KHALED ABOUSHAALA.MD.
300 S. Maple Ave. C-6

Oak Park, IL 60302
(872) 233-5704
[email protected]

Objective:
To further my career as a Clinical Research Assistant.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
·         Assisted in several study protocols at one time.

·         Screened potential subjects for protocol eligibility, participated in the informed consent      process, and enrolled subjects into the studies.

·         Responsible for accurate and timely data collection, documentation, entry, and reporting.

·         Assisted in preparation of research data for scientific conferences.

·         Assisted in collecting data management queries and data clarification forms.

·         Effectively interacted with team members to drive project goals.

·         Determined availability and completeness of study files and identified deficiencies.

·         Assisted the data management groups and the project teams in the processing of all clinical data by ensuring the timely collection of data regarding other aspects of job responsibilities and resolving queries.

·         Worked as an integral team member with respect to quality, integrity, timeliness, and cost effectiveness.

·         Assisted project teams by ensuring that all data was collected and submitted within appropriate time lines and communicated these time lines to the investigational sites.

·         Assisted investigational site in the management of timely query resolution.

·         Motivated site staff to reach goals. Developed successful, professional rapport with site staff.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Clinical Research Assistant
Midwest Orthopedic at Rush, May 2014 – Present
•   Assist with actual clinical research activities by collecting and recording pertinent data.
•   Study gathered data to determine accuracy for clinical research.
•   Enter all information in databases.
•   Secure and ship clinical specimens in accordance to set protocols.
•   Make preparations for monitoring visits.
•   Create charts for review of gathered data.
•   Summarize research findings and assist in presentations and research meetings.
•   Review medical records to ensure completeness and accuracy.

Medical Officer & Orthopedic Surgeon
Aljala Trauma and Orthopedic Hospital (Benghazi University Affiliated Hospital)
February 2000 – July 2013
·         Examine patients and take their histories, order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures and consult with other medical practitioners to evaluate patients’ physical and mental health.

·         Prescribe and administer medications and treatments.

·         Perform and assist in routine surgery.

·         Perform trauma and orthopedics surgeries.

·         Provide emergency care.

·         Provide acute care management.

·         Advise patients and their families on health care including health promotion, disease, illness and accident prevention.

·         Provide counseling and support to patients and their families on a wide range of health and lifestyle issues.

·         Provide medical teaching for medical students and residents.

·         Coordinate or manage primary patient care.

·         Provide continuous care to patients.

·         Supervise home care services.

Education
·         MD Benghazi University College of Medicine  1998  Benghazi, Libya

·        Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program,  Benghazi University 2006 – 2011, Benghazi, Libya

·        Successfully passed Part II of Libyan Board Of Orthopedics

·        Master Of Science Of Clinical Research, Rush University Medical Center, 2015, Chicago, IL

COMPUTER SKILLS

·      SPSS data entry and analysis

·      Data collection, NextGen, EPIC and  Opal PACS

·      Word, Excel, PowerPoint

PUBLICATIONS, ABSTRACTS AND CHAPTER BOOKS

PUBLISHED PAPERS
1.       Functional Capacity Evaluation Following Spinal Fusion Surgery.

Bohl DD, Ahn J, Collins M, Mayo BC, Massel DH, Aboushaala K, Kamath R, Duhancioglu G, Elbeik M, Singh K. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2016 Jan 15.

2.   Comparison of Surgical Outcomes, Narcotics Utilization, and Costs After an Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: Stand-alone Cage Versus Anterior Plating.Tabaraee E, Ahn J, Bohl DD, Collins MJ, Massel DH, Aboushaala K, Singh K.J Spinal Disord Tech. 2015 Nov 20.

3.   Neuroforaminal Bone Growth Following Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion With BMP: A Computed Tomographic Analysis.Ahn J, Jorgensen AY, Bohl DD, Tabaraee E, Rossi VJ, Aboushaala K, Singh K.J Spinal Disord Tech. 2015 Nov 12.

4.   Preoperative narcotic utilization: accuracy of patient self-reporting and its association with postoperative narcotic consumption.Ahn J, Bohl DD, Tabaraee E, Aboushaala K, Elboghdady IM, Singh K. J Neurosurg Spine. 2016 Jan;24.

5.   The Impact of Worker’s Compensation Claims on Outcomes and Costs Following an Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.Tabaraee E, Ahn J, Bohl DD, Elboghdady IM, Aboushaala K, Singh K.Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015 Jun 15;40(12):948-53.

6.   Postoperative Narcotic Consumption in Workman’s Compensation Patients Following a Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion.Ahn J, Bohl DD, Elboghdady I, Aboushaala K, Hassanzadeh H, Singh K.Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015 Aug 15;40(16):1284-8.

7.   Primary Versus Revision Single-level Minimally Invasive Lumbar Discectomy: Analysis of Clinical Outcomes and Narcotic Utilization.Ahn J, Tabaraee E, Bohl DD, Aboushaala K, Singh K.

Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015 Sep 15;40(18):E1025-30.

8.   Advanced Minimally invasive Techniques: Management of High-Grade Spondylolisthesis and Thoracic Metastatic Spinal Disease. Abbas Naqvi, Mohamed Noureldin, Islam M. Elboghdady, Khaled Aboushaala, Eric Sundberg, Hamid Hassanzadeh, Kern Singh

ABSTRACTS
1. The Utility of Obtaining Routine Hematologic Laboratory Values Following a Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion.Abbas Naqvi BS Islam Elboghdady Khaled Aboushaala MD Blaine Manning BS Anton Jorgensen MD Hamid Hassanzadeh MD . Kern Singh MD.

2. Functional Outcomes in Workman’s Compensation Patients Following Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion.Abbas Naqvi BS Islam Elboghdady Khaled Aboushaala MD Hamid Hassanzadeh MD Eric Sundberg MD Alejandro, Kern Singh MD.

3. Surgical Outcomes Associated with a Minimally Invasive Lumbar Diskectomy in Workman’s Compensation Patients.Nandyala BA Islam Elboghdady Abbas Naqvi BS Khaled Aboushaala MD Eric Sundberg MD Hamid Hassanzadeh MD , Kern Singh MD.

4. Narcotic Consumption Following a Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: An Age-Based Analysis.Islam Elboghdady Abbas Naqvi BS Khaled Aboushaala MD Hamid Hassanzadeh MD Anton Jorgensen MD Eric Sundberg MD, Kern Singh MD

5. Fusion rates following Posterior Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion Surgery: A Systematic Literature Review.Marquez-Lara MD Branko Skovrlj MD Junyoung Ahn Khaled Aboushaala MD Spencer Leblang Kern Singh MD Sheeraz A. Qureshi MD, MBA, Kern Singh MD.

6. Minimally Invasive versus Open Lumbar Diskectomy: A Survivorship Analysis.Islam Elboghdady Eric Sundberg MD Junyoung Ahn Khaled Aboushaala MD Anton Jorgensen MD Hamid Hassanzadeh MD Blaine Manning BS, Kern Singh MD

7. Comparison of Outcomes Following a Minimally Invasive Primary versus Revision Lumbar Laminectomy.Elboghdady Junyoung Ahn Sreeharsha V. Nandyala BA Khaled Aboushaala MD Anton Jorgensen MD Hamid Hassanzadeh MD Eric Sundberg MD, Kern Singh MD

8. Minimally Invasive versus Open Lumbar Diskectomy: Analysis of Postoperative Narcotic Requirements. Hamid Hassanzadeh MD Anton Jorgensen MD Junyoung Ahn Khaled Aboushaala MD Islam Elboghdady BS.Kern Singh MD.

9. Opioid Requirements Following Unilateral and Bilateral Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion.Abbas Naqvi BS Islam Elboghdady Khaled Aboushaala MD Eric Sundberg MD Alejandro Marquez-Lara MD. Kern Singh MD

10. Opioid Requirements in Obese Patients following a Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion..Alejandro Marquez-Lara MD Sreeharsha V. Nandyala BA Khaled Aboushaala MD Eric Sundberg MD Hamid Hassanzadeh MD Anton Jorgensen MD. Kern Singh MD

11. Outcomes Comparison between Unilateral and Bilateral Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion.Abbas Naqvi BS Islam Elboghdady Khaled Aboushaala MD Hamid Hassanzadeh MD Eric Sundberg MD Anton Jorgensen MD. Kern Singh MD.

12. Two-Year Survival of Unilateral versus Bilateral Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Sreeharsha V. Nandyala BA Alejandro Marquez-Lara MD Khaled Aboushaala MD Anton Jorgensen MD Hamid Hassanzadeh MD Eric Sundberg MD . Kern Singh MD.

13. Mesenchymal Stem Cell Allograft In One And Two Level ACDF’s: A Matched Cohort Analysis. Steven McAnany Abbas Naqvi BS Islam Elboghdady Khaled Aboushaala MD Alejandro Marquez-Lara MD Nomaan Ashraf. MD. Kern Singh MD. 14. Analysis of Multifidus Muscle Atrophy After Minimally Invasive Laminotomy. .Marquez-Lara MD Anton Jorgensen MD Junyoung Ahn Khaled Aboushaala MD Kern Singh MD.

15. Primary Versus Revision Lumbar Diskectomy: Peri-Operative Narcotic Utilization .Eric Sundberg MD Abbas Naqvi BS Hamid Hassanzadeh MD Khaled Aboushaala MD Anton Jorgensen MD Alejandro Marquez-Lara MD . Kern Singh MD.

16. Functional Outcomes following Lumbar Decompression: Analysis of a Workman’s Compensation Population.Kern Singh MD Mohamed Noureldin MD Islam Elboghdady Khaled Aboushaala MD Alejandro Marquez-Lara MD Sreeharsha V. Nandyala BA Eric . 17. Minimally Invasive Lumbar Laminectomy: A Medicare Beneficiaries Analysis. Islam Elboghdady Anton Jorgensen MD Junyoung Ahn Khaled Aboushaala MD Alejandro Marquez-Lara MD Hamid Hassanzadeh MD. Kern Singh MD

18. Surgical Survivorship of Lumbar Diskectomy in Medicare Beneficiaries.Kern Singh MD.Sreeharsha V. Nandyala BA Islam Elboghdady Khaled Aboushaala MD Eric Sundberg MD Junyoung Ahn Hamid Hassanzadeh MD.

19. Postoperative Narcotic Consumption following a Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression Surgery in Medicare Beneficiaries. Islam Elboghdady Anton Jorgensen MD Junyoung Ahn Khaled Aboushaala MD Eric Sundberg MD Sreeharsha V. Nandyala BA. Kern Singh MD.

20. Survival Analysis of Minimally Invasive Lumbar Diskectomy in Obese Patients. Abbas Naqvi BS Hamid Hassanzadeh MD Anton Jorgensen MD Khaled Aboushaala MD Alejandro Marquez-Lara MD Sreeharsha V. Nandyala BA Blaine .BS. Kern Singh MD.

21. Symptomatic Neuroforaminal Bony Overgrowth after Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion with BMP. Nandyala BA Alejandro Marquez-Lara MD Islam Elboghdady Khaled Aboushaala MD Hamid Hassanzadeh MD Eric Sundberg MD Spencer Lebla, BS. Kern Singh MD.

22. Surgical and Clinical Outcomes Associated with Minimally Invasive and Open Lumbar Diskectomy, Aamir Iqbal BS Islam Elboghdady Khaled Aboushaala MD Eric Sundberg MD Alejandro Marquez-Lara MD Junyoung Ahn Kern Singh MD

23. Postoperative Opioid Consumption: A Comparison between Anterior and Direct Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Sundberg MD Hamid Hassanzadeh MD Anton Jorgensen MD Khaled Aboushaala MD Kern Singh MD.

24. Postoperative Narcotic Consumption Following Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Workman’s Compensation Patient Analysis. Nandyala BA Eric Sundberg MD Sriram Sankaranarayanan MD Khaled Aboushaala MD Hamid Hassanzadeh MD Anton Jorgensen MD Islam Elboghdady Kern Singh MD.

25. Comparison of Surgical Outcomes between Minimally Invasive and Open Lumbar Laminectomy: Single Surgeon Experience. Islam Elboghdady Abbas Naqvi BS Khaled Aboushaala MD Sreeharsha V  Nandyala BA Anton Jorgensen MD Kern Singh MD.

26. Peri-Operative Narcotic Consumption following Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression Surgery: An Aged Based Analysis. Islam Elboghdady Anton Jorgensen MD Junyoung Ahn Khaled Aboushaala MD Eric Sundberg MD Sreeharsha V. Nandyala BA. Kern Singh MD.

27. Surgical Survivorship of Minimally Invasive Lumbar Laminectomy Associated with Workman’s Compensation Claims. Sreeharsha V. Nandyala BA Alejandro Marquez-Lara MD Khaled Aboushaala MD Eric Sundberg MD Andrew Park MD Kern Singh MD .

28. Peri-Operative Opioid Requirements Associated with Workman’s Compensation Claims Following a Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression. Islam Elboghdady Eric Sundberg MD Abbas Naqvi BS Khaled Aboushaala MD Hamid Hassanzadeh MD Anton Jorgensen MD. Kern Singh MD.

29. Minimally Invasive Surgery for Revision Lumbar Diskectomy Procedures. MarquezLara MD Abbas Naqvi BS Anton Jorgensen MD Khaled Aboushaala MD Eric Sundberg MD Sreeharsha V. Nandyala BA Blaine Manning BS . Kern Singh MD.

30. Opioid Consumption in Workman’s Comp Patients After a Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Abbas Naqvi BS Islam Elboghdady Khaled Aboushaala MD Alejandro Marquez-Lara MD Anton Jorgensen MD. Kern Singh MD.

31. The Utility of Obtaining Routine Hematologic Laboratory Values Following a Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Abbas Naqvi BS Islam Elboghdady Khaled Aboushaala MD Blaine Manning BS Anton Jorgensen MD Hamid Hassanzadeh MD . Kern Singh MD.

32. Surgical Survivorship of Lumbar Diskectomy in Patients with Workman’s Compensation Claims .Alejandro Marquez-Lara MD Sreeharsha V. Nandyala BA Khaled Aboushaala MD, Kern Singh MD.

CHAPTERS
1.  Global Spinal Alignment: Principles, Pathologies, and Procedures edited by Drs. Haid, Shaffrey, Youssef, and Schwab
2.  Open Posterior Approach
(Isaac L. Moss, Khaled Aboushaala, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, and others). Decision Making in Degenerative Spinal Surgery: A Case-Based Approach
3. Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
(Abbas Naqvi, Islam M. Elboghdady, Khaled Aboushaala, Kern Singh, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center) Decision Making in Degenerative Spinal Surgery: A Case-Based Approach