Mohammad Qaffaf

A highly enthusiastic Geriatrician and General internal Medicine consultant

CCT August 2020 ; Certificate of Completion of Training by General Medical Council UK.

MRCP March 2015

Excellent training and experience in the United Kingdom, looking after elderly patients and providing medical care in General Internal Medicine as well.

Countess of Chester Hospital                              August 2020 – Present 

Consultant Geriatrician and General Internal Medicine , substantive post.

• Daily ward base care General medicine for elderly patients.
• Once weekly session of Orthogeriatrics afternoon.
• Once weekly Memory clinic(Thursdays) assessment of Memory problems, investigations, and diagnosis of DEMENTIA
   
   
• One day weekly frailty unit General medicine for elderly patients
• Ward referral, review of elderly patients in other specialties , a week every 10 weeks.
  
   
• On call consultant; unselected medical take 1:8 evenings 1:14 weekends. 
• Royal College of Physicians college tutor started September 2021

Arrow Park Hospital                             August 2019 – August 2020

ST7 Geriatric Medicine and GIM

• General medicine Geriatrics daily ward round
• Once Weekly Movement Disorders Clinic
• Once Weekly General  Medicine Clinic
• On call Rota 1:10 covering the general internal medical take and medical review of in patients of all other specialties
• Leader of Cardiac Arrest Team and Medical Emergency Calls when on call.
• Review of Geriatric Patients as referrals of other wards / specialties.

Warrington Hospital                                    February 2019- August 2019

ST6 Geriatric Medicine and GIM

• Daily ward rounds
• Frailty Clinic at Countess of Chester Hospital once weekly
• On call rota 1:12 covering the general medical take and inpatients of all specialities 
• Leader of Cardiac arrest team when on call
• Review of geriatric patients as referrals of other wards week in six
• General Medicine ward cover

Aintree University Hospital                         3/12/2017- 5/2/2019

ST5/6 Geriatric Medicine and GIM

• General Geriatrics daily word rounds / 4 days a week
• Weekly Frailty Unit ward round
• Orthogeriatrics ward round once weekly for four months
• Community geriatrics two days a week for four months 
• Falls clinic, bone health clinic
• On call rota 1:10 covering the general medical take and inpatients of all specialities 
• Leader of Cardiac arrest team when on call

Leighton Hospital                                         7/12/2016-2/12/2017

ST4/5 Geriatric Medicine and GIM

• General Geriatric Medicine ward cover
• Acute Stroke medicine, and stroke rehab ward cover
• TIA fast track clinics 
• Stroke review clinics follow up
• General medicine clinics
• Orthogeriatric weekly ward  round
• On call rota 1:10 covering the general medical take and inpatients of all specialities 
• Leader of Cardiac arrest team when on call
• Teaching, training and supervising junior doctors and medical students 
• Old age psychiatry experience.
• Continence services experience

Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital       4/8/2015-7/12/2016

ST3/4 Geriatric Medicine and GIM

• Ward rounds, follow ups and jobs on general geriatric, stroke and rehabilitation wards
• Community Geriatric medicine 
• Acute stroke medicine and rehabilitation wards
• TIA fast track clinics 
• Stroke review clinics follow ups
• General medicine clinics
• Parkinson disease and movement disorder clinics
• Falls clinics
• On call rota 1:10 covering the general medical take and inpatients of all specialities 
• Leader of Cardiac arrest team when on call
• Teaching, training and supervising junior doctors and medical students 

Countess of Chester Hospital                                              July 2014-Aug 2015

Locum as Service(LAS)  ST3+ Registrar level

SPR in General internal medicine/ Endocrine and Diabetes

• Ward rounds including jobs and follow ups on ward 
• Diabetes clinics 
• General Endocrinology clinic 
• On call rota 1:10 covering the general medical take and inpatients of all specialities 
• Leader of Cardiac arrest team when on call
• Teaching, training and supervising junior doctors and medical students 
• CPE( Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae) outbreak meeting and Case root analysis
• Presentation of Gastroparesis in type 1 diabetes as a cause of type 2 respiratory failure presented at Chester and North Wales Endocrine and Diabetes Society ( CANWED) 

Prince Philip Hospital/ Hywel Dda Health Board                         Aug 2012-July 2014

Speciality doctor Registrar ST3 +level  in General Medicine 

• Wards rounds on geriatric and stroke wards
• TIA clinics
• Once weekly Cardiology clinic
• Acute stroke assessment for thrombolysis 
• Cardiac arrest reviews 
• Teaching, training and supervising juniors and medical students
• Participating in medical registrars on call rota 1: 10 covering the acute take and the inpatients 

Prince Philip Hospital/ Hywel Dda Health Board                         Aug 2011- Aug 2012

 Core Medical Training year 2  CMT2

• Second year rotation of CMT were in Gastroenterology and care of the elderly 
• Ward rounds
• Elderly care rounds and rehabilitation 
• Acute stroke patients and assessment for thrombolysis
• Weekly MDT meetings
• Two general medicine clinics weekly
• Joining the consultant in endoscopy as an observer for OGD and Colonoscopy

Glangwili General Hospital                         Aug 2010-Aug 2011

Core Medical Training Year 1 , CMT 1

• First year rotations were spent between care of the elderly and emergency medicine 

Cumberland Infirmary Hospital/ North Cumbria University Hospital   Aug2009- Aug2010

Foundation Program Year 1 

• Rotations during this year were in Gastroenterology, Care of the Elderly, and Urology.
• Was able to gain Foundation program competency Certificate by the end of the year.

Cumberland Infirmary Hospital/ North Cumbria University Hospital    Dec2008-Aug 2009

Stand alone Foundation Program year 2 Long term locum 

• Rotations during this year were in both orthopaedic and Accident and Emergency. 

United States Of America Air Force/ United States Military Training Mission to Saudi Arabia 2005-2008

Staff Physician / Speciality doctor 

Arabian Shield Medical Centre Saudi Arabia    2003-2005

Staff Physician/ Speciality doctor 

Medical Centres and Hospitals mainly AL Khaldi and Al Istiklal Hospitals Amman/ Jordan  2001-2003

Hospital Resident Physician 

Jordan University Hospital Amman/ Jordan                                               2000-2001

Internship and resident doctor

05/08/2020                             Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Geriatric       

                                              Medicine and General Internal Medicine.

17/03/2022                            Specialty Certificate Exam in Geriatric Medicine, Royal College

March, 2015                           Member of Royal College of Physicians/ London

1999                                        MBBS in Medicine with the average of Good / University of 

                                                Aleppo/ Syria.

1990                                        High School Diploma / Terra Sancta College, Amman/ Jordan