Akram Hussein AlKhadra Professor Personal Data Nationality |Saudi Date of Birth |15/07/1357 Department |Internal Medicine Official UoD Email | akhadra@ud.edu.sa Language Proficiency Language Read Write Speak Arabic + + + English + + + Academic Qualifications (Beginning with the most recent) Date Academic Degree Place of Issue Address 1987G Diplomate in Adult Cardiology The American Board of Internal Medicine United States of America 1986G Diplomate in Internal Medicine The American Board of Internal Medicine United States of America 1986G Specialist Certificate in Internal Medicine The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Ottawa, Canada 1980G Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery with a second degree honorship King Saud University (previously Riyadh University) KSA Professional Record: (Beginning with the most recent) Job Rank Place and Address of Work Date From To Professor internal medicine and cardiology College of Medicine, University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia Jan 2011 now Associate Professor internal medicine and cardiology College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia 23 January 1995 Jan 2011 Assistant Professor internal medicine and cardiology College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Dammam April 1988 22 January 1995 Demonstrator internal medicine and cardiology College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Dammam April 1982 April 1988
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Language Read Write Speak Arabic + + + English + + + Academic Qualifications (Beginning with the most recent)
Date Academic Degree Place of Issue Address 1987G Diplomate in Adult Cardiology The American Board of Internal
Medicine United States of America
1986G Diplomate in Internal Medicine
The American Board of Internal Medicine
United States of America
1986G Specialist Certificate in Internal Medicine
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Ottawa, Canada
1980G Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery with a second degree honor-‐ship
King Saud University (previously Riyadh University)
KSA
Professional Record: (Beginning with the most recent)
Job Rank Place and Address of Work Date From To
Professor internal medicine and cardiology
College of Medicine, University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Jan 2011 now
Associate Professor
internal medicine and cardiology
College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
23 January 1995
Jan 2011
Assistant Professor internal medicine and cardiology
College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Dammam
April 1988 22 January 1995
Demonstrator internal medicine and cardiology
College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Dammam
April 1982 April 1988
Job Rank Place and Address of Work Date From To
Consultant in internal medicine and cardiology
internal medicine and cardiology
KFHU January 1988
now
Resident in internal medicine
internal medicine and cardiology
KFHU University of Alberta Hospital, Canada
April 1982 Jan 1988
Scientific Achievements
Published Refereed Scientific Researches (In Chronological Order Beginning with the Most Recent) # Name of Investigator(s) Research Title Publisher and Date of Publication 1 Elsharawy MA, Al-‐Elq
AH, Alkhadra AH, Moghazy KM, Elsaid AS.
Screening for asymptomatic cardiovascular disease in Arab patients with diabetes.
Int J Angiol, 2011:30(1):52-‐7
2 M. A. Elsharawy, Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, Mohammed Fakhry Abdulmohsen, Ahmed Bahnassy.
Impact of atherosclerotic risk factors on the extent of arterial occlusive disease among Arabian patients: a hospital based study,
Int J Angiol, 2009;28:367-‐72
3 Erdine S, Ro YM, Tse HF, Howes LG, Aguilar-‐Salinas CA, Chaves H, Guindy R, Chopra P, Moller RA, Schou IM, Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, et al.
Single-‐pill amlodipine/ atorvastatin helps patients of diverse ethnicity attain recommended goals for blood pressure and lipids (the Gemini-‐AALA study).
Journal of Human Hypertension March 2009, 23, 196-‐210
4 Akram H. Al-‐Khadra. A right coronary artery aneurysm associated with chest pain: A case report.
Journal of Family & Community Medicine, March 2009
5 Mansour M. Al-‐Nozha, Yaqoub Y. Al-‐Mazrou, Mohammed R. Arafah, Mohammed A. Al-‐Maatouq, Mohamed Z. Khalil, Nazeer B. Khan, Akram Al-‐Khadra, Khalid Al-‐Marzouki, Saad S. Al-‐Harthi, Moheeb Abdullah, Maie S. Al-‐Shahid, Abdulellah Al-‐Mobeireek Mohmmed S. Nouh.
Smoking in Saudi Arabia and its relation to coronary artery disease.
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association 2009;21, 169–176
6 Mohamed A. Elsharawy, Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, Mohdammed Fakhary A. Ibrahim, Fathi Selim, Khairy Hassan, Ayman S. Elsaid, Ahmed Bahnassy.
Impact of atherosclerosis risk factors on the clinical presentation of arterial occlusive disease in Arabic patients.
Int J Angiol 2008;17(4):203-‐206.
# Name of Investigator(s) Research Title Publisher and Date of Publication 7 Mansour M. Al-‐Nozha,
Mohammed R. Arafah, Mohammed A. Al-‐Marzooq, Mohamed Z. Kalil, Nazeer B. Khan, Khalid Al-‐Marzouki, Yaqoub Y. Al-‐Mazrou, Moheeb Abdullah, Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, Saad S. Al-‐Harthi, Maie S. Al-‐Shahid, Abdulleh Al-‐Mobeireek, Mohammed S.
Hyperlipidemia in Saudi Arabia. Nouh. Saudi Med J 2008;29(2):282-‐7.
8 Mansour M. Al-‐Nozha, Hazzaa M. Al-‐Hazzaa, Mohammed R. Arafah, Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, Yaqoub Y. Al-‐Mazrou, Mohammed A. Al-‐Maatouq, Nazeer B. Khan, Khalid Al-‐Marzouki, Saad S. Al-‐Harthi, Moheeb Abdullah, Maie S.Al-‐Shahid.
Prevalence of physical activity and inactivity among Saudis aged 30-‐70 years. A population-‐based cross-‐sectional study.
Saudi Med J 2007; 28(4):559-‐568
9 Mansour M. Al-‐Nozha, Moheeb Abdullah, Mohammed R. Arafah, Mohamed Z. Khalil, Nazeer B. Khan, Yaqoub Y. Al-‐Mazrou, Mohammed A. Al-‐Maatouq, Khalid Al-‐Mazrouki, Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, Mohammed S. Nouh, Saad S. Al-‐Harthi, Maie S. Al-‐Shahid, Abdulellah Al-‐Mobeireek.
Hypertension in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Med J 2007; 28(1):77-‐84.
10 Mansour M. Al-‐Nozha, Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, Mohammed R. Arafah, Mohammed A. Al-‐Maatouq, Mohamed Z. Khalil, Nazeer B. Khan, Yaqoub Y.Al-‐Mazrou, Khalid Al-‐Mazrouki, Saad S. Al-‐Harthi, Moheeb Abdullah, Maie S. Al-‐Shahid, Abdulellah Al-‐Mobeireek, Mohammed S. Nouh.
Metabolic syndrome in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Med J 2005; 26(12):1918-‐1925.
11 Mansour M. Al-‐Nozha, Yaqoub Y. Al-‐Mazrou, Mohammed A. Al-‐Maatouq, Arafah M, Mohamed Z. Khalil, Nazeer B. Khan, Khalid Al-‐Mazrouki, Moheeb Abdullah, Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, Saad S. Al-‐Harthi, Maie S. Al-‐Shahid, Abdulellah Al-‐Mobeireek, Mohammed S. Nouh.
Obesity in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Med J 2005; 26(5):824-‐829.
# Name of Investigator(s) Research Title Publisher and Date of Publication 12 Abdulmohsen Mohammed,
Abdulaziz Al-‐Quorain, Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, Layla Bashawri, Ahmed Bahnassy, Akhtar Husain, Mohammed Altorki, Fathy Selim, Mohammed Yasawy, Hussain Al-‐Shahrani.
The role Helicobacter Pylori infection in coronary artery disease in Saudi Arabia.
Egyptian Heart Journal 2004; 56(4):481-‐485.
13 Mansour M. Nozha, Mohammed A. Al-‐Maatouq, Yaqoub Y. Al-‐Mazrou, Saad S. Al-‐Harthi, Mohammed R. Arafah, Mohamed Z. Khalil, Nazeer B. Khan, Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, Khalid Al-‐Mazrouki, Mohammed S. Nouh, Moheeb Abdullah, Attas O, Maie S. Al-‐Shahid, Abdulellah Al-‐Mobeireek.
Diabetes mellitus in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Med J 2004;25(11):1603-‐1610.
14 Abdulmohsen Mohammed, Abdulrahman Ibrahim, Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, Ahmed Bahnassy, Saud Taha, Bahar Kamal, Abdullah Al-‐Rubaish, Abdulmohsen Al-‐Elq.
Physicians’ knowledge, attitude and practice towards erectile dysfunction in Saudi Arabia.
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 2004; 10(4/5):648-‐654.
15 Mansour M. Nozha, Mohammed R. Arafah, Yaqoub Y. Al-‐Mazrou, Mohammed A. Al-‐Maatouq, Nazeer B. Khan, Mohamed Z. Khalil, Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, Khalid Al-‐Mazrouki, Moheeb Abdullah, Saad S. Al-‐Harthi, Maie S. Al-‐Shahid, Mohammed S. Nouh Abdulellah Al-‐Mobeireek.
Coronary artery disease in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Med J 2004; 25(9):1165-‐1170.
16 Akram H. Al-‐Khadra.
Clinical profile of young patients with acute myocardial infarction in Saudi Arabia.
International Journal of Cardiology 2003; 91:9-‐13.
17 Akram Al-‐Khadra, Al-‐Awami S, El-‐Hassan A.
Pacing of the heart via a coronary sinus branch (case report).
Annals of Saudi Medicine 1998; 18(4):347-‐348.
18 Akram H. Al-‐Khadra. Hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy: review article.
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association 1998;10(2): 132-‐138
Cor-‐triatriatum masquerading as a left atrial mass (case report).
Annals of Saudi Medicine 1996;16(2):210-‐211.
20 The pravastatin multicentre study group. Akram H. Al-‐Khadra.
The efficacy and safety of pravastatin in the treatment of primary hypercholesterolaemia -‐an open label multicentre study.
European Journal of Clinical Research 1995; 7: 31-‐37.
21 Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, Gani O.A. Ladipo, Hussain F. Ezzeldin Ibrahim, Yussuf Al-‐Gindan.
In-‐hospital mortality of actue myocardial infarction in Saudi Arabia.
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association 1994; 6(2): 123-‐127.
# Name of Investigator(s) Research Title Publisher and Date of Publication 22 Gadi Magbool, Akram H. Al-‐
Khadra, Suleiman Al-‐Awdah, Adu-‐Gyamfi Y, Lade Wosornu.
Cancelled operations in a teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Medical Journal 1993; 14(6):544-‐548.
23 Hassan Y. Al-‐Idrissi, Ezzeldin Ibrahim, Al-‐Fadil H, Arwa Nabhan, Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, Fahd Al-‐Muhanna.
A double-‐blind crossover study of Cilazpril and Captopril in mild and moderately severe hypertension in Saudis.
Journal of Drug Development 1993; 5(4):215-‐223.
24 Gadi Magbool, Suleiman Al-‐Awdah, Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, Lade Wosornu.
Quality assurance in Saudi Arabia: Persuasion or compulsion, process or outcome?
Medical Audit News 1993; 3(1): 25-‐26.
25 Ezzeldin Ibrahim, Hassan Y. Al-‐Idrissi, Nabil Y. Kurashi, Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, Fahd Al-‐Muhanna.
Anti-‐emetic efficacy of Ondansetron: Randomized, double-‐blind, crossover study with high dose Dexamethazone or Dexamethazone and Metoclopramide
Cancer Research, Therapy and Control 1992; 3:1-‐6.
26 Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, Gadi Magbool, Lade Wosornu, Suleiman Al-‐Awdah, Hatem Qutub, Raeda Al-‐Khatib.
Who do cardiology outpatient appointments fail in Saudi Arabia?
Quality Assurance in Health Care 1992; 4(4):305-‐310.
27 Ezzeldin Ibrahim, Fahd Al-‐Muhanna, Ibrahim Saeed, Faiza Al-‐Jishi, Hassan Y. Al-‐Idrissi, Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, Al-‐Shehabi A.
Public knowledge, misperceptions and attitudes about cancer in Saudi Arabia.
Annals of Saudi Medicine 1991; 11(5):518-‐523.
28 Ezzeldin Ibrahim, Hassan Y. Al-‐Idrissi, Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, Nabil Y. Kurashi, Faiza Al-‐Jishi, Ibrahim Saeed, Fahd Al-‐Muhanna, Al-‐Shehabi A.
Women’s knowledge of and attitude toward breast cancer in a developing country: implications for program interventions.
American Association for Cancer Education 1991; 6(2):73-‐81.
29 Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, Fahd Al-‐Muhanna, Ezzeldin Ibrahim.
Patients’ knowledge of hypertension and its management.
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association 1991; 3(3):106-‐109.
Current Researches # Research Title Name of Investigator(s) 1 Centralized Pan-‐Middle East Survey on
the undertreatment of hypercholesterolemia.
Multicenter trial. Akram H. Al-‐Khadra, (principil investigator in KFHU).
Contribution to Scientific Conferences and Symposia # Conference Title Place and Date of the Conference Extent of Contribution 1 The 7th International Cardiac
Congress of Saud Al-‐Babtain Cardiac Center
Dammam, Saudi Arabia, 25-‐27 February 2012
Attended and chaired a session
# Conference Title Place and Date of the Conference Extent of Contribution 2 Genetic risk factors and
cardiovascular diseases University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, 24 January 2012
Attended
3 11th Update in Internal medicine on pulmonary and critical care
KFHU, Al-‐Khobar, 29-‐30 November 2011
Attended and chaired a session
4 Hepatology update on hepatitis C infection
KFHU, Al-‐Khobar, 19 May 2011 Attended and chaired a session
Membership of Scientific and Professional Societies and Organizations -‐ International:
• Fellow, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Canada, 1987 • Fellow, American Heart Association, USA, 2000
-‐ National: • Fellow , Saudi Heart Association, KSA, 1988
Teaching Activities
Undergraduate # Course/Rotation Title No./Code Extent of Contribution
(no. of lectures/Tutorials. Or labs, Clinics) 1 Introduction to Medicine MDMD 451 3 2 5th year Clerkship Course in
Medicine
MDMD 501 6
3 6th year Clerkship Course in Medicine
MDMD 551 6
Brief Description of Undergraduate Courses Taught: (Course Title – Code: Description) 1 [Introduction to Medicine, MDMD 451]
A 6-‐credit hours course that extends to cover a 6-‐week period and offered to the 4th year medical students for three rotations per year. The course emphasizes history taking and physical examination.
2 [5th year Clerkship Course in Medicine, MDMD 501]
A 6-‐credit hours course that is taught over a 6-‐week period and given to the 5th year medical students. The course objectives are to teach basic skills and the main theoretical subjects in Internal Medicine.
3 [6th year Clerkship Course in Medicine, MDMD 551]
A 10-‐credit hours course in Medicine that lasts for 10 weeks and offered to 6th year medical students. The course concentrates on patients’ management, follow-‐up and principles of therapeutics.
Brief Description of Postgraduate Courses Taught: (Course Title – Code: Description) 1 Full participating in the training and evaluation of medical interns and residents that includes bedside
teaching, tutorials, seminars and lectures 2 Active participation in the residency program for Arab Board Diploma of Internal Medicine, King Faisal
University Fellowship and Saudi Council for Health Specialties. Each of the above programs is a 4-‐year residency training. Certified candidates are considered equivalents to those holding other postgraduate degrees
3 Active participation in the post graduate teaching of other departments when asked to, such as ECG lectures to Family and Community Medicine residents (x) and Cardio-‐toxicity for occupational medicine and health program
Guest/Invited Lectures for Undergraduate Students # Activity/Course Title and Code Subject College and University or Program Date 1 Medicine for Dental Course
MDMD 511 Internal medicine UoD, dental college Since 2000
Supervision of Master and/or PhD Thesis # Degree Type Title Institution Date 1 MASTER DEGREE Development of a DSP-‐32C based
electrocardiography machine using microcomputers
In King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
February 1990 to October 1992
Administrative Responsibil it ies, Committee and Community Service (Beginning with the most recent) Administrative Responsibilities # From To Position Organization 1 January
2010 present Member of the scientific council Dammam university
2 January 2001
present Member of the faculty Board, medical school
KFU and later University of Dammam
3 January 2001
Dec. 2012 Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine
KFU and later University of Dammam
4 March 2007 2012 Chairman of the Department of Neurology
KFU and later University of Dammam
5 October 1990
Dec. 1992 Medical Director KFHU
6 1991 1992 Acting Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs in several occasions (in the absence of the Vice Dean)
College of medicine, KFU
Committee Membership # From To Position Organization 1 13/5/1428 present Member of the Permanent Committee
for investigation of malpractice in KFU and later University of Dammam
2 2008 present Member of the Steering Committee of NCAAA related to the College of
Medicine,
King Faisal University
3 2006 2009 Member of the Curriculum Committee, College of Medicine, King Faisal University
4 1991 1992 Chairman of Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee
KFHU
5 1989
1999 Chairman of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Committee
KFHU
Scientific Consultations # From To Institute Full-‐time or Part-‐time 1 1996 2012 Arrwadh dispensary Part time