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Internal Medicine Department

The Department of Internal Medicine is: Dedicated to provide a high quality health care service utilizing a scientific and human approach to patients, based on appropriate clinical investigations and evidence based medical care. 

Dedicated to provide a high standard care through courteous, competent and compassionate professionals devoted to optimal clinical outcomes.   

Dedicated to provide the utmost medical care to all patients.

Specialties

  1. Cardiology: Cardiology is equipped with modern facilities and state of the art equipment for Echocardiography (transthoracic and transeophageal), Exercise ECG (Stress) and Holter minitoring (to diagnose arythmias) and ambulatory BP monitoring for evaluation of hypertensive patients. Testing and Thalium Test to diagnose (Ischemic Heart Disease) medicine.

  2. Endocrinology: endocrine section can handle all types of hormonal problems, thyroid and growth disorders, and offers comprehensive diabetic care.

  3. Gastroenterology: It can handle all Gastro-intestinal Emergencies. It offers facilities for liver biopsies, endoscopies (both upper and lower endoscopies) ERCP’s and  endoscopic gastrostomies for long term enteral feeding are also available.

  4. Hematology: we handle all types of hematologic disorders as anemias, clotting disorders and leukemias. There is a special anticoagulation clinic

  5. Nephrology: Facilities for emergency and maintenance hemodialysis are available. We have eight state of the art dialysis machines, seven in the renal dialysis unit and one machine reserved for ICU. Dialysis for patients with Hep B or C is available on special machines. Kidney biopsies are also done.

  6. Neurology: Neurology clinic handles patients with headaches, pain disorders, cerebro vascular accidents, memory disorders, epilepsy, movement disorders, muscular disorders and sensory problems. We have an advanced Neurological lab equipped with computerized electromyography for muscle/nerve function studies and evoked potentials studies. ECG’s and sleep studies can also be done. Support from radiology with a powerful MRI and CT scaners and angiography is also available.

  7. Pulmonary Medicine: Offers advise on Chronic Diseases of lungs especially Asthma, occupational diseases of lungs, Pneumonias etc. Offers computerized lung functions testing, spirometry and bronchoscopy.

  8. Psychiatry: provides psychiatric care using all modalities of psychiatric therapy care is available for inpatients and outpatients. It also provides psychotherapy and social care for the patients and their family.  

    Common diseases handled are:

    1. Anxiety disorders

    2. Depressive disorders

    3. Behavioral disorders and cognitive impairment in dementia of old age.

    4. Phobic disorders

    5. Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.

  9. Dermatology and Andrology: Dermatology and Andrology – (including Sexually Transmitted Diseases) provides care for cosmetic skin problems, electrolysis, cryotherapy and other modalities for skin care. It offers facilities for marital testing as well.  

  10. Nutrition: We offer dietary advice on all aspects of nutritionally related diseases, especially Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus, Hyperlipedemia, Coronary Artery Disease, Hypertension, Cholelithiasasis, Renal Failure, Hepatic Failure, etc. Advice on hyperalimentation, enteral formulas, oral feedings for acutely sick patients is also available.

  11. Rheumatology: Diagnosis, treatment and management of various Rheumatological disorders including Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, Osteorthritis vasculitis, soft tissue rheumatism. Diagnosis and management of osteoporosis.The team comprises of Internist, Physiotherapists, Neurologist and Psychiatrist who provide a joint and integrated effort.   

  12. Rehabilitation Medicine: Provides a team dedicated to the rehabilitation of patients with physical disabilities, occupational injuries and strokes or road traffic accidents. The team comprises of Internist, Physiotherapists, Neurologist and Psychiatrist who provide a joint and integrated effort.   

  13. Occupational Helath: Handles all types of occupationally related disorders, injuries and diseases.

  14. ICU/CCU: We have a most advanced Intensive Care and Coronary Care Unit where all emergency and life savings facilities area available as artificial pacemakers, mechanical ventilation and other modern facilities for maintaining all aspects of advance life support. We are in the process of replacing all our ventilators with advanced versions. The ICU is a 15-bedded unit which is a well designed, purpose built and capacious unit giving a sense of comfort and space. An experienced team of highly qualified Consultants, specialists Nurses and Technicians, run the unit. 

    ICU includes:

    • 15 electric beds with variable position allowance.

    • Coloured monitors with advanced technology equipped to handle all the parameters needed to monitor critically ill patients as Pulse, Respiration, ECG, Temperature, Blood pressure, Invasive pressure monitoring (for CVP, Arterial line or swan ganz, etc.) Cardiac output, SPO2 etc.

    • Availability of oxygen, compressed air and suction in  wall built-in circuits.

    • Mechanical Ventilators of different types that can allow invasive and non-invasive ventilation and able to handle all respiratory requirements.

    • Dynamaps and pulse oximeters.

    • Advance syringe pumps, infusion pumps and nasogatric tube feeding arrangements.

    • Cooling and warming blankets for each bed.

    • Portable monitors for transfer of patent to different areas in the hospital e.g. Radiology Departement.

    • Temporary pacemakers, transcutaneous and transvenous.

    • Procedure room with C-arm x-ray with image intensifier for different procedures.

    • Hemodialysis machines for renal failure patients.

Facilities available in the Department of Medicine:

  • Intensive Care we have a most advanced Intensive Care and Coronary Care Unit where all emergency and life saving facilities are available as artificial pacemakers, mechanical ventilation and other modern facilities for maintaining all aspects of advance life support.  We are in the process of replacing all our ventilators with advanced versions.

  • Cardiology is equipped with modern facilities for Echo Cardiography, Stress Testing, Holter Monitoring and Nuclear Medicine.

  • Gastroenterology offers facilities for liver biopsies, both upper and lower endoscopes and ERCP’s and can handle all Gastro-intestinal Emergencies. Endoscopic gastrostomies for long term feeding are also available.

  • Neurology is equipped with an advanced Physiological Testing, Lab for EMG’s, Nerve Conduction Studies, Evoked Potentials and Electroencepholography.

  • Pulmonary labs offer computerized lung functions testing, spirometry and bronchoscopy.

  • Dermatology and Andrology (including Sexually Transmitted Diseases) provides care for cosmetic skin problems, electrolysis, cryotherapy and other modalities for skin care. It offers facilities for marital testing as well.

  • Nutrition section offers comprehensive dietary advice for obesity, metabolic diseases and all types of therapeutic diets.

  • Endocrine section can handle all types of hormonal problems, thyroid and growth problems, and offers comprehensive diabetic care.

Equipment & Technology

We have a most advanced Intensive Care and Coronary Care Unit where all emergency and life saving facilities are available as artificial pacemakers, mechanical ventilation and other modern facilities for maintaining all aspects of advanced life support.

Cardiology is equipped with modern facilities for Echo Cardiography, Stress Testing, Holter Monitoring and Nuclear Medicine.

Gastroenterology offers facilities for  liver biopsies, both upper and lower endoscopies and ERCP’s and can handle all Gastro Intestinal emergencies.

Neurology is equipped with an advanced Physiological Testing, Lab, for EMGs, Nerve Conduction Studies, Evoked Potentials and  Electroencepholography. 

Pulmonary labs offer computerized lung functions testing, spirometry and bronchoscopy.

Dermatology provides care for cosmetic skin problems, electrolysis, cryotherapy and other modalities for skin care.

Nutrition section offers comprehensive dietary advice for obesity, metabolic diseases and all kinds of therapeutic diets.

Endocrine section can handle all types of hormonal problems, diabetic care and thyroid and growth problems.


Message from the department head

Department of Medicine has put together an ambitious, highly skilled and professional team of doctors to provide medical care which not only surpasses the standards, but also provides a patient oriented approach to provide satisfaction besides fulfilling their medical, cultural and religious needs.

The Department offers medical care with a philosophy to approach the medical problems in a scientific but thorough manner and a courteous, relaxed but matter of fact approach. 

The staff takes particular care to discuss your medical problems and their implications with you. 

Our dedication to patient care has provided satisfaction and confidence to our patients which is reflected by an increasing number of patients. 

The Department of Medicine is designed to provide a broad based and a high level of care.

 

Staff List

Dr. Mohammed Shahed Omar, Head Department of Internal Medicine, MD.ABIM.ABEM

Dr. Samiha Haggag, MBBCh, MSC (MED) MD (MED), Consultant Internal Medicine, Consultant Rheumatologist

Dr. Ayman Kassas, DIS (France), Consultant Neurologist

Dr. Fatheia Ibrahim, MBBCh, MD, Consultant Dermatologist

Dr.Ayman Mohammed Abdulhadi, Consultant Cardiologist, M.D Cardiology.

Dr.Taleb Tawfiq Tahtamouni, Consultant

Pulmonologist , MB Bch Medicine & Surgery

Diploma in Chest Diseases U.K, Wales

Jordanian Board in Chest Diseases