Work Experience

01/03/2011–Present
Clinical Toxicologist. Addiction Medicine and Check-Up Department
American Hospital, Tirana, Albania

01/10/2017–Present
Lector at the Faculty of Technical Medical Studies/University of Medicine
Faculty of Technical Medical Studies/University of Medicine, Tirana (Albania)

01/02/2005–30/04/2008
Medical Doctor
Emergency doctor, Shkoder (Albania)

01/10/2004–15/07/2008
Medical Doctor
Family doctor in Shkoder, Albania, Shkoder (Albania)

Education and Training

1998–2004
University of Tirana, Faculty of Medicine, Albania. Graduated as general practitioner.
University of Tirana, Faculty of Medicine, Tirane (Albania)

2008–2010
Faculty of Medicine and the Department of Clinical Toxicology.
Graduated as clinical toxicologist
Faculty of Medicine and the Department of Clinical Toxicology, Tirane (Albania)

Qualifications

▪ Coordinator in the project” Cooperazione Sanitaria Internazionale” in the hospital of Koplik, Shkoder. 2004-2006

▪ Training in “ Thyroid , vascular and abdominal echography” and “Emergency Medicine” in the hospital RIUNITI DI S. CHIARA, PISA, ITALY. 2005

▪ Attendance of Salzburg Duke Seminars in FAMILY MEDICINE , organized from Soros and Austrian –American Foundation. May 14-20, 2006, July 1-7, 2007 Salzburg, Austria.

▪ Training course in “FAMILY MEDICINE” organized from USAID and Ministry of Health July- December 2006, Shkoder, Albania.

▪ Training course “General approach to HIV/AIDS and STI” organized from USAID March 2006, Tirana , Albania.

▪ Training : Medical care for pregnant woman and newborn baby, April 2006, Albania

▪ First conference of “Quality of Health Care” organized from QK-CSA. December 2006, Tirana, Albania.

▪ Seminar for the coordinators of Quality,25 May 2007, QKCSA, Tirana

▪ The International Conference on “ Institutionalization of Quality in South Eastern Europe”. February 2007, Tirana, Albania.

▪ The fourth conference of “Quality of Health Care” organized from QK-CSA. 7 December 2009, Tirana, Albania.

▪ The fifth conference of “Quality of Health Care” organized from QK-CSA. 15 December 2010, Tirana, Albania

▪ Training course “Evidence Based Medicine” organized from Conseil Sante, Ministry of Health and QKCSA. January 2010, Tirana, Albania.

▪ Training course “Health Tecnology Assesment” organized from Conseil Sante, Ministry of Health and QKCSA. February 8-17, 2010, Tirana, Albania.

▪ The 10-th ASAI National Conference “Anesthesia, Emergency, Intensive Care, Pain”. March 2010, Tirana

▪ The Conference of Albanian Neurology Association, Tirana, 27 March 2010

▪ The third International Congress on Rural Health in Mediterranean and Balkan Countries. September 22-25, 2010, Tirana, Albania

▪ The 11-th ASAI National Conference ,March 2011, Tirana

▪ 19 Surgical Conference, November 2011, Albania

▪ The first International Conference of Alcohologie. December 2011, Tirana.

▪ Seminar : Current concepts in Ob-Gyn Interventions, prenatal Diagnosis and IVF treatments, 12 Nov 2011, American Hospital, Tirana, Albania.

▪ The “6th Adriatic Drug Addiction Treatment Conference, SEEA, 21-23 June 2012, Tirana, Albania.

▪ The second International Conference of Alcoologie. December 2012, Tirana .

▪ The 8th National Conference of QKCSA, 21 November 2013, Tirana, Albania.

▪ The Congress of Global Addiction and Europad, 7-10 May 2013, Pisa, Italy.

▪ Training : addiction treatment and the specific population, Treat net and UNODC, 23-24 December 2013, Tirana, Albania.

▪ First National Conference of Addiction and clinical Toxicology Mars 2014./ Tirana, Albania, Conference moderator

▪ International Medical Congress in Albania , IMCA 2015/ conference moderator, Tirana Albania

▪ UNODC and WHO meeting, Vienna, Austria, 7-11 December 2015 : Scientific Consultation on Prevention of Drug use and treatment of Drug Use Disorders.

▪ Observership on Addiction Medicine/Opioid Addiction, Vienna General Hospital December, Vienna, Austria, 2015.

▪ Second International Medical Congress in Albania, September 2016, Tirana, Albania

▪ Conference of Mental Health in medical specialties and in the Society, 10 October 2017, Tirana, Albania

▪ Congres of Lisbon Addictions 24-26 October 2017.

▪ IMCA 2017, Third International Medical Congress in Albania, November 2017, Tirana, Albania.

▪ EUROPAD 13 –Congress, May 2018 Krakow, Poland

▪ IMCA 2018, Fourth International Medical Congress in Albania, November 2018, Tirana, Albania

▪ 3rd International Conference on Applied Biotechnology” (3rd ICAB), 23-24 November 2018, Tirana, Albania

▪ Observer-ship on Addiction Medicine/Opioid Addiction, Vienna General Hospital ,April 2019, Vienna, Austria

▪ Anxiety Disorders&Depression and Psychoses Treatment, Alcohol withdraw treatment. October 2019, ABC Clinic, Tirana.

▪ Addiction Training Walkthrough on the University Treatment Curriculum for Substance Use Disorses (UTC), February 2020, September – October 2020. DAP, UNODC, COLOMBO PLAN

▪ EUROTOX member

▪ European Psychiatric Association member

▪ ESBRA member

Publications Publications

1. Organophosphate toxicity and occupational and environmental exposure. 10-th ASAI National Conference March 26-27, 2010.

2. Hemolitic anemia in a patient with heavy metals poisoning. 10-th ASAI National Conference March 26-27, 2010.

3. Etiology and Health’s impacts of pesticide acute poisonings in albanian rural areas. The third International Congress on Rural Health in Mediterranean and Balkan Countries September 22-25, 2010, Tirana, Albania.

4. Mushroom intoxication. National Conference of Infectious diseases, 10 April 2010.

5. The alteration of some biomarkers in chronic alcoholism . The 11-th ASAI National Conference “Anesthesia, Emergency, Intensive Care, Pain”. March 2011, Tirana, Albania

6. Nomogram versus medical history in patients with Acetaminophen overdose. Where to be based on ? The 11-th ASAI Conference ,March 2011, Tirana, Albania

7. Prevalence of Anti HBsAg and anti HCV among intravenous drug users in Albania. 6th Adriatic Drug Addiction Treatment Conference, SEEA, 21-23 June 2012. Albania

8. Assessment of Vitamin D3 status in general population. 14th European Congress of Endocrinology (ICE/ECE 2012)

9. Changes of hepatic transaminases in chronic alcoholism. ICRAE 2013 24-25 May 2013, Albania.

10. Achieving alcohol abstinence in some strange medical conditions. Congress of Global addiction and Europad 7-10 May 2013, Pisa, Italy.

11. Relationship between Alcohol consumption and serum liver-derived enzymes in correlation with some metabolic markers in healthy males Congress of Global addiction and Europad , 7-10 May 2013, Pisa, Italy.

12. Prevalence of drug and alcohol use among students of Nurse Faculty of Tirana. Congress of Global addiction and Europad , 7-10 May 2013, Pisa, Italy.

13. How to deal with non cooperative patients: A difficult case of severe concomitant abuse of alcohol and lorazepam.Congress of Global addiction and Europad, 7-10 May 2013, Pisa, Italy.

14. Correlation between Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. Conference of Albanian Surgery, 2013. Albania

15. Incidentally Detected of HBsAg positive in Asymptomatic Subjects. The 5th Eurasia Congress of Infectious Diseases, EACID, 15-18 May, 2013,Tirana, Albania.

16. CHANGES OF HEPATIC TRANSAMINASES IN CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM, ICRAE 2013

17. Pharmacologic Approach in opioid detoxification “First National conference of Alcool and drug abuse Tirana 21 March 2014”

18. Alteration of serum liver-derived enzymes in moderate alkohol drinkers “First National conference of Alcohol and drug abuse Tirana 21 March 2014”

19. The trend and the Mortality in drug abuse patients presented in emergency department of addictology and clinical toxicology University Hospital Mother Teresa during 2009-2012. “First National conference of Alcohol and drug abuse Tirana 21 March 2014”

20. Does alcoholism causes changes of Whole blood parameters? “First National conference of Alcohol and drug abuse Tirana 21 March 2014”

21. Incidence of Thyroid carcinoma in relation to gender and age in patients with Thyroid diseases who were treated with total thyroidectomy. 22 Albanian surgical conference, 31 October 2014.

22. Metastatic Breast cancer to the Gastro-intenstinal tract 22 Albanian surgical conference, 31 October 2014.

23. Myopericarditis in a young subject presented for a routine visit. A diagnostic dilemma EACID 2014

24. Thyroid carcinoma in relation to gender and age in patient who were treated with total thiroidectomy for different thyroid disorders ECE 2015 ISSN 14796848

25. Breast Ultrasound in Check-up screening IMCA 2015 ISBN: 9789995651930

26. An approach to alcohol use disorders in American Hospital Albania. IMCA 2015 ISBN: 9789995651930

27. Concomitant abuse of alcohol and Lorazepam IMCA 2015 ISBN: 9789995651930

28. Thyroid incidentalomas. Prevalence by Ultrasonography IMCA2015 ISBN: 9789995651930

29. Gastrointestinal tract metastasis from lobular carcinoma of the breast: a case report and review of the literature IMCA2015 ISBN: 9789995651930

30. Vitamin D Deficiancy Assessment in Adults Patients IMCA2015 ISBN: 9789995651930

31. Is the Hashimoto Thyroiditis a Risk Factor for Thyroid Cancer? A Retrospective Study IMCA2015 ISBN: 9789995651930

32. Changes of Some Blood Count Variables in Correlation with the Time of Alcohol Abuse. Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy ISSN: 2155-6105 Published April 30, 2015.

33. Thyroid carcinoma in relation to gender and age in patient who were treated with total thyroidectomy for different thyroid disorders

34. Comorbidity of Alcoholism with Other Nosologies, Anglisticum, 2013ISSN 1857 -8187, Impact factor 6.88

35. Schmidt’s syndrome – case report, Endocrine Abstracts (2016) 41 EP65 , DOI:10.1530/endoabs.41.EP65

36. PREOPERATIVE Ac ANTI-THYROGLOBULIN COULD BE A POTENTIAL RISK FACTOR FOR DIFFERENTATED THYROID CANCER, Medico Research Chronicles, March 2016 ISSN No. 2394-3971

37. Thyroid Nodule and Thyroid Cancer Incidentally Detected by Ultrasonography in Adults Outpatients with Unknown Thyroid Disease, International Journal of Life Sciences Research ISSN 2348-3148, January – March 2016

38. The clinical features of papillary thiroid cancer in Hashimoto Thyroiditis patients, Second International Medical Congress in Albania, September 2016, ISBN 9928-202-22-2

39. Diabetic muscle infarction in a 54-year-old female: a case report

40. Ema Lumi1, Entela Puca2, Blertina Dyrmishi4, Sonila Bitri2, Edmond Puca3, Petrika Pengo1 & Agron Ylli3 Endocrine Abstracts (2016) 41 EP526 DOI:10.1530/endoabs.41.EP526

41. Diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology of Thyroid nodules Second International Medical Congress in Albania, September 2016, ISBN 9928-202-22-2

42. Preoperative measurement of Serum thyroglobulin to predict malignancy in Thyroid nodule Second International Medical Congress in Albania, September 2016, ISBN 9928-202-22-2

43. Unusual atropine regimen in Organophosphate poisoning Second International Medical Congress in Albania, September 2016, ISBN 9928-202-22-2

44. Body Mass index and fasting glucose in apparently healthy patients Second International Medical Congress in Albania, September 2016, ISBN 9928-202-22-2

45. Opioid addiction in oncologic patients Second International Medical Congress in Albania, September 2016, ISBN 9928-202-22-2

46. Alcohol Addiction and Dual Diagnosis Second International Medical Congress in Albania, September 2016, ISBN 9928-202-22-2

47. Effect of Age and Alcohol consumption in patients with severe Alcohol Use disorders, JADE, ISSN 00901482

48. Some Features of alcohol Abuse in Albania. Which counts most? Addiction Medicine and Therapy ISSN:2573-2935

49. PREOPERATIVE Ac ANTI-THYROGLOBULIN COULD BE A POTENTIAL RISK FACTOR FOR DIFFERENTATED THYROID CANCER, Medico Research Chronicles, march 2016, ISSN 2394-3971

50. Thyroid nodule size and the risk of malignancy ECE 2017 ISSN 14796848 51. What is the best approach in oncologic patients with opioid addiction? : J Neurology Neurophysioly, DOI: 10.4172/2155-9562-C1-050 52. Co-occurrence of psychiatric diseases in patients with alcohol use disorders.J Neurol Neurophysiol. DOI: 10.4172/2155-9562-C1-050

53. Co-occurrence of psychiatric diseases in patients with cannabis use disorders. Sonila Bitri, Albania, Poster presentation , Lisbon addiction 2017

54. Tobacco use disorders in Albanian population. Poster presentation , Lisbon addiction 2017

55. Nicotine abuse and parental influence: are there sex differences? Poster presentation , Lisbon addiction 2017

56. Do parents affect nicotine addiction of their offsprings? International Medical Congress in Albania (IMCA) 2017 ISBN 9789928202512

57. Vitamin D beyond the bone – IMCA 2017 ISBN 9789928202512

58. Metastatic Breast Cancer to the Gastrointestinal Tract, IMCA 2017, ISBN 9789928202512

59. Lipid profile in chronic smokers, IMCA 2017, ISBN 9789928202512

60. Hycalcemia as a cause of heart failure, IMCA 2017 ISBN 9789928202512

61. Co- occurring disorders and alcoholism. The relationship between alcohol use disorders and psychiatric diagnosis IMCA 2017, ISBN 9789928202512

62. Does alcohol use, or abuse causes changes in different parametres of whole blood count? IMCA 2017, ISBN 9789928202512

63. Detecting Substance Abuse in the Emergency Department. IMCA 2017 ISBN 9789928202512

64. What are the Factors Affecting GGT Elevation in Patients with Severe Alcohol Use Disorders in Albanian Population?. J Liver Res Disord Ther 3(5): 00069. DOI: 10.15406/jlrdt.2017.03.00069

65. Liver toxicity of Naltrexone. a case study and review of literature. J Liver Res Disord Ther. 2018;4(1): 00098. DOI: 10.15406/jlrdt.2018.04.00098

66. Alcohol use Disorders in Adolescents. The conference of Technical and Diagnostic Sciences 12-13 April 2018 , Tirana, Albania, ISBN978-9928-4422-8-4

67. The factors that effect liver steatosis. What are the changes ? The conference of Technical and Diagnostic Sciences 12-13 April 2018, Tirana, Albania ISBN978-9928-4422-8-4

68. The heredity of substance addiction. Beyond Genetic. The National Congress of Medical Sciences 5 , 20-22 April 2018 , Tirana, Albania.

69. Are we missing substance use disorders diagnosis in the emergency department? HARCP Vol. 20 • No. NS1 • May 2018

70. Alcohol use disorder and heroin addiction. What are the challenges? HARCP Vol. 20 • No. NS1 •May 2018

71. Co-Occurrence of Psychiatric Diseases in Patients with Alcohol Use Disorders and Psychiatric Treatment Discontinuation, International Journal of Psychiatry ISSN: 2475-5435, 31 Aug 2018

72. Management of Obesity IMCA 2018, ISBN 978-9928-202-85-7

73. Adherence to treatment, Albanian context, IMCA 2018, ISBN 978-9928-202-85-7

74. How much determinant is mental health related to alcohol abuse ? Familial predisposition versus environmental predisposition. IMCA 2018, ISBN 978-9928-202-85-7

75. Cannabis versus Cocaine abuse. What are the differences? IMCA 2018, ISBN 978-9928-202-85-7

76. Some enzymatic changes in AUD patients in Albania, IMCA 2018, ISBN 978-9928-202-85-7

77. Delirium Tremens during with drawl in patients with Alcohol Use Disorders, IMCA 2018, ISBN 978-9928-202-85-7

78. An overview of urinary tract infection in diabetic patients Endocrine Abstracts (2019) 63 P982 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.63.P982

79. The incidence of pancreatic cancer in diabetic patients Endocrine Abstracts (2019) 63 P985 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.63.P985

80. Somatization and the recognition of psychiatric disorders in primary care. What are we missing?! European Psychiatry, Volume 56, April 2019, E-Poster Presentation 56S (2019) S3–S444, ISSN: 0924-9338, 5-Year Impact Factor: 4.268

81. The Role of Procalcitonine in Septic Patients Chapter 1. An e-book on Sepsis ISBN: 978-93-87500-50-1

82. The association of vitamin B12 deficiency with metformin uses, Endocrine Abstracts (2020) 70 AEP489 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.70.AEP489