DOCTOR NAJOUA MILADI

Born on the 19th of February 1953 in Tunis

EDUCATION AND POSITIONS

* Bachelor of Sciences (1970) and M.D. (1976), Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
* Pediatric Residency (1978 – 1980 ) and Neurology Residency (1980 -1982) University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
* Assistant Professor of Pediatric Neurology at the Catholic University of Leuven, Brussels, Belgium (1982-1984),
* Assistant Professor of neurology at the Department of Neurology, National Institute Mongi Ben Hmida at LA RABTA – Tunis and at the University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia (1984-1992),
* Associate Professor at the Department of Neurology, National Institute Mongi Ben Hmida at LA RABTA – Tunis and the University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia (1992 – 1997)
* Chairman of the Department of Neurology at the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia (1995-1999),
* Professor at the Department of Neurology, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia (1997- )
* Visiting professor in different universities in USA, Great-Britain and France:
A- University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama State, Department of Neurology, 10/1990
B- Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia State, Department of Pediatrics, 10/1990
C- Muscular Dystrophy Research Labs, Newcastle General Hospital (Great-Britan), 5/1991
D- Pediatric Neurology Service, Faculty of Medicine Xavier-Bichat (University of Paris VII Denis-Diderot) at the Robert-Debré Hospital ,48 Boulevard Serurier, F-75019 PARIS, France (1999, 2000)
* Founder and Chief of the Paediatric neurology department at the National Institute Mongi Ben Hamida of Neurology, La Rabta Tunis (2003- 2005)
* Deputy in the National Assembly of Tunisia (2005-2007)
* Secretary of State of Public Health of Tunisia (2007-2010)
* Chief of the outpatient department at the Mongi Ben Hamida National Institute of Neurology, La Rabta Tunis (April 2010-February 2014)
* Consultant Pediatric Neurologist at the Maghreb Medical Center at El Manar , Tunis 2092 (March 2014- )

SPECIALITY BOARD

Tunisian Board of Neurology (1993-2014)

EDITORIAL BOARDS

1. Tunisie Medicale ( 1990- )
2. International Review of Child Neurology Series (International Child Neurology Association) (1991- )
3. Journal of Child Neurology (2000- 2013)
4. Neurosciences ( 2000- 2013)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1. Member (1984- ), Société Européenne de Neurologie Pédiatrique (Frrench speaking Society)
2. Member (1985- ), International Child Neurology Association (ICNA)
3. Member (1988- ), Société Française de Neuropathologie
4. Bernie D’Souza Award Member (1990- ), Child Neurology Society (USA)
5. Member (1991-1997), The Royal Society of Medicine (GB), Section of Neurology
6. Member (1992- ), European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Neuropediatrics
7. Member, European Society of Pediatric Neurology (1995- ) (English speaking society)
8. President ( 1995- 2001), Tunisian Association of Neurology
9. Tunisian Delegate (1995-2001), World Federation of Neurology
10. Member of Research Committee and Continuing Education Committee (1997- ), World Federation of Neurology
11. Regional Vice President (Africa), World Federation of Neurology (beginning the term of office on January 2002)
12. Member of the CME commission of the WFN, Tunisian coordinator of Continuum study group (2003-2007)
13. Regional Director (Africa) ), World Federation of Neurology (beginning the term of office on January 2006)
14. General Secretary (1995-2000), Vice President (2000- ) Tunisian Association against Epilepsy
15. Tunisian Delegate and member of the board (1997- 2001), Panarab Union of Neurological Sciences
16. Corresponding active member, American Academy of Neurology, (2000- )
17. Elected Member of the ICNA board (2002- 2006)
18. Membre of the IBRO/SONA board (2001- 2013)
19. Elected Expert in neurology and paediatric neurology education to the « Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie » ( 2005- )
20. Founder and vice president of the Tunisian Association of the Study of Inherited Metabolic Diseases (2004- 2014)
21. Founder and president of the Tunisian Child Neurology Association (2014- ) www.tcna.tn

AWARDS, AND HONORS

1. Bernie D’Souza Award of the Child Neurology Society (USA) (1990)
2. Stobo Prichard Award of the International Child Neurology Association (1994)
3. Distinguished Leadership Award , American Biographical Institute (1996- )
4. Lifetime Achievement Award , American Biographical Institute (1997- )
5. Inclusion in Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, MARQUIS Who’s Who, USA (1996- )
6. Inclusion in Who’s Who in the World, MARQUIS Who’s Who, USA (2001- )
7. Inclusion in Five Hundred Leaders of Influence, American Biographical Institute, USA (2001- )

TUNISIAN INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL DEFENSE

Elected President of the 2003/2004 promotion, graduated in june 2004 

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

1. Chief of the research unit 05 UR 08 – 02 at the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis (2005-2013)
2. Chief of the research unit UR12SP23 at the National Institute Mongi Ben Hamida of Neurology, Tunis (2013-2014)

PUBLICATIONS

1980
P1- Les kystes solitaires osseux: A propos de 36 cas. Thèse pour le diplôme d’Etat de Doctorat en Médecine soutenue le 28 Octobre 1980 à la Faculté de médecine de Tunis. X Mention très honorable.

1984
P2- Les troubles de la continence dans les hérédo-dégénérescences spino-cérébelleuses. Confrontations des données cliniques et urodynamiques dans 55 cas.
I. CHAMI, N. MILADI, M. BEN HAMIDA, S. ZMERLI.
Acta Neurologica Belgica 1984, 84: 194-203.

1985
P3- Le syndrome Moyamoya: Etude physiopathologique des facteurs déclenchant les épisodes ischémiques chez l’enfant. Propositions thérapeutiques.
Mémoire de la Licence Spéciale en Neurologie pédiatrique: travail réalisé dans le Service des Professeurs G. LYON et Ph. EVRARD. Faculté de Médecine de l’UCL à Bruxelles, soutenu et défendu le 28 Août 1985.

1986
P4- Etude génétique des hérédo-dégénérescences spino-cérébelleuses en Tunisie. Le rôle de la consanguinité dans leur survenue.
M. BEN HAMIDA, H. CHAABOUNI, S. MADANI, S. BOUSSEN, S.SAMMOUD, F. LETAIEF, A. MRABET, F. HENTATI et N. MILADI.
J. Génét. Hum. 1986, 34: 267-274.
1988
P5- Les hypotonies à révélation néonatale. Etude clinique et histologique à propos de 7 cas.
S. BEN MILED, A. CHABCHOUB, F. HENTATI, N. MILADI, N. KHROUF.
Revue Tunisienne de Pédiatrie, 1988, 9: 116-122.

1989
P6- Bilan de quatre années de consultation de Neurologie Pédiatrique à l’Institut National de Neurologie.
N. MILADI, A. LARNAOUT, M.H. ELLEUCH, I. TURKI, C. TRIKI
(Service du Professeur M. BEN HAMIDA).
Bulletin Epidémiologique du Ministère de la Santé Publique,1989, 5- 6: 12-13.
P7- L’arthrogrypose: Polymorphisme physiopathologique. A propos de 18 observations.
S. BEN MILED, M. BEN HARIZ, S. OUERTANI, F. HENTATI, N. MILADI, A.LARNAOUT, N. KHROUF .
Revue Tunisienne de Pédiatrie, 1989, 10: 74-79.

1990
P8- Les troubles de l’apprentissage scolaire chez l’enfant.
A. LARNAOUT, M.M. CHARBATI, N. MILADI.
La Tunisie Médicale, 1990, 68: 481-484.

P9- Guillain-Barré syndrome and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.
F. KHALDI, A. LARNAOUT, N. MILADI, B. BENNACEUR.
Le Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, 1990, 17: 95.

1991
P10- Syndrome de Schwartz-Jampel. Etude clinique et histopathologique de 4 cas.
M. BEN HAMIDA, N. MILADI, C. BEN HAMIDA.
Revue Neurologique, (PARIS), 1991, 147: 279-284.
P11- Treatment of infantile spasm
N. MILADI
Pediatric Neurology , 1991, 7: 72.

1992
P12- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in Tunisia. Clinical and morphological study of 77 cases.
M. BEN HAMIDA, N. MILADI, I. TURKI, H. ZAIEM.
Journal of Neurological Sciences, 1992, 107: 60-64.
P13- Phenylketonuria: an underlying etiology of autistic syndrome. A case report.
N. MILADI, A. LARNAOUT, N. KAABACHI, M. HELAYEM, M. BEN HAMIDA.
Journal of Child Neurology , 1992, 7: 22-23.
P14- Normal and abnormal development of the brain.
Ph. EVRARD, N. MILADI, CH. BONNIER, P. GRESSENS.
in: Handbook of Neuropsychology.Volume 6.Section 10: Child Neuropsychology (Part 1) Edited by Isabelle RAPIN and Sidney J. SEGALOWITZ, 516 pp. Elsevier Publisher, New-York 1992.
P15- Dermatomyositis associated with HTLV-I infection: a case report from Tunisia.
N. MILADI, F. REGAYA, A. SLIM, A. LARNAOUT, S. OUESLATI, M. BEN HAMIDA, K.BOUKEF.
Journal of Tropical & Geographical Neurology, 1992, 2 : 185-187.
P16- Suivi d’un cas de syndrome de Landau et Kleffner.
N. MILADI, M. BEN HAMIDA.
Pédiatrie en Afrique, 1992, n°7, 15-16.
P17- Comment traiter l’épilepsie de l’enfant ?
N. MILADI, A. LARNAOUT, I. TURKI.
La Tunisie Médicale,1992,70,325-327.
P18- Grossesse et Epilepsie.
A. LARNAOUT, N. MILADI, S. MEDDEB.
La Tunisie Médicale,1992,70,509-512.

1993
P19- Epidémiologie des sphingolipidoses en Tunisie.
N. MILADI, M.T. VANIER, F. VAN HOOF, N. GHARBI, F.ZOUARI, M. BEN HAMIDA.
Microbiologie et Hygiène Alimentaire, 1993, 5,45-48.

1994
P20- Epilepsie à sémiologie digestive chez l’enfant : une cause rare de douleurs abdominales itératives.
N. MILADI
Pédiatrie en Afrique, 1994, 13, 38-39.
P21- Etude clinique de l’épilepsie de l’enfant.
N. MILADI
Transmed de la Pédiatrie, 1994, 57-62.
P22- Submicroscopic deletions of 17p13.3 in type 1 Lissencephaly.
A. Mantel, Cl. Léonard, B. Husson, N. Miladi, M. Tardieu, P. Landrieu.
Human Genetics, 1994, 94, 95-96.

1997
P23- Place du vigabatrin dans le traitement des épilepsies au cours des encéphalopathies de l’enfant.
N. MILADI
Maghreb Médical, 1997, 316, 41.
P24- Les déficits immunitaires primitifs en Tunisie : étude de 152 cas.
M.BEJAOUI,M.R.BARBOUCHE,A.SASSI,B.LARGUECHE,N.MILADI, A.BOUGUERRA,K.DELLAGI.
Archives de Pédiatrie, 1997, 4, 827-831.
P25- La phénylcétonurie en Tunisie: analyse clinique et épidémiologique.
N.TEBIB,O.BENMAHMOUD,N.MILADI,N.KAABACHI,R.BOUSOFFARA,
F.HENTATI,M.T.SFAR,S.BOUSNINA,S.BENBECHEUR,R.LAKHOUA, A.TRIKI,A.MBAZAA,M.F.BENDRIDI.
Revue Maghrébine de Pédiatrie, 1997, 7, 4 : 177-182

1998
P26- Dihydropteridine reductase deficiency in a large consanguineous Tunisian family : clinical, biochemical and neuropathological findings.
N.MILADI,A.LARNAOUT,J.L.DHONDT,M.F.VINCENT,N.KAABACHI,
F.HENTATI.
Journal of child Neurology, 1998 ; 13 :475-480
P27- Juvenile form of dihydropteridine reductase deficiency in a large consanguineous Tunisian family : clinical, biochemical and neuropathological findings.
A.LARNAOUT,S.BELAL,N.MILADI,J.L.DHONDT,N.KAABACHI, F.HENTATI.
Neuropediatrics, 1998;29:322-3.

1999
P28- Cognitive and psychological profile of a Tunisian population of limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD2C).
N.MILADI, J.P. BOURGUIGNON, F.HENTATI.
Neuromuscular Disorders, 1999,9,352-354.
P29- Consensus thérapeutique: traitement des convulsions fébriles
M. FREDJ, A. KACEM-EZZAHI, M. KALLEL, N. MILADI. A. MRABET, M. YAACOUB
Tunisie médicale 1999, 77, 195-6
P30- Vermian agenesis : report of a family and review of the literature.
S. GABSI, N GOUDER-KHOUJA, I MILI-BOUSSEN, N . MILADI, F. HENTATI
Tunis Med. 1999 ; 77(12) : 655-8 . French.

2000
P31- Intrafamilial phenotypic variability of Hallervorden-Spätz syndrome in a Tunisian family
N. GOUIDER-KHOUJA, N.MILADI, S.BELAL, F.HENTATI
Parkinsonism and related disorders 2000,6,175-179

2002
P32- Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity presenting as a stiff person syndrome. A case report.
N.GOUIDER-KHOUJA, A. MEKAOUAR , A. LARNAOUT, N. MILADI, F.BEN KHELIFA, F. HENTATI
Parkinsonism and related disorders 2002, 8, 285-288

2004
P33- Paraplégie flasco-spasmodique révélatrice d’une tumeur de la fosse postérieure chez un nourrisson.
R. AKOPOVA-LARBI, I. TURKI, N. MILADI
Rev Maghr Ped 2004, 14, 1 : 53-54
P34- Paraplégie flasque chez un nouveau-né révélatrice d’un neuroblastome abdominal avec extension intrarachidienne en sablier.
I.BENYOUSSEF-TURKI, J.ZAOUALI,H.RIFI, H.BOUSSEN,N.MILADI
Rev Maghr Ped 2004, 14, 5 : 267 – 270

2005
P35- Developmental dysphasia
I. TURKI, N. MILADI
Tunis Med, 2005 ; 83, 247-52. Review. French

2006
P36- Prise en charge de l’épilepsie en Afrique du Nord
N. MILADI
Revista de Neurologia, 2006 ; 43, P3-79
P37- Molecular analysis of the SMN1 and NAIP genes in 60 Tunisian spinal muscular atrophy patients
R. MRAD, I DORBOZ, L BEN JEMAA, F MAAZOUL, M TRABELSI, M CHAABOUNI, B MLAIKI, N MILADI, F HENTATI, H CHAABOUNI
Tunis Med, 2006 ; 84 (8) : 465-9

2008
P38- Phenotypic spectrum of fucosidosis in Tunisia
H. BEN TURKIA, N. TEBIB, H. AZZOUZ, MS ABDELMOULA, J BOUGUILA, H SANHAGI, N MILADI,I MAIRE, C CAILLAUD, N KAABACHI, MF BEN DRIDI
J Inherit Metab Dis. 2008 Dec ; 31 Suppl 2 : S313-6

2009
P39- Identification of a new Arylsulfatase A (ARSA) gene mutation in Tunisian patients with metachromatic leucodystrophy (MLD)
I DORBOZ, E EYMARD-PIERRE, R KEFI, S ABDELHAK, N MILADI, O BOESPFLUG-TANGUY ; Tunisian Leucodystrophy Study Group
J Neurol Sci. 2009 Dec 15 ; 287 (1-2) : 278-280

2010
P40- Etude de l’efficience des mécanismes inhibiteurs chez des patients arabophones avec lésions frontales
R. OUERCHEFANI , T. BELLAJ, N. MILADI, M.R. BEN REJEB, D. LE GALL
Revue européenne de psychologie appliquée 2010, 60 : 147 – 161

2011
P41- Molecular carachterization of MPS IIIA, MPS IIIB and MPS IIIC in Tunisian patients
S OUESLATI, V BRUNEL, H BEN TURKIA, H DRAGUET, A MILED, N MILADI, MF BENDRIDI, A LAVOINNE, P SAUGIER-VEBER, S BEKRI
Clin Chim Acta. 2011 Nov 20 ; 412 (23-24) : 2326-31

2012
P42- Strabismus, nystagmus, and generalized hypotonia in a 7 month-old child
S. NAGI, I BRAHIM, N HAMMAMI, C DRISSI, B BEN AMMOU, N MILADI, M BEN HAMOUDA
Arch Pediatr 2012 Jan ; 19(1) : 62-3, 74-6 . French.
P43- Le syndrome de Bardet-Biedl : à propos de deux cas
H. KHALED, S.ECHEBBI,N.MILADI
Revue neurologique, 04/2012 ;168 ;A20-A21
2015
P44- Association study of mitochondrial DNA polymormisms with type 2 diabetes in Tunisian population
Hsouna S , Ben Halim N, Lasram K, Arfa I, Jamoussi H, Bahri S, Ammar SB, Miladi N, Abid A, Abdelhak S, Kefi R
Mitochondrial DNA. 2015 Jun ; 26(3) : 367-72

2016
P45- Determination of arylsulfatase A pseudodeficiency allele and haplotype frequency in the Tunisian population.
Ben Halim N, Dorboz I, Kefi R, Kharrat N, Eymard-Pierre E, Nagara M, Romdhane L, Ben Alaya- Bouafif N, Rebai A, Miladi N , Boespflug-Tanguy O, Abdelhak S

Neurol Sci. 2016 Mar ; 37(3) : 403-9

2019
P46- Child Neurology in Tunisia : Current Status and Future Prospects
Miladi N
EC Neurology 11.4 (2019) : 295 – 299