Professor Saadeh Suleiman Gives a Series of Lectures on Cardiac Physiology at An-Najah
Saadeh Suleiman, Professor of Cardiac Physiology at the University of Bristol has recently visited An-Najah National University to give a series of lectures on practical and research developments of cardiovascular disease treatment and surgery for adults and children as heart diseases are the number one cause of death in Palestine and the world.
During the lectures, Prof. Suleiman talked about the possibility of avoiding a number of sudden cardiac deaths if certain medical measures were taken. He mentioned that global natural research is looking deep into the heart function which is the study of healthy, unimpaired function of the heart: involving blood flow; myocardium structure; the electrical conduction system of the heart; the cardiac cycle and cardiac output and how these interact and depend on one another.
He also discussed the different operative techniques in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery and stressed the importance of updating expertise and data regarding clinical medicine practices to save patients' lives.
During his three-day visit to An-Najah and An-Najah National Hospital, Prof. Suleiman expressed his admiration with An-Najah's scientific development on different levels. He also met with Prof. Maher Natsheh, Acting President of An-Najah and Dr. Khalil Issa, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences well as a number of faculty members and teaching staff.
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Prof. Suleiman is a Palestinian-British scientist who has hundreds of research productions and won several global awards in heart disease. His visit to Palestine aims to establish research cooperation with the Palestinian universities in various research areas.
He was also the first Professor to be the Dean of Scientific Research at An-Najah in the early 1980s.
