Dr. Malik Zaben Profile

Faculty Member

Academic Rank: 

Associate Professor

Education: 

University/College Name	Degree Received	Specialization	Description
Royal College of Surgeons of England, UK		Neurosurgery	Fellowship in Neurosurgery (FRCS Neur.Surg)
Royal College of Surgeons of England, UK		Surgery	Membership in General Surgery (MRCS)
Southampton University, UK	Phd	Clinical Neurosciences	Original research in defining control mechanisms involved in hippocampal neurogenesis in relation to learning and memory in patients with chronic epilepsy
Al-Quds Medical School, Palestine	DMD	Medicine & Surgery	Medical degree in medcine

Academic Experience: 

From	To	Present	Position	Institution	Description
01/02/2022	31/08/2023		Guarantors of Brain Fellow	Cardiff University, UK	Guarantors of Brain Fellowship by the British Society of Neurology
06/08/2014	31/01/2022		Clinical Lecturer in Neurosurgery	Cardiff University and University Hospital of Wales, UK	Lectureship in Neurosurgery
23/04/2012	05/08/2014		Neurosurgery Clinical & Research Fellow	Cardiff University and University Hospital of Wales, UK	Fellowship in Neurosurgery
04/08/2010	22/04/2012		Clinical & Research Fellow (Neurosurgery and Neurology)	Southampton University Trust Hospital, UK	Fellowship in Neurology and Neurosurgery
04/08/2009	04/08/2010		Clinical & Research Fellow	Southampton University Trust Hospital, UK	Fellowship in Acute Medicine, Neuroanaesthesia and intensive care
03/09/2007	04/08/2009		PostDoctoral Research Fellow	Southampton University, UK	Developed a new adult human brain ex-vivo 3D organotypic culture system. Using this model, he has demonstrated a role of the microenvironment in reduced hippocampal neurogenesis in patients with chronic temporal lobe epilepsy
01/09/2002	31/07/2004		Teaching and Research Assistant	Al-Quds University Medical School, Palestine	Anatomy and Embryology teaching

Administrative Experience: 

From	To	Present	Position	Institution	Description
01/02/2023			Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, AAUP	Faculty of Medicine, AAUP	Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the Arab American University-Palestine
01/09/2023	31/01/2023		Advisor to the President of the University	AAUP	Advisor to the President of the University for Medicine
01/09/2015			Chief Executive Officer	IMET2000, UK	CEO of the International Medical Education Trust, UK
04/08/2008	31/08/2015		Medical Education Programme Director	IMET2000, UK	Overseeing IMET2000 medical education programmes internationally

Courses Taught: 

Course Title	Level
Clinical Research Methodology	Graduate
Teaching the Teachers	Graduate
Neurosciences	Undergraduate
Leadership for Medical Professionals	Graduate
Anatomy	Undergraduate
Embryology	Undergraduate