<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>Curriculum Vitae <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>Of <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>Dr. Wallaa Luay Al_Afalluji <br/> <br/>M.B.Ch.B. , F.I.B.M.S. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>Consultant Cardiovascular and thoracic Surgeon <br/> <br/>Professor <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>2025 <br/> <br/>1.Personal Details: <br/> <br/>Given names Wallaa Luay Ali <br/> <br/>Surname Al_ Falluji <br/> <br/>Date of birth 7- 03-1977 <br/> <br/>Sex Male <br/> <br/>Marital Status Married <br/> <br/> Address <br/>• Professor and Dean of Medical College \ Al-Mustaqbal University \ Babylon \ Iraq. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Telephone <br/> <br/> Mobile \ Iraq 00964780 1170996 <br/> <br/> <br/>E-mail [email protected] <br/> <br/> <br/>2.Education and Qualification <br/> <br/> Novmber 2010 F.I.B.M.S. <br/> <br/> Fellow Iraqi Board for Medical Specializations of Cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, Baghdad, Iraq. <br/> <br/>July 2001 M.B.Ch.B. <br/> <br/> College of Medicine, Babylon University, Iraq <br/> <br/> <br/>July 1994 National Baccalaureate Exam <br/> (level A equivalent) <br/> <br/> Al Hilla Secondary School <br/>Babylon, Iraq <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>3.Work Experience <br/> <br/>------------Speciality Experience --------- <br/> <br/>May / 2020 _ 2025 <br/> <br/>Senior cardiac surgeon at Babylon Cardiac Centre / Imam Alssadiq Teaching Hospitah / Babylon / Iraq which is largest teaching hospital in city <br/> <br/> <br/>May / 2015 _ May / 2020 <br/>Senior cardiac surgeon at Ibn_Albitar Cardiac Centre / Baghdad / Iraq which is largest cardiac teaching centre in Iraq and I m working a variety of paediatric and adult open heart operations that include:- <br/> <br/>• Pediatric cardiac operations that including:- <br/> ASD ; sinus venosus & AV canal <br/> VSD ; VSD + AVR <br/> PDA <br/> Pulmonary artery banding <br/> TOF <br/> <br/>• Adult cardiac operations that including:- <br/> Coronary artery bypass graft surgery <br/> Mitral valve replacement <br/> Aortic valve replacement <br/> Double valve replacement <br/> Subaortic ridge <br/> Myxoma tumor; left atrium <br/> Pericardiactomy <br/> <br/> <br/>January /2013 – April 2015 <br/>Senior cardiac surgeon at Shaheed Al-Muhrab cardiac centre at Merjan Medical City / Babylon / Iraq and I m working for development and upgrading of this centre by establishing of cardiac surgery at Babylon government and addition of many new medical cardiac services provided by this cardiac centre. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>December/ 2010 - December / 2012 <br/> <br/> Registered Cardiovascular Surgeon at Ibn Al_Bitar Special centre for cardiac surgery, Baghdad, Iraq and I m working on a variety of Paediatric and Adult heart operations that listed above. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>----------Studying Board Experience ------------- <br/> <br/> <br/>1st/ November /2003 - 30 / November /2010 <br/> <br/> <br/>Senior Resident (Clinical fellow equivalent) in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery <br/> Postgraduate Study to obtain the degree of fellowship of the Iraqi board for medical specializations in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery <br/> Training program was as follow: <br/> <br/> <br/>1st/October /2007 – 30 /November /2010 <br/>• Resident in cardiac surgery (6 months at Ibn Al-bitar center for cardiac surgery- Baghdad) <br/>• resident in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (30 months at specialized surgical hospital- Baghdad which is the largest surgical teaching hospital in Iraq) during this long period I performed many of vascular and thoracic operations that may be elective or emergency type with wide varieties which include :- <br/>( variety of civilian and military vascular injuries at different parts of body , thoracic trauma , tumors , aneurysms ,resection lung surgery , hydatid lung diseases , pleural conditions , lung tuberculosis ,arterial fistula complication , AV malformation , varicose veins, acute arterial occlusion , chronic arterial occlusion , graft complication, emergency and call duties ,inpatients management, rigid and flexible bronchoscope ,oesoghoscope ,lung abscess and decortication ) <br/> <br/> <br/>1st/October /2006 - 1st/October /2007 <br/>• resident in cardiac surgery at Ibn Al_Bitar center for cardiac surgery <br/>1st/October /2005 - 1st/October /2006 <br/>• resident in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery( 6 months at Ibn Al_Nafess center for thoracic and cardiovascular diseases – Baghdad) <br/>• resident in cardiac surgery (6 months at Ibn Al_Bitar center for cardiac surgery). <br/>1st/October /2004 - 1st/October /2005 <br/>• resident in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (Ibn Al_Nafess center for thoracic and cardiovascular diseases - Baghdad) <br/>1st/ November /2003- 1st/October /2004 <br/>• resident in general surgery ( 6 months in Hilla Teaching General Hospital) <br/>• resident in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (6 months at Ibn Al_Nafess center for thoracic and cardiovascular diseases- Baghdad) <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>----------Rotation medical system Experience ------- <br/> <br/> <br/> October /2001- October 2003 <br/> <br/> <br/>Resident Rotator “House Officer Level” <br/> Hilla Public Hospitals, Babylon, IRAQ <br/> <br/>• General Medicine (8 months) <br/>• Gynecology & Obstetrics (4 months) <br/>• Pediatrics (4 months) <br/>• Surgical Department (8 months) <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>4.Conferences <br/> <br/> <br/>1- First Virtual International Conference on COVID-19 Update of Iraqi Medical Association on 13th and 14th June 2020 . <br/>2- First International Virtual Conference of University of Babylon ( IVCUB-2020 ) on April 22, 2020. <br/>3- Regenerative medicine working group on the 14 of February 2020 Istanbul. <br/>4- First Iraqi-Germinal Medical Conference / Babylon University / College of Medicine / Babylon / Iraq / March / 2018 . <br/>5- Gulf Thoracic (9th annual congress) Saudi and Emirat thoracic socity / Dubai /UAE / March / 2018. <br/>6- 2nd International Medical Conference / Babylon University / College of Medicine / Babylon / Iraq / February / 2017. <br/>7- 5th International Iraqi Congress / Iraqi cardiothoracic society / Baghdad / Iraq / March / 2017. <br/>8- 1st Iraqi Cardiac centers Congress / Iraqi ministry of health / Baghdad / Iraq April / 2015. <br/>9- Cardio Arab conference / cardio Arab society / Dubai / UAE / April / 2014. <br/>10- 27th EACTS Annual Meeting / European cardiovascular and thoracic society / Vienna / Austria / October / 2013. <br/>11- ESC Congress 2013 / European Board Of Cardiology / Amsterdam / Netherlands / 31 August – 4 September / 2013 . <br/>12- Second Medical Conference / Babylon University / College of Medicine / Babylon / Iraq / 3rd-4th / November /2010 . <br/>13- Coronary Revascularization in Iraq / Iraqi Cardiothoracic Society / Babylon / Iraq / 2nd /April / 2009. <br/>14- Babil Surgical Conference / Ministry of Health / Babylon / Iraq / 1st-2nd / July /2009 . <br/>15- Scientific Medical Conference / IMAMIA organization/ Babylon / Iraq / 23rd / July / 2009 . <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>5.Research & Projects <br/> <br/>I have many researches and projects that still I m working on it and some of my scientific researches was published that include the following:- <br/> <br/>1- Instituting of forensic medicine text book <br/>2- Evaluation of the clinical conditions of patients with therapeutic cardiac angiography and In-stent restenosis risk factors for in cancer patients / Onkologia I Radioterapia / Vol.17 Iss.10: 001-006 : 05 November, 2023. <br/>3- A comparative study evaluating the outcome of patients with pneumothorax diagnosed with COVID-19 in Iraq / Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology / Vol.30 (2):e219–e226; 01 March 2023. <br/> <br/>4- Role of Vitamin B3 in the prevention of acute kidney injury post-cardiac surgery through measurement of serum cystatin C and Creatinine / Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology / Vol.30 (1):e301–e311; 15 January 2023 . <br/>5- Knowledge the relationship between coronary artery disease and risk factor. / Azerbaijan Medical Journal / Volume 62, Issue 09, November, 2022. <br/>6- Vascular Complications in adult patients with COVID-19 Infection in Margan Hospital, Babylon Governorate, Iraq:( January of 2020 to June of 2021) / History of Medicine 8(1):29-35, 2022. <br/>7- Acute Traumatic Haemothorax / Sarcouncil Journal of Medical Sciences / Volume-01|Issue-05 |2022. <br/>8- Modulation of oxidative stress , inflammatory and apoptotic response by curcumin against cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury in a mouse model / ELSEVIER , 21 (2020) 100741 . <br/>9- The Value of left ventricular Strain in Predicting adverse outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery / 24 ( 101 ), January-February , 2020 <br/>10- Cardiac Hydatidosis / journal of Babylon University / pure and applied sciences / No.(2) / Vol.(27) : 2018 . <br/>11- The usage of Blalock-Taussig shunt in cyanotic congenital heart diseases / journal of Babylon University / pure and applied sciences / No.(1) / Vol.(26) : 2018 . <br/>12- Redo Surgery in mitral valve diseases / medical journal of Babylon Vol.13- No.4: 896- 903 / 2016 . <br/>13- Surgical outcomes of Ascending Aorta Aneurysm / medical jornal of Babylon Vol.13- No.4:839- 850 / 2016 . <br/>14- The effects of blood usage shortly after open heart surgery / journal of Babylon University / pure and applied sciences / No.(9) / Vol.(24) : 2016. <br/>15- Mitral valve surgery at Ibn Al- Bitar Center for Cardiac Surgery (From 1994 to 2008) . <br/>A thesis submitted to the Iraqi board for medical specializations as a partial fulfillment to enter the final exam, which was approved by the examination committee and considered as one of largest thesis submitted to the Iraqi board for medical specializations in cardiac surgery because it deal with more than 1250 patients underwent mitral valve surgery at Ibn Al_ Bitar center for cardiac surgery / Baghdad / Iraq. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>6.Teaching and Academic Experience <br/> <br/> I am a member of the teaching staff of Hammurabi Medical college / Babylon University / ministry of higher education and scientific research in Iraq and I m interested in scientific researches so I have the following academic scientific tittle:- <br/>• Professor scientific tittle of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery / 2023. <br/>• Assist professor scientific tittle of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery / 2016. <br/>• Teacher scientific tittle of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery / 2011. <br/> I was involved in lecture teaching and clinical sessions to the students of different classes at this college, giving lectures in my specialty, with many clinical cessions and training courses to the students of last year class. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>7. Positions Headed <br/> <br/>1- Manager of Shaheed Al-Muhrab Cardiac Centre at Merjan Medical City \ Babylon \ Iraq ( 2013 – 2015 ) . <br/>2- Associate Dean of Hammurabi Medical College \ University of Babylon \ Babylon \ Iraq ( 2018 ) . <br/>3- Manager of Ibn Al-Bitar Cardiac Centre \ Baghdad \ Iraq ( 2019 ) . <br/>4- Manager of open heart surgery unite at Babylon Cardiac Center at Imam Alssadiq Teaching Hospital \ Babylon \ Iraq ( 2020) . <br/>5- Scientific affairs assistant Manager of Imam Alssadiq Teaching Hospital \ Babylon \ Iraq ( 2022 ) . <br/>6- Dean of almustaqbal medical college ( 2025). <br/> <br/> <br/>