Dr. Shaden Najeb Almahamed Consultant Pediatrics – Gastroenterology
Years of Experience : 18
Nationality : Syria
Languages Known : Arabic , English
Biography
Dr. Shaden Almahamed is a Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterologist at Burjeel Specialty Hospital in Sharjah. She specializes in pediatric digestive diseases, liver disorders, nutrition disorders, and endoscopic procedures in children. Dr. Shaden graduated from Damascus University’s Medical College in 2000. She earned an Arab Board degree in General Pediatrics in 2005 and then earned the MRCPCH 1 and 2 certifications from the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health in the United Kingdom. She completed a Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition in Saudi Arabia and received training in pediatric endoscopy procedures at numerous specialized hospitals throughout the Gulf region. Dr. Shaden has an 18-year background in General Pediatrics and an 11-year background in Pediatric Gastroenterology. She has worked in various prestigious tertiary hospitals and pediatric liver transplant centers throughout the Gulf region for the last 18 years, performing over 800 endoscopic procedures on children, including gastroscopy, colonoscopy, varices banding, sclerotherapy, esophageal dilatation, and management of gastrointestinal bleeding. Dr. Shaden has been published in several international pediatric gastroenterology journals. She has served as a Committee Member for the Saudi Arabian Academic Fellowship training program in pediatric gastroenterology. She is a member of the Gulf Region’s pediatric gastroenterology societies. Dr. Shaden is particularly interested in children’s inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), very early onset IBD, and chronic diarrhea. Her clinical expertise includes but is not limited to the following:
- Management of all varieties of gastroenterology disease in children like chronic abdominal pain, IBS, constipation, food allergy, Eosinophilic esophagitis, chronic diarrhea with malabsorption syndrome, intestinal failure requiring TPN, growth failure, GERD, celiac disease, cystic fibrosis, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s, and ulcerative colitis with advanced biologics treatment
- Liver and pancreas diseases management in pediatrics
- Endoscopy procedures include diagnostic upper gastroscope and colonoscopy
- Esophageal varices band ligation and sclerotherapy
Awards & Achievements
- Appreciation Award from the Pan Arab Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (PASPGHAN) in November 2021
- Appreciation Awards in Many International Conferences as Speaker and for Research Publication and Contribution to the Research Literature
Research & Publications
- Monogenic Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children. A Report of Two Cases and Literature Review. Shaden Al Mahamed, Abdelhai Hammo.
- Esophageal Dilatation in Children with Esophageal Strictures. Outcome and Safety at Single-Center Experience. Abdulhamid Alhadab, Shaden N AlMahamed, Zahid Arein and Abdelhai Hammo.
- New Mutations of EpCAM Gene for Tufting Enteropathy in Saudi Arabia. Shaden AlMahamed, Abdelhai Hammo.
- Regression of massive infantile Hepatic Hemangioendothelioma after steroid therapy. Shaden N.Al Mahamed, Samia S.Al Furaikh MD, Souheil M.Shabib MD.
- Liver transplant in 5 patients with factor seven deficiencies. SASPGHAN Gastroenterology conference, 2014. Shaden AlMahamed, Souheil M.Shabib.
- Upper GI bleeding manifesting as a severe reaction to samsum ant stings. SASPGHAN Gastroenterology conference, 2014. Shaden AlMahamed, Souheil M.Shabib.
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