MAHMOUD IBRAHIM MAHMOUD AL-BALAS

Mahmoud Ibrahim Mahmoud Al-Balas	Associate Professor

Faculty of Medicine	Department of General Surgery, Urology and Anesthesia
mahmoud_albalas@hu.edu.jo	https://staff.hu.edu.jo/Published_Researchs.aspx?id=41YufHK6Mpk=
ORCID ID : 302912516
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Ph.D.		,
Master	Jordan University of Science and Technology	Jordan,2014
Bachelor	Jordan University of Science and Technology	Jordan,2008

Breast Diseases, Breast Cancer, Biological and chemotherapeutic treatment for Breast cancer, Breast Reconstruction, Immune-related Breast Diseases, Gastrointestinal diseases, Gastrointestinal and colonic malignancies, Surgical practice, health and public awareness, Medical education

1.	Al-Balas M, De Leo A, Serra M, Santini D, Taffurelli M. Granular cell tumour of the breast: A rare presentation of a breast mass in an elderly female with a subsequent breast cancer diagnosis. SAGE Open Medical Case Reports. January 2019. doi:10.1177/2050313X19841154. 

2.	Al-Balas M, Alwiswasy M, Al-Balas H, Serra M, Aleshawi A. Successful management of diffuse bilateral pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia of the mammary glands by reductive mammoplasty. Breast Dis. 2020;39(2):115-118. doi: 10.3233/BD-190428. PMID: 32280077

3.	Al-Balas M, Al-Balas HI, Al-Balas H. Surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comprehensive overview and perioperative care. Am J Surg. 2020;219(6):903-906. doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.04.018

4.	Rami Alqassieh, Mahmoud Al-Balas, Hamzeh Al-Balas. Anesthetic and surgical considerations of giant pericardial cyst: Case report and literature review. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, Volume 55, 2020; 275-279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2020.05.038

5.	Al-Balas, H., Al-Balas, M., Al-Balas, H.I. et al. Electronic Smoking Behavior Among Adult Males in Jordan. J Community Health (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-020-00953-2

6.	Al-Balas, M., Al-Balas, H.I., Jaber, H.M. et al. Distance learning in clinical medical education amid COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan: current situation, challenges, and perspectives. BMC Med Educ 20, 341 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02257-4

7.	Al-Balas, H.I., Al-Balas, M., Al-Balas, H. et al. Electronic Cigarettes Prevalence and Awareness Among Jordanian Individuals. J Community Health (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-020-00904-x

8.	Mohammad K.M. Al-Wiswasy, Hamzeh Al-Balas, Raith A.S. Al-Saffar, Mahmoud Al-Balas. Synchronous primary adenocarcinoma of the appendix and colon: Case report and literature review. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, Volume 77, 2020; 628-633, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.11.075.

9.	Hamzeh Al-Balas, Mahmoud Al-Balas, Mohammad Al-Wiswasy. Idiopathic spontaneous cecal perforation: A rare pathology with high mortality. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, Volume 60, 2020, 518-521, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2020.11.047

10.	Rasheed Ibdah, Sukaina Rawashdeh, Abdullah Al-Kasasbeh, Mahmoud Albalas, Nail A. Obeidat, Nasr Alrabadi. The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the cardiology services in Northern Jordan. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, Volume 60, 2020, Pages 604-605, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2020.11.046.

11.	Mahmoud Al-Balas, Margherita Serra, Hamzeh Al-Balas, Donatella Santini, Mario Taffurelli. Clinical and Biological Characteristics of Breast Cancer in Women with Mammary Paget's Disease: A Retrospective Study of 36 cases. Surgery, Gastroenterology and Oncology, 25 (5), 2020. DOI: 10.21614/sgo-25-5-236

12.	Mohammad Al-Wiswasy, Mahmoud Al-Balas, Raith Al-Saffar, Hamzeh Al-Balas. Primary stromal sarcoma of breast: A case report and literature review. Breast Disease, 2021. Doi: 10.3233/BD-201012

13.	Hamzeh Al-Balas, Raith S. Al-Saffar, Mahmoud Al-Balas, Mohammad K.M. Al-Wiswasy, Ala'a Abu Salhiyeh, Yasmeen Al-Sharqi, Mustafa Saad Yousuf, Kamal Bani-Hani. Unusual histopathological findings in appendectomy specimens with clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis: A retrospective cohort analysis. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, Volume 69, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102720

14.	Mohammad K.M. Al-Wiswasy, Yasameen A.M. Al-Sharqi, Hamzeh Al-Balas, Raith A.S. Al-Saffar, Mahmoud Al-Balas, Kamal E. Bani-Hani, Mustafa Salman Yousuf. Histopathological Review of 1510 Appendices Removed for Acute Appendicitis in a Teaching Hospital in Jordan: A Retrospective Analysis. Surgery, Gastroenterology and Oncology; Current Medicine Around the World, 2021 – July. DOI: 10.21614/sgo-eC-272

15.	Tareq Saleh, Ahmad Alhesa, Mahmoud Al-Balas, Omar Abuelaish, Ahmad Mansour, Heyam Awad, Mohammed El-Sadoni, Valerie J Carpenter, Bilal Azab. Expression of therapy-induced senescence markers in breast cancer samples upon incomplete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Bioscience Reports, 2021; 41

16.	Anas A.R. Altamimi, Ali A. Al-Omari, Saeed Al-Naser, Firas Al-Dabouby, Mahmoud Al-Balas, Odai Masarweh. Change in Orthopedic Trauma Practice under Strict Lockdown due to COVID-19 Pandemic. The Open Public Health Journal, 2021. DOI: 10.2174/1874944502114010196

17.	Hasan Ibrahim Al-Balas, Amjad Nuseir, Maha Zaitoun, Mahmoud Al-Balas, Almu'atasim Khamees, Hamzeh Al-Balas. The effects of mode of delivery, maternal age, birth weight, gender and family history on screening hearing results: A cross sectional study. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, Volume 64, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102236.

18.	Al-Balas M, Al-Balas HI, Alqassieh R, et al. Clinical Features of COVID-19 Patients in Jordan: A Study of 508 Patients. Open Respir Med J. 2021;15:28-34. Published 2021 Jun 18. doi:10.2174/1874306402115010028

19.	Alhesa A, Awad H, Bloukh S, Al-Balas M, El-Sadoni M, Qattan D, Azab B, Saleh T. PD-L1 expression in breast invasive ductal carcinoma with incomplete pathological response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol. 2022 Jan-Dec;36:3946320221078433. doi: 10.1177/03946320221078433. PMID: 35225058; PMCID: PMC8891930.

20.	Tayyem RM, Qandeel HG, Al-Balas HI, Tayyem FR, Fataftah JZ, Al-Balas MI. Comparison of safety and efficacy of intragastric botulinum toxin-A versus gastric balloon. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2022 Jan 25. doi: 10.4103/sjg.sjg_534_21. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35083975.

21.	Saleh T, Alhesa A, Al-Balas M, Abuelaish O, Mansour A, Awad H, El-Sadoni M, Carpenter VJ, Azab B. Expression of therapy-induced senescence markers in breast cancer samples upon incomplete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Biosci Rep. 2021 May 28;41(5):BSR20210079. doi: 10.1042/BSR20210079. PMID: 33948615; PMCID: PMC8725197.

22.	Mahmoud Al-Balas, Ghada Nazar Al-Jussani, Hamzeh Al-Balas, Heba A. Amawi, Majd Hasan. Biological Characteristics of Breast Cancer among JordanianWomen: A retrospective Single Center Cohort Study. Surg. Gastroenterol. Oncol. 2022 eCollection March 30; DOI: 10.21614/sgo-e

23.	Al-Taher R, Al-Ani R, Al-Ani A, Rashdan M, Al Manasra ARA, Aborajooh E, Al-Balas H, Al-Balas H, Al-Balas M, Attiyat M, Qasem N. The clinical elective course and its effects on medical students and graduates of Jordanian medical schools. BMC Med Educ. 2022 Oct 11;22(1):716. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03779-9. PMID: 36221086; PMCID: PMC9553297.

24.	Al-Balas M, Al-Balas H, Alshdifat S, Kokash R. Nevus comedonicus: A case report with the histological findings and brief review of the literature. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2023 Apr;105:108021. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108021. Epub 2023 Mar 27. PMID: 37001367; PMCID: PMC10090243.

25.	Odeh Y, Al-Balas M. Implications of Agile Values in Software Engineering for Agility in Breast Cancer Treatment: Protocol for a Comparative Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Dec 5;12:e53124. doi: 10.2196/53124. PMID: 38051558; PMCID: PMC10731560.

26.	AL-Balas H, AL-Balas M, Heilat H, Mustafa R, Attoun E, Albakri K. Breast Cancer Risk Assessment in Jordanian Women Using Gail Model: A Cross-Sectional Study: BC risk assessment using Gail model. Arch Breast Cancer [Internet]. 2024 Jan. 31 [cited 2024 May 16];11(1):82-8. Available from: https://www.archbreastcancer.com/index.php/abc/article/view/853

27.	Al-Balas M, Al-Balas H, AlAmer Z, Al-Taweel G, Ghabboun A, Al Bzoor F, Abumkarab S, Bakr TA, Eleiwat B. Clinical outcomes of screening and diagnostic mammography in a limited resource healthcare system. BMC Womens Health. 2024 Mar 21;24(1):191. doi: 10.1186/s12905-024-03007-0. PMID: 38515093; PMCID: PMC10956363.

28.	Rifaei S, Etoom S, Al-Balas M. A Rare Case of IgG4-Related Disease Causing Inflammatory Breast Mass Successfully Treated with Anti-CD20 Biological Therapy: A Discussion of Clinical Case with Literature Review. Eur J Case Rep Intern Med. 2024 Mar 29;11(5):004450. doi: 10.12890/2024_004450. PMID: 38715875; PMCID: PMC11073597.

29.	Odeh Y, Al-Balas M. Towards Agility in Breast Cancer Treatment Principles as Adopted from Agile Software Engineering. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2024 Mar 23;17:1315-1341. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S449465. PMID: 38545433; PMCID: PMC10968939.

30.	Al-Balas M, Al-Balas H, Al-Amer Z, Ashour L, Obiedat M. Awareness, Knowledge, and Current Practice of Breast Cancer Among Surgeons in Jordan. JCO Glob Oncol. 2024 Jun;10:e2300472. doi: 10.1200/GO.23.00472. PMID: 38905578.

31.	Hamzeh Al-Balas, AL-Balas Mahmoud, Shatha Herz Allah, Azmi Qudsi, Ghadeer Al Tawil, Haneen Baydoun. The Association of Mammographic Breast Density and Breast Cancer Biology Among Breast Cancer Women in Jordan: Mammographic density and BC biology. Archives of Breast Cancer. 2024 Oct. doi.org/10.32768/abc.2024114378-384

 1. January/2015 - October / 2015: General and Trauma Surgeon; MSF-Holland

2. October / 2015 - October 2017: Breast Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellow; Sant Oesola - Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.

3. December / 2017 - March / 2023: Assistant Professor of Surgery; Hashemite University

4. January / 2018 - Now: Breast Oncoplastic, Reconstructive and General Surgeon; Prince Hamza Tertiary Hospital, Amman, Jordan.

5. January / 2018 - Now: Breast Oncoplastic, Reconstructive and General Surgeon; Private Sector

6. March / 2023 - Now: Associate Professor of Breast and General Surgery, Hashemite University, Jordan

General Surgery - 1 (4th year medical students)
General Surgery - 2 (6th year medical students)

1. American Society of Breast Surgeon
2. European Society of Surgical Oncology
3. Jordanian Society of Surgeons
4. American Society of Clinical Oncology
5. Jordanian Oncologic Society

 1. Coordinator for the Jordanian Breast Cancer Program scientific activities.
 
2. Member of the Jordanian Medical Council internship exam committee  

3. Co-founder and Member of "Sehet Watan" initiative focusing on raising awareness about cancer and other non communicable diseases in Jordan.

4. External examiner for medical students in Jordanian medical schools.  

5. Director of Clinical Breast Training Workshops in collaboration with the Jordan Breast Cancer Program (JBCP)

6. Membership of the National Committee for Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines

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