Personal Info
- Country of residence: Jordan
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Fareed Khdair Ahmad,MD
PO Box 174
Shafa Badran, Amman 11934
Jordan
Email: f.khdair@ju.edu.jo
and fareedpeds@yahoo.com
January 2020
Education
2011-2012 Pediatric Transplant Hepatology fellowship. Children’s Healthcare of
Atlanta. Emory University School of Medicine. Atlanta, Georgia.USA
2008-2011 Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition fellowship, Riley
Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine,
Indianapolis, Indiana. USA
2006-2008 Pediatric residency. University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. University of
Iowa School of Medicine. Iowa city, Iowa. USA
2005-2006 Pediatric internship. University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. University of
Iowa School of Medicine. Iowa city, Iowa.USA
2004-2005 Pediatric internship. Jordan University Hospital. University of Jordan
School ofMedicine. Amman, Jordan.
2003-2004 Rotating Internship. King Hussein Hospital, Salt city, Jordan.
1997-2003 Medical school. University of Jordan, school ofMedicine, Amman,
Jordan.
Work experience
2017- Current Medical student clerkship supervisor. Department of Pediatrics, School
of Medicine. The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
2015- 2016 School of Medicine board member, Pediatrics department representative. The
University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
2013 - Current Chief, section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition.
Department of pediatrics, School of Medicine. The University of Jordan,
Amman, Jordan.
2013 - Current Assistant professor, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and
Nutrition. Department of pediatrics. The University of Jordan, School
of medicine. Amman, Jordan.
2013 - 2015 Quality improvement officer, Department of pediatrics. University of
Jordan, School of medicine. Amman, Jordan.
2013 - 2017 Visiting lecturer in pediatric gastroenterology. Department of Pediatrics,
School of medicine, Jordan University of science and technology.. Irbid,
Jordan
2012- 2015 visiting lecturer in pediatric gastroenterology. Department of Pediatrics.
Tabuk University school ofMedicine. Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
2012 - 2013 lecturer in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition. Department
of pediatrics. University of Jordan, School of medicine. Amman, Jordan
2012- 2018 External examiner for the sixth year medical students final exams.
Department of pediatrics. Hashemite University School of medicine.
Zarqa, Jordan
2012- Current External examiner for the sixth year medical students final exams.
Department of pediatrics. Jordan University of science and technology.
School of medicine. Irbid, Jordan
Certifications
2014 American Board of Transplant Hepatology
2013 Jordanian Board of General Pediatrics
2011 American Board of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition.
2009 American Board of General pediatrics.
2003 Medical Branch Bachelor of Science ( M.B.B.S) degree, University of
Jordan , School of Medicine ( excellent rating )
Medical licensures
2013 Jordanian Medical License as a pediatric specialist from the Jordanian
Medical council
2011 Georgia work permit
2008 Permanent physician license- Indiana Professional licensing Agency.
2004 Jordanian Medical License as a general physician from the Jordanian
Medical council
2004 Education Committee of Foreign Medical Graduates ECFMG
Certification. USMLE Step 1 (96/238), USMLE Step 2 (96/237)
Teaching experience
2013- current Teaching and supervision of the medical students and pediatric residents,
Department of pediatrics, School of Medicine. The University of Jordan
2013- 2017 Teaching and supervision of the medical students. Jordan university of
science and technology. School of medicine. Irbid, Jordan
2012-2015 Teaching medical students at Department of Pediatrics. Tabuk
University school ofMedicine. Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
2011-2012 Teaching and supervision of the medical students, pediatric residents, and
GI fellows. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Emory University School
of Medicine. Atlanta, Georgia. USA
2008-2011 Teaching and supervision of the medical students, pediatric residents,
and GI fellows. Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School
of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. USA
2005-2008 Teaching and supervision of medical students and junior pediatric
residents. University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. University of Iowa
School of Medicine. Iowa city, Iowa. USA
Professional Memberships
2013- Current Jordanian gastroenterology Society
2013- Current Jordanian pediatrics society
2013- Current Jordanian American Medical Graduates society
2010- Current American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases AASLD.
2008- Current North America Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and
Nutrition NASPGHAN .
2008 – 2011 Research Committee member – Fellows’ representative. North
America Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and
Nutrition NASPGHAN.
2008- 2014 American Gastroenterology Association AGA
2008- 2013 American College of Gastroenterology ACG
2008- 2012 American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ASGE
2003- Current Jordanian Medical Association JMA
Presentations
2018 IBD in children. Speaker. The first Jordanian Egyptian summit. Jordanian
gastroenterology Society. Amman, Jordan.
2018 lessons learned from celiac disease. Speaker. The nineth scientific, school
of pharmacy, University of Petra, amman, Jordan.
2018 Celiac disease in Jordan. Speaker. The seventh international congress of
pediatrics. Ministry of health. Bashir hospital. Amman, Jordan.
2016 Helicobacter pylori in Jordanian children. Speaker. The 16th international
conference of Jordan pediatric society in collaboration with the international
pediatric association andUnion of arab pediatric societies.
2015 Pediatric Acute Liver Failure ( PALF). Speaker; “Ten topics in pediatric
medicine II series”. Amman. Jordan.
2014 Gut Microbiome : lessons learned from Pediatric Gastroenterology.
Speaker; the seventh international conference for the Royal Medical
Services, the Dead sea, Jordan.
2014 Approach to metabolic liver diseases. Speaker, the fifth scientific day for
the pediatric department at the University of Jordan. Amman, Jordan
2014 Probiotics and Prebiotics in pediatric gastroenterology. Speaker; The
10th congress for Jordanian pediatric gastroenterology society .Amman.
Jordan.
2014 Celiac Disease. Speaker; The pediatric scientific day at Jordan
University for science and technology. Irbid, Amman
2013 Infant Formulas . Sponsored Presentation to the pediatric residents
at Jordan University Hospital . Amman. Jordan.
2012 NASH , TIPS and more ! Presentation to the Pediatric
Gastroenterology division at Children’s healthcare of Atlanta.
Emory University school of Medicine. USA
2012 Overview of pediatric Liver diseases : noon conference to the
pediatric residents at Children’s healthcare of Atlanta. Emory
University school of Medicine. USA
2012 Unusual case of ascites : case presentation at the combined
Hepatology, pathology and radiology conference. Children’s
healthcare of Atlanta. Emory University school of Medicine. USA
2012 Management of esophageal varices : Presentation to the Pediatric
Gastroenterology division at Children’s healthcare of Atlanta.
Emory University school of Medicine.
2011 Celiac disease and chronic diarrhea of infancy. Presentation to
the Pediatric Gastroenterology division at Riley Hospital for
Children. Indiana University school of Medicine. USA
2011 Motility disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. Presentation to
the Pediatric Gastroenterology division at Riley Hospital for
Children. Indiana University school of Medicine.
2011 Esophageal Motility and GERD. Presentation to the Pediatric
Gastroenterology division at Riley Hospital for Children. Indiana
University school of Medicine. USA
2010 Small Bowel Transplantation. Presentation to the Pediatric
Gastroenterology division at Riley Hospital for Children. Indiana
University school of Medicine. USA
2010 CF and Pancreatitis. Combined Pediatric GI and Pulmonary
conference. Riley Hospital for Children. Indiana University school of
Medicine. USA
2009 Milk Protein Allergy and Autoimmune Enteropathy. Presentation to
the Pediatric Gastroenterology division at Riley Hospital for Children.
Indiana University school of Medicine. USA
2009 Autoimmune disorders and the GI tract. presentation to the Pediatric
Gastroenterology division at Riley Hospital for Children. Indiana
University school of Medicine. USA
2008 Esophageal injuries and foreign bodies. Presentation to the Pediatric
Gastroenterology division at Riley Hospital for Children. Indiana
University school of Medicine. USA
2008 Imaging Modalities in Pancreatitis, Combined Pediatric
Gastroenterology and Radiology Conference. Riley Hospital for
Children. Indiana University school of Medicine. USA
2008 Chronic Diarrhea and Protein losing Enteropathy. Presentation to the
Pediatric Gastroenterology division at Riley Hospital for Children. Indiana
University School of Medicine. USA
2008 Fecal Calprotectin usefulness in detecting relapse for IBD in
pediatric population. Journal Club. Department of pediatrics,
University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. University of Iowa School of
Medicine. USA
2007 Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) , Case Presentation. Department of
pediatrics, University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. University of Iowa
School of Medicine. USA
2006 Autoimmune Enteropathy ( AIE), Mortality and Morbidity case
presentation .Department of pediatrics, University of Iowa Children’s
Hospital. University of Iowa School of Medicine. USA
Organized conferences and workshops
2019 Handling percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube ( PEG tubes).
Workshop held at Jordan University hospital for the pediatric nurses.
2015 Management of Sever Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in pediatric. Workshop
held at Jordan University hospital , in a collaboration with UNICEF and
UNHCR. Amman, Jordan. 4 CME accredited hours from the Jordanian
Medical Council (JMC ) . September 2015
2014 The fifth scientific day for the department of pediatrics. The university of
Jordan. Amman, Jordan. September 2014
Conferences, Meetings and Workshops
2019 Infant nutrition . Istanbul , Turkey.
2019 Medical responsibility workshop. School of medicine, the University of
Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
2018 Rare metabolic diseases work shop. Beirut, Lebanon
2018 Growth and nutrition summit. Paris, France
2017 KVO updates in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, liver transplant, and
nutrition. Apollo hospitals. Newdelhi, India.
2015 Ten topics in pediatric medicine II series. Amman. Jordan.
2015 The 20th congress of Arab pediatric societies union, and the 15th international
conference of the Jordanian pediatric society. Amman, Jordan.
2015 Early Life Nutrition workshop. Dubai, UAE.
2014 The seventh international conference for the Royal Medical Services, the
Dead sea, Jordan.
2014 The fifth scientific day for the pediatric department at the University of
Jordan. Amman, Jordan
2014 The 10th congress for Jordanian pediatric gastroenterology society .Amman.
Jordan
2014 The pediatric scientific day at Jordan University for science and technology.
Irbid, Amman
2014 Probiotics and prebiotics in pediatrics. Antalya. Turkey
2013 North America society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and
Nutrition NASPGHAN meeting and Post graduate course. chicago,
Illinois, USA
2013 The Jordanian pediatric society annual meeting. Amman, Jordan.
2011 American College of Gastroenterology ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.
National Harbor, Washington , DC, USA
2011 North America society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and
Nutrition NASPGHAN meeting and Post graduate course. Orlando,
Florida. USA
2011 Grant review meeting for NASPGHAN foundation, Chicago, Illinois.
USA
2010 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases AASLD Annual
Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2010 American College of Gastroenterology ACG Annual meeting and
Postgraduate Course, San Antonio , Texas. USA
2010 Fellows as Teachers. Workshop for Pediatric Fellows. RileyHospital
for Children. Indiana Universityy school ofMedicine. USA
2010 Continuous Quality Improvement CQI . Workshop for Pediatric
Fellows. Riley Hospital for Children. Indiana University school of
Medicine. USA
2009 Grant writing Workshop. Indiana Universityy School of Medicine.
Graduate medical Education office. USA
2009 Scientific Writing from the Reader's Perspective workshop. Indiana
University School of Medicine. Graduate medical Education office. USA
2009 North America society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and
Nutrition NASPGHAN meeting and Post graduate course. National
Harbor, Washington , DC, USA
2009 Evidence Based Medicine workshops 1 and 2. Workshop for Pediatric
Fellows. Riley Hospital for Children. Indiana University school of
Medicine. USA
2009 Digestive Disease Week DDW annual scientific meeting and
postgraduate course. Chicago, Illinois. USA
2008 Intercommunication skills for health care professionals. Workshop for
Pediatric Fellows. Riley Hospital for Children. Indiana University school
ofMedicine. USA
2006 Abstract writing workshop series for pediatric fellows. Department
of pediatrics . University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. University of
Iowa School of Medicine. USA
2005 Pediatrics Post graduate Course. University of Iowa Children’s Hospital.
University of Iowa School ofMedicine. USA
Publictaons
• Ahmad T, Khdair Ahmad F, Manson D. Diagnostic Performance of a Staged
Pathway for Imaging Acute Appendicitis in Children. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020.
• Albaramki JH, Abdelghani T, Dalaeen A, Khdair Ahmad F, Alassaf A, Odeh R, Akl
K. Urinary tract infection caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing
bacteria: Risk factors and antibiotic resistance. Pediatr Int. 2019;61(11):1127-1132.
• Odeh R, Alassaf A, Gharaibeh L, Ibrahim S, Khdair Ahmad F, Ajlouni K.
Prevalence of celiac disease and celiac-related antibody status in pediatric patients
with type 1 diabetes in Jordan. Endocr Connect. 2019;8(6):780-787.
• Al-Taher R, Khdair Ahmad F, Rashdan M, Khrais I, Almustafa S. Metachromatic
leukodystrophy associated with choledochal cysts and gallbladder papillomatosis.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports. 2019;40:43-46.
• Khdair Ahmad F, Aladily T, Khdair-Ahmad O, Badran EF. Chelation therapy for
secondary neonatal iron over load: Lessons learned from rhesus hemolytic disease.
Turk J Pediatr. 2018;60(3):335-339.
Posters
2011 Fareed khdair Ahmad, Thomas Imperiale, Joseph Fitzgerald, and Steven
Steiner; Impact of Endoscopic Evaluation on the Quality of life of
Children with Chronic Abdominal Pain. Annual meeting of American
College of Gastroenterology ACG, National Harbor, Washington, DC.
USA. POSTER
2011 Fareed khdair Ahmad, Thomas Imperiale, Joseph Fitzgerald, and Steven
Steiner; Decision Making During the Endoscopic Evaluation of Children
with Chronic Abdominal Pain. Annual meeting of North America Society
for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition NASPGHAN
,Orlando, Florida. USA. POSTER
2011 Fareed khdair Ahmad and Girish Subbarao; A case of Liver Transplant due
to Atypical InflammatoryMyofibroblastic Tumor. Annual meeting of
North America Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and
Nutrition NASPGHAN ,Orlando, Florida. USA. POSTER
2011 Fareed khdair Ahmad and Steven Steiner; Megalogastria in Crohn’s
disease. Annual meeting of North America Society for Pediatric
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition NASPGHAN ,Orlando,
Florida. USA. POSTER
2011 Fareed khdair Ahmad and Steven Steiner; Mesenteric lymphangioma: a rare
cause of volvulus. Annual meeting of North America Society for Pediatric
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition NASPGHAN,Orlando,
Florida. USA. POSTER
2010 Fareed khdair Ahmad and Joseph Croffie. Outcomes of Colonic Motility
Studies in Children with constipation. Digestive Disease Week DDW, New
Orleans, Louisiana. USA. POSTER
Hobbies
Chess, soccer, swimming and horseback riding.
Languages
Arabic and English.
Achievements and Awards
- 2011 Presidential poster Award at the annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology ACG, National Harbor, Washington , DC. Poster entitled “Impact of Endoscopic Evaluation on the Quality of life of Children with Chronic Abdominal Pain”.
- 2009 Red Shoes Award, Riley Hospital for Children. Indiana University School ofMedicine. USA . Awarded for superb patient’s care.
- 2007 Best Resident of the month. University of Iowa Children’s Hospital University of Iowa School ofMedicine. USA
- 2003 University of Jordan School of Medicine Excellence Award. Awarded to the top ten graduates with “ Excellent” graduation GPA
- 1997-2003 University of Jordan - School ofMedicine Scholarship. Received for six consecutive years.
- 1997 Ministry of Education High school Award, Amman, Jordan. Received for the second highest score at the level of the country – scientific stream. GPA 98
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