Name: JAWAD HASSAN AHMED
Sex: MaleDate of Birth: 1/7/1955
Place of Birth: Basrah, Iraq
Marital Status: Married (five children)
Nationality: Iraqi
Postal Address: Department of pharmacology,
College of Medicine,
University of Basrah, Iraq
Email: jawadahmed_basmed@yahoo.com
Email: unbascol@urulink.net (College)
Tel : +96440 611 671
Academic Qualifications: M.B.Ch.B. (Grade good, 71.55%), 1979, University of Basrah, Iraq.
Highest degree attained: Ph . D.
Major field of specialization Clinical pharmacology
Special field of specialization for Ph.D.: Cardiovascular Pharmacology
Language of study: English
Institute issuing degree: University of Glasgow, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow, G21 3UW. (UK).
Date degree conferred: March, 1990
Title of Ph.D. Thesis: The Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of calcium antagonist drugs in cardiovascular disease-influence of age, disease state and renal function.
Posts held since graduation:
1. Rotation Internship at Al-Jumhori Teaching Hospital, Basrah, Iraq from July 1979 to July 1980.
2. S.H.O. in Military Hospitals, Iraq, from November 1980 to July 1983.
3. General Practitioner in rural areas from July 1983 to July 1984.
4. S.H.O. in general medicine and pharmacology at Basrah Teaching Hospital and the Medical College, University of Basrah (assisting in Teaching programmes to medical students) from
September 1984 to September 1985.
5. Clinical Research Assistant in the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Glasgow, UK., from September 1989 to March 1990.
6. Lecturer at the Department of Pharmacology, University of Basrah since 21st of June, 19907. Assistant Professor since 17-9-1996.
8. Vice Dean, College of Medicine, University of Basrah, since August, 2001 till now
Presentation at scientific meetings:
1. Medical Research Society, Surrey, UK., 1987 : Verapamil in elderly hypertensives.
2. British Pharmacology Society Meeting, Liverpool, UK., 1988 Verapamil in patient with angina.
3. British Pharmacology Society Meeting, London, 1988: metabolic effects of nicardipine.
4. British Pharmacology Society Meeting, Manchester, UK., 1989 Nicardipine in patients with renal impairment.
5. The Renal Association, Glasgow, UK., 1989: Antihypertensive drugs in renal impairment.
6. Caledonian Meeting, Dundee, UK., 1989: The potential use of verapamil, as adjuvant drug, in the treatment of resistant malignant cells.
7. British Pharmacology Society Meeting, London, 1990: The potential use of verapamil, as adjuvant drug, in the treatment of resistant malignant cells.
List of publications
1. Meredith, P.A., Elliott, H.L., Ahmed, J.H., Reid, J.L. Age and the antihypertensive efficacy of verapamil: an integrated pharmacodynamic-pharmacokinetic approach. J.Hypertens. 1987; 5(Suppl.5): S219-S221.
2. Donnelly, R., Reid, J.L., Meredith, P.A., Ahmed, J.H., Elliott, H.L. Factors determining the response to calcium antagonists in hypertension. J.Cardiovasc. Pharmacol. 1988; 12(Suppl.6):S109-S113
3. Ahmed, J.H., Grant, A.C., Rodger, R.S.C., Murray, G.R., Elliott, H.L. Inhibitory effect of uraemia on the hepatic clearance and metabolism of nicardipine.Br.J.Clin.pharmacol. 1991; 32:57-62.
4. Ahmed, J.H., Meredith, P.A., Elliott, H.L. The influence of age on the pharmacokinetics of verapamil. Pharmacol.Res. 1991; 24:227-233.
5. Ahmed, J.H., Elliott, H.L., Hosie, J., Farish, E., Reid, J.L. Effects of nicardipine on the metabolic responses to food and exercise. J.Human Hypertens. 1992; 6:139-144.
6. Ahmed, J.H., Elliott, H.L., Meredith, P.A., Reid, J.L. Low dose verapamil in middle aged and elderly patients with angina pectoris: No evidence of increased susceptibility to the cardiac effects. Cardiovasc. Drug. Ther. 1992; 6:153-158.
7. Ahmed, J.H., Godden, J., Meredith, P.A., Elliott, H.L. R-verapamil pharmacokinetics and effects on PR interval, blood pressure and heart rate. Br.J.Clin.pharmacol 1993; 36:93-98.
8. Al-Jawher, M.H., Ahmed, J . H., and Yaseen, M.E. A single dose of cefotaxime in the prophylaxis of post-appendicectomy sepsis. The Medical Journal of Basrah University, 1995; 13:45-52.
9. Al-Badir, W.M., and Ahmed, J.H. Short course antibiotic prophylaxis in patients at high risk to acquire wound infection. Basrah Journal of surgery, 1996; 2:41-46
10. Ali, NAJ, Ahmed, JH., and Al-Hakiem, MHH. Awareness of hypertension in Basrah city: First announcement which needs action. The Medical Journal of Basrah University, 1996; 14: pages.
11. Ahmed JH. Benzhexol (Artane) abuse: The present position and reasons f or concern. The Medical Journal of Basrah University, 1996 (in press)
12. Ahmed, JH., Al-Diwan, MS., and Jawad, AM. Effect of methoxyverapamil, diltiazem, morphine and their combination on the formation of irreversibly sickled cells: an in vitro study. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 1997; 3: 301-309
Thajeel, AF., Ahmed, JH., Al-Hakiem, MHH. Acute oral toxicity (LD50) and target organ
effects of locally made chitosan and chitosan-indomethacin conjugate in mice. The
Medical Journal of Basrah University, 2003 (in press)
Records of courses taught at the University level:
Undergraduate:
General Pharmacology for medical students at the College of Medicine Basrah University
Postgraduate
Clinical pharmacology for MSc students
Thesis supervised at Master level in the College of Medicine, University of Basrah.
1. The effect of calcium antagonist drugs: methoxyverapamil and diltiazem with reference to chlorpromazine and morphine on sickle cell erythrocytes in vitro. Manal S. A1-Diwan, 1995.
2. The effect of Matricaria Chamomilla tea on stress/ethanol-induced acute gastric ulceration in rabbits. Nadheera Falih Naema, 1999.
3. Preparation and evaluation of chitosan and its indomethacin conjugate as a sustained release capsule formulation. Akhlas Fadhil Thajeel, 2000.
4. Alcohol abuse and dependency: a biopharmacological study in southern Iraq. Jawad F.H. Al-Mossawe, 2001.
5. The effect of captopril on renal function in normotensive and hypertensive subjects. Haithem J. Kaddum, 2001.
6. The effect of Nigella sativa extract on sickle cell disease: A comparative study. Nawal Khalil Ibraheim 2002.
Administrative and Committee experiences:
- Library supervisor, the college of medicine, university of Basrah, 1991-1998
- Editor, the Medical Journal of Basrah University, 1992-till now
Editor-in-Chief, Medical Journal of Basrah University, 2004
Referees:
Professor John L. Reid, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics,
Gardiner Institute, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, G11 6NT, UK.
Telephone:014l—2l1 2886, Fax: 0141-339 2800
Email: j.l.reid@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
Dr. Henry Elliott, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Gardiner Institute, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, G11 6NT, UK. Telephone:0141—211 2628, Fax: 0141-211 2895
e-mail: H.L.Elliott@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
Dr. Peter Meredith, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Gardiner Institute, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, G11 6NT, UK. Telephone:0141—21l 2320, Fax: 0141—339 2800
email:peter.A.Meredith@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
Dr. W.S. Hillis, Consultant Physician, Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow, G21 3UN, UK.
Telephone:0141-211 2895
Email: w.s.hillis@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
