Personal Information

 Associate Professor

Department of  Diagnostic Radiology

Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences

Contact Information

Phone: 6400000 Ext. 25468

Email: bzshakhreet@kau.edu.sa

Bassam Zuhdi Othman Shakhreet

 Associate Professor

Profile

 

Education

  • 1992

    High School degree from , Qutaibah Bin Muslim Al-Baheli, عمان, الاردن

  • 1997

    Bachelor degree from Medical PhysicsScience, Applied Sciences University, عمان, الاردن

  • 2002

    Master degree from Medical PhysicsScience, Universiti Sains Malaysia, بينانغ, مـــالـيزيا

  • 2006

    Doctorate degree from Medical PhysicsScience, University Science of Malaysia, بينانغ, مـــالـيزيا

Employment

  • 1998-1999

    Medical Physicist, Ministry of Health , Al-Basheer Hospital, عمان, الاردن

  • 2007-2009

    Assistant Prof., Al-Jouf University, سكاكا, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2009-2011

    Assistant Prof., University of Hail, حائل, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2011-حاليا

    Associate Prof., King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests

 

Scientific interests

 

Courses

X-Ray Physics and Equipment 220 RAD
Medical Ethics & Patient Care 290 RAD
Nuclear Medicine Technique (I) 350 RAD
Nuclear Medicine Technique II 351 RAD
Nuclear Medicine Physics and Equipments 223 RAD
Introduction to Radiotherapy Physics 426 RAD
Research Methodology 499 RAD
Radiobiology and Radiation Protection 222 RAD
Image recording Quality Assurance and PACS 224 RAD

Areas of expertise

Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy Based on my experiences in hospitals, I have sufficient capacity to undertake and complete many tasks related to specialization in medical physics, including: 1) The application of health physics with regard to the practice of nuclear medicine. 2) Supervision and follow-up the ongoing maintenance of medical devices. 3) Do the process of treatment planning of radiation therapy for different cases of the patients. 4) Supervision and follow-up continuing the process of measuring radiation doses to workers. 5) Develop and evaluate a cancer patient of treatment plan in collaboration with an oncologist regarding the delivery of radiation dose. 6) To develop specifications for nuclear medicine imaging devices and detectors of radiation emitted from radioactive elements. 7) Do an acceptance tests and prepare for the start of use of hardware, and do an acceptance tests and evaluation of computer systems, algorithms, data, and outputs associated with these devices. 8) Provide an advice to ensure a balance between image quality resulting from the nuclear imaging and radiation dose absorbed in the body of the patient. 9) Counseling with respect to exposure to the radiation dose to the patient or whether the employee, and the related risks. 10) Calibration of radiation measuring devices. 11) Calibration of equipment and radiation sources used. 12) Official radiation protection. 13) Supervision of professional’s technicians. 14) Provide training for doctors and other health care providers with respect to the physics of nuclear medicine. 15) Provide an advice to the development program in medical imaging of nuclear and radiation therapy. 16) Planning and determining the thickness and type of material to make protective shields to protect the patient and the employee, and the common folk and the environment from radiation, and evaluation of protective shield user. 17) Measure and draw curves of radiation doses for the various fields of the sources of radiation.
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