The Death of Dr. Mohamed Jama Salad: A 'Hero' Lost in Somalia and His Contribution to His Society Will Remain Visible for years!
Dr. Mohamed Jama Salad, the first Somali to be trained as neurosurgeon
who has been working recently at Mudug Regional Hospital and PuntlandUniversity of Science and Technology (PUST) has passed away yesterday in Roma, Italy.
Dr. Mohamed has been long one of the only two Somali
doctors trained to treat people with neurological diseases and neurosurgery and
has been practicing in Somalia since the collapse of the central government in
1991 where many of his counterpart professionals had joined International
organizations or went to abroad for better opportunity.
Dr. Salad
got his primary medical education at Bologna University, school of Medicine and
Surgery with his Medical Degree (MD), and pursued his education in Italy, where
he received his post-graduate training at University of Napoli, School of
Neurosurgery with his Certificate of Neurosurgery Specialization in 1979.
Dr. Salad had served as a President for the Puntland
University of Science and Technology in 2003-2011 and then worked as Vice-chairman
of the Board of Director in the same university from June 2004 until his death.
His work portfolio includes, but not
limited to the following posts, a former member Board of Editors Panafrican
Journal of Neulogical Sciences; former Professor at Faculty of Medicine, Somali
National University; former Head Deprtment of Neurosciences, Mogadishu General
Hospital, former Consultant Neurosurgeon at Medina Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia;
former Consultant Neurosurgeon Aurelia Hospital, Roma, Italy; former Professor
of Neurotraumatolgy Emergency Medicine,
Post-graduate school,Tor Vergata University,Roma, Italy, former Consultant Neurosurgeon
of the Department of Heart surgery, European
Hospital, Faculty of Medicine,Tor Vergata University, Roma, Italy. Former
Director and Head Department of Surgery Villa Eva, Crotone Italy, former member
of Medical Commission Somali Ministry of Health, Mogadishu, former Advisor for Minister
of Higher Education, Mogadishu,Somalia.
He has published various papers
& research on Epilepsy in Somalia; Traumatology, Tuberculomas, Hydrocephalus,
Discal Herniation, Hypophysis. Also Dr. Salad has been a Correspondent Member
of Societa Italiana Di Neurochirurgia, Member Ordine Dei Medici Chirurghi della
provincia di Bologna. Panafrican Association of Neurological Sciences and Member
of Puntland Medical Association.
Source of the news for the death: PuntlandMirror
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