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AL SALEH, Khaled Ahmed, Dr.

Khaled Ahmed Khaled Ahmed Saleh Abdullah Saleh (27th October, 1953) born in Kuwait Almirqab. He is specialist Radiation Therapy doctor. He is also Editor of the Journal of Oncology Gulf The Gulf Journal of Oncology (GJO) is the first international court Magazine Gulf and is published through the electronic library in PubMed & INDEX. www.gffcc.org/journal

His literary leaning toward short sentence and realism in addition to his tendency literary tend to surprise at the end of the event, being a doctor helped him to delve deeper into thoughts of the human soul That reflected clearly in his suicide Abdul-Jabbar, the Babylonian was named among the writers of Kuwaitis who have been highlighting them in a book Syrian Ministry of Culture, which deals with writers Kuwait.

'''Education: ''' •	M.B.B, Ch., Alexandria, 14 February 1981 •	Board Certificate in Radiotherapy & Oncology, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland, November 1992

'''Post Graduate Courses/Trainings '''•	F.R.C.R. course in Royal College of Radiotherapy from Oct. 1986 to Nov. 1989 London, U.K.; •	Registrar, Middlesex Hospital, UK, 1988-1989 •	Training course in Radiotherapy Department at Tokyo National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan, Aug.-Dec. 1985 (5 months); •	Training course in Physicist Radiotherapist, July 1993 (3 weeks), Turkey; •	Training course in Brachytherapy, 1994–1996 (1 month each year), Leon, France; •	Training course on Linear Accelerator, San Francisco, USA, 1998; •	Workshop in Conformal Radiotherapy, Limburg, Germany, May 2001; •	Training course in Palliative Treatment, MD Anderson in USA, June 2005

Career: Career Summary: A total of 28 years in the field of oncology specializing in Radiation Oncology. Author of more than 30 scientific papers presented to international fora and published in medical journals.

Positions held: 1.	Head of Radiation Oncology Department, KCCC, 2012 to date; 2.	Head, Head & Neck and Lung Group, KCCC, 2007 to 2011; 3.	Head of Radiation Oncology Department, KCCC, Aug. 2005 to Jan. 2010; 4.	Consultant, Radiation Oncology, KCCC, Jan. 1998 to Feb. 2002; 5.	Acting Consultant, Radiation Oncology, KCCC, Mar. 1996 to Jan. 1998; 6.	Senior Registrar, Radiation Oncology, KCCC, Jan. 1995 to Mar. 1996; 7.	Acting Senior Registrar, Radiation Oncology, KCCC, Jun. 1993 to Jan. 1995; 8.	Acting Senior Registrar, Radiotherapy & Oncology, Madam Curie Institute Warsaw, Poland, Dec. 1992 to Dec. 1993; 9.	Registrar, Radiation Oncology, KCCC, Jul. 1991 to Jun. 1993; 10.	Acting Registrar, Radiation Oncology,KCCC, Nov. 1989 to Jul. 1991; 11.	Registrar, Radiotherapy Department, Middlesex Hospital, U.K., Dec.1988 to Nov.1989; 12.	Registrar, Radiotherapy Department, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan, Aug. to Dec. 1985; 13.	Assistant Registrar, Radiation Oncology, KCCC, Mar. 1983 to Oct. 1986

Professional Activities: 1.	Head of Preparation Committee, Palliative Health Center, Shuwaikh, Kuwait, 2010 to date 2.	General Secretary, The Gulf Federation for Cancer Control (www.gffcc.org ), 2003 to date; 3.	Vice-President, Board of CAN Campaign (Cancer Aware Nation), (www.cancampaignkw.com ), Jan. 2011 to date 4.	Founder and Editor-in-Chief, The Gulf Journal of Oncology (www.gffcc.org/journal ), 2007 to date; 5.	Associate Editor, Pan-Arab Medical Journal of Oncology, (http://amaac.org/05.htm), March 2008 to date 6.	General Secretary, Kuwait Society for Smoking and Cancer Prevention, (1994 to date); 7.	Asst. General Secretary, The Arab Medical Association against Cancer (AMAAC) (http://amaac.org), based in Cairo, Egypt. (2007 to date); 8.	Asst. General Secretary for Kuwait, The Arab Federation for Drug Abuse Prevention, (June 2006 to date); 9.	Chairman, Kuwait Society of Oncology, Nov. 2005 to date 10.	Head of Organizing & Direction Committee of the Palliative Healthcare Center at Al Sabah Medical Area in the State of Kuwait, 2011 11.	Head of Organizing & Direction Committee of Al Essra'a Oncology Centre in Nables, Palestine, 2008; 12.	Chairman, Palliative Medical Society, Kuwait, Jan. 2012 to date

Membership to Organizations:

1.	Active Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO); 2.	Active Member, Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), www.uicc.org 3.	Active Member, American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), www.astro.org

Honors and Awards: 1.	Arab Federation for Anti-Drug Awareness, 2005 2.	Award from Arab Medical Association Against Cancer (AMAAC), 2009 3.	Volunteer for Health Services (Individual Category), Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation, 2011 4.	Award from the Ministry of Social Affairs & Labour for pioneering in social work, State of Kuwait, April 2012

Achievements: 1.	As a cancer advocate, successfully initiated the first meeting to discuss the union of cancer associations under one umbrella organization in the Gulf region in 2001. This led to the formation of the Arab Union Against Cancer in March 29, 2002 involving 12 organizations in the GCC and Yemen. Elected as General Secretary of the federation, now called Gulf Federation for Cancer Control (GFFCC) since 2003; 2.	As General Secretary of the GFFCC, had established partnership with WHO-EMRO to support region-wide cancer campaigns, trainings and programs. At the international level, maintained active membership with the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and chaired the TNM Committee for the adoption of a unified cancer staging system in the gulf region; 3.	Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Gulf Journal of Oncology (ISSN No. 2978-2101) – one of the few medical journals in the Arab region selected by the U.S. National Library of Medicine to be indexed at the PubMed/MedLine database; 4.	As Vice-President of the Cancer Aware Nation (CAN) Campaign and General Secretary of Kuwait Society for Smoking and Cancer Prevention, spearheaded the organization of cancer exhibits, trainings and workshops on breast cancer screening and was always at the forefront in promoting a healthy lifestyle through sports and exercise in the State of Kuwait. On October 2010, the first mobile mammography unit in Kuwait was inaugurated through the efforts of CAN and KSSCP; 5.	As Asst. General Secretary of the Arab Federation for Drug Abuse Prevention, lead the campaigns against illegal drugs in Kuwait and wrote a booklet entitled “Drug is Dangerous” in arabic to explain the dangers of drug use, its effects to pregnant mothers and their babies and the related teachings of Islam against drug use. 6.	As early as 1994, had proposed for the establishment of the first palliative center in Kuwait and in the gulf. With the support of the International Islamic Charity Fund and Ministry of Health of Kuwait, the 92-bed Palliative Healthcare Center was completed in 2009 and inaugurated on May 4, 2011. Designated as Head of the Preparation Committee as the center started admitting patients in 2011; 7.	Initiated the establishment of the Al-Essra’a Oncology Centre in Nablus, Palestine. In 2001, proposed to build the center with the support of the Palestinian Authority and the Islamic Charity Fund in Kuwait. It was completed in 2008 and the care and management of the center was turned-over to El Ahli Success University in Nables City for its operation.

Presentations & Publications:

1.	"The Role of Gallium and Thallium in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer" Oral presentation at the Nuclear Medicine Conference, Switzerland, 1993. 2.	Overall View of Lung Cancer in Kuwait: A meta-analysis of 630 patients with Lung Cancer seen in K.C.C.C., between 1971 and 1989. Oral presentation at the XIV Annual Cancer Conference on recent trends in the Management of Lung Cancer, November 27-29, 1993 Kuwait. 3.	"The Role of Radiotherapy in the Management of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (KCCC)": Oral presentation at the XIV Annual Cancer Conference on Recent Trends in the management of Lung Cancer, November 27-29, 1993 Kuwait. 4.	"Role of Radiotherapy in Small Cell Lung Carcinoma": Present trends and Review of Management in KCCC". Oral presentation at the XIV Annual Conference on November 27-29, 1993 Kuwait. 5.	"Primary Chemotherapy in NSCL Cancer”. Oral presentation at the XIV Annual Cancer Conference on Recent Trends in the Management of Lung Cancer, November 27-29, 1993 Kuwait. 6.	"Brain Metastasis in Lung Cancer". Poster presentation at the XIV Annual Cancer Conference on Recent Trends in the Management of Lung Cancer, November 27-29, 1993 Kuwait. 7.	"Second Primary in Lung Cancer". Poster presentation at the XIV Annual Cancer Conference on Recent Trends in the Management of Lung Cancer, November 27-29, 1993 Kuwait. 8.	"Spinal Cord Compression in Lung Cancer”: A meta-analysis of 19 patients seen in the K.C.C.C between 1971and 1989". Poster presentation at the XIV Annual Cancer Conference on Recent Trends in the Management of Lung Cancer, November 27-29, 1993 Kuwait. 9.	"Overview of Head & Neck Cancer in Kuwait". Oral presentation in XV Conference of Head & Neck Cancer in Kuwait. 10.	"Randomized study of Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy comparing with Radiotherapy alone- preliminary study". Oral presentation in the NGO Conference held in Kuwait during March 1996. 11.	"Comparative study of patients treated in Kuwait and abroad of Nasopharynx and Larynx Cancer". 12.	A comparative study between Planar Ga-67, Ti-201 small cell carcinoma of the lung Int. Clinical Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp.426-433, 1995, J.B. Lipp. 13.	Randomized study comparing Neo adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy alone in local advance post nasal space cancer. Oral presentation in "Focus in Cancer Pain", Cyprus, May 1997. 14.	Head & Neck Lymph Node Metastasis from unknown primary. Oral presentation in International Conference of E.N.T. disease held in Kuwait, 1997. 15.	Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Kuwait. Oral presentation in 17the International Cancer Congress (UICC) August 20-23, Rio-de Janeiro, Brazil. 16.	Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (3cycled of 1fc/BDP) followed by RT versus RT alone in Head & Neck Cancer. Oncology Communications ISSN 14334186, Vol.2, September 1998. 17.	Detection of nicotine dependence and smoking profile in smokers in Kuwait – Poster presentation in Anti-Smoking Cancer held at Kuwait, April 1998. 18.	The value of Tc99m MIBI cartography in detecting postoperative remnant tissue and / or metastasis. A comparative study with I-131 scans in W.DTC. Second Kuwait International Conference of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. Oral Presentation. February 21-24, 1999 19.	Analysis of effects of hypothyroidism after radiation therapy in Head & Neck Cancer. Health Sciences Poster Day, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, April 25.1999 20.	Kuwait Cancer Incidence Rate – Oral presentation in UICC Meeting, Alexandria, Egypt, October1999. 21.	Role of Radiotherapy in Controlling Bony Pain Metastasis in Non-Small Lung Cancer. Oral presentation at the physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Conference held in Kuwait 3-5 April, 2000. 22.	Lymph Node Metastasis from Unknown Primary. Medical Principles and Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, Kuwait University. No.9-1-20,pp.59-66(2000). 23.	Role of Technetium in Thyroid Cancer. Presented at 7th Asia Oceania Congress of Nuclear Medicine held in Istanbul, Turkey, November 3, 2000. 24.	Spinal Cord Compression in NSCLC, Oral Presentation, 1st International Conference on Lung Cancer – Prevention and Treatment, 13-15 November, 2000. 25.	Hypothyroidism Induced by Neck Radiation in Head & Neck Cancer, Oral presentation in Update in Thyroid Disease Conference,5-7 November, 2001 (Accepted for oral Presentation but the conference was postponed till December 2002). 26.	Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy versus Radiotherapy alone in Patients with Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. J. Ahmed, S. Dixit, K.A. Al-Saleh, A. Ragheb, A. Verghese and M.A. Naseer. Journal of the Bahrain Medical Society, Vol.13, No.1 January 2001. 27.	Epidemiology of reproductive and hormonal factors in thyroid cancer. 1nt .J. Cancer No.97, 89-2002. 28.	Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in Teenage. Accepted for Publication by the Association of Clinical Oncology, (ASCO) 18-22 May Conference, Orlando, Florida. AbstractNo.102442 29.	The Role of Gallium as a Diagnostic and Follow-up measure in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Z.U. Medical Journal – Vol. VIII; No.: 3, March 2002. 30.	Comparison of Whole Body Scintigraphy with Tc-99m Methoxyisobutyli-sonitrile and Iodine-131 Na. in patients with differentiated Thyroid Cancer. Austral-Asian Journal of Cancer, Vol.2; No.; January 2003. 31.	Analysis of the Outcome of Treatment for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity (Retrospective Study of 50 patients). Oral Oncology, by Avnish K. Varma, Vol.10; Jan 2005. 32.	A comparative analysis for using Ethyol in Head & Neck Cancer.BMJ Middle East, Dec. 2005. 33.	Comparative Study of Mucositis in Patients of Head and Neck Cancer Treated by External Radiotherapy With or Without Amifostine. ZAGAZIG University, Medical Journal, March 15,2009 34.	Comparison of whole body scintigraphy with Tc-99m-Methoxyisobutylisonitrile and iodine-131 Na in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. ZAGAZIG University, Medical Journal, March 15, 2009 35.	Hyperfractionated Radiation Therapy and Concurrent Chemotherapy for Advanced Head and Neck Cancer. K. Al Saleh, R. Safwat, H.S. Hooda, A. Bedair, A. Al-Basmy, H. Al-Wikeel, M. Naseer, Z. Thotathil. Gulf Journal of Oncology, Issue No. 9, January 2011 (funded by a grant from KFAS); 36.	Analysis of the outcome of treatment for squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity: Retrospective study of 180 patients. K. A. AL Saleh, R. Safwat, A. Gaber, O. Hattab, published in the American Society of Clinical Oncology (e16019), May 2011 37.	Phase II/III randomized study of concomitant cetuximab (Anti-EGFR antibody) plus hyperfractionated radiotherapy versus chemotherapy plus hyperfractionated radiotherapy in advanced non-metastatic head and neck cancer (Preliminary report) accepted by ASCO on June 2012

Books published 1.	Translated the book “Lecture Notes on Clinical Oncology by Dr. Barry Hancock and Dr. J. David Bradshaw” from English to Arabic language. Printed at Arab Center for Medical Literature, Kuwait. pp.288; (1999) 2.	Author of the book “Palliative Medicine”, 3rd Edition, published in Kuwait, in Arabic, (2007) 3.	Addiction is a disease of this times (in Arabic), (2006) 4.	Published 4 books of short stories (arabic); Member of Kuwait Writers Society, with a weekly column/article titled “Monday to Monday” in arabic published in Al-Watan newspaper (national circulation).

Hobbies: 1.	Writing short stories 2.	Jogging