DR. ABDULLAH AL-EISA,M.D.,FRCP(C), FAAP

Consultant Dermatologist & Laser Surgery

  • M.B.B.S., 1982-1983,King Saud University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • Intern, 1983-1984, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • 1984-1986 , Medical Resident,King Faisal Specialists Hospital & Research Centre Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • 1986-1989  Medical Resident University Of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

CERTIFICATIONS:

  • M.D., 1983 King Saud University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • 1990 Canadian Board of Dermatology

  • 1990 American Board of Dermatology

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

  • 2002 �  Present Director  of Derma Clinics

  • May 1995 � 2002 Head Section of Dermatology , Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre

  • Jan 1992 � 1995 Consultant Dermatologist , Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research CentreRiyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • Jan � Dec 1991 Associate Consultant Dermatologist, Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • Jul � Dec 1990 Chief Resident in Dermatology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

  • Jul 1989 � Jun 1990  Fellow, Department of Dermatology, University of Dermatology, Vancouver, Canada

  • 1996 Debate Consultant Dermatologist, Derma Clinic,  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

  •  Head, Training and Accredential for Saudi Board of Dermatology Jan 1996 � 2000

  • Part � time Assistant Professor of King Saud University Dermatology , Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Jan 1992 � present

 MEMBERSHIP:

 

�        Member, Canadian Dermatology Association

�        Member, American Dermatology Association

�        Fellow of American and Academy of Dermatology

 

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES:

    

KFSH&RC

 

1-      Head, Section of Dermatology, 1995 � 2001

2-      Quality Assurance for Medicine, 1992 � 1993

3-      Vice President, Housing Committee, 1996-2002

4-      Ad Hoc Member, Chairman Search Committee for Department of Medicine 1996

 

NATIONAL LEVEL

 

1-      Member, Scientific Committee on the Saudi Board of Dermatology.

2-      Head Training Committee of the Saudi Board for Dermatology.

3-      Vice President, Saudi Society of Dermatology.

4-      Member, Training Committee of the Arab Board for Dermatology.

5-      Head, Policy and Procedure Committee for Dermatology, Ministry of Health.

6-      Secretary General, Pan Arab League of Dermatology.

7-      Chief Organizer for the 1st Saudi International Skin Therapy Symposium, January 1995.

8-      Member, Scientific Committee for the 4th Saudi International Symposium in Jeddah, January 1994.

9-      Member, Organizing Committee for the 5th Saudi International Symposium in Riyadh, March 1996.

10-  Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology, 01 October 2001-30 September 2002, King Saud University, Riyadh.

 

      INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

 

1-      Member, Advisory Council, 18th International Congress in Dermatology, 16-21 

     April 1999.

2-      Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, 5th GCC International Dermatology Congress, Muscat Oman, 2-6 December 1999.

3-      Member, Editorial Board for JAMA, November 2001.

 

      ADMINISTRATIVE-Others

1-      Moderator- First Saudi Board in Dermatology (Oral and Clinical) 17 Jan 2000,

      King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center.

 

TEACHINGS

 

1-      Dermatology Residency teaching session every other Saturday, 8-9am, December 2001.

2-      Six lectures annually for the University residents.

3-      Annual supervision of medical and pediatrics residents.

4-      Give lectures to Arab Board candidates in preparation for the Arab Board examination.

5-      Dermatology Residency Training Saturday Tutorial

-          16 Oct 1999

-          20 Nov 1999

-          22 Jan 2000

-          12 Feb 2000

 

       LECTURES/PRESENTATION GIVEN

 

1-      Skin and Eye Lesions, Riyadh Dermatology Club Meeting, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, 21 April 2002.

2-      Acneiform Eruption, Riyadh Dermatology Club Meeting, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, 21 April 2002.

3-      Laser Machine, 6th National Meeting of the Saudi Society of Dermatology & Venereology, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 01 November 2001.

4-      Acne and Isotretinoin, Riyadh Dermatology Club Meeting, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, 08 April 2001.

5-      Leg Ulcer, Fever and Durg Rush, Psoriasis Story, Wednesday Case Presentation, Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist & Research Centre, 25 October 2001.

6-      Bullous Eruption, Wednesday Case Presentation, Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, 12 May 1999.

7-      Blistering Disease, Riyadh Dermatology Club Meeting, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, 11 April 1999.

8-      A typical mycobacteria, Cutaneous leishmania, Wednesday Presentation, Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, 1997.

9-      Xeroderm pigmentosum, Chiarman�s Rounds, King Faisl Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, 1997.

10-  Pigmentation disorder, Arab Board of Dermatology Training Resident, King Khalid University Hospital, October 1996.

11-  Connective tissue disease, Dermatology Residency Program, King Khalid University Hospital, December 1996.

12-  Review slide for Medical residents for the Arab Board, March 1996.

13-  Review slide for Pediatric for the Arab Board, April 1996.

14-  Cutaneous manifestations of internal diseases.  Review course for Psychiatry at the Dallah Hospital, November 1996.

15-  Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, Medicine Grand Round, Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital& Research Centre, April 1996.

16-  Drug reaction: Phenytoin hypersensitive, Antibiotics-induced pustulae, Hydroxy urea-induced dermatomyositis like eruption, Wednesday Case Presentation, Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, June 1996.

17-  Vasculitis and hepatitis C, Dyskeratosis congenital, Failure of interferon in HSV, Riyadh Dermatology Club Meeting, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, November 1996.

18-  EBD, Case Presentation (annual teaching session for pediatric residents, 1995).

19-  Hepatitis C with vasculitis, Wednesday Case Presentation, department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist & Research Centre.

20-  Common skin disorder, Arab Institution Symposium for Pediatric, October 1995.

21-  Connective tissue disorder, 4 hours teaching session for the University residents in Dermatology.

22-  Child abuse, Case Presentation (annual teaching session for pediatric residents, 1994).

23-  Phenytoin hypersensitivity reaction, Case Presentation (annual teaching session for pediatric residents, 1993).

24-  Fungal Infection, National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, 1992.

25-  Blood transfusuion GVHR, Case Presentation (annual teaching session for pediatric residents, 1992).

26-  Melanoma, Medicine and Pediatric Grand Rounds, 1991.

27-  Cutis laxa, Case Presentation (annual teaching session for pediatric residents, 1991).

 

      LECTURES GIVEN AT INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

 

1-      Botulinum Toxin, 8th Interantional Symposium of the Saudi Society of Dermatology and Venereology, Riyadh, 02 March 2002.

2-      Botox Toxin, the 6th International GCC Dermatology & Venereology Conference, Dubai, 12 November 2001.

3-      Paraneuplasticsyndrome, VI Pan Arab Congress Symposium, Sudan, November 1996.

4-      Child abuse in Saudi Arabia cutaneous manifestations.  V Saudi International Symposium of Dermatology, March 1996.

5-      Erythema multiforme and malignancy association. II Pan Asian Dermatology Symposium, January 1996.

6-      Eczema controversy issue,  IV Saudi International, Jeddah, 1995.

7-      Cutaneous manifestations of AIDS, Aids Sympsium, 1994.

8-      Atopic dermatitis update therapy, 1st International Saudi Allergy Symposium, 1994.

  

      BIBLIOGRAPHY

      PUBLICATIONS:

 

1-      Al Eisa A et al. Successful of alopurinol and ketoconazole in treatment of visceral leishmania. J of Infec  Dis, April 1993.

2-      Al Eisa A et al. Lymphoma cryoglobulinemia and cutaneous vasculitis.  Acta Oncological 1994; 33 (1): 69-70.

3-      Al Meshari K, Al Eisa A, Akhtar M. Sneddon�s syndrome: A systemic arterio-occlusive disorder. Am J of Kidney Dis 1995;26(2):368-372.

4-      Kattan H, Sakati N, Abduljabbar J, Al Eisa A,  Nou-Nou L. Subcutaneous fat necrosis as an unusual presentation of child abuse. 1995; Ann of Saudi Med 15(20): 162-164.

5-      T-cell gene rearrangement in CTCL.  Abstract presented in the Saudi Pathology Symposium, 1997.

6-      Fusarium on bone marrow transplant.  Abstract presented in the European Bone Marrow Transplant, 1997.

7-      Kawaja, Al Eisa A, Mofady. Prevalence of the skin disease in National Guard Shool. Saudi Medical Journal, 1998.

8-      Al Eisa A, et al. Phenytoin reaction in chemoradion patient (submitted 1998).

9-      Al Ajlan A, Pedersen K, Al Eisa A. Conatct leukoderma following nickel eczema induced by transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation.  Contact Dermatitis, 1999 (in press).

10-  Pedersen K, Hainau B, Al Eisa A, Alfadley A, Hamadah I, Fatal toxic epidermal necrolysis associated with ceftazidine and vancomycin therapy:  A report of two cases.  Acta Dermato-Venereologica (Stockh, 1999).

11-  Mouse O, Al Eisa A, Halim M, Sahovic E, Gyger M, Chaudhri N, Al Mohareb F, Seth P, Aslam M, Aljurf M.  The spectrum of fusarium infection in immunocompromised patients with hematologic malignancies and in non-immunocompromised patients:  a single institution experience over 10 years, 1999.

12-  Alfadley A, Al Hoqail I, Al Eisa A, Scleromyxedema: does a paraneoplastic form exist? J of Am Acad of Derm 2000

13-  Genital Vitiligo Treated by Autologous, Noncultured Melanocyte-Keratinocyte Cell Transplantation
Dermatologic Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 12, Date: December 2005, Pages: 1737-1740
Sanjeev V. Mulekar, Ahmed Issa, Abdullah Eisa, Marwan Asaad

14-   Melanocyte�Keratinocyte Transplantation for Postdiscoid Lupus Erythematosus Depigmentation
Dermatologic Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 2, Date: February 2008, Pages: 261-263
SANJEEV V. MULEKAR, BASSEL GHWISH, AHMED AL ISSA, ABDULLAH AL EISA

15-  Treatment of Vitiligo on Difficult-to-Treat Sites Using Autologous Noncultured Cellular Grafting
Dermatologic Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 1, Date: January 2009, Pages: 66-71
SANJEEV V. MULEKAR, AHMED AL ISSA, ABDULLAH AL EISA

16-  Childhood Vitiligo: A Long-term Study of Localized Vitiligo Treated by Noncultured Cellular Grafting
Pediatric Dermatology
Early View, Date: September 2009
Sanjeev V. Mulekar, Abdullah Al Eisa, Mohamed Bilal Delvi, Ahmed Al Issa, Abdul Hamid Al Saeed

17-  Treatment of vitiligo lesions by ReCell� vs. conventional melanocyte�keratinocyte transplantation: a pilot study
British Journal of Dermatology
Volume 158, Issue 1, Date: January 2008, Pages: 45-49
S.V. Mulekar, B. Ghwish, A. Al Issa, A. Al Eisa

 

RESEARCH PROJECTS

 

1-      Epidemiology study for skin disease in Saudi Arabia .

2-      Onychomycosis causative organism at KFSH & RC.

3-      Mini-pulse therapy for vitiligo

4-      Pulse therapy for onychomycosis.