PROFESSOR
Mousa Al-Kurdi
MD. MRCOG, FRCOG
Professor/Consultant Gynaecologist Oncologist & Endoscopist in infertility & Tumour more than 40 years mostly in Cambridge-UK.
Now residing and working in Dubai since February 2014
About
PROFESSOR
MOUSA AL KURDI.
Expert, with many achievements and innovative contributions in Endoscopic Surgery, Fertility, Fertility Sparing & Gynaecological Oncology. Worked for more than 30 years in UK, mostly in Cambridge.
First as specialist in Leicester and Newcastle Universities, then lecturer and Senior Consultant in Cambridge.
His innovations extended from developing new operations and gadgets in infertility and cancer surgery to several initiatives and programmes to advance science, reform health care and health teachings; to reducing maternal mortality and death due medical errors.
Nationality: British – Syrian
Language Spoken: English & Arabic
Contributions in Brief:
Suggest and was the only under graduate member of the 5 members committee to establish and write the bylaws of the Postgraduate Studies in Medicine in Syria 1971; modified in 1973.
This drastically reduced immigration of our doctors to Europe and the States. And accumulated the human resources to establish, to the first time, medical services for millions of poor people living in rural and remote areas in Syria.
During 1973 war with Israel, he led the preparations, emergency services and triaging the several hundred civilian’ casualties, hit by Israeli Airstrike, and were rescued to the National Hospital of Damascus University.
“I have no doubt in my mind that Mousa will significantly contribute to the development of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the World”, testimony was written by Professor John MacVicar of Leicester University to Professor Iyed Al Shatti, chairman of Tumour Centre, in 1977. Professor MacVicar assisted Professor Ian Donald to develop the use of Ultrasound in human in 1961.
In 1977 to the first time in UK, treated a women In Leicester Royal Infirmary after suffering 17 miscarriages; by Intravenous hypertonic Dextrose to treat recurrent foetal deaths due to reduced fluids around baby. She had the first live baby after 19 years marriage. Later, we’ve treated, successfully, about 50 women in other parts of the world
In 1978 was member of the team who developed, Colposcopy and the use of CO2 LASER to the first time in human to treat pre-cancers of cervix (CIN) in women? Instead of Hysterectomy.
In 1978 Designed the first smoke suction speculum in the world at Gateshead -Newcastle University to suck smoke and allow Laser treatment to be completed. Now, it is used across the world to suck smoke while doing LLETZ excision, to treat pre-cancer lesions of cervix instead; of cone or hysterectomy.
In 1981-82 lead combined group of eminent senior researchers from Cook County University- Chicago, London Research Centre – North London and Cambridge University to exclude Chlamydial infection as carcinogenic of cervix.
This led to an exchange programme between Cambridge and seven leading American Universities; Sloane Kettering-New York, North & South Carolina, Duke, MD Anderson-Houston, Cook County & North Western- Chicago. At that time cone or hysterectomy for pre-cancer of cervix was still the predominant treatment in the States. To be fair, this was because of fear of litigation.
In 1985-1988, commissioned the full opening of New Maternity Hospital – Damascus University. Established Centres for: Tumour Surgery, Trophoblast Chemotherapy, Colposcopy, IVF, PHD Degree in Obs & Gyn, Reformed Postgraduate and established Sub-Specialisation’ Training.
Suggested and designed a project to reduce Maternal Mortality in Third World by training and retraining health workers, funded by the United Nations Fund for Populations & WHO. Director and trainer in the pilot project 1985-1988.This reduced maternal mortality in Syria by 3.8 folds from 114 to 30/100 000 births 1985-1992 Model has been adopted worldwide in 27 countries by WHO, FIGO and RCOG 1990-ongoing.
In 1995 & 1996, performed, for the first time ever two successful Abdominal Radical Trachelectomy; by removing bulky cervical cancer (≥ 3 cms) in humans, without removing the uterus to preserve fertility. Presented at FIGO-Washington-2000. This new procedure spread across the world and there are hundreds of this operation carried out annually.
In 1999, developed in Cambridge, a new operation to treat unexplained infertility by laparoscopic lowering high tubes and ovaries down to the pelvis where ova fall so to allow tubes to collect ova and achieve natural pregnancy without need for IVF. This will benefit more than 100 million women diagnosed having Unexplained Infertility and or repeatedly failed IVF.
In 1999, suggested and in 2007 was elected by the Council of Arab Ministers of Health as founding President, to reform healthcare and teachings in All Arab Countries according to Evidence Based Medicine (EBM), and to establish Arab Institute for Clinical Excellence (AICE); to introduce evidence-based clinical guidelines and patients’ charter in Arab Countries. With main aim to optimise healthcare, cut down resource wasting and most importantly cut down hundreds of thousands of deaths due to medical errors.
Between 2004 and 2008 tried to acquire the Syrian Government support to establish in Damascus, advanced Academic, Research and Non for profit Medical City, which could have been financed and staffed by some of the thousands of Senior Doctor of Syrian or Arab origin working in Americas andEurope who are eager to invest and work for such project.
In 2010-2012 was tasked by Council of Arab Ministers of Health to reform Arab Board for Health Specialisation and to adopt Evidence Based Medicine in teaching, training and exams.
In 2020 -2021, reviewing and preparing for the publication of results of repositioning high tubes and ovaries down to the pelvis, in one of the leading Medical journal in Fertility.
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Operates at Saudi German Hospital – Dubai
Head Endoscopy Infertility & Tumours – Cambridge UK
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Phone: 09:00 – 18:00
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Health services and health teaching will not improve or reform without the adoption of Evidence Based Practice and Guidelines or without establishing organisation to lead the transition, to adopt the guidelines, train health professionals’ to use and monitor it.
Hysterectomy even without removing ovaries causes’ long term serious risks comparedTo conservative removal of fibroids or endometriosis without hysterectomy
- Risk of heart disease: Up 33 percent. 4.6-fold higher risk of Congestive heart failure, 2.5-fold risk of coronary artery disease Mayo Clinic 2018.
- Urinary incontinence in women increases 60% at age of 60 or in later in life American review 2000.
- Risk of osteoporosis 1.84 times due to premature loss of ovarian’ function resulting from cutting ovarian blood supply from the uterus. Am Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2019.
Sexual Dysfunction & dyspareunia: doubled following hysterectomies Brazilian Journal Review 2020
Hysterectomy is unjustified except for large Malignancy
or life threatening Haemorrhage
First was at Cambridge University for second twin at 26 weeks in 1980. Since then over 50 procedures mostly on singleton pregnancies in UK and Middle East with exceptional success.
Caesarean hysterectomy, ligating internal iliac arteries +_ uterine, ovarian arteries and pre-sacral plexus, repairing damage to pelvic organs, and resecting extensive unexpected tumours.
Qualification:
MD Damascus University 1972
MRCOG, London UK 1979
FRCOG, London UK 1991
Scientific Positions:
Member of:
1979
The Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists 1979.
1977
The British Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology Society
1996
British Society For Gynaecological Endoscopy
1980
The East Anglian Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
1980
The British Fertility Society
1985
The American Fertility Society
Publications:
Many publications & Book in Gyn. oncology, Colposcopy, Laser, endoscopic surgery & infertility.
Organisations:
- Re-established the Syrian Society for Obs & Gyn 1985
- Organised & Chaired American-Arab medical Conferences 1985- 1988.
- Organised and Chaired Scientific committee, First Arab Italian Conference 1987.
- National Referee in UK: for Improving Gynaecological Oncology Service 1996
- Founding member & president of British Arab Medical Association in UK & Ireland (BAMA)
- Founding Member of the British Syrian Medical Association 1996
- Representative Member, High Committee for Racial Equality in UK, BMA 2004-2006
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