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Dr. Ali Jad Abdel Wahab Yousef

Associate Professor- Surgery

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Educational Qualification
  • Jordanian Board in Surgical Oncology, Major: General Surgical Oncology 2023, Jordan Medical Council
  • Fellowship in Surgical Oncology, General Surgical Oncology,2006, King Hussein Cancer Center.
  • Jordanian Board in General Surgery, General Surgery, 2002, Jordan Medical Council.
  • Certificate of Higher Specialty in General Surgery (CHM/GS), General Surgery,2002, Jordan University of Science and Technology
  • USMLE, Medicine and Surgery, 1998, Educational Commission of Foreign Medical Graduates
  • MB BS, Medicine and Surgery, 1994, Jordan University of Science and Technology
Professional Career
  • Associate professor of surgery, RAKMHSU, August 2025- Current
  • Consultant General Surgeon and Surgical Oncologist, November 2014- August 2025
  • Full-time lecturer (Assistant professor), Mutah University, October 2017- November 2023
  • Full-time lecturer (Assistant professor), Yarmouk University, October 2016- October 2017
  • Assistant professor of surgery, Al Jouf University, October 2011- October 2011
  • Assistant Consultant Surgical Oncology, King Fahad Specialists Hospital/ Dammam, October 2008- March 2011
Courses Taught
  • Surgery - MBBS Year 5
  • Surgery - MD Year 4
  • Clinical Decision Making - MD Year 4
  • Clinical Decision Making - MBBS Year 5
  • Introduction to Clinical Sciences
  • Emergency Medicine for 6th year Students
Achievements
  • Fellowship of the American College of Surgeons,2023, American College of Surgeons
  • Letter of Gratitude, 2006, King Hussein Cancer Center
Publications
  • Yousef, Ali Jad Abdelwahab. "Male Breast Cancer: Epidemiology and Risk Factors." Seminars in Oncology. WB Saunders, 2017.
  • Yousef, Ali Jad. "Breast Mass in a Man." JAMA surgery 153.1 (2018): 79-80.
  • Yousef, Ali Jad Abdelwahab. "Jejunal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor." Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Vol. 92. No. 10. Elsevier, 2017. Name of the Publication
  • Yousef, Ali Jad Abdelwahab. “Male Breast Cancer: Prognosis and Survivorship.” Cancer Therapy & Oncology International Journal. Vol.10 No.1: 555776, 2018.
  • Yousef, Ali Jad Abdelwahab. "Abdominal distension in ICU patient." The Pan African Medical Journal 33 (2019).
  • Nofal, Mohammad, Mahmoud M. Al Awayshih, and Ali J. Yousef. "Synchronous Colonic and Ovarian Tumors: A Case Report." The American journal of case reports 20 (2019): 655.
  • Al Awayshih, Mahmoud Musa, Mohammad Nabih Nofal, and Ali Jad Yousef. "Modified Radical Mastectomy for Male Breast Cancer." The American journal of case reports 20 (2019): 1336.
  • Al Awayshih, Mahmoud Musa, Mohammad Nabih Nofal, and Ali Jad Yousef. "Evaluation of Alvarado score in diagnosing acute appendicitis." The Pan African Medical Journal 34 (2019).
  • Nofal, M. N., and A. J. Yousef. "The diagnosis of male breast cancer." Neth J Med 77.10 (2019): 356-359.
  • Nofal, Mohammad Nibih, Ali Jad Yousef, Farouq Fakhri Hamdan, and Ahmad Hisham Oudat. "Characteristics of trocar site hernia after laparoscopic cholecystectomy." Scientific reports 10, no. 1 (2020): 1-5.
  • Rashdan, Mohammad Z., Mohammad N. Nofal, Ali Jad Yousef, Jareer Heider Abuhemeidan, Raed N. Al-Taher, Ahmad Saleh Suleihat, Sabika A. Alwazzan, Raghed A. Alshaiji, Raihan Y. Husami, and Ruba F. Abu Alhuda. "Patients response to pre-operative counseling for the appropriate type of bariatric surgery." Annals of Medicine and Surgery 64 (2021): 102206.
  • Al-Taher, R., Nofal, M., Yousef, A. J., Rashdan, M., Tarawneh, A., Alsmadi, J., ... & Abdulrasoul, B. (2022). Double dartos flap layer in tubularized incised plate urethroplasty to prevent urethrocutaneous fistula in uncircumcised patients with distal hypospadias. Asian Journal of Andrology, 24, 1-5.
  • Alsmadi, J. K., Nofal, M. N., Alriyalat, S., & Yousef, A. J. (2025). Laparoscopic vs. Open nephrectomy for inflammatory renal conditions: a meta-analysis emphasizing safety. BMC urology, 25(1), 96.
  • Alsmadi, Jad Khaled, Mohammad Nebih Nofal, and Ali Jad Yousef. "Laparoscopic Nephrectomy for Inflammatory Renal Diseases A Systematic Review." Current Problems in Surgery (2025): 101756.
  • Nofal, M. N., Yousef, A. J., Samarah, S. H., & Al-Qudah, B. M. (2025). Surgery time for stenosed Crohn's disease: Case report. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 127, 110903.
  • Nofal, M., Yousef, A., Alkhawaldeh, I., Al-Jafari, M., Zuaiter, S., & Eddin, S. Z. (2024). Dumping syndrome after bariatric surgery. Annali Italiani di Chirurgia, 95(4), 522-533.
  • Nofal, M. N., Al Awayshish, M. M., Yousef, A. J., Alamaren, A. M., Al-Rabadi, Z. I., Haddad, D. S., ... & Al-Qusous, Y. N. (2024). General surgery educational resources for Jordanian medical students. Surgery Open Science, 20, 62-65.
  • Nofal, M. N., Wadi, W. I., Yousef, A. J., Rashdan, M. Z., Alkhasawneh, M. H., Dwairi, R. N., ... & Abushaqra, R. K. (2024). Single-Dose Enoxaparin for Portomesenteric Venous Thrombosis Prophylaxis after Sleeve Gastrectomy. Annals of African Medicine, 23(1), 46-52.