Name: Zeinab Attia Abd El Salam Ashour Born at : 17.05.1960, in Cairo - Egypt Married, one son Languages: Arabic, English and German (fluent); French (weak) Pre- University Education: Obtained the Abitur from the German School in Cairo (Deutsche Evangelische Oberschule) in 1979 with honours (92% , 1.5 according to the German evaluation system) University Education: Studied Medicine at the Cairo University Faculty of Medicine (1979 - 1984) Degrees: M.B.B.Ch 1985 " Very Good with honours ", Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University M.Sc. 1989, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Cairo University (M.Sc Thesis: "Captopril in Aortic Regurge") M.D. 1995, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Cairo University (M.D. Thesis: "Daily Blood Pressure Load and Exercise Response in Hypertension") Employment / Positions held: - Internship at Cairo University Hospitals (March 1985-February 1986) - spent 6 months as a village doctor in Fayum Governorate ( March 1986 - October 1986) - Resident in the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Cairo University Hospitals (November 1986 - October 1989) - Assistant lecturer in the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Cairo University Hospitals ( February 1990- April 1996) - participated in the National Hypertension Project of Egypt from 1991- 1994 - Lecturer in the Department of Cardiovascular diseases, Cairo University Hospitals in March 1996-2001 - was appointed Assistant professor in the Department of Cardiovascular diseases, Cairo University Hospitals in March 2001 and is occupying this position to date Main Areas of Interest: Prosthetic valve follow up, hypertension , echocardiography Awards and Recognition - Received a Young Investigator Award from the Egyptian Society of Cardiology , 1993 for the presentation: " Mortality and Morbidity Trends in Prosthetic Valve Patients, A Three Years Follow - Up of the Prosthetic Valve Clinic" - Certificate of Recognition from the US- Egypt Cooperative Health Health Program 1994 -Received a Young Investigator Award from the Egyptian Society of Cardiology , 1997 for the presentation: " Outcome of Pregnancy in Egyptian Patients with Mecahnical Valve Prosthesis" Membership of the Following Societies: - Egyptian Society of Cardiology - Egyptian Society of Hypertension ( Founding member, 1994) - Egyptian Society of Cardiology Working Group on Echocardiography ( Founding member, 1997) Speaker at the following Meetings - 18 th Annual Egyptian Society of Cardiology Meeting, 1991 " Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring" - National Hypertension Project day, Cairo , 1992 " NHP Prospects and Research Opportunities" - 1st Pan -Arab Conference on Hypertension, Cairo, 1993 " Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in the Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension" " Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Devices" ( 2nd talk acted as a substitute for Prof G. Mancia, who was supposed to hold this talk, but was unable to attend) - Egyptian Hypertension Society Meeting, Port Said 1996, Hypertension in Special Groups " What is White Coat Hypertension?" - 24th Annual Egyptian Society of Cardiology Meeting, 1997 Panelist in the Panel Discussion "Treatment of Resistant Hypertension" - Egyptian Echocardiography Working Group Meeting , 1999 “Assessment of Prosthetic Valves” -Egyptian Hypertension Society Meeting, 2001 “Hormonal replacement Therapy in Post Menopausal Women” “How to Session: Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring” -Egyptian Hypertension Society Meeting, 2002 " Home BP measurement devices" - Advanced course in Hypertension, organized by the Egyptian Hypertension Society in Feb 2003 " Hyperaldosteronism" "Home Blood pressure measurement " " How to session : Ambulatory blood pressure measurement" " Clinical Case presentation" Egyptian Echocardiography Working Group Meeting , 2003 Role of echocardiography in Interventions "Coarctation of the Aorta,Role of echocardiography " - Meeting of the Egyptian Working Group on Interventional Cardiology 2003, echocardiographic session " Role of echocardiography in Coarctation of the Aorta" Member of the Organizing Committee of the following Meetings - 18th Annual Egyptian Society of Cardiology Meeting, 1991 - 24th Annual Egyptian Society of Cardiology Meeting, 1997 - 1st pan Arab Conference on Hypertension, 1993 - 5th annual Scientific Meeting of the Egyptian Hypertension Society, 2001 Journals: Former Assitant Editor of the Egyptian Hypertension Society Newsletter Other Interests: Egyptology, Classical Music, Handicrafts .