Name : Wagdy Talaat Youssef Mahmoud
Current Positions:
# Head of Medical Education Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University
# EMRO, WHO Consultant for health manpower development
# EMRO, WHO Director of Accreditation in HPE.
# Director, Joint Master of Health Professions Education between Maastricht & Suez Canal Universities.
# Director, Diploma of Health Professions Education through Distance Learning.
# Global Faculty, FAIMER (Foundation of Advancement in Medical Education and Research), Philadelphia, USA (www.faimer.org).
Address : - Work: Faculty Of Medicine , Suez Canal University (FOM,SCU)
Round Road, 41111, Ismailia , Egypt.
- Home: Villa 38, Gandoul, Ismailia, Egypt.
Telephones : H ( Ismailia ) :064 – 3912835 ----- 064 - 3914840
H ( Cairo ) : 02 – 26358487
W( Ismailia ) :064 - 3227426
Mobile Phone: 0103487678
Fax : W( Ismailia ) :064-3227426
e-mail : H > watalaat@gmail.com <
W> medfomscu@ismailia.ie-eg.com<
Web site : www.medfomscu.org
: www.dhpescu.org
Date of birth : October 16th, 1953
Place of birth : Cairo, Egypt
Nationality : Egyptian
University Education :-
• MB.Bch. (with honors)1977, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, 1977 .
• M.Sc. in Pathology, 1983, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University .
• Diploma in Medical Education & Scientific Research, Faculty of Medicine, Boston University, USA, 1985-1987.
• Ph.D. in Pathology, 1987, Boston University-FOM-SCU.
• Diploma in Health Economics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ,1991 .
• Diploma in Health Management and Leadership, Management Science for Health ( MSH ),Boston, USA,1992 .
• Honorary Diploma in Medical Education. Peru
• International FAIMER (Foundation of Advancement for Medical Education and Research) Fellowship in Medical Education (IFME). Philadelphia, USA
Appointments (* Management roles, *Consultant, * Adviser, Peer Reviewer)
1979 – 1983 : Demonstrator of Pathology , Faculty of Medicine , Cairo University .
1983 – 1985 : Assistant Lecturer of Pathology, FOM,SCU .
1985 –1987: Full time PhD student& Researcher, Faculty of Medicine, Boston University .
1987 – 1992 : Lecturer of Pathology, FOM,SCU .
1990 ON : Director, Problem Formulation Research Lab (educational technical unit).
1992 – 2000 : Associate Professor of Pathology, FOM,SCU .
1994 – 1996 : Head of the Research Sector, Environmental Research Center of Suez
Canal University.
1994 -1998 : Director, Center for Research and Development in medical education, CRD, FOM, SCU .
1995 : Temporary Adviser for National Training Activities, EMRO, WHO .
1998 ON : Peer Reviewer, Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal “EMHJ”,EMRO, World Health Organization “WHO” .
1999 ON : Suez Canal University Vice-Presidents’ Adviser .
1999 ON: Short Term Consultant (STC) for Educational Capacity Building,
EMRO, WHO.
2001 ON : Professor of Pathology , FOM,SCU .
2001 ON : Head of Medical Education Department.
2001 : Temporary Adviser for Reform in Health Profession Education, EMRO, WHO.
2002-2003 : Chairman of Pathology Department.
2003-2005 : Head of Quality Assurance Unit, Suez Canal University Center for
Educational Development.
2003 : WHO Project Manager: “ Development of Egyptian National Standards
towards Accreditation of Medical Schools”.
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2003-2006 : Member of the National Quality Assurance& Accreditation Agency
( NQAAA) in Higher Education.
?2003 : Temporary Adviser in the Consultation Meeting in Bahrain on “Accreditation in Medical Education, EMRO, WHO.
2003 On : Peer Reviewer, Education for Health (scientific magazine), Network:
Towards Unity for Health, The Netherlands.
2004 : Peer Reviewer of self assessment reports of a number of medical schools in the Eastern Mediterranean Region submitted for re-assessment as full members in the Network: Towards Unity for Health, The Netherlands ( last reviewed: Ahfad Medical School , Islamic Medical School& Gezira Medical School in Sudan).
2004 On : Member, Advisory Board of the Education Development Center, Ain
Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
2004 -2006 : Director, Suez Canal University Quality Assurance and Accreditation Center.
2005 On : Director, Joint Master of Health Professions Education through distance
learning between Maastricht (Holland) and Suez Canal Universities(Egypt).
(website: www.medfomscu.org)
?2005 On : Peer Reviewer, Higher Education Enhancement Projects( World Bank
funded).
2006 : Author: “Accreditation in Health Professions Education: EMRO, WHO
perspective”
2006 On : Member of the National Committee for Licensing of Egyptian Health
Practitioners
2007 : Temporary Adviser (EMRO, WHO) to help establish national systems for accreditation in health professions education in Morocco and Libya.
?2008 : Consultant to develop the curriculum of Qena Faculty of Medicine, South - Valley University.
2008 : Director, Diploma of Health Professions Education through Distance Learning. (website: www.dhpescu.org)
2008 : Peer Reviewer, Medical Education Journal (MedEdu).
2008 : Peer Reviewer, in an EMRO, WHO accreditation visit to the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy and the Faculty of Dentistry, Hassan II Ain Chock, Casablanca, Morocco.
2009 : Consultant to develop the PBL curriculum of the Libyan International Medical University.
2009 : Global Faculty Discussant (GFD), FAIMER, Philadelphia, USA
2009 : Jury, International Award for Translation, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz
2009 : External Examiner, Arabian Gulf University, College of Medicine
Educational, and Professional Activities :-
- Establishment of the “ Problem Formulation Research Lab “ in 1990 as an educational
unit in FOM,SCU and helped establishing a similar unit in Ahfad Medical School,
Sudan in 2000,and Hadramout Medical College in Yemen .
- Establishment of a Task Force for capacity building in Health Management and
Leadership in 1997(FOM,SCU) .
- Establishment of the first Medical Education Department in Egypt and Arab region in The Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University in 2001.
- Organization and conduction of a number of conferences,workshops and courses in
Medical Education locally,regionally and internationally .
1 In Croatia, 1992 ( WHO sponsored ) .
2 In Bahrain,1993,1994 ( WHO-Arab Gulf University sponsored ) .
1 In India, 1994( The Network of Community-Oriented Institutions sponsored ) .
2 In Kenya, 1995,1996 (The Dutch Embassy in Kenya sponsored ) .
2 In Sudan, 1998,1999 ( MUNDO in Maastricht, Holland sponsored ) .
2 In Iraq, 1999,2000 ( WHO Consultant ).
3 In Yemen 2001(WHO Consultant), 2003, 2004 (MUNDO sponsored)
7 In Saudi Arabia (Al-Qasseem), 2002 & (Riyadh), 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009 (WHO Consultant).
1 In Jordan, 2002 ( WHO Consultant).
1 In Syria, 2003( WHO Consultant).
1 In Oman, 2005 (WHO Consultant).
1 In Dubai, 2005.
3 In Morocco, 2006, 2007, 2008 (WHO Consultant)
5 In Libya, 2007& 2009 (WHO Temporary Adviser)
- Moderation of Medical Education sessions in international conferences in Canada (1991) , India(1993), South Africa(1997) , and Mexico (1998) .
- Invited speaker in the Global Conference of the World Federation for Medical Education "Global Standards in Medical Education for better health care”, held in Denmark-Sweden, March, 2003.
- Invited Keynote Speaker in the Sixth Scientific Meeting of the Saudi Society of Family & Community Medicine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 20-22 October 2003.
- Invited Keynote Speaker in the First Regional Conference on Medical Education held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 2004.
- Invited Keynote Speaker in the First Pan-Arab Conference for the Deans of Medical Schools, held in Amman, Erbid, Mu’tah, Jordan, 18-22 April 2004.
- Invited Keynote Speaker in the 6th National Medical Conference in Tripoli, Libya, 2009.
- Invited Keynote Speaker in Accreditation National Conferences in a number of Egyptian Faculties of Medicine like Ain-Shams, Alexandria, Zagazig, Tanta, Assiut, Mansoura, Suez Canal, Menofia ,October 6, Azhar for males, and Azhar for females.
Thesis :-
- 1982 : An immunological study of B lymphocytes in human tonsils in tonsillitis
( Master thesis )
- 1987: A Pathological and Immunological study on experimental iterstitial nephritis
(Ph.D. thesis )
- 2008: Development of a national distance learning Diploma in Medical Education in Egypt.
(FAIMER thesis, USA )
Memberships:-
• Member , New York Academy of Sciences .
• Member , Network of Community-Oriented Educational Institutions for health sciences .
• Member , American association for the Advancement of Science .
Awards :-
Local
• Certificate of Honor from Suez Canal University for the remarkable achievements in the fields of Medical Education and Health System Research in 1997 .
• Suez Canal University Appreciation Award for the best achievements 2007.
National
• The Medallion of honor of the “ Best Medical Educator “ on the national level from the General Medical Syndicate of Egypt in 1991 .
• The Medallion of Honor from a number of Medical Schools in Egypt
( Mansoura”twice”, October 6 & Suez Canal) in 2003, 2005,2007.
• The best Medical Education Program in Egypt from the Minister of Higher
Education and Research for the Joint Master of Health Professions Education through distance learning program in 2008.
Regional
• Arab Gulf University Award in Bahrain in 1994 .
• Hadramout University Award in Yemen in 2001.
• Al-Qasseem University Award in Saudi Arabia in 2002.
• Mu’tah University Award in Jordan in 2002.
• King Saud University Award in Saudi Arabia in 2004.
• Dubai Medical School for Girls Award in UAE, 2005.
• King Fahd Medical School and King Fahad Medical City Awards, 2006&2007&2009.
International
• The Distinguished Leadership Award from the American Biographical Institute and inclusion in the sixth edition of International Directory of Distinguished leadership in 1996 .
• The” Gold Record of Achievement “ , as one of the leaders of influence in medical education, North Carolina , USA in 1997.
Example of published articles in Medical Education :-
• Problem-based learning between dream and reality.Proceedings of the second International Symposium on PBL,Yogyakarta,Indonesia, 1990 .
• Bipolar-planned, Circus Tent-shaped Problem-Based Curreculum.Proceedings of the International Conference on Students – centered Education, Sherbrooke,Canada,1993 .
• Priority Health Problems in PBL: The Suez Canal Experience. Annals of Community- Oriented Education.Volume 8 , p: 183-194, 1995 .
• Incorporating Prioritized Health Problems in PBL .Proceedings of the International Conference on the Role of the University in Health Research for Development.Madras,India, 1995 .
• A methodology to prioritize health problems in PBL. Proceedings of the 7th Ottawa International Conference on Medical Education and Assessment, Maastricht, The Netherlands,1996 .
• A modified multi-use P4 Deck, less costy and more durable.Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on PBL. Durban, South Africa, 1997 .
• Revitalizing a problem-based curreculum in Egypt:The Bipolar Approach.Priority Health Problems in the Education of Health Professionals.Network publication,1997. P 81-88 .
• Evaluation of Suez Canal Medical Graduates. Proceedings of the “challenges of primary care-oriented health systems: innovations by educational institutions, health professions and health services. Londrina, Brazil, 2001.
• Suez Canal Medical Graduates between dream and reality. Proceedings of the 4th Asia. Pacific Conference on Problem-Based Learning. Hatyai, Thailand, 2002.
• PBL in Health Professions Education, Why and why not: FAIMER Fellows' Perspective. Proceedings: 7th Asian- Pacific Conference on PBL, 2008.
• A New Opportunity for Egyptian Health Professions Educators. Medical Education. May 2008.
Published Papers In Pathology:
- Chronic Pyelonephritis induced by the ureolytic Escherichia-coli is lithogenic.
(The Medical Journal of Cairo University, 1990).
- A possible role and site of action of glucocorticoid with clomiphene citrate on ovulation induction.
(Bulletin of Egypt. SOC. Physiol. SCI., 1990)
- The sensitivity of voided urinary cytology versus bladder biopsy in the detection of bladder cancer.
(Egyptian Journal of Occupational Medicine, 1990)
- Histopathological changes induced by praziquantel on the cochlea of guinea pigs.
(The Medical Journal of Cairo University, 1991)
- Role of calcium and verapamil hydrochloride in gentamicin- induced cochlear Damage in guinea pigs.
(The Medical Journal of Cairo University, 1991).
- The impact of liver pathology on the decision of surgery for bleeding varices.
(The Medical Journal of Cairo University, 1991).
- The prognostic significance of location versus number of the involved axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer.
(The Medical Journal of Cairo university, 1991)
- Evaluating the Efficacy of verapamil hydrochloride, oral calcium load and their combination of gentamicin induced nephrotoxicity in guinea pigs.
(The Medical Journal of Cairo University, June 1993)
- Histopathological changes in the liver in association with gall bladder stones.
(The New Egyptian Journal of Medicine, July 1994)
- Pathological changes in gall bladders association with gallstones.
(The New Egyptian Journal of Medicine, August 1994)
- Electrolytes and pH of mammary cyst fluid and their relation to cyst pathology.
(The Medical Journal of Cairo University, June 1994)
- Clinical and pathological factors affecting gallstone formation.
( The New Egyptian Journal of Medicine, June 1994)
- Morphological and pathological features of analgesic nephropathy
(Egypt Journal Anatomy, January, 1995).
- Histopathological features of chronic hepatitis C.
(Journal of Egyptian Society of Pathologists, June 1995)
- Study of the Argyrophilic Nucleolar Organizer Regions (AgNORs) in breast lesions.
(Journal of Egyptian Society of Pathologists, December 1995)
- Comparative light microscopicstudy of the effect of Diomed (Diode) laser and argon laser on the skin and thyroid gland of white rabbits.
(Journal of Egyptian Society of Pathologists, December 1996)
- Role of micronuclei in the diagnosis of neoplastic and non neoplastic bladder mucosal lesion.
(Journal of Egyptian Society of Pathologists, 1997)
- Immuno-Pathological study of schistosomiasis-associated arthritis.
(Journal of Egyptian Society of Pathologists, 1998).
- Prognostic significance of angiogenesis in squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix.
(Journal of Egyptian Society of Pathologists, 1999).
- Expression of NM23H1 product in colonic adenocarcinoma: correlation with ploidy and clinical staging.
(Journal of Egyptian Society of Pathologists, 1999).
- Prognostic significance of bcl-2 and c-erbB-2 oncoproteins in breast carcinoma.
(The Medical Journal of Cairo University, 2000).
- P21 compared to p53 as a predictor of clinically aggressive grade II astrocytomas.
(The Medical Journal of Cairo University,2000).
- Expression of nm23 H-1 Gene Product in Colonic Adenocarcinoma: Correlation with Ploidy and Staging.
(GI Cancer - International Journal on Gastrointestinal Cancer, vol.3 no.4, Page 231 – 238, 2000).
- Kikuchi’s histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis:clinico-pathologic and immunohistochemical study.
( Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, World Health Organization, Vol. 7, Nos ½, p:153-162, 2001).
