Education & Certification •Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery (MD): Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan •Pediatric Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa •American Board of Pediatrics: Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP) •Pediatric...
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Cardiology Fellowship: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut •American Board of Pediatrics/Sub-board of Pediatric Cardiology: Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) Previous Clinical & Academic Posts •Clinical Professor of Pediatrics: Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University (current) •Consultant & Division Head, Pediatric Cardiology: Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE •Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist: King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, KSA •Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist: King Abdullah University Hospital, Irbid, Jordan •Assistant Professor of Pediatrics: Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan Interests •Interventional cardiac catheterization •Cardiopulmonary exercise testing Publications 1: Nasir A, Al Tatari H, Hamdan MA. Very high serum ferritin levels in three newborns with Kawasaki-like illness. Paediatr Child Health. 2012 Apr;17(4):201-4. PubMed PMID: 23543345; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3381664. 2: Whyte MP, Greenberg CR, Salman NJ, Bober MB, McAlister WH, Wenkert D, Van Sickle BJ, Simmons JH, Edgar TS, Bauer ML, Hamdan MA, Bishop N, Lutz RE, McGinn M, Craig S, Moore JN, Taylor JW, Cleveland RH, Cranley WR, Lim R, Thacher TD, Mayhew JE, Downs M, Millán JL, Skrinar AM, Crine P, Landy H. Enzyme-replacement therapy in life-threatening hypophosphatasia. N Engl J Med. 2012 Mar 8;366(10):904-13. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1106173. PubMed PMID: 22397652. 3: Al Shibli A, Al Attrach I, Hamdan MA. Bradycardia following oral corticosteroid use: case report and literature review. Arab J Nephrol Transplant. 2012 Jan;5(1):47-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 22283866. 4: Hamdan MA, El Zoabi BA, Al Shamsi A, Bekdache GN, Chedid F. Fetal echogenic cardiac foci: prospective postnatal electrocardiographic follow-up. J Perinatol. 2013 Apr;33(4):268-70. doi: 10.1038/jp.2011.113. Epub 2011 Aug 11. PubMed PMID: 21836548. 5: Bekdache GN, Hamdan MA, Begam MA, Chedid F, Tamim MM, Mirghani H. Prenatal diagnosis of extrahepatic umbilicoportosystemic shunt: impact on postnatal management. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2011 Aug;31(6):542-3. doi: 10.3109/01443615.2011.580395. PubMed PMID: 21823863. 6: Ali BR, Hertecant JL, Al-Jasmi FA, Hamdan MA, Khuri SF, Akawi NA, Al-Gazali LI. New and known mutations associated with inborn errors of metabolism in a heterogeneous Middle Eastern population. Saudi Med J. 2011 Apr;32(4):353-9. PubMed PMID: 21483992. 7: Hamdan MA, Begam M, Mirghani HM. Inseparable thoraco-omphalopagus twins. Pediatr Cardiol. 2010 Nov;31(8):1252-3. doi: 10.1007/s00246-010-9784-8. Epub 2010 Sep 8. PubMed PMID: 20824271. 8: Hamdan MA, El-Zoabi BA, Begam MA, Mirghani HM, Almalik MH. Antenatal diagnosis of pompe disease by fetal echocardiography: impact on outcome after early initiation of enzyme replacement therapy. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2010 Dec;33 Suppl 3:S333-9. doi: 10.1007/s10545-010-9179-2. Epub 2010 Sep 4. PubMed PMID: 20821053. 9: Hamdan MA, Almalik MH, Mirghani HM. Early administration of enzyme replacement therapy for Pompe disease: short-term follow-up results. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2008 Dec;31 Suppl 2:S431-6. doi: 10.1007/s10545-008-1000-0. Epub 2008 Dec 12. PubMed PMID: 19067231. 10: Trad O, Hamdan MA, Jamil A, Khanani MF, Ishaqi MK, Shamsi A, Hayek M. Reversal of iron-induced dilated cardiomyopathy during therapy with deferasirox in beta-thalassemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Mar;52(3):426-8. doi: 10.1002/pbc.21795. PubMed PMID: 18985743. 11: Hamdan MA, Al-Rumaithi S, Tolaymat N, Ionescu G, Al-Ashari M, El-Teraifi H. Churg-Strauss syndrome presenting as an abdominal mass in a non-asthmatic child. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2007 Dec;27(4):311-4. PubMed PMID: 18053350. 12: Bhuiyan ZA, Hamdan MA, Shamsi ET, Postma AV, Mannens MM, Wilde AA, Al-Gazali L. A novel early onset lethal form of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia maps to chromosome 7p14-p22. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2007 Sep;18(10):1060-6. Epub 2007 Jul 30. PubMed PMID: 17666061. 13: Hamdan MA, Abu-Sulaiman RM, Najm HK. Sildenafil in pulmonary hypertension secondary to unilateral agenesis of pulmonary artery. Pediatr Cardiol. 2006 Mar-Apr;27(2):279-81. PubMed PMID: 16501881. 14: Hamdan MA, Al Meshham Y, Najm HK. Successful one-stage repair of unilateral agenesis of pulmonary artery. Pediatr Cardiol. 2005 Sep-Oct;26(5):724-6. PubMed PMID: 16078119. 15: Hamdan MA, Gaeta ML. Octreotide and low-fat breast milk in postoperative chylothorax. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Jun;77(6):2215-7. PubMed PMID: 15172311. 16: Hamdan MA, Maheshwari S, Fahey JT, Hellenbrand WE. Endovascular stents for coarctation of the aorta: initial results and intermediate-term follow-up. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001 Nov 1;38(5):1518-23. PubMed PMID: 11691533.
