Dr. Latifi Asrar Ahmed

ENT Surgeon

H.O.D - Buraidah Central Hospital, Buraydah

Special Interests: Tympanoplasties, Tracheostomies and Endoscopy procedures, Myringotomies, Septoplasties, Adenotonsillectomies, Nasal polypectomies

Professional Summary


    Since 1987 (Feb) worked as Senior Registrar in KFSH Buraidah till 1998. Since March 98, I am working as an ENT consultant and head of the Department of ENT in Buraidah Central Hospital. BCH is A secondary care hospital, and is the oldest general hospital in Gassim region. It has capacity of 400 bed in which all surgical and medical specialities are represented. The ENT department has three ENT consultants and 5 specialist and holds daily clinic session for two times. Average 30-35 patients are seen in the clinic everyday. Three separate operation days with an average of 15-20 cases per week is done excluding the emergencies. The bulk of operative work consists of adeno tonsillectomies, nasal polypectomies, septoplasties, myringotomies, tympanoplasties, tracheostomiesand endoscopy procedures, done by each doctor individually on his days. In hospital referrals from attached hospitals like Maternity and Child Hospital, Chest Hospital and Psychiatry Hospital are also seen by us.

Dr. Latifi Asrar Ahmed profile

Work History

03/1998 - Current

Chief of ENT Department. MERC COORDINATOR  Buraidah Central Hospital - Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Consultant ENT Surgeon

02/1987 - 03/1998

Senior Registrar in ENT King Fahd Specialist Hospital - Buraidah, KSA

05/1986 - 01/1987

Registrar in ENT Bhulabhai Nanavati Hospital - Juhu-Ville Parle, Bombay., INDIA

06/1982 - 06/1986

Post Graduate Student Sassoon General Hospital B.J. Medical College, Pune, - Maharashtra, INDIA

09/2004 & 01/2005

Assistant Consultant Locum post - Buraidah, KSA

Skills


  • Ear, nose and throat (ENT) examinations
  • Clinical practice management
  • Medication & Surgical advice
  • Clinical examining
  • Emergency management
  • Preventative treatment

Memberships


  • ⁠Member, Indian Otological Society
  • Member, of The Association of 0tlaryngologist of India
  • Fellow of the International College Of Surgeons, U.S.A.
  • ⁠Peer Reviewer for ENT papers in Saudi Medical Journal, KSA.
  • Member, of Saudi Otorhinolaryngology Society.
  • Member of Medical Education Research Committee, Buraidah Central Hospital, Buraidah, KSA
  • Peer Reviewer for ENT papers In JABFM. USA
  • Peer reviewer for Journal of Clinical Anaesthesia. UK
  • Peer reviewer for Yonsei Medical Journal. South Korea
  • ⁠Peer reviewer for Pakistan Medical Journal Pakistan

Education


  • F I C S 2000, F I C S – USA
  • D.L.O.RCS, 1997, R.C.S. London – UNITED KINGDOM
  • M.S. (ENT) 1986, University of Pune – INDIA
  • M.B.B.S. 1981, University of Pune – INDIA