Ossama Abdul-Hamid, MD C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E PERSONAL: NAME : Ossama Ahmad Abdul-Hamid, MD SEX : Male DATE OF BIRTH : August, 17th, 1953 PLACE OF BIRTH : Domiat, Egypt CITIZENSHIP : Egyptian MAILING ADDRESS : 50 Hejaz street, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt MARITAL STATUS : Married, two children, 21 and 16 years PHONE : Office: 202-26394964 Home: 202-46105935 Mobile: 2012-22145199 Fax: 202-22660717 e-mail: ossamahamid@gmail.com EDUCATION: 1- MD Otolaryngology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, November 1986. Thesis topic " Experimental studies on blood, cerebrospinal fluid and perilymph Kanamycin levels in relation to brainstem auditory evoked potentials." 2- MSc Otolaryngology. Ain Shams University, Cairo, May 1982. Thesis topic " Tympanosclerosis" 3- ECFMG "Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduate", USA, January 1982. 4- MB, ChB Ain Shams University, Cairo. December 1977. Grade: Excellent with honor. ACADEMIC POSITIONS: 1- August 2013- Now: Professor Emeritus of Otolaryngology, Ain Shams University 2- October 2006 for one academic year: Professor of Otolaryngology October 6 th University, Cairo, Egypt 2- February 1997-2013: Professor of Otolaryngology, Ain Shams University 3- Jan 92 - Fe 97: Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Ain Shams University 4- January 87 - January 91: Lecturer of Otolaryngology, Ain Shams University. 5- March 82 - January 87: Assistant Lecturer of Otolaryngology, Ain Shams University. Current Appointments: Professor of Otolaryngology: Ain Shams University Consultant Otolaryngology, Head-Neck surgery, Skull-base surgery at: 1. Ain Shams University Specialized Hospitals. 2. Nozha International Hospital: private hospital
3. Khamis Charity Hospital: 10 th Ramadan City 4. Golf International Hospital: Heliopolis, Cairo; Cochlear Implant center: Now implanting 230 cases Current Positions: Pan Arab Head and Neck Society, Founder committee 2013 President of the Pan African Federation of Otolaryngological Societies PAFOS for 4-year term 2015-2019 Better Hearing Society Egypt Founder and current president, founded in 2010 www.betterhearing society.org Charity organisation cares for improvement of hearing impairment by prevention and treatment: Sponsors cochlear implant program operated already 230 cases Egyptian Society of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences Founded in 2001, One of the founder committee Current: Secretary General of the society www.esentas.org Society Journal Co Editor: Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences EJENTAS, the quarterly only peer-review ENT journal in Egypt, published by Elsiever and indexed on Scopus, Embase, index Copernicus www.ejentas.org Secretary General of the Joint international Otolaryngology congress organized by the Ain Shams University and ESENTAS since 2005 www.eioc.net Past Positions and Activities: North Africa Regional secretary for the Pan African Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Society; 2012 Head of Skull base unit at ENT department, Ain Shams University Head of the Head and Neck Oncology Interested group at ENT department, Ain Shams University: up to 2013 Egyptian Universities Promotion Committee elected by the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education for 4 year term 2009-2013 for promotion of university assistant professors and professors in Egypt WHO [World Health Organization] Temporary Consultant at the NCD [non-communicable diseases] Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office [EMRO]: Involved in:
1. Hearing Impairment survey and prevention protocols: supervised the first household national hearing survey in Egypt between 2003-2005. 2. Rheumatic fever prevention program: contributed in establishing guidelines for rheumatic fever prevention consultation for the EMRO held in Yemen in May 2005 3. Chair of the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Consultation on establishing guidelines for prevention of hearing impairment and deafness, held in Cairo 11-13 June 2007 4. Short term consultant to Kingdom of Jordan Ministry of Health to help establish the national plan for prevention and management of hearing impairment and deafness; August 2-9, 2007 WORK EXPERIENCE (Clinical Appointments): 1. November 2005 2012: Consultant Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at the IMC: International Medical Center, Egypt, Joint venture hospital between USA and Egypt. 2. January 2005-2008: Consultant Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at Heliopolis Ministry of Health Hospital 3. January 1998-2004: Consultant Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at Ministry of Electricity and Energy Hospital. 4. January 1997 - Now: Consultant Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at Naser Institute Hospital, Largest Ministry of Health Hospital Involved in Maxillo-facial and Skull Base surgery teams at the hospital. 5. March 1996 2013: Consultant Otolaryngology, Head and Neck at Luxor International Hospital, Ministry of Health Hospital 6. October 1995 - September 1998: Consultant Otolaryngology, Head and Neck and Skull Base Surgery at Nasr City Insurance Hospital. 7. October 1994 - Now: Consultant Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Ain Shams University Specialized Hospitals. 8. June 1993 - October 1994: Director; Otolaryngology section at Ain Shams University Specialized Hospitals. 9. March 1991 - March 1993: Consultant Otolaryngology. Social Insurance Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 10. August 1989 - March 1991: Consultant Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Ain Shams University Specialized Hospitals. 11. June 1988 - August 1989: Senior Registrar/Acting consultant at Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh Saudi Arabia. 12. January 1987 - June 1988: Consultant Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Ain Shams University Specialized Hospitals. 13. August 1986 - January 1987: Clinical instructor, Ain Shams University Hospitals
14. October 1983 - August 1986: Research Associate, Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Disorders, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 15. March 1982 - October 1983: Clinical instructor, Ain Shams University Hospitals 16. March 1979 - February 1982: Resident of Otolaryngology, Ain Shams University Hospitals. 17. March 1987 - February 1979: Flexible Intern. Ain Shams University and Ministry of Health Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt. TRAINING AND COURSES 1. Advanced Bionics course on cochlear implantation in Paris, 3-6 December 2013 2. Advanced course for cochlear and BAHA implantation: Cochlear R and Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland; by Thomas Linder, MD 10-13 February, 2013 3. BAHA: Bone anchored hearing aid fitting: Surgical and audiological aspects: Cochlear Academy, Cairo April, 2010 4. Microsurgical approaches to the brain, ventricle and skull base: The Egyptian Society of Neurosurgery: Cairo, February 2005; by Albert Rhoton, MD, University of Florida, USA 5. Endoscopic Approaches to the ventral skull base, Sheikh Zayed Hospital Cairo July 2005, by Amin Kassam, MD and Ricardo Carrau, MD, University of Pittsburgh, USA. 6. Conservation surgery of the larynx: Fourth international laryngeal cancer conference: University of Pennsylvania: Abramson Cancer Canter, March 2004. Course director: Gregory Weinstein, MD 7. Rhinoplasty course: 19 th European Rhinologic congress, 2002, course director Gerhard Rettinger MD, university of Ulm, Germany 8. Skull base surgery course, Cairo Pan African Neurosurgery Congress; 1999, course director Harry van Louver, MD department of neurosurgery, Cincinnati University, USA 9. Temporal bone dissection course: House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA, March 1985. 10. Research Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology, Ohio State University, June 1985. Exposed to animal histopathological studies under care of David Lim, MD. 11. Microvascular surgery course, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA, July 1984. 12. Evaluation of dizzy patients, Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Disorders, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA, March 1984. AWARDS
1- Research Fellowship: awarded by America-Mideast Educational and Training Services Inc. Washington DC, October 1983. 2-Academic Distinction Award by Ministry of Higher Education, Cairo, Egypt: 1971-1977 MEMBERSHIPS 1- Egyptian Medical Association, Cairo, Egypt: 1977 2- Egyptian Society of Otolaryngology, Cairo, Egypt: 1982 3- American Medical Association: 1985 4- American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery: 1985 5- Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO), USA, 1990. 6- Egyptian Society of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences, 2001 7- ELS: European Laryngological Society: 2003 8- Mediterranean Society of Otology and Audiology: 2006 Courses Organization: Course director of BBE program: Building Bridges of Expertise: a continuous medical education program sponsored by the ESENTAS and GSK pharmaceutical bureau in Egypt 2008-2010 Course director of laser application in laryngeal surgery course annual Ain Shams University course of laser application in laryngeal surgery, February 2006, February 2007, March 2008, March 2009 Course director of Ain Shams Pediatric Otolaryngology Course for the 2010 year Journal Reviewer: 2009 elected in the International advisory board of the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Journal; the official journal of the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 1. Mediterranean journal of Otology and Audiology: International journal of Advanced Otology 2007 2. Laryngoscope 2008 3. Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2008 4. Clinical Chimica Acta 2008 5. The Clinical Respiratory Journal 2009 6. Journal of Medicinal Plant Research 2009 PUBLICATIONS: A list of national, regional, and international publications and presentations can be supplied on request Office: Private Clinic: 50 Hejaz St., Heliopolis, Cairo: Tel:202-6394964
In the middle of Heliopolis area eastern suburb of Cairo, 15 minutes from the Cairo International airport. Clinic equipped with all ENT endoscopies with video camera, Audiometers (Hearing testing), Electro-nystagmometer (Balance testing) Working hours: Saturday, Monday, Tuesday 3 PM-6 PM, Sunday and Wednesday 7 PM-11 PM, Thursday, Friday clinic closed Can be reached 24 hours at mobile phone 2012-2145199