Prof. Qurashi Mohammed
Ali
Prof. Ali was born in 1951 in Munagaza, Sudan. He is married and has six
children.
He obtained a BSc in Basic Medical Sciences (Human Anatomy) (1974) from
the University of Khartoum (UoK), Sudan, a PhD in Human Anatomy and
Experimental Morphology from the University of London, UK (1978), a
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) from UoK (1981), and a Masters
Degree (MMRD) in Diagnostic Radiology from the University of Alexandria,
Egypt (1985).
He worked as a Lecturer of Human Anatomy at UoK and at the University of
Gezira, Sudan, and then as Assistant and Associate Professor of Anatomy
and Radiology at the University of Gezira (1981-1988), at King Faisal
University (Saudi Arabia) (1988) and at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
(1989-1994). He was promoted to full Professor by the University of
Gezira in 1991, and was appointed Professor of Anatomy and Radiology and
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Ommdurman Islamic University, Sudan
(1995-1996). He was appointed Undersecretary in the Ministry of Health
(1996-1998), and is currently Vice Chancellor of Al-Zaim Al-Azhari
University, Sudan (1998-present).
Prof. Ali has contributed to the introduction of integrated and
problem-based learning of human anatomy at the University of Gezira and
at Sultan Qaboos University. He has been a teacher and an examiner for
graduate candidates in internal medicine, radiology, surgery and anatomy
at UoK. He has continued to practice as a consultant radiologist at
Ommdurman Teaching Hospital, Ahmed Qasim Paediatric Hospital, and at
Modern, Neilain and Al Alim Medical Centers.
He has published around 45 papers and four books on human anatomy,
radiological anatomy, and diagnostic radiology. He was honoured by the
Algerian President and by the Arab Union of Physicians for his Medical
Publications (1999).
Prof. Ali was elected as a Fellow of the IAS in 2001.
