International Educational Posts
- AOSpine International Curriculum Development Task Force Member.
- Educational Director, AOSpine.
Awards and Commendations
- Egyptian Medical Syndicate, as regards the Gaza events
- Cairo Medical Syndicate, the Egyptian Doctors day.
- Merit Certificate, Cairo University Hospital.
- Merit Certificate, Specialized Medical Centers, Ministry of Health.
- Serbian Embassy, as regards the Serbian Citizens injuries in the red sea bus accident.
- Sadat Academy award for 2009.
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Professor Neurosurgeon
Professor Neurosurgeon, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University. Head of Department, Neurosurgery consultant, AlMouwasat Hospital
Licensure
Medical Licensure: Issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Health, administration of medical license # 102394, Dated March 3, 1992.
Egyptian Medical Syndicate: Registered as consultant neurosurgeon as of April 2002.
Professional Profile
Education
- Bachelor degree of General Surgery and Internal Medicine
- Master degree of General Surgery
- Doctoral degree of Neurosurgery
List of Publications
1) Anterior cervical single level discectomy with cage fusion. EJN, Vol. 16, No. 1, January: 37-47, 2001.
2) Middle cranial fossa arachnoid cysts: Evaluation of the multimodality operative procedures.
EJN, Vol. 17, No. 1, January: 219-224, 2002.
3) Central neurocytoma: A rare intraventricular tumor. Neurosurgical experience in 12 cases.
EJN, Vol. 17, No. 1, January: 225-230, 2002.
4) Median cervical corpectomy for treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy. EJN, Vol. 17, No. 2, June: 267-274, 2002.
5) Neurosurgical strategies in tumors of the bony orbit. EJN, Vol. 18, No. 2, June: 275-281, 2003.
6) Management of hydrocephalus in pediatric patients with posterior fossa tumors. EJN, Vol. 19, No. 1, January: 249-254, 2004.
7) Complications of ventriculoperitoneal shunts in the treatment of hydrocephalus. A two years experience in a single centre. EJN, Vol. 19, No. 1, January: 255-264, 2004.
8) Lumboperitoneal shunts for treatment of benign intracranial hypertension. EJN, Vol. 19, No. 2, June: 1-7, 2004.
9) Surgical Treatment of Ruptured Anterior Circulation Aneurysm in Elderly Patients. The Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, Vol. 20, No:1, June 2005.
10) Pediatric Craniopharyngioma – Rationale for Multimodal Management: The Egyptian Experience. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 19, 371-380. 2006.
11) Pituitary Tumor Apoplexy: A Review of Clinical Presentation, Management and Outcomes in 15 cases. The Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, Vol. 22, No. 1, January 2007.
12) Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma: Surgical Results and outcome in 30 cases. The Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, Vol. 24, No. 2, June 2009.
13) Peri-Operative Management of Hydrocephalus in Preterm ad Ex-preterm Infants. The Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, Vol. 24, No. 2, June 2009.
14) Lumbar Disc Nucleoplasty Using Coblation Technology; Clinical Outcome. The Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, Vol. 25, No. 1, January 2010.
15) The Value of Cranial Navigation in Eloquent Brain Region. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. Accepted for Publication.
16) Colloid Cysts of the Third Ventricle, Endoscopic Versus Microsurgical Removal. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. Accepted for Publication.
17) Evaluation of Image Guided Pedicle Screw Insertion, Egyptian Experience. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. Accepted for Publication.
18) Posterior Fixation in Metastatic Pathological Fractures of the Dorsal Spine. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. Accepted for Publication.
Conferences Attended
1) First Middle East and African Pediatric Neurosurgery course. 3-5 March, 1997, Cairo, Egypt.
2) The III Pan Arab Neurosurgical Congress. 4-7 October, 2000, Beirut, Lebanon.
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4) 5th International Congress on Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery. 12-15 March, 2001, Cairo Marriot, Egypt.
5) 15th Biannual Meeting of the Pan African Association of Neurological Sciences (PAANS) in association with the 27th Annual Meeting of the Egyptian society of neurological Surgeons held in Cairo, Egypt, 12-14 March, 2002.
6) The Endocrine Surgery Update Conference held in Ain Shams University Medical School, Surgery department, Endocrine Unit. June, 5-7, 2002, Ain-Sokhna, Egypt.
7) International conference on Recent Advances in Neurotraumatology held in Bali, Indonesia on August 1-4, 2002.
8) Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Society of Neurological Surgeons, Sharm El Sheikh, March, 11-14, 2003.
9) Annual Summer Meeting of the Neurosurgery Department, Alexandria University in collaboration with the Egyptian Society of Neurological Surgeons. Alexandria, 8-10 September, 2004.
10) International conference on Recent Advances in Neurotraumatology held in Aswan, Egypt, 18-21 March, 2004.
11) 30 scientific conference of ESNS. 23-25 March, 2005, Cairo, Egypt.
12) 31 Annual Conference of the Egyptian Society of Neurological Surgeons, 22-24 March,2006, Royal Azur Resort, Hurgada, Egypt.
13) 34th Annual Meeting of The Egyptian Society of Neurological Surgeons (ESNS) in Collaboration with American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), 4 – 7 March, 2009, Inter Continental, Abu Soma Hotel – Hurgada – Egypt.
14) AO Spine Advances Course in Trauma and Degenerative spine, as Faculty National. 17-19 Oct. 2009, Cairo, Egypt.
15) XIV World Congress of Neurological Surgery, jointly sponsored by AANS and WFNS. Boston, USA, Aug 30-Sept 9, 2009.
16) International 35th Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Society of Neurological Surgeons (ESNS) in Collaboration with Pediatric Section of American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS/CNS).
17) AOSpine Masters Symposium – Degenerative Spine, AS FACULTY REGIONAL, 18 – 19 November 2010, UAE.
18) AOSpine Advanced Course – Trauma, Degenerative and Deformities, AS EDUCATIONA DIRECTOR, 13 – 15 May, Beirut, Lebanon.
Workshops Attended
• The Spinal Fracture Symposium held spinal unit of Nasser Institute on Wednesday 21st February, 2001.
• The work shop of spinal instrumentation in African countries held in Military Medical Academy. Monday, 11 March, 2002.
• Professional Development Program for Medical Faculty Members held in MEDC from 2-12 January, 2005.
• The work shop on Endoscopic Surgery of the ventral skull base and brain held in Sheikh Zayed Specialized Hospital in collaboration with University of Pittsburgh, Minimally Invasive Neurosurgical Center, 6-7 July 2005, Giza, Egypt.
• AO Spine Comprehensive Spine Course, September 9-12, 2005, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
• Spine instrumentation using image guided surgery, Ulrich head quarter, Ulm, Germany, March, 2008.
• Work shop on image guided surgery, Cranial IGS, Spinal IGS, IG sonic, Varioguide, and IPlaning, BrainLAB, Munich, Germany, March 2008.
• AO Spine Advanced Course. October 12 – 14, Dubai, UAE, 2008.
• AO Spine Advanced Course in Trauma and Degenerative Spine, as Faculty National. 17 – 19 Oct. 2009, Cairo, Egypt.
• Tips for Chairpersons, AOSpine International, Zurich, Switzerland, November 2010.
• Tips for Educational Directors, AOSpine International, Davos, Switzerland, December 2010.