Biography
Graduated from Cairo University, Faculty of Medicine, in 1978, earning her M.Sc. in 1983 and P.D. in pathology in 1988. Currently, she is Emeritus Professor of Pathology and Electron Microscopy At the ,Theodor Bilharz Research Institute (TBRI), member of the EM Dept.counsel, and Refree for the Permenant Committee of Promotion. She is president of the Egyptian Society of Electron Microscopy and the TBRI Staff Association and a member of the Editorial Board of the J. Ultrast.Path. and Middle East & North Africa Councilor Member of the Society for Ultrastructural Pathology with over 30 years of expertise. She specializes in ultrastructural pathology of the liver and kidney, having trained in advanced ultrastructural techniques in France, the USA, the UK, and the Netherlands. She has 79 scientific publications, one scientific book translated into six languages, 17 research projects, and 29 supervised theses. She has experience in the diagnosis and research of liver and kidney diseases.
Research Fields
My specialty is pathology, with a focus on techniques for processing tissue samples for conventional and immunolabeling electron microscopy (EM) as well as cells using my innovative agarose cell block technique in processing cell samples. I have over 30 years of expertise in ultrastructural pathology of the liver and kidney, particularly in hepatic schistosomiasis, viral hepatitis, and their complications, including liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and carcinoma. My work also extends to kidney diseases, urinary carcinoma, and evaluating the efficacy and toxicity of therapeutic treatments using EM.
- Division : Clinical Lab Research Division
- Department : Electron Microscope Department
- Specialization : Medicine
- Degree : Emeritus Professor
- Job Title : Emeritus Professor
- Work Status : Active / In Service
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Head of Electron Microscopy Department
1998-10-07 to 2014-02-23
Division : Clinical Lab Research Division
Baccalaureate - end of Secondary school - The Ministry of Education and Culture
1969 to 1971
Earned Baccalaureate from le collège du Sacré Coeur le Caire
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBCh) - physician - Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine Cairo University
1972 to 1978
M.Sc of Pathology - Pathology - Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine Cairo University
1981 to 1983
M.Sc. Thesis : Incidence and Histopathological study of bilharzial liver fibrosis and cirrhosis.
Ph.D. of Pathology - Pathology - Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine Cairo University
1984 to 1988
The thesis of the Ph.D. was: Immunohistopathological and ultrastructural study of procollagen in liver fibrosis.
Registration and license to practice Medicine-Member of the Egyptian Medical Syndicate
1980 to current
House Officer
1979 to 1980
Resident Doctor
30/2/1980 to 12/06/1984
Assistant Researcher of Pathology & EM in Electron Microscopy research Department
13/06/1984 to 14/08/1988
Researcher of Pathology & EM at Electron Microscopy Research Department
15/08/1988 to 4/05/1993
Associate Professor of Pathology & EM at Electron Microscopy Research Department
5/09/1993 to 6/10/1998
Professor of Pathology & EM at Electron Microscopy Research Department
7/10/1998 to 24/02/2014
Head of Electron Microscopy Research Department
28/7/1994 to 28/8/2006
Deputy of the clinical laboratories division
29/8/2006 to 18/2/2013
Head of Electron Microscopy Research Department
18/2/2013 to 24/2/2014
Emeritus Professor of Pathology & Electron Microscopy at Theodor Bilharz research Institute
24/2/2014 to current
Chief of Scientific Technical Office (beside the Staff Position)
14/04/2003 to 11/01/2015
Skilled in organizing conferences, training courses, and delivering lectures.
Technical skills: Integration of EM findings with histology, cytology and molecular markers.
Laboratory and research skills: Designing EM-based research studies. Handling EM troubleshooting.
Scientific writing and peer review.