Ahmed S. Alaskar | Author | SciTechnol | Journal of Womens Healt

Ahmed S. Alaskar Author

Subjects of specialization
Oncology ,Leukemia , Lymphoma ,stem cell transplants

Affiliation
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Biography

More than 20 year experience as a physician, researcher and academician with 10 years experience as executive director of a large biomedical research facility. Founder of the department of Oncology and a stem cell transplantation program at a large tertiary care hospital. Co-founder of the Hematology fellowship training program in KSA.Co-founder of the Saudi Stem Cell Donor Registry. Co-founder of a national cord blood bank. Founder and President of the Saudi Scientific Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (SSBMT) since 2010. Currently, Executive Director, of a large biomedical research center

Publications

Research Article Subscription

Gender Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life: A Survey of Saudis with SCD

Author(s):

Anwar E. Ahmed, Ahmed S. Alaskar, Donna K. McClish, Yosra Z. Ali, Ahmad M. Al-Suliman, Mohammed H. Aldughither, May Anne Mendoza, Hafiz Malhan

Context: The literature provides limited evidence of the quality of life (QoL) distinctions between Saudi Arabian male and female patients with sickle cell disease (SCD).
Objectives: To compare SCD complications, symptoms, and individual items in the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) between Saudi adult males and females. Methods: A multi-center, cross-sectional study was conducted on 629 Saudi adults with SCD who attended King Fahad Hospital in Hofuf and King Fahad Central Hospital in Jazan.
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DOI: 10.4172/2325-9795.1000219

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