Name: Abdul‐Aziz Ahmed Aziz	Place of birth: Telafer	Date of birth: 1957
Marital status: Married	Nationality: Iraqi	Academic title: Professor since 2011

 

Qualifications

Degree	Specialist	Year of Award	University
Ph.D.	Medical Physiology	2005	Mosul
M.Sc.	Medical Physiology	1989	Mosul
M.B.Ch.B.	Medicine and Surgery	1981	Mosul

Teaching duties

• Lecturer in medical physiology (undergraduate and postgraduate students) Medical College ‐ University of Mosul.
• Lecturer in medical physiology in the medical college ‐ University of Nineva.
• Lecturer in medical physiology College of Pharmacy ‐ University of Mosul.
• Lecturer in medical physiology in College of Nursing ‐ University of Mosul.
• Lecturer in medical physiology in College of Dentistry ‐ University of Mosul.
• Lecturer in medical physiology in the medical college ‐ University of Kufa. (undergraduate and postgraduate students).
• Lecturer in medical physiology in the medical college ‐ University of Jaber –Ibn Hyan.

Scientific Activity

1. Participation in continual teaching symposium, Medical college, University of Mosul (1990‐2002).
2. Participation in an international symposium for brucellosis, Medical College ‐ University of Mosul (1988)
3. Participation in symposium 27 for teaching modalities in medical college ‐ University of Mosul(1989).
4. Participation in the 1^st field activity of the University of Mosul (1990).
5. Participation in the 2^nd field activity of the University of Mosul (2002).

6. Participation in a symposium for improving teaching programs in Iraqi medical colleges, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (Baghdad /2002).
7. Participation in a symposium about recent computer programs computer center ‐ University of Mosul (2002).
8. Participation in a symposium about recent advances in computers.
9. Participation as a lecturer in a symposium about causes of unexplained body weight loss College of Medicine, University of Kufa (2009).
10. Participation as a lecturer in a symposium about the causes of headaches College of Medicine, University of Kufa (2010).
11. Participation as a lecturer in a symposium about recent advances in cardiovascular physiology, College of Medicine, University of Kufa (2010).
12. Participation in a workshop about module systems in Medical teaching, Leicester Medical School K. (2011).
13. Participation in the first international symposium about recent advances in medical teaching, Medical College, University of Kufa (2011).
14. Participation in the second international symposium about recent advances in medical teaching, Medical College, University of Kufa (2012).

Books authorized or translated

1. Practical physiology for medical students.
2. Anatomy and Physiology.

Publications

1. Changes in serum zinc and copper following acute myocardial (Ann Coll Med Mosul 1992; 18: 73‐78).
2. Changes of renal function in acute myocardial infarction (Ann Coll Med Mosul 1989; 15: 23‐31).
3. Serum magnesium in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing maintenance (Ann Coll Med Mosul 1994; 20:34‐37).
4. Effect of Ramadan fasting on creatinine clearance and fractional excretion of sodium in normal subjects. (Ann Coll Med Mosul 1995; 21:34).
5. Effect of hemodialysis on serum Aspartate transaminase activity in patients with chronic renal (Ann Coll Med Mosul 1998; 24: 42‐44).
6. Incidence and causes of pleural effusion in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing maintenance (Ann Coll Med Mosul 2000; 26:67‐70).
7. Serum fructosamine in patients with CRF (Ann Coll Med Mosul 2001; 27: 20‐25).
8. Effect of Ramadan fasting on glycaemic control in Iraq (Ann Coll Med Mosul 2000; 26:29‐34).
9. Changes in serum zinc level in patients with chronic renal failure. (Ann Coll Med Mosul 2001;27:26‐29).
10. Effect of Ramadan fasting on certain biochemical parameters in patients with renal (Ann Coll Med Mosul 2002;28:140).

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the effect of Ramadan fasting on plasma sodium, potassium, creatinine, and urea levels in patients with renal transplants.

Design: Prospective study.

Setting: Ibn‐Sina Teaching Hospital. During Ramadan 1421 Hijri (November‐ December 2000).

Participants: Twenty‐three patients with renal transplants, aged 27‐55 years.

Main outcome measures: Plasma sodium, potassium, creatinine, and urea levels were compared in the patients studied before and during Ramadan.

Results: No significant changes occurred in plasma sodium, potassium, creatinine, and urea levels during Ramadan.

Conclusion: Ramadan fasting can be allowed for transplant patients with normal graft function at least during Winter; However, other studies are needed especially when Ramadan falls in Summer to confirm this observation.

 

11. Pituitary‐ gonadal dysfunction in uremic men on maintenance hemodialysis (Ann Coll Med Mosul 2005;31:93 ‐96).

ABSTRACT

Objective: To examine serum prolactin (P.RL), luteinizing hormone (LH), and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels in male patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (HD) and their roles in the pathogenesis of infertility.

Design: Cross‐sectional study.

Setting: Artificial Kidney and Dialysis Unit at Ibn‐Sena Teaching Hospital, Mosul, during the period from July to September 2002.

Subjects: Thirty male patients with CRF undergoing maintenance HD and 30 healthy volunteers (control group) were included in this study.

Method: Complete history and physical examination were performed for every patient included in this study with special emphasis on the duration of illness, marital status, and fertility. Serum PRL, LH, and FSH levels were measured; an unpaired t‐test was used to assess the difference in the mean serum level of these hormones between patients with CRF and the control group.

Results: Serum PRL, LH, and FSH levels were significantly higher (P< 0.0001, P< 0.0001, and P< 0.0001) in patients with CRF in comparison with the control group.

Conclusion: Abnormally high levels of serum PRL, LH, and FSH are common in patients with CRF undergoing maintenance HD. This abnormality may play a role in the pathogenesis of infertility in these patients.

 

12. Autonomic nervous system dysfunction in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing maintenance (under pressure).
13. Plasma level of atrial natriuretic peptide(ANP) during normal pregnancy and preeclampsia. (Ann Coll Med Mosul 2005;31:1 ‐5).

ABSTRACT

Objective: To assess plasma atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) level in pregnant and preeclamptic women, and to evaluate the role of this hormone in the defense mechanism against body fluids and electrolytes disorders encountered under such physiological and pathophysiological conditions.

Design: A case series study.

Setting: Al–Batool    Teaching Hospital for Gynecology and Obstetrics, Mosul, during the period from December 2003 to September 2004. Participants: twenty-five women with normal pregnancy (group I ), 25 pregnant women with preeclampsia     (group II), and 25 healthy nonpregnant women (control group) were included in this study.

Methods: plasma ANP, serum creatinine, urea sodium, and potassium were measured in all. groups. unpaired t‐test was used to examine the difference in the mean of the studied parameters between different groups. Pearson correlation was used to assess the relation between different parameters within each group.

Results: The mean plasma ANP level was significantly higher in group I (p<0.05) and group ll (p<0.0001) than in the Control group l. Furthermore, the plasma ANP level was significantly higher in group ll (p<0.0001) than that in group l. The mean of serum creatinine and, serum urea was significantly higher in group II than that in group I (P< 0.005 and p<0.0001) and the control group (p< 0.0001 and p<0.0001).

Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that plasma ANP level significantly increases during pregnancy, especially among those who develop preeclampsia. Since ANP plays an important role in the maintenance of body fluids and electrolytes homeostasis and blood pressure regulation, estimation of plasma ANP level may be of value in better understanding and management of pathophysiological conditions that challenge the body’s homeostatic mechanisms during pregnancy.

 

15. Plasma level of atrial natriuretic peptide in chronic renal failure on maintenance hemodialysis: effect of heart failure. (Ann Coll Med Mosul 2005;31:32 ‐36).
16. The relation of plasma level of atrial and brain natriuretic peptides to left ventricular function in hypertensive patients. (Ann Coll Med Mosul 2005;31:52 ‐56).

ABSTRACT

Objective: To examine the plasma level of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) in patients with hypertension and to evaluate the importance of the plasma level of these hormones in predicting the left ventricular function in these patients.

Design: A case‐series study.

Setting: Echocardiography Unit of Ibn‐Sena Teaching Hospital and Medical College, Mosul. During the period from August 2004 to March 2005.

Participants: Sixty patients with essential hypertension, were divided into 3 groups depending on the severity of the disease. Group I, included 17 patients, group II, included 24 patients, and group III, included 19 patients. The study also included 30 healthy volunteers as a control group.

Methods: Plasma ANP, BNP, and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF%) were measured in hypertensive patients as well as in the control group. The ANOVA test was used to examine the difference in the mean of the studied parameters within the patient groups themselves and between the patient groups and the control. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to study the correlation of the studied parameters within each group. All values are expressed as mean ±SD. Results: The mean of plasma ANP was significantly higher in group III than in the control group (p<0.001) and group I  (p<0.05). The mean of plasma BNP was significantly higher in group I than in the control group (p<0.0001), group (p<0.0001), and group II (pO.0001). Furthermore, the plasma BNP was significantly higher (p<0.01) in group II than in the control group. The mean of LVEF% was significantly lower in group III than that in the control group (p<0.0001), group I (p<0.0001), and group II (p<0.001). There was a significant negative correlation between plasma BNP level and LVEF% in group III (r = ‐ 0.62, p< 0.005).

Conclusion: The results of this study showed that plasma ANP and

BNP levels are significantly increased in patients with severe hypertension. The results also indicate that BNP may be an excellent screening test for left ventricular dysfunction in hypertensive patients.

 

21. Effect of hemodialysis on plasma osmolarity in patients with chronic renal J Fac Med Baghdad 2008;50:184‐186.
22. Serum copper level in patients with congestive heart D Med J 2008; vol 2: No.1
23. Prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen among Tallafar Kufa med J.
24. Hypomagnesemia versus hypokalemia in patients with congestive heart failure. Kufa med J 2010, 13, no.1.
25. The relation of plasma level of atrial and brain natriuretic peptide to left ventricular function in subjects with congenital heart disease. Kufa med J 2011, vol.14, 1.
26. Renal dysfunction after major surgical operation: the impact of age, gender, and obesity, Kufa med J 2012, 15, no.1.

ABSTRACT

Aim: To assess Atrial and Brain natriuretic peptide levels in subjects with congenital heart disease, and their role in the evaluation of left ventricular function among these subjects.

Methods: Sixty-two subjects with congenital heart disease (28 males, 34 females) aged(1‐20years), were studied in the Echocardiography unit at Ibn‐Sena Teaching Hospital in Mosul, from October 2004 to September 2005. The study also included 20 healthy volunteers (9 males and 11 females ) aged 2 ‐20 years as a control group. for every subject participating in the study Plasma concentration of ANP and BNP, and left ventricular ejection fraction were determined

Results: The mean plasma level of ANP and BNP were significantly higher in cyanotic subjects with congenital heart disease compared with non‐cyanotic (P≤ 0.002 ; P≤ 0.0001) and control group ( P≤ 0.001; P≤ 0.0001). The mean of LVEF% was significantly lower in cyanotic subjects compared with non‐cyanotic subjects ( P≤ 0.0001) and control group( P≤ 0.0001), but there was no significant difference in the mean of LVEF% between non‐cyanotic subjects and control group. The result of study showed a significant negative correlation between the mean of BNP and mean of LVEF% in cyanotic subjects (r=‐ 0.8; p≤ 0.01), non‐cyanotic subjects (r=‐ 0.7; p≤ 0.01), as well as in group I(r=‐ 0.8; p≤ 0.01), group II(r=‐ 0.75; p≤ 0.01) and group III (r=‐ 0.69; p≤ 0.02). There was also a significant negative correlation between the mean of ANP and the mean of LVEF% in group I(r=‐ 0.38; p≤ 0.02).

Conclusion: the results of this study revealed that increased plasma levels of ANP and BNP are common in subjects with congenital heart disease and it strongly correlated with ventricular function. However, the plasma level of BNP appears to be superior to ANP as an efficient, non‐invasive cardiac marker for evaluating ventricular function in these subjects.

22. The Relation of atrial natriuretic peptide to left ventricular function and electrolyte homeostasis in congestive heart failure patients. INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED Volume: 4, Issue: 2, 39‐43, 2014.
23. Effect of hormonal changes in blood and ovarian follicular fluid on (accepted in Scientific journal of the University of Karbala.

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The University of Telafer during the time of evacuation following ISIS occupation

After the occupation of Telafer city by the terrorist groups of ISIS, they destroyed everything including the University of Telafer and the whole infrastructure that belonged to it. This resulted in mass displacements of the population of the city to Bagdad and other southern governorates. For the sake of preserving the university’s entity and existence, the administration of the University, with the serious pursuit of the President, Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz Ahmed, started preparing alternative locations for the colleges of the University under the title (the backup sites) and those locations were approved by the Ministry of Higher Education.

The President of the University, Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz Ahmed Aziz with Prof. Dr. Abbas Yunus Elyas, the previous rector with a group of University members

Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz Ahmed Aziz with a group of graduates of the Faculty of Nursing 2015-2016

 

The backup site at  the University of Kufa

The academic and administrative activities of the President Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz Ahmed Aziz during the displacement period

During the presence of the President in the alternative location of the University of Kufa, he worked hard to take care of the teaching, administrative, and technology staff who were displaced from Mosul. They all started their work again in the backup site of Telafer University in the University of Kufa. In addition, the President directly sponsored the hosting of the displaced students in the universities of the middle and south of Iraq. The President also worked hard to strengthen the academic cooperation between the University of Telafer and many other universities in the middle and south.

The contribution of Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz Ahmed Aziz in examining the thesis of a master’s student in the College of Medicine at the University of Babylon in 2016

 Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz Ahmed Aziz heading the examination of a thesis at, the College of Medicine, Babylon

 Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz supervising a PhD student at the College of Medicine, the University of Thi-Qar

 The lecture of Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz on the Day of Victory at the University of Kufa in 2017

The ministerial order to establish the University of Telafer