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Biography

Dr. Mehdi Afrit is a Medical Oncologist who practices at Burjeel Specialty Hospital in Sharjah. He has over 11 years of experience caring for and managing cancer patients. He has extensive experience providing chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, immunotherapy, and targeted therapy to patients. He earned a Certificate of Medical Oncology from the Gustave Roussy Institute in Paris, France, where he received training in antitumor chemotherapy and cancer medical treatment. Additionally, he holds an international certificate in breast diseases. He also has a certificate in Good Clinical Practice from Trans Celerate Biopharma Inc. and a certificate in Clinical Trial Management: Good Clinical Practice from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians. He previously worked for over five years as an Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology at Tunis’s Faculty of Medicine. He later practiced as a Consultant, Medical Oncologist for six years at Arianna’s hospital in Tunisia. He later worked for two years as a Specialist Medical Oncologist at Zulekha Hospital. He was also an investigator in three international clinical trials and holds clinical trial auditing and CRO certifications and a GCP Training Certificate from 2016. He is a member in good standing of the Emirates Oncology Society (EOS), the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). His clinical expertise includes but is not limited to the following:

• Oncology care and treatment for chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, immune therapy, and target therapy
• Breast cancer
• Solid tumor diagnosis
• Digestive cancer
• Gynecological cancer
• Lung cancer
• Genitourinary cancer
• Sarcoma

Awards & Achievements

• Award from Himaya Foundations and University of Sharjah

Research & Publications

• Clinicopathological Features of Gastric Cancer in a Cohort of Gulf Council Countries' Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study of 96 Cases. Journal of Oncology Research Reviews & Reports Volume 2(2): 1-3.
• The Burden of Gynecologic Cancers in the UAE. Journal of Oncology Research Reviews & Reports Volume 2(4): 1-6.
• The Emirates Oncology Task Force Clinical Practice Guideline on Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in Asymptomatic Adult Cancer Patients Before Anti-Cancer Therapy. Journal of Oncology Research Reviews & Reports Volume 2(4): 1-6.
• The State of Cancer Care in the United Arab Emirates in 2020: Challenges and Recommendations, A report by the United Arab Emirates Oncology Task Force. Humaid Al-Shamsi, Humaa Darr, Ibrahim Abu-Gheida , Jawaher Ansari, Martine, Mehdi Afrit, Mohamad H Masri, Mohamed Abuhaleeqa. Gulf J Oncology 2020 Jan;1(32):71-87.
• Primary Bone Lymphoma: Tunisian Multicentric Retrospective Study About 32 Cases. Ben Ayed C, Laabidi S, Said N, Afrit M, Ben Ahmed S, Boussen H. Tunis Med. 2018 May;96(5):269-272.
• First Site of Recurrence After Breast Cancer Adjuvant Treatment in the Era of Multimodality Therapy: Which Imaging for Which Patient During Follow-up? Nesrine M, Mehdi B, Houda EB, Soumaya L, Mehdi A, Bechir Z, Hamouda B. Breast Dis. 2017 Nov 21

Experience

2017 - 2020 Acıpayam Devlet Hastanesi

2016 - 2017 İzmir Halk Sağlığı Laboratuvarı

2013 - 2016 Bozyaka Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi

2011 - 2013 Pendik Devlet Hastanesi

2011 - 2011 Midyat Devlet Hastanesi

2004 - 2010 Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi

Acıpayam Devlet Hastanesi

İzmir Halk Sağlığı Laboratuvarı

Bozyaka Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi

Pendik Devlet Hastanesi

Midyat Devlet Hastanesi

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi

Education

2010 Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloj

2010 Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloj

2004 Ege Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi

2004 Ege Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi

Publications

ULUSLARARASI HAKEMLİ DERGİLERDE YAYIMLANAN MAKALELER

Bulent Ertugrul, Çağrı Buke, Özlem Saylak Ersoy, Bengisu Ay, Dilek Senen Demirez, Öner Savk. Intralesional epidermel growth factor for diabetic foot wounds: the first cases in Turkey. Diabetic foot and ankle.6: Ağustos 2015

Vedat Turhan, Günalp Uzun, Mustafa Hatipoglu, Mesut Mutluoğlu, Erol Sevim, Hayati Demiraslan, Esma Eryılmaz, Cem Özuğuz, Ali Memiş, Turk-Day Çalışma Grubu ( Hakan Ay, Bilgin Arda, Serhat Uysal, Vicdan Köksaldı Motor, Cigdem Kader, Ayşe Ertürk, Ömer Çoşkun, Fazilet Duygu, Selma Güler F.Aybala Altay, Aziz Öğütlü, Sibel Bolukçu, Özlem Kandemir, Halide Aslaner, Arife Polat, Mustafa Karahocagil, Kadriye Kart Yaşar, Emine Sehmen, Sırrı Kılıç, Mustafa Sünbül, Serap Gençer, Fatma Bozkurt, Tuğba Yanık, Nefise Öztoprak Çuvalcı, Ayşe Batırel, Hamdi Sözen, İnci Kılıç, İlhami Çelik, Bengisu Ay, Selma Tosun, Ayten Kadanalı, Şenol Çomoğlu, Affan Denk, Salih Hoşoğlu, Özlem Aydın, Nazif Elaldı, Şerife Akalın, Bahar Kandemir, Ayhan Akbulut, Tuna Demirdal, Recep Balık, Emel Azak, Gönül Şengöz); Causative pathogens and antibiotic resistance in diabetic foot infections: A prospective multi-center study. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications, Volume 30, Issue 5,July 2016,910-916

Alpay Arı, Ali Ilgın Olut, Bengisu Ay, Selma Tosun, Meltem Zencir, Mehmet Umut Çayıröz. A small outbreak of Serratia liquefaciens bacteremia due to use of contaminated saline infusion solution for myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. Journal of İnfectious Diseases, Volume 49, 2017, 639-40

B- ULUSLARARASI BİLİMSEL TOPLANTILARDA SUNULAN VE BİLDİRİ KİTABINDA (PROCEEDINGS) BASILAN BİLDİRİLER

Vedat Turhan, Günalp Uzun, Mustafa Hatipoglu, Mesut Mutluoğlu, Erol Sevim, Hayati Demiraslan, Esma Eryılmaz, Cem Özuğuz, Ali Memiş, Turk-Day Çalışma Grubu ( Hakan Ay, Bilgin Arda, Serhat Uysal, Vicdan Köksaldı Motor, Cigdem Kader, Ayşe Ertürk, Ömer Çoşkun, Fazilet Duygu, Selma Güler F.Aybala Altay, Aziz Öğütlü, Sibel Bolukçu, Özlem Kandemir, Halide Aslaner, Arife Polat, Mustafa Karahocagil, Kadriye Kart Yaşar, Emine Sehmen, Sırrı Kılıç, Mustafa Sünbül, Serap Gençer, Fatma Bozkurt, Tuğba Yanık, Nefise Öztoprak Çuvalcı, Ayşe Batırel, Hamdi Sözen, İnci Kılıç, İlhami Çelik, Bengisu Ay, Selma Tosun, Ayten Kadanalı, Şenol Çomoğlu, Affan Denk, Salih Hoşoğlu, Özlem Aydın, Nazif Elaldı, Şerife Akalın, Bahar Kandemir, Ayhan Akbulut, Tuna Demirdal, Recep Balık, Emel Azak, Gönül Şengöz); Current Bacterıal Etıology And Antımıcrobıal Resıstance In Dfıs; A Multıcenter Prospectıve Trıal Of “Turk-Day”. Congress of Balkan Millitary Medical Committee, 8-11 Haziran 2015, Yunanistan

C- ULUSAL HAKEMLİ DERGİLERDE YAYIMLANAN MAKALELER

VildanAvkan Oğuz, Bengisu Ay, Vasfi Karatosun, Zeynep Gülay; A Case of Total Knee Arthroplasty in whichAeromonasHydrophila Was Isolated in Perioperative Culture: Trakya Univ Tip Fak Derg, 2009

Şebnem Çalık, Bengisu Kara Ay, Arif Yüksel, Kamuran Çapcıoğlu, Meltem Zencir, Ümran Bingöl, Neslihan Genç, Meltem Avcı, Selma Tosun. Grip aşılaması önerilen risk grubundaki bireylerin grip aşılaması hakkındaki bilgi düzeylerinin ve aşı durumlarının değerlendirilmesi. İzmir Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Tıp Dergisi (Medical Journal of İzmir Hospital) 2013; 17 (4): 241-245

B Ay, Ş Çalık, B Karaca, S Tosun. Atipik Akdeniz benekli ateşi: Ege Bölgesi'nden ilk olgu. Izmir Tepecik Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi Dergisi. 2016; 26(2):175-177

B Ay, E Özdemir, N Ünel, Ş Çalık, B Karaca. Telbivudine-Related Myopathy: A Case Report. Viral Hepat J 2016; 22: 37-38

D- ULUSAL BİLİMSEL TOPLANTILARDA SUNULAN VE BİLDİRİ KİTAPLARINDA BASILAN BİLDİRİLER

Şebnem Çalık, Bengisu Kara Ay, Arif Yüksel, Kamuran Çapcıoğlu, Meltem Zencir, Ümran Bingöl, Neslihan Genç, Meltem Avcı, Selma Tosun. Grip aşılaması önerilen risk grubundaki bireylerin grip aşılaması hakkındaki bilgi düzeylerinin ve aşı durumlarının değerlendirilmesi. 5. Ulusal Aşı Sempozyumu, 25-29 Eylül 2013, Ankara

’’Kronik Hepatit C için Telaprevir alan 4 Hastanın Değerlendirilmesi” “Konuşma 7" İstanbul – Marriott Asia Hotel; ‘Türkiye Telepravir Deneyimimiz Sempozyumu, 21 Eylül 2013’

Bengisu Ay, Alpay Arı,Nalan Ünel, Erman Özdemir, Selma Tosun; İki merkezde telaprevir deneyimimiz: 12. Ulusal Viral Hepatit Kongresi, 26-29 Mart 2014, Belek/Antalya

Bengisu Ay, Erman Özdemir,Nalan Ünel; Bir olgu nedeniyle telbivudin tedavisinde miyopati yanetkisi: 12. Ulusal Viral Hepatit Kongresi, 26-29 Mart 2014, Belek/Antalya

Gülsüm Altın, Aslı Keleş, Bengisu Ay, Ebru Dik, Meltem Zencir, Halil Erkan, Selma Tosun. Toplumdaki Bireylerin Hepatit B virusunun bulaşma yolları hakkındaki farklılıklarının ve bilgi düzeylerinin değerlendirilmesi. BUHASDER 6. Tepecik Enfeksiyon Günleri Sempozyumu. 04-08 Kasım 2015 Muğla.

Vedat Turhan, Günalp Uzun, Mustafa Hatipoglu, Mesut Mutluoğlu, Erol Sevim, Hayati Demiraslan, Esma Eryılmaz, Cem Özuğuz, Ali Memiş, Turk-Day Çalışma Grubu ( Hakan Ay, Bilgin Arda, Serhat Uysal, Vicdan Köksaldı Motor, Cigdem Kader, Ayşe Ertürk, Ömer Çoşkun, Fazilet Duygu, Selma Güler F.Aybala Altay, Aziz Öğütlü, Sibel Bolukçu, Özlem Kandemir, Halide Aslaner, Arife Polat, Mustafa Karahocagil, Kadriye Kart Yaşar, Emine Sehmen, Sırrı Kılıç, Mustafa Sünbül, Serap Gençer, Fatma Bozkurt, Tuğba Yanık, Nefise Öztoprak Çuvalcı, Ayşe Batırel, Hamdi Sözen, İnci Kılıç, İlhami Çelik, Bengisu Ay, Selma Tosun, Ayten Kadanalı, Şenol Çomoğlu, Affan Denk, Salih Hoşoğlu, Özlem Aydın, Nazif Elaldı, Şerife Akalın, Bahar Kandemir, Ayhan Akbulut, Tuna Demirdal, Recep Balık, Emel Azak, Gönül Şengöz); Diyabetik Ayak Enfeksiyonunda Güncel Etken Mikroorganizmalar ve Antimikrobiyal Duyarlılıklar; Bir Çok Merkezli Çalışma “TURK-DAY”. 5. EKMUD Bilimsel platformu, 01-04 Nisan 2015, İzmir.

Head of the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Gastroenterologist

Dr. Adel M Jibril is an expert in treating complex autoimmune diseases with extensive experience in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis. He is fluent in Arabic, English and Russian and has an MBBS, MD, PhD, FACRM, ACPM, AAP, UFR, SH.

Dr. Vivek Sharma is an experienced Orthopedic & Joint Replacement Surgeon with 14+ years of experience. He is a D.Ortho and DNB qualified surgeon and has performed over 5,000 primary complex and revision surgeries. He has expertise in performing primary & revision hip/knee arthroplasty, knee osteotomy, as well as treating osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and pain. He is also a founding member of the Rajasthan Arthoplasty Center of Excellence.

Dr. Chetan Prakash is a Specialist Orthopedic Surgeon with MBBS, D-Ortho, and DNB (Ortho) qualifications. He has extensive experience with hip and knee replacements, revision surgery, hip resurfacing, and other orthopaedic surgeries. He has completed a Fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Traumatology from Kanto Hospital Bruderholz in Basel, Switzerland. Dr. Prakash speaks English, Arabic, and Hindi, and has a special interest in sports injuries, Ilizarov external fixator, interlocking nails, and hip and knee arthroplasty. He has published his research thesis on limb lengthening in international journals.

Dr. Saurabh Singh is an experienced Ophthalmologist with 11+ years of experience and expertise in Comprehensive Eye Checkup, Computerized Eye Testing, Lasik, Cataract Surgery, Cornea Transplant, Ocular Surface Reconstruction, Keratoprosthesis, Keratoconus Management, and Glaucoma Management. He has both national and international publications and is a regular guest speaker in scientific meetings and CDE's.

Dr. Venus Rawat is an ENT Specialist Surgeon with MS in ENT and MBBS. She has experience working in Indian hospitals and a fellowship in sleep apnoea surgery from Singapore. Her special interests include endoscopic and microscopic ear surgery, myringotomy and grommet insertion, endoscopic sinus surgery, septoplasty, turbinoplasty, removal of tonsil and adenoid using coblation technique, snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea surgery, microlaryngeal surgery, and vertigo management.