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Curriculum Vitae Curriculum Vitae Personal data: Name : Emad Eldine Abd-ElWahab KORRAA Address : Chest department, Faculty of medicine, Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt. Residence : 7, Ibrahim Nawar st., Nasr city, Cairo, Egypt. Clinic : 3, Abu-Bakr El-Seddik st., Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt. e-mail [email protected] [email protected] Telephone : Mobile: 002 01223409322 Clinic: 002 02 26440576 Home: 002 02 22878129 Religion : Moslem Nationality : Egyptian Date of birth : 5/7/1963 Marital status : Married Qualification: 1980 : High school graduation from Abdullah El-Salem, secondary school, Kuwait. 1986 : Awarded MBBCH degree from Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Grade “very good with honors”. 1991 : Awarded Master degree of Chest diseases, Ain Shams university, grade “very good”. Title of MSC thesis was “Immunofluorescence in search for Mycoplasma respiratory infections”. 2000 : Awarded M.D. degree of Chest diseases, Ain Shams University. Title of M.D. thesis was “p53 tumor suppressor gene in lung cancer”. Employment History: 1987-1988 : Worked as a house officer at Ain Shams University Hospitals. 1988-1992 : As Junior then Senior resident at chest department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. 1992-2000 : Assistant lecturer in the previously mentioned place. 1993-1997 : Training in Cancer Institute, Tumor Biology department, Cairo University. 1997-1999 : Awarded a channel from the Egyptian Government to Henri Mondor hospital, Paris University XII. Paris, France. 2000-2005 : Lecturer at chest department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. 2001-2004 Director of ICU, Ganzouri Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. 2002-2004 Director of Chest unit, Ain Shams University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. 2003-2006 Director of Chest unit, Shiekh Zayed Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. 2003-till now Pulmonology consultant at Dar El-Foad Hospital, Cairo EGYPT. 2004-till now Pulmonology consultant at Electricity Hospital, Cairo EGYPT. 2005-2011 Assistant Professor at Chest department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. 2005-2006 Director of Chest unit, Ain Shams Specialized Hospital. 2006-till now Pulmonology consultant at Cleopatra Hospital, Cairo EGYPT. 2007-till now Consultant at the Respiratory Care Center, Cairo EGYPT 2011-till now Professor at Chest department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. Job description, activities & Experience: - Chest department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. - Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. - Chest unit, Ain Shams Specialized Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. - Chest clinic, Ain Shams Specialized Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. - Cancer Institute, Tumor Biology department, Cairo University. - Cancer Research Unit, Henri Mondor Hospital, Paris University XII, Paris, France. - Chest Unit Henri Mondor Hospital, Paris University XII, Paris, France. - “ELAG” center, El-Doha, Qatar. - Member in the “Egyptian Thoracic Society”, Cairo, EGYPT. - Member in the “Respiratory Care Club”, Cairo, EGYPT. - Member in the “Egyptian Scientific Society of Bronchology”, Cairo, EGYPT. - Member in the American Chest Colleagues. - Faculty member in “Bronchoscopy International” Group (www.bronchoscopy.org) - Moderator of Bronchoscopy workshops allover Egypt. - Attendance of a course of Thoracic endoscopies at Sainte-Marguerite Hospital, Marseille, France. - Attendance of a course of Interventional Bronchoscopy at Thorax Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany. - Language: - Arabic: Mother tongue. - English: Fluent. - French: Good. Emad KORRAA, MD Professor at Chest Department Ain Shams University, Cairo, EGYPT Tel: 002 02 26440756 002 01223409322 e-mail: [email protected] Dr. KORRAA was born in Kuwait in 1963 to Egyptian parents. He had to choose between living in Kuwait to study engineering and returning back to Cairo to study medicine. Obviously, he preferred the latter. Dr. KORRAA graduated at Ain Shams University, Cairo, EGYPT in 1986, with honors. After completing his Master degree in 1991, he decided to work his MD thesis in Hopital Henri Mondor, Universite Paris XII in Paris where he spent there approximately 2 years. Back in Cairo, he continued his career in Ain Shams University as assistant lecturer, lecturer, assistant professor and eventually, as professor of Pulmonology. In addition to his experience in Chest medicine, Dr. KORRAA has got experience in cancer institutes and research units. He attended many national and international courses in Bronchology, his main interest. Dr KORRAA is a moderator of Bronchoscopy workshops all over Egypt and he established many Bronchoscopy suits around Cairo. Dr KORRAA is a member in the Egyptian Thoracic Society, the Respiratory Care Club and the Egyptian Scientific Society of Bronchology; all in Cairo. He is also a member in the American Chest colleagues. .
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