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Dr. Ayman Amer

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & DIRECTOR
NEUROBIOLOGY, OMAN MEDICAL COLLEGE
P.O. Box 391, Al-Tareef
 

Brief Biography:


Dr. Ayman Amer, M.D., M.Sc. (Medicine), M.Sc. (Anatomy), Ph.D. & Postdoc (Marshall University, WV, USA), Associate Professor of Medical Neurobiology and Human Structure at the Oman Medical College, and earlier studied Biomedical Sciences at Marshall University, USA and worked as an Instructor and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Joan C. Edwards Medical School, Marshall University, WV, USA then as an Associate Professor of Neuroscience at School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO, USA; and a member of several international professional societies including American Association of Anatomists, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Society for Neuroscience, International Brain Research Organization, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and The Research Council of Oman. He is the course director of Medical Neurobiology and teaching the 4th and 5th year-medical-students at Oman Medical College and published several research articles and books. Dr. Amer’s research has been supported by the National Institute of Health, the Department of Defense, and the National Science Foundation, USA.
 

Academic positions:


Associate Professor and Director of Medical Neurobiology - Anatomy & Embryology, Oman Medical College---2006-now Associate Professor of Neuroscience, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine, MO, USA---2005-2006 PostDoctoral Fellow at Section of Anatomy, Department of Anatomy and Pathology, Marshall University, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, USA---2004-2005 Instructor and Research Scholar, Department of Anatomy, Cell and Neurobiology, Marshall University, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, USA---1999-2004 Assistant Lecturer of Anatomy and Embryology, Assiut University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Egypt---1997-1999 Demonstrator of Anatomy and Embryology, Assiut University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Egypt---1992-1997 Internal Medicine Residency, Assiut University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Egypt---1989-1992 Medical Doctor Intern, Assiut University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Egypt---1988
 

Research interests:


Somatosensory functions of invertebrates Calcium signaling in neuroendocrine tissues
 

What I think of the idea behind WebmedCentral:


Allowing open access to recent publications aided with peer-reviews