English Faculty News
New Vice Deans at Faculties of Medicine and Engineering
Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, issued the following decrees:
• Appointment of Dr. Iman Youssef Morsi Ahmed - Professor and Head of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine as Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs.
• Appointment of Dr. Wael Mohamed Mustafa El-Maghlani, Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, as Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs for a period of three years.
Faculty of Medicine Organizes Graduation Ceremony for 80th Class of International Students
Under the auspices of Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, and Dr. Wael Nabil, Vice President of Alexandria University for Education and Student Affairs, the Faculty of Medicine organized the graduation ceremony for class of 2022 (80th class) international students, who numbered 180 students from several countries: including Bahrain, Yemen, Syria, Sudan, South Sudan, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Somalia, and Mauritania.
The ceremony was attended by Dr. Ali Abdel Mohsen, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Hala Maklad, Director of International Students Department at Alexandria University, Dr. Abdullah Al-Harahsheh, Cultural Counselor of the Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Dr. Thamer Al-Barakat, Deputy Consul of Iraq, Mr. Abdullah Al-Saadawi, Deputy Consul General of Palestine, Mr. Mohamed Hammad, Cultural Affairs Officer at the Consulate of Palestine, Mr. Ziyad Al-Masry, Deputy Cultural Attaché at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in addition to the Vice Deans of the Faculty of Medicine, members of the faculty, and the Secretary General of the University.
In his speech, Dr. Ali Abdelmohsen welcomed the representatives of the Arab embassies, parents, and graduates, stressing that today is the harvest day in which the students reap the fruits of their efforts that lasted for years, wishing them to be the best ambassadors of Egypt when they return to their countries, and that their efforts will be crowned with progress and success.
While Dr. Hala Maklad congratulated the students on their graduation, being the conclusion of one stage and the beginning of another, through the practice of a great human profession, which is the profession of medicine, stressing that they should be proud of belonging to the University of Alexandria. She also congratulated the parents and representatives of the embassies on the graduation of their sons and daughters, and their return home as qualified doctors capable of serving their countries.
The ceremony included a flag parade of the countries of all the graduates’ nationalities, in addition to honouring the graduates, a singing performance by the Faculty of Medicine choir, and the presentation of graduation certificates.
International Conference of Higher Institute of Public Health "Telehealth" Starts
Under the auspices of Dr. Ayman Ashour, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Health and Population, Dr. Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, and Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, the Higher Institute of Public Health will commence the activities of its tenth international conference next Sunday morning, the 27th of November. This conference is organized in collaboration with the World Health Organization (Eastern Mediterranean Office), and Save the Children International UN organization. It will be held under the title "Telehealth", and its activities will last for two days.
Dr. Heba El-Kady, Dean of the Institute and President of the Conference, indicated that the conference is attended by a group of college professors from universities in Egypt and the Arab world who are interested in the field of public health, as well as several speakers from Africa, Europe, and America, in addition to some online participations. She added that the conference is presenting through its sessions new visions of public health in the third millennium, as well as many aspects of the concept of telehealth, its present and future, the role it plays in emergencies and its advantages and disadvantages. She pointed out that the international conference will devote several sessions to discuss the recommendations of the Climate Summit (COP 27), where the most important of these recommendations will be discussed, and the various theses adopted by Egypt and the world will be presented. Panel discussions will be held to discuss the latest advances in the field, as well as a special session on heart diseases and their prevention, and what is new in cardiology.
An assistant professor at the faculty of Education won the Appreciation Award for Islamic Jurisprudence for the year 2022
Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, congratulated Dr. Khaled Salah Mahmoud, Assistant Professor at the Department of Education at the Faculty of Education, on the occasion of winning the Appreciation Award for Advocacy and Islamic Jurisprudence for the year 2022 granted by the State Litigation Authority. At the authority’s headquarters, after announcing his winning of the award by the prize’s higher committee formed by the head of the State Affairs Authority, and the membership of Prof. Shawki Allam, Mufti of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, for his research presented entitled: “Facing Epidemics in Islamic Thought”, wishing He has more progress, success and payment.
Inauguration of Seventh International Conference on Haematology and Marrow Transplantation (Hemo Alex 2023)
On Thursday the 11th of May 2023,, Dr. Ashraf El-Ghandour, Vice President of Alexandria University for Graduate Studies and Research, and Professor of Haematology, Internal Medicine, Marrow Transplantation at the Faculty of Medicine, inaugurated the activities of the Seventh Annual International Conference on Haematology and Marrow Transplantation in Alexandria (Hemo Alex), in the presence of Dr. Hossam Kamel, former President of Cairo University and Professor of Haematology and Marrow Transplantation, Dr. Ali Abdelmohsen, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Ayman El-Shayeb, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine for Postgraduate Studies and Research, Dr. Iman Youssef, Head of the Internal Medicine Department in Alexandria, and Dr. Manal El-Sorady, Professor of haematology in Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, director of the bone marrow transplantation unit, and secretary of the conference, in addition to several researchers in blood diseases and bone marrow transplantation in Egypt and Arab countries.
Dr. El-Ghandour explained that the conference will discuss this year new scientific research papers related to benign and malignant blood diseases, bone marrow transplantation, new drugs, methods of treatment and diagnosis in marrow transplantation procedures, and the preparation of new cadres of doctors in this important medical specialty. During the conference, El-Ghandour announced the launch of the second bone marrow transplant unit at Al-Mowasat University Hospital since the beginning of April 2023, and receiving 9 cases so far, in order to reduce waiting lists, improve the level of service, and provide the best medical care to all patients in Alexandria.
Dr. Ali Abdelmohsen indicated that the Department of Internal Medicine in Alexandria Medicine is witnessing developments in all its units, pointing out that the second bone marrow transplantation unit, which was launched last April, is fully equipped to provide excellent service to patients and train young doctors. He stressed that “Hemo Alex” conference witnesses remarkable development every year, hoping that the results of the conference serve the purposes of scientific research in all matters related to blood diseases and bone marrow transplantation.
While Dr. Iman Youssef confirmed that the conference will discuss all new methods of diagnosis and the role of modern treatment in the diagnosis. She pointed out that the treatment is spent at the expense of the state, in Alexandria University hospitals in, whether in the blood diseases unit or the marrow transplantation unit for leukaemia patients at Al-Mowasat Hospital.
Dr. Manal El-Sorady confirmed that the conference's activities extend through the 11th and 12th of May, adding that the conference discusses the developments that have been discovered in treatments and follows up on all that is new in blood diseases in terms of methods of diagnosis and treatment, and it also witnesses the presence of professors from all Egyptian universities.
The conference includes sessions to present and discuss difficult cases of blood diseases and workshops for bone marrow transplantation, during which a group of researchers and specialists speak over two days to transfer and exchange experiences, especially that participants include distinguished elite of professors and scientists of haematology from all over the world.
