Name: Saad Ibrahim Mahmood Al- Ghabban
Date of birth: 19 January 1950
Nationality: Iraqi
Marital status: married
E-mail: saad_alghabban@yahoo.com
Scientific Status & Date Obtained: Specialist Doctor 15 May 1989; Assistant professor; 6 February 2010
Certificates:
- B,Ch.B; Medical College; University of Baghdad; 30 June 1973
- Sc. (Community Medicine); Medical College; University of Baghdad; 15 May 1986
Posts:
- Resident doctor in Medical City-Baghdad; Aug.1973-Aug.1974
- Director of Qara Tappa Health Center; Mar.1976- Jan.1978
- ٍSenior house officer in Dermatology and internal medicine departments in Medical City-Baghdad ; Jan.1978- Apr.1979
- Practitioner doctor in Dermatology in Directorate of Health-Kerbala; since Apr.1979-Oct.1981
- Postgraduate study for M.Sc. in Community Medicine from College of Medicine-University of Baghdad; Oct.1984 – May 1986
- Specialist doctor in Community Medicine in Directorate of Health of Kerbala; from May1986 in the following positions:
- Director of Dept, of preventive health
- Director of Dept. of Planning & Health Education
- General Director of Directorate of Health-Kerbala; Apr.1990
- Director of Dept. of environmental protection
- Director of Directorate of Environmental Protection in Kerbala; Oct.2001- Apr. 2004
- Specialist doctor in The National Center for Occupational Health & Safety; Dept. of Occupational Health & Safety in Kerbala; Apr.2004- 2004
- Assistant teacher in Dept. of Community Medicine in the College of Medicine / University of Kerbala; 5/8/2004
- Rapporteur of Dept. of Community Medicine in the College of Medicine / University of Kerbala; 25 May 2011
- Chief of Dept. of Community Medicine in the College of Medicine/ University of Kerbala; 26/4/2005
- Teacher in Dept. of Community Medicine in the College of Medicine / University of Kerbala; 6 May 2007
- Assistant professor in Dept. of Community Medicine in the College of Medicine / University of Kerbala; 5/6/2010
- Coordinator of Dept. of Community Medicine in the College of Medicine / University of Kerbala; 25 May 2011
Training courses:
- Primary course for doctors; Directorate of civil protection; 1-21 Jun. 1987
- Training course for Directors of Dept. of planning; Ministry of Heath;11-13 Aug 1989
- Course in essential principles of computer; Technology Institute- Kerbala; 5-17 Jun. 1993
- Course in Teaching Methods; College of Culture- Kerbala; 11-28 Dec.2004.
- Training course in computer; College of Science- Kerbala; 10-24 Apr. 2005
- Training course in concept of comprehensive quality control and application of ISO in High Education- University of Kerbala, 26 April- 4 May 2009
- The short course and scientific tour on “educational development in medical sciences” at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences; 11-19th October 2011.
Conferences & symposiums:
- The Third Scientific Congress College of Medicine University of Baghdad 15-17 April 1986
- The first scientific conference of the Iraqi Community Medicine association & The Regional Conference for the International Federation of Epidemiology; 3-5 Feb. 1987
- The First Scientific Conference for the General Directorate of Health- Kerbala, 25-26 Nov. 1989.
- The second scientific Conference College of Medicine University of Kufa, 5-6 Nov.2006
- The First Medical Annual Conference College of Medicine and Health Directorate in Holy Kerbala April 2007
- The second Conference for medical sciences, University of Kufa, 18 – 19 Mar.2009
- The Third Medical Annual Conference, College of Medicine and Directorate of Health of Holy Karbala ; 25 April 2009
- Training course of the new resident doctors 2009, the Center of CME in the Directorate Of Health of Holy Karbala; 24 January 4 February 2010
- The second Training course of the new resident doctors 2010, the Center of CME in the Directorate of Health of Holy Karbala; 21 – 25 February 2010
- The Forth Medical Annual Conference College of Medicine and Health Directorate in Holy Kerbala 8 May 2010
- Scientific research conference, CME center of Health Directorate in Holy Kerbala & CM dept. of college of medicine Kerbala; 26-28 Oct 2010.
- The First scientific day of orthopedic surgery in Holy Kerbala 16 April 2011
- The Second workshop for gastro enterology and liver diseases in Holy Kerbala 27-28 April 2011
- The Fifth Medical Annual Conference College of Medicine and Health Directorate of Holy Kerbala 7 May 2011
- Preventive medicine symposium. CME center of Health Directorate in Holy Kerbala. 12-13 June 2011
- Scientific research conference, CME center of Health Directorate in Holy Kerbala & CM dept. of college of medicine Kerbala; 2-3 Oct 2011.
- The First Annual Iraqi Hypertension Society Congress, College of Medicine, Holy Kerbala, Republic of Iraq; 23-24 November 2011
- Training course of the new resident doctors 2012, the Center of CME in the Directorate Of Health of Holy Karbala; 5-15 February 2012
- The first international medical meeting. College of Medicine and Health Directorate of Holy Kerbala; 22-23 February 2012
- Conference about motorcycle accidents in Holy Kerbala. the Center of CME in the Directorate Of Health of Holy Karbala;28 February 2012
- The conference on Updates in human physiology and medical physics. College of medicine- university of Kerbala, Kerbala, Iraq; 11-12 march 2012
- The first international conference on medical education. College of medicine- university of Kerbala, Kerbala, Iraq; 3-4 April 2012
- The fifth international conference at Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf, Iraq. Imamia Medics International; at Haram of Imam Husain, , Kerbala, Iraq; 9 April 2012
- The first conference for student’s researches. College of Medicine, Holy Kerbala, 10 May 2012
- Workshop on the medical education. College of medicine- university of Kerbala, Holy Kerbala, Iraq; 23-25 September 2012
- Second Scientific Forum of Sports Medicine in the holy city of Karbala. Iraqi Federation of Sports Medicine and the Faculty of Sport Education – University of Karbala. 20 October 2012
- Scientific Symposium of the misuse of the antibiotic – Health Directorate of Holy Kerbala. 3 December 2012
- Second scientific day of Al-imam al-Husain medical city. 30 April 2013
- The Second Annual Iraqi Hypertension Society Conference, College of Medicine, Holy Kerbala, Republic of Iraq; 13 May 2013
- Scientific research conference, CME center of Health Directorate in Holy Kerbala & CM dept. of college of medicine Kerbala; 23-26 September 2013.
- Third medical conference for laboratory sciences, Health Directorate of Holy Kerbala. 28 October 2013
- Symposium on Medical education and health services, CME center of Health Directorate in Holy Karbala, 30 October 2013
- Scientific research conference, Community Medicine dept. of college of medicine Karbala; 24-28 November 2013
- Third scientific conference of Al-imam al-Husain medical city. 20 May 2014
- The Forth scientific day of orthopedic surgery in Holy Kerbala 21 June 2014
- Workshop on integrated curriculum, College of Medicine: Faculty of Medicine at the University of Karbala. 1-4 September 2014
- Scientific research conference, CME center of Health Directorate in Holy Kerbala & CM dept. of college of medicine Kerbala; 28 September- 2 October 2014
- The first international conference of medical education , college of medicine- university of Babylon, 15-16 February 2015
- The seventh annual scientific conference and workshop for the diseases of the digestive system and liver in Karbala, 23-25 March 2015
- Primary Health Care Conference Faculty of Medicine, University of Karbala, 30 to 31 March 2015
- scientific fifth day of orthopedics and fractures in the holy city of Karbala March 25, 2015
- Scientific Symposium of school health sector of Center of the directorate of Health I holy Karbala March 27, 2015
- Scientific research conference, CME center of Health Directorate in Holy Kerbala & CM dept. of college of medicine Kerbala; 13-17 September 2015.
- Training course on SPSS , CME center of Health Directorate in Holy Kerbala & CM dept; 17 November 2015
- The First pediatrics Conference, College of Medicine and Health Directorate in Holy Kerbala 15 March 2016
- Symposium on “Diabetes” on WHO day , college of medicine Kerbala, 11 April 2016
- Fourth Scientific Conference of the medical city of Imam Hussein (AS) – Karbala, May 10, 2016
- The first international conference of medical education , college of medicine- university of Kerbala, 25 September 2016
- Scientific research conference, CME center of Health Directorate in Holy Kerbala & CM dept. of college of medicine Kerbala; 3-10 October 2016.
- Scientific Symposium on “Diabetes, College of Medicine and Health Directorate in Holy Kerbala 24 October 2016
- The Eleventh Scientific day of Alhindyah Hospital, 26-27 October 2016
- First International Medical Sciences Congress, college of medicine Kerbala, 7-8 December 2016
Teaching Experience:
- Lectures for diploma students in community medicine in College of Medicine- Baghdad, 1986
- Lecturer in Nursing Secondary School of Kerbala; 1989.
- lecturer in Medical College-University of Kerbela since 20004-2005
- Lectures for Board students in community medicine since 2013-2014
- Lectures for M.Sc students in Biochemistry since 2015-2016
Published papers:
- Lead Absorption in Printing Workers; The Third Scientific Congress College of Medicine University of Baghdad 15-17 April 1986
- Lead Absorption in Petrol Filling Station’s Workers Baghdad City; Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad, 1987,vol.29 No.1: 95-102
- Lead Absorption in Battery Workers Baghdad City; Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad, 1987,Vol.29, No.2:211-222
- Lead Exposure among the General Population; Iraqi Medical Journal, 1988,Vol.37, No.2:111-116
- Lead Absorption Traffic Policemen in Baghdad City; Journal of Community Medicine, 1989, vol.2 No.1:29-34
- Water pollution in Governorate of Kerbala for the years 2001-2002, Journal of University of Kerbala, 2005, vol. 2, No. 10,:1-10
- Blood lead levels among cigarette smokers. Kufa Medical Journal, 2006; 9(2):431-435.
- Risk factors for diarrheal diseases in children under the age of five years in Karbala, Karbala Medical Journal, Dec.2006,,vol 1,No.:1:49-63
- Prevalence of Obesity among Adult Population in Karbala. Kufa Medical Journal, 2008; 11(1):326-334.
- Prevalence of Current Smoking among Students in University of Kerbala. Karbala Medical Journal, Dec. 2009; 2(8,9):645-61
- Drug induced hypokalemia; A retrospective study, The New Iraqi journal of Medicine, 2010; 6 (1): 22-26
- A Guide for Writing Medical Research Paper. Kerbala Medical Glow Journal, 2011; 5: 32-5
- Association of Cigarette Smoking and Coronary Heart Disease in Kerbala. Kufa Medical Journal, 2012; 15(2):205- 15.
- Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Students in University of Kerbala Babylon Medical Journal, 2013; 10(1): 205-18
- Risk Factors and Pattern of Injuries in Motorcycle Accidents in Holy Karbala, Karbala J. Med. 2013; 6 (1): 1601-10
- Lower Limb Injuries Caused by Motorcycle Accidents in Holy Kerbala, Research 2014;1:678
Membership of Debate committee of graduate students
- Membership of Debate committee of Diploma student in community medicine, Abdul-Latif Communa – Faculty of Medicine – University of Al-Nahrain 1989
- Membership of Debate committee of Diploma student in Family Medicine: Farqad Dhia Hammoud, Huda Razak Jawad, Hassan Abdullah Ali – Faculty of Medicine – University of Babylon – September 27, 2011
- Membership of Debate committee of Diploma student in Family Medicine: Fares Falah Sadiq, Isra Mudhir Zidane, Iman Abboud Ahmed, Rasha Rahim Thaban. Faculty of Medicine – University of Babylon. September 19, 2012
- Membership of Debate committee of Diploma student in Family Medicine: Yousrش Mohamed Hassan, Huda Rahim Salman Haidar Jassim owner. Faculty of Medicine – University of Babylon. 18 September 2013
- Membership of Debate committee of student in the Arab Board of Medicine Sara Majid Abdul Amir family 13October, 2014
- Membership of Debate committee of student Arab Board in the family Medicine of Muhammad Ali, 30 September 2015
- Membership of Debate committee of student Arab Board in the family Medicine of Leena Faieq Muhsin, 22 September.2016



