1985-1991: University of Damascus, Damascus, Syria, M.D. Diploma
1992: ECFMG Certification
1996: American Board of Internal Medicine, Board Certification in Internal Medicine
1998: American Board of Internal Medicine: Board Certification in the Subspecialty of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
2001: German Approbation
2001: Certification in Internal Medicine, Landesärztekammer Baden-Württ., Germany
2002: Certification in Endocrinology, Landesärztekammer Baden-Württ., Germany
2003: Certification in Gastroenterology, Landesärztekammer Baden-Württ., Germany
2003: “Habilitation” in Internal Medicine, University of Heidelberg at Mannheim. Title: The Role of Parathyroid Hormone and Parathyroid Hormone related Protein in the Skeleton and in the Central Nervous System
2003: Certification in Diabetology, German Diabetes Society
Professional Career
1993-1996: Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA, Residency in Internal Medicine
1996-1999: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, Fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
1999-2000: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, Associate Research Scientist/Junior Faculty
2000-2003: University of Heidelberg at Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany, Fellow of the Max Planck Society
2003: University of Heidelberg at Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany, Physician and scientist
2004: MPI of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany, Staff scientist
2005-present: MPI of Biochemistry and University of Heidelberg. Since 2016 MPI for Medical Research, Germany, Group leader
Awards and Elected Memberships
1994: First Prize, Clinical Vignette Competition for Associates, Pennsylvania, Chapter of the American College of Physicians
1995: Women’s Board Scholar for 1995, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA
1996: Eleanor Widener Dixon Award for Excellence in Research Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA
1999: National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health, Washington, D.C.
2001: Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
2002: Fellow of the American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, USA
2010: apl. Professorship, University of Heidelberg