EDUCATION AND
QUALIFICATIONS

 

 

 

Medical

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2022

MB ChB, Faculty of
Medicine, Alexandria University.
Master (MSc) in Internal Medicine, Benha
University.
PhD in Echocardiology,
Imperial College, London University.
DIC  Diploma of Imperial College, London.
FACC Fellow of the
American College of Cardiology.
FESC  Fellow of the European Society of
Cardiology.
Specialist Registration
(STA)
Lakare, Socialstyrelsen (Sweden)
European Cardiologist (ESC)
Certificate of  Medical Education, Dundee University.
FAHA Fellow of  the American Heart Association
Affiliate Member of the
Royal College of Physicians, London
FRCP Fellow of the Royal College of physicians, London
ALS
Cardiology Specialist, Socialstyrelsen, Sweden
Accreditation in CT Coronary Angiography by NACTCA
PhD in Coptic Music in Canterbury Christ Church University

 

MEMBERSHIP

 

Medical Societies

1.               
Royal College of
Physicians, London
2.               
British Cardiac
Society.
3.               
British
Society of Echocardiography.
4.               
British Society of
Heart Failure
5.               
Society of Heart Valve
Disease
6.               
European WG coronary
pathophysiology

7.               
European Society of
Cardiology
8.               
European Association of
Echocardiography
9.               
American College of
Cardiology
10.            
American Heart
Association: Member 'Council for Clinical Cardiology’

 

POSTS
HELD

 

1.01.2010 - present
 

Professor of Cardiology, Umea University Sweden and
OverLakarae/Consultant Cardiologist, Umea Heart Centre.
Professor at Canterbury Christ
Church University, UK until 2017
Professor (Visit) at St George University
London from 2017-present
Professor (Hon) at Brunel
University, Middlesex from 2018-present
Consultant Cardiologist (locum)
Luton and Dunstable Hospital, UK

2.01.2008 –31.12.2009

OverLakare/Consultant Cardiologist, Heart Centre, Umea
University Hospital, Sweden and Professor at Umea University
Professor (Visiting) at
Canterbury Christ Church University, UK                                                               

2.01.2008-31.03.2008

Consultant Cardiologist (Locum) North Middlesex University
Hospital, London (40%). General Cardiology outpatient clinics and
echocardiography clinics.

11.9.2006 – 2.11.2007

Consultant Cardiologist (locum), West Middlesex University
Hospital. 

1.07.2001 – 21.7.2006

Honorary consultant in cardiology/echocardiology, Royal
Brompton Hospital.  Consultant in
charge of the echo Department. 
Clinical Senior Lecturer at Imperial College.

1.12.1998 – 30.6.2001           

Hon Registrar, Royal Brompton Hospital. 
Clinical Fellow and Tutor to MSc in Cardiology, National
Heart & Lung Institute (NHLI), Imperial College. 

1.7.1995 - 30.11.1998

Honorary registrar, Royal Brompton Hospital and clinical
assistant, Hillingdon Hospital.

1.5.1991 – 30.6.1995

Hon Registrar and Research Fellow in Cardiology. Royal
Brompton Hospital, London. PhD student. 

1.4.1990 – 30.4.1991

Hon. Registrar and Clinical Fellow in Cardiology,
Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge.

1.10.1989 – 31.3 1990

Hon. Registrar in Cardiology, Papworth Hospital,
Cambridge.   
 

Posts held before
coming to UK

1.11.1987 – 31.5.1989

Specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Holy Mary
Queen of Light Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt. 

1.10.1984 -1.10.1987

Registrar in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Benha
University Hospital, Egypt. During this post I obtained my specialisation
(MSc) in internal medicine and cardiology through courses and exams.

1.3.1983 – 30.6.1984

Senior House Officer in Internal Medicine, Abu-Keer
General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt. 

1.3.1982 – 28.2.1983

House Officer, Alexandria University Hospital, Egypt.  

 

EXTERNAL  DISTINCTIONS

Honorary
Professorship to Dalian Medical University, China 2003.

Member of the European Working Group on coronary pathophysiology 2009

Member of the International Society of Coronary Pharmacology 2010

 

Prize
winner:     Margereta och Eric Modigs
prize 2010

 

 

 

TEACHING

Qualifications:

·                 
Recognised Teacher,
London University (1999)

·                 
Recognised Supervisor to
Brunel University, West London (2004)

·                 
Recognised Teacher, Siena
University, Italy (2007)

·                 
Medical Education
Certificate- Dundee University (20 modules).  

(Curriculum
Development I-II, Principles of Assessment I-II, Teaching and Learning,
Approaches to Research, Mentoring and Student Support, Approaches to research,
Trends in Curriculum Development, Trends in Assessment, Work-based Assessment,
Trends in Teaching and Learning, Cooperative Learning, Small Group Teaching,
Portfolio Building, Continuing Education, Staff Development for Health
Professions Education, Lifelong learning, Interpretation and presentation of
data, and Research and development).

 

 

Teaching experience:

A)             
Clinical Research Fellow
and Tutor to MSc Cardiology, Imperial College (1996 – 2006)

B)        Course
Organiser at Imperial College:

            Advances in Cardiology,
London 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009      Advances in Cardiology – Cyprus 2000

Intraoperative
Echocardiography, London, 2004

Echocardiography in
Practice, London 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 (RSM)                             

Cardiology for
General Practice, London, 2004, 2005

 

Umea
Echocardiography, Sweden 2008, 2009

MANAGEMENT

§    
Consultant in charge of
the Echo department at the Royal Brompton Hospital, the Echocardiography Core
Lab and the Echocardiography research programme, 2001- 2006

§    
Senior Lecturer
responsible for the MSc course in cardiology, Imperial College 2001-2006

§    
Senior Lecturer
responsible for the cardiology short courses at NHLI 1999-2006

§    
MSc programme founder and
Director, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2008-present

 

 

EXTERAL
ACTIVITIES

 

Editor in Chief                                    International Cardiovascular Forum Journal

                                                            The
Open Cardiovascular Medicine Juornal

Associate Editor to:                            International Journal of Cardiology 2010-2017

Scientific Committee
member:           International
Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging until 2014

                                                            European
Journal of Echocardiography until 2015

Referee for:

-                 
Circulation
-                 
Journal of the American
College of Cardiology
-                 
European Heart Journal
-                 
Heart
-                 
American Journal of
Cardiology

-                 
EuroPace
-                 
International Journal
of Cardiology
-                 
European Journal of Echocardiography
-                 
European Journal of Heart Failure
-                 
British Heart
Foundation
-                 
Marfan Trust

 

 

 

 

 

 

HIGHER
DEGREE SUPERVISION

Awarded  MPhil

W Arshad

Stress physiology in Hypertrophic
Cardiomyopathy.                          
2006

 
 

 

PhD Supervision: Completed

 

Imperial College

Christine O’Sullivan

Ventricular electromechanical function in coronary artery disease

2007

Alison Duncan

Ventricular electromechanics during stress echocardiography

2004

Wi Li

Atrial flutter in grown-up congenital heart
patients (Co)

2001

 

Umeå University

Avin Calcutteea

New insight in the assessment of right
ventricular function: an echocardiographic study

2013

Ihab Ramzy

Ventricular function
in Acute Coronary Syndrome

2012

George Koulodzidis

Investigation of the origin of the coronary
artery calcification process and its relationship to the atherosclerotic
cardiovascular disease

 

Ying Zhao

Effect of valve replacement for aortic
stenosis on ventricular function

2011

W H Ding

Survival and functional recovery
following valve replacement
surgery in patients with severe
aortic stenosis

2013

Gani Bajraktari

The clinical value of total isovolumic time

2014

Fisnik Jashari

Insights into the pathophysiology of carotid
plaques and their relationship

2015

Pranvera Ibrahimi

Patterns and non-invasive imaging
of early carotid and coronary
atherosclerotic disease

2015

Matteo Lisi

Left atrial function in end-stage
heart failure

2016

Matteo Camilli

Left ventricular function in
patients undergoing transplantation

2016

Flavio D’Ascenzi

Left atrial function in athletes

2016

Rachel Nicholl

The biomarkers related to arterial
calcification in angina patients

2016

Kiki Jashari

Left ventricular function in
children with pressure afterload

2017

Kamilo Karaya

Ventricular function in peripartum
cardiomyopathy

2017

Usama Boles

Insights into the pathophysiology of coronary ectasia

2019

Ibadete Bytyci

Left atrial function predictors of atrial fibrillation

2021

 

 

Current PhD Supervision: Umeå
University

Dafni Harris

Electromechanical ventricular function in Long QT Syndrome

Rafik Shenouda

Electromechanical function in patients with unstable angina

Artan Bajraktari

Biochemical relations with coronary calcification and determinants of
stenosis

Giulia Mandoli

The impact of myocardial fibrosis and intrinsic function