Hometown: Khartoum, Sudan
Medical School: University of Khartoum
What are your medical/professional interests? Bone & soft tissue, renal, hematopathology, breast, and GYN pathology
What attracted you to the U of M for residency? Subspecialty-focused rotations in AP, excellent exposure for CP, strong emphasis on education with lots of research opportunities
If you weren’t a physician, what would you do? Tennis player
Rayan grew up in Khartoum city in Sudan and completed her medical training at University of Khartoum in Sudan. During her internship, she developed an interest in pathology. Then she moved to Doha in State of Qatar and did anatomic pathology training in laboratory medicine and pathology department at Hamad Medical Corporation. She chose the UMN pathology program because of the friendly working environment, significant case volume and material with subspecialty-focused rotations in AP, and excellent exposure for CP, besides the attractive nature of Minneapolis city. In addition, Rayan enjoys photography, listening to traditional Sudanese music, playing Ludo, and bowling in her free time.
Awards and recognition:
Best research prize award, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan. 2013.
Research:
Publications:
- Sibira, R.M., Bouri, F., Ammar, A., & Muneer, M. A 60-Year-Old Woman with Symptoms of Combined Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Cubital Tunnel Syndrome Due to an Elastofibroma Causing Compression of the Median and Ulnar Nerves . American Journal of Case Reports. Nov. 2022. DOI:10.12659/AJCR.937787.
- Ahmed M, Mohamed S, Alhussein H, Eltazi I, Sibira RM, Abdulhadi A. COVID-19 Vaccine as a Potential Triggering Factor for Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane (GBM) Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review. Cureus. 2022 Sep 12;14(9):e29075. doi: 10.7759/cureus.29075. PMID: 36258941; PMCID: PMC9559358.
- El Mohamad, A., Shaaban, A., Elmohamad, A., Mohammed, K., Sibira, R.M., Alkuwari, E., & Raza, A. Primary dural-based parafalcine diffuse large b-cell lymphoma mimicking meningioma. Journal of Clinical Case Reports Medical Images and Health Sciences. Jul. 2022. https://dx.doi.org/10.55920/JCRMHS.2022.01.001036.
- Sibira RM, Albakar A, Younes N, Albozom IA, Al Rumaihi K. Primary bladder amyloidosis mimicking bladder cancer complicated by bladder rupture: A case report. Clin Case Rep. 2021 Nov 22;9(11):e05140. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5140. Erratum in: Clin Case Rep. 2021 Dec 07;9(12):e05186. PMID: 34849234; PMCID: PMC8609184.
- Mohamed W, El Ansari W, Al Hassan MS, Sibira RM, Abusabeib A. Water clear cell ectopic non-iatrogenic giant parathyroid adenoma in sternohyoid muscle with thyroid nodule and asymptomatic hypercalcemia due to primary hyperparathyroidism: Case report and literature review. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2021 Sep;86:106295. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2021.106295. Epub 2021 Aug 10. PMID: 34450530; PMCID: PMC8397889.
- Sibira, R.M.A., Sibira, D.M.A., Moustafa, N.M.T., & Akhtar, M. Renal Cell Carcinoma with Prominent Hemangioblastoma-like Pattern, a Case Report with Review of Literature. Journal of Urology and Nephrology Open Access, 6(1), 1-7. Jan. 2021. https://symbiosisonlinepublishing.com/urology-nephrology/urology-nephrology47.pdf. http://dx.doi.org/10.15226/2473-6430/.
- Murshed, K., Sibira, R., & Ammar, A. Subcutaneous Nematode Mimicking Soft Tissue Neoplasm: A Case Report with Review of Literature. Journal of Emergency, Critical Care and Diagnostic Management, Volume 2(Issue 1), 1-3. Jul. 2019. https://symbiosisonlinepublishing.com/criticalcare-diagnostic-management/criticalcare-diagnostic-management09.php.
- Sibira, R.M., Adam, M., Eldean, M., & Ben-Gashir, M. Gastric Adenocarcinoma Presented as A Lipoma Clinically: A Case Report with Review of Literature. Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar. 2022.
- Albsheer, K., Habas, E., Ahmed, S.M.A., & Sibira, R. Neuroendocrine tumor in patient living with HIV: a case report. Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar. 2022.
- Finol, G.A.G., Jaganathan, S., Alkhalil, M., & Sibira, R.M.A. Primary Intraorbital B-Cells Lymphoma. A Challenging Diagnosis. A Case Report and Review of Literature. Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar. 2022.
Oral Presentation:
- Sibira, R.M.A., Alatta, M.O., & Abo-Ahmad, H. Aircraft Noise-Induced Hearing Impairment among The Airport Workers at Khartoum International Airport from March to June 2013. University of Khartoum, Department of Community Medicine, Research Week, and Sudan Airports Holding Company Annual Meeting. Khartoum, Sudan. Jan. 2014.
