In July 2023, we changed our name from AACC (short for the American Association for Clinical Chemistry) to the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM). The following page was written prior to this rebranding and contains mentions of the association’s old name. It may contain other out-of-date information as well.
1986 International Travel Fellowship
Mustafa Abu-Lisan received the AACC International Fellowship Award, sponsored by Becton Dickinson Vacutainer Systems.
He has arranged with Dr. Benjamin Gerson (of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Harvard Medical School) to go to Kuwait and work for some time in the field of toxicology and therapeutic drug monitoring.
His interest in that particular area of clinical chemistry stems from the fact that Kuwait and other Gulf countries desperately need the application of appropriate techniques and proper clinical interpretation of toxicology screening and therapeutic drug monitoring results. Cases of poisoning by trace-metals and abnormal drug levels are a major challenge that needs expert handling.
His knowledge of Arabic, English, and Maltese is excellent, a great advantage in understanding the needs of the patients and the countries involved.
He has been a member of AACC since 1982 and currently is entrusted with a variety of duties and responsibilities in the Ministry of Public Health in Kuwait.