Speaker Profile




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Muhamad Aly Rifai


Speaking Topics
The Impact of Hepatitis C on the American Public
Psychiatric Illnesses with Hepatitis C
Psychiatric Complications of Hepatitis C and its Treatment
Questions the Speaker Could Address
Hepatitis C screening, who can have it? 
Is there a treatment for Hepatitis C? Are there 
     complications?
Audiences
Gastroenterologists, psychiatrists caring for Hepatitis C 
     patients 
Organizations interested in Hepatitis C
Current Position
Clinical Fellow, Psychosomatic Medicine, Office of Clinical 
Director, Division of Intramural Research Programs, 
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National 
Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
Previous Professional Experience
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Education
M.D., Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo University, Aleppo, 
     Syria
Combined Internal Medicine and Psychiatry Residency, 
University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Roanoke-Salem, 
     VA 
Neurosciences Post-Doctoral Research Training, 
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Biophysics, 
University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, Memphis,TN
Interests
Pharmacogenomics and Proteomics
Computer assisted research databases
Black Belt in Judo
Honors, Awards, and Achievements
Fellow, American College of Physicians 
Member, American Psychiatric Association
Member, American College of Gastroenterology
Member, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
Member, Association of Medicine and Psychiatry


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