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CURRICULUM VITAE

DR. Ahmed MOSTAFA

MBBCH, MSc, MRCS, MD

Consultant of Thoracic Surgery &

Lecturer of Thoracic Surgery Ain Shams University, Cairo,

Egypt

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Personal Details

Title and Current Position

MBBCh, MSc, MRCS, MD

Consultant Thoracic Surgery - Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo – Egypt

First name: Ahmed

Family name: MOSTAFA

Date of birth: 5th August, 1973

Nationality: Egyptian

Marital Status: Married with 2 children, my wife

is Austrian (European Community Rights are acquired)

Address: 103, Omar Ebn Al-Khattab street,

Heliopolis,11341, Cairo, Egypt.

Tel.: 002- 0101830562 (mobile)

E-mail: ahmedmmostafa@hotmail.com

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Qualifications

MBBCh (December 1997): (Bachelor of Medicine) Faculty of

Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Grade: Very Good with Honor.

M.Sc (November 2001): (Master degree in Surgery): Faculty of

Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Grade: Good.

It consists of 2 parts:

1. Basic part (1 year) post graduate theoretic studies in anatomy,

physiology, biochemistry, histology, pharmacology and pathology sciences.

2. Clinical studies (1 year) in General Surgery.

IELTS (February 2006): Total band score of 7.5, University of

Cambridge, United Kingdom.

AFS (April 2008) (Attestation De Formation Spécialisée En

Chirurgie Thoracique Et Cardiovascular) (Diploma of Specialized Training in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery): Université Paris VI, Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.

MD (March 2009): MD degree in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of

medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

MRCS (March 2010) (Membership of the Royal College of

Surgeons), London, United Kingdom.

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Membership

Full registration with the British General Medical Council (GMC): 7004869 Full registration with Egyptian Medical Syndicate (EMS): 135027 Member of the Egyptian Cardiothoracic Society Member of The Royal College of Surgeons, London.

Background

Specialty, Hospital, Consultant

Grade From To Months in post

Faculty of medicine- Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt: rotating between 7 departments (General surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, OBs & Gyne, ENT, Emergency department, and neurosurgery). Faculty of medicine- Ain Shams University Hospitals- Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Cairo- Egypt. Faculty of medicine- Ain Shams University Hospitals- Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Cairo- Egypt.

House Officer

(Internship)

Residency

Residency (Extension)

01/03/1998

24/05/1999

24/05/2002

28/02/1999

23/05/2002

20/09/2002

12 months-

2 months each except ENT and

Emergency Dep. 1 month each.

36 months

4 months

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Faculty of medicine- Ain Shams University Hospitals- Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Cairo- Egypt.

Nasser Institute Hospital -Cardiothoracic Surgery Dep. (6-8 interventions/day). Cairo- Egypt. Dar Al-Fouad (with the collaboration of Cleveland Clinic - USA) - Cardiothoracic Surgery Dep. (4 interventions/day). Cairo- Egypt. APHP - Georges Pompidou European Hospital (HEGP) – Thoracic Surgery Department - Service du Professeur Marc Riquet. Paris, France.

APHP - Tenon Hospital – Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Department - Service du Professeur Dominique Grunenwald. Paris, France. APHP - Henri Mondor Hospital – Cardiothoracic Surgery Department - Service du Professeur Dominique Loisance. Créteil, France.

Assistant Lecturer

(Registrar level)

Registrar

Registrar

Registrar

Registrar

Registrar

21/09/2002

1/02/2003

1/06/2004

1/05/2006

01/11/2006

01/11/2007

30/04/2006

2/03/2004

1/06/2006

31/10/2006

31/10/2007

30/04/2008

43 months

12 month

24 months

6 months

12 months

6 months

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Current Job

Lecturer and Consultant of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty

of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Consultant of Thoracic Surgery in the following major

Hospitals and institutes:

1. Nasser Institute For Research and Treatment

Address: 1351 Cornish El Nile St., Aghakhan, Shubra, Cairo, Egypt.

2. Cleopatra Hospital Address: 39, Cleopatra St., Salah Eldin Square, Heliopolis,Cairo, Egypt.

3. NIH (Nozha International Hospital) Address: 9 El Rashidi St., PO Box 2364, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt.

Faculty of medicine- Ain Shams University Hospitals- Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Cairo- Egypt. Faculty of medicine- Ain Shams University Hospitals- Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Cairo- Egypt.

Assistant Lecturer

(Registrar level)

Lecturer (Consultant

Level)

1/05/2008

30/03/2009

29/03/2009

Till Now

10 months

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4. Al Giza (Omraneya) Chest Hospital

Address: Al Zomor Canal St., Western Omraneya, Al Giza, Egypt.

5. Dar Al Foad Hospital (with the collaboration of Cleveland Clinic - USA),

Address: 26 July St., The Touristic Zone, 6th of October City, 12568, Giza, Egypt.

Ain Shams University Hospitals

Ain Shams University, established in 1950, it is the third oldest university in Egypt, the university includes 15 faculties and 2 high institutes. It includes more than 180,000 students, 5,000 staff members, 4,000 assistant staff and more than 100 centers and special units.

The university since its inception in the mid-last century has struggled with all its strength to activate resources and capability and enrich the experiences of students.

Ain Shams University Hospitals (Demerdash) were established in 1928. Faculty of Medicine was established in 1947, and was called the Medical College Demerdash. It was affiliated with the University Fuad I (Cairo University now), and then annexed to the Ain Shams University in 1950 to be the third medical school in Egypt.

The faculty has 2808 staff members, and 1002 of the assistants who work in 34 departments (10 academic, and 24 clinical). It employs more than 10,000 employees. During the academic year 2011-2012, number of students enrolled in college to get the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery is 6657 student, and 3038 for post graduate studies.

It is located on an area of 24 acres, and includes approximately 3,200 beds serving about one million patients annually.

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APHP – HEGP, Tenon, Henri Mondor

APHP (Assistance Publique-Hôptaux de Paris), the largest University

Hospitals center in Europe employing more than 90,000 professionals, is the University Hospital of Ile de France. It provides community care to the most serious, rare diseases and emergencies. APHP annually meet the need of millions of patients. It trains thousands of professionals and conducts numerous research projects and teaching that are shaping the future of medicine.

7 million patients treated in 2011. More than 2,700 research projects in progress. 3,000 internal and 13,000 medical students and allied health. At the heart of an area of 12 million, the APHP offers a network of 37

hospitals in 12 hospital groups together. All disciplines and medical specialties are exercised.

The Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department at HEGP (founded by prof.

Alain Carpentier, prof. Fabiani, prof. Marc Riquet) is one of the busiest in the whole of Europe conducting complex cardiovascular and thoracic procedures (especially lung cancer, and Airway Surgery), Heart and Lung Transplantations, extensive VATS interventions. It is an international referral center for the most complicated and redo surgeries.

The Thoracic Department of Hospital Tenon is well known of its speciality

in the Superior Sulcus Tumours, VATS procedures especially the surgery of pneumothorax.

Henri Mondor Hospital, a sophisticated center, is well known for its Heart

transplantations, RVAD, LVAD, BVAD, Aortic and arch surgery.

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Nasser Institute For Research and Treatment

Nasser Institute has a very strategic position in Cairo looking directly over The River Nile. Nasser Institute was opened in July 1987. It resides over an area over 104.000 sq.m (about 24 acres). It has 8 stores, 850 beds. Six to eight daily cardiothoracic interventions are carried out.

Dar Al-Fouad Hospital

Dar Al-Fouad Hospital provides the highest quality and safest health care in Egypt. The hospital is known for its cardiothoracic, cardiology, oncology, organ transplant, and orthopedic departments.

DAFH has attracted the top medical experts and management team from the most prestigious national and international medical organizations. DAFH's affiliations with the world's most revered medical institutions such as the US's Cleveland Clinic ensures that its services meet today's and tomorrow's world-class healthcare standards.

DAFH's top medical care and hospital management was recently granted accreditation by the Joint Commission International (JCI). JCI is a

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subsidiary of the Joint Commission, the accreditation body in the US. DAFH is the first hospital in Egypt and Africa and the 59th hospital

worldwide to receive this international recognition. JCI was particularly impressed with DAFH's unwavering objective of continuous quality improvement along with maintaining the heritage of care and appreciation for its patients.

Details of Experience

Thoracic Surgery

Main Surgeon in carrying out all pulmonary resections, decortications, thoracoscopies (VATS), mediastinoscopies, thoracoplasties and lymph node biopsies with special interest in airway and tracheal surgery.

Rigid bronchoscopy, and esophagoscopy for FB inhalation, or ingestion in

children, and adults. Chest trauma intervention.

Harvesting of pulmonary allografts for Lung Transplantation

Assistance in Lung Transplantation with and without cardiopulmonary

bypass Introduction of chest drain and its follow up.

Full Surgical Responsibility of the Thoracic intensive care unit.

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International Publications

Single-Lung Transplantation for Cystic Fibrosis and Metachronus

Pneumonectomy: Case Reports. R. Souilamas, A. Mostafa, R. Guillemain, V. Boussaud, C. Amrein, P. Chevalier. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hopital European Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Department of Anesthesiology, Hopital European Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hopital European Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Transplantation Proceedings, Volume 40, Issue 10, Pages 3594-3595 (December 2008).

Multidisciplinary Therapy of a Large Esophago-Pericardial Fistula Arising From Barrett’s Esophagus. Firas Ali, MD, Ahmed Mostafa, MD, Antoine Charachon, MD, Mehdi Karoui, MD, PhD, Daniel Loisance, MD, and Matthias Kirsch, MD, PhD. Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, Service de Gastroenterologie, and Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France. Ann. Thorac. Surg., November 2008; 86: 1690 – 1693.

Cancer Du Poumon Avant 40 Ans Et Apres 80 ans, Aspects Chirurgicaux. C. Foucault, P. Berna, P. Bagan, A. Mostapha, J.-C. Das Neves-Pereira, M. Riquet Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Hopital Europeen Georges-Pompidou, 20 rue Leblanc, 75908, Paris, Cedex 15. Revue de Pneumologie Clinique, Vol 63, N° 5-octobre 2007, pp. 305-311.

Bacteremia associated with bronchoscopy Sherouk El Batrawy, Gehan Elassal, Ahmed Moustafa, Hala Hafez

Chest Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt Thoracic Surgery Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt Clinical Pathology Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis (2014) 63, 701-704.

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Presentations

Surgical Treatment of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation Using Radiofrequency in Mitral Valve Surgery: Submitted for the partial fulfillment of the MD Degree in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cairo, Egypt (2002).

Evaluation of Application of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Artery Intervention in Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease in Comparison with Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Submitted for the partial fulfillment of the Master Degree in General Surgery, Cairo, Egypt (2009).

Chest Trauma: Multidisciplinary meeting of the Chest and Thoracic Surgery departments, Cairo, Egypt (2009)

Colopleural Fistula: Multidisciplinary meeting of the Chest and Thoracic Surgery departments, Cairo, Egypt (2009).

Emergency First Aid, and CPR: Basic surgical management for 6th grade medical students, Cairo, Egypt (2010).

The Chest Tube: Basic surgical Management for 6th grade medical students, Cairo, Egypt (2010).

Impalement Trauma: Multidisciplinary meeting of the Chest and Thoracic Surgery departments, Cairo, Egypt (2010).

Emergency Tracheal Resection and Anastomosis: Multidisciplinary meeting of the Chest and Thoracic Surgery departments, Cairo, Egypt (2010).

Pro-Con Debate, Pro: Surgery Should be the First Line of Treatment for Empyema. 11th Regional Annual Assembly Meeting of the Egyptian Scientific Society of Bronchology in collaboration with the Egyptian fellows of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) & Chest Department, Ain Shams University, Luxor, Egypt (2011).

Blast Injuries, Case Reports: Multidisciplinary meeting of the Chest and Thoracic Surgery departments, Cairo, Egypt (2011).

Fibrosing Mediastinitis: Multidisciplinary meeting of the Chest and

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Thoracic Surgery departments, Cairo, Egypt (2011).

Bronchial Avulsion, A Case Report: Multidisciplinary meeting of the Chest and Thoracic Surgery departments, Cairo, Egypt (2011).

Carcinoid Tumour: The Role of Sleeve Resection: Multidisciplinary meeting of the Chest and Thoracic Surgery departments, Cairo, Egypt (2012).

Basic Surgical Management of Lung and Mediastinal Diseases: Cardiothoracic surgery for 6th grade medical students, Cairo, Egypt (2012).

Laryngeotracheal Reconstruction: 12th Regional Annual Assembly Meeting of the Egyptian Scientific Society of Bronchology in collaboration with the Egyptian fellows of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) & Chest Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt (2012).

Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Multidisciplinary meeting of the Chest and Thoracic Surgery departments, Cairo, Egypt (2013).

Laryngeotracheal Reconstruction: Multidisciplinary meeting of the ENT and Thoracic Surgery departments, Cairo, Egypt (2013).

Anterior Tracheal Augmentation After Tracheal Stenting: Multidisciplinary meeting of the Chest and Thoracic Surgery departments, Cairo, Egypt (2013).

Rhabdomyosarcoma, A case report in a 4 year old child: Multidisciplinary meeting of the Chest and Thoracic Surgery departments, Cairo, Egypt (2013).

Upfront tracheal resection and anastomosis for post intubation tracheal stenosis: Is there still a role for endoscopic dilatation or

stenting? Hany Elsayed, Ahmed M Mostafa, Saleh Soliman, Tamer Shoukry, Hatem Y El-Bawab, Ahmed A El-Nori. 28th meeting of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, EACTS, Milan, Italy (2014).

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Meetings, Courses and Symposiums

Heart Valve Club, Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris, France, 4-6 December 2006. Directors / Professor Alain Carpentier, Sir Magdy Yacoub, Professor Jean-Noël Fabiani.

Heart Valve Club, Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris, France, 3-5 December 2007. Director / Professor Alain Carpentier.

2ème Rencontre Transplantation & Mucoviscidose. Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris, France. 2 June 2006. Director / Dr. Redha Souilamas

3ème Rencontre Transplantation & Mucoviscidose. Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris, France. 10-11 May 2007. Director / Dr. Redha Souilamas.

VATS Master Class, Covidien European Training Center, Elancourt, France. 12-13 May 2011. Director/ Prof. R. Jancovici.

The American Academy of Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), Thoracoscopy workshop, Alexandria Endoscopy Association, Alexandria, Egypt. 3-4 October 2011. Director/ Alia Badawi.

Regional Annual Assembly Meeting of the Egyptian Scientific Society of Bronchology in collaboration with the Egyptian fellows of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) & Chest Department, Ain Shams University, Egypt. Director/ Prof. Tarek Safwat.

Annual International Meeting of The Egyptian Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery.

VATS Clinical Immersion: 5th & 6th Aug 2014. Sunward Park & Waterfall Hospital, Gauteng, Johannesburg, South Africa. Trainer : Dr. I Schewitz

EACTS (European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery ) Annual Meetings:

26th Annual Meeting Barcelone, Spain (2012).

27th Annual Meeting Vienna, Austria (2013).

28th Annual Meeting Milan, Italy (2014).

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Audit Experience

Regular weekly meeting at the thoracic surgery department at Georges

Pompidou European Hospital, Paris with the chest, radiology and oncology departments, besides a monthly meeting with the pathology department

Weekly meeting with the cardiology and cardiac surgery intensive care staff at the cardiothoracic department at Henri Mondor hospital, Créteil.

Regular daily morning meeting with the cardiology and the intensive care staff at the cardiothoracic department at Henri Mondor hospital, Créteil, to follow up the clinical status of the ICU admitted cardiac patients.

Regular weekly meeting with the chest department at the thoracic surgery department at Tenon hospital, Paris, France.

Regular monthly morbidity and mortality meeting at the cardiothoracic surgery center at Ain Shams University, Cairo.

Regular weekly meeting with the Cardiology department at Dar-Alfoad Hospital, Cairo.

Regular weekly meeting with the chest department at Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt.

Presentation of cases in a monthly Mortality and Morbidity conference with

discussion of objectives and methods of improvement.

Supervising and assisting with my SHO and Registrars colleagues in our

group to present our 6 month shift results in a biannual conference of our

department to discuss the desired level of performance and actual

standard present with a plan for improvement.

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Research

Evaluation of Application of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Artery Intervention in Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease in Comparison with Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. An essay submitted for the partial fulfillment of the Master Degree in General Surgery.

Surgical Treatment of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation Using Radiofrequency in Mitral Valve Surgery. A thesis submitted for the partial fulfillment of the MD Degree in Cardiothoracic Surgery that included 50 patients.

Teaching

Participation in teaching medical students, and house officers during my

stay in France

Training SHOs and Registrars attached to myself on the management of

patients in the wards, clinics and in theatre.

Teaching lectures for students of the 6th year medical students in the

cardiothoracic department- Faculty of medicine- Ain Shams University.

Teaching of House officers rotating in our department during their

internship year for the basics of ICU management and cardiothoracic

surgery principles

Teaching of SHO and Registrars inside our department for the basic

surgical skills in the operating room and supervision of their performance

in the ICU.

Teaching medical and non-medical students communication skills in non-

official authorities.

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Personal Skills

Personal skills: well known to work co-operatively with others, broad-

minded, non-defensive, motivated, curious, initiative, with a sense of humour.

A well known leader in many instances especially concerning trauma and

resuscitation teams.

Language skills: Excellent command of English language, including ability to

communicate, write, listen, speak, persuade and negotiate successfully

(IELTS score 7.5). Arabic spoken as mother tongue. Very good in French,

and B1 level in German.

Teamwork skills:

-Working in company with my consultants, colleague registrars and

SHOs in subdivided groups (4 adult, 1 paediatric and 1 thoracic)

inside our department (Ain Shams University- Egypt) aiming to

achieve best standards within an audit cycle and analyzing the

results of our team every 6 months.

-Senior member of multiple trauma and resuscitation teams during

the past 6 years in Ain Shams University and Specialized hospitals.

English: Very good user (IELTS test 7.5 out of 9 February 2006).

French : Very good User

Arabic : Mother tongue

German: B1 (ADK, Goethe Institute, Cairo, Egypt)

Language Speaking

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Aims and Career Objectives

Aiming of innovating and improving the international patient service level

in all aspects of thoracic surgery with special interest in the field of

Tracheal Surgery.

Aiming of achieving an international rank for my country Egypt in the field

of research and health service standard with a special interest to serve the

low level socioeconomic community and alleviating the pain and suffer of

my patients.

Wishing to assist in the improvement of communication skills of all my

candidates and trainees.

Wishing to achieve the goals and fully satisfy the needs of my employers

and hospitals and show self-motivation and competence throughout my

career.

References

Available upon request