External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon
Peterborough City Hospital
Peterborough
Research interests
None at present
Personal interests
Swimming / Chess
Languages spoken
English
Arabic
Publications
A Randomised Prospective Study Of Preservation Of The Intercosto-brachial Nerve In Axillary Node Clearance”
Paper published in the British Journal of Surgery 1998, 85, 1443-1445
Abstract published in The Breast Journal, August 1997 and The British Journal of Surgery, November 1997
2. “Can mastectomy prevent breast cancer?”
Abstract published in “The Breast” Journal, August 1997.
3. “Strangulated Internal supravesical Hernia. A Diagnostic problem”.
Published in the “European Journal of Surgery” 1997;163:875-876
4. “Preoperative diagnosis of Leimyosarcoma presenting as breast lump”.
Published in “The Breast” journal. 1997; 6, 381-382
5. “Unusual case of femoral vein rupture following blunt trauma”.
Published in the European Journal of Surgery. 164(12):971-3, 1998 Dec.
6. “Randomized multicenter trial of sentinel node biopsy versus standard axillary treatment in operable breast cancer: the ALMANAC Trial” J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 May 3;98(9):599-609. Erratum in: J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Jun 21;98(12):876
7. “Factors affecting failed localisation and false-negative rates of sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer--results of the ALMANAC validation phase”. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2006 Sep;99(2):203-8. Epub 2006 Mar 16 produced on the behalf of ALMANAC Trialist group of which I am a member
8. Skin Necrosis Following Patent Blue V Injection for Sentinel Node Detection During Breast Cancer Excision: Case Report. Jaffer, Usman; Badri, Hassan; Abdullah, Thofikl I. The Breast Journal, Volume 14, Number 5, September/October 2008 , pp. 508-509(2
Courses offered to GPs
none at present