Shahla Namak, MD

Associate Professor
Department of Family & Community Medicine

“I enjoy spending time with my husband and two children in addition to the joy I receive from Obstetrics and Maternal & Child Health.” 

Interests

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Areas of Interest: Family Medicine, Prenatal Care and Obstetrics, Maternal and Child Health

Education 

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1984	University of Mosul School of Medicine Mosul, Iraq M.D. Degree

 

Postdoctoral Training

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1990 – 1991	Chief Resident OB/GYN Department Baladi Hospital Baghdad, Iraq
1991 – 1992	OB/GYN Fellowship Mustansyria University Baghdad, Iraq
2000 – 2001	Preliminary Surgery Internship Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL
2001 – 2004	Family Practice Residency West Suburban Hospital Oak Park, IL
2004 – 2005	Fellowship in Obstetrics PCC/West Suburban Hospital Oak Park, IL

 

Certifications

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2003	Physician and Surgeon, State of Illinois
2004	Board Certified, Family Practice, State of Illinois
2005	Basic Life Support
2005 – 2007	Neonatal Advanced Life Support

 

Academic Career

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1998 – 2000	Research Assistant Burn and Shock Trauma Institute Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL
2000 – 2001	Preliminary Surgery Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL
2001 – 2004	Family Practice Residency Program West Suburban Hospital Oak Park, IL
2004 – 2005	Fellowship in Obstetrics PCC/West Suburban Hospital Oak Park, IL
2005 – 2012	Assistant Professor Department of Family &  Community Medicine Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC
2012 – present	Associate Professor Department of Family &  Community Medicine Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC

 

 Selected Publications 

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Alattar MH, Ravindranath T, Choudhry MA, Muraskas JK, Namak SY, Dallal O, Sayeed MM.  Sepsis-Induced Alteration In T-Cell Ca++ Signaling In Neonatal Rats.  Biol Neonate.  2001;80(4):300-4.

Ravindranath T, Al-Ghoul W, Namak S, Fazal N, Durazo-Arvizu R, Choudhry M, Sayeed MM.  Effects Of Burn With And Without Echerichia Coli Infection In Rats On Intestinal Vs. Splenic T-Cell Responses.  Crit Care Med. 2001 Dec;29 (12):2245-50.

Dallal O, Ravindranath TM, Choudhry MA, Kohn A, Muraskas JK, Namak SY, Alattar MH, Sayeed MM.  T-cell Proliferative Responses Following Sepsis in Neonatal Rats.  Bio Neonate. 2003;83(3):201-7.