Abdellatif Al Mousa

Chairman of Radiation Oncology Department

Education and Training

Doctorate in Medicine - Radiotherapy
Bachelor of General Medicine
Resident, Radiotherapy Department, Al Bashir Hospital, Jordan
Resident, National Cancer Institute, Ukraine

Board Certifications

Jordanian Board of Radiotherapy

Experience

1997-Present Head of Radiotherapy Department, King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC), Jordan
2001-2003 Medical Director, KHCC, Jordan
1998-1999 Acting Director General, KHCC, Jordan
1985-Present Radiotherapy Consultant, KHCC. Jordan
Achievements: Founder of the Radiotherapy Department at KHCC

Professional Memberships

Head of the Multidisciplinary Neuro-oncology Clinic at KHCC
Head of the Multidisciplinary Spine Clinic at KHCC
Member of the Multidisciplinary Orthopedic Tumor and Limb Salvation Clinic at KHCC
Chairman of the Radiation Prevention Committee at KHCC
Member of the Quality Management Committee at KHCC
Former Member of the Specialized Committee for Radiation Oncology (Jordan Medical Council)

Publications

Sultan I, Masarweh M, Ismael T, Al-HussainiM,AlmousaA,Ali HM, Rodrigues-Galindo C, Ghandour K. From upfront nephrectomy to preoperative chemotherapy and back: a single institution experience in the treatment of Wilm’s tumor. J PediatrHematol Oncol.2009, 31(5):333- 337
Salem A, Salem AF, Al-Ibraheem A, Lataifeh I, Almousa A, Jaradat I. Evidence for the use PET for radiation therapy planning in patients with cervical cancer: a systematic review. Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Ther. 2011;4(4):173-181
Salem A, Hashem S, Mula-Hussain LYI, Mohammed I, Nour A, Shelpai W, Daoud F, Morcos B, Yamin Y, Jaradat I, Khader J, AlmousaA . Management Strategies for Loco-regional Recurrence in Early-Stage Gastric Cancer: Retrospective analysis and Comprehensive Literature Review. J Gastrointest Canc. 2012, 43:77-83
Salem A, Abu-Hijlih R, Abdelrahman F, Turfa R, Amarin R, Farah N, Sughayer M, Almousa A, Khader J. Multiple primary malignancies: Analysis of 23 patients with at least three tumors. Int J GastrointestCanc, June25 2011
Salem A, Hashem S, Al-Rashdan A, Ezam N, Nour A, Alsharbaji A, Sughayer M, Elyan M, Al-Hussaini M, Addasi A, Almousa A. The challenges of managing glioblastoma multiforme in developing countries: A trade-off between cost and quality of care. Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Ther. 2011; 4(3):116-20.
Hashem S, Salem A, Al-Rashdan A, Mohamed I, Ezam N, Nour A, Alsharbaji A, Sughayer M, Elyan M, Al-Hussaini M, Addasi A, Almousa A. Radiotherapy with concurrent or sequential temozolomide in elderly patients with glioblastoma multiforme. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol, 56(2012)204-210
Jaradat I, Mula-Hussain L, Wadi-Ramahi S, Almousa A, Salem A, Haddadin I, Meheyar M, Kharma S, Rawashdeh K, Sultan I, Abdeen G, Qaddoumi I, Nawaseh I. Practical steps for establishing ocular plaque therapy in developing countries. Brachytherapy. 2012, 11(3): 230-236
Usama Al-Jumaily, Omar Ayyad, Main Masarweh, Khalil Ghandour, Abdellatif Al Mousa, Andrea Ferrari, Iyad Sultan. Improved care of rhabdomyosarcoma in Jordan using less intensive therapy. Pediatr Blood Cancer, 2012,9999;1-6
Jamal Khader, Ahmed Salem, Yazan Abuodeh, AbdelateifAlmousa, NaimFarah ,Fadwa Abdelrahman. Stage I seminoma: Treatment outcome at King Hussein Cancer Center in Jordan. BMC Urology , 2012,12(1):10
Jaradat I, Mubiden R, Salem A, Abdel-Rahman F, Al-Ahmad I, Almousa A. High-dose chemotherapy followed by stem cell transplantation in the management of retinoblastoma: A systematic review. Hematology/ Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy,2012;5(2):107-17
Samer Salah, SameerYaser, Ahmed Salem, AbdellatifAlmousa, Areej Abu Sheikha Factors influencing survival in metastatic synovial sarcoma: Importance of patterns of metastases and the first line chemotherapy regimen. Medical Oncology, 2013; 30 (3):639
Sameer Yaser, Samer Salah, Marwa Al-Shatti, Areej Abu-Sheikha, Ahmad Shehadeh, Iyad Sultan, Ahmad Salem, Maher Sughayer, Shaymaa Al-Loh, Abdelatif Al-Mousa, Prognostic factors that govern localized synovial sarcoma: A single institution retrospective study on 51 patients. Medical Oncology, 2014, 31(6): 958
Ayad Ahmed Hussein, MD, MS ;Abdelatif Al-Mousa, MD ; Eman Khattab, MD ; Abdulhadi Al-Zaben, MD; HaydarFrangoul,MD. Total Lymphoid Irradiation (TLI) Based Reduced Intensity Conditioning Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Children and Adolescents with High Risk Non-malignant Disorders. Bone marrow transplant J. 2015, vol. 50 (3): 452-454
Salem A, Mohamad I, Dayyat A, Kanaa'n H, Sarhan N, Roujob I, Salem AF, Afifi S, Jaradat I, Mubiden R, Almousa A.Combined photon-electron beams in the treatment of the supraclavicular lymph nodes in breast cancer: A novel technique that achieves adequate coverage while reducing lung dose. Med Dosimetry J. 2015,40(3): 210-217
Jamal Khader, MD, Abdelatif Al-Mousa, MD, PhD,Fawzi Abu Hijla, MD, Samer Al-Heet, MSc, Imran Rashdan, MSc, Peter Balter, PhD, Joe Chang, MD, PhD, and Shada Wadi- Ramahi, PhD. Requirements and Implementation of a Lung SBRT Program in a Developing Country: Benefits of International CooperationInt J Radiation Oncol Biol Phys. 2016, 95 (4): 1236-1238
Al Diab A, Hirmas N, Almousa A, Abu-Hijlih R, Aljlouni F, SultanI, Ghandour K. Inferior vena cava involvement in children with Wilms tumor. Pediatr Surg Int. 2017 May;33(5):569-573
I. Mohamad , A. Salem , T. Abu Hejleh , S. Wadi-Ramahi , M. Qandeel , S. El Khatib , W. Asha , S. Mhied , O. Al Saraireh , W. Al-Gargaz , H. Abdulelah , A. Hosni , A. Al Mousa. Peer-assisted Learning: Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy Transition in Developing Countries. Clinical Oncology xxx (2017) 1-7. Article in press.
A. Al Mousa, J. Imad,M. Rasmi. Radiotherapy in Cancer care: Facing the Global Challenge. Vienna, IAEA, 2017
Fady B. Geara, Muhammad Bulbul, Raja B. Khauli, Therese Y. Andraos, Mirna Abboud1, Abdelatif Al Mousa, Nasim Sarhan, Ahmed Salem, Hamza Ghatasheh, Anoud Alnsour, Zeina Ayoub, Ibrahim Abu Gheida, Maya Charafeddine, Mohammed Shahait, Ali Shamseddine, Rami Abu Gheida and Jamal Khader. Nadir PSA is a strong predictor of treatment outcome in intermediate and high risk localized prostate cancer patients treated by definitive external beam radiotherapy and androgen deprivation. Clinical Oncology, , 2017, 12:149
Abeer Al Diab , Nader Hirmas, AbdellatifAlmousa, Ramiz Abu-hijlih, FatinahAljlouni, Iyad Sultan, Khalil Ghandour.. Inferior vena cava involvement in children with Wilms tumor. Pediatr Surg Int (2017) 33:569–573
Abdelatif Al Mousa, Ramiz Abu-Hijlih, Ahmed Salem, Iyad Sultan, LaythMula-Hussain, Taleb Ismael, and Issa Mohamad. Induction Methotrexate, Cisplatin, and 5-Fluorouracil Versus Cisplatin and 5-Fluorouracil Followed by Radiotherapy in Pediatric Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Retrospective Analysis in a Tertiary Cancer Center. J PediatrHematol Oncol 2017
Fawzi Abuhijla, AbdellatifAl Mousa, Ramiz Abuhijlih, LubnaHammoudeh, Khalid Dibs, Adhoob Al-Hammadi, Taher Abuhejleh, Jamal Khadera. Variables altering the impact of respiratory gated CT simulation on planning target volume in radiotherapy for lung cancer. Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy, (2019); 2 4(2): 175–179
Jamal Khader, Abdelatif Al-Mousa, Sondos Al Khatib, Shada Wadi-Ramahi. Successful Development of a Competency-based Residency Training Program in Radiation Oncology: Our 15-year Experience from within a Developing Country. Journal of Cancer Education
Ramiz Abu-Hijlih, Sara Mheid, Fawzi Abu Hijla, Wafa Asha, Issa Mohammad, Abdullah Alrashdan, Samer Alheet, Haitham kana’an, Mohamad Abd Al-Raheem, AbdelatifAlmousa. Adaptive radiotherapy in patients Receiving Neoadjuvant radiation for soft tissue sarcoma. Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy, 2019; 24(3): 263-268.
Jamal K., Abdelatif M. Al-Mousa, Issa A. Mohamad, Ramiz Abuhijlih, Sondos A. Al-Khatib, Anoud Z. Alnsour, Wafa A. Asha, Shada W. Ramahi, Ali A. Hosni, Fawzi J. Abuhijla. Enhancing value of quality assurance rounds in improving radiotherapymanagement: a retrospective analysisfrom King Hussein cancer center in Jordan.Radiation Oncology Journal, (2019); 37(1): 60-65

Academic Rank

Associate Member

Contact Information

Email Address: aalmousa@khcc.jo
Phone Number: 0096265300460-1518