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AMJAD ALI KHALAF AL SHDAIFAT	- Thyroid dysfunction and associated risk factors among type 2 diabetic patients across sectional study. Acta Biomed Amjad Al Shdaifat, Huda Al Hourani, Manar F Atoum, Muwafag Al Hyari4, Joseph A. Abulail, Iyad Khalifah Ahmad Aldomi, Dina Hani Haddad, Ahmad Agil. -Anti-Diabetic Activity of an 8-Purine Derivative as a Novel DPP-4 Inhibitor in Obese Diabetic Zücker Rats April 2024Drug Design, Development and Therapy 18 DOI:10.2147/DDDT.S450917 Meriem Chayah, Angélica Luque-Gonz?lez, Angélica Luque-Gonz?lez, Ver?nica G?mez-Pérez, Diego Salagre, Amjad Al-Shdaifat, Joaqu?n Mar?a Campos, Ana Conejo-Garc?a, Agil Ahmad. Prevalence of Acute Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Perceived Stigma among COVID-19 Patients in Jordan Amjad Al-Shdaifat,1Amjad Al Tarifi,2Abed-Ellelah Al-Shudifat,1Ben Colton,1andHana Taha Jordan Medical Journal, Volume 57, No.42023 Relationship of Serum Vitamin D Levels with Diabetic Foot in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study. Manar Fayiz Atoum, Amjad Al Shdaifat, Huda Al Hourani, Muwafag Al Hyari, Reema Zahran, Hanan Abu Shaikh International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds 2023 October 5 - Perceptions of primary health care physicians in Jordan of their role in the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study International Journal of Clinical Practice - Characteristics of patients with coronavirus disease SARS-Cov-2 in Jordan: Retrospective cross-sectional study accepted for publishing Amjad Al Shdaifat, Hana Taha Clinical Practice - Adapting Diabetes Risk Scores for Jordan Amjad Al Shdaifat, Yousef Khader, Muwafag Al Hyari, Omar Shatnawi ,Mus’ab Banat International Journal of General Medicine - Clinical, SinoNasal, and Long-Term Smell and Taste Outcomes in Mildly Symptomatic COVID-19 Patients International Journal of Clinical Practice -Attitudes and Awareness Towards Diabetic Retinopathy Among Patients with Diabetes in Amman, Jordan Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy - The role of primary healthcare physicians in the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study (Pre Print) Rami Saadeh, Mahmoud Alfaqih, Amajd Al shdaifat, Mohammad Allouh - Knowledge and Attitudes of Jordanians toward COVID-19 pandemic: A Cross- Sectional Survey Medical & Clinical Research Medical and clinical research ISSN: 2577-8005, Amjad Al-Shdaifat , Ben Colton , Yazan Alawneh , Majd Hattab , Khader Yousef and Therese Zink - Keynote speaker and organizing committee at primary healthcare 2020 Paris France with accepted paper family medicine models in Jordan - Iatrogenic occult infection causing hypoglycemia in a teenage female October 2019, Annals of Saudi medicine 39(5):359-361, DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2019.359 Anwar Kassar, Amjad Al-Shdaifat - Pilot study to build capacity for family medicine with abbreviated, low-cost training programme with minimal impact on patient care for a cohort of 84 general practitioners caring for Palestinian refugees in Jordan Amjad Al Shdaifat1, Therese Zink2 BMJ OPEN (https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/8/e028240) -Are Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease Different in Persons With and Without Obesity? Article?in?Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders · August 2018?with? DOI: 10.1089/met.2017.0152 -Elevated fasting blood glucose, but not obesity, is associated with coronary artery disease in patients undergoing elective coronary angiography in Jordan Article in?Annals of Saudi medicine · February 2018?with? DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2018.111 -Training of General practitioner affect their knowledge and attitude AAFP Global Health Summit, Jacksonville, Florida, 13 September 2018. - Key Note Speaker for the 5th international primary care and family medicine conference Madrid 2017(Does Training of general practitioners affect their Knowledge and performance, Jordan experience at United Nations Relief and Working Agency Clinics) -Risk factors for coronary artery disease in patients undergoing elective coronary angiography in Jordan Abdel-Ellah Al-Shudifat, Asgeir Johannessen, Mohammed Azab, Amjad Al-Shdaifat, Suhad Sameer AbuMweis, Lana M. Agraib and Reema F. Tayyem BMC Cardiovascular Disorders BMC series – open, inclusive and trusted201717:183 , DOI: 10.1186/s12872-017-0620-4 -Diabetes Risk Score in a Young Student Population in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study Abdel-Ellah Al-Shudifat,1 Amjad Al-Shdaifat,1 Ahmad Ali Al-Abdouh,1 Mohammad Ibrahim Aburoman,1 Sara Mohammad Otoum,1 Amro Ghaleb Sweedan,1 Ibrahim Khrais,1 Ibrahim Hisham Abdel-Hafez,1 and Asgeir Johannessen1,2 Journal of Diabetes ResearchVolume 2017 (2017), Article ID 8290710, 5 pages, https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/8290710 - Tele cardiology application in Jordan its impact on diagnoses and disease management patients quality of life and time-cost savings at Yousef Saleh Khader,1 MohamadIsmailJarrah,2 Abde-EllahM.Al-Shudifat,3 AmjadShdaifat,3 HushamAljanabi,4 ShadwanIsmeilAl-Fakeh,4 EliasEmilTurk,4 KhaledAliZayed,4 HanadiA.AlQuran,3 ZiadMohdEllauzi,4 andMohammadAlTahan4 Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications Volume 2014, Article ID 819837, 6 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/819837 - IMPACT OF LIVE INTERACTIVE TELEDERMATOLOGY ON DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND CLINICAL IMPROVEMENT" Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. Hanadi A Al Quran1, Yousef Saleh Khader2, Ziad Mohd Ellauzi3 and Amjad Shdaifat1 Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 2015, Vol. 21(2) 93–99 ! The Author(s) 2015 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1357633X14566572 jtt.sagepub.com -Evidence-based medicine among hospital doctors in Jordan: awareness, attitude and practice Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, Vol. 15, No. 6. (2009), 1137-1141. by Mousa A. Omari, Yousef Khader, Khaled Jadallah, Ali S. Dauod, A. Al-shdifat, Nofan M. Khasawneh -Awareness, attitude and practice of evidence-based medicine among primary health care doctors in Jordan Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, Vol. 15, No. 6. (2009), 1131-1136. by Mousa A. Omari, Yousef Khader, Khaled Jadallah, Ali S. Dauod, A. Al-shdifat -Glycaemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus treated in primary care setting in Jordan Mousa Al Omaria , Yousef Khadera , Ali Shakir Dauodb1 , Nemeh Al-Akourc2 , Adi Harbi Khassawneha , Eman Al-Ashkera, A. Al-shdifat Primary care diabetes Volume 3, Issue 3, Pages 173-179 (August 2009) Conference papers: -President Of the first, Second, Third Al Mafraq International medical Conference 2021 - Diabetes innovative methods for management, first Al Mafraq International medical Conference 2021 -RESCAP Symposium with title Barriers facing Syrian refugees with non-communicable disease living in community in Mafraq Jordan - Paper presentation for the 5th Lancet Palestinian Health alliance 2014 with title (Health status and Morbidity pattern among Palestine refugees fled from Syria to Jordan). -Paper presentation: for WONCA 2012 (Asian Pacific Conference for primary health care) with title (Primary Health Care in Jordan Between Alma Ata and The New Concept). - Poster presentation for the 5th Lancet Palestinian Health alliance 2014 with title (Drug prescription pattern at UNRWA clinics in Jordan)
Benjamin Rowland Colton	1) Colton, B., Saudi, L., Smalldridge, A. et al. A case study: lessons learned from online tutorial to improve practice readiness for family medicine residents in Palestine. BMC Med Educ 24, 262 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05163-1 2) Amjad Al-Shdaifat, Ben Colton, Yazan Alawneh, Majd Hattab, Khader Yousef and Therese Zink. Knowledge and Attitudes of Jordanians toward COVID-19 pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey, Medical and Clinical Research Journal, 2020 3) Amjad Al-Shdaifat, Amjad Al Tarifi, Abed-Ellelah Al-Shudifat, Ben Colton, and Hana Taha. Prevalence of Acute Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Perceived Stigma among COVID-19 Patients in Jordan, Jordan Medical Journal, Vol 57, No. 4, 2023. https://doi.org/10.35516/jmj.v57i4.2063. 4) Schoenmakers B, Virji S, Colton B et al. Developing a Family Medicine Program in Jordan: appraisal of trainees and trainers and final assessment outcomes [awaiting peer review]. MedEdPublish 2024, 14:276. https://doi.org/10.12688/mep.20687.1. 5) Virji, S., Alhalaseh, L., & Colton, B. (2025). International collaboration in primary care training: lessons from a Jordanian diploma programme. Education for Primary Care, 36(5), 255–256. https://doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2025.2475339
NUHA WALEED ABDULGHANI QASEM	1. Qasem Nuha.W., Al-Ali Mahmoud. B., Sanwar Mohammad. B., Aquily Mohammad. Q. Psychological impact and mental health effect of COVID-19 among Jordanian population. J Med J 2022; Vol. 56 (1):1- 16) 2. Nuha W. Qasem, Omar M. Al-omoush, Zaid M. Al Ammouri, et al. Energy drink consumption among medical students in Jordan – prevalence, attitudes, and associated factors: a cross-sectional study. Annals of Medicine and Surgery (2024) 86:1906–1914 3. Qasem NW, Al-Omoush BH, Altbeinat SK, Al-Dlaijem MM, Salahat RI, Okour SA. Smoking cessation rate and predictors of successful quitting in Jordan: A cross-sectional study. Medicine (Baltimore). 2024 Jul 5;103(27) 4. Qasem N, Al-Shdaifat A, Abu-Khader D, Jaraa S, AlOthman J, Shatat L and Alsaif L (2025). Breastfeeding practices among long-standing refugees in Jordan: insights from a cross-sectional study. Front. Public Health 13:1644659. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.16446595. 5. Omar Al-omoush, Hamza Al-Amoosh, Yaman Altal, Nuha Qasem, et al. Dispensing Practice of Non-Prescribed Medications in Community Pharmacies in Jordan: A Simulated Patient Study. Pharm Pract. 2025 May 28; 23(2):1-9 6. Al-Taher R, Al-Ani R, Al-Ani A, Rashdan M, Al Manasra ARA, Aborajooh E, Al-Balas H, Al-Balas H, Al-Balas M, Attiyat M, Qasem N. The clinical elective course and its effects on medical students and graduates of Jordanian medical schools. BMC Med Educ. 2022 Oct 11;22(1):716. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03779-9. 7. Aborajooh E, Al-Taher R, Tarboush NA, Al-Ani A, Qasem N, Ababneh S, Ababneh G, Al-Ahrash A, Al-Saeedi B, Al-Husaini S, Bucheeri A. A cross-sectional study of basic education influence on the clinical training: Attitudes and perception among Jordanian medical students. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2020 Nov 15;60:456-461. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2020.11.022. 8. Jaber, R.M., Alnshash, B.M., Qasem, N.W. (2020). Infectious Diseases in Children. In: Paulman, P., Taylor, R., Paulman, A., Nasir, L. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0779-3_150-1 9. Farihan Barghouti, Nada Yasein, Asma H. Takruri, Tala E. Hammouri, Nuha Qasem. Women's knowledge and screening behaviors regarding breast cancer at family medicine clinics. International Medical Journal. 2013 ; 20(1) : 59-63.
JEHAD ZACHARIA ABDUL-SALAM FATAFTAH	Publications: 1- Liqa A Rousan, Jehad Fataftah, Mamoon H. Al-Omari, Wail A. Hayajneh, Mohammad Miqdady, Yousef S. Khader. Sonographic Assessment of Kidney Length in Jordanian Children: Results from a Tertiary Hospital in The North of the Kingdom. Jordan Medical Journal, Vol 49, No 2 (2015) 2- Rousan L. A. , Fataftah J. , Al-Omari M. H. , Hayajneh W. A., Miqdady M. , Khader Y. S. Sonographic assessment of liver and spleen size based on age, height, and weight: evaluation of Jordanian children. Minerva Pediatrica 2015 Nov 27 3- Raed Tayyem; Haitham Qandeel ; Ghaith Qsous ; Jehad Fataftah ; Darwish Badran & Kamal Bani Hani.Medical Students' vs. Consultant Surgeons' View of Anatomy Knowledge. International Journal of Morphology, 2019, vol.37, n.4, 1475- 1479 4- Mamoon H. Al-Omari, Qusai M. Aljarrah, Jehad Fataftah, Bashar Ghosheh, Zaid Manesar . Endovascular Management of May-Thurner Syndrome in a Patient with Left-Sided Superior Vena Cava:A Case Report, American Journal of Case Reports May 2019? 5- Jehad Fataftah; Zaid Manasrah ; Raed Tayyem; Haitham Qandeel; Mamoon Al- Omari; Amjad Shatarat & Darwish Badran . splenic artery tortuosity index on abdominal CT scan: correlation with age ,sex, BMI and abdominal cavity diameter. international journal of morphology. received 17-7-2019, Accepted 22-8 2019 6- Jehad Fataftah, Raed Tayyem, Bashar Ghosheh, Farah Tayyem, Mamoon Al-Omari Endovascular Management of Superficial Femoral Artery Occlusion Secondary to Embolization of Celt ACD® Vascular Closure Device. American Journal of Case Report. Received: 30/4/2020 Accepted: 26/6/2020 7- Jehad Fataftah, Darwish H. Badran, Justin Z. Amarin, Haya H. Suradi, Amjad Shatarat, Abdel rahman A. Al manasra, Samah Shahin, Variation in the vertebral levels of the origins of the abdominal aorta branches: a retrospective imaging study, Anatomy and Cell Biology Journal. Accepted:8/June/2020 8- Khaled Z. Alawneh, Majdi Al Qawasmeh, Liqaa A. Raffee, Bashar Abuzayed, Diab A. Bani Hani, Khalid Mohamed Abdalla, Asma’a Mohammad Al-Mnayyis, Jehad Fataftah. A snapshot of Ischemic stroke risk factors, sub-types, and its epidemiology: Cohort study, Annals of Medicine and Surgery 59 (2020) 101–105 9- Abdel rahman A Al manasra, Khaled Jadallah, Abdelwahab Aleshawi, Mamoon Al-Omari, Mwaffaq Elheis, Ahmad Reyad, Jehad Fataftah, Hamzeh Al-Domaidat. Intractable Biliary Candidiasis in Patients with Obstructive Jaundice and Regional Malignancy: A Retrospective Case Series, Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology 2021:14 83–89 10- Abdel Rahman A. Al Manasra, Ra’fat A. Tawalbeh, Doaa I. Al-Qaoud, Mahmoud H. Ayesh, Mamoon H. Al-Omari, Tarek Manasreh, Jehad Fataftah. Migrated Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Strut: A Rare Cause of Chronic Distal Pancreatitis with Likely Malignant Transformation, American Journal of case reports, Am J Case Rep, 2021; 22: e929599 11- Abdel Rahman Al Manasra M.D., Haitham Qandeel M.D., MSc, FRCS, Mohammed Bani Hani M.D., Ruba Khasawneh M.D., Mohammad Alqudah M.D., Jehad Z. Fataftah, M.D., Shadi Hamouri, M.D., Asra. Al-Rhamani M.D., Nabil Al-Zoubi M.D., Correlation between ultrasound and histologic findings of fatty liver changes among non-alcoholic obese Patients. June 2021-Jordan Medical Journal 55(2):84-95 12- Haitham Qandeel ; Raed Tayyem ; Jehad Fataftah ; Muhannad Qasem ; Rawan Sami ; Haneen Ashour ; Subreen Hasanat ; Rand Tayyem & Rami Alqassieh. Correlation Between COVID-19 Severity, Body Mass Index and Radiological Hepatic Morphology. Int. J. Morphol., 39(4):1096-1101, 2021. 13- Raed M. Tayyem, Haitham G. Qandeel, Hamzeh I. Al Balas, Farah R. Tayyem, Jehad Z. Fataftah, Mahmoud I. Al Balas : Comparison of safety and efficacy of intragastric botulinum toxin A versus gastric balloon, Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology January 31, 2022, IP: 246.212.237.183 14- Abdel Rahman Al Manasra, Hamzeh Al Domaidat, Mohd Asim Aideh, Doaa Al Qaoud,Majd Al Shalakhti, Sohaib Al khatib, Jehad Fataftah, Raed Al Taher & Mohammad Nofal : Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease in the Eastern Mediterranean zone, Scientific Reports \| (2022) 12:2703 15- Jehad Z Fataftah, Raed Tayyem, Haitham Qandeel, Haneen A Baydoun, Abdel Rahman A Al Manasra, Ahmad Tahboub, Salem Y Al Dwairy, Alaa Al Mousa : The Effect of COVID 19 on Liver Parenchyma Detected and measured by CT scan Hounsfield Units, Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 17 March 2022 16- Salem Al-Dwairy, Alaa Al-Mousa, Jehad Fataftah : Spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma presenting as quadriparesis : A case report in compliance with the SCARE guidelines, Annals of Medicine and Surgery 80 (2022) 104133, 14 July 2022 17- Jehad Fataftah, Raed Tayyem, Firas Al Rshoud and Mamoon Al Omari: Spontaneous pregnancy rate after fallopian tube recanalization for unilateral obstruction with a patent contralateral tube, Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, (2022) 53:227, 31 October 2022. 18- Jehad Fataftah, Raed Tayyem, Salem Al-Dwairy, Abdel Rahman Al Manasra, Khaled Alawneh, Mamoon Al-Omari. Knee Pain and Limping as Presenting Symptoms of Metastatic Thyroid Cancer, American journal of case reports, Am J Case Rep, 2022; 23: e938510 DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.938510, 7 Dec. 2022. 19- Salem Al-Dwairy, Jehad Fataftah, Alaa Al-Mousa, Mohammad Z Ejjo, Khaled Albakri1 & Altarawneh Mohammad. Evaluation of the Normal Craniocervical Junction Craniometry in 137 Asymptomatic Patients, International Journal of Morphology Feb. 2023. 20- Salem Al-Dwairy, Alaa Al-Mousa, Jehad Fataftah, Amjed Adnan Tarifi, Salih Obai Al-Ani, Khaled Hassan Badran & Aiman Al Sharei. Morphometric Analysis of the Sella Turcica and Sphenoid Sinus: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study, International Journal of Morphology. April 2023. 21- Abdel Rahman A. A. Al Manasra, Zaid Mesmar, Tarek Manasreh, Hanan M . Hammouri, Anas Husein, Khaled Jadallah, Mohammed Bani hani, Niazy Abu Farsakh, Shatha K. Shahwan, Doaa Al-qaoud, Jehad Fataftah. ERCP-induced perforation: review and revisit after half a century. 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