Education and Training
07/2006-06/2009
Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
University of Michigan Medical School
Program Director: Thomas Shanley, M.D.
05/2008
ECMO Specialist Course
University of Michigan Health System
01-05/2008
Foundations of Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
University of Michigan Medical School
Course Director: James Gurney, Ph.D.
07/2003-06/2006
Pediatric Residency
University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita
09/1995-07/2001
Doctor of Medicine
University of Aleppo Faculty of Medicine
Licenses and Certifications
- 05/2008 ECMO Specialist Training Course
- 05/2008 Certificate of Completion, Foundations of Clinical and Epidemiologic Research Course
- 10/2006 American Board of Pediatrics Certification
- 07/2006 Michigan license
- 09/2002 Passed Clinical Skills Assessment
- 02/2003 Passed USMLE step 3 (78%-ile)
- 07/2002 Passed USMLE Step 2 (92%-ile)
- 06/2001 Passed USMLE Step 1 (97%-ile)
Membership in Professional Organizations
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
Awards
2006 Outstanding Peer Teaching Award
University of Kansas Department of Pediatrics
2001 Top 10 Medical Student (out of 400)
University of Aleppo Medical School
Publications
El-wiher N, Cai Q, Shanley TP, Cornell TT. The role of MKP-2 in regulating Toll-like receptor signaling (Abstract submitted to 38th Critical Care Congress 02/2009)
El-wiher N, McCaskey D, Igielski D, Han Y, Odetola F, Annich GM.
ECLS for Severe Respiratory Failure in Confirmed Pertussis – Survival in a High Mortality Group (Abstract submitted to ELSO Conference 09/2008)
El-wiher N, Shanley TP. Conventional Approach to the Management of Pediatric Sepsis, Current Concepts in Pediatric Critical Care, SCCM Publications. pp 4-12, 2008.
El-wiher N, Salem B, Rafee Y. Immunoglobulin A nephropathy, Aleppo University Publications 05/2001
Presentations
02/2008 Toxicology (Ethanol, Methanol, Ethylene glycol and Isopropanol) PCCM/PEM Joint Conference, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan
01/2008 MKP2 and its regulation of MAP Kinase Signaling. Investigator Update, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan
12/2007 Thyroid Storm: Presentation and Management. PCCM Fellows’ Rounds, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan
04/2007 Ventilator-associated Pneumonia in Children. PCCM Fellows’ Conference, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan
06/2006 Aerosolized Prostacyclin in a Child with Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Pulmonary Venous Stenosis. Residency Graduation, University of Kansas School of Medicine
06/2006 Transfusion Medicine in ICU. Resident Noon Conference, University of Kansas School of Medicine
10/2004 Superior Sagital Sinus Thrombosis. Case presentation for Pediatric Residents, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Research project
Transcriptional regulation of MKP2 (Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Phosphotase) expression by Toll-like Receptor ligands and MKP2’s role in regulating sepsis-induced signal transduction pathways.
Hobbies
- Soccer, travel and cooking
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