Curriculum Vitae
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:
July 1, 1965, Damascus, Syria
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. Naturalized Citizen, April 1995
EDUCATION:
- 1982 French School of Damascus (General Science Degree)
- 1988 M.D. Medical School, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:
- 06/90-06/93 – Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
- 07/93-07/94 – Fellow in Medical Oncology/Hematology, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
- 08/94-07/96 – Fellow in Medical Oncology/hematology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- 01/03-12/05 — Associate fellow-Integrative Medicine Program at the University of Arizona. Program director: Andrew Weil M.D.
HOSPITAL STAFF AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
- 11/04-present – Clinical assistant professor, University of Colorado Health Science Center
- 01/10-present – Founder and principal Colorado Integrative Cancer Care
- 06/99-12/09 – Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers-Aurora,Colorado
- 09/98-06/99 – Chief, Medical Oncology, Audie Murphy Veterans Hospital San Antonio, Texas
- 08/96-06/99 – Associate Director, Fellowship Program, Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
- 08/96-06/99 – Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
- 08/96-06/99 – Staff Physician, Medicine Service, Audie L. Murphy Division, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Department of Veterans Affairs, San Antonio, Texas
- 07/99-12/09 — Attending physician, Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers- Colorado
- 01/10-present – Principle physician Colorado Integrative Cancer Care
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION:
- 1993 ABIM, Internal Medicine, #151059
- 1995 ABIM, Medical Oncology, #151059
- 1992 Michigan License, Permit #2998956
- 1999 Colorado License # 37758
MEMBERSHIPS:
- 1990 American College of Physicians
- 1994 American Association for Cancer Research
- 1998 American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1998 American Society of Clinical Oncology
COMMITTEES:
- 04/97-06/99 Executive Breast Committee, South West Oncology Group
- 07/97-06/99 Cancer Control Committee, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
- 01/98-06/99 Institutional Review Board, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
- 07/96-06/99 Credentials Committee, Cancer Therapy & Research Center, San Antonio, Texas
- 07/99-now Breast cancer committee-US Oncology research program
- 01/02-01/03 Chairman- Institutional Review Board-Health One Alliance
- 01/01-now Institutional Review Board-Health One Alliance
- 07/05-06/07 Executive committee-Medical Center of Aurora
BENCH RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
- 07/94-09/95 Molecular Biology of Estrogen Receptor: Identification of ER associated proteins using Yeast-Two-Hybrid system.
MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER:
- Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
- Investigational New Drugs
- Anti-Cancer Drugs
- International Journal of Cancer
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