Education

September 2009 College of American Pathologist (CAP) Accreditation
Washington, USA
CAP Certified with license number # 7229412 as Diagnostic Genomic Medicine Unit (DGMU) Director
The CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program is an internationally recognized laboratory inspection program, the only one of its kind utilizing multidisciplinary teams of practicing laboratory professionals as inspectors. The laboratory is awarded a “CAP Laboratory Accreditation” certificate upon successful completion of the inspection process and becomes part of an exclusive group of more than 7,300 laboratories worldwide that have met the highest standards of excellence.
     
February 1999 PhD
Institute of cancer studies, Clinical oncology department Medical School, University of Sheffield, UK
The primary objective of the study was to evaluate and investigate the reliability of multi-colour fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) technique and comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) in the cytogenetic analysis of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cell karyotypes. Cytogenetic investigations were attempted on serious of lymph node biopsies from NHL patients and five human lymphoma cell lines. Multi-colour FISH development using advance CCD camera and computer software allowed the identification of a novel translocation in two cases of NHL patients and for a more detailed understanding of karyotype abnormalities in both established cell lines and direct preparations of NHL samples. Using CGH, I identified novel genetic abnormalities affected by gain or loss of genetic material in most of the NHL cases and some of the cell lines. In the present study, CGH, cytogenetics and multi-colour FISH were found to be complement each other. This could focus attention on specific chromosomes for future molecular biological studies. The future combination of these approaches may contribute to an increased understanding of malignant lymphoma progression and refine patient diagnosis.
     
February 1994 Qualification Exam in Clinical Cytogenetics
The Canadian Society of Laboratory Technologists (CSLT) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Certified with CSLT license number # 42238 as Clinical Cytogenetest
     
  December 1992 Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology
College of Medicine and Allied Medical Science,
King Abdulaziz University Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
     
July 1989 Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology
College of Medicine and Allied Medical Science,
King Abdulaziz University Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
     

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