Personal Info
- Country of residence: Jordan
Information
09/19/2016
Hussein Hamdan AlHawari, MD, FASN
Consultant Nephrologist
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology/Department of Internal Medicine
The University of Jordan
Social: Married, 2 daughters
Education/work experience:
08/1995 – 06/2001 – Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan,
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery Diploma
07/2001 – 07/2002 – Internship Year at the Ministry of Health, Jordan.
07/2004 – 06/2007 – Internal Medicine Internship and Residency, University of
Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.A.
07/2007 – 06/2009 – Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Fellowship, University of
Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.A.
08/2009 – 03/2013 – Nephrologist and Medical Director, Ozarks Medical Center,
West Plains, MO.
08/2009 – 03/2013 – Part-time lecturer at A.T. Still University of Health Sciences (ATSU),
Kirksville, Missouri.
10/2011 – 03/2013 – Medical Director, DCI Dialysis Clinic, West Plains, MO.
04/2013 – 12/2014 – Medical Director, FMC Dialysis Clinic, Lebanon, MO.
04/2013 – 12/2014 – Nephrologist, Springfield Nephrology Associates, MO.
04/2013 – 07/2016 – Nephrologist, Mercy Hospital, Springfield, MO.
08/2016 – current – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology/Department of
Internal Medicine at the University of Jordan.
Certifications:
06/2001 – Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery Diploma, Jordan.
06/2003 – Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduate Certificate.
06/2005 – Intern in Internal Medicine, UAMS.
06/2007 – Resident in Internal Medicine, UAMS.
08/2007 – American Board Certification in Internal Medicine.
06/2009 – Fellowship in Nephrology, UAMS.
11/2009 – American Board Certification in Nephrology.
05/2014 – Fellowship in the American Society of Nephrology (FASN).
02/2015 – Jordanian Board Certification in Nephrology, Jordan Medical Council.
Medical Licensure:
- Jordan, 2001, active.
- Arkansas, 2007, inactive.
- Missouri, 2008, active.
Procedures:
- Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies: CVVH, CVVHD, CVVHDF, SCUF
- Hemodialysis and hemodialysis catheter placement
- Peritoneal Dialysis: APD and CAPD
- Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
- Native and Transplant Kidney Biopsy
Examinations:
11/2001 – USMLE Step 2, passed with a score of: 263/98%.
06/2002 – USMLE Step 1, passed with a score of: 249/99%.
05/2003 – ECFMG-CSA, passed.
09/2003 – USMLE Step 3, passed with a score of: 207/84%.
08/2007 – ABIM-Internal Medicine
11/2009 – ABIM-Nephrology
02/2015 – Jordanian Board Subspecialty Examination-Nephrology
Publications & Research Experience:
- Monostotic Paget’s Disease of the Humerus: Indications for treatment? Authors: HH
Alhawari, DL Simmons, N Rasouli, HH Alhawari, DR Burrows, M Agarwal, P Madhavaram, RS
Weinstein. Abstracts for the Endocrine Society annual meeting 2009.
- BK virus nephropathy after kidney transplantation:
Study staff - Supervisor: Professor Sameh Abul-Ezz. Retrospective study which included twenty
five patients with BK virus nephropathy following kidney transplantation and different outcomes
after decreasing immunosuppression +/- leflunomide.
- Urine biomarkers to predict delayed graft function following kidney transplantation:
Study staff- Supervisor: Professor Sameh Abul-Ezz. Prospective study to evaluate the urine
levels of NGAL to predict delayed graft function following kidney transplantation.
Clinical Interests:
- Kidney transplantation.
- Vasculitis and Glomerular diseases.
- Hypertension.
- Mineral and Bone Disorder in Chronic Kidney Disease.
- Renal Replacement Therapies.
- Nephrolithiasis
Memberships in Honorary/Professional Societies:
- Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (FASN)
- National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
- Jordan Medical Association (JMA)
Hobbies/interests:
- Swimming, playing tennis and reading.
Achievements and Awards
- Chosen by 417 Magazine (peer review) as one of the top doctors in Missouri in 2014.
- Nominated for Physician of the Year 2010 at Ozarks Medical Center.
- Named by the Nephrology Department at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as
the Chief Nephrology Fellow for the year 2008-2009.
- Thomas E. Andreoli Award for the outstanding house-staff in Internal Medicine Department
for the year (2006-2007).
- Ranked THIRD among the fifty five students in the class of 2001 with an average of 82.8%,
which is rated as (VERY GOOD).
- Listed on the Medical School Faculty Honor list in the scholastic years 1998 and 2000.
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