Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cairo University

Basic Medical Qualifications: (All from Kasr Al Aini Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University)

M.B.,B.Ch.: November,1986 : Very good.
M.Sc. (General Surgery): November, 1990 : Very good.

Subject of study: [ HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION ].

M.D. (Cardiothoracic Surgery): 1995

Subject of study: [ NEUROLOGICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL ABNORMALITIES FOLLOWING

OPEN - HEART SURGERY ].

Previous positions (Academic, University and Governmental):

March 1987 to February 1988: Intern, Cairo University Hospitals.
March 1988 to March 1991: Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cairo University Hospitals.
July 1992 to December 1992: Assistant Specialist in Cardiac Surgery, the surgical department of "The National Heart Institute ", Imbaba, Giza, Egypt.
January 1993 to May 1995: Assistant lecturer in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kasr Al Aini Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
May 1995 to August 2000 : Lecturer and Consultant Surgeon in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine , Cairo University, Manial, Cairo, EGYPT
August 2000 to September 2005 : Associate Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine , Cairo University, Manial, Cairo, EGYPT.
September 2005 till date: Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cairo University.
1995 till date : Consultant in Cardiothoracic Surgery, The New kasr Al Aini Teaching Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, EGYPT. Tel: +202-3654130, +202-3654131. Fax: +202-3654133
During 2001 : Director, Unit of fiber-optic bronchoscopy and chest surgery, The National Oncology Institute, Aswan, Egypt.
Acting Chairman & Founder of the first Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of medicine, Bany Swaif University ( January 2009 - March 2012).
Part-Time professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Misr University for Science & Technology (MUST), since March 2010 till Nov. 2012.
Full-time professor, chairman and founder of the first Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Misr University for Science & Technology (MUST) (Nov. 20111 – Feb. 2019), performing the first open heart surgery case in the university hospital on 27 March 2013.
General Director, The Memorial Souad Kafafi University Hospital, MUST University (February 2014–February 2019). I was able to transfer this hospital to one of the best hospitals in Egypt providing elite medical service and at the same time providing great community services to the poor, locally in 6^th of October city and country-wide via medical convoys using the one and only “Field Hospital” in the civilian sector. N.B; I was able to create the whole design of the hospital and the mobile operating rooms on trucks. 18 medical convoys were performed all around Egypt in 22 months providing medical and surgical services to about 450 thousands of patients.
Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, Misr University for Science & Technology

(July 2016-March 2018).

University Official Spokesman, Misr University for Science & Technology

( March 2018 - February 2019).

Vice President for Medical Sector, Misr University for Science & Technology

(March 2018 - February 2019.

Previous positions (Private):

March 1991 - December 1991: Part - time doctor in the surgical intensive care unit, As-Salam International Hospital, Maadi, Cairo.
1995 - 2000 : Consultant and founder of the first department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Al Haram Hospital (Cairo Treatment Authority), Al Ahram street, Giza, Egypt. Tel: +202-383-7585
During 1996: Consultant in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Al Obour Hospital (Health Insurance Authority), Kafr Al Sheikh, Egypt.
1995 - 2000 : Consultant in Cardiothoracic Surgery, El Fayroz Hospital, 25 Gamal Salem st, Dokki, Giza, EGYPT. Tel: +202-360001, +202-360002 , Fax: +202-3350575
2000-201 :Consultant in Cardiothoracic Surgery, As-Salam International Hospital,

Corniche El-Nile, P.O. Box 388, Maadi, Cairo, EGYPT (1995 -1997).

Tel: +202-3638050 Fax: +202-3623500

* 1995 - 2000 : Consultant in Cardiothoracic Surgery , Al Hekma Hospital, 18 Al Rasheedy street, Moneera, Sayeda Zeinab, Cairo, EGYPT. Tel: +202-3680200, +202-3687076
2001: Consultant in Cardiothoracic Surgery , Al Amal Hospital, Port Said, Egypt.

Mailing Address: 12 Salah Salem street, Port Said, Egypt, Tel:+20-66-344908

Refer to Director: Dr. Al Tabeiy Mohammad Hussein, Cellular tel: +20-12-4263968

International posts:

International fellow in Cardiac Surgery (Conventional coronary bypass surgery), San Donato Hospital, Milan, Italy (July 1996 - March, 1997).
International fellow in Cardiac Surgery (Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery) McGill University, Montreal, Canada (December 1997 - May 1998).
International Fellow (cardiothoracoscopic surgical skills for endoscopic coronary bypass grafting) , The MOET Institute, San Francisco, USA (1998).
Member of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac surgery since 1998.
Research fellow: Vista Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston, MA, USA , with focusing on the recent visualization and manipulation technologies for totally endoscopic coronary bypass surgery, 1998.
Pre-clinical Researcher: Intuitive Surgical Inc., Mountain View, California, USA, performing the pre-clinical studies on Tele-Manipulation , Computer-Assisted Robotic Coronary Bypass Surgery, 1998. During that time, I published the 1^st paper in the world on experimental robotic coronary bypass.
Member of the International Advisory Board, The Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals since January 2002, sharing in the evaluation process of manuscripts submitted for publication in the fore-mentioned Annals.
Associate Professor and Consultant Surgeon in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine , King Faisal University, Al Khobar, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia from August 2002 to August 2004. During the academic year 2004, I was given the responsibility of “Head of Unit of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery”. Tel: +966-3-8966666 # 1114 & +966-3-8966745 (direct)
Member of the Pan-Arab Federation of Evidence Based Medicine since 2006.
*Consultant & Chief of Cardiac Surgery Department, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Qasim, Saudi Arabia. (June 2006 – December 2007).
Delegate of Egypt to the Euro Asian Bridge of Cardiothoracic Surgery since established in 2006 till date.

Amr Bastawisy Ahmed