Dr. Wasen AlKhafaji

About the Doctor

Dr. Wasen AlKhafaji is an Iraqi-Swedish Consultant Rheumatologist with 10 years of experience in delivering exceptional patient care and advancing the understanding and treatment of rheumatic diseases. Dr. Wasen is Swedish Board-Certified and has experience in pediatric rheumatology through her w...

Area of Expertise

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Ultrasound-Guided Interventions Rheumatoid Arthritis Psoriasis Arthritis & Spondyloarthritis Vasculitis & Rheumatic Diseases Sjogren’s Syndrome Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Capillaroscopy Expert Systemic Sclerosis Behçet’s Disease Lofgren Syndrome Systemic Sarcoidosis Vasculitis Inflammatory Myopathies Lung Manifestations in Rheumatic Diseases Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases IgG4 Related Diseases

Education & Qualifications

• 1993 – 1999 College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq
• M.B.ch.B/Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
• 2015 – Center of Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology Rikshospitalet
• Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology
• 2015 – University of Tromsø
• Connective Tissue Disease Course
• 2017 – St. Olavs Hospital
• Degenerative and Inflammatory Joint Diseases in Adults
• 2018 – Diakonhjemmet Sykehuset
• Sonoanatomy Course-MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND
• 2018 – Diakonhjemmet
• Imaging Diagnostics
• 2020 – Oslo University Hospital
• Immunological Medicine and Laboratory Diagnosis
• 2021 – 2022 – The Norwegian Councial for Rheumatology
• Annual Norweigan Rheumatology Course
• 2022 – EULAR – Innsbruck, Austria
• EULVIC 2022 – 4th European Large Vessel Vasculitis Imaging Course Date: 29 June 2022
• 2023 – Oslo University Hospital – Ullevål Hospital
• Ultrasound Couse-MUSCOLOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND