Surname : Asfar
Name : Salam Najib Ibraheem
Sex : Male
Date of Birth : 4 / 7 / 1956
Place of Birth : Baghdad
Marital status : Married with 2 children
Nationality : Iraqi
Postal Address : salamasfar@yahoo.com
Education:
Date of Primary Qualification: 1980
Undergraduate degree and University: M.B.,Ch.B. Basrah University
Rank and Average of Graduation: 6th , 71.55 %
Post Graduate Degree: M.Sc. Anaesthesiology, 1989
Language of Instruction: English
Professional experience:
Internship: Medical City Teaching Hospital, Baghdad 1980-1981.
Military Service: Field Medical Unit 1981-1982.
Permanency: Basrah Teaching Hospital, Basrah 1982-1989.
Postgraduate Military Service: Basrah Military Hospital, 1989-1990.
Current Position:
*Professor of Anaesthesiology, Department of Surgery,
Basrah College of Medicine.
*Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Basrah Teaching Hospital, Basrah.
*Head of Intensive Care Unit & Postgraduate studies in anaesthesiology.
Medical Societies: Iraqi Medical Association Member, since 1980.
Papers Published:
1-The effect of various administration routes of lidocaine on hemodynamics and ECG rhythm during endotracheal intubation.
Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica 1990. Belgium
2 -Effect of topical and intravenous lidocaine on cardiovascular changes following extubation.
Journal of Neurological and Orthopaedic Medicine and Surgery 1992. USA
3-Routine atropine premedication effects on cardiovascular system.
Journal of Neurological and Orthopaedic Medicine and Surgery 1992. USA
4-Anaesthetic management in laminectomy
Journal of Neurological and Orthopaedic Medicine and Surgery 1993. USA
5-Value of caudal analgesia in treatment of sciatica.
Journal of Neurological and Orthopaedic Medicine and Surgery 1994. USA
6-Fallacies of ultrasound.
Journal of Neurological and Orthopaedic Medicine and Surgery 1995. USA
7-Nitrous oxide gas;Is it a must.
Basrah Journal of surgery 1995. Iraq
8-Total intravenous anaesthesia in disaster situation.
International review of armed forces medical Journal 1996. Belgium
9-Intensive care unit outcome of head injury in Basrah.
Journal of Neurological and Orthopaedic Medicine and Surgery 1996. USA
10-Acupuncture in treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.
Basrah Journal of Surgery 1996. Iraq
11-Evaluation of electro-acupuncture in the treatment of migraine.
Journal of Neurological and Orthopaedic Medicine and Surgery
vol.20, no.2, 2000 USA
12-A method for controlled hypotension.
International review of armed forces medical Journal 2001. Belgium
13-cataract extraction under topical-subconjunctival local anaesthesia combined with
neuroleptanalgesia.
Basrah Journal of Surgery 2002. Vol 8,No.2,171-175. Iraq
14- A method of anaesthesia for bronchoscopic removal of inhaled foreign bodies in
children.
Medical Journal of Basrah University 2002. Iraq
15- modification of anaesthetic technique for thyroidectomy with preservation of external laryngeal nerve to aid electrical stimulation
Journal of the arab board of medical specialization Vol.5, no.3, 2003 Syria
16- Anaesthetic management of patients with pulmonary hydatid cyst.
Basrah Journal of Surgery. Vol.10. No.2, 2004. Iraq
Medical conferences articles
1- A method of scavenging system in Basrah Teaching Hospital Iraq
2- Intractable cancer pain management Iraq
