Saif Al Qatarneh, MD

Assistant Professor, Section of Pulmonology, Cystic Fibrosis

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Pediatrics

Classification:

Clinical Faculty

• MD, University of Jordan School of Medicine, 2011

2010 Outstanding Poster presenter - International Student Congress of Medical Students (ISCOMS), Utrecht, Netherlands 2010
2009 Excellent Student in Leadership - Elected Member at the Superior Steering Committee of the University of Jordan’s Student Elections.
2003 Outstanding High School Graduate - Ittihad school – Amman, Jordan

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT:
The Effects of Prolonged Exposure to Inhaled and Oral Corticosteroid in Asthma Patients on Adrenal
Insufficiency and Growth. UPMC, Pittsburgh, 2018.

The project involves the department of Pulmonary, Allergy/Immunology & Endocrinology to assess the effect of the
chronic therapy of steroid on mainly adrenal glands and growth in severe asthmatic patients.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
Case poster presentation: Goodpasture Syndrome in a 15-Month-Old Presenting with Anemia and Pulmonary
Infiltrates. Accepted to be presented in American Thoracic Society conference, San Diego, 2018.

Peer reviewed abstract presentation: Barriers to mammography screening for breast cancer in Jordan”.
International Student Congress of Medical Students (ISCOMS), Utrecht, Netherlands, 2010

Peer reviewed abstract presentation: “Class attendance among basic medical students at the University of
Jordan: actual status and students’ opinion according to their GPA.”. Oral Presentation, Faculty of Medicine
Scientific Day, University of Jordan, Amman, 2009.

CASE REPORTS
A Cystic Fibrosis Adolescent with Pancreatic Cystosis with a complication of sclerosing cholangitis. Submitted to
Pediatric Insight Journal, UPMC, Pittsburgh, Spring 2018.

A 16-Year-Old Cystic Fibrosis Presented with a Hypogammaglobinemia Rash. Case Presentations Day, NYMC,
New Jersey, 2015.

Medical Specialties

• Pediatric Pulmonology