Bishop Hajjar st. 4/15, D.O.B. October, 29, 1977
Anan H. Abbasi
aabbasi77@yahoo.com
Married + 1 (Daughter)
Education:
2008-2009 CME Ophthalmology (Glaucoma), Tel-Aviv University
2006-2008 M.Sc. in Molecular (Ocular) Genetics, The Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
2007-2008 CME Ophthalmology (Surgical Retina), Tel-Aviv University
2007-2008 CME Ophthalmology (Medical Retina), Tel-Aviv University
2005-2006 CME Ophthalmology (Neuro-Ophthalmology), Tel-Aviv University
2005-2006 CME Ophthalmology (Pediatrics & Strabismus), Tel-Aviv University
2004-2005 CME Ophthalmology (Glaucoma), Tel-Aviv University
June 2004 M.D. degree, Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. graduated with honors (excellent M.D. thesis).
2003-2004 Rotating internship at the Rambam Medical Center(Stage).
1999-2003 Studies at the Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
1996-1999 B.A. in Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
1991-1995 Orthodox Arab Collage (O.A.C), Haifa, Israel. graduated with honors.
Academic Experience:
2008-2009 Adjunct Teacher, Department of Pharmacology, the Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
2007-2008 Teaching Assistant, Department of Pharmacology, the Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
1997-1998 Teaching Assistant, Department of Anatomy, the Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Work Experience:
2006- current Nightshifts, Ophthalmology Department, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
2005- current Head of "ACADEMED" Association, aiming to answer the need for arising medical awareness and improve medical services among the Arab community living in Israel.
2005-2007 Worked nightshifts, Ophthalmology Department at the Hopital Francais Saint Vincent De Paul, Nazareth.
2004- current Resident, Ophthalmology Department, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
2003-2004 Worked nightshifts (General intensive care, Internal medicine, Surgery, Hematology) at the Rambam Medical Center.
July 2003 Elective in Ophthalmology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
June 2003 Elective in Ophthalmology, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
March 2003 Elective in Ophthalmology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
8-9/2001 Elective in Pediatrics, Policlinico, Naples, Italy.
8-9/2000 Elective in Neurology, Queen’s Medical Center, University Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
1997-1998 Presented lectures in the educational program of The Israel Cancer Association.
1996-2000 Tutor in PERACH - Health Education Projects in schools.
1995-2000 Worked in a pharmacy, Super-Pharm, Haifa, Israel.
Research Experience:
2006-2008 M.Sc. in Molecular (Ocular) Genetics: "Identifying the genetic basis for hereditary retinal degeneration in the Jewish and Arab populations of Israel". Mentors: Dr. Tamar Ben-Yosef, Prof. Ido Perlman & Prof. Hanna J. Garzozi. Genetics Department, the Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
1999-2003 M.D. thesis: "Role of aldosterone and angiotensin II in the development of hypertrophy and fibrosis in experimental congestive heart failure". graduated with honors (excellent M.D. thesis). Mentor: Prof. Zaid Abassi, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
Publications:
1. Karram T, Hoffman A, Abbasi A, Abassi Z. Aldosterone – classic and non classic effects. Harefuah. 2002;141(6):544-51.
2. Karram T, Abbasi A, Keidar S, Golomb E, Hochberg I, Winaver J, Hoffman A, Abassi Z. Effects of Spironolactone and Eprosartan on Cardiac Remodeling and Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Isoforms in Rats with Experimental Heart Failure. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2005;289:1351-1358.
3. Abbasi AH, Ramadan R, Hoffman A, Abassi Z. Kidney-Ear Axis. Isr Med Assoc J. 2007 Nov;9(11):814-8.
4. Abbasi AH, Haj N, Nseir T and Garzozi HJ. Prenatal diagnosis of dacryocystocele. Eye 2007 Dec;21(12):1537-8.
5. Auslender N, Sharon D, Abbasi AH, Garzozi HJ, Banin E, and Ben-Yosef T. A Common Founder Mutation of CERKL Underlies Autosomal Recessive Retinal Degeneration with Early Macular Involvement in the Yemenite Jewish Population. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2007 Dec;48(12):5431-8.
6. Abbasi AH, Garzozi HJ, Ben-Yosef T. A novel splice-site mutation of TULP1 underlies severe early-onset retinitis pigmentosa in a consanguineous Israeli Muslim Arab family. Mol Vis. 2008 Apr 21;14:675-82.
7. Abbasi AH, Garzozi HJ. Ophthalmology in the Middle East from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century. Harefuah. 2008 Jun;147(6):547-52, 572.
8. Abbasi AH, Garzozi HJ. Ophthalmology in the Holy Land. (Accepted for publication in Harefuah)
9. Benayoun L, Shpigel R, Auslender N, Abbasi AH, Rizel L, Garzozi HJ, Allon-Shalev S, Ben-Yosef T. Intrafamilial Genetic Heterogeneity in Two Consanguineous Families Segregating Early-Onset Retinal Degeneration: The Pitfalls of Homozygosity Mapping. (Accepted for publication in Am J Med Genet).
Abstracts:
1. Karram T, Abbasi A, Winaver J, Hoffman A, and Abassi Z: "Early administration of either spironolactone or eprosartan reduces cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis in rats with heart failure: Possible involvement of ACE and ACE-2". Am. J. Hypertension, Volume 17 (No. 5): 84a, 2004.
Conferences
Plenary or invited talks:
1. Garzozi HJ, Abbasi AH. Presbyopia. Third International Refractive and Corneal Surgery Conference. Dead Sea, Israel. May, 18-21, 2005.
2. Abbasi AH, Garzozi HJ, Ben-Yosef T. A novel splice-site mutation of TULP1 underlies severe early-onset retinitis pigmentosa in a consanguineous Israeli Muslim Arab family. Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Vision and Eye Research, Neve-Ilan resort, March, 2008.
3. Abbasi AH, Garzozi HJ, Ben-Yosef T. A novel splice-site mutation of TULP1 underlies severe early-onset retinitis pigmentosa in a consanguineous Israeli Muslim Arab family. Israeli ophthalmological society conference on hereditary diseases and uveitis, July, 2nd, 2008. Sheraton city tower, Ramat Gan, Israel. (Awarded excellent lecture)
4. Abbasi AH, Friedman T, Abel-Peleg B, Garzozi HJ. Early screening for amblyogenic risk factors lowers the prevalence and severity of amblyopia. Israeli ophthalmological society conference on pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus, November, 19th, 2008. Sheraton city tower, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Papers and Abstracts Presented at Scientific Meetings:
1. Karram T, Abbasi A, Keidar S, Golomb E, Hochberg I, Winaver J, Hoffman A and Abassi Z. Effects of Spironolactone and Eprosartan on Cardiac Remodeling and Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Isoforms in Rats with Experimental Heart Failure. The XXI Annual Meeting of the Israel Group for Heart Research, Subsection of the International Society for Heart research (ISHR), European Section, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, February 24th, 2005.
2. Garzozi HJ, Abbasi A, Shehade Mashaour R. Lasik complications in 3000 consecutive cases. Third International Refractive and Corneal Surgery Conference. Dead Sea, Israel. May, 18-21, 2005.
3. Auslender N, Benayoun L, Abbasi AH, Rizel L, Garzozi H, Allon-Shalev S, Perlman I, Ben-Yosef T. Identifying the genetic basis for syndromic and non-syndromic retenitis pigmentosa in Arab and Jewish families from northern Israel. XXVI Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Vision and Eye Research, Neve-Ilan resort, March 9-10, 2006.
4. Auslender N, Sharon D, Abbasi AH, Garzozi H, Banin E, Ben-Yosef T. A Common Founder Mutation of CERKL Underlies Autosomal Recessive Severe Retinal Degeneration with Early Macular Involvement in the Yemenite Jewish Population. ARVO may 2007.
5. Abbasi AH, Garzozi H, Ben-Yosef T. A novel splice-site mutation of TULP1 underlies severe early-onset retinitis pigmentosa in a consanguineous Israeli Muslim Arab family. 5th Congress of the Federation of the Israel Societies for Experimental Biology – FISEB (ILANIT), Eilat, January 28–31, 2008.
Books:
1. Abbasi AH, Garzozi HJ. Ophthalmology in the Middle East. 2009.
Awards
Medical (clinical & research):
July 2008 Excellent lecture award from The Israeli ophthalmological society conference on hereditary diseases and uveitis, July, 2nd, 2008. Sheraton city tower, Ramat Gan, Israel. “A novel splice-site mutation of TULP1 underlies severe early-onset retinitis pigmentosa in a consanguineous Israeli Muslim Arab family.”
May 2008 Best Research award for year 2008 from Bnai Zion medical center, Haifa, Israel. “A novel splice-site mutation of TULP1 underlies severe early-onset retinitis pigmentosa in a consanguineous Israeli Muslim Arab family”.
Other awards:
March 2006 Awarded the prize of the "other songs" 1st international song contest for intercultural dialogue organized by "Euromedcafe" for writing the lyrics of the song "A new tomorrow".
Social activities:
1993-current Writing of poems that were composed and performed by local singers in several festivals and occasions.
1989-current Tennis player: participated in and won many tournaments in Israel and other countries.
1999-2000 Responsible for the social programs in the Medical Students Association, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
1989-1999 Youth and Scout Leader, Leadership Youth Forum, Haifa, Israel.
1992-1993 Volunteer in the department of Neurosurgery, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
1991-1995 Member of the student’s committee, O.A.C, Haifa-Israel.
Languages:
Fluent in Arabic, Hebrew and English.
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