Dr. Wadiah Alawi ALFilfil

Dr. Wadiah Alawi ALFilfil

Clinical Fellow

Medical/professional qualifications
MD

Affiliations
Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto

Biography
Dr. ALFilfil was born in a small city in the east coast of Saudi Arabia :Qatif . She has completed her MBBS & Emergency medicine residency in ALKhobar ,Saudi Arabia . Then in 2016, she Moved to Riyadh ; the capital city to work as an emergency medicine attendant in Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital which is a 500 beds referral center for an ECMO ,medical ,surgical & trauma cases. She has completed a 2-year fellowship in critical care medicine from McMaster university in June 2020 . She was fascinated by Toronto General Hospital learning environment so she joined U of T to do one year fellowship focusing mainly in ECLS, mechanical ventilation , ECHO & research.

Area of interests /Research

  • negative trials in critical care.
  • Bayesian analysis.
  • ECLS.
  • physiology of lung-heart interaction
  • end of life ethics.

Awards

McMaster-Western Research Exchange Day Award 2020

https://healthsci.mcmaster.ca/anesthesia/education/programs/critical-care-medicine-program

Publication: (if applicable)
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in a young female misdiagnosed as migraine ending in a permanent vegetative state: a case report and review of the literature

https://jmedicalcasereports.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13256-018-1846-1

Severe generalized tetanus: A case report and literature review

http://www.sjmms.net/article.asp?issn=1658-631X;year=2015;volume=3;issue=2;spage=167;epage=169;aulast=Alfilfil

Personal Interests
Sociology , music, movies ,novels

Contacts
Wadiah.alfilfil@medportal.ca

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