Mohamed Tabbaa, MD, FACOG

Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Faculty of Medicine
Damascus University
Damascus, Syria
Email: mtabbaa@net.sy


Educational Background:
Residency, 1986, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology, Detroit Macomb Hospitals Corporation, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
Residency, Internal Medicine, 1981, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Rotating Internship, 1979, Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt.
MD, 1978, School of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
School of Science, 1973, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.


Selected Recent Publications:
Bashour, H., Abdulsalam, A., Jabr., A., Cheikha, S., Tabbaa, M., Lahham, M., et al. Maternal mortality in Syria: Causes, contributing factors, and preventability.  In press.  Tropical Medicine and International Health.

Tabbaa, M. (2001). A comparison of two dosing regimens of intravaginal misoprestol for first and second-trimesters pregnancy termination. Damascus University Journal.

Bashour, H., Kharouf, M., Abdulsalam, A., El-Asmar, K., Tabaa, M., & Cheikha, S. (2008). Effect of postnatal home visits on maternal / infant outcomes in Syria: A randomized controlled trial. Public Health Nursing, 25 (2), 115-25.

Al-Farra, H., Al-Fahoum, S., & Tabbaa, M. (2005). Effect of hormone replacement therapy on hemostatic variables in postmenopausal women. Saudi Medical Journal, 26(12), 1930-1935.