Dr. Khalil Yusef Rashid Abujheisha. Place and date of birth: Hebron/Palestine, 08/08/1971. Nationality: Palestinian. Marital status: Married (5 kids). Telephone number: Saudia Arabia: 00966550903341 Email: khalilyr@hotmail.com 1
Summary of Expertise: Ph.D. --- Developed new method for the determination of susceptibility and resistance of bacterial strain (Clinical samples) to antibiotics of study (Gentamicin and Ciprofloxacin). Experience in the identification of bacteria from clinical specimens (Staining, culture, and Biochemical tests). Perform Antibiotic susceptibility tests, procedures of Mycology and Parasitology. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Successful working relationships with advisors, colleagues and students. Self-motivated, dependable and hard working with excellent problem solving. Well-versed in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word. Direct research programs of graduate students and advise on research matters. Conduct research in the field of specialization and publish findings in scholarly journals. Education: Ph.D., Medical Microbiology: University of Granada, Spain; November 2005. Title: Determination of critical loading breakpoints as a new alternative method to disk diffusion to establish the sensibility and resistance of bacteria to antimicrobial agents. Guides: Ruiz-Bravo A, Rosa-Frail M, Martinez-Brocal A. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10481/785 2
Diploma of Advanced Studies, Medical Microbiology University of Granada, Spain. Title: Comparison of MICs values obtained by different methods ( agar dilution method, E- test and the automated system (WIDER)). B.Sc. Microbiology: University of Madras, India; 1998 Secured the first Rank in BSc. Degree in Microbiology. Josethara Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology, Madras, India;1997. Diploma 1 year, Clinical analysis. General secondary education exam: Tarqumia Secondary Boys School, Hebron, Palestine;1989. Scientific stream. 88,1%. Experience: Assistant professor (Medical Microbiology) /College of Pharmacy/ Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University - Alkharj/ Saudia Arabia, Sep. 2015 - Present. Assistant professor (Medical Microbiology) /Dentistry college/ Arab American University - Jenin Palestine, Sep. 1/ 2013 - Aug. 31/2015 Assistant professor /College of Applied Medical Science/ Al- Majmaah university Saudia Arabia, February 2008 - Aug. 2013. Assistant Professor (Part-time), Alquds Open University - Hebron, Palestine. Feb. 2006 -- Jul 2006. 3
Virgin de Las Nieves Hospital - Granada, Spain - Dec 2003 - May 2005. Realization of most of the clinical work in Clinical Microbiology laboratory. Realization of Thesis works in Clinical Microbiology laboratory. Worked independently and with a group of investigators. Publications Rosa-Fraile M, Martínez-Brocal A, Abujheisha KYR, Ruiz-Bravo A. Critical Load Breakpoint as an alternative to standard disk diffusion for susceptibility testing. Abstract submitted and presented at 44th ICAAC, November 2, 2004, USA. Khalil Y. Abujheisha, Prevalence of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the Community of Al-Majmaah/ Saudi Arabia and Possibility of Resistance to Vancomycin and other Antimicrobial Agents, Journal of Microbiology Research, Vol. 3 No. 1, 2013, pp. 39-42. doi: 10.5923/j. microbiology. 20130301.06. The author of Microbiology book in Arabic language: To be published. اساسيات الاحياء الدقيقه الطبيه " الامراضيه والتشخيص." Mustafa Iraqi, Khalil Y. Abujheisha. Diagnostic techniques of the virulence factors of Pathogenic strain of E. coli (O157: H7). Granted from the Scientific Deanship/ Al-Majmmah university. Under publication. Khalil Y. Abujheisha, M.M. Muharram. Bacterial Pathogens of Nosocomial Infections in ICU and their Antibiotics Resistant Pattern at King Khalid Hospital in Al-Kharj/ Saudi Arabia. In processing. 4
Khalil Y. Abujheisha. Silent Bacteruria among Diabetic and NonDiabetic Patients and the choice of antibiotics treatment. In processing. Other scientific achievement: Seminar presentation in Pharmacy College/ Prince Sattam University held on 8/12/2015. Bacterial Pathogens Causing Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) and it's Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern. Reviewer of many research proposals submitted to King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology KACST: 1. Molecular, immunological and biological methods for rapid detection and identification of microbial food contamination. 2. Studying the Chemical Composition and Anticancer, Antioxidant, and Antimutagenic Activities of Certain Plants Grown in Saudi Arabia. 3. Effect of preservation methods on antioxidant, immunological substances and E. coli in camel s milk. 4. Moxifloxacin for Pulmonary Tuberculosis, a Randomized Controlled Trial. 5. Isolation and Identification of Candida species from Urine Samples of Renal Failure Patients by Phenotypic tests and PCR. 6. A molecular study of multi-drug resistance including vancomycin resistance and the possible transfer of high-level-vancomycin resistance via VanA gene cluster, in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecium, at Ha il Province of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 7. Anti-Bacterial Activity tracing and molecular mechanism of the camel milk lactoferrin. 5
Awards/Associations: A scholarship from Spanish Agency of International Corporation (AECI) for Ph.D. research. Member of the Association of Medical Laboratory Technology, Palestine; since 1999. NIH (National Institutes of Health) certificate: "Protecting Human Research Participants" course. Date of completion: 01/03/2016. Certification Number: 1941157. Languages: Arabic: Excellent; mother language. English: Fluent; the language of study in the BSc. Degree. Spanish: Fluent; the language of Ph.D. research. Committees member: Academic advising committee. Interviewer of applicants to jobs in medical laboratories department. Supervising training medical laboratories students. Final exams committee. Master degree program in Medical Microbiology committee. 6
No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Subjects Taught as assistant professor Medical Microbiology (Theory & Practical) Oral Microbiology/ Dentistry college (Theory & practical) Diagnostic Microbiology (Theory & practical) Clinical Bacteriology (Theory & Practical) General Immunology (Theory) Applied Clinical Microbiology(Theory & Practical) Clinical Parasitology (Theory & practical) Clinical Mycology (Theory & Practical) Supervising Research project for students in last level 7