OTHMAN AL HARBI

mbbs frcpc

Education
1994-1999King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • M.B.B.S.
  • GPA 3.68
1999-2000 12 Months Internship Training As Follows:
3 Months In General Internal Medicine.
3 Months In General Surgery.
3 Months In Pediatrics.
3 Months In Obstetrics &Gynecology.
Internship Evaluation: excellent
  • Teacher Certificate Program, University of Toronto:
  • Program given over 9 months through University of Toronto to provide advanced training in Health Professions Education.
  • Expected finish date June 2009.

Summary of qualifications
  • 1999 Saudi license exam SLE
  • 2001 United States Medical Licensing Examination Part II
  • 2001 The Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Examination
  • 2001 Arab Board of Internal Medicine Part I
  • 2001 Saudi Board of Internal Medicine Part I
  • 2006 The Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination Part I and II
  • 2006 Royal College of Physicians of Canada certification in Internal Medicine
  • 2006 American Board of Internal medicine certification
  • 2007 Royal College of Physicians of Canada certification in Gastroenterology
  • 2008 American Board of Gastroenterology certification

Clinical Experience
2000-2002Internal Medicine Resident
King Abdul Aziz medical City, Riyadh Saudi Arabia
2002-2005Internal Medicine Resident
Queen’s University, Kingston, OntarioCanada
2005-2007GI Resident
University of Toronto, Toronto, OntarioCanada
2007-2008 Clinical IBD Fellow
University of Toronto, Toronto, OntarioCanada
  • Inpatients and Outpatients management of complicated IBD cases
  • Several presentations in IBD rounds and combined Gastroenterology, Radiology and Surgical rounds.
  • Participating and leading TPN team at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto.
2007-2009 Internal medicine and Gastroenterology, Ontario, Canada
Working as an independent internal medicine and gastroenterology staff
Hospital appointments:
  • St. Michael's Hospital.
  • Markham Stouffville Hospital.
  • William Osler Health Centre
  • Rouge Valley Health system.
  • North York General Hospital.
  • Ontario Endoscopy Clinics.
  • Downsview Endoscopy Clinics
2009-present: Assistance Professor of Medicine, Consultant Gastroenterology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2010-present: Program director of Internal Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Professional memberships
  • Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada.
  • American Gastroenterology Association
  • Canadian Gastroenterology Association
  • Canadian Association for the Study of Liver diseases.
  • Ontario Gastroenterology Association.
  • Ontario Medical Association

Research and Publications
Research Experience
  • Clinical research during internal Medicine and gastroenterology residency program.
  • Clinical research in correlation of abdominal ultrasound and endoscopic findings in IBD.
  • Clinical research at Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES).
Presentations:
Canadian Digestive Diseases Week February 2006
  • Primary Care screening for colorectal cancer in Kingston, Ontario: Practice and Impediments.O AL-Harbi, and JA Louw. Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
Canadian Digestive Disease Week February 2007
  • Soft Tissue Leiomyosarcoma with Gastric and Intestinal Metastasis. A Case Report and Review of Literature. O Al Harbi, S Grover, R Abdalian, N Marcon. Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
Department of Gastroentrology reserch day, University of Toronto June 2007
  • NON-Hospital based colonoscopy in Ontario, Alharbi O, Rabeneck L, Lingsong Y, and Tinmouth J, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
Canadian Digestive Diseases Week February 2008
  • Rising rates of colonoscopies performed in non-hospital settings and with the assistance of an anesthetist in Ontario. Alharbi O1, Rabeneck L1, 2, Sutradhar R2, Wijeysundera D2, Yun L2, Paszat L2, Vinden C3 and Tinmouth J1, 2, 1Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto, 2 Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario; 3Department of Surgery University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
  • Colonoscopy Performed Outside of Hospital in Ontario: Trends, Patient and Endoscopist Factors.Alharbi O1, Rabeneck L1, 2, Sutradhar R2, Wijeysundera D2, Yun L2, Paszat L2, Vinden C3 and Tinmouth J1, 2, 1Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto, 2Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario; 3Department of Surgery University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. Can J Gastroenterol. 2010 Jul;24(7):419-24.
  • Increasing Rates of Anesthesiologist Assisted Colonoscopies in Ontario. Alharbi O1, Rabeneck L 1, 2, Sutradhar R2, Wijeysundera D2, Yun L2, Paszat L2, Vinden C3 and Tinmouth J 1,2, 1Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toronto, 2Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario; 3Department of Surgery University of Western Ontario, London,Ontario. Anesthesiology. 2009 Oct;111(4):734-40
Teaching activities:

Under Graduates:

ASCM 2008class, School of Medicine, University of Toronto.

School of Medicine 2004, 2005 Class, Queens University.

Post Graduates:

Several presentation at internal medicine and gastroenterology ground round throughout my training

Residents:

oGastroenterology Lectures series 2h months: discus general GI topic Diagnosis and management.

GI Fellow:

oSeveral presentations at weekly IBD Round.

oSeveral presentations at weekly GI journal club.

Meetings and Courses
American college of Physician Annual Session
2004 New Orleans, LouisianaUSA
2005 San Francisco, CaliforniaUSA
ACP-Critical Care Medicine Course
2004 New Orleans, LouisianaUSA
Digestive Disease Week
2005 Chicago, IllinoisUSA
AGA Postgraduate Course: Difficult Clinical Issues in Gastroenterology: Practical Advice and it’s Scientific Basis
2005 Chicago, IllinoisUSA
World Congress of Gastroenterology
2005 Montreal, QuebecCanada
AGAPost-Gradate Course: Evidence-based Gastroenterology
2005 Montreal, QuebecCanada
Canadian Digestive Disease Week
2006 Banff, Alberta Canada
2007 Banff, Alberta Canada
Gastrointestinal Residents in Training Course (GRIT)
2006 Banff, Alberta Canada
2007 Banff, Alberta Canada
CASL Winter Meeting: Updates in Hepatology
2006 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nineteenth International Course on Therapeutic Endoscopy
2006 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Digestive Disease Week
2007 Washington, DC USA
2008 San Diego, California USA
2010 new Orleans, USA
AGAPost-Gradate Course: 21st Century Tools for Managing Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease
2007 Washington, DCUSA
Twentieth International Course on Therapeutic Endoscopy
2007 Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
5th and 6th Congress of ECCO - the European Crohns and Colitis Organization
Honors & Awards:
2007Award of merit and appreciation letter for outstanding resident performance for the academic year (2006-2007) from the Saudi Arabian Cultural bureau