Waseem Barakat, Laboratory Director

Waseem Barakat

Laboratory Director

Medlabs consultancy group

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Doctorate, Molecular Genetics
Experience
27 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :27 years, 6 Months

Laboratory Director at Medlabs consultancy group
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since March 2018
Laboratory Director at Consulting Medical Laboratories
  • Jordan - Amman
  • September 2017 to March 2018
LAB DIRECTOR at DR SULIMAN AL HABIB AL QASSIM HOSPITAL
  • Saudi Arabia - Buraidah
  • August 2008 to August 2017

Taking full responsibility to manage; direct; evaluate; planning, organizing, and monitoring; re newing; solving problems; addition of new tests; marketing; Validation; quality assurance; selecting workers; and training; Prepares the laboratory budget; documentation; communication and handling customer complaints for the benefit of the institution. Also we have established the JCI accreditation and documentations.

Laboratory Director at Palestine Hospital
  • Jordan - Amman
  • October 2007 to August 2008

as above

LAB DIRECTOR at Consulting Medical Laboratories
  • Jordan - Amman
  • August 2005 to October 2007

as above

Research Assistant at Southampton General Hospital University
  • United Kingdom
  • June 2002 to July 2005

• PCR optimizations.
• dHPLC for mutation scanning of the elastin gene.
• Linkage of TGFBRII gene to aortic dissection.
• ARMS PCR for ELN gene.
• Restriction Enzymes in SNP detection in ELN gene.
• DNA Sequencing.
• GeneScan for SSRs in ELN and TGFBRII.
• Light Typer Genotyping of an ELN SNP.
• EndoVII /Agarose gel electrophoresis or microplate array diagonal
gel electrophoresis (MADGE) methods in mutation detection in FBN1.

Chief of Medical technologist at Consulting Medical Laboratories
  • Jordan - Amman
  • October 1996 to May 2002

• DNA and RNA extraction.
• Molecular Diagnosis of infectious diseases: HCV RNA by PCR, HBV DNA by PCR, Mycobacterium tuberculosis by PCR, .
• Molecular Diagnosis of: Factor V Liden, Factor II By PCR, Philadelphia Chromosome RNA by PCR; some beta-thalassemia mutations (using CVS samples)
• HLA ABC & DR typing by PCR.
• FISH (prenatal): for the following chromosomes: X, Y, 13, 18 & 21.
• HLA ABC by Lymphocytoxic antibodies.
• ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay) for: HCV, HBV profile.
• Immunofluorescent for ANA, Anti DNA, Helicobacter Pylori.
• Flowcytometry on some lymphocytes markers.
• Biochemistry and advanced biochemistry: VMA, Glycosylated Hb, lipid profile, liver function tests and kidney function tests.
• Protein electrophoresis, immunoelectrophoresis, immunofixation, oligoclonal bands, haemoglobin electrophoresis.

Education

Doctorate, Molecular Genetics
  • at Southampton University
  • April 2006
Master's degree, medical genetics with immunology
  • at Brunel University
  • June 1997

Specialties & Skills

Biochemistry
Gel Electrophoresis
Microsoft Excel
MS Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
six sigma black belt

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

American Association of Bioanalysts
  • Lab Director
  • August 2018
Institute of Biomedical science
  • Fellow, FIBMS
  • January 2019

Training and Certifications

Enhance Leadership, Influence & Team Engagement (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2018
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2016

Hobbies

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