University of Singapore, CHK Civil hospital Karachi.
DISTINCTIONS
(For Education, Research or Service)
Advance endoscopy Training (EUS) to faculty members. Established EUS services at SIUT and Now in AKUH. Trained Faculty started EUS services at Bahrain Specialist Hospital Bahrain.
Three Dissertations for GI trainees focussing on EUS at CPSP College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan
a.Malignant mediastinal/abdominal Lymph Nodes
b.Role of EUS for CBD stones
c.Diagnostic Yield of endoscopic ultrasound EUS guided FNB in solid lesions with out ROSE Rapid onsite evaluation.
Academic Tutor for Medical students at Yong Yoo Lin School of Medicine, NUS; Singapore
Teacher for GI trainees and PACES candidates at SGH Singapore
Secretarial post/ peer reviewer, Research and Publication Department SIUT Karachi
Moderator and Co Ordinator for Pakistan (Advance Endoscopy Forum) at TEMDEC Tele medicine Centre of Asia, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
DISTINCTIONS
Invited as local Expert Faculty for live Endoscopy Cases at Pre-conference workshops
oPakistan Society for the study of liver diseases. PSSLD 2018
oPakistan GI and Liver Diseases Society PGLDS 2019
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Jan 2020- Till Date
Medical students
GI trainees
AKUH
Jan 2018-Dec 2019
MS/BS Students
Nursing Students
SIUT
Jun 2015 – Dec 2017
Medical students
GI trainees
SGH
NUS Singapore
TEACHING ACTIVITY
One Day Endoscopic Ultrasound workshop in June 2018 with International Faculty Dr Faisal Jaffery at AKU.
EUS Webinar series in collaboration with International Faculty, Addressing important topics in EUS guided interventions and social networking with international experts.
oEUS International Webinar – Pancreatic cystic lesion and EUS BD. 04th July 2020
oEUS International Webinar – New Horizons for EUS. 12 Sept 2020.
oEUS International Webinar – Can EUS replace ERCP? 09 Jan 2021
PSSLD 2020 EUS symposium I, (EUS in hepatology) Moderated the session with International Faculty
Asian EUS Group ; AEG 2021 Virtual Train The Trainers Course in EUS interventions.
Training EUS workshops started at Hyderabad centre to help other institutes develop EUS Services
PET Programme for Endoscopy Teachers By WEO World endoscopy Organization Regular active participant attending their virtual sessions
Regular participation as faculty in WISE WEO International school of EUS virtual sessions
CME s at AKU forum 2021 sessions
oGB and bile duct cancers
oObesity
oHepatitis awareness
oFunctional Bowel disorders FGID
oGut Flora/ Microbiota
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INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION
i.Virtual teaching using ASGE forum GI leap
ii.Looking forward for EUS Certificate course
iii.Social media education International groups EUS / Endoscopy Forums for interesting cases and discussions ( Facebook)
a.EUS Egypt
b.Friends of Endoscopy
c.Endoscopy Atlas
d.Endo Collab
e.Group of International Therapeutic Endoscopy GINTE
f.Friends of EUS
SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES WITHIN / OUTSIDE OF THE AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY
A.Member World Endoscopy organisation WEO
B.Member American College of gastroenterology ACG
C.Member American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ASGE
D.Member American Gastroenterological Association AGA
E.Member Gastroenterological Society of Singapore GESS
F.Member Japanese Gastroenterological endoscopy Society JGES
G.Member WISE WEO International school of EUS
a. Innovations in service / processes / procedures.
Oncology based cases discussion in tumor board (EUS Meets Oncology)
b. New services introduced.
EUS services that help especially oncology patients
Mediastinal cases alternative to VATS
Difficult cases where CT Guided Biopsy not possible
Future plans
EUS Biliary drainage services
EUS guided Tumor therapies
EUS guided anastomosis
Awards in Interventional Endoscopy:
1.WEO EUS Star Award (2020) by World Endoscopy Organisation WEO at WEO International school of EUS WISE forum.
2.Best Abstract Award (A-PSDE), 2nd World Congress of GI Endoscopy, ENDO 2020 7-10 March 20 Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
3.Second Runner-up for Video Presentation in the Video forum, Seoul, Korea 15th Nov 2018, Gastro-intestinal Task Force Asia Pacific Society (EUS Guided Gall bladder drainage in acute cholecystitis followed by Trans-gastric GB Stone Extraction).
4.Best endoscopic video demonstrating intriguing technique and clinical challenge.GI HEP Singapore 2017. (Endoscopic Ultrasound EUS-Guided Gastrojejunostomy in Afferent Loop Syndrome and gastric outlet obstruction using Lumen apposing metal stents).
d. Service on committees within and external to the University (indicate role on committee).
Director of Endoscopy services
PUBLICATIONS
(Based on Bachelors, Masters or PhD Research)
Opinions
1.Adeel Urrehman. “Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Liver Lesions Biopsy EUS LLB is an Alternative Method of Image Guided Biopsy for Suspected Atypical Liver Malignancies”. Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports 1.3 (2020): 17. (Impact Factor: 0.851)
2.Adeel Urrehman, Amna Subhan, Christopher Khor, et al. “GI Endoscopy in the Era of COVID-19; Is it Remodeling Our Routine Practices?”. Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports 1.4 (2020): 22-23 (Impact Factor: 0.851)
Editorial Board member
1.Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports journal from Acta Scientific Open International Library (Impact factor 1.125)
2.Gastroenterology and Hepatology Letters ISSN:2717-5154 (Online) Biannual open access
3.CPQ Medicine, CIENT PERIODIQUE.
Reviewer
1.Journal of Translational Internal Medicine. Online ISSN: 2224-4018 Impact Factor 1.0
PUBLICATIONS*
(As Principal or Co-Investigator)
Original articles
1.Kiran Bajaj, Raja Taha Yaseen Khan, Abbas Ali Tasneem, Adeel Ur Rehman. Diagnostic Accuracy of Strian ratio Elastography on Endoscopic Ultrasound in detecting Malignant Abdominal L Node using Fine Needle biopsy as a gold standard. Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy. 2021;Vol 6; Issue 3; Article no. 1103. (Impact Factor 4.029)
2.Raja Taha Yaseen Khan, Adeel Ur Rehman. AGT Score as Predictor of Common Bile Duct Stone in patients with Intermediate Probability Criteria According to ASGE guidelines. Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy. 2021;Vol 6; Issue 3; Article no. 1101. (Impact Factor 4.029)
3.Abbas Z, Siddiqui AR. Management of hepatitis B in developing countries. World J Hepatol 2011; 3(12): 292-299 (Impact Factor 2.730)
4.Nasir Hassan, Adeelur Rehman Siddiqui, Zaigham Abbas. Clinical Profile and HLA Typing of Autoimmune Hepatitis from Pakistan. Hepat Mon. 2013 December; 13(12): e13598. (Impact Factor 1.57)
5.Raja Taha Yaseen, Adeel Ur rehman. Diagnostic Yield of Endoscopic ultrasound in Indeterminate probability of choledocholithiasis according to the ASGE criteria. Int Journal of clinical Studies and medical caese reports. ISSN 2692-5877. DOI: 10.46998/IJCMCR.2021.16.000383. (Impact factor Factor 1.4).
6.A.R. Siddiqui, Z. Abbas, N.H. Luck. Experience of Fibrosing Cholestatic Hepatitis with Hepatitis C Virus in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Transplantation Proceedings 2012;44, 721–724. (Impact factor 0.806)
7.Zaigham Abbas, Adeel-ur-Rehman Siddiqui, Nasir Hasan Luck. Prognostic factors of Survival in Patients with Non-Resectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Hepatitis C versus miscellaneous etiology. J Pak Med Assoc: 2008 Nov; Vol. 58 (11) 602-607 (Impact factor 0.49)
Abstracts
1.Adeel Urrehman, Christopher JL Khor, Yung Ka Chin. Single centre initial experience of EUS-Guided Gallbladder drainage for Cholecystitis using a Lumen Apposing metal stents LAMS for Non-surgical Candidates. Gut 2018;67(Suppl 2):A1–A118. (impact factor 17.943)
2.Adeel Urrehman, Christopher J. Khor, Chin Yung Ka. EUS-Guided Gastrojejunostomy using a Lumen Apposing Metal Stent in patients with Symptomatic gastric outlet Obstruction. Gut 2018;67(Suppl 2):A1–A118. (impact factor 17.943)
3.Adeel Urrehman, Mohammad Mubarak. Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Left Lobe liver lesion Biopsy EUS-LLB with atypical malignancies, an alternative approach to radiological image guided biopsy. Gut 2019;68(Suppl 1): A1–A166. (impact factor 17.943)
4.Raja Taha Yaseen, Muhammad Manzoor Ul Haque, Adeel U. Urrehman. AGT Score as a Predictor of Common Bile Duct Stone Using Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) in Patients With Intermediate Probability Criteria According to ASGE Guidelines. American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2019 - Volume 114 - Issue - 2019 ACG Annual Meeting Abstracts - p S64–S65.doi: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000589948.68870.d0. (Impact Factor 10.38)
5.Adeel Urrehman, Christopher J. Khor, Chin Yung Ka. EUS-Guided Gastrojejunostomy using a Lumen Apposing Metal Stent in patients with Symptomatic gastric outlet Obstruction. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: 2018 Volume 87, No. 6S: AB359. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2018.04.1779 (Impact factor 5.36)
6.Kiran Bajaj,Mohammad Manzoor Ul haq and Adeel Urrehman. Quantitative analysis/Tissue Characterization for Malignant Mediastinal /Abdominal Lymph nodes using Endoscopic ultrasound Elastography EUS-EG. Gut and Liver 2019 Nov, 13(6) Suppl.1. (Impact Factor 2.968)
New Abstracts in EUS at AKUH published in Gut BMJ Impact factor 31.793 and presented at international EUS Forum EUS-Endo 2022 France/ EUS Summit Korea/ IDDF Hong Kong.
Hybrid endoscopic ultrasound in the covid-19 era for the tissue diagnosis of solid lesions: An initial experience from a tertiary care center in Pakistan
Endoscopic Spectrum of neuroendocrine tumor from different primary origins
Multi-target endoscopic ultrasound EUS-M guided biopsy is superior to PET scan for staging malignancies
Application of endoscopic ultrasound EUS in evaluation of mediastinal lesions
Primary pancreatic lymphoma PPL presenting as pancreatic head mass with obstructive jaundice; atypical presentation of lymphoproliferative disease
Safety and efficacy of Endoscopic Ultrasound EUS-G in geriatric population.
Spectrum of different variety of Subepithelial lesions and its evaluation by Endoscopic ultrasound EUS.
Endoscopic ultrasound EUS-S guided splenic lesion biopsy; noninvasive modality as an alternative to splenectomy.
SUPERVISION OF OTHER STUDENTS / TRAINEES
(Postgraduate Trainees; Undergraduate Students; Postdoctoral Student)
Supervisor for EUS training for GI faculty
Teaching EUS (Looking forward for Certificate course for EUS for formal training)
Training for endoscopy technicians using virtual education.