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Dr. Amr Mamoun , Managing Director |
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April 2003 – till Now Co-founder of CairoGene
CairoGene is a leading reference Genetics lab located in Cairo , Egypt receiving samples from not only Cairo but from all over Egypt as well as some parts of the middle east (Saudi Arabia ,Yemen , Sudan , Syria , & Dubai). Since its establishment in 2003 samples have been analyzed for Cytogenetic , Molecular , & Biochemical testing.
June 2001 – till Now Registrar of Pediatrics & Genetics
Genetics unit , Cairo University Children’s Hospital
Egypt
Responsibilities:
* Genetic counseling (30 patients / week)
* Attending the Dysmorphology unit (4 days/week)
* Attending the Cytogenetic lab with responsibilities ranging from set
up of different samples sent for analyses (blood , CVS , amniotic
fluid , & bone marrow) , harvest , slide preparing , & analyzing
karyotypes. (20 – 25 samples / week)
March 1997 – May 2001 Resident of Pediatrics
Cairo University Children’s Hospital
January 1996 – Feb 1997 Resident of Anesthesiology
Theodor Bilharz Research Institute
Sept 1994 - Aug 1995 House officer
Cairo University Hospitals
Egypt
Responsibilities:
• Two monthly rotation in the Surgery, Internal medicine, Ob/Gyn, Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, Ophthalmology and their emergencies, attaining General practitioners' skills.
EDUCATION
April 2009 Enrolled in the Post Graduate Diploma program in Health Care & Hospital
Management at the American University in Cairo.
June 2007 Passed the University of Montpellier DIU exam & awarded Diploma in
Cytogenetics & Molecular Cytogenetics held at University Paris 5
October 2006 – November 2006 PGD training at Reprogenetics in Barcelona , Spain
May 2005 - Jun 2005 Fellowship at University of Bari Genetics Unit , Italy
Awarded by The European School for Genetic Medicine
Under the Supervision of Prof. Mariano Rocchi
Techniques for extraction &fluoresceneLabelling of DNA
Apr 1998 - May 2001 Faculty of Medicine
Cairo University
M.Sc. in Pediatrics Very Good with Highest Honors
Thesis title “The Human Genome Project & the Future of Medicine”
Sep 1987 - Sep 1994 Faculty of Medicine
Cairo University
MB.Bch Very Good with Highest Honors
CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
* Molecular Cytogenetics & DNA microarrays - Bertinoro , Italy 2004
* Cytogenetics & Molecular Cytogenetics - Montpellier , France 2005
* PreImplantation Genetic Diagnosis - Barcelona 2006
* Egyptian Society for Dermatology & Andrology (Cairo , 2006) Speaker :
“Indications & Benefits of Diagnostic Genetic Testing in Dermatology & Andrology”
*Cairo University Pediatric conferences (1999 - 2006)
* World Congress in Fetal Medicine 2007 :
Organized by The Fetal Medicine Foundation FMF. Cairo , April 2007
Congress Director : Professor Kypros Nicolaides.
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES & MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
· Member of the American College of Medical Genetics
· Member of the European Society of Human Genetics
· Member of the Egyptian Society of Pediatrics
· Collaborative Research on the Genetics of Anopthalmia / Microphthalmia with Prof. Nicola Ragge , Department of Physiology , Anatomy , & Genetics , University of Oxford , UK & Prof. Rania El Essawy , Opthalmology Department , Cairo University.