Dr. Sc. Sotiraq Lako

Dr. Sc. Sotiraq Lako

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION:

1989 – 1994 Graduated from Tirana University, Medical Faculty, Albania.

1997 – 2000 Qualified Hematologist from Hematology Service, Tirana University Hospital Center “Mother Tereza”, Albania.

February – April 2000 Qualification Course on “Cancer Preventive and Diagnostic Oncology and their Cure”, organized from the Consortium CARSO (Oncology Scientific Research Training Center), Bari, Italy.

May – June 2001 Training Course on “Emergency Medical Services”, organized from the Albanian National Center of Emergency Medical Training, Albanian Ministry of Health, Medical Faculty, Albania.

2004 – 2005 Master of Science with the Thesis “Therapeutic effect of Gleevec at the Treatment of

Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML), in the Chronic Phase” organized from Tirana University, Medical Faculty, Albania.

March 2007 Training Course on “Good Clinical Practice” for Investigators, organized from the Roche Pharmaceutical Company, Tirana, Albania.

September 2008 Course on “Good Clinical Practice, Refresher Training”, organized from the Roche Pharmaceutical Company, Tirana, Albania.

September 2010 Salzburg Weill Cornell/Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Seminar in Oncology II: “Solid Tumor Oncology- Breast & Gynecological Cancers”, Salzburg, Austria.

April 2012 Salzburg Weill Cornell/Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Seminar in Oncology A: “Hematologic Malignancies”, Salzburg, Austria.

May 1-25, 2012 Observership in Oncology, the 1st Medical Department for Oncology and Hematology, Wilhelminenspital, Myeloma Reference Center, with Mentor Prim.Univ.Prof.Dr. Heinz Ludwig, Vienna, Austria.

May 2013 9th European Multiple Myeloma Academy, Vienna, Austria.

February 2014 10th European Multiple Myeloma Academy, Vienna, Austria.

May 2014 Doctor of Medical Sciences with the Thesis “Hematological changes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery”, organized from Faculty of Medical Technical Sciences, University of Medicine, Tirana, Albania.

September 2014 11th European Multiple Myeloma Academy, Vienna, Austria.

March 2015 12th European Multiple Myeloma Academy, Madrid, Spain.

PRACTICE / PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

July 2015- present Hematologist, American Hospital, Tirana, Albania.

March 2015 – May 2015 Hematologist, Hygeia Hospital, Tirana, Albania.

October 2009 – Februar2015 Hematologist, American Hospital, Tirana, Albania.

August 2007 – October2009 Hematologist, Oncology Service “Blue Medical Center”, Tirana, Albania.

September 2006 – present Hematologist, Medical Center of Specialities No1, Tirana, Albania.

March 06 – September2006 Hematologist, Oncology Service “Madam Curie”, Tirana, Albania.

January 2000-March 2006 Hematologist, Adult Hematology Service, Tirana University Hospital Center ”Mother Tereza”, Albania.

1996 – 2000 Fellow in Adult Hematology Service, Tirana University Hospital Center ”Mother Tereza”, Albania.

1995 Winner of the Competition for Medical Doctor in Tirana University Hospital Center ”Mother Tereza”, Albania.

1994 – 1995 Resident Physician, District Hospital, Berat, Albania.

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

1994 Certified ”Medical Doctor” from Tirana University, Medical Faculty, Albania.

2000 Certified “Hematologist” from Tirana University, Medical Faculty, Albania.

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

Albanian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

March 12 – present Lecturer of Immunology, Nurse Faculty, Albanian University, Berat, Albania.

March 2011 Lecturer in European School of Transfusion Medicine, Tirana, Albania.

2006 – 2010 Lecturer of Biology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sport Medicine, University of Sports “Vojo Kushi”, Tirana, Albania.

2004 – 2008 Assistant Professor of Histology, Medical Faculty, Tirana University, Albania.

BOOKS:

Co-writer of book; “Chemotherapy and Systemic Treatment of Cancer”; February 2008.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:

“Journal of the Medical Sciences”, Tirana, Albania:

“Renal Failure in some Malignant Hemopathies“, May 2004.

“Fludarabina vs CVP in untreated CLL-B”, May 2004.

“The Prevalence of anti-HBC on the paid donors”, Nr.2, Vol.38, 2007.

“The Prevalence of Hepatitis B, C, and D markers among the hemodialised and non-hemodialised patients with Chronic Renal Failure”, Nr.3, Vol.39, 2007.

“Journal of the Contemporary Medicine and Nurse”, Tirana, Albania

“Iron Deficiency Anemia” Nr.7, 34-37, 2011.

“Nurse Care during Therapeutic Hemotransfusion”, Nr.8, 82-85, 2012.

“Optime”, Scientific Journal of “Albanian University”, Tirana, Albania

“Clinical blood use in patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery”, Nr.2, 86-99, June, 2013.

“Il Giornale di Chirurgia – Journal of Surgery”, CIC Edizioni Internazionali s.r.l., Italy.

The Impact of Blood Use in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Prospective Study” Nr.1, Vol.34, January 2014.

“Medical Archives”, Journal of the Academy of Medical Sciences in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

“Hematological Changes in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: a Prospective Study”. 2015; 69(3): 181-186

“Albanian Medical Journal”, Tiranë, Shqipëri.

”Severe pancytopenia associated with low-dose methotrexate therapy, and hyperleukocytosis after filgrastim administration to a patient with Subacute Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus”, Nr. 2, June 2015.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION:

The International Medical Congress: “Hematological changes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery”, April 24-25, 2015, Tirana, Albania.

The International Medical Congress: “Clinical blood use in patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery”, April 24-25, 2015, Tirana, Albania.

The International Medical Congress: ”Severe pancytopenia associated with low-dose methotrexate therapy, and hyperleukocytosis after filgrastim administration to a patient with Subacute Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus”, April 24-25, 2015, Tirana, Albania.

The International Medical Congress: “The Bone Marrow Biopsy, How Do We Perform it and our Experience”, April 24-25, 2015, Tirana, Albania.

The 4th Conference of Rheumatology: ”Severe pancytopenia associated with low-dose methotrexate therapy, and hyperleukocytosis after filgrastim administration to a patient with Subacute Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus”, December 2014, Tirana, Albania.

The International Conference of Public Health: “Clinical blood use in patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery”, May 2013, Tirana, Albania.

The 6th Conference of the medical specialists of ambulatory care: “Clinical blood use in patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery”, March 2013, Tirana, Albania.

The 7th Conference of the Albanian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion “Non Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in a Woman with Hyperhomocysteinemia”, 8 June 2012, Tirana, Albania.

The 8th Congress of the South-East European Ophthalmological Society and the 9th Congress of the Black Sea Ophthalmological Society, “Non Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in a Woman with Hyperhomocysteinemia”, 19-22 May 2011, Istanbul, Turkey.

The 16th Conference of Internal Medicine et Chirurgia, “Febrile Infections in Blood Diseases”, October 2008, Tirana, Albania.

The 10th Conference of Pediatrics: “The Prevalence of Hepatitis Markers among the patients with ALL”, November 2007, Tirana, Albania.

The 29th International Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion: “The Prevalence of Hepatitis Markers among the patients with ALL”, September 2006, Cape Town, South Africa.

The 2nd Conference of Morfology Department; “Therapeutic effect of Glivec at the treatment of patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML), in the chronic phase”, November 2005, Tirana, Albania.

The 11th Conference of Intern Medicine; ”Infections in AL”, October 2003, Tirana, Albania.

The 20th World Congress of Dermatology;”Skin Cancer in patients with CLL”, March 2002, Paris, France.

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