Certificates

1998

DAAD Scientific Cooperation — Saarland Medical Faculty

Universitätskliniken des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany

DAAD-funded scientific cooperation (18–27 July 1998) between the universities of Damascus, Aleppo, and Lattakia and the Medical Faculty of Saarland. The programme covered: new aspects in the diagnostics and therapy of haemostaseological diseases (coagulation and blood analytics); modern clinical-chemical analytical methods on HITACHI analyzers including dry chemistry and blood film evaluation; practical instruction in clinical virology and antibody analysis; a seminar at the Institute of Biochemistry on DNA-analysis methods including gene-locus analysis; seminars on urine and stone analysis and laboratory diagnostics of urinary tract infections in children and adults at the Urological University Clinic; two clinical-bacteriology seminars on urine and blood cultures, antibiotic resistance, and hygiene; a hemostaseological seminar with hands-on determination of platelets, reticulocytes, blood-picture evaluation, and coagulation analyses (Quick, PTT, fibrinogen, Protein C and S); and a final meeting with Prof. Dr. Muhjiedin Jouma, Vice-Rector of the University of Damascus.

Signed by: Prof. Dr. F. C. Sitzmann · Prof. Dr. S. Alloussi

1988

Medical Microbiology Exercises — Indirect Immunofluorescence & Antimicrobial Sensitivity

Institute of Microbiology, Carl Gustav Carus Medical Academy, Dresden (GDR)

Practicum (28 July – 22 August 1988) at the Institute of Microbiology, focused on legionella diagnostics by indirect immunofluorescence and the determination of bacterial sensitivity against antibiotics — continuing the long-standing scientific cooperation with Prof. Witzleb's institute.

Signed by: MR Prof. Dr. sc. med. W. Witzleb (Director, Institute of Microbiology)

1986

Medical Microbiology Exercises — Legionella laboratory

Institute of Microbiology, Carl Gustav Carus Medical Academy, Dresden (GDR)

Practicum (24 July – 22 August 1986) on legionella diagnostics, syphilis serology, Chlamydia trachomatis, mycoplasma diagnostics, and bacteriology of the respiratory and urinary tracts. Extended bench work in the legionella laboratory: preparation of media, cultivation of legionella strains in several passages, preparation of antigen for the indirect immunofluorescence test, procedure and reading of indirect and direct immunofluorescence methods, and cultivation of legionella from samples.

Signed by: OMR Prof. Dr. sc. med. J. Schmidt (Rector) · Prof. Dr. sc. med. W. Witzleb (Director, Institute of Microbiology)

1986

Doctoral Research Project — Legionella infections in Syria

Institute of Microbiology, Carl Gustav Carus Medical Academy, Dresden (GDR)

Formal endorsement of the multi-year doctoral (Promotion A) research project on legionella infections in Syria. Plan: investigation over three years of 500 sera from healthy persons of various age groups in Syria, and approximately 200 double sera from pneumonia cases, with results comparable to similar investigations in the Dresden laboratory. Annual 4–6 week working stays at the Dresden Institute, supplied with strains, media, and control sera, with confirmation of results by re-investigation of antigens, positive patient sera, and isolated strains.

Signed by: Prof. Wolf Witzleb (Director, Institute of Microbiology, Dresden)

1985

Practicum in Medical Microbiology

Institute of Microbiology, Carl Gustav Carus Medical Academy, Dresden (GDR)

One-month practicum (24 July – 24 August 1985) covering serological-parasitological detection methods (toxoplasmosis serology), clinical bacteriology, antimicrobial resistance determination, gonococcus cultivation, tuberculosis diagnostics, legionella diagnostics, chlamydia trachomatis, virology, mycoplasma, parasitology, syphilis serology, leptospirosis, and various methods for the detection of specific IgM antibodies and pathogen antigens — including ELISA practice for Toxoplasma gondii.

Signed by: Prof. Dr. sc. med. Schmidt (Rector) · Prof. Dr. sc. med. Witzleb (Director, Institute of Microbiology)

1985

Practicum in Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Diagnostics

Institute of Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Diagnostics, Carl Gustav Carus Medical Academy, Dresden (GDR)

Practicum (24 July – 24 August 1985) on hospital laboratory organisation, automated clinical-chemical analytics with data processing, urgent laboratory diagnostics, hematological diagnostics, coagulation analytics, hormone analytics, trace-element analytics, and protein analytics. Apolipoprotein isolation served as the worked example for protein separation and purification methods, with hands-on practice in ultracentrifugation, electrophoresis, Sephadex column chromatography, and immunodiffusion.

Signed by: Prof. Dr. sc. med. Schmidt (Rector) · Prof. Dr. sc. med. Jaroß (Director, Institute of Clinical Chemistry)