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MANAR KHALED ASKAR

Personal Profile:

Full name: Manar Khaled Askar

Citizenship: Lebanese

Sex & Marital status: Female, Married to Dr. Ahmad Kharrouby (Urologist)

Date & Birth Place: April 1, 1982, Barlias, Lebanon

Home Address:           Mount Lebanon, Aramoun, New Doha

                                    Al-Said Compound, Block D

                                    1^st floor, North West apartment

Clinic 1 Address:        South Lebanon, Saida-Tyre old high way

                                    Al-Akbieh, Baajour Center above Nasser Sweets

Clinic 2 Address:        South Lebanon, Al-Sarafand

                                    Kharrouby Hospital                                    

Fixed phone:               +961-7-441461

 

Mobile phone:            +961-70-981615

E-mail: mka82@live.com



Languages:

English and Arabic: excellent speaking, reading and writing skills, French: Fair speaking, reading and writing skills



Computer Skills:

Microsoft office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), SPSS, Internet

Education:

• Undergraduate:

Barlias Official Secondary School: Graduated 1999

Degree: High School Diploma (Distinction)

• Graduate:

Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon: Graduated 2005

Degree: MB BCh (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery), (Distinction)

• Post Graduate:

1-American University of Beirut Medical Center in affiliation with  Makassed General Hospital: Graduated 2009

Degree: Internal Medicine

2-Beirut Arab University in affiliation with Hammoud Hospital University Medical Center: Graduated 2012

Degree: Cardiology Specialist

Clerkship, Internship, Electives:



-Electives at:

• Al-Bekaa hospital, Bekaa, Lebanon (July 2001), (August 2002), (August 2003)
• Reyak Hospital, Lebanon, Bekaa (August 2004)
• American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, (Internal Medicine, February, 2007), (December 2008, Neurology), (April 2009, Cardiology)

-Clerkship and electives at:

• Al-Shatbi Hospital, Egypt, Alexandria (March 2004 – May 2004)
• Al-Meery Hospital, Egypt, Alexandria (February 2005 – May 2005)
• Makassed General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon (August-February 2003)
• Hammoud Hospital University Medical Center, Saida, Lebanon (August-June 2002; August-January 2005, May 2012)

-Internships & pre-residency employments at:

• Makassed general Hospital in different departments (July2005,January 2006)
• Hammoud Hospital University medical center in different departments (January 2006 – July 2006)

(Internal Medicine 3 months, Surgery 2 Months, pediatrics 2 months, Anesthesia 1 month, ObGyn 2 months, ER 2 month)





Professional/Academic Status:



-July 2011 to July 2012: PGY6, F3, Third Year Fellow in Cardiology (6^th year in Internal Medicine, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon. Hammoud Hospital University Medical Center, Saida, Lebanon



-July 2010 to July 2011: PGY5, F2, Second Year Fellow in Cardiology (5^th Year in Internal Medicine), Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon. Hammoud Hospital University Medical Center, Saida, Lebanon



-July 2009 to July 2010: PGY4, F1, 1st Year Fellow in Cardiology (4^h Year in Internal Medicine), Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon. Hammoud Hospital University Medical Center, Saida, Lebanon



-July 2009 to July 2010: Chief Resident of Medicine Monthly Night and weekend duties at Makassed General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon



-July 2008 to July 2009: PGY3, Chief Resident , (3^rd year Resident in Internal Medicine), Makassed General Hospital and American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon



-July 2007 to July 2008: PGY2, (2^nd year Resident in Internal Medicine), Makassed General Hospital and American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon



-July 2006 to July 2007: PGY1, (1^st year Resident in Internal Medicine), Makassed General Hospital and American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Current Professional Status: 

-Since July 2012 in private practice as an Attending Cardiologist at:

1-Hospitals:

a.      Al-Raee Hospital, Saida

b.      Kassab Hospital, Saida

c.       Saida Governmental Hospital, Saida

d.      Osseiran Specialist Hospital, Saida

e.      Kharrouby Hospital, Sarafand

f.        Alaa Al-Dean Hospital, Sarafand

2-Private Clinics:

a.       Clinic 1, South Lebanon, Saida-Tyre old high way, Al-Akbieh, Baajour Center above Nasser Sweets

b.      Clinic 2, South Lebanon, Al-Sarafand, Kharrouby Hospital

c.       Clinic 3, South Lebanon, Saida, Family Clinics, Near Dalaa Hospital

3-Multidisciplinary Specialty Clinics:

a.       Public Help Association Center, Saida

b.      Rafik Harriri Centers, Beirut, Saida, Bekaa 

4-Public Health Educational Services:

a.       Ministry of Community Affairs Health Centers at Sarafand, Saksakieh, and Kharayeb

Professional Skills Remarks during trainig period:

• Finished 1 year of rotating internship before residency at MGH and HHUMC
• Finished 3 years of internal medicine at Makassed General Hospital, allowing exposure to a diverse population of patients, giving an excellent clinical experience. It is well known in Lebanon, from residents and attendings, that Makassed internal medicine program is considered the toughest, and the best, when compared to others, because of which, graduates of this programs are preferrably accepted in different universities fellowship programs directly.
• Also rotated at AUBMC for several months during her residency at Makassed General hospital as part of the program.
• Took an additional 1 year after graduation at Makassed General Hospital as weekly night and weekend duties during the first year of fellowship at HHUMC, upon an exceptional request from the hospital director.
• Rotated in different Cardiology divisions at Hammoud Hospital University Medical Center (HHUMC) upon a preset 3 years program, with progressive responsibility and seniority, including: CCU-Cardiac Care Unit, CSU-Cardiovascular Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular Surgery Anesthesia Unit, ER, Different Diagnostic Cardiology Units (Echocardiography, Electrophysiology, Stress test, Holter Monitoring), Diagnostic interventional cardiology.
• Managed to fill 3 log books at each of the echocardigraphy and interventional cardiology units, because of the tremendous load.
• Took additional night ER (ER Physician), floor (Internist), and CSU calls in addition to the regular Cardiology Fellow combined ER, CCU, and cardiac consult calls at HHUMC, at a rate of 10 calls per month.
• Took charge of floor cardiac consults on rotation and duty basis regularly
• Was assigned an exceptional Private Cardiology Clinics responsibility on a regular basis, because of the trusted clinical decision making, in addition to the Outpatient Cardiology Unit.
• Took charge and shared in academic activities, including Cardiology books chapter reviews, journals, journal clubs, seminars, poster presentations, and conferences, on a rate of 2 activities per week at least.
• Took additional Cardiologic assignments, on individual call basis, including home calls, outpatient institutions, and other peripheral hospitals according to time allowances.

Residency and Fellowship Research Projects:

• Risk factors and precipitating factors in congestive heart failure (Full Article), (Manar Askar, Nadim Timani), Prospective 1 year chief residency Project, Presented at the Makassed general Hospital Research Symposium, May 2009.
• Indictions of diagnostic cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography in classic and atypical presentations, (Manar Askar, Sobhi Al-Dada), Ongoing research.

Practice Certificates:

• Lebanese Order of Physicians, registration number: 1247/ع
• Lebanese National Security, registration number: 90/2012
• Arab Board (Passed step 1, will continue certification process after residency as per requirements)
• Sat for and passed the 2007 &2008 American College of Physicians yearly in-service exams
• BLS and ACLS certified from the American Heart Association

Societies:

• Lebanese Order of Physicians
• Beirut Arab University Post Graduate Assembly, Bekaa Group, Administrative Member of the health committee
• Lebanese Society of Cardiology

Meetings:

• The 8^th Makassed pediatric congress, November 18-19, 2005
• The 9^th Lebanese conference on infectious diseases, October 25-27, 2007, Beirut, Lebanon
• Challenges in the management of venous thrombosis in the non surgical patient, January 12, 2008, Beirut, Lebanon
• Sixth International congress of cardiology & cardiac surgery, Lebanese Society of cardiology and Cardiac surgery, March 24-27, 2010, Beirut, Lebanon
• Middle East Medical Assemblies, Beirut:
• 40^th, May 10-13, 2007
• 41^st, April, 23-26, 2009
• 42^nd, April 22-25, 2010
• 43^rd , May 5-8, 2011

Extra Curricular Activities:

• Poem writing
• Reading
• Music

References:





Adel Ghaddar, MD

Head of Cardiology Division at Hammoud Hospital University Medical center,Saida, Lebanon

Department of Medicine

Tel: +961-7-723111

Ext : 1140

Tel: +961-7-220300

Tel: +961-3-210217

Fax: (961) 7-220400

P.O. Box 652, Saida

E-mail: adelghaddar@yahoo.com





Sobhi Al-Dada, MD

Head of the Interventional Cardiology Division at Hammoud Hospital University Medical center

Department of Medicine

Tel: +961-7-723111. Ext. 1245

Tel : +961-3-644459

P.O. Box 652, Saida

E-mail: sobhidada@hotmail.com





Said Chaaban, MD

Interventional Cardiology Consultant at Hammoud Hospital University Medical center

Department of Medicine

Tel: +961-7-721021

Tel: +961-3-684827

Fax: +9617-725833.

P.O. Box 652, Saida

E-mail: saidchaaban.md@hotmail.com



Nadim Timani, MD

Head of Cardiology Division at Makassed General Hospital,Beirut, Lebanon

Department of Medicine

Tel: +961-1-636000

Tel: +961-3-232320

Fax: +961-1-646589

P.O. Box 6301, Beirut

E-mail: alnadim@inco.com.lb