Faculty of Medicine

Educate and produce competent and socially responsible physicians who are capable of providing the best care possible with dedication to lifelong learning, and an understanding of the vital role of research in health care.

1902

Established

Programs offered

390

Registered Students

Dean's

Message

Al-Quds Faculty of Medicine opened its doors to our inaugural cohort of medical students in 1994 following a presidential decree by the late President Yasser Arafat to establish the first Palestinian Medical School at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem-the future capital of Palestine state. On that historic day, we welcomed 34 outstanding young men and women. Since then, our cohort size has grown and soon we will welcome each year 250 or more aspiring young doctors, who will be working with and learning from some of the best talents in medicine and healthcare. Our medical education is rooted in the specific needs of the Palestinian Community and is also, well aligned with national strategies and priorities in healthcare education.

The Faculty is driven by passionate dedicated staff members and attracts promising resilient students and we are committed to building within Al-Quds University an outstanding medical faculty, set to equip our students with the right competencies and produce qualified physicians empowered with the knowledge, skills and personalities that will enable them to transform the future of healthcare in Palestine and the surrounding region.
We aim to produce graduates who will excel in their career path, whether they choose to become a surgeon, a general practitioner, a physician, a clinician scientist, or they take one of the many other diverse routes that will be open to them.

Creating a community of future doctors who are patient-focused, skilled in caring for people with respect and compassion is at the very heart of our educational philosophy.
Whether you are a prospective student, parent, faculty member, or simply a curious visitor, I welcome you and invite you to explore our website and learn more about us.

Dr. Hani Abdeen

Dean of the Faculty of Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

The Faculty of Medicine is the first medical faculty in Palestine, it was established in 1994. the Faculty total staff members exceed 190 including academic and administrative staff.

The Faculty of Medicine is one of the faculties in the Health complex at Al-Quds university., which comprises the other health related schools-Dentistry, Pharmacy, Public health, Nursing and Allied Health Professions
Although the Faculty of Medicine does not own a teaching hospital, it is affiliated with the main hospitals in the locality for the purpose of clinical training of its students. Together they make up a 700 bed secondary/tertiary care facilities.

The Faculty has recognized that biomedical and clinical knowledge, based largely on natural sciences, is of central importance in medical practice. In addition, medical students should consider health as a multi-factorial entity with cultural, psychological and social dimensions. Accordingly, the Faculty has reformed its teaching and learning philosophy and restructured the curriculum to guide changes in undergraduate medical education.

The purpose of the new education philosophy, is to educate experts of medicine, who are knowledgeable and responsible physicians for clinical work as well as for biomedical and clinical research and administration. It is suggested that the future physician has integrated competence and holistic view of patient treatment, in which scientific thinking, knowledge of behavioural science and ethics are integrated with clinical knowledge.

Our Faculty of Medicine carefully selects applicants who demonstrate the intellectual ability, personal attributes, and motivation to be successful in medical faculty, in postgraduate training, and throughout their professional careers. Our students enjoy an atmosphere of camaraderie and collegiality with each other and with their tutors. Beyond the academic experiences offered at our medical school, we encourage the development of our students as caring physicians dedicated to providing the very best care, professionally and personally, to all patients.

Offered Programs

Faculty of Graduate Studies | Faculty of Medicine Master Programs

Master’s Degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Faculty of Medicine Bachelor Programs

Doctor of Medicine (MD)

Academic & Administrative Units

Mission:

Continuous upgrading of the educational process at Faculty of Medicine and Enhancing the quality of the academic staff through continuing professional developmental activities.

General Responsibilities:

It is involved in all aspects of the education process and evaluation of programme including Curriculum development and reform, preparing syllabi with specific learning objectives and student guides.
- Proposing new educational methods to advance the educational process in order to integrate biomedical and clinical (Evidence-based Medicine and Problem based learning)
- Involvement in evaluation of education programs and continuous quality improvement
- Oversees the development and revision of learning objectives and courses outline.
- Determine overall goals (including service, education, research, and administration) of the faculty of Medicine undergraduate program, in keeping with accreditation standards and Medical Education (curriculum goals and objectives).
- Oversees the delivery of the curriculum including instructional methods, academic schedule, appointment of course directors and theme leaders.
- Considers new developments in medical education theory and practices, reviews proposals for innovations, and approves pilot projects and modifications to the curriculum.
MEU will participate in upgrading the capabilities of the academic staff members to suit their educational, research, and service responsibilities
- Make them qualified enough to help the faculty achieve its mission.
- Establish workshops for development of academic staff.
Programme Monitoring and Quality Assurance
- Evaluates the program, by ensuring that student feedback on learning activities, teachers and the learning environment is solicited and analyzed, via internal and national surveys (such as the Graduation Questionnaire)
- Monitors the quality of learning and assessment activities across clinical sites to ensure that there is comparability of experiences.
- Ensures that academic staff teachers are oriented, prepared, equipped and evaluated in their teaching and provided with feedback on their performance.
- Ensures that students have access to academic and career advising and monitors the level of satisfaction with these services

Related Committees

Curriculum Committee and Academic Development
Programme Evaluation and Quality Assurance
Continuous Medical Education Committee

Academic and Administrative Staff

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Mission

Our mission is to manage the clinical stage at Al-Quds University Faculty of Medicine (4^th, 5^th and 6^th years), which is a continuation of the basic medical sciences stage (1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd years). It is based on the practical appliance of medical clinical skills and solidification of the main concepts and principles of medical knowledge. Clinical Training Unitduties are planning, management, regulation, surveillance and follow up of all aspects of clinical medical training of students in hospitals. Clinical training Unit aims to equip the national hospitals with medically qualified competencies necessary for the development of medical sector in Palestine.

General Responsibilities

Organization of medical courses over the three clinical years in an appropriate way that ensures the buildup of medical clinical skills in a cumulative manner.
Regulation of students’ attendance and their distribution in the affiliated hospitals with Al-Quds University.
Preparation of necessary medical permits and authorizations for entry to hospitals.
Observation of students’ attendance in hospitals and follow up the progress of educational process
Coordination of comprehensive written, practical and oral clinical exams.
Coordination of scientific day in which students’ graduation projects and seminars are presented and discussed by specialists in different specialties.
Coordination and communication with international universities and hospitals to help students carry out external rotations as a part of their elective program.
Management and regulation of graduation process of students after completing all the requirements of the clinical stage successfully.

Affiliated Hospitals

1. Governmental Hospitals / Centers

Hospital/Center

Palestine Medical Complex
Beit-Jala Hospital
Dr Kamal Mental Health Hospital
Hebron Hospital
Jericho Hospital
Primary Health Care Centers

2. Non-Governmental Organization Hospitals / Clinics

Hospital/Clinic

Al-Makassed Charitable Hospital
Augusta Victoria Hospital
Saint Joseph Hospital
Palestine Red Crescent Society Hospital, Jerusalem
Palestine Red Crescent Society Hospital, Hebron
Istishari Arab Hospital
Caritas Baby Hospital
Arab Society for Rehabilitation
Al-Ahli Hospital
Al-Mizan Specialist Hospital

Private Clinics:

ENT
Ophthalmology
Dermatology
Medical Imaging

Academic & Administrative Staff

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Staff Members

Assistant Professor of Microbiology

Since the 1st of September 2008, I have been appointed as Assistant Professor of Microbiology at the Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine. Educated at Al-Quds Medical School (MD) in 2001 and got PhD from University of Pierre and Marie Curie (Paris VI) in 2008

Research interests :

Evaluation of early and late bactericidal activity of new antitubrculosis drugs.
Evaluation of sterilizing activity of new antitubrculosis drugs.
Evaluation of sterilizing activity of multidrug resistant regimen recommended by World Health Organization.
Evaluation of bactericidal and sterilizing Activities of new drug combinations against Mycobacterium ulcerans in Mice.

Publications :

Ibrahim. M, K. Andries, N. Lounis, A. Chauffour, C. Truffot-Pernot, V. Jarlier, and N. Veziris. 2007. Synergistic activity of R207910 combined with pyrazinamide against murine tuberculosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51:1011-5.
Nicolas Veziris, Murad Ibrahim, Nacer Lounis, Aurelie Chauffour, Chantal Truffot-Pernot, Koen Andries, and Vincent Jarlier . A Once-weekly R207910-containing Regimen Exceeds Activity of the Standard Daily Regimen in Murine Tuberculosis. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009 Jan 1;179(1):75-9.
mURAD ibrahim, CHANTAL Truffot-Pernot, KOEN ANDRIES, VINCENT Jarlier and nicolas veziris. Sterilizing activity of R207910 containing regimens in the murine model of tuberculosis. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009 Sep 15;180(6):553-7. Epub 2009 Jul 9.
Baohong Ji, Aurelie Chauffour, Jerome Robert, Murad Ibrahim, Vincent Jarlier, Impact of Dosin Frequency of the combination Rifampin-Streptomycin on its Bactericidal and Sterilizing Activities against Mycobacterium ulcerans in Mice. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009 Jul;53(7):2955-9. Epub 2009 Apr 13.
Nicolas Veziris Murad Ibrahim, Nacer Lounis, Chantal Truffot-Pernot, Koen Andries and Vincent Jarlier. R207910 is very active when administered once-a-week in murine tuberculosis. (Abstract) 45th Interscience Conference Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ICAAC 2005 American Society of
Murad Ibrahim, Chantal Truffot-Pernot, Koen Andries, Vincent Jarlier and Nicolas Veziris. Early and late bactericidal activity of R207910 (TMC207) in murine tuberculosis. (Abstract) 48th Interscience Conference Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ICAAC 2008 American Society of Microbiology (ASM), Washington, DC USA.

Assistant Professor of Microbiology

Research interests :

Evaluation of early and late bactericidal activity of new antitubrculosis drugs.
Evaluation of sterilizing activity of new antitubrculosis drugs.
Evaluation of sterilizing activity of multidrug resistant regimen recommended by World Health Organization.
Evaluation of bactericidal and sterilizing Activities of new drug combinations against Mycobacterium ulcerans in Mice.

Publications :

Ibrahim. M, K. Andries, N. Lounis, A. Chauffour, C. Truffot-Pernot, V. Jarlier, and N. Veziris. 2007. Synergistic activity of R207910 combined with pyrazinamide against murine tuberculosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51:1011-5.
Nicolas Veziris, Murad Ibrahim, Nacer Lounis, Aurelie Chauffour, Chantal Truffot-Pernot, Koen Andries, and Vincent Jarlier . A Once-weekly R207910-containing Regimen Exceeds Activity of the Standard Daily Regimen in Murine Tuberculosis. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009 Jan 1;179(1):75-9.
mURAD ibrahim, CHANTAL Truffot-Pernot, KOEN ANDRIES, VINCENT Jarlier and nicolas veziris. Sterilizing activity of R207910 containing regimens in the murine model of tuberculosis. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009 Sep 15;180(6):553-7. Epub 2009 Jul 9.
Baohong Ji, Aurelie Chauffour, Jerome Robert, Murad Ibrahim, Vincent Jarlier, Impact of Dosin Frequency of the combination Rifampin-Streptomycin on its Bactericidal and Sterilizing Activities against Mycobacterium ulcerans in Mice. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009 Jul;53(7):2955-9. Epub 2009 Apr 13.
Nicolas Veziris Murad Ibrahim, Nacer Lounis, Chantal Truffot-Pernot, Koen Andries and Vincent Jarlier. R207910 is very active when administered once-a-week in murine tuberculosis. (Abstract) 45th Interscience Conference Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ICAAC 2005 American Society of
Murad Ibrahim, Chantal Truffot-Pernot, Koen Andries, Vincent Jarlier and Nicolas Veziris. Early and late bactericidal activity of R207910 (TMC207) in murine tuberculosis. (Abstract) 48th Interscience Conference Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ICAAC 2008 American Society of Microbiology (ASM), Washington, DC USA.

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Assistant Professor of Microbiology

Research interests :

Evaluation of early and late bactericidal activity of new antitubrculosis drugs.
Evaluation of sterilizing activity of new antitubrculosis drugs.
Evaluation of sterilizing activity of multidrug resistant regimen recommended by World Health Organization.
Evaluation of bactericidal and sterilizing Activities of new drug combinations against Mycobacterium ulcerans in Mice.

Publications :

Ibrahim. M, K. Andries, N. Lounis, A. Chauffour, C. Truffot-Pernot, V. Jarlier, and N. Veziris. 2007. Synergistic activity of R207910 combined with pyrazinamide against murine tuberculosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51:1011-5.
Nicolas Veziris, Murad Ibrahim, Nacer Lounis, Aurelie Chauffour, Chantal Truffot-Pernot, Koen Andries, and Vincent Jarlier . A Once-weekly R207910-containing Regimen Exceeds Activity of the Standard Daily Regimen in Murine Tuberculosis. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009 Jan 1;179(1):75-9.
mURAD ibrahim, CHANTAL Truffot-Pernot, KOEN ANDRIES, VINCENT Jarlier and nicolas veziris. Sterilizing activity of R207910 containing regimens in the murine model of tuberculosis. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009 Sep 15;180(6):553-7. Epub 2009 Jul 9.
Baohong Ji, Aurelie Chauffour, Jerome Robert, Murad Ibrahim, Vincent Jarlier, Impact of Dosin Frequency of the combination Rifampin-Streptomycin on its Bactericidal and Sterilizing Activities against Mycobacterium ulcerans in Mice. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009 Jul;53(7):2955-9. Epub 2009 Apr 13.
Nicolas Veziris Murad Ibrahim, Nacer Lounis, Chantal Truffot-Pernot, Koen Andries and Vincent Jarlier. R207910 is very active when administered once-a-week in murine tuberculosis. (Abstract) 45th Interscience Conference Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ICAAC 2005 American Society of
Murad Ibrahim, Chantal Truffot-Pernot, Koen Andries, Vincent Jarlier and Nicolas Veziris. Early and late bactericidal activity of R207910 (TMC207) in murine tuberculosis. (Abstract) 48th Interscience Conference Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ICAAC 2008 American Society of Microbiology (ASM), Washington, DC USA.

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Department of Physiology and Pharmacology

Department of Pathology and Histology

About :

Assistant Professor of Pathology

Is the chairman of the Pathology/Histology Department at Al-Quds University Medical School. Educated at Al-Quds Medical School (MD) in 2002 and got his PhD from the University of Paris 6 in 2008. Got the Palestinian board in pathology in 2009.

Research interests :

Studying the plasticity of monocytes/macrophages and monocyte-derived cells in situ on histological slides.
Phenotypic analysis of these cells in human lymph nodes and bone marrow biopsy specimens.

Lectures / class :

Pathology I for medical, dental and pharmacy students
Pathology II for medical students
Pathology I and II Labs
Histology I for medical and dental students
Histology II for medical students
Histology II Labs

Publications :

Marwan Qubaja, Josée Audouin, Jean Claude Moulin, Thierry Jo Molina, Agnès Le Tourneau, Philippe Gaulard, Pierre Straub, Bruno Audhuy, Jacques Diebold. ” Nodal follicular helper T cell lymphoma may present with different patterns”. Human Pathology 2009;40:264-9.
Dawidowicz K, Ea HK, Lahalle S, Qubaja M, Lioté F. “Unexplained polyarthralgia and celiac disease”. Joint Bone Spine. 2007;75:325-328
Dray X, Medeau V, Qubaja M, Lavergne-Slove A, Guillausseau PJ, Marteau P. “Colonic colonisation with Giardia lamblia in a patient receiving fibrates”. Gut. 2007;56:1639-40.
Mohib Morcos, Fan Zhang, Marwan Qubaja, Marie-Christine Charpentier, Jacques Diebold, Sophie Camilleri-Broët, Jean-François Regnard, Josée Audouin and Thierry Molina. Apport Du Dossier Numérisé Dans La Prise En Charge Macroscopique Et Histologique D’Une Pièce Opératoire D’Exérèse De Carcinome Bronchopulmonaire. Revue Francophone Des Laboratoires 2005; N°377:35-40.
Marie-Christine Charpentier, Marwan Qubaja, “Agnès Le Tourneau, Jacques Diebold, Josée Audouin, Thierry Molina.Critères diagnostiques et facteurs pronostiques des carcinomes neuroendocrines à grandes cellules broncho-pulmonaires”.Revue Francophone Des Laboratoires 2008; N°398:59-63.

Department of Anatomy and Embryology

Department of Social and behavioral Sciences

Dr. Khalid Salah is assistant professor of applied statistics at the Faculty of Science. He joined the faculty
in 2002. He worked for more than ten years as a teacher of mathematics and computer science at YMCA
schools. Dr. Khalid headed the university’s Statistical and study unit from 2010 to 2016. He worked on
many statistical issues, most notably university statistics, organizing the statistical process between the
university and the Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education and the Palestinian Central Bureau of
Statistics. Dr. Khalid is currently working on the development of teaching statistics and biostatistics at the
university to keep pace with the scientific and technological progress in the world. He also contributed to
the development of many courses of statistics and biostatistics at the bachelor and master level, which he
teaches some of these courses.

Dr. Khalid is currently working in cooperation with the Department of Mathematics and the Deanship of
the Faculty of Science, and with a direct assignment from the university president, to establish the
“Jerusalem Center for Statistics”, which in turn will contribute and assist in most of the statistical work of
the university, staff, as well as students, especially graduate students.

It is worth mentioning that Dr. Khalid has been chosen as a referee for many international scientific
journal because of his research achievements in the fields of Applied Statistics, Biostatistics, and Applied

Mathematics including:

An Approximation of A longitudinal Stochastic Model, International Journal of Clinical
Biostatistics and Biometrics, 5(1), (2019), ISSN: 2469-5831.
On Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Mixed Cure Fraction Model Assuming Stable Distribution,
International Journal of Tomography and Simulation, 34(2), (2021), ISSN: 2319-3336.
Error Analysis For The Finite Element Approximation of Conductive-Radiative Model, European
Journal of Scientific Research, Volume 11, No 2 November, 2005, 236-245
A Semiparametric Joint Model for Longitudinal and Time-to-Event Univariate Data in Presence of
Cure Fraction, European Journal of Scientific Research ISSN 1450-216X Vol.18 No.4 (2007),
pp.707-729 © EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. 2007
Cure Fraction, Modelling and Estimating in a Population-Based Cancer Survival Analysis,
Malaysian Journal of Mathematical Sciences 2 (1): 113-134 (2008)
Bayesian Approach for Joint Longitudinal and Time-to-Event Data with Survival Fraction,
BULLETIN of the Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society (2) 32(1) (2009), 75–100.
A Stochastic Joint Model for Longitudinal and survival Data with Cure Patients, International
Journal of Tomography & Statistics, Winter 2009, Vol. 11, No. W09.; 48-67; ISSN 0972-9976 (
Print ); ISSN 0973-7294 (Online).
An Approximation of A longitudinal Stochastic Model, International Journal of Clinical
Biostatistics and Biometrics (2018), Revising

This was in addition to participating in many scientific conferences inside and outside the country.

The most recent was the scientific conference on mathematics and applied statistics, which was held at Birzeit
University, Ramallah, From 27-30 August 2018.

Dr. Khalid holds a PhD in applied statistics, which he received in 2007 from Putra University in
Malaysia, an MA in Applied Mathematics (2002) from Al Quds University, and a Bachelor’s Degree
(1989) from College of Science and Technology / Abu Dies.

Academic Qualifications :

2008, Doctor of Philosophy in Health Policy and Sciences, Ben Gurion University.
2000, Post-doctoral training, Sustainable management in Primary Health Care, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Emery U & CDC (most outstanding paper).
1991, Doctor of Community Medicine, Jordan Medical Council, Amman, Jordan.
1988, MSc in Management of Health Services Organizations, University of Jordan in Cooperation with Johns Hopkins University, Jordan. (Top of class/GPA 92.6%).
1982, Doctor of Medicine, Rostov Medical University (Excellent).

Selected experiences :

Over 20 years Professor of public health.
I was university: Professor, Dean, Vice President, Acting President.
Palestinian Representative, Board member of the Arab Council for Gifted and Talented since 2008.
The Arab Woman 2004 for Performance Excellence: Mohammed Bin Rashid AlMaktoum Award for Achieving Excellence in Management Performance.
Jerusalem Distinguished Woman by AlMurtaqa AlNasawi, 2010.
A Woman Who Sets The Standard to excel, to inspire, to motivate: by the International Who’s Who of Professional & Business Women ABI –USA, 2009.
MOH Candidate for King’s Hussein Award for professional excellence February 1991.
King’s Hussein Award for the most outstanding student in Graduate Studies June 19th, 1988.
Award for Excellence with Honor by the Preparatory Faculty/Rostov , USSR1976.
City Award for Most Outstanding Female High School Student,Nablus, Palestine1975.
Published many papers in fields of public health, in British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioral Science, International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences.
up to 45 published articles, books, treatment manuals, assessment tools and others.

Functional Expertise :

Teaching Experience.
Research Visits.
International Networks.
Book author.
Training.
Projects management.

Industry Expertise :

University Staff.
Research institutes.
Academic Publishing.
Local societies
International cooperation’s

* Colleagues from other faculties

Department of Community and Family Medicine