The two years I spent working at the Tripoli Medical Center proved to be the core for my yearning to partake in clinical research in cardiothoracic surgery. However, as much as I learned how to administer medication to handle various cardiac and thoracic conditions, I felt that the time spent there was too short to give me a satisfactory measure as to how prolific I want to be in this particular discipline. Hence, in order to fully improve my knowledge and skill in clinical research, I desire to pursue a PHD program in science and specialize in clinical and basic science research.
I have become exposed to common cardiothoracic …show more content…
I have done volunteer work as an observer at the UC Davis Medical Center Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery with Professor Davis Cooke and Roy Calhoun. I helped maintain the research on the thoracic surgery database and I am actively participating in a study on how an academic center can move from open lobectomy to VATS lobectomy as an up-front therapy for early stage lung cancer, and maintain a quality resident operative education. Prior to this I was a Teaching Assistant at the University of Misrata from April 2008 to January 2010 where I prepared lectures for third year medical students and prepared pre lab tutorials, equipment and helped faculty members in the mid- term and final