Curriculum Vitae

(I) PERSONAL DATA:

NAME:                                             Ahmed M. K. Elsherbiny

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:   5 September 1976, Assiut, Egypt

NATIONALITY:                             Egyptian

MARITAL STATUS:                       Married with one daughter

LANGUAGE:                                  Native Arabic, Good English. 

ADRESS:                                         Egypt: 128 Elgoumhuria Street

            71111 Assiut.

           Mobile  0164682898

           Email:  [email protected]

(II) ACEDEMIC EDUCATION:

1.      Registered for the Doctoral Degree in Plastic Surgery, May 2005, (Thesis title: Role of Erythropoietin in Flap Surgery),

Faculty of Medicine in Sohag, South Valley University.

2.   3.      M.S. degree (Surgery), (Title of Master thesis: Acceptability of Breast Reconstruction after Mastectomy in Upper Egypt),

Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt, with a general grade “very good”, July 2004.

4.      M.B, B.CH. Faculty of medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt, with a general grade “very good with honor”, September 1999.

(III) ACEDEMIC POSITIONS:

1.       Research Fellow, Department of Plastic Surgery, Zurich University Hospital (June 2005 – November2007).

2.       Assistant lecturer in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Faculty of   Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt (July 2004 – Now).

3.       Resident of Plastic, Reconstructive Surgery and Burn department, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University Hospitals in Sohag (March 2001 - June 2004),

including 8 months in the general surgery department.

4.       House Officer (A Multi-Specialty Rotating Internship) (March 2000 - February 2001): at Sohag University Hospitals,

Two months in each (Ophthalmology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Surgery, Pediatric), and one month in each

(Emergency, Anesthesia and ICU). Two month in the Internal Medicine Department, Assiut General Hospital.

    (IV) TRAINING COURSES:

1.      Undergraduate IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Student Association) Clinical training clerkships:

a.                One month Ophthalmology clinical clerkship: August 1997 in Granada University Hospital, Ophthalmology Department, Granada, Spain.

b.                One month General Surgery clinical clerkship: August 1998 in the Ninth of July University Hospital, General Surgery Department, Izmir, Turkey.

2.      Laparoscopy and endoscope training course, 14-19 March 1996. Cairo, Egypt.

3.      Microsurgery training course at Ain Shams University hospitals, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department (Prof. Ayman Aboelmakareem), basic level

(30 hours of practical training), 8-13 March 2002, Cairo, Egypt.

4.      Microsurgery training course at Zagazig University hospitals (Prof. Sobhei Howeidi), Zagazig microsurgery unit, the advanced level (40 hours of practical training),

18-22 October 2003,), Zagazig, Egypt.

5.      Training in microcirculation research and analysis, 20-28 May 2005, Institute of Surgical Research, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.

6.      9^th Annual live workshop in Hair restoration surgery, European Society of Hair Restoration, 25-28 May, 2006, Zurich, Switzerland.

7.      Canniesburn Practical Course on the use of Flaps in Reconstructive Microsurgery (Prof. David Souter), (practical anatomical dissections), 4-8 September, 2006,

Glasgow, UK.

8.      Breast Surgery Course, NHS trainee, 28-29 June, 2007, Glasgow, UK.

9.      15^th International Instructional Course, Ain Shams University, Prof. Henry Kawamoto, Prof, Daniel Baker, Prof. Aly S Al-Aly. 3-6 January, 2009.

(V) SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS ATTENDED AND PRESENTATIONS:

1.      First scientific student conference in liver disease, Assiut, 11 December 1996.

2.      Self-medication, causes, hazards and solutions, Assiut, 22 December 1996.

3.      The 33^rd Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons (ESPRS), 26-28 March, Cairo, 2003.

4.      The First Annual Scientific Meeting of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Department, South Valley University, Sohag, 14^th April, 2003.

5.      The 28^th Summer Meeting of the Egyptian Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons (ESPRS), Alexandria, 10-11 September 2003.

6.      Symposium on Maxillofacial Surgery, Monofia University, Plastic Surgery Department, 23 Oct 2003.

7.      The Second Annual Scientific Meeting of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Department, South Valley University, Sohag, 18^th May, 2004.

8.      The 4^th meeting of the Hand and Microsurgery division of the Egyptian Orthopedic Association (EOA), Assiut, Egypt, March, 2005.

9.      The 36^th Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons (ESPRS), 13-17 Februrary, Hurghada, 2006.

10.  Symposium on plastic and reconstructive lid and orbital surgery, Swiss Society of Ophthalmology, Zurich, Switzerland, 4^th March 2006.

11.  The 17^th European Society of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgeons (EURAPS) Gent, Belgium, 25-27 May, 2007.

12.  The 38^th Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons, 13-17 February, Hurghada, 2008.

13.  Third Pan African Cleft Lip and Palate (PAACLIP) conference, 16-19 February, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

 (VI) PRESENTATIONS:

1. “Acute Viral Hepatitis” First scientific student conference in liver disease, Assiut University, 11 December 1996.

2. “Management of Finger Tip Injuries” The First Annual Scientific Meeting of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Department, South Valley University, Sohag, 14^th April, 2003.

3. “Sturge-Weber Syndrome” The Second Annual Scientific Meeting of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Department, South Valley University, Sohag, 18^th April, 2004.

4. “Erythropoietin affects Microcirculation after Ischemia Reperfusion in Muscles” Ahmed Elsherbiny, Claudio Contaldo, Guido Wanner, Micheal Menger. The 36^th Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons, 13-17 February, Hurghada, 2006.

5. “Effects of Epo on experimental hamster flap: doping for the microvasculature? ” Claudio Contaldo, Ahmed Elsherbiny, Guido Wanner, Otmar Trentz, Pietro Giovanoli, Walter Künzi. 17^th meeting of EURAPS, 25-27 May, 2006.

6. “EPO: a cytokine for plasic surgeons”. Claudio Contaldo, Elsherbiny A, Plock J, Trentz O, Wanner G & Kunzi W. ECSAPS, 22-23 September, 2006.

7. The 38^th Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons, 13-17 February, Hurghada, 2008.

8. “Early Experience with Radical Microscopic Muscle Dissection in Cleft Palate Repair”. The 38^th Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons, 13-17 February, Hurghada, 2008.

9. “Effect of EPO on island flaps”. The 39^th Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons, 9-12 February, Cairo, 2009.

10. "Survey of Cleft Management Protocols in Egypt", 3^rd Pan African Cleft Lip and Palate (PAACLIP) conference, 16-19 February, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

(VII) EXPERIMENTAL SURGICAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

-Dorsal chamber model in mice and hamster (chronic microcirculation model).

-Dorsal island flap in hamster.

-Dorsal flaps in mice.

-Wound healing.

-Intravital fluorescence microscope (IVM) for microcirculation study.

-Microcirculation analysis with CapImage ssoftware system.

(VII) SURGICAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

1. General surgical training (Sohag University hospital, General Surgery department).

2. Plastic surgical training:

a. Residency (Sohag University hospital, plastic surgery department) (Prof. Samia saied).

b. Guest doctor in Assiut university hospital, Plastic Surgery Department (Prof. Mahmoud El-Oteify).

c. Guest doctor in Zurich university hospital, Plastic Surgery department (Prof. Pietro Giovanoli).

d. Clinical training fellowship, February-May 2007, Gent University hospital,

Plastic Surgery Department, Gent, Belgium (Prof. Philip Blondeel).

g.Observation fellowship, Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Department, June, 2007, Glasgow, UK (Dr. David Soutar).

Royal Hospital of Sick Children, Edinburgh, Cleft lip and palate clinic, Mr.Felcity Mehendale.

(IX) TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1.      A supervisor in training house officers during their rotations in the Plastic Surgery Department.

2.      Teaching practical courses to undergraduate medical students.          

(X) MEDICAL SOCIETIES MEMBERSHIP:

1. Undergraduate, EMSA member (Egyptian Medical Student Association) a member of (IFMSA) (International Federation of Medical Student Association).

2. Member of the Egyptian Medical Syndicate (EMS).

3. Member of the Egyptian Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ESPRS).

4. Member of the European Society of Hair restoration surgery (ESHRS).

5. Secretary General of Egyptian Smile (ES).

(XI) SPECIAL INTEREST:

         Cleft lip and palate

         Microsurgery surgery

(XII) AWARDS:

Best Research Paper on the 38^th Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons (ESPRS), 13-17 February,

2008, Hurghada.

(XIII) PUBLICATIONS:

Elsherbiny A, Saied S, Abdelnaeem M and El-Oteify M. Acceptability of Breast Reconstruction after Mastectomy in Upper Egypt. Vol (12 ), Egy J Plast Surg. Jan, 2006.

Contaldo C, Meier C, Elsherbiny A, Harder Y, Mender MD and Wanner GA. Human recombinant erythropoietin protects the striated muscle

microcirculation of the dorsal skinfold from postischemic injury in mice. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. March, 2007.

Contaldo C, Elsherbiny A, Lindenblatt N, Plock JA, Trentz O, Giovanoli P, Menger MD, Wanner GA. Erythropoietin enhances oxygenation in

critically perfused tissue through modulation of nitric oxide synthase. Shock October, 2008.