Speaker

Dr.Amjad Tarawneh

Biography :

Dr. Amjad Al tarawneh born in Al karak, Jordan, in 1975. I received the M.B.B.S. Degree in Medicine and Surgery from University of Science and Technology , Irbid, Jordan, in 1999, and had the Certification of Jordanian Board of Pediatrics in 2006. I had the Certification of fellowship of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (F. R.C.P.S.C), Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada and the Certification of (PGPN) Post Graduate Program in Paediatric Nutrition, in association with Boston University, School of Medicine in 2010 and 2016,respectively. In 2010 , I joined the Department of Pediatrics , University of Mutah, as an Assistant professor of neonatal-perinatal Medicine , and in 2019 became an Associate professor of neonatal-perinatal Medicine. My current research interests include pediatric nutrition and growth, micronutrients deficiency, neonatal respiratory ventilation, neonatal nutrition and growth, neonatal sepsis and immunity, pediatric and neonatal neurodevelopment. Am a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and Jordan Association of Pediatric and have many Membership of Committees and Boards. IN April 2016 I was Awarded In 7th NNIME symposium Allied for Optimal Child Nutrition, Baku, Azerbaijan For Achieving 2nd place among all the submitted abstracts in Middle East, for the study “Can hair loss assessments predict the severity of zinc deficiency in the Paediatric population? A prospective observational study”, and in 2009 had the Quality Assurance Award of McMaster University, ON, Canada for a research project entitled,“Adverse Effects during bles surfactant Administration: Prospective" Observational Study.”