Dr. Salwa Ibrahim Hindawi

Nationality: Saudi

Date of Birth: December 15, 1962

Place of Birth: Cairo

Sex: Female

Marital status: Married

Number of Children: Three Boys & One Girl

QUALIFICATIONS:

CTM RCPE Certificate In Transfusion Medicine, The RoyalCollege Of Physicians, Edinburgh, Scotland Feb 2000. MRCPath. The Royal College Of Pathologist, London. UK, March 1999 DipRCPath The Royal College Of Pathologist, London, UK, Nov 1998.

M.Sc in Haema. London University Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK, October 1991

M.B.Ch.B. King Abdulaziz University Medical School, Jeddah Saudi Arabia, 1985

Current Position:

Medical Director Of Blood Transfusion Services At King AbdUlaziz University Hospital. Consultant Haematologist And Transfusion Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital. Quality and Accreditation Consultant in Department of Clinical Laboratory at King Abdulaziz University Hospital.

1 Professional and Administrative responsibilities :

laboratory Team Leader for Makah region quality improvement program. Scientific advisory consultant for Western Region Blood Transfusion Services. Scientific Advisory for Western Region Transfusion Medicine Group. coordinator and member for the Hospital Transfusion Committee. CAP Inspector, AABB Assessor

Previous Position:

Director of Thalassemia task force responsible for all thalasaemic patients in day care unit at KAUH, 2003-2004.

Transfusion Medicine Consultant& medical supervisor (as part-time) at KFGH. Acting Blood Bank Medical Supervisor, King Abdulaziz University Hospital 1995-2001

Organizing & Chairperson Contributions:

1-Arrange& organize 1-monthTraining course in Transfusion Medicine, for 3consecuative years at King Fahad general Hospital Jeddah. 2-Arrange and organize the First Saudi International Transfusion Medicine Symposium, March 2004. Symposium Coordinator /Scientific Committee Member/Chairperson 3-Scientific Committee Member and Chairperson in First Saudi International on Recent Advances in Hematology Symposium, Madinah November 2004. 4-Chairperson in the 3rd ME Thalassemia Investigators and Thought Leaders Meeting. 5- Symposium Coordinator /Scientific Committee Member/Chairperson of the First Saudi International Paediatric Haematology Oncology Symposium, Nov 2005.

Academic Activities

. Postgraudate teaching . Undergraduate teaching . Continuous Medical Education in Transfusion Medicine.

2 RESEARCH And Publications:

S. Hindawi MD, G. Damanhouri MD, F. Alsayes MD, H. Aljedani MD,

M.Khanbashi MT.Donor Deferral in Blood Transfusion Services: Explanation of the Reasons. Abstract, AABB Annual Meeting Oct 2005.

G Damanhouri , S I Hindawi, J Meghalis Identification of HIV-1 Subtypes Circulating in Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abstract, AABB Annual Meeting Oct 2005.

G Damanhouri , H Ramadani , M Alharbi , Salwa I Hindawi .ABO and Rhesus Blood Groups Phenotypes Distribution Among Saudi Blood Donors at King Abdulaziz University Hospital,Jeddah , KSA,The Medical Journal of Cairo University .Vol 72 .No 2 June 2004.

M Alharbi ,G Damanhouri , H Ramadani , , Salwa I Hindawi Maximal Surgical Blood Ordering Schedule and Utilization Of Blood At KAUH. .Jourdan Medical Journal, May 2002.

Salwa I. Hindawi, G. Damanhouri, M. Khanbashi, K.Gholam, M.Mhalawi, A. Saleh Reasons for Deferral of Blood DonorsAt King Abdul Aziz University Hospital.1st Saudi international Transfusion Medicine Symposium,Jeddah KSA . 22nd March 2004.

S Hindawi .G Damanhouri, Haemolytica Transfusion Reaction Due To An Antibody To Low Incidence Antigen Anti Wra. Case Study Presented At The Second International Hematology And Blood Transfusion Meeting, Riyadh 12 Feb 2000

M.Sc.Thesis "Methyl cellulose micro culture for quantitating haemopoietic progenitors in neonatal blood"1991.

Actively Involved In The Following Projects: . Blood group Phenotypes in Saudi population Blood group alloantibody in patints at KAUH HTLV I&II Prevalence among Donors in Saudi Arabia. ITP Registery at KAUH, Jeddah.

3 Presentations: COMPITABILITY TESTING. QUALITY DAY, SGH 28th DECEMBER 2005

Transfusion support for patients undergoing stem cell transplantation, ATMC Tunis Dec 2005.

Blood Transfusion In Paediatric Oncology Setting Policy and Regulation, ESPHO Egypt March 2005.

Update on ITP. .First Saudi International on Recent Advances in Hematology Symposium Madinah, , November,2004

Critical issues on ITP management. The 1st International Conference of the Egyptian Society of Haematology & Research, on 29th-30th September 2004, Cairo, Egypt.

Clinical use of Blood Components. First Saudi International Transfusion Medicine Symposium Jeddah, March 2004.

Therapeutic Apheresis Arab Lab Scientific Meeting, Dubai Feb 10, 2004

Plasma Production Testing Safety Issues 5th Plasma Quality Program Beirut - September 16-18, 2003. Lebanon

Therapeutic Apheresis Blood Transfusion Therapy, January 9, 2003 Doha, Qatar

Review for Better Practice in Blood Transfusion. MRCPath Laboratory Medicine meeting –Jeddah October 2002.

Mad Cow Disease, VCJD. Donation Day, Blood Transfusion Medicine, 26th February 2001 King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Jeddah- KSA.

Leucocyte Depletion in Blood Components

4 Update on Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, 23-24January 2001. King Abdul Aziz Hospital&Oncology Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Case Presentation – An Antibody To Low Incidence Antigen 2nd Annual Haematology and Blood Transfusion Symposium 12-15 February 2000.Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Society Memberships:

-AABB (American Association of Blood Banks) -ISBT (International Society of Blood Transfusion) -BBTS (British Blood Transfusion Society) -MRCPath (Membership of Royal College of Pathologist)

Contac Information:

Work: +9662- 6408119 Tele-Fax: +9662-6408119 Mobil: +966-504624362 e mail: sihindawi@yahoo.com