1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Opada Alzohaili, MD. FACE.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Wayne State University
Endocinology and metabolism
Office: 1331 Monroe St, Dearborn, MI 48124
Phone: (313) 914-5591 Fax: (313) 581-8944
E.Mail: alzohaili@gmail.com
CLINICAL TRAINING AND WORK HISTORY
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• 1/11 -Current Chief of diabetes control team and endocrinology section at Sinai
Grace hospital
• 01/07-Current Alzohaili Medical Consultants, Clinical research more than 35 acitve
clinical trials in diabetes heart disease hypercalcemia and growth disorders. Succesful
completion of more than 70 clinical trials. Directs one of the busiest endocrine
clinical research cenetr in michigan with over 1000 pts enrolled, trained over25
research coordinators,
• 7/2005 - CurrentActive Teaching Staff, Endocrine and Medicine Programs
Wayne State University, Oakwood Hospitals. DMC Hospitals , Batsford and
Garden city Hospital. Active with residents and students
• 7/00-Current Endocrinologist, Private Practice. Derborn MI
• 11/07-07/11 Staff, Diabetic Teaching Clinic, Endocrine Department, WSU
• 7/98-6/00 Endocrinology Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio
• 7/95-6/98 Internal Medicine Residency, Grace Hospital, Detroit Medical Center
(DMC), Wayne State University (WSU)...
• 7/94-6/95 Externship, Internal Medicine Department, Grace Hospital, DMC
• 7/90-5/94 Staff ER and medicine departement, Shifa Hospital Syria
MEDICAL EDUCATION
• 9/83-4/90 M.D. Degree, Damascus University Medical School, Damascus, Syria.
7/98-6/00 Endocrinology Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio .
• 7/95-6/98 Internal Medicine Residency, Grace Hospital, Detroit Medical Center
(DMC), Wayne State University (WSU).
LICENSE AND CERTIFICATION

2. • Board certified in Endocrinology, 2000-renewed 2010
• Medical Professional License, Ohio, 7/98
• Medical Professional License, Michigan, 6/95
RESEARCH
• Principal Investigator in multi center trials with Amgen, Pfizer, Takeda, Lilly, GSK Novo
Nordisc and others. More than 110 trials conducted with success in recruiting and
management.
• Paticipated in multiple large multi-center clinical trials for diabetes and osteoporosis while
working in Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
• Milk-Alkali syndrome; A re-emerging cause of hypercalcemia. .
• Evaluation of the management of Diabetic Foot Ulceration in a teaching hospital.
• Hypercalcemia and urine calcium in the african american population
• Inflammatory markers, lipids, and CAD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
• Thyroid nodules in different ethnic groups, large cohort follow up that has more than 1000
patients mostly african american and arabic patients
• Awareness and knowledge of diabetes in the arabic diabetic patients
• PCOS in the arabic petients comparing to other ethnic groups
• Growth hormone use in sleep apnea patients
• The use of CGMS in ptaients using humulin u-500 insulin in clinical practice
PUBLICATIONS
• -Multilple articles on diabetes managemnt and prevention, Michigan Chronicles DMC and
Oakwood news letters
• Utility of immunohistochemical markers in differentiating benign from malignant follicular
derived thyroid nodules Diagnostic Pathology 2010, 5:9
• Do angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers prevent
diabetes mellitus? Meta-Analysis Cardiology journal 2010 Vol 17 pages 1-9
• -Differential Expression of Galectin-3, CK19, HBME1 and Ret oncoproteins in the
diagnosis of thyroid neoplasms by FNA ;Cyto Journal Sep 2009
• -Established Inpatient Insulin protocol for the ICU and medical floor diabetic patients,
Oakwood Hospital, Annapolis, since 4/2004 with annual review
• -Established inpatient protocols for hypo and hyperglycemia at Oakwood Health System,
Detroit Medical Center Hospitals and Garden City Hospital.
• -Developed core curriculum of endocrinology rotation manuel for medical students,
Internal Medicine and Family Practice residents for Oakwood, Garden City and Sinai
Grace Hospitals
• Dietary instructions booklet for Arabic speaking diabetes and heart patients. Cleveland
Clinic Foundation / International Center

3. PRESENTATIONS
• Inpatient hyperglycemia management and protocols local and state hospitals more than 40
different locations
• CME planning committee member and chair for CME programs for AACE michigan
and SAMS michigan chapter
• More than 30 CME lectures every year local and national meeting on different endocrine
subjects lectured to orthopedic pathologyand urology internal medicine family practice
endocrionology,Obstetrics and Gynecology divisions at Wayne state university also
michigan osteopathic annual conference annual diabetes educators meeting Wayne state
university annual diabetes day. in 2010 lectured at the national meeting for nurse
practioners physician assistants and hospitalists in washington dallas and phoenix
• Medical Grand Rounds Lectures at Grace ,Oakwood, Garden City Hospitals, Batsford
hospital and University Health Center; Endocrine Depatement at Wayne State university
• Thyroid hormone resistance , difficult cases
• Sleep apnea coonction to the heart, diabetes and the metabolic syndrome
• GlP-1 and diabetes management
• Endocrine changes in pregnancy, pysiology and management
• Md lab presentations and case discussions for medical students 2009 and 2010
• Insulin Pumps and Continuos Glucose Monitoring Devices role in diabetes
• Management of hypertriglyceridemia in diabetic patients
• The metabolic syndrome prevalance and management
• Hypercalcemia and hypocalcemia difficult cases
• Evaluation of hirsutism in women
• Updates on diabates management, new algorithms
• Prevention of type 1 and type 2 diabetes
• Updates on osteoporosis diagnosis and management
• Local and overseas radio and TV interviews about diabetes and obesity,WJR radio
multiple appearnces on diet and weight loss
• Presentations and Morning Report Case Discussions, Oakwood , Garden City Batsford
and Sinai Grace hospitals
• Board review courses for internal medicine residents
• Diabetes prevention and management in the community, series of lectures and seminars for
the public in multiple community centers, from 2002 to present
• Ovarian hyperthecosis in postmenopausal woman; case report.
• Androgens use in females; Endocrinology Grand Rounds Lecture at Cleveland Clinic,
presented also in updates in endocrinology symposium at Cleveland Clinic, 9/99
• More than 20 different cases and papaers presented at Michigan and national ACP
Meeting and national AACE meetings

4. AWARDS
• Teacher of the Year Award. Sinai Grace Hopital, WSU, 2005, 2006 and 2008
• Best doctors recognition in Detroit Hour Magazine
• Award of excellence in research, Grace Hospital, DMC.
• Teacher Recognition Award, Internal Medicine and Family Practice programs, WSU
• Teacher Recognition Award, Internal Medicine and Family Practice programs,Oakwood
Hospital
• Teacher Recognition Award, Internal Medicine , Garden City Hospital.
INTERESTS
• Prevention of complications of Diabetes
• Prevention of coronary artery disease.
• Management of obesity.
• Management of polycystic ovarian syndrome and insulin resistance.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
• The American Diabetes Association, 2001
• The Endocrine Society, 1999
• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, 1999
• AACE local Michigan Chapter
• SAMS Michigan chapter . current president
• NAAMA national and local chapter
• The Cleveland Clinic Alumni Association, 1998
• American College of Physician Associate, 8/95
• Quality Improvement Committee, local Michigan HMOs
• Expert for local HMOs on endocrine related claims
• COACH(Coalition for the Advancement of Cardivascular Health), University of Maryland
• The Vascular Biology Working Group, University of Florida
• Spaekers Bureau for Aventis, Lilly Novonordisc,Bristol Meier Squip, Pfiezer,Solvay,
Novartis Takeda and GSK and Abbott Phamaceuticals
• Diabetes task force team Oakwood System and Detroit Medical Center, an endocrine
consultant for the pharmacy departements in these hospitals
• Medical Review Institute of America, National case reviews
• DMC PHO elected board member 2011

5. MENTORSHIP
Mentor, Internal Medicine, Family Practice residents and medical students for Oakwood, Garden
City Batsford and Sinai Grace Hospitals also endocrine fellows at Wayne State University
Mentor and teacher for the endocrine fellows at wayne state university for USG guided fine
needle aspiration of thyoid nodules
Mentor residents and feloows on insulin pump management and CGMS interpretations
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
 Community based program for education about diabetes and cholesterol,
Detroit
 More than 50 presentations in churches islamic centers and community
centers about diabetes and heart disease
 ICA community center EC vice president and socail committee, youth
committee president
 Alhuda school in Franklin EC member

6. MENTORSHIP
Mentor, Internal Medicine, Family Practice residents and medical students for Oakwood, Garden
City Batsford and Sinai Grace Hospitals also endocrine fellows at Wayne State University
Mentor and teacher for the endocrine fellows at wayne state university for USG guided fine
needle aspiration of thyoid nodules
Mentor residents and feloows on insulin pump management and CGMS interpretations
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
 Community based program for education about diabetes and cholesterol,
Detroit
 More than 50 presentations in churches islamic centers and community
centers about diabetes and heart disease
 ICA community center EC vice president and socail committee, youth
committee president
 Alhuda school in Franklin EC member