Reply from Yvette Saunders
Dear Dr. Kafoor,
Re: Hawler Medical University
Thank
you for your e-mail of 1 May 2007 and your valuable comments regarding the status of the above University which has applied
for membership in the International Association of Universities (IAU).
We are very grateful for your precious collaboration.
We shall keep you informed of the decision taken by the members of the IAU Administrative Board as soon as possible.
Once
again, thank you for your precious collaboration in this matter.
With best regards,
Yvette Saunders
International
Association of Universities (IAU)
UNESCO House
1, rue Miollis - 75732 Paris Cedex 15 - France
Tel: (+33) 1 45 68
48 06 - Fax: (+33) 1 47 34 76 05
From "scheik" to Yvette Saunders, IAU - UNESCO House
Dear Yvette
Ref: Hawler Medical University
Further
to my previous email, I would like to introduce my self as the newly elected chairman of Support Committee of Higher Education
in Iraqi Kurdistan SCHEIK. My name is Sherwan Kafoor; I am a senior Environmental
Scientist by profession and, with
Dr Henari I was an active member of scheik's committee for fifteen years.
Regarding Hawler Medical University (HMU)
I would like to confirm that this university is fully recognised by the Kurdistan Regional Government and Ministry of Highrer
Education and Scientific Research.
We "scheik" are having a robust relationship with this university and of course
with other institutions in Iraqi Kurdistan. We are aiming for an excellent relationship between higher education system
in Kurdistan and rest of the world.
On behalf of all members of scheik's committee, I fully support HMU's application
for membership in the IAU. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
Regards,
Dr Sherwan
Kafoor
The
Final Team
On the request of Hawler Medical University, SCHEIK has
recently arranged examination program for a number of medical doctors to go back for few days to Hawler Medical University to examine the final year students. The details of those who will go are:
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Dr Jamal Maroof MBChB, FRCS
(GL), FRCS (ED) FIC (Chicago)
Consultant surgeon with special interest in breast and endocrine surgery. Currently
works at Parapet Breast Diagnostic Centre, King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor. PLAB and MB BS examiner for GMC and St.
Barts medical school respectively. Dr Maroof would like to present a seminar in a field of his interest while he is
in Hawler.
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Dr Jabar Salih MBChB, DPM London / Dublin,
MRC psych 1Board Cert. London University
Consultant Psychiatrist. Currently works at Rotherham and Doncaster Health
NHS Trust. Dr Salih would like to present a seminar about current services for people with learning disability and recent
advances in Psychiatry.
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Dr Peshraw M AminMBChB, DM, MRCP (UK) CCCT (UK)Consultant Psychiatrist. Currently works at Rotherham and Doncaster
Health NHS Trust. Dr Salih would like to present a seminar about current services for people with learning disability and
recent advances in Psychiatry.
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Dr Tishk Shawis MBChB, MRCP
(UK) FRCP LondonConsultant Physician in General Medicine and Geriatric Medicine. Already examiner for MRCPuk and for
Medical school St. Barth and St. Mary Schools of medicine.
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Dr Anneli SchmauchConsultant
Pediatric, working as a general paediatrician at the University Clinic in Umeå in the north of Sweden since 1994. Before that
worked for 6 years in Mocambique in the Paediatric department in the capital Maputo.
Medical Examiners
The Medical College of Hawler Medical University in Iraqi Kurdistan has confirmed that the fields
of specialisation they require to examine their final year students are:
Internal Medicine
General Surgery
Gyneobst
Paediatrics
Psychiatry Any medical professionals finding himself/herself as the right person for this duty can contact
us on the email given below by the latest 20th of April
scheik@kurdishscientist.com
As a matter of fact, the University in Hawler is prepared to pay for all the expenses of:
Flight from here to Hawler
Accommodation
Transportation in Kurdistan
Committee Members
In a meeting held by SCHEIK on the 10th of March 2007 in the Kurdistan hall of Kurdish
Cultural Centre, London, and after the resignation of Dr Fouad Henari a new committee was formed from:
Chairman
Sherwan Kafoor
Members
Firyad Hawezi
Haemin Mufti
Barzan Izzat
Mohammed Khailani
The committee members have decided to sponsor the kurdishscientist
website and the later would be SCHEIK's online representative.
It has been sometime now that Haemin Mufti and Sherwan
Kafoor have been thinking of establishing a Kurdish Scientific Website and eventually the site came to existence, however
with your help and contribution the site will be more richer and successful.
It was also decided to appoint Haemin Mufti as chief
editor of the kurdishscientist.
Medical Examiners required
The dean of the college of medicine Dr Farhad Khayat has announced in an email to SCHEIK that the
college of medicine, Hawler Medical University is in need of external examiners for the purpose of examining the final year
students. In his email Dr Khayat assures that all expenses including flight fares, accommodation and transportation
inside Kurdistan will be covered.
It is worth mentioning that for the last ten years SCHEIK has been involved in sending examiners
to the medical colleges of the three universities in Kurdistan.
SCHEIK appreciates the efforts of those medical doctors who voluntarily contributed to that service
in the last ten years.
SCHEIK would like to ask medical professionals in different fields of medicine to contact scheik@kurdishscientist if they are willing to take part in this national duty not later than 10th of May 2007 . The examinations period
starts from 2nd of June until the10th.
