Zeyad Khalil Sharaiha

Background

Sharaiha, Zeyad Khalil was born on April 1, 1943 in Amman, Jordan. Son of Khalil Salman and Frosina Sharaiha.

Education

M.B.B.S., U. London, 1967; L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., Con Joint Board, United Kingdom, 1967; M.R.C.P., Royal College London, 1974.

Career

Commissioned officer, Jordanian Army, 1967; advanced through grades to brigadier general, Jordanian Army, 1984; resident, later consultant physician, Jordan Army Medical Superior vena cava syndrome, 1967-1972; with medical department, St. George's Hospital, London, 1972-1973; fellow gastroenterology, St. Bartholomews Hospital, London, 1974; consultant gastroenterologist, King Hussein Medical Center, Jordan, 1974-1985; fellow gastroenterology, Baylor's College Medicine, Houston, 1979-1981; retired, Jordanian Army, 1985. Consultant to the Royal Household, Amman, Jordon, since 1992.

Achievements

• Zeyad Khalil Sharaiha has been listed as a noteworthy military officer, gastroenterologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Starters Society. President, chairman science section Friends of Liver Patients, Amman, Jordan, 1986-1987. Fellow Royal College London, American College Gastroenterology.

Member JordanianSoc. Gastroenterology (president since 1988), Arab African Society Gastroenterology and Endoslopy (vice president since 1986), Arab Gastroenterology Society (president), Jordanian Medical Council (chairman consultative bdody), American Gastroenterology Association, American Endoslopic Society, Jordanian Medical Association, Jordanian Medical Society.

Interests

• Avocation: bridge.

Connections

Married Amal Yacoub Zureikat, August 11, 1976. Children: Reem and Samer (twins), Aymen, Talal.

Father:

Khalil Salman

Mother:

Frosina Sharaiha

Spouse:

Amal Yacoub Zureikat

child:

Aymen Sharaiha

child:

Talal Sharaiha

child:

Reem and Samer Sharaiha (twins)