Born in Assiut, Egypt, July 3rd, 1941.
Married to Dr. Mona Tawfik Farid, father of Drs Noha,
Nadine and Mireille and grandfather to 5 children
Qualifications:
• Bachelor degree, Kasr-El-Aini Medical School, Cairo University. (MB,BCh with honors): September1963.
o Golden Medals in Physiology (1959), Toxicology (1961) and Internal Medicine (1962)
Diploma of Internal Medicine (DM with Distinction), Cairo University: October 1964.
Doctorate in Internal Medicine (MD), Cairo University: June 1969.
ECFMG. February 1971.
Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP UK): April 1972.
Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCPE.): November 1982.
Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of London (FRCP): June 1986. TrainingandFellowships:
Registrar in Internal Medicine, Cairo University: 1963-1965.
Research Fellow in Nephrology, Cairo University: 1965-1967.
Clinical Demonstrator in Nephrology, Cairo University: 1967-1969.
Clinical Fellow in Nephrology, University of Paris (Hôpital Tenon): 1971.
Nephrology Registrar, Urology Institute of London: 1972.
WHO Fellow in Renal Transplantation, University of, Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA: 1975.
Cairo University:
o Lecturer in Internal Medicine: 1969 -1974
o Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine: 1974 -1979
o Professor of Internal Medicine: 1979 – 2001
o Chief of Nephrology: 1988 – 2001
o Head Professorial Unit of Internal Medicine: 1992-2001
o Councilor and Chief of Nephrology, King Fahd’s Nephro-Urology Center, Cairo University: 1987 – 1999
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o Founding Chairman of Kasr-El-Aini Nephrology and Dialysis Center: 1994-2001 o Director of King Fahd’s Nephro-Urology Center 1999 – 2001
o Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine, 1999-2001
o Emeritus Professor of Medicine: 2001-
o Member, Ethics Committee (2001-2005) o Member, Wise men Committee (2008-)
Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities
o Member of the State’s Standing Committee for Professorial Promotion in Internal Medicine: 1989 – 1995; Moderator 1998-2001, Ex-officio member 2004-2007.
o Member of the Commission for Post-graduate Medical Education, Medical Sector, Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities, 2001-2004
o Chairman of the Commission for Education of Internal Medicine, Medical Sector, Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities, 2002-2004
o Chairman, Medical Sector Committee, 2008-2012
o Chairman, National Steering Committee for Egyptian Medical Qualification Reform,
2011 –
o Chairman, Implementation Committee for Egyptian Medical Qualification Reform, 2013-
Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research & Technology
o Member of National Committee for the National Awards in Medical Sciences, 1995- 2012
o Members of the National Committee for the Mohammed Fakhry Prize for distinction in Medical Sciences,1996-2010
o Member of the National Committee for the Mansoura International Award for distinction in Nephro-urology, 1996-2010
o Member of the Scientific Committee, National Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF- Medical Division), 2010 -2012
o Member, Supreme Council of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, 2013- o Member of the Supreme Committee for State Awards, 2014-
Academic positions in International Organizations
o Faculty Member, European Master sin Nephrological Sciences, Napoli, 2001
o Examiner, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 2001-
o Host Examiner for Egypt, Federation of the Royal Colleges of the United Kingdom, 2004-2009
o International Advisor, Royal College of Physicians of London, 2004-2007 o Chairman, Board of Examiners, MRCP Cairo, 2004-2009
Visiting Professor at local or regional Universities / institutions
o Biomedical Engineering department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, 1975 o Khartoum University, Sudan: 1982
o Ministry of Health , Tananarive, Madagascar: 1986
o University Hospital Beni-Messous, Algiers, Algeria: 1986 & 1987
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o Zahra University Hospital, Tripoli, Libya: 1990
o Ministry of Health, Dubai General Hospital, UAE: 2006
o External Thesis Evaluator: Sudan, , South Africa, Zambia (1992- 2008)
o External Evaluator for professor promotion Sudan, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa) (1978-1999)
Visiting Professor at American or European Universities / institutions:
o Downstate Medical Center, Southern University, New York (SUNY): 1994 (Sau Wing Lam VisitingProfessor)
o Charles University, Prague, Czeck Republic 1995
o Sheffield Kidney Institute, Sheffield UK: 1995-2011 o Danube University, Kermes Austria: 1997
o University of Los Angeles, California (UCLA): 2000
Editorial Boards:
Founding Editor-in-Chief
• Kidney Forum, the Official Journal of the Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation (1997)
• Tropical Medicine and International Health
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National Public Health Appointments
Member of the Egyptian Health Commission for Renal Disease: 1982 – 1988.
Member of the State Council for the Control of Medical Equipment, Ministry of
Health, Egypt: 1985 -1989.Member of the State Council for Drug Administration, Ministry of Health, Egypt: Internal Medicine 1986 – 1993; Renal Disease 1995-2003.
Member of the Egyptian Supreme National Commission for Kidney Diseases, 1997- 2004
Chairman, National Commission for Drug registration, Kidney diseases, 2007-
Chairman, MOH Committee for Novel Therapies, 2010 -2012
Member of the National Transplantation Ethics Committee 2010-2013
Member of the Supreme Advisory Committee to the Minister of Health, 2011-2012
Member of the National Health Council 2012-
Chairman, Supreme MOH Committee for Health Professionals Training 2013-
Member of the Supreme National Committee for Organ Transplantation, 2013-
Activities in Scientific Associations: International Society of Nephrology (ISN)
o Organizing Committee Chairman, ISN African Kidney and Electrolytes Conference, Cairo: February 1987
o Councilor (1993 -1999)
o Member of the Management Committee (1995-1999).
o Member of the Nominating Committee (1992-1995; 1995-1997; 1999-2001).
o Co-chairman of the Subcommittee for Africa, a division of the Commission for the Global Advancement of Nephrology [COMGAN] (1993-1999).
o Secretary-General of the Society (1999-2005)
o Director, Fellowship Program (1999-2005)
o Chairman, Advisory Committee on Tropical Nephrology (2001- 2003) o Chairman, Publications Committee (2002-2005)
o Chairman, Website Editorial Board (2002-2004)
o Chairman, Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee (2004-2007)
o Chairman, Governance Committee (2005-2006)
o Director, Renal Sister Center Program (2005- 2009)
o Chairman, Nominating Committee (2009-2011)
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International Society for Artificial Organs (ISAO)
o Regional Officer for Africa (1988-1999)
o Member of the Publications Committee (1990-1996) o Vice-president of the Society (1990-1999)
International Society for Hemodialysis [ISHD]:
o Council member(2001-2007)
o Member of the Presidential Nominating Committee (2002)
Kidney Disease: Improvement of Global Outcomes initiative (KD:IGO)
o Member of the International Board (2002-2003)
o Member of the Executive Committee (2003- 2005)
o Member of the Board of Directors (2003-2007)
o Chairman, Committee for Implementation in Countries without CPGs (2003-2005). o Counselor (2007-2009)
o Member, workgroup on Acute Kidney Injury Clinical Practice Guideline (2007-2009) o International Guidelines Reviewer (2007-)
European Dialysis and Transplantation Association (EDTA)
o “Keyman” for Egypt: (1980-1993). CollaborativeTransplantStudyGroup-Heidelberg, Germany
o Group member (1990 -) o Press speaker (1992)
Middle East Society of Organ Transplantation (MESOT)
o Member of the Steering Committee (1990)
o Member of the Board of Trustees (1990-1994) o Vice-president (1990-1994)
African Association of Nephrology [AFRAN]:
o Founding President and Secretary General (1987 – 1990). o Chairman of the Nominating Committee (1993-1996)
o Chairman of the “African Nephronet” (1997-1999)
Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation
o President (1995-1997).
o Chairman of the Nominating Committee (1997-1999); member 1999-2001, 2001- 2003, 2003-2005,2005-2007)
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Mediterranean Kidney Society (MKS)
o Councilor (2009-2013) o Counselor (2013- )
Egyptian Society of Nephrology
o Secretary-General (1981-1993). o President (1996-1999).
Other Scientific Organizations
o Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, United Kingdom (1997-2005)
o Member of the New York Academy of Science: (1992- )
o Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science: (1994 – ) o Member of the Global Academy of Tropical Medicine (2004- )
o Member of the Global Kidney Academy (2010-)
o Member of:
American Society of Nephrology.
European Dialysis & Transplant Association – European Renal Association.
Mediterranean Society of infectious disease.
Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation.
Middle East Society for organ Transplantation.
Egyptian Societyof Organ Transplantation.
Honorary life-time member of:
o South African Renal Society: (1992- )
o Lebanese Society of Nephrology (1998- )
o Egyptian Society of Nephrology (2000-)
o Egyptian Society of Pediatric Nephrology (2000- )
o International Society of Nephrology ( 2009-)
o Association of Egyptian American Scholars of North America ( 2012-)
Medals, Honors and Awards: International
o International Award of the National Kidney Foundation of the USA: Baltimore: 1992
o The Roscoe Robinson Award of the International Society of Nephrology, Rio de Janeiro, 2007
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Regional
o Pan African Pediatric Nephrology Association, Cairo 2000
o Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, 2000 o Arab Association of Pediatric Nephrology Riyadh, 2000
o Middle East Society of Organ Transplantation, Muscat, 2002 o Nigerian Society of Nephrology 2008
o Jordanian Society of Nephrology 2009
o Order of the Lion Grand Officer of Senegal, 2011
National
o First & Second International Conferences of Biomedical Engineering, Cairo: 1976, 1979.
o Egyptian Society of Urology: 1981.
o Egyptian Society of Nephrology: 1986, 2000, 2005.
o Egyptian Medical Syndicate: 1995, 1998, 2003, 2009
o Egyptian Society of Pediatric Nephrology, 2000
o Egyptian Military Academy, 2003
o Egyptian State Appreciation Award in Advanced Technological Sciences, 2009 o The Egyptian Order of Arts and Sciences – First Class, 2013
o Nile Award in Advanced Technological Sciences, 2015
Institutional
o Cairo University Medical School, 2001 o Mansoura University, 2003
o Assiut University, 2003
o Menya University, 2005
o Distinguished Researcher Award, Cairo University, 2007
o The Internal Medicine Ribbon of Kasr-El-Aini Medical School, 2014
Extracurricular activities Electronics
o Studied basic electronics in parallel with Medicine
o Designed several devices including an electronic vote counter, educational interactive tools for illustrating the functions of the autonomic nervous system and amino acid metabolic pathways. Both educational tools were displayed for many years in the Biochemistry department of Cairo University.
o Designed and built own home security system including fully integrated audiovisual inputs and graded alerts andalarms.
o Designed and built 4 generations of a Central Dialysate Delivery System implemented in 3 dialysis centers (1976-1988)
o Published in 2 papers (# 18 and 31 on the list of publications)
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o Awarded honorary medal of 2nd Congress of Biomedical engineering, Cairo 1979
o Documented in the Artificial Organ Museum, Cleveland, Ohio (Now International Center
for Medical Technologies (ICMT), Houston, Texas)
Computers
o Developed and implemented several Excel-based programs for medical filing and hospital managementsystem.
o Organized the first digital ballot system for the International Society of Nephrology elections, adopted later by other scientific organizations
Military Service:
• Colonel in the Egyptian Armed Forces Medical Services, Maadi Base Hospital, (1973- Public Appointments:
Member of St. Mary’s Church Council, Zamalek, Cairo 1996-
Member, Hospital Board of the National Children Cancer Institute (57357), 2013-
2014
