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Ameen Abu-Hanna
Dept. Medical Informatics
AMC - University of Amsterdam
Meibergdreef 15
1105 AZ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
email: a.abu-hanna at amc.uva.nl
tel: +31-20-566 5959 fax: +31-20-6919840
http://kik.amc.uva.nl/home/aabuhanna/

Ameen Abu-Hanna is an Associate Professor and the Adjunct Head of the department of Medical Informatics of the Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam. He is a Principal Investigator in the research area Methodology in Medical Informatics. His research interests include artificial intelligence; machine learning, datamining and statistics; prognostic modeling and evaluation; temporal patterns; subgroup discovery; decision support (in CPOE systems); and terminology systems, and their application in medicine and health care. He served for more than a year as the acting head of the department and for four years as the vice-chair on the educational board of the undergraduate and Masters programs of Medical Informatics where he was responsible for revising the informatics part of the curriculum. He also teaches in various international graduate educational programs. Ameen Abu-Hanna earned a BSc (Cum Laude) in computer engineering, an MSc in computer science (both from the Technion in Haifa) and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Amsterdam.

Teaching responsibilities
Medical Informatics Curriculum at the AMC, University of Amsterdam

Coordinator and lecturer: Artificial Intelligence course (BSc)
Coordinator and lecturer: Advances in Representation and Reasoning in Medicine (MSc)
Contributing lecturer in the BSc courses: Software Engineering, Medical Knowledge Technology, Computer-Based Patient Record.
International

Lecturer in the International Summer School Health Informatics in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Lecturer Data Mining and Prognosis in Medicine in Braunschweig, Germany.
Lecturer Role of Machine Learning in Medicine in Murcia, Spain.

Overview of research activities

Editorship of international Journals

Editor special issue of Int Journal Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 1999.
Editor special issue of Int Journal Methods of Information in Medicine, 2001.
Editor special issue of Int Journal Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 2004.

Organization of international events

Organizer and chair workshop Model-based Diagnosis, Lille, France, 1996.
Co-organizer and chair workshop Prognostic Models in Medicine, Hammamet, Tunis, 1998.
Co-organizer and chair workshop Prognostic Methods in Medicine, Alborg, Denmark, 1999.
Co-organizer and chair workshop Bayesian Models in Medicine, Cascais, Portugal, 2001.
Co-organizer and chair European Science Foundation Workshop on Fundamentals of Medical Informatics, Elsbeeth, The Netherlands 2002.
Organizer Symposium Decision Support in Medicine, Amsterdam, 2003.
Co-organizer and chair workshop Intelligent Data Analysis in Medicine and Pharmacology, Protaras, Cyprus, 2003.
Organization and teaching the Tutorial Evaluation of Prognostic Models in Medicine during MEDINFO, San Francisco, US, 2004.
Local organizer of the Artificial Intelligence Conference (AIME 2007), Amsterdam.

Invited/Keynote speaker in international meetings

Research direction in Medical Informatics, Belfast, 1998.
Terminology systems and AI in Medicine, Stanford University, 2002.
Role of Informatics in Medicine, Charles University, Czech Republic, 2003.
Keynote speaker at Knowledge-Based services for the Public Sector-Medical Applications, Petersberg, 2004.
Keynote Speaker: Intelligent Data Analysis in Medicine and Pharmacology, Stanford, 2004.
Research topics in medical temporal data mining, Murcia, 2005.

Publications in Science Citation Indexed International Journals

Eslami S, de Keizer NF, Abu-Hanna A, de Jonge E, Schultz MJ. Effect of a clinical decision support system on adherence to a lower tidal volume mechanical ventilation strategy. To appear in the Journal of Critical Care.
Nannings B, Bosman RJ, Abu-Hanna A. A subgroup discovery approach for scrutinizing blood glucose management guidelines by the identification of hyperglycemia determinants in ICU patients. Methods Inf Med. 2008;47(6):480-8.
Minne L, Abu-Hanna A, de Jonge E. Evaluation of SOFA-based models for predicting mortality in the ICU: A systematic review. Critical Care 2008, 12:R161.
Eslami S, de Keizer NF, de Jonge E, Schultz MJ, Abu-Hanna A. A systematic review on quality indicators for tight glycaemic control in critically ill patients: need for an unambiguous indicator reference subset. Critical Care 2008, 12:R139
Buurman, B.M., Van Munster, B.C., Korevaar, J.C., Abu-Hanna, A., Levi, M., De Rooij, S.E. Prognostication in acutely admitted older patients by nurses and physicians (2008) Journal of General Internal Medicine, 23 (11), pp. 1883-1889.
Schultz, M.J., Spronk, P.E., Abu-Hanna, A., Afessa, B., Gajic, O. Evidence-lost to tight glycemic control? (2008) Critical Care, 12 (5), art. no. 430.
Bellazzi, R., Abu-Hanna, A. Artificial intelligence in medicine AIME'07 (2008) Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. Article in Press.
Patel, V.L., Shortliffe, E.H., Stefanelli, M., Szolovits, P., Berthold, M.R., Bellazzi, R., Abu-Hanna, A. The coming of age of artificial intelligence in medicine (2008) Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. Article in Press.
Toma T, Abu-Hanna A, Bosman RJ. Discovery and integration of univariate patterns from daily individual organ-failure scores for intensive care mortality prediction. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 2008, 43 (1), pp. 47-60.
Nannings B , Abu-Hanna A , de Jonge E. Applying PRIM (Patient Rule Induction Method) and logistic regression for selecting high-risk subgroups in very elderly ICU patients. International Journal of Medical Informatics 2008, 77 (4), pp. 272-279.
Eslami S, de Keizer NF, Abu-Hanna A. The impact of computerized physician medication order entry in hospitalized patients-A systematic review. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2008, 77 (6), pp. 365-376.
Cornet R., Abu-Hanna A. Auditing Description-Logic-based Medical Terminological Systems by Detecting Equivalent Concept Definitions. Int.J of Medical Informatics, 77 [5] , 336-345. 2008.
de Rooij S, Abu-Hanna A, Levi M, and de Jonge E. Identication of high- risk subgroups in very elderly intensive care unit patients. Crit Care. 2007 Mar 8;11(2):R33
Eslami S, Abu-Hanna A, and de Keizer NF. Evaluation of Outpatient Computerized Physician Order Entry systems - A systematic review. Journal Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) 2007;14(4):400-406.
Prins A and Abu-Hanna A. Requirements analysis of information services on a primary care physician's website. Methods of Information in Medicine (MIM) 2007;46(6):629-635.
Toma T, Abu-Hanna A, and Bosman RJ. Discovery and inclusion of SOFA score episodes in mortality prediction. j biomed inform 2007;40(6):649-660.
Nannings B, Abu-Hanna A. Decision Support Telemedicine Systems: Conceptual Model and Reusable Templates. Telemedicine and e-Health Volume 12, Issue 6, 2006 Pages 644-654.
Cornet R, de Keizer NF, Abu-Hanna A. A Framework for Characterizing Terminological Systems. Methods Inf Med 2006;45(3):253-266. PDF
Eslami S, Abu-Hanna A, de Keizer NF, de Jonge E. Errors associated with applying decision support by suggesting default doses for aminoglycosides. Drug Safety. 2006;29(9):803-9.
Nannings B, Abu-Hanna A. Characterizing Decision Support Telemedicine Systems. Methods of Information in Medicine, Methods Inf Med 2006; 45: 523-7.
de Rooij SE, Govers A, Korevaar JC, Abu-Hanna A, Levi M, de Jonge E. Short-term and long-term mortality in very elderly patients admitted to an intensive care unit. Intensive Care Med. 2006 Jul;32(7):1039-44.
Abu-Hanna A, Cornet R., Keizer NF, Crubezy M., Tu S. Protege as a vehicle for Developing Medical Terminological Systems. Int Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2005; 62:639-63. PDF
Cornet, R., Abu-Hanna, A. Description logic-based methods for auditing frame-based medical terminological systems, (2005) Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 34 3, Pages 201-217. PDF
de Rooij S.E.J.A., Abu-Hanna A., Levi M., de Jonge E. Factors that predict outcome of intensive care treatment in very elderly patients: a review. Crit Care. 2005 Aug;9(4):R307-14. PDF
Jaspers MW, Fockens P, Ravesloot JH, Limburg M, Abu-Hanna A. Fifteen years medical information sciences: the Amsterdam curriculum. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 73 (2004) pp. 465-477.
Lucas PJF, van der Gaag L, Abu-Hanna A. Bayesian Networks in Biomedicine and Health-Care. Special issue of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (P. J. F Lucas, L van der Gaag and A. Abu-Hanna, editors), 30:201-214, 2004. PDF
Vriend JWJ, Colkesen BE, Van der Velde ET, Abu-Hanna A, Mulder BJM Clinical registries: what makes it a success... or failure? Source: European Heart Journal 25: 622-623 Suppl. S, AUG-SEP 2004.
Abu-Hanna A, Keizer NF. Integrating Classification Trees with Local Logistic Regression in Intensive Care Prognosis. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. 2003 Sep-Oct;29(1-2):5-23. Selected for the Year Book Medical Informatics 2005. PDF
Abu-Hanna A, Lucas PJF. Prognostic Models in Medicine AI and Statistical Approaches, (Abu-Hanna A. and Lucas PJF, eds.). Special issue of Methods of Information in Medicine 2001, 40:1--5. PDF
de Keizer NF, Abu-Hanna A. Framework for understanding Terminological Systems (II): Experience with Conceptual and Formal Representation of Structure. Methods of Information in Medicine, 39:22-29, 2000. Selected for Yearbook on Medical Informatics 2001. PDF
de Keizer NF, Abu-Hanna A, Zwetsloot JHM. Understanding Terminological Systems (I): terminology and typology, Methods of information in Medicine 39:16-21, 2000. PDF
Lucas PJF, Abu-Hanna A. Prognostic Methods in Medicine. Special issue of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine on Intelligent Prognostic Methods in Medicine (P. J. F Lucas and A. Abu-Hanna, editors), 15:105-119, 1999. PDF
Abu-Hanna A. Book Review "Machine Learning" Tom M. Mitchell. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Volume 16, Issue 2, June 1999, Pages 201-204. PDF
de Keizer NF, Abu-Hanna A, Cornet R, et al. Analysis and design of an ontology for intensive care diagnoses. Method Inform Med 38: (2) 102-112 JUN 1999. PDF
van Heijst G, Falasconi S, Abu-Hanna A, Schreiber ATh, Stefanelli M. A case study in ontology library construction. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 7:227--255, 1995. PDF
Abu-Hanna A, Jansweijer WNH, Benjamins VR, Wielinga BJ. Functional models in perspective: Their characteristics and integration in multiple model-based diagnosis. Applied Artificial Intelligence, 8(2):219--237, 1994.
Abu-Hanna A, Jansweijer WNH. Modeling application domain knowledge using explicit conceptualization. IEEE-Expert, 9(5):53--64, December 1994. PDF
Abu-Hanna A, Benjamins VR, Jansweijer WNH. Device understanding and modeling for diagnosis. IEEE-Expert, 6(2):26--32, April 1991. PDF
Abu-Hanna A, Gold YI. Adaptive, multilevel diagnosis and modeling of dynamic systems. International Journal on Expert Systems, Research and Applications, 3(1):1--30, 1990.
Abu-Hanna A, Gold YI. Dynamic system representation in model based diagnosis. Computational Intelligence, 1988. Elsevier Publishers. pp. 125-133.

Selected peer reviewed CSI publications

Nannings, B., Abu-Hanna, A., Bosman, RJ. Data-driven analysis of blood glucose management effectiveness (2005). Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, AIME 2005. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 3581, Pages 53-57.
Toma, T., Abu-Hanna, A., Bosman, RJ. Predicting mortality in the intensive care using episodes, (2005) Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3561 PART I, Pages 447-458.
Cornet R, Abu-Hanna A. Using Description Logics for Managing Medical Terminologies. Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, AIME 2003. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 2780:61-70.
Abu-Hanna A, de Keizer NF. A Classification-Tree Hybrid Method for Studying Prognostic Models in Intensive Care. Proceedings of the 8th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, AIME 2001, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 2101, 99--108.

Other Selected peer-reviewed publications