Qalandar Kasnazani
Full Name: Qalandar Hussein Abdulkarim Kasnazani
Date of Birth: 01/07/1955
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married with two sons and two daughters
Nationality: Iraqi (Kurdish)
Hobbies: Hiking, Gardening, Farming, and swimming
Facebook Page: dr.qalandar
Education
1961-1967
Saywan Primary School/ Sulaimanyah, Iraq
1967-1970
Imamkasim Secondary School/ Kirkuk, Iraq
1970-1973
Kurdistan Secondary School/ Kirkuk, Iraq
1973-1979
University of Mousel/ College of Medicine/ Mousel, Iraq
1985-1986
University of Baghdad/ College of Medicine/ Baghdad, Iraq
Qualifications
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Mousil University 1979
Diploma in Surgery – Baghdad University 1986
Fellow of Royal College of Physician and Surgeon of Glasgow FRCS (Glasg) 2010
Fellow of American College of Surgery (FACS) 2012
in the Ministry of Health 5-8-2009 according to the legal substance no. 53265 delivered at 14-11-2006 by the Iraqi Ministry of Health. Confirmed by Kurdistan Regional Government according to the Decree no. 8812 of 5-8-2009.
Subspecialty in Digestive Surgery in 29-3-2009 under the number1531 issued by Ministry of Health in Kurdistan Regional Government.
M.B.Ch. B (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Mousil University 1979)
F.S.C.A.I. (Fellow of the International College of Surgeons)
AHPBA (American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association)
Diploma in Surgery (Diploma in Surgery – Baghdad University 1986)
FRCS (Glasg) (Fellow of Royal College of Physician and Surgeon of Glasgow FRCS (Glasg) 2010)
FACS (Fellow of American College of Surgery (FACS) 2012)
Senior Consultant Surgeon issued as (Clinical Professor) (in the Ministry of Health 5-8-2009 according to the legal substance no. 53265 delivered at 14-11-2006 by the Iraqi Ministry of Health. Confirmed by Kurdistan Regional Government according to the Decree no. 8812 of 5-8-2009.d)
Senior Consultant Surgeon issued as (Clinical Professor) (Subspecialty in Digestive Surgery in 29-3-2009 under the number1531 issued by Ministry of Health in Kurdistan Regional Government.)
Membership and Professional Societies
member of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Collaborator Network.
Member of Iraqi Association for Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Member of scientific committee of Iraqi society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Member of American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association. (Candidate Number 9001).
Previous Posts
01/09/1979 – 01/09/1980
Junior House Officer/Kirkuk General Hospital
18/01/1985 – 18/01/1986
Registrar in Surgery/ General Surgery/Medical City Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq.
04/09/1980 – 04/09/1981
Rural Services/Said Sadiq – Sulaimanyah
1986
Awarded Diploma in General Surgery/University of Baghdad.
05/09/1981 – 01/09/1982
SHO/ in Surgery/Sulaimanyah General Hospital
18/01/1986 – 05/05/1990
Specialist Surgeon/Kirkuk General Hospital
02/09/1982 – 17/01/1985
Registrar in Surgery/Kirkuk General Hospital
06/05/1990 – 30/09/1998
Consultant Surgeon/Kirkuk General Hospital
30/09/1998 – TO DATE
Senior Consultant Surgeon/Sulaimanyah Teaching Hospital
Previous Posts
Supervisor
for all surgeons working in Shorish Military Hospitals (General Military Health Foundation) -Sulaimanyah-Kurdistan Regional Government/ Iraq
Emergency Surgery
Supervising specialist surgeons in the Emergency Surgical Unit- Sulaimanyah Teaching Hospital /Kurdistan / Iraq
Supervisor
of the high Diploma student of Emergency Surgery Sulaimanyah/ Kurdistan
Supervisor
for Kurdistan Board certificate students in Medical Gastroenterology
Chairman
of Sulaimanyah Center of Digestive Surgery/ Kurdistan Higher Council for Medical Specialties
Senior Consultant Surgeon
in Anwar Sheikha Medical City
Non-Clinical Duties
(Administrative and Teaching)
01. • (KHCMS).
Chairman of Kurdistan Center Sulaimanyah section of digestive surgery/ Kurdistan Higher Council for Medical Specialties
02. • Member of Kurdistan Medical Council
Member of Kurdistan Medical Council (KMC) which is responsible on monitoring of medical and surgical malpractice and other administrative medical problems. We are 20 members including the minister of health, who is the head of the council.
03. Senior Medical Advisor for the ministry of health
Previously, Senior Medical Advisor for the ministry of health for scientific medical issues/ Kurdistan Regional Government.
Training Courses Attended
01. Laparoscopic surgery, G I Center, Baghdad, Iraq, 2-4 November, 1996.
02. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, G I Center, Baghdad, Iraq, 1-6 November 1997
03. ERCP- G I Center Baghdad, 1-3/ 1998. And 6-8/ 1998 (6 MONTHS COURSE)
04. Laparoscopic surgery. Germany / PFORTZIME/ 2 weeks, 15-28, April, 1998.
05. Clinical attachment with Mr. John. Flynn, FRCSI. Consultant Surgeon. Portuncula Hospital,
Ballinasloe /Ireland/ December, 2003..
06. Endoscopy workshop in Cairo University of Kasr-Al-Ainy 21-23/ February/2004.
07. ERCP in Kumamoto Hospital- Japan, arranged by Japanese Red Cross, 17-29- May- 2004..
08. Liver Transplantation (observation in the theater). Jordan Hospital- Amman – Jordan
(18/09/2007 till 20/10/2007).
09. Liver Transplant Surgery in Erbil / Kurdistan /Iraq . Three weeks period
10. 10 days Clinical Attachment in Robotic and Hepatobiliary Surgery and liver transplant/
Singapore University Hospital / Singapore 2013
CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD OF SURGERY IN KURDISTAN- IRAQ
01.
I have pioneered Laparoscopic surgery in Kurdistan, and introduced this equipment to Kurdistan Regional Government. 1999
02.
I have pioneered Minimal invasive surgery in digestive surgery in Iraqi Kurdistan. 2000.
03.
I have pioneered splenic salvage procedure in Iraqi Kurdistan. 2000.
04.
I have pioneered Liver resections, Pancreatiicoduodenectomy, colonic transposition for the Esophagus in Iraqi Kurdistan, and Splenic salvage procedure in Kurdistan.
05.
Running high Diploma in Emergency surgery certificate. Supervisor in Kurdistan Board Certificate in Surgery.
06.
I have established Kurdistan Center for Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
07.
Establishment of Kurdistan Board for Digestive Surgery. 2015.
Publications
01. Hawler University Journal, Minimal invasive surgery for Gastrointestinal Cancer. www.hawlermu.org 2008 .Zanco Journal of Medical Science .Vol.12 . 2008.
02. Sheikha, Anwar K.; Salih, Ziyan T.; Kasnazan, Kalandar H. et al. Prevention of overwhelming post-splenectomy infection in thalassemia patients by partial rather than total splenectomy. (Clinical report). Canadian Journal of Surgery. Can J Surg 2007; 50(5): 382-386.The latest article was a collaboration between my Centre and another Medical Centre in Saudi Arabia published in the Canadian Journal of Surgery.
03. Hawler University Journal, unusual findings during Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) .2 Cases of Fasciola Hepatica in the Common Bile Duct Removed by ERCP procedure. Zanco Journal of Medical Science. Volume 12. 2008.
04. Hawler University journal. Vascular Control for Safe Resection of Huge Vascular Masses in Head and Neck
05. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 24(2009)309. Education and Imaging /Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic: Fascioliasis
06. Journal of Medical Case Report. Fasciola Hepatica –Case Report. Accepted for publication.
07. BMC Infectious Diseases/ Research article (BMC Infectious Diseases, 2013, 13:91)
www.biomedcentral.com /1471-2334/13/91
08. BMJ Case Reports 2012. Doi:10.1136/bcr-2012-007393 (Intermittent bursts of abdominal wall jerky movements: belly dancer\s syndrome). Osama S M Amin, Qalandar Hussein Abdulkarim, Mohammad Shaikhani
09. Qadisia Medical Journal (Minimal Invasive Splenectomy by Traditional Technique) 2012.
10. Cukurova Medical Journal (Vague Behavioral and personality changes and a Misdiagnosis of Complex Partial Epilepsy). Cukurova Medical Journal 2014;39(4):860-867.
11. International Journal of Surgery 52, (2018) 383-387, The outcome and complications of pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure): Cross sectional study
12. Archives of International Surgery, Volume 7. Issue. January-March 2017, Instrumental Esophageal Perforation: A case series
13. Taha and Kasnazani, 2021. Complete agenesis of the right hemi-diaphragm in an adult: case report and literature review. JFac Med Baghdad. Vol.63 no. 3
Dr. Qalandar Hussein Abdulkarim Kasnazani (he, his, him)
Senior Consultant Surgeon-Digestive and Hepatobiliary Surgery
Chairman of Sulaimani Center of Tertiary Subspecialty of Digestive Surgery-Kurdistan Higher Council for Medical Specialty (KHCMS)
FRCS (Glasg)
FACS
FICS
AHPBA Active Member
DGS
MB Ch B