Doctor Profile
Prof. Riyad Bendardaf
Consultant Medical Oncologist
LANGUAGES:
ArabicEnglishFinnish
QUALIFICATION:
- Holds a Doctorate from the Oncology department and Radiation Therapy, University Hospital Turku, University of Turku, Finland, with a focus on predictive and prognostic signs of metastatic rectal and colon cancer
- Holds a master degree, Finland
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh, UK
- Bachelor's degree in Medicine from the Arab Medical University in Benghazi, Libya
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Workes as a medical oncologist in UAE since 2013, Previous clinical placements include the consultant of Medical Oncology at the Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Medicine, Benghazi Medical Centre, Benghazi, Libya, and Medical Oncology specialist at Department of Oncology & Radiotherapy, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland, where he initially started as Oncology Resident
- Appointed as Clinical Associate professor in the Department of Clinical Science, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, UAE in 2013
- Appointed as Clinical Professor in the Department of Clinical Science, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, UAE in 2017
- Associated as Docent (Associate Professor of Medical oncology) Dept. of Oncology & Radiotherapy, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, Finland
- An active member of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) and member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), a member European Society of Digestive Oncology (ESDO), an active member of the European School of Oncology (ESO), member of Finnish Medical Society (Duodecim) and a member of the European Association of Cancer Research (EACR)
- Member of the editorial board of various international peer-review journals including World Journal Of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. (WJGE), World Journal of Gastro- Enterology. (WJG), BMC (Bio Med Central) Cancer Journal, World Journal Of Gastro-Intestinal Oncology. (WJGO), Disease Markers, Journal Of Biomarkers, Supportive and Palliative Cancer Care Journal (SPCC) and New Journal of Science, Libyan Journal of Medicine
- Published his work in international oncology and cancer journals and presented his experience in several local and international conferences.
INTERESTS:
- Breast Cancer
- Colorectal Cancer
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Urogenital Cancer
- Gynecological Cancers
