Kareem Abu-Elmagd, MD, PhD, F.A.C.S.; He is the pioneer behind the development of intestinal and multivisceral transplantation. His other seminal contribution included advancing the field of portal hypertensive surgeries, solid abdominal organ transplantation and autologous gut reconstruction. He introduced the concept of gut rehabilitation and the integrative management of gut failure patients. More recently, he introduced a novel surgical procedure for the management of gut malrotation in both children and adults.
Along with the father of organ transplantation, late Professor Starzl, he significantly contributed to the introduction of “FK-506” currently known as tacrolimus as a primary immunosuppressive drug therapy for organ transplantation. Additionally, he introduced novel immunosuppressive protocol to enhance allograft acceptance.
Professor Abu-Elmagd has single-handedly obtained the approval of the intestinal and multivisceral transplantation by the Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS) on October 4th, 2000, to be the standard of care for patients with irreversible intestinal failure.
Through his forty years of outstanding academic and surgical career, he had the opportunity to work with two of the twentieth century imminent American surgeons, late Professors Dean Warren, and Thomas Starzl. He has authored more than 400 original publications and 50 book chapters. After more than two decades of exceptional accomplishment, at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Dr. Abu-Elmagd joined Case Western Reserve University as a professor of surgery in 2012 and founded the worldwide renowned Gut Rehabilitation and Transplantation Center at Cleveland Clinic.
Prof. Abu-Elmagd has trained more than 500 national and international scholars in the field of organ transplantation and gastrointestinal surgery. He has supervised over 20 national and international PhD studies. He is the past president of the International Intestinal Transplant Association. He is the recipient of many awards nationally and internationally. He is currently an honorary visiting professor at many prestigious universities over the world.
As a loyal Egyptian, Dr. Abu-Elmagd initiated academic and humanitarian efforts in Egypt with the establishment of Kareem Abu-Elmagd charity foundation in 2017 and Gut Surgeries and Transplantation Institute in 2019 to help the unprivileged Egyptians in need of surgical care and many other patients in the Middle East region.
Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86551184429?pwd=a7zGWgJL1jmCVtduYVub4IgrENpcT…
Meeting ID: 865 5118 4429
Metting Code: 131156
This is another event organized by the WUM Doctoral School as part of the STER Internationalization of NAWA Doctoral Schools program.
