Annual Report
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Please click below to read the Annual Report and Accounts (pdf)
The Foundation Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2007 for Al-Quds University
Registered Charity No 1063855 Company No 3398543 Registered office 76 Shoe Lane London EC4 A 3JB
Medical School Accountants CP O’Donnell & Co Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0HF
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The Foundation for Al-Quds Universotu Medical SchololRegistered Charity No 1063835, a company limited by guarantee No 3398543 England,
Advisory Council: Professor Colin Green FRCS (president) Mustafa Beidas Sawsan Asfari* Dr Mahmud Bustami* Dr Pauline Cutting OBE FRCS Professor Simon Frostick FRCS Dr Saleem Haj Yahia Dr Abdel Raouf Garoushe* Liz Green Dr Fuad Haddad* Professor Georges Hennen Dr Rafiq Husseini* Zina Jardaneh* Dr Ahmed Massoud* Chris McConville* (treasurer) Dr Lina Nashef* Said Shehadeh* David Wolton* (chairman) Mr Farouk Younis FRCS*
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List Of Members
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Walid A Juffali Ghazi & Odette Kenaan Hasib Sabbagh Serine Husseini Shahid Nadia Saba Armand Jacoubovitch Elizabeth Kraemer Singh Professor Donald & Brenda Weir Ali Hammad Nada Debs Mr & Mrs Ali K Sayess Kate Harwood & Anthony Marks Mr Rifaat Abo Leyah Dr Mohammad & Najwa Alami Mayada El-Himani Riad Kamal Mustafa Samhoun Hani Kalouti Dr Christian Gericke Samer & Rana Sadik Younis Maha Kaddoura Christian Meyer Anthony Zammar Lara Nader Qaddumi Nasser Nabulsi Yousef & Najat Zarour Kamil & Rula Harb Maria Sukkar Samer Younis Taysir Barakat Samir & Mrs Shamma Amjad Dwaik Douglas Saltmarshe Djemilla Lady Cope Chaker Chamsi-Pasha Professor Georges Hennen Dr Jon Pike Shaun Abu Eita Hazel Butler Mr Mustafa & Amal El-Zebdeh FRCS Dr Isaac Nuseibeh Michael Cohen Dr Mohammad Tarbush George Kardoosh Mr & Mrs Latif Dr Anis Al Qasim Tony & Ailsa Crowe Romain De Cock Dr Martin & Berit Garsed Dr Brian Porter Jumana Itayim Dr Hashim Reza Ernie Ross MP Professors Gerry & Brenda Slavin Dr Husain Dabbagh 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Karriman Tamim Aziz Nour Majid Dr Khaled & Dr Yvonne Yasin Shawki Jaafar H E Afif & Christ'l Safieh Abdel Bari Attwan Nicholas & Emma Vester Sari & Sevim Anabtawi Hani & Maha Freij Bassam Aburdene Loutfi & Dunia Tassabehji Omar & Ghalia Qattan Nabil Shawwa Osama & Nara Abbasi Maher & Njat Anabtawi Mr & Mrs N Majdalany John & Randa Pettifor Maureen & Shafiq Ali Hanan Al-Afifi Florence Tande Didi Al-Khalil Wafai & Diana Dajani Dr Ramzi & Mrs Dalloul Abdul Salam & Latifa Kosta Seneya Othman Diana Eragat Dr Ibraheem Hijazi & Dr Hala Shouli Adrian Sindall CMG Charles Nasser Alexei & Linda Sayle Professor Fred Halliday Lord David Evans Marcel Mehra Professor Paul McMaster FRCS
Events
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The main fundraising event is the Annual Dinner organised by Mr Said Shehadeh, to whom our warmest thanks.
The Annual Dinner 2002
>The Annual Dinner 2002 was held on Saturday November 9th at the Hotel Inter-Continental, Hyde Park Corner. The Guest of Honor was Dr Azmi Bishara, Member of the Knesset.
The Dinner held in 2001 raised sufficient funds to pay the cost of:
- Airfares, accommodation and tuition for 18 students from the school who spent 6 weeks in British hospitals on elective training. (Very few of the hospitals charged for tuition). £15,450
- Short course costs in
- Equipment provided to the school; 7 computers, Internet hub, Sanyo projector, Whiteboard, Omnibook and 24 medical CDs. £14,800
- Travel and accommodation for 3 visits to the school by Colin Green and 4 by external examiners (Dr Hywel Thomas, Dean of Basic Medical Sciences, Guy's King's and
- Bursaries for students with particular needs and for a student representative to attend a medical conference in
- Provided a substantial contribution to
Recent Events
Mention must also be made of events in recent years hosted at their homes by Dr Farouk and Cynthia Younis, Fawzi, Tohfe and Fawzia Beidas and by Henry Hadaway: to them our grateful thanks.
Sponsor a Student
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Registered office 76 Shoe Lane London EC4A 3JB
Become a member
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To submit your application please either complete the form below, or download the attached form, print and sign and send with your cheque to the address below.
When filled and signed, please post this form to:
David Wolton
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Registered office 76 Shoe Lane London EC4A 3JB
Gift Aid
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Using Gift Aid means that for every pound you give, we get an extra 28 pence from the Inland Revenue, helping your donation go further. This means that £10 can be turned into £12.80 just so long as donations are made through Gift Aid. Imagine what a difference that could make, and it doesn’t cost you a thing.
So if you want your donation to go further, Gift Aid it. Just complete this form and send it back to us.
Gift Aid Declaration: I/We pay tax in the
To submit your Gift Aid declaration please either complete the form below, or download the attached form, print and sign and send to the address below.
When you have signed it please send this declaration to:
David Wolton
Notes
1. If your declaration covers donations you may make in the future:
- Please notify the charity if you change your name or address while the declaration is still in force
- You can cancel the declaration at any time by notifying the charity - it will then not apply to donations you make on or after the date of cancellation or such later date as you specify.
2. You must pay an amount of income tax and/or capital gains tax at least equal to the tax that the charity reclaims on your donations in the tax year (currently 28p for each £1 you give).
3. If in the future your circumstances change and you no longer pay tax on your income and capital gains equal to the tax that the charity reclaims, you can cancel your declaration (see note 1).
4. If you pay tax at the higher rate you can claim further tax relief in your Self Assessment tax return.
5. If you are unsure whether your donations qualify for Gift Aid tax relief, ask the charity. Or you can ask your local tax office for leaflet IR113 Gift Aid.
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Donations
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At £36 per year the membership subscription is modest. Many concerned individuals make donations in addition to the fee.
We welcome all your donations
You can donate by becoming a member, submitting a standing order form (see below) or by sending a single donation.
Donations and/or standing orders should be sent to:
David Wolton
All donations will be acknowledged and receipted.
Since the charity was founded in 1997 the following such donations have been received.
| £100 - £500 | 123 |
| £500 - £1000 | 14 |
| £1000 - £5000 | 20 |
| £5000 - £10,000 | 5 |
| £50,000 + | 1 |
As the trustees of the charity contribute more than enough to cover office costs all donated money goes entirely to programmes.
Standing Order Form
To submit your standing order please either complete the form below, or download the attached form, print and sign and send to the address below.
Please now send this form to be processed to:
David Wolton
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Case Study
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Our Hope
"When I was busy preparing for university entrance examinations with Physics as my main subject long ago in the autumn of 1991, to study medicine was an unattainable dream. Now this dream has come true with the promise that our new faculty will be graduating new doctors in the year 2001.
The Faculty of Al-Quds makes possible a new standard for the profession in this country, a standard that honours the regulations encourages research and brings better care to the patient. I believe the School will be the permanent guide in medical practice both in
We students of the School have a great responsibility to our country because we have to put into practice all that we have learned at college.
With God's help we will work to make this School the best there is."
Fida'a Nader Shana'a 4th Year student
Wonderful Place
"I did my elective in Tromso located in the North of Norway at the Universitetssykehuset Nord Norge the attachment was arranged by the IFMSA programme: The University hospital had 9 floors, each floor divided into parts A, B, C and D, each part divided into 1, 2 and 3, (like al Makassed hospital, though each department with its clinics bigger than Al Makassed hospital by 3 times). This is a centre hospital ( to which other hospitals refer their cases), because this hospital contains all modern equipments for all specialties, it also has a helicopter base for emergencies.
In Tromso Orthopedics hospital everybody spoke Norwegian, but the Doctors translated everything to me, by the way, in hospital they are very kind the patients, doctors, nurses and the students, everyone there wanted to teach me something, every day they asked me if I had learned something new and if I needed anything to learn.
This is very important the everybody there allowed me to use my hands in every thing, and they were interested see the student could use his hands and handle with the patients properly.
In the department, morning report and clinics, they use the computer to handle with all cases, in clinics they give us the opportunity to handle the patients by ourselves, because everything (information, lab tests, X-rays and the plan for this patient) was available in the computer, if we faced any problem we call the responsible doctor who would help us. I had to be in hospital between
About 90% of the population there speak English: Tromso is located in 3 lands, communicated by bridges, above transverse line 70 degrees, this city called Paris of Norway because it has an active trade and a lot of tourist, something very interesting, Tromso has 6 moths night and 6 months sunny, in summer all the day is sunny, I saw midnight sun, the sun never set during the night, so the people there depend on their watches to know the day and night, the temperature between 9C to 14C during day time and 5C to 9C at night, the weather there not stable every hour change (rainy and sunny), there are heaters everywhere (hospitals, buses, settings…), the weather not that bad, not too cold or too hot, special we are in summer.
It has wonderful nature you will never see like this nature in your life, the trees, lakes every where, snow over mountains top in summer, wild animals. Another thing, Tromso is the brother city of
Norway in general very expensive, so for me I just bought a bus card for one month special for students (450 Kroner = $100), this card allowed me to go anywhere I wanted in the city. Without this card I paid 450 Kroner in my first 4 days in Tromso just for transport.
The social program depended on the weather, when it was fine it included a hiking trip, visiting Polaria Aquarium which contains sea animals (some fish have their two eyes in the same side . . .) some of the fish swim in special glass pools over us, a fantastic barbeque and a lot of things. The IFMSA social programmes are really nice.
Accommodation was amazing, I can’t describe it in lines but I’ll talk something about that, I lived in university setting, it’s like the houses which are in the settlements, two floors each floor contains 3 rooms, each student in dependent room, all students share in kitchen, all students in the same floor share in bathroom.
Furniture: each room contains modern sofa, cable, chair, table lamp, wardrobe, shelves for books, and settee. The kitchen contains TV, chairs, wide table, three fridges, one freezer, radio, microwave, oven ….everything, there are also disposable spoons, knifes, forks and dishes. In the bathroom, the warm water available all the day, it contains a carpet you can enter the bathroom without shoe but sure I used my shoe.
All the university buildings are located beside the hospital and the sea. Food: although a lot of their food contains pork, there is a lot of delicious foods which was made with chicken, fish and beef. I got it from the hospital cafeteria which like supermarket there are also rather than foods different kind of juice, cola, ice tea and coffee, muffins, cakes, fruits, sandwiches, sweets, milk, ice cream, and a lot of things I didn’t try them, I ate my breakfast there and I got my lunch and dinner to my setting. Of course this is for free in the IFMSA exchange.
My visa application was rejected first time, the exchange officer contacted the embassy and I applied again and got the visa next time.
I learnt a lot and got into a helicopter for the first time in my life (ER helicopter). In conclusion, I think
Osama Sawalha 5th Year student
Conferences
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Funds are made available each year for representatives of the students of
IFMSA General Assembly, March
IFMSA General Assembly, August
IFMSA Second Eastern Mediterranean Regional
IFMSA General Assembly, March
IFMSA General Assembly, August
IFMSA General Assembly, August Meeting, United Kingdom/ Canterberry, 2007
IFMSA Fourth Eastern Mediterranean Regional
IFMSA General Assembly, March
Staff Support
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1. Providing medical text books to staff, and medical school libraries
2. Encouraging medical research, by awarding grants to successful applicants
3. Sponsoring staff attendance at conferences, and courses, deemed useful at an institutional level
4. Promoting staff development, and intra-schools communication, through electronic learning
5. Enabling post-graduate staff development, via PhD, and Clinical Fellowship programs in the UK.
Equipment Supply
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Distance Learning Network
During 2006, FQMS spent $220,000 on setting up a distance learning network at Al-Quds.
The network comprised:
- Video-conferencing studios and seminar rooms in: An Najaah University Nablus; Al Azhar University, Gaza City; the European Hospital, Khan Younis; the General Hospital, Ramallah; Al Aliya Hospital, Hebron; and the Al -Quds Faculty of Medicine, Abu Dies.
- A centre with offices and a seminar room in Abu Dies to control the in network.
The costs included:
- Total refurbishment and furnishing of space to accommodate the equipment and students in Ramallah, Abu Dies,
- All video-conferencing equipment and sound systems for each of the sites. This was provided at heavily discounted prices by Sony Ltd.
- The first year costs of transmission (IP and ISDN lines).
- Security boxes and lockable safes for all equipment.
Computer Equipment and Accessories
FQMS has allocated $55,000 towards the purchase of computer equipment as follows:
- 28 Personal computers
- 4 Laptops
- 4 LCD Projectors
- Server, software and accessories
- Furniture for the computer lab
The delivery of these items is expected to take place during the second quarter of 2007.
During the period Autumn 2007 to Spring 2008 FQMS has supported the purchase of projection equipment for teaching Pathology, a further 34 computers and printers for use both in teaching and examining and in the students' library at Abu Dies.
Examiner Visits
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Dr Lina Nashef. Consultant Neurologist.
Dr Stephen Pollock. Consultant Neurologist.
Dr Neil Munro. Consultant Neurologist.
Dr George Perkin. Consultant Neurologist [retired].
Dr Michael O'Brien. Emeritus Consultant Neurologist. Guy's and
Dltant Neurosurgeon.
Tony Davies. Professor of Physiology [retired]
Colin Green. Professor of Surgery and Director of Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research
Dr Chris Winearls. Consultant Nephrologist and Clinical Director Oxford Kidney Unit
Dr Sylvia Watkins. Honorary Consultant Physician [retired]
Dr Tim Horder. Department of Human Anatomy.
Dr Ronnie Lamont. Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Dr Doug McKenna. Consultant in Obstetrics and
Paul McMaster. Professor of Surgery,
Mr Nick Dudley. [retired] Honorary Consultant Surgeon.
Mr Julian Britton.[retired] Honorary Consultant Surgeon.
Dr Jo Meyer. Consultant Paediatrician. Medway Maritime Hospital.
Dr Tony Waterston. Consultant Paediatrician.
Mary Rudolf. Professor of Child Health, Community Paediatrics.
Dr Fred Holmes. Consultant Urologist.
Ms Jill Donnelly Consultant General and Breast Surgeon.
Dr Jane Wilkinson. Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine.
Dr John Fowler. Consultant Physician and Cardiologist.
Ms Sonia Robbins. General Surgeon. Now working in
Dr Terry Poulton. Associate Dean for Educational Technology. St Georges Medical Schoolool
Elective Studies
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FQMS Advice to Students for 2008 Electives
FQMS is again supporting a number of elective placements for the best students who find a place through their own efforts either in the
We are providing here a list of co-operating
Some details given are from previous years and may alter- it will be necessary for you to enquire about this. Take advice from students who have recently been to the
You must apply independently and raise your own funds. You may get information and help from FQMS but only through the PMSS or IFMSA.
The amount needed will vary with each hospital, some provide free tuition and a few give free accommodation. On average the cost at each hospital is about £60 a week, but this must be checked on application. Air fare will be about £400 return. Lliving costs in the
Previous electives have been booked for a duration of 6 weeks commencing in early September. Placements normally start on a Monday.
Applications should be made as soon as possible as there is very strong competition for places. We would advise you to apply by mid January.
Attached to these note is an Application Form which you should fill in - make a separate copy for each placement to which you wish to apply. When your emailed application and CV have been acknowledged it should be confirmed by a fax of the same documents accompanied by a photocopy of your passport details. A good presentation of your CV and the application form, is important, as there is strong competition for elective places in the
Do not make applications to a supervisor without first carefully considering his/her speciality and whether this is what you want to learn about. As there is always competition for places, make sure you explain something of what you have learnt about the field and why it is important to you. Do not apply to every supervisor without regard for this - you will lessen your chances of getting any acceptance.
Notes
Students will be responsible for their own flight bookings, travel arrangements and vaccination certificates. Some of the hospitals ask for evidence of extensive immunisations.
There are very high charges with excess baggage weight over the 20kg allowance so be careful with your purchases in the
You may need a visa if travelling through another country e.g. by Alitalia via
All correspondence with
Do not accept an elective placement if you do not intend to take it up. This deprives other students and leaves a bad impression. Remember, you represent not only yourself but also your country and your people.
If you have to cancel, do so at the earliest possible date and give your reasons.
Cancellations
It is very important that students accepting an elective placement do not cancel afterwards. Such cancellations, particularly at a late stage, are very wasteful of
To repeat: If you have to cancel any placement you have found, please do it as soon as possible and with courtesy, an apology, and a good reason.
FQMS Placement List
Mr Munther Al Doori, Consultant General Surgeon*
Lindley,
Email: liz.hirst@cht.nhs.uk
No of places: 2
Applications by end of January, decisions by end of February
Specialities available: Urology & General Surgery, Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and can be more flexible with regards to specialities
Costs: low
Mr Mahmoud Bustami, Consultant Cardiologist
Harefield UB9 6JH
Email: m.al-bustami@rbh.nthames.nhs.uk
No of places: 1
Speciality: Cardiology only
Costs- average- there are no tuition fees
Accommodation currently £190 per month - will rise early 05
Successful applicants must be prepared for self-catering accommodation
Apply not later than 01 April 05 and do not expect a decision before 01 May 05
Since only one place is available in Harefield, it is important that applicants make clear IN THEIR OWN WORDS why they are particularly interested and suitable for this placement.
Dr Mahmud writes: "There is one place in this leading tertiary centre for cardiovascular and Thoracic diseases. The elective program would be for a student who is interested in cardiology only. The centre is in west
Dr. Ahmed Massoud, Consultant Paediatrician
Email: Ahmed.Massoud@nwlh.nhs.uk
Specialty: paediatrics
No. of places: 2 or 3
Costs: not known as no students last year.
Dr Mustafa El Zebdeh, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Email: elzebdeh@excite.com
No of places: 4
Specialities: Orthopaedic (also known as Trauma) and General Surgery
Costs: average but accommodation cannot be arranged by the hospital. Students must make their own contacts for accomodation.
Placements can be arranged as late as May/June for starts in early September.
Professor Simon Frostick, Professor of Orthopaedics*
Royal Liverpool University Hospitals
Email: sramos@liv.ac.uk
No of places: 5
Specialities: Medicine and Neurology
Costs: Low
Mr. Naif El-Barghouti PhD FRCS Consultant and Vascular Surgeon*
Tel: 01723 368 111 ext 2024 & 5224
Email: naif.el-barghouti@acute.sney.nhs.uk
Mr. El-Barghouti is a surgical tutor at the Royal College of Surgeons.
No of places: 2
Specialties: General and Vascular Surgery
Costs: not known, as we have not used this placement, but it comes highly recommended.
Dr. Omer Abbas Ahmed. Consultant Paediatrician*
Fax: 01438-781575
Email: omer.ahmed@nhs.net
No of places: 1
Please give three months notice, if at all possible
Proposed elective: 5 weeks in General Paediatrics and Neonatology
1 week in Community Paediatrics including one day a week in General Practice
Cost: not known, as we have not yet used this placement
Dr Chris Stephens, Director of
Hants, SO16 6YD
Tel: 02380 777 222
Enquiries to Tracy Finn, Administrative Officer
School of Medicine (MP 801),
Tel: 023 8079 6586
Email: mdb3@soton.ac.uk
No of places: maximum of 2 Specialties: There are very few places available in General Medicine and General Surgery (none in Paediatrics or Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust Web site is http://www.suht.nhs.uk/index.cfm?articleid=112
Costs: Average. Note: A non-refundable fee of £70 is payable upon confirmation of acceptance of an elective
Accommodation: Successful applicants will need to find their own accommodation. Further information will be made available to successful applicants on confirmation of an offer of a placement.
Applications: Applications forms are available from: mdb3@soton.ac.uk
Other information: English Language Qualification: in order to be considered for an elective period applicants will need to have an IELTS certificate or equivalent.
1. The last dates when applications can be received - 3 months before they wish to start their elective (this allows us time to make the necessary arrangements from this end depending on what specialties they wish to do etc).
2. Date when acceptance will be given - asap. It's difficult to give an exact time scale.
3. Any info you can gain on expenses and local support - further information will be sent to successful applicants
Dr. Hashim Reza, Consultant Psychiatrist*
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Psychiatry Outpatients Clinic, 1-6
No of places: 2 - decision within 4 weeks of application
Tel: 01689 892345 Fax: 01689 879062
Email: Hashim.Reza@oxleas.nhs.uk
Dr Hashim writes: The most crucial issue is that the students must have a very good command of spoken English to get any benefit out of this elective experience. My worry is that sometimes people tend to over-estimate their skills in this area and I don't know how this could be evaluated objectively. If you know any one in the campus at Al-Quds who can be a good judge/advisor on this, please do consider involving them in short-listing process. Otherwise, I am afraid the student may incur a lot of expense to get disappointed when they are not able to get much out of their elective.
My plan is to show them how a good community mental health team works in the
Most psychiatric schemes are becoming terribly bureaucratic in terms of Criminal Records Bureau checks, etc. Fortunately, our NHS Trust is not into that yet. If there are any other requirements that students need to fulfil, I am going to discuss that with our clinical tutor later this week. My intention is that there should be no tuition fee. Our Trust does not have any accommodation to offer and private rentals may be costly around Orpington/Bromley area in South East. I am not in a position to give any advice on the likely living costs in this area.
Mr Magdi El Guindi FRCS, Consultant Surgeon
Stoke
Email: Chris.Austin@smh.nhs.uk
No of places: 2
Specialities Orthopaedic & General Surgery
Costs: average
Dr Saif T Awwad, Consultant in Clinical Oncology*
Email: awwad@btopenworld.com
No of places: 3
Specialities Oncology, Medicine, Opthamology, General Surgery, Paediatrics, Gynae & Obs, Psychiatry
Cost: low
Dr Pauline Cutting FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
01 248 355 024h/372748 fax: 01248-384003
Email: kimberley.thomas@nww-tr.wales.nhs.uk
From end July
Specialities: various surgical/Medicine
Costs: Low
Professor Paul Boulos FRCS
Email: p.boulos@ucl.ac.uk
Specialities: Colo-rectal, Breast, Vascular, and General Surgery, plus Urology
No of places: 2
Dates and costs to follow
Dr Ramzi Freij
A&E Department,
Email: ramzi.freij@btopenworld.com
0115 970 9151
No of places: 2
Tuition & accommodation costs to follow
Dr Ramzi Freij writes: For general information the A&E department at Queen's receives 130 to 140,000 patients per annum, there is an opportunity to get involved in seeing a wide spectrum A&E patients we have an active research and audit programme and should the students wish to get involved we would encourage that.
Mr Basil Ammori FRCS*
Department of Surgery,
No of places: 4-5
Email: Basil.Ammori@CMMC.nhs.uk
Dr Ali Jawad, Consultant Rheumatologist
Contact Dr Emma Breese email: Emma.Breese@Bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk
Specialities: Rheumatology with a wide choice of short attachments eg Dermatology, General Medicine, General Surgery
No of students: 2
Professor Carl Shakespeare, Consultant Cardiologist*
Email: carl@carlshakespeare.com
Specialities: 4-6 weeks intensive cardiology experience and general medicine
No of Places: 2
Professor Meguid El Nahas, PhD, FRCP, Professor of Nephrology*
Head of the Academic Nephrology Unit Sheffield Kidney Institute Northern General Hospital,
Email: M.El-Nahas@sheffield.ac.uk
Check website: sheffield.ac.uk/ski
Dr David Worth, Consultant Physician & Nephrologist
Experience with me would be in general (acute) medicine and nephrology, including dialysis other medical specialties in
Hospital email address: david.p.worth@york.nhs.uk
Personal email: dworth@doctors.org.uk
Phone: 01904 725393 (my secretary) Contact me and I'll make enquiries with our HR department
Other countries: please check the following Websites of IFMSA Palestine:
http://www.ifmsa.net/public/ecscope.php?id=23
http://www.ifmsa.net/public/ecscope.php?id=23
http://www.ifmsa.net/public/ecscope.php?id=25
http://www.ifmsa.net/public/ecscope.php?id=19
http://www.ifmsa.net/public/ecscope.php?id=18
http://www.ifmsa.net/public/ecscope.php?id=5
http://www.ifmsa.net/public/ecscope.php?id=15
http://www.ifmsa.net/public/ecscope.php?id=133