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Dr. Ahmed Y. Darwish , Chairman
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Dr. Darwish cofounded the first private Cytogenetics lab in Egypt and the Middle East in 1989. He is currently the director of the genetics lab , Faculty of Medicine , Cairo University . He is also supervising the genetics unit in the Central Labs of the Egyptian Ministry of Health , Banha specialized pediatric Hospital and Aswan teaching hospital. Regarding clinical genetic , Dr. Darwish is the genetic counselor for many major hospitals in Egypt , among them Al Salam International Hospital , Wady El Nile Hospital & Behman Hospital .
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Dr. Darwish is a founding member of many Socities that care for people who suffer from genetic disorders which are:
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• The Egyptian Society of Human Genetics (1977). |
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• The Society of Genetic Diseases in Children (1986). |
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• The Egyptian Society of Pediatric neurology(1999).
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Also he is an active member of: |
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• The American Society of Human Genetics. |
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• The European Society of Human Genetics. |
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• The Red Crescent Society. |
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• The National Geographic Society. |
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Dr. Darwish received his training both in clinical and cytogenetics locally and internationally: |
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• Ein Shams University (1976-1978)
• Tissue culture lab of the organization of biological products and vaccines (1978-1981) -
• Genetics unit- Cairo University Children’s Hospital (1981-….).
• Guy’s hospital London ,with special emphasis Cytogenetics (1993)
• The Naval Medical Research Unit-3 (NAMRU-3) with a special emphasis on immunochemistry , molecular biology , tissue culture techniques (1995).
• The Genetics Institute , California USA with special emphasis on Cytogenetics of blood and bane marrow , Amnioti cell culture and prenatal screening (triple test) (2000)
• The Guthrie Institute of Medical Genetics , University of Glasgow with special emphasis on neonatal and prenatal screening (first trimester) (2001).
• ABBOTT LABS in Toulouse , France with emphasis on microarrays and FISH techniques (2002).
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