About Dr. Gamal Shiha

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About Dr. Gamal Shiha

Profile and Professional Career

  • Current Position: Professor of Internal Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University.
  • Founder and President of the Association for Liver Patients' Care (ALPC), Dakahlia, Egypt since 1997.
  • Member of the Board of the European Liver Patients Association (ELPA) (2006-2008).
  • Founder and Director of the Egyptian Liver Research Institute and Hospital (ELRIAH) since 2011.
  • President of the African Liver Patients Association (ALPA) since 2015.
  • Member of the Egyptian Parliament (2015).
  • Head of the Education and Scientific Research Committee, Egyptian Parliament (2015).

Academic Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery with honors, April 1982, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University.
  • Master's in Internal Medicine, November 1986.
  • PhD in Internal Medicine, November 1991.

Professional Career

  1. General Practitioner: 01/09/1983.
  2. Resident in Internal Medicine, Mansoura University Hospital: 09/11/1983.
  3. Assistant Lecturer, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University: 24/09/1987.
  4. Lecturer: 30/03/1992.
  5. Assistant Professor: 07/04/1997.
  6. Associate Professor: 01/07/2002.
  7. Professor of Internal Medicine: 01/07/2002.

Awards

  • Research Award, Mansoura University, 1993.
  • Young Researcher Award, European Gastroenterology Meeting, Oslo, 1994.
  • Research Award, 10th Asian Digestive Disease Congress, Yokohama, 1996.
  • Best Poster Award, British Society of Gastroenterology, Glasgow, 1999.
  • Best Oral Presentation Award, Egyptian Liver Conference, November 2000.
  • Japanese Liver Society Award, October 2004.
  • Excellence in Poster Award, AASLD, Boston, November 2016.

Memberships in Scientific Societies

Egyptian Societies

  • Member of the Board of the Egyptian Society for the Study of the Liver.
  • Member of the Board of the Egyptian Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy.
  • Member of the Egyptian Gastroenterology and Hepatology Physicians Network.

International Societies

  • European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL).
  • American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).
  • Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL), Board Member (2008-2012).

Administrative Positions

  • Head of the Hepatology and Gastroenterology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University (2012).
  • Deputy Head of the Internal Medicine Department for the Hepatology and Gastroenterology Unit (2012).
  • Member of the Promotion Committee for Professors in Egyptian Universities (2008-2016).

Supervision of Academic Research

  • Supervisor of numerous Master's and PhD theses at Egyptian universities such as: Mansoura University, Ain Shams University, and the National Liver Institute.

Scientific Publications and Conferences

  • Participant in numerous international conferences on liver diseases and gastroenterology.
  • Author and co-author of more than 100 scientific papers published in prestigious international journals.