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Biography
Dr. Wasen AlKhafaji is an Iraqi-Swedish Consultant Rheumatologist with 10 years of experience in delivering exceptional patient care and advancing the understanding and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
Dr. Wasen is Swedish Board-Certified and has experience in pediatric rheumatology through her work in Norwegian National Advisory Unit of Rheumatic Diseases in Children and Adolescents.
As a consultant with Trust South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority (Betanien Hospital), Dr. Wasen has overseen the care of patients with rheumatic diseases, serving a population od 425,000 in Telemark and Vestfold.
Dr. Wasen played a pivotal role in treating pregnant women with rheumatic diseases in collaboration with the National Competence Service for Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases at St. Olavs Hospital-Trondheim.
Dr. Wasen gained experience in diagnosing and treatment of rare rheumatic diseases as systemic sclerosis, IgG4 related diseases, Behçet’s disease. Lofgren syndrome and systemic sarcoidosis, Vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosus. Sjogren’s syndrome, Inflammatory myopathies and lung manifestations in the rheumatic diseases.
Dr. Wasen has the empathy every clinician needs to work with patients dealing with physical and emotional adversities.
Speciality
Consultant Rheumatologist
Degrees
1993 – 1999 College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq M.B.ch.B/Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
Areas of Expertise
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
- Ultrasound-Guided Interventions
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Psoriasis Arthritis & Spondyloarthritis
- Vasculitis & Rheumatic Diseases
- Sjogren’s Syndrome
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Capillaroscopy Expert
- Systemic Sclerosis
- Behçet’s Disease
- Lofgren Syndrome
- Systemic Sarcoidosis
- Vasculitis
- Inflammatory Myopathies
- Lung Manifestations in Rheumatic Diseases
- Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases
- IgG4 Related Diseases
Education
1993 – 1999 College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq
M.B.ch.B/Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
2015 – Center of Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology Rikshospitalet
Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology
2015 – University of Tromsø
Connective Tissue Disease Course
2017 – St. Olavs Hospital
Degenerative and Inflammatory Joint Diseases in Adults
2018 – Diakonhjemmet Sykehuset
Sonoanatomy Course-MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND
2018 – Diakonhjemmet
Imaging Diagnostics
2020 – Oslo University Hospital
Immunological Medicine and Laboratory Diagnosis
2021 – 2022 – The Norwegian Councial for Rheumatology
Annual Norweigan Rheumatology Course
2022 – EULAR – Innsbruck, Austria
EULVIC 2022 – 4th European Large Vessel Vasculitis Imaging Course Date: 29 June 2022
2023 – Oslo University Hospital – Ullevål Hospital
Ultrasound Couse-MUSCOLOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND
Doctor’s Services
He actively participates in clinical research trials and has been published in peer reviewed journals such as the Journal of the State Medical Society and Baylor University Medical Center’s Proceedings. At Hahnemann Hospital in conjunction with Drexel University, where he received extensive training in coronary as well as peripheral interventions and limb salvage procedures.
Treatments Price List
Awards And Honours
Today the hospital is recognised as a world renowned institution, not only providing outstanding care and treatment, but improving the outcomes for all through a comprehensive medical research. For over 20 years, our hospital has touched lives of millions of people, and provide care and treatment for the sickest in our community including rehabilitation and aged care.
Edison Awards
Edwin Grant Medal
Robert L. Noble Prize
National Prize for Medicine
Doctor’s Skills
He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, AL where he was selected as a Chief Internal Medicine Resident. He then went to LSU Medical School in New Orleans where he was an Honors Program Graduate and finished in the top quartile of his graduating class.