Executive Summary of Mode Al Ojaimi, M.D.
Mode Ojaimi is an American Board Certified General Pediatrician from State University of New York- SUNY – Syracuse.
After graduating as MD from the American University of Beirut in 1996, Mode completed her Residency in General Pediatrics at SUNY. While in the US, she developed expertise in Pediatrics Primary Care and Pediatric Hypnosis. She was often placed on the dean’s honor list during her BS in Biology and is recipient of the Teaching Award from SUNY.
In 2000, Mode started her private practice as Pediatrician in Amioun, Northern Lebanon, enjoying a successful career till today. She served as the Chair of the Pediatrics Department in FMC from 2015-2019 where she established a successful department, its rules and protocols. Dr Ojaimi is also affiliated to many hospitals in the North where she served as member of Infectious Diseases Committee, Medical Board Committee and Pediatric Scientific Committee. She is a reference for complicated pediatric cases in Northern Lebanon. Mode served also with Caritas for 8 years as the Pediatrician in charge of the Koura District Sector. She led many campaigns related to improving the health of the underprivileged and refugees.
In 2008, Mode joined the Lebanese American University (LAU) as Assistant Professor of Pathophysiology and Physiology at the School of Pharmacy. In 2008, she joined University of Balamand (UOB) where she successfully established the Pediatric Clinic in the infirmary.
Currently, Mode is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Balamand Medical School - BMS. She was in charge in 2012 of changing the existing curriculum into the one used till date and developed expertise in academic medicine curricular design and implementation in Medical Schools. She implemented NBME and community clinical skills rotations in Med II hence bridging the gap between BMS and the surrounding community. She is Head of the Med II teaching committee and is a member of many academic committees in BMS.
Mode is pioneering innovation in medical education being the founder and medical director of the Balamand Medical Simulation Center (BMSC). In addition of being certified as Lead Instructor for BLS and ACLS disciplines from AHA, mode is leading a multidisciplinary health care team in the design and customization of medical simulation courses. In this regard, she led several initiatives with NGOs such as UNHCR, governmental and community hospitals to improve the level of emergency health care among Health Care Professionals.
Dr Ojaimi research interests are in Clinical Pediatrics and Academics. Her abstract won first Prize in Neonatology conference in Calgary in 2018. She is also member of the Editorial Board of
“Updates in Pediatrics” Journal. She is a national and international speaker about pediatric diseases and health issues. She has given many awareness lectures about pediatric health in local schools. She served as “Invited Judge” for the theses of Med IV students in Holy Spirit University of Kaslik for the last 3 years.
Mode completed her Executive Masters in Business Administration in January,21 hoping to optimize her communication, managerial and leadership skills.
MODE AL OJAIMI, M.D., EMBA
PERSONAL INFORMATION Civil status: Married, 2 kids Nationality: Lebanese Date of Birth: 23,12,1971
E-mail: [email protected] ; [email protected] Mailing address: Lamar center, Amioun-koura
Phone number: 03-584558/ 06-952371
** EDUCATION
1992-1996 American University of Beirut Doctor of Medicine 1989-1992 American University of Beirut Bachelor Biology
1986-1989 Sainte Therese High School Baccalaureate Life Sciences
**POST GRADUATE TRAINING 2021 University of Balamand
EXECUTIVE MASTER BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 1997-2000 State university of New York
PEDIATRICS RESIDENCY
1996-1997 American University of Beirut PEDIATRICS INTERNSHIP
BOARD CERTIFICATION
October 24, 2000 – AMERICAN BOARD OF PEDIATRICS
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Current Appointments
2020---- present Visiting Assistant Professor University of Sharjah- Clinical Sciences Department
2017---- present Founding member and Director of Balamand Medical Simulation Center- BMSC
2016---present Assistant Professor of Pediatrics – Balamand Medical School
2012----present Med II Clinical pharmacology course coordinator-BMS 2013----present Med II Clinical Skills Course Coordinator-BMS
2017----2019 Member of the Student Affairs Committee of the Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences
January 2020 Member of the Preclinical Teaching Committee Balamand Medical School
April 2020 Focal Faculty Representative of Medical school in the online exam taskforce during Covid-19.
Previous Appointments
2008---- 2016 Lecturer Balamand University
2011----2020 Med II teaching committee- Balamand Medical School (BMS) 2013----2017 Med II curriculum coordinator-BMS
2016- -- 2018 Member of the Dean’s Medical Advisory Committee for University of Balamand Medical Center- UOBMC 2017----2019 Chair of Med II Teaching committee
2017-2019 Med II Coordinator - BMS
2017---- 2018 Member of the Dean’s Steering Committee for UOBMC
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS Current:
2019 ---2020 Family Medical Center - Part time Pediatrician 2002---2020 Koura Hospital- Part time pediatrician
Previous:
2016---2019 Family Medical Center- Chair of Pediatrics Department 2001-2003 Centre Hospitalier Du Nord- Full time pediatrician
2004- 2019 Centre Hospitalier Du Nord – Part Time Pediatrician 2001-2006 Haykal Hospital- Part time pediatrician
2001---2013 Borgi Hospital- Part time pediatrician
HOSPITAL COMMITTEES
2004-2006 Centre Hospitalier Du Nord Infectious disease committee 2016 Family Medical Center
Medical Board Committee and Pediatric Scientific Committee
HONORS AND AWARDS
1989-1992 American University of Beirut DEAN’S HONOR LIST 1999-2000 State University Of New York
TEACHING AWARD
2018 First Prize Abstract in 14th international workshop on Neonatology- Calgari October 24- 27 ,2018
Awareness about Labia Minora Adhesion among Lebanese Pediatricians: Myriam Amm, MC. Fadous Khalife, V. Modica, H. Feghali, J.mardini, M.Al Ojaimi- Poster
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Current:
2018---present Balamand Medical Simulation Center
Certified instructor by American Heart association to teach Heart saver, BLS, ACLS and PALS.
Training Center Faculty for BLS and ACLS as of July, 2020
2016---present Assistant Professor Pediatrics Balamand Medical School Previous:
1997-2000 State University of New York Clinical Pediatrics
2008-2010 LAU school of pharmacy
Assistant professor of pathophysiology & anatomy- physiology
2011----2017 Balamand Medical School Lecturer of pharmacology
2013-2018 School of Nursing -Balamand
Lecturer of pathophysiology, physical assessment courses and pediatric pathophysiology
Medical Education Skills 1-Simulation
-Developing and implementing multiple simulation courses for Med II students that enable them to easily transfer into the clinical setting in Med III which include: Nursing skills, Pharmacology of cardiac emergencies, Prostate examination, ENT examination, First Trimester Pregnancy Ultrasound
- Implementation of Harvey cardiac Simulation for Med II students.
- Instructor for BLS, ACLS and PALS.
-As of 2019, I developed and implemented primer courses for continuous medical education of community physicians and nurses working in hospitals sponsored by
UNHCR. These courses targeted specific needs and gaps identified during training similar cohorts in Balamand Medical Simulation Center for BLS and ACLS. These courses serve also as a pre-requisite for ACLS and PALS in order to optimize learning outcomes. They include: EKG from A to Z, Respiratory Management Course and Pharmacology of Cardiac Emergencies
2- Curricular development:
Implementation of sequential changes in the Med II curriculum as of 2012 as outlined below:
• In 2012, changes started with the modification of the pre- clerkship curriculum from ‘didactic’ to a hybrid of didactic and problem-based learning curriculum.
• In 2014-2015, integration of a clinical clerkship rotation all through Med II academic year.
• In 2017-2018, implementation of clinical simulation for Med II students.
• In 2018-2019, integration of clinical simulation courses into the clinical skills II module.
• Writing all the syllabi for pre-clinical medicine 2 courses.
This curriculum is the one currently adopted by University of Balamand Medical School.
3- Course Coordination:
Coordinating clinical pharmacology course and clinical skills rotation for pre-clinical Medicine II.
4- Assessment and Measurements:
-Implementation of National Board of Medical Examiners – NBME- in Med II in 2015 in order to match the hybrid nature of the revised curriculum in 2012 and to focus on developing clinical analytical reasoning skills in Med II students.
- Blue print generation and selection of examination questions for respective modules to be approved by the respective course coordinators.
- OSCE like oral examination for Med II students in their clinical skills rotation 5- Remote teaching skills:
- Designing webinars to target specific learning outcomes. Last one was April, 16,2020 http://awareness.balamand.edu.lb/BMSC/
- Educational videos on UOB website and You tube - Online teaching via WebEx.
6- Team based learning and problem based learning for Med II students.
PRIVATE PRACTICE and OUTPATIENT EXPERIENCE Current:
2000 ---present Private clinic in Amioun –Koura
2008- -present Pediatric infirmary – Balamand University
Previous:
2000 - 2002 Abiad Medical Center- Tripoli 2002 - 2004 Azmi polyclinics
2000 – 2008 Pediatrician of Caritas- Koura Sector 2004 - 2013 Pediatrician of MedNet- Remedex, Tripoli 2008-2013 Pediatrician of Balamand English School
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Publications :
1) I. Issaa, V. Modica Alameddinea, M.C. Fadous Khalifea, M. Al Ojaimi, Z.
Ghorayeb. Isolated and stable gallbladder perforation in a 5-year-old child after blunt abdominal trauma- Published May 28, 17 in TRAUMA CASE REPORTS- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2017.05.004
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352644017300286 2) M.C.Fadous Khalife,P. Noun, F. Semaan, R.Dagher, M Karam,
W.Ghaname, R.Ghiye, R.Chaabane, M.Samarani, M.AlOjaimi ,An unusual presentation of eosinophilic gastro-enteritis(Case report),Journal of
advances in medicine and medical research, DOI:
10.9734/JAMMR/August2017/35609, Article
3) M.C.FadousKhalife ,M.Samarani, G.AbiFares, G.Makhoul, P.Matta, E.Hadchiti,M.Amm,J.Souaiby,A.Fneiche,J.Kerillos,R.Kosseifi,A.Matta,M.
AlOjaimi,Effect of early versus immediate breastfeeding on the behavior of term newborns: A randomized controlled trial, International journal of current research,Vol. 9, Issue, 08, pp.56673-56677, August 2017, ISSN:
0975-833X Article
4) Y.Feghali, M.AlOjaimi, E.Hadchity, M.Rahal, B.Ghanem, W.Greige, R.Dagher, D.Nassif, M.B.Elias, F.Fahed, M.C.Fadous Khalife, Factors that would optimize learning among adolescent Lebanese students, International journal of development research, Vol. 07, Issue, 09, pp.15668-15673, September 2017, ISSN: 2230-9926Article
5) Grace Akoury , Valeria Modica Alameddine , Nada Khoury ,Rawane Dagher, Pauline Abou Jaoude , Mode AlOjaimi ,Rayan Ghyie, Marie Claude Fadous Khalife, A challenging case of non-malignant fever and pancytopenia, International journal of current research, Vol., Issue, pp., November 2017,ISSN:0975-833X, Article
6) Pamela Houeiss, Antoine Farah, Peter Noun, Mode AlOjaimi, Georges AbiFares, Myriam Amm, Hala Féghali, Georges Nicolas, Gisèle Nader, Marie Samarani, Peter Makhoul, Marie Claude Fadous Khalife, Comparative study for Probiotics & Symbiotic versus placebo in pediatrics acute diarrhea:
Randomized controlled trial; International journal of clinical Pediatrics, April 2018, Article
7) G.Makhoul , J.Mardini, M.AlOjaimi, G.AbiFares, J.Souaiby,P. Hanna, A.
Alameddine , H.Feghali, P.Makhoul, J.Sakkal, M.C.Fadous Khalife, Effect of probiotic “L.reuteri” on the reduction of serum bilirubin in neonatal jaundice: A randomized control trial , European Scientific journal, April 2018, Article
8) Myriam Amm, Yara salameh, Zaki Ghorayeb, Hala Feghali, Georges Nicolas, Mode AlOjaimi, Marie Claude Fadous Khalife, Medico-socio- economic variables of trauma presented to the pediatric emergencies: a monocentric study, Biomedical research and clinical practice, May 2018, Article ISSN: 2515-9186
9) El Khoury B, Makhoul G, Al Ojaimi Mode, Abi Fares G., Fares G., Rached E., Ghanem B., Fakih H.¬, Abou Rjeily P., Lteif J., Abou Merhi B., Farah A., Hoyek F., Noun P., Fadous Khalife M.C., Does early exposure to general anesthesia affect children’s learning from 5 to 10 years? A cross sectional study; International journal of current research, May 2018, Article 10) Myriam Amm, Valeria Modica, Mode AlOjaimi, Hala Feghali, Joelle
Mardini, Marie Claude Fadous Khalife . Awareness about labia minora fusion among Lebanese pediatricians.J Pediatr Neonat Individual Med.
2019;8(2): e080204. Article ID: JPNIM-080204 doi: 10.7363/080204.
Oral Presentations
:1) El Khoury Joey, Al Ojaimi Mode, Abi Fares Georges, Malouf Issam, Nicolas Georges, Sakkal Josephine, Fadous Khalife Marie Claude, Does clinical training in Pediatrics improve med III students approach to children? A cohort study, Excellence in pediatrics, December 2017, Oral presentation (Published in Cogent medicine journal)
2) M.C.Fadous Khalife, Y.Feghali, R.Tannous, M.Soufia, M.AlOjaimi, How would bedtime physical activity affect the academic performance of adolescent Lebanese students? August 2016, IPA congress, Vancouver Canada, Oral presentation
3) M.C.Fadous Khalife, Y.Feghali, M.Ojaimi, G.Abi Fares, M.Soufia ,Looking for factors that would optimize learning among adolescent Lebanese students, EIP, London, December 2015,Oral presentation.
4) M.Ojaimi Abdallah*, Z.Hayek**,M.C.F,adous Khalife**, A double umbilical mass can hide an omphalomesenteric duct cyst, UMEMPS, Greece, October 2015,Oral presentation
Posters and Abstracts
1) Y.Feghali, M.AlOjeimi, M.C.Fadous Khalife, Does body mass index affect academic performance in adolescent Lebanese students? November 2016, Makassed congress, Poster
2) M. Al Ojaimi, R. Saade ,Fadi Hoyek ,Cristel El Ojeimi , M.C.Fadous Khalife ,Lateral foot pain in adolescence: remember tarsal coalition (Case report), August 2016, IPA congress, Vancouver Canada, Poster
3) M.C.Fadous Khalifé, Antoine Beaino, M.B.Elias, G.Abi Fares, G.Srour , M.Soufia, M.AlOjaimi , L’effet des couleurs sur la mémoire des enfants et des adolescents, Mai 2016,Congrès de la société française de Pédiatrie, Lille, France, Poster 4) M.ojaimi, P.Noun, M.C.Fadous Khalife, Prévalence de l’anémie ferriprive dans
des villes privilégiées d’un pays en voie de développement, Archives de Pédiatrie, Volume 22, Issue 5, Supplement 1, May 2015, Page 245,Abstract 5) Awareness about Labia Minora Adhesion among Lebanese Pediatricians: Myriam
Amm, MC. Fadous Khalife, V. Modica, H. Feghali, J.mardini, M.Al Ojaimi 14th international workshop on Neonatology- Calgari October 24- 27 2018 – First Prize Abstract
Research In Medical Education
Mode Al Ojaimi, MD; Megan Khairallah, MA, EdM, EdD; Rayya Younes, MS, PhD; Sara Salloum, MA, PhD and Ghania Zgheib, MA, MS, PhD. "National Board Medical Examiners and Curriculum Change: What do scores tell us? A case study at the University of Balamand Medical School" - MDE-2019-0186.RV1 Publication in Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development- July, 2020 .
El Khoury Joey, Al Ojaimi Mode, Abi Fares Georges, Malouf Issam, Nicolas Georges, Sakkal Josephine, Fadous Khalife Marie Claude, does clinical training in Pediatrics improve med III students approach to children? A cohort study, Excellence in pediatrics, December 2017, Published in Cogent medicine journal plus WJMER, Official publication of the education and research division of doctor’s academy, Volume 15, Issue1,2018, UK, Article
PUBLIC SEMINARS
Hygiene for Grades 3-5: International school- I.S. Health week 2015 Puberty awareness for Grades 4-5 I.S .2016 / Balamand High school Puberty Awareness grade 5 International school. 2017, 2018
Safe use of Media for Children: Health week International School. 2014 Acute Bronchiolitis – June 2017- Presented to FMC nursing staff
Upper Respiratory Infections- Byblos Palace-2017: Seminar given to Lebanese Pharmacists from North Sector
Drugs affecting the autonomic nervous system: Lecture given in UH- Notre Dame De Secours as part of an intensive course in pharmacology for pediatric residents organized by Holy Spirit University of Kaslik- April 2016
Latest Updates on Management of Infantile &Childhood constipation- Bodrum Turkey- May, 16
Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy & GER--- What’s the Link? Bodrum, Turkey- May ,16 Physician’s Rights and Responsibilities – Conference given in Lebanese order of medicine, April 2016
Code of Ethics- Seminar given in the faculty of Health sciences, Nov.2016 Pharmacology of Medications used in Pediatric Intensive Care- Journee de Pharmacology Kaslik University, June 2016 / CME credits
Infantile colic – Bledina Pediatric Events, Lebanon: April 10, April 19 &May 12, 2017 Latest Updates in Infantile colic presented in Lithuania April 20-22.2018 during the Neonatology Review Course organized by AAP.
Why Choose Medicine? March 2019, Bloom Chabab event UOB.
Postbiotics lecture - given to pediatricians in May and July 2019 ( Phoenicia Hotel)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Lebanese Registry of Doctors
Social and Media Committee in Lebanese Order of Physicians-North Chapter 2015-2016 American Academy of Pediatrics
Syracuse Pediatric Hypnosis Association
Editorial Board Member for “ Updates in Pediatrics “ Journal -2019
MEDIA EXPERIENCE
2013 2 live radio interviews on Sout EL MAHABI and Voice of Lebanon about INFLUENZA
2014 Speaker about medicine in the Career Fair organized by BLOM Bank 2020 Interview on OTV regarding “ Covid-19 in Mother and Child “
https://youtu.be/kWjyO0whf_U
Covid-19 activities
* Covid-19 presentation in Pediatrics- Sharjah- November ,2020
* In collaboration with the Lebanese order of Physicians- North Chapter , on April 16, 2020 a simulation based Webinar about : Advanced Mechanical ventilation was delivered to 40 Health Care Professionals. http://awareness.balamand.edu.lb/BMSC/
* Designed and delivered a simulation course about PCR sampling and Precautions for Covid-19 . Target Audience: Community HCPs and volunteers from municipalities for sampling Covid-19 PCR – April , May 2020.
* Video about Nasopharyngeal sampling for covid-19 – May, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQnHYbsKYo8
* Video about the procedures to send a sample for Covid-19 PCR sampling at University of Balamand- May, 2020.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqA0QtEQQsU&feature=youtu.be
* Interview on OTV about “ Covid-19 in Mother and Child”- April 2020 https://youtu.be/kWjyO0whf_U LANGUAGES
English and Arabic
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