Violet Asfour

Experienced Internal Medicine Physician with 13 years of private practice and telemedicine experience. Skilled in providing comprehensive primary care to patients above the age of 13, managing chronic diseases, and implementing preventive health strategies. Expertise in practice management, electronic health records optimization, and building strong patient relationships.

• Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan, 08/01/13, 08/31/14, Required training required by Jordanian Medical Council
• Oakwood Hospital, Dearborn, MI, 07/01/10, 06/30/12, Residency, Internal Medicine
• Oakwood Hospital, Dearborn, MI, 07/01/09, 06/30/10, Internship, Internal Medicine

• Jordan Medical Association, 01/01/13, present
• American College of Physicians, 01/01/09, present
• American Heart Association, 01/01/09, present

• California Medical License, 05/01/23
• General Practitioner License, Amman, Jordan, 05/03/15, #23432/20001
• Board of Medicine Physician License, Michigan, 01/31/12, #4301094859
• Board of Pharmacy Controlled Substance License, 01/31/12, #5315052109

• Students at Amman Baccalaureate School, 03/01/23
• Puberty, 12/01/22
• Skin Cancer, Abdali Hospital, 02/01/23
• High school students interested in medicine, Abdali Hospital, 04/01/21
• Women's Health: Menopause, Abdali Hospital, 10/01/20
• Jordan Hospital's Experience: Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA), 05/01/14
• Culture Competency & Palliative Care, Oakwood Hospital, 02/01/12
• Television Interview with Champions of Care: Life of a Resident, 04/18/12
• Cultural Competency in Medical Education, Oakwood Hospital, 11/01/11

• First place, Oral presentation for Internal Medicine Research, 02/01/12, Clinical Presentations, Management and Outcomes of Arab-American Patients Hospitalized with Heart Failure as Compared to Age and Gender Matched White American Patients
• First place, Oral presentation for Oakwood Research Day, 04/01/12, Clinical Presentations, Management and Outcomes of Arab American Patients Hospitalized with Heart Failure as Compared to Age and Gender Matched White American Patients
• Physicians Leadership Tract, 07/01/11, Organized joint community outreach with residency program to allow residents to volunteer at a homeless shelter as part of residency curriculum, Detroit, MI
• Intern of the Year, 06/01/10, Oakwood Hospital, Dearborn, MI
• Second place, Poster presentation for Oakwood Research Day, 04/01/10, Rare Presentation of Recurrent Chylothorax and Generalized Lymphadenopathy with Bone Involvement in an AIDS Patient with Kaposi Sarcoma
• Founder of first Women's Basketball Team, 01/01/01, Mendocino College
• Rotary Club for Community Service Scholarship, 01/01/01, 2001-2002
• Mendocino College Recipient of Academic Scholarship, 01/01/01, 2001-2002
• Mendocino College Recipient of Academic Scholarship, 01/01/00, 2000-2001
• Mendocino Presidential Scholar, 01/01/99, 1999-2002
• Golden Key Honor Society, 01/01/99, 1999-2002

• Nizar Talaat, MD, Violet Asfour, MD, Walid Harb, MD, FACP, Reluctance to Screening Colonoscopy in Arab Americans, The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 10/01/12, 107, Suppl.1, 794
• Cheung ATW, Driessen B, Ramanujam S, Barbosa MA, Chan DM, Asfour V, Zarucco L, Bank L, Chen PC, Jahr JS, Gunther RA, Vasopressin Treatment in Hemorrhagic Shock, Journal of Vascular Research, 09/01/04, 41, Suppl. 2, 1-68
• Cheung ATW, Ramanujam S, Barbosa MA, Asfour V, Duong PL, Medina MC, Miller JW, Correlation between Whole Blood Viscosity (WBV) and Microvascular Abnormalities in Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) Patients, 03/01/05, Poster presented at: EM'05/IUPS Meeting, San Diego, CA

• Clinical Presentations, Management and Outcomes of Arab-American Patients Hospitalized with Heart Failure as Compared to Age and Gender Matched White American Patients, 05/01/12, poster, ACP Michigan Chapter
• Clinical Presentations, Management and Outcomes of Arab-American Patients Hospitalized with Heart Failure as Compared to Age and Gender Matched White American Patients, 05/01/12, poster, SEMCME Research Day, Michigan
• Case Report: One Primary Malignancy as a Risk Factor for More, 05/01/12, ACP Michigan Chapter
• Case Report: Levamisole-Adulterated Cocaine: A case of new rash in a cocaine abuser, 04/01/12, ACP National
• Clinical Presentations, Management and Outcomes of Arab-American Patients Hospitalized with Heart Failure as Compared to Age and Gender Matched White American Patients, 04/01/12, Oral, Oakwood Research Day
• Clinical Presentations, Management and Outcomes of Arab-American Patients Hospitalized with Heart Failure as Compared to Age and Gender Matched White American Patients, 02/01/12, Oral, Internal Medicine Research Day
• Seizure and Cerebritis: The Missing Link?, 10/01/10, Case, ACP Michigan Chapter
• Rare Presentation of Recurrent Chylothorax and Generalized Lymphadenopathy with Bone Involvement in an AIDS Patient with Kaposi Sarcoma, 10/01/10, Case, ACP Michigan Chapter
• Rare Presentation of Recurrent Chylothorax and Generalized Lymphadenopathy with Bone Involvement in an AIDS Patient with Kaposi Sarcoma, 04/01/10, Case, Oakwood Hospital Research Day