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NATHIR MIFLEH MOH’D OBEIDAT
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Nathir M Obeidat
Male
December 20 th 1959
Hartha – Irbid – Jordan
Married with 3 children
Jordanian
P.O.Box 17114
Amman – Jordan nathirmo@yahoo.com
Mob. 962795718552
Chairman Department of Internal Medicine at the faculty of Medicine
University of Jordan from September 2007 till now
Chairman of Department of Internal Medicine at Jordan
University Hospital from from september2007 till now.
Director division of respiratory and sleep medicine at Jordan University
Hospital.
Director of Medical ICU at Jordan University Hospital

QUALIFICATIONS:
- Aug. 2002
- Dec. 2000
Jordanian board in Respiratory Medicine
(Jordanian Medical Council)
Fellowship in Respiratory Medicine and Sleep
Medicine – Sydney University - Australia
Diploma in education – University of Jordan - Aug. 1996
- Aug. 1994
- 1990-1994
Jordanian Board of Internal Medicine, Jordan
Medical council .
MSc Degree of Internal Medicine – Jordan university , Amman – Jordan , ( 4 years training
Program ) .
- 1987
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1979-1985
1975-1978
Passed Internship Examination of the
Jordanian Medical Council .
MB.BS Degree of Medicine Bulgarian
Medical Academy. “ Ivan P. Pavlov “ Higher
Medical Institute Plovdiv – Bulgaria .
EC. General Secondary Education High
School Certificate .

PRESENT POST:
-Jul.1999-Jan.2000
-Jan.1999-Jul.1999
- Associate prof. Of Internal Medicine,
Respiratory and sleep Medicine /Faculty of
Medicine/ University of Jordan- Jordan
University Hospital .
- Consultant respiratory, sleep Medicine and intensive care–University of Jordan
Jordan University Hospital.
Head of sleep center – University of Jordan
Jordan University Hospital
- Head of medical ICU- University of Jordan
Jordan University Hospital.
- Head of Scientific Committee for Internal
Medicine in Jordan Medical Council
- Member of Scientific committee in Respiratory
Medicine in Jordan Medical Council
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
-Jan. 2001 untill now - Consultant Respiratory, Sleep Medicine and intensive care
- Director of Medical ICU Jordan University
Hospital
Director of Sleep center .
- Associate Professor in Internal Medicine department - Respiratory & Sleep Medicine.
Senior Registrar In Sleep
Medicine - Westmead Hospital .
University of Sydney, Australia
Registrar in ICU –Blacktown
Hospital - Sydney, Australia

-Jul.1996-Jan.1999
-1994 - 1996
-1992,1993,1995
Senior Registrar in Respiratory and Sleep
Medicine – Westmead Hospital /University of
Sydney, Australia
Fellow at the Department of Internal
Medicine , Respiratory Unit at Jordan
University Hospital .
Instructor of Introductory Courses
-Jul.1990-Jun.1994 each year for around two months , designed for fourth year medical students
Residency program in Internal Medicine at Jordan University Hospital. Amman –
Jordan .
-Jul.1987-Mar.1989
-Jan.1986-Jan.1987
General practitioner at the Jordanian
Royal Medical Service (Military Service)
Rotating Internship at Jordan
University Hospital .
COMMITTEES:
Head of Jordanian board committee for Internal Medicine and it's branches
2009 till now .
Member of Jordanian board committee for Respiratory Medicine 2009 till now .
Representative of the faculty of Medicine in the Arab board council from
June 2010 till now
Member of the examination committee in Arab Board from 2010 till now
Head of drug and therapeutic committee at Jordan University Hospital. 2009 till now
Member, Jordanian Medical Association
Member, Jordanian Association for Internal Medicine
Member, Jordanian Association for Respiratory Medicine
Head of National committee for pharmacovigilance in Jordan FDA
2004 – 2008.
Member of National committee for Influenza in Jordan 2003 till now .
Member of National committee for Training in palliative care
Member of committee for Emergency at J.U.H
Member of Committee for the cost of Medical Procedures at J.U.H.

1) Rare occurrence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection among
Jordanian adults with respiratory tract infections
Obeidat, NM; Qatouseh, LF; Shehabi, AA
Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease [Microb. Ecol. Health Dis.].
Vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 216-218. 2005
2)
Obeidat
Nathir Mefleh
Jordan Medical Journal 2008:Vol 42(1): 49-52
3) Thrombophilia-related genetic variations in patients with pulmonary embolism in the main Teaching Hospital in
Jordan. Saudi Med J 2009; Vol. 30 (7) (accepted for publication).
Nathir M. Obeidat, MD, Abdallah Awidi, MD, Naef A. Sulaiman, MD, Ilham B. Abu-Khader, MPH.
4) Risk stratification for venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients in a developing country: a prospective study .
Awidi A, Obeidat N , Magablah A, Bsoul N, Thrombo Thrombolysis . 2008 Nov 21.
5) The Effect of Genetically Related Risk Factors on the Recurrence
Rate of Acute Pulmonary Embolism in a Tertiary Teaching
Hospital in Jordan .
Nathir M. Obeidat , 2010 Dec.
6) Poisoning in Jordan : Experience of three years from a Poison
Information Center Perspective.
Accepted in JMJ 2009 - J.M.J
Nathir M.Obeidat¹ , Reem F. Abutayeh, Kamal A. Hadidi²
7) First Percutaneaus Ballon Pericardiotomy ( PBP ) or Pericardioplasty in Jordan ; acase report and review of litrature
Aqel ; Raed , Alkatib Obeidat, ¹Nathir M.
Accepted in JMJ 2010, 44 (4) 481-485 - J.M.J
8) Epidemiology Features of Acinetobacter baumannii
ColonizingRespiratory Tracts of ICU Patients
The International Arabic Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
Vol 2, No 2 (2012)
Noor Al-Dabaibah, Nathir M. Obeidat , Asem A Shehabi

9) Distribution of COPD-related symptoms in the Middle
East and North Africa: Results of the BREATHE study
Mohamed Awad Tageldina, Salim Nafti b, Javaid Ahmed Khan c,
Chakib Nejjari d, Majed Beji e, Bassam Mahboub f, Nathir M.
Obeidatg, Esra Uzaslan h, Abdullah Sayiner i, Siraj Wali j, Nauman
Rashid k, Abdelkader El Hasnaoui k, *A, on behalf of the BREATHE
Study Group
B Respiratory Medicine, 2012 Vol 106, Supplement 2
10) The burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Middle East and North Africa: Results of the
BREATHE study. Respiratory Medicine, 2012 Vol 106, Supplement 2
Esra Uzaslana, Bassam Mahboubb, Majed Bejic, Chakib Nejjari d,
Mohamed Awad Tageldine, Javaid Ahmed Khan f, Salim Nafti g,
Nathir M. Obeidat h, Abdullah Sayiner i, Siraj Wali j, Nauman
Rashid k, Abdelkader El Hasnaoui k, *A, on behalf of the BREATHE
Study Group
B Respiratory Medicine, 2012 Vol 106, Supplement 2
11) Attitudes and beliefs about COPD: Data from the
BREATHE study
Abdullah Sayiner a, Ashraf Alzaabi b, Nathir M. Obeidatc, Chakib
Nejjari d, Majed Beji e, Esra Uzaslan f, Salim Nafti g, Javaid Ahmed
Khan h, Mohamed Awad Tageldini, Majdy Idreesj, Nauman Rashid k, Abdelkader El Hasnaoui k, *A, on behalf of the BREATHE Study
Group
B Respiratory Medicine, 2012 Vol 106, Supplement 2