Yacoub Yousef

Consultant Ocular Oncology

Education and Training

M.B./B.S. University of Jordan, Jordan
Higher Specialization in Ophthalmology, University of Jordan, Jordan
Resident, University of Jordan, Jordan University Hospital, Jordan
Retinoblastoma and Ocular Oncology Clinical Fellowship, The Hospital for Sick Children and Princess Margret Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada
Ocular Tumor, Orbital Disease and Ophthalmic Radiation Therapy Fellowship, The New York Eye Cancer Center, The New York University School of Medicine, USA

Board Certifications

Jordanian Board of Ophthalmology

Experience

Associate Member, Head of Retinoblastoma Service, King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC), Jordan

Professional Memberships

ARVO
ISO
Jordan Medical Association
Jordanian Ophthalmic Society

Awards And Honors

2011 ICO Fellowship Award
Grant for RB1 Gene Mutation Detection for RB Patients
2016 UICC Observership Award
2017 International Summit in Human Genetics and Genomics

Publications

Yousef, Yacoub A., et al. "Mutational analysis of the RB1 gene and the inheritance patterns of retinoblastoma in Jordan." Familial cancer 17.2 (2018): 261-268.
Yousef, Yacoub A., et al. "Concomitant Intraocular Retinoblastoma and Choroidal Hemangioma in a 1-Year-Old Boy." Turkish Journal of Pathology 35.3 (2019): 258-262.
Yousef, Yacoub A., et al. "Management outcome (s) in eyes with retinoblastoma previously inadequately treated with systemic chemotherapy alone without focal therapy." Oman journal of ophthalmology 10.2 (2017): 70.
Amayiri, Nisreen, et al. "Review of management and morbidity of pediatric craniopharyngioma patients in a low-middle-income country: a 12-year experience." Child's Nervous System 33.6 (2017): 941-950.
Al-Nawaiseh, Ibrahim, Aseel Q. Ghanem, and Yacoub A. Yousef. "Familial retinoblastoma: Raised awareness improves early diagnosis and outcome." Journal of ophthalmology 2017 (2017).
Yousef, Yacoub A., et al. "Intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma: a systematic review." JAMA ophthalmology 134.5 (2016): 584-591.
Yousef, Yacoub A., et al. "Surgical repair of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in eyes harboring active retinoblastoma." Ophthalmic genetics 37.3 (2016): 314-317.
Yousef, Yacoub A. "Enucleation surgery—orbital implants and surgical techniques." Journal-Enucleation Surgery—Orbital Implants and Surgical Techniques (2016).
Yousef, Y., et al. "external Beam radiation therapy for retinoblastoma resistant to Chemotherapy and Focal treatment: outcome and predictive Factors." J Clin exp oncol 4.02 (2015): 2-6.
Al-Nawaiseh, Ibrahim, Aseel Q. Ghanem, and Yacoub A. Yousef. "Familial retinoblastoma: Raised awareness improves early diagnosis and outcome." Journal of ophthalmology 2017 (2017).
Amayiri, Nisreen, et al. "Review of management and morbidity of pediatric craniopharyngioma patients in a low-middle-income country: a 12-year experience." Child's Nervous System 33.6 (2017): 941-950.
ZewAr, Ahmed, et al. "Management and outcome of uveal melanoma in a single tertiary cancer center in Jordan." Turkish Journal of Pathology 32.3 (2016): 186-192.
Sultan, Iyad, et al. "Chemoreduction of Progressive Intraocular Retinoblastoma by Systemic Topotecan." Ophthalmic Genetics 37.2 (2016): 209-213.
Ababneh, Osama H., et al. "Enucleation and evisceration at a tertiary care hospital in a developing country." BMC ophthalmology 15.1 (2015): 1-7.
Yousef, Yacoub A., et al. "Predictive value of TNM classification, international classification, and Reese–Ellsworth staging of retinoblastoma for the likelihood of high-risk pathologic features." Retina 35.9 (2015): 1883-1889.
Yousef, Yacoub A., et al. "A Histopathologic Analysis of 50 Eyes Primarily Enucleated for Retinoblastoma in a Tertiary Cancer Center in Jordan/Ürdün’de Üçüncü Basamak Kanser Merkezinde Retinoblastoma Nedeniyle Primer Enükleasyon Uygulanan 50 Gözün Histopatolojik İncelemesi." Turkish Journal of Pathology 30.3 (2014): 171-177.
Yousef, Yacoub A., and Mais Alkilany. "Characterization, treatment, and outcome of uveal melanoma in the first two years of life." Hematology/oncology and stem cell therapy 8.1 (2015): 1-5.
Yousef, Yacoub A., et al. "Resistant retinoblastoma in a 23-year-old patient." Oman journal of ophthalmology 7.3 (2014): 138.
Nawaiseh, Ibrahim, et al. "The Impact of Growth Patterns of Retinoblastoma (Endophytic, Exophytic, and Mixed Patterns)/Retinoblastomda Büyüme Paternlerinin Etkisi (Endofitik, Ekzofitik ve Karışık Paternler)." Turkish Journal of Pathology 31.1 (2015): 45-50.
Nawaiseh, Ibrahim, et al. "Amelanotic choroidal melanoma in 16-month-old child." Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology 48.4 (2013): e87-e90.
Yousef, Yacoub A., et al. "No ocular motility complications after subtenon topotecan with fibrin sealant for retinoblastoma." Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology 48.6 (2013): 524-528.
Yousef, Yacoub A., et al. "Detection of optic nerve disease in retinoblastoma by use of spectral domain optical coherence tomography." Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 16.5 (2012): 481-483.
Yousef, Yacoub A., and Paul T. Finger. "Predictive value of the seventh edition American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for conjunctival melanoma." Archives of ophthalmology 130.5 (2012): 599-606.
Yousef, Yacoub A., and Paul T. Finger. "Squamous carcinoma and dysplasia of the conjunctiva and cornea: an analysis of 101 cases." Ophthalmology 119.2 (2012): 233-240.
Yousef, Yacoub A., and Paul T. Finger. "Optical coherence tomography of radiation optic neuropathy." Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina 43.1 (2012): 6-12.
Yousef, Yacoub A., and Paul T. Finger. "Lack of radiation maculopathy after palladium-103 plaque radiotherapy for iris melanoma." International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics 83.4 (2012): 1107-1112.
Krema, Hatem, et al. "Failure of systemic propranolol therapy for choroidal hemangioma of Sturge-Weber syndrome: a report of 2 cases." JAMA ophthalmology 131.5 (2013): 681-683.
Alrashidi, Salah, Yacoub A. Yousef, and Hatem Krema. "Visual loss from scleritis in C-ANCA-positive microscopic polyangiitis." Case Reports 2013 (2013): bcr2013009583.
Ababneh, Osama H., et al. "Intravitreal bevacizumab in the treatment of diabetic ocular neovascularization." Retina 33.4 (2013): 748-755.
Salah, Samer, et al. "Choroidal metastasis as the sole initial presentation of metastatic lung cancer." Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy 5.1 (2012): 60-65.
Alnawaiseh, Ibrahim, et al. "Retinoblastoma in Jordan: an epidemiological study (2006-2010)." Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy 4.3 (2011): 126-131.
Salah, Samer, et al. "Choroidal metastasis as the sole initial presentation of metastatic lung cancer." Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy 5.1 (2012): 60-65.

Academic Rank

Full Member

Contact Information

Email Address: yyousef@khcc.jo
Phone Number: 0096265300460-1304