Dr. Tarek Rashed Khater

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Naser Institute Hospital for Research and Treatment
Checkup Unit, Premarriage Checkup Center
Cairo, Egypt
DirectorAppointed: 2001
St John's Hospital
Queens, NY, USA
Emergency Department
ObserverAppointed: 2008
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Mailing Address

P.O. Box 9011
Astoria, New York 11103
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (646) 238-5274
tarek_khater@hotmail.com
http://tarekrashed.spaces.live.com

Qualifications

United States Medical License, Educational Testing Service, USMLE STEP2 CK, ECFMG, 2007.
Backhome Degrees Evaluation, World Education Services "WES", Recognized American Organization, 2006.
United States Medical License, Educational Testing Service, USMLE Step 1, ECFMG, 2006.
TOEFL, Educational Testing Service, SCORE 187, 2005.
GRE, Educational Testing Service, SCORE V300,Q470,A2.5, 2005.
Diploma in Adminstration, American University in Cairo, Total Quality Management in Health Care, 2005.
Medical Doctorate, Al-Azhar University, Internal Medicine, not completed, 2002.
Cert.Ed., Dar Al-Hikma - Egyptian Medical Syndicat, Sonar Abdomen, 1998.
M.Sc., Ain Shams University, Internal Medicine, 1997.
Diploma In Medicine, Ain Shams University, Tropical Medicine & Hygeine, 1992.
M.B.B.Ch, Ain Shams University, Medicine& Surgery, 1984.

Expertise and Research Interests

2001-2006
Premarriage Checkup Center in Nasser Institute for Research & Treatment:
I have established and introduced the idea of the 1st premarital tests center in Egypt and Middle East, Construct with consultants in every specialty (G.Med, Endocrine, Gyne, Genetic Counseling & Andrology) a protocol, medical sheet and medical report forms for case taking for premarital tests. Construct a data base system and computerized medical report for case in the center.
Arrange and share in public education, propagate the idea through the media, communicate with national and international interested organizations and medical journals publication about the activity of the center. Introduced orientation for the idea in the community through many symposia around country. Established a website that became popular in the area for reply on general population questions especially for youth, http://nasercheck.tripod.com/. Introduced a fixed program on the 1st channel of Egyptian TV for more than one and half year working with subjects related to genetics. Communicate with British Medical Journal introducing many views about my work in genetics that have been published.
My responsibilities in the center were: Management and administration, do encounter for cases, assess case with each specialty (G.Med, Endocrine, Gyne, Genetic Counseling & Andrology), collect data and label results, write the medical report of the case, discus and coordinate all communications with cases and consultants in every specialty.

February 2002
National Council for Childhood & Motherhood: invited me to share in a work shop on children disability prevention in Egypt through a presentation I did on the activity of "Premarriage Checkup Center" and how the premarital tests could be a tool in this aspect.

July 2003
National Council for Childhood & Motherhood & Egyptian Ministry of health shared financial support for my trip to Australia to participate in the XIX International Congress of Genetics, to represent my country Egypt by a poster display, under the title of "Premarriage checkup in Egypt", Melbourne - Australia, 6 - 11 July 2003

2003
Assigned as Author and Director of 'Egyptian Pediatric Genetic Society" EPGS .

August 2003
Elected as Associate Trustee of "Egyptian Pediatric Genetic Society"

March 2004
Arab Ministers meeting in 31-3-04 Cairo-Egypt, gave the chance to meet the minsters in a visiste to Nasser Institute Hospital to discusse with them our activity in Prematital Tests Center and to show the logo of the center during the Healtrh Tourism conference that associated the same event.

October 2004
Assigned as a Representative for "National Coalition of Health Professionals Education in Genetics" NCHPEG, USA, www.nchpeg.org

3-6 October 2004.
Invited to and attended a Conference and Training course on "Consanguinity and Euro-Mediterranean Community Genetics", European School of Genetics, European Genetic Foundation, "EUMEDIS" Project. Alexandria, Egypt,

2004- 2005
Selected by "PLAN-International - Egypt", http://www.plan-international.org to take the responsibility as a Supervisor for Series of Training Health Programs. So managed many programs, one big program of those was for more than 2500 mother and girl in childbearing period on motherhood and childhood health around Cairo from rural areas that held for about one month in Nasser Institute Hospital Training Center, Cairo-Egypt

2005
Selected by my supervisor of checkup diabetes unite in Nasser Institute Hospital to represent him and shared with Egyptian Ministry of Health & many universities professors in diabetes in establishing "diabetic Prevention Program", as regard brainstorming meeting to create the Idea of the program, creating Pre-diabetic Protocol & chart to be used by physicians and provide orientation sessions for physicians in developed 3 Pre-diabetic Centers in Cairo.

2005
National Democratic Party - Youth Branch, Assigned me during Presidency Election to organize and supervise a symposium on Premarital Tests that had a very wide coverage through the Egyptian media.

Other Expertise

March 1999-October 2002
Tarek Khater et al, "ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 in chronic liver diseases".
Thesis submitted, discussed and accepted as part of for Medical Doctorate Degree in Internal Medicine, in Al-Azhar University

1995-1996
Tarek Khater et al, "Immunoglobulin IgA in serum and gastric juice in Egyptian diabetic patients".
Thesis submitted, discussed & accepted within one year as part for Master degree of Science in Internal Medicine Degree

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Genetics, Immunology, Internal Medicine, Medical Counseling, Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Reproductive Health Services, Tropical Medicine.

Additional Terms:

Genetic Counseling, Premarriage Checkup.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Arabic, Egyptian: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
English (American): (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
German: (Basic, Basic, Basic)
Italian: (Basic, Basic, Basic)
Spanish: (Basic, Basic, Basic)

Memberships

Egyptian Pediatric Genetic Society
Egyptian Society of Internal Medicine
Genetic Alliance
National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics

Previous Positions

2008-2008, Volunteer, Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan, NY, USA, Emergency Room
2004-2005, Supervisor for Series of Training Health Programs, PLAN-International - Egypt
2004-2006, NCHPEG Representative, National Coalition of Health Professionals Education in Genetics , USA
2003-2005, Associate Trustee, Egyptian Pediatric Genetic Society
2001-2006, Director, Nasser Institute Hospital, Premarriage Checkup Center, Cairo, Egypt
2001, Specialist, Nasser Institute Hospital, General Medicine
2001-2006, Supervisor, Nasser Institute Hospital, Internal Medicine
1998-2001, Specialist of ICU, Nasser Institute Hospital, General Medicine, Intensive Care Unite & Stroke Unite
1997-1998, Specialist of ICU & Int. Medicine, Agouza Hospital, ICU, CCU, Intermediate Care Int. Medicine Dep., Cairo, Egypt
1995-2000, Resident of Int. Medicine & Diabetes, Fayrouz Hospital, General Medicine, Cairo, Egypt

Publications

  • Dr. Tarek Rashed Khater, A Reliable Tool for Low Cost PMTs, BMJ Electronic Journal, British Medical Journal, 3 Oct 2006
  • Dr. Tarek Rashed Khater, Premarriage Counseling, NCHPEG Annual Meeting 2006, National Coalition for Health Profissionals Education in Genetics, 2-3 Februsry 2006
  • Dr. Tarek Rashed Khater, NCHPEG Membership, Egyptian Medical Syndicate, http://www.ems.org.eg/akhpar_hama/10.htm, Egyptian Medical Syndicate, Feb 2005
  • Dr. Tarek Rashed Khater, Egypt Leading Experience Premarital Tests, BMJ Electronic Journal, British Medical Journal, 20 Nov 2004
  • Rabab Safan, Egyptian Reporter, Premarital Tests Between Accept and Reject, Islamonline, islamonline.net, 03 Sep 2004
  • Dr. Tarek Rashed, Director of PCC-NIH, Telemedicine Facilitating Premarital Bioinformation, EMISPHER International Dissemination Conference on 'Public Health in the Euro-Mediterranean Region' and Consortium Meeting Cairo, Egypt., 21 Feb 2004
  • Dr. Tarek Rashed, Egypt 1st Arab Member in NCHPEG, EMS Website, Egyptian Medical Syndicate, 2004
  • Dr. Tarek Rashed, Egypt 1st Abrab Member in NCHPEG, EMS-Alex. Website, Egyptian Medical Syndicate - Aexandria Branch, 2004
  • Chahinaz Gheith & Bouchra Chiboub, L'examen du bonheur conjugal, Al-Ahram Hebdo - newspaper in Egypt, 13 Aug 2003
  • Dr. Tarek Rashed, director of PCC-NIH, Premarriage Checkup in Egypt, XIX International Congress of Genetics 6-11 July 2003 in Melbourne Australia, genunet1.org, 6 Jul 2003
  • Dr. Tarek Rashed Khater, Premarriage Checkup in Egypt, BMJ Electronic Journal, British Medical Journal, 2 Feb 2003
  • Reham El-Adawy, To Marry Or Not to Marry?, Al-Ahram Weekly, Al-Ahram Newspaper in Egypt, 29 Aug 2002
  • Dr. Tarek Rashed, In Egypt a Center for PMTs, Middle-east-online.com, Middel East on Line, 28 Jun 2002
  • Dr. Tarek Rashed Khater, The Medical Regulation of Marriage, BMJ, Electronic Iournal, British Medical Journal, 1 Jun 2001

Profile Details

Last Updated: 8/30/2008

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