Curriculum Vitae

Continue to thrive for the benefit of mankind; help the sick and educate the youth.

• MD hepatology & gastroenterology
• Specialized interventional endoscopy training programs
• Recognition by World endoscopy organization (WEO) as Endoscopy trainer.
• Publishing a book about the history of Egypt (in Arabic language)
• EX-member of British Judo council

Present status:

– Lecturer of Tropical medicine & Hepatogastroenterology, Bany Swaif University.

Currently legible and applying for promotion to Assistant Professor due to be completed by the beginning of the coming academic year September 2016.

– Consultant Hepatologist, Gastroenterologist & GI endosocpist

– Alfascope: Hepatogastroentorology private center, shareholder and consultant Gastroenterology and GI endoscopy, 1998 till present

– Gastroclinic: Private clinic practice, 2004 till present

– Safwa Hospital: Shareholder and consultant gastroenterology and GI endoscopy, 2005 till present

– Safa Hospital: consultant Gastroenterology

– Ultrasonography Unit:  Certificate of ultrasound, Thomas Jefferson institute (USA) joint training program with Cairo University, 2004.

– Resident: Tropical Medicine Department, Hepatology unit, Kasr el eini school of medicine.

– House Officer: Kasr El-Eini School of medicine 1992 – 1993.

– Hepatology Unit Cairo university Hospitals: ICU Hepatology 1993-1995.

– Endoscopy Unit Cairo university Hospitals: GI endoscopy experience 1996- 2010

– Upper GI endoscopy:

• Sclerotherapy & Band ligation
• Entral stenting
• Oesophageal Dilatation
• Polypectomy & APC
• Chromoendoscopy & NBI
• Intragastric Balloons & endoscopic management of Bariatric patients
• Zenker diverticulotomy
• Video Capsule Endoscopy
• Endoscopy Trainer 2000 till present.

– Lower GI Diagnostic & therapeutic endoscopy

– ERCP

– Postgraduate  

• Masters of Science (M.Sc.) Tropical Medicine 1997.

Thesis: ‘Introduction to the use of cholangioscopy in cases of Jaundice’.

• Medical Doctorate (M.D.) Tropical Medicine, Hepatogastroenterology 2004.

Thesis: ‘Role of Cytokines in Ulcerative Colitis’.

– University          1987 – 1992 

Kasr El-Eini School of Medicine, Cairo University; Grade Very Good

– High School 1982 – 1987

St. Johns School, Leatherhead, Surrey, England, U.K.

• Egyptian Medical Council, Ministry of health and population, and Egyptian Medical syndicate.

(All letters and certificates of training are available upon request)

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease, st. Marks Hospital, London, Prof. Alastair Forbes.2002
• Interventional and bariatric Endoscopy, Brussels, Prof. J. Deviere, 2004
• Specialized training course in Intragastric balloons, Lebanon, 2005
• Video Capsule Endoscopy, Small bowel enteroscopy, NBI, France, JF Rey, 2006
• “Organisation Mondiale d’Endoscopie Digestive” (OMED), currently known as World Endoscopy Organization (WEO), train the trainers courses, 2007, 2009.
• Currently enrolled in studying for Hospital and health care management diploma, AUC (American university in Cairo), due for completion December, 2016.

• Comparison of Modified Giemsa stain and immunohistochemistry in the histological identification of Helicobacter Pylori. Egyptian Journal of Pathology (2008).
• The role of cytokines TNF∞ and IL-2 in Ulcerative colitis. Arab Journal of Gastroenterology (2007).
• Band ligation versus Beta-Blockers in the prevention of primary bleeding of oesophageal varices: clinical, biochemical, ultrasonographic and endoscopic evaluation. Afro-Arab Liver Journal (2006)
• Effect Of Losartan Treatment On Liver Fibrosis In Chronic HCV Patients. Gastroenterology Journal, accepted 2013.
• Coinfection with hepatitis C virus and schistosomiasis: Fibrosis and treatment response, world journal of gastroenterology, may 2013.
• The first Egyptian experience with Intragastric Balloons, open journal of gastroenterology, 2014.
• GI Endoscopy atlas, co-editor, 2003.
• Non-medical: –
  • Egypt, The Journey from the beginning. A book with a collective overview of Egypt’s history from the pharos till present. 2006. Published in Arabic language.
  • Writer in “Al Akhbar” newspaper, non-profession and irregularly.

• Member & educational councillor of the Egyptian Society for the study of Endoscopy & Hepatogastroentrology (ESEHG) esehg.com
• Individual member of European Society of Gastro Intestinal Endoscopy (ESGE), since 2006.
• International member of American Society of Gastro Intestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), since 2007.
• Member of British Society of Gastro Intestinal Endoscopy (BSG), since 2009.

• Arabic … Native
• English… Written and Spoken Excellent.

• Sports: Black belt Judo, X- member of the British Judo Council.
• Football & Squash.
• Computer skills.
• Interpersonal and communication skills

• Hossam GHONEIM
• DOB: June 2nd, 1968
• Married with three children, eldest is studying Economics in Manchester university, England. Wife is a full time professor of Pathology, Kasr el eini school of medicine, Cairo university.
• Exempted from military service
• Special interest in soft skills (creative thinking, negotiation skills, communication skills, etc.)