Dr. SABIHA FATIMA pi2dso@r.postjobfree.com ________________________________________

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Greenbelt, MD - 20770

Tel: 301- 875-7378

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Date of Birth: 01 October, 1970

Nationality: Citizen of USA

QUALIFICATIONS:

Dedicated and Patient focused Physician with proven expertise in acute patient care, Medical research and current healthcare advancements.

EDUCATION:

M.B.B.S - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.

Medical School: Deccan College of Medical Sciences. University of Health

Sciences. Hyderabad, India.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES;

CME - Howard University, College of Medicine. Office of Continuing Medical

Education for Physicians. Washington, DC 20059.

ECFMG Certificate: 12/2005 United States Medical Licensing Exam.

CSA Clinical Skills Assessment: 07/2004.

USMLE Step 3 April, 2008.

Government of Andhra Pradesh, Medical Council: Permanent State Medical

License in India 12/1994.

University of Health Sciences, Hyderabad, India: MBBS Certificate 1994.

Andhra Pradesh State Medical Council, India – Member.

COMPUTRE SKILLS:

Working knowledge of MS Word, EXCEL, Power Point presentation, Internet

search. Secure database applications used in hospitals information and

technology.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:

Physician Assistant: August, 2008.

Darussalam Family Practice. Hanover Parkway, Greenbelt, MD. 20770.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:

Clinical Coordinator: Stroke Program. Department of Neurology, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC. September 2011 to Present. This is a full time 40 hrs week position for stroke patient management.

Clinical Coordinator Stroke Programm. Department of Neurology. Georgetown University. March, 2008 – August 2011. STROKE DISPARITY PROJECT. SDP is a NIH funded program working to decrease the disparity for African American population of District of Columbia in the care of Stroke and its outcome.

Resident Faculty Scientific Research Competition. May, 2008.

Howard University, College of Medicine. Office of Continuing Medical Education for

Physicians. Washington, DC 20059.

Neuro-Surgery. Howard University Hospital. 2008 - 2010:

Worked with Dr. Ozra Dehkordi on the Immuno-histochemistry techniques and Electrophysiology that are in daily use in the Specialized Neuroscience Research Program (SNRP). Assisting faculty members in various SNRP Projects for tissue culture, western blot, serology techniques, PCR and performing immunohistochemistry stain on male Downley rats Brain and Lung tissue.

Cancer Research Center. Howard University Hospital. Washington, DC 20059.

Research Associate. April, 2008 – September 2008. Worked with Dr. Hassan Ashktorab on Research project; Meta - Analyses of gastrointestinal cancers, determine the recurrence rate and progression of colon polyps, rate of tubular adenoma in African American population at Howard University Hospital. Investigation of genetic and epigenetic problems in patients at Gastroenterology unit. Obtaining pathological tissue and review of clinical history and current medication and its follow up.

Co-investigator, 2007. Study title- An open-–label multinational, multicenter follow up

Study to evaluate the long term and efficacy of brivaracetam used at a flexible dose

up to a maximum 150 mg/day in subjects aged 16 yrs or older suffering from epilepsy.

Clinical Research. Howard University Hospital. 2005-2008. Worked with Dr. Syed Zaidi on the Project; Expression of Alpha-7nAchRs on spinal cord, brainstem neurons controlling aspirator drive to diphragm. The studies were designed to test the hypothesis that nicotinic receptors containing the Alpha-7 subunit were expresed by neurons at multiple sites in the respiratory network controlling diaphragmatic activity. Experiments were performed on male Sprague Dawley rats.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Cell Culture, Extraction of DNA/RNA, Western Blot, PCR, Immuno-histochemistry, and

Serology.

CONFERENCES ATTENDED:

4th Annual Women’s Health Conference. October 25, 2008

University of Maryland Inn Conference Center. Adelphi, MD.

TRAININGS ATTENDED:

Motivational training at Georgetown University Hospital March 2009

Speaker for Howard at brain awareness conference in Walter Reed Hospital, March 2009

Neuropsychological training at National Rehab Hospital April 2009

Power to End Stroke at Howard University Hospital –March /2009

Aphasia Training at Washington Hospital Center July/2009

Publications:

1. O. Dehkordi, J. E. Rose, Kannan V. Balan, Prabha K.C, Sabiha Fatima, Richard M. Mills.

2010. Morphological Evidence for Expression of Molecules of the Taste Transduction

Pathway at Sites of Central Respiratory Chemoreception.

2. Ozra Dehkordi ,J .E Rose, B. Bhatti, R. M, Mills, Sabiha Fatima, A. Jayam-Trouth. 2009.

Co-expression of T2R38 and P2X3 receptors with nAchR in solitary chemosensitive

cells of the intrapulmonary airways. Poster presentation in Neuroscience conference,

Chicago, IL

3. Amie W. Hsia, Brisa N. Sanchez, Dorothy F.Edwards, M. Chris Gibbons, Sabiha Fatima,

Nina C. Brown, Regina Coles, Sarah Loftin, Chelsea S. Kidwell (2009). Racial disparity in

tPA treatment for stroke in predominantly black urban population. Poster Presentation in

American Heart Association. Washington, DC.

4. Sabiha Fatima, D.E Farr, A.W. Dromerick, C.S Kidwell, A. Jayam Trouth, S.T. Loftin, MC

Gibbons, D. F Edwards. 2009. Applying Social Marketing Methods to Recruitment of African

Americans in RCTs Abstract AHA Conference.

5. Sabiha Fatima, Hassan Ashktorab, Edward L .Lee, Vector Scott Duane, Hasan Brim, Zehra

Nouri, Faiza R. Karim, Angesom Kibreab. Neoplastic Changes in Colonic Mucosa following

Polypectomy, Does Follow Up Make Sense? 2008. Gastroenterology, Vol. 136 Issue 5,

Supplement 1, pg 337.

6. Sabiha Fatima, Hasan Ashktorab, Edward .L.Lee Vector Scott Duane, Hasan Brim, Angesom

Kibreab, Mehdi Nouraie. 2008. Colorectal Neoplasia in Young African Americans.

Could Race Be a Riak Factor? A 40 year Expression In an Inner City Teaching

Hospital. Gastroenterology. Volume 136, Issue 5, Supplement 1, pg. 336.

7. J. Trouth; O. Dehkordi; J.E. Rose; K.V. Balan; S. Fatima; R.M. Millis. Immunohistochemical

Evidence for Expression of a-Gustducin at Brainstem Sites of CO2/H+ Respiratory

Chemoreception. November 2010. Neuroscience Conference, Sandi ago, CA.

8. O. Dehkordi; J.E. Rose; S. Fatima; R.M. Millis; A. Jayam Trouth. Neuroanatomical Substrates

for Nicotinic Signaling in the Intrapulmonary Airways. November 2010. Neuroscience

Conference, Sandi ago, CA.

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