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ISSN: 2413-9122 e-ISSN: 2518-7295 Volume 1 No. 3 December 2016 The Oﬀcal Journal of the Reach your Global Audience Azerbajan Medcal Assocaton AMAJ Azerbaıjan Medıcal Assocıatıon Journal For more advertising opportunities: ь www.amaj.az, њ [email protected] Е +99412 492 8092, +99470 328 1888 Azerbajan Medcal Assocaton www.amaj.az MD Publshng azmed.az AMAJ Azerbaıjan Medıcal Assocıatıon Journal Official Journal of the Azerbaijan Medical Association Volume 1 • No. 3 • December 2016 Continuing Medical Education Anatomy & Physiology Editorial Original Research The Experiences of an Azerbaijani Student to Analysis of The Association Between Hand Attainment of Medical Education in United States: Preference, Gender, Eye Dominance, 2D:4D Ratio and From Baku to Charlottesville Hand Grip Strength in Young Healthy Individuals Feredun Azari · Rauf Shahbazov - 65 Mahmut Cay · Deniz Senol · Songul Cuglan · Evren Kose · Davut Ozbag - 80 Anesthesiology Public Health Case Report Original Article Anesthetic Management of a Parturient with Effects of Universal Health Insurance on Health Care Sequelae of a Severe Burn Injury Utilization: Evidence from Georgia Allison Grone · Rovnat Babazade - 70 Tengiz Verulava · Temur Barkalaia · Revaz Jorbenadze · Ana Nonikashvili · Tamara Kurtanidze - 85 Anesthesiology Oral Medicine Case Report Mini Review Anesthetic management of cleft palate associated Zygomatic Air Cell Defect – a Brief Review with Meier-Gorlin syndrome Shishir Ram Shetty · Sura Ali Ahmed Foud Al-Bayati · Lale Aliyeva · Ilyas Akhund-zada - 72 Shakeel Santerbennur Khazi · Sesha Manchala Reddy - 89 Cardiovascular Surgery Case Report DOI An Unusual Case of Isolated Femoral Vein injury For information about DOIs and to resolve them, please visit After Bull Gore www.doi.org Hamit Serdar Basbug · Hakan Gocer · Yalcin Gunerhan · Kanat Ozisik - 75 The Cover The biggest (56,12 m²) Azerbaijani state-of-the-art “Sheikh Safi” carpet, which was woven in “Lachakturunj” composition Radiology in 1539 in Tabriz for Ardabil Mosque. The carpet was made under an order of the Case Report Azerbaijani Safavid state founder Shah Multiple Submandibular Duct (Wharton’s Duct) Ismayil Khatai’s son, Tahmasib I. It was bought in Tabriz and brought to London to Stones Victoria and Albert museum in 1893. Mohammad Reza Sasani - 78 Correction In the case report entitled “Free Floating Thrombus in Right Heart Associated with Pulmonary Embolism: The Effect of Streptokinase” published in August 2016 issue of AMAJ (2016;2:42), there was error in the first sentence of Case Pre- sentation’s Case 2 section. The sentence should be started as “A 42-year-old man“. www.amaj.az AMAJ Azerbaıjan Medıcal Assocıatıon Journal Official Journal of the Azerbaijan Medical Association Volume 1 • No. 3 • December 2016 Editor in Chief Editorial Board International Advisory Committee Nariman Safarli, MD Aghakishi Yahyayev, MD, PhD Abass Alavi, MD, PhD, DSc Baku, Azerbaijan Philadelphia, PA, USA Associate Editors Ali Quliyev, MD, PhD Alessandro Giamberti, MD, PhD Baku, Azerbaijan Milan, Italy Jamal Musayev, MD Nadir Zeynalov MD, PhD Anar Aliyev, MD, PhD Andrey Kehayov, MD, PhD, DSc Baku, Azerbaijan Sofia, Bulgaria Nigar Sadiyeva, MD Ilyas Akhund-zada, MD, PhD Elnur Farajov, MD, PhD Ayaz Aghayev, MD, PhD Baku, Azerbaijan Cambridge, MA, USA Assistant Editors Erkin Rahimov, MD, PhD Bülent Gürler, MD, PhD Baku, Azerbaijan Istanbul, Turkey Rauf Karimov, MD, PhD Ferid Aliyev, MD, PhD Ercan Kocakoç, MD, PhD Lana Yusufova, MD Baku, Azerbaijan Istanbul, Turkey Narmina Aliyeva, MD Ikram Rustamov, MD, PhD Faik Orucoglu, MD, PhD Saida Talibova, MD Baku, Azerbaijan Istanbul, Turkey Islam Magalov MD, PhD, DSc Fidan Israfilbayli, MD, PhD Call for papers Baku, Azerbaijan Birmingham, UK Azerbaijan Medical Association invites Kamran Salayev, MD, PhD Gia Loblanidze, MD, PhD, DSc authors to submit their papers to Azerbai- jan Medical Association Journal - AMAJ. 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Vasif Ismayil, MD, PhD Shirin Kazimov, MD, MPH, sPhD • • • Baku, Azerbaijan Wheaton, IL, USA Copyright 2016 Azerbaijan Medical Association. Yusif Haciyev, MD, PhD Steven Toovey, MD, PhD All rights reserved. Reproduction without permis- Baku, Azerbaijan Basel, Switzerland sion is prohibited. Taylan Kav, MD, PhD For futher information please contact: Ankara, Turkey MD Publishing House, Istiqlaliyyet 37/2, AZ1000, Baku, Azerbaijan Yves Durandy, MD Tel: (+99455) 328 1888, email: [email protected] Paris, France www.amaj.az Editorial DOI: 10.5455/amaj.2016.03.020 The Experiences of an Azerbaijani Student to Attainment of Medical Education in United States: From Baku to Charlottesville Feredun Sardar Azari, MD1 Rauf Shahbazov, MD, PhD2 The medical education system in United States is constantly changing. Due to recent healthcare legislation and arising need for physicians, there has been much needed innovations in graduate medical education system. Currently, there are 141 accredited medical doctor (MD)-granting institutions and 31 doctor of osteopathy 1 School of Medicine, University of Vir- ginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. (DO)-granting medical institutions. Despite of the end goal of reaching Liaison Com- mittee on Medical Education (LCME) accredited postgraduate training program; each 2 Department of Surgery, University of institution has its own unique philosophy of graduate medical program. Approaches Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia to learning material and professor selection are also dependent on school’s average Correspondence: (United States Medical License Exam) scores as well as the research funding provided Rauf Shahbazov, MD, PhD, by the government. Department of Surgery, University of This article is mainly intended to educate the international students on the path- Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia way that needs to be navigated in order to gain acceptance to medical school and email: [email protected] the steps necessary to land a successful post-graduate resident training program. Phone: +1434 8721373 Caution must be taken to not misinterpret these steps as a guide to enter medical residency training after completing medical school abroad as these have different application system and residency selection criteria. Keywords: training, teaching, curriculum, education About the Authors Feredun Azari is a 4th year medical auf Shahbazov graduated from the student attending University of Virginia Azerbaijan Medical University and R School of Medicine. He was born in Baku, completed general surgery residence in Azerbaijan in 1991 and attended elemen- Baku, Azerbaijan. He trained further in King tary and middle school prior to moving to Faisal Hospital in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Canada and USA. He completed high school and passed required exams for Royal Col- in Virginia and matriculated to George lege of Surgeons in Edinburgh. He obtained Mason University. While at George Mason, Diploma of Clinical Surgery in General he was engaged in multiple events hosted (known as MRCS Ed), as well as Comple- by the Azerbaijani diaspora both locally tion of Surgical Training Certificate from and within the university community itself. Intercollege Committee of Royal Colleges Due to his academic achievements, he was in United Kingdom. Interest in transplant selected for the dean’s list during each of the surgery brought him to the transplant semesters he was matriculated. He obtained program at Baskent University in Ankara, the degree in Bachelor of Chemistry prior Turkey. He trained as a transplant surgeon to matriculating at University of Virginia and obtained his European Board of Sur- Health System where he received multiple gery Diploma in Porto. Rauf Shahbazov is a honors and awards due to his performance transplant surgeon who currently works at during first three years. Feredun is interested the University of Virginia Medical Center in in

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