Background

El-Rufaie, Omer El-Farouk Ahmed was born on March 9, 1941 in Nuri, Sudan. Son of Ahmed Al-Rufaie Abdul-Hadi and Zeinab Mohmed Kheir Shannan.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science, Khartoum University, Sudan, 1966. Diploma in Psychological Medicine, University London, 1974.

Career

Intern Khartoum Teaching Hospital, 1966-1967, registrar in psychiatry, 1971-1972. Senior house officer Port-Sudan (Sudan) Civil Hospital, 1967-1971. Clinical assistant Maudsley Hospital and Institute Psychiatry, University London, 1972-1975.

Consultant psychiatrist Sudan Ministry Health, Khartoum, 1975, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) Central Hospital, 1975-1982. Assistant professor, then associate professor King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, 1982-1990. Associate professor United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, 1990-1998, professor, chairman department psychiatry faculty medicine, since 1998.

Achievements

• Omer El-Farouk Ahmed El-Rufaie has been listed as a noteworthy psychiatry educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal College of Psychiatrists (London). Member Arab Psychiatric Association, United Arab Emirates Medical Association, also others.