Prof. Hisham Attia Awad Alshekhepy

Name: Hisham Attia Awad Alshekhepy.

Date of birth: 1-9-1958.

Email: hshekhepy@hotmail.com.

Present work:

·      Professor and Chairman of Medical Pharmacology department, Faculty of Medicine, MTI University

Additional job responsibilities:

1.    Membership of pharmacovigilance risks assessment Committee. Ministry of Health.

2.    Membership of Egyptian Society for Drugs and Experimental Therapeutics.

3.   Chairman of Medical Pharmacology department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University. (1915-1918)

4.    Membership of national toxicology committee, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology.

5.    Membership of national center of clinical and environmental toxicology administrative board, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University

6.    Membership technical Committee of medical, devices, cosmetic and pesticide. Ministry of health 2013-2017).

7.    Referee of pharmacology scientific committee for upgrade applicants for positions of professors and assistant professors.

8.    Membership of committee of planning and drug policy, Ministry of health. (1997-1999).

9.    Director of national center of clinical and environmental toxicology Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University. (2011-2013)

Scientific Degrees:

·           M.B., B.Ch.  In November 1982– Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University (Very good with the honor degree).

·           M.Sc. Degree of Pharmacology in November 1987. Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University (Excellent). Title of thesis (Study of the effect of naloxone in hemorrhagic and endotoxic shock in experimental animals. 

·           M.D. Degree of Medical Pharmacology in November 1990. Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University. Title of thesis (Comparative study on the anti-arrhythmic, anti-ischemic activities of exogenous prostaglandin E₁ and calcium channel blocker "verapamil".

Training programs.

·      Successfully attend Electron microscope (technique and interpretation) course from 13-16 March 1997, Faculty of Science, Cairo University.

·      Successfully pass the training course on 'Evaluation of drug efficacy and clinical trial ". Held in Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy, Kummamoto University. Japan. From 15-3-1997 to 1-7-1997.

Previous professional positions:

1.   House officer in Cairo University Hospitals for 1 year    (1/3/1983- 29/2/1984).

2.   Resident of tropical medicine in Tudor Belhars institute from 1/3/1984-4/4/1985

3.   Demonstrator in Pharmacology Department form 27/3/1985 to 6/6/1988 Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.

4.   Assistant lecturer of Pharmacology from 7/6/1988 to    27/3/1991 – Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.                 

5.   Lecturer of pharmacology from 27/3/1991 to 25/9/1996.  Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.

6.   Acting as a head of pharmacology department, faculty of medicine, Jimma Institute of Health Sciences. From 1991-1995.

7.   Associate professor of clinical pharmacology from 26/9/1996 to 1-9-2004., Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.

8.   Professor of clinical pharmacology from 1-9-2004.until now, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University

9.   Director of national center of clinical and environmental toxicology Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, 8-8-2011up to 1-9 2013

Post graduate course responsibilities:

MD program of medical pharmacology

MD program for clinical hematology.

MD program for cardiology.

M.Sc. program for cardiology.

M.Sc. program of general surgery.