Mohamed, Elkholy
m.elkholy@med.asu.edu.eg
Department of Pediatrics - Medicine
Interests: Deltiology (Old Postcard collection), Photography, Philately and coin collection,
Internal ID: rp12056
- 1,201 Scopus Citations
- 451 PubMed Citations
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Mohamed, Elkholy
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Biography
Education and Degrees:
• M.B.B.Ch, Ain Shams Faculty of Medicine,1974 with honors
• M.Sc. in Pediatrics, 1978 (Ain Shams University) with mention very good
• M.D. in Pediatrics, 1982 (Ain Shams University)
• Post Doctoral Training: Study grant for one year (1983 84) under the supervision of Prof. J.C. Job in the Pediatric Endocrinology Department & Growth Research Laboratory (INSERM), St. Vincent de Paul Hospital, University of René Descartes, Paris, France.
On my return in 1984, I have founded the Pediatric Endocrinology
Unit; a new subspecialty.
Professional experience and Posts: (Pediatrics Dept. Ain Shams Univ.)
• House officer (1975 1976), resident (1976 1979), assistant lecturer (1979 1983), lecturer (1983 1988), assistant professor (1988 1993)
• Professor 1993 - 2010
• Head of Pediatric department 2008 – 2010
• Professor emeritus from 2010 till now
Hospital Appointments
- Founder and Head of the Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Ain Shams
Faculty of Medicine 1984-2010. (Separate document in file & CDs)
- Author of the chapter of Pediatric Endocrinology, Undergraduate Textbook
of Pediatrics, Ain Shams University, Cairo.
Scientific Awards:
- Title of "Foreigner Assistant" from the University of René Descartes, Paris, 1984.
- Ain Shams Awards for best international articles publication in 2008
Memberships and Committee Appointments
- Board member of the permanent committee for promotion of professors and assistant professors in Pediatrics (2009-2012)
- Founder and Administrative member of the Egyptian Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes.
- Member of the International board of KIGS (International Growth Data Base) 2000 – 2005 years; representing Middle East and Africa.
- Member of the National committee for growth hormone therapy 1996 - 2006 years
- Member of the National committee for neonatal thyroid screening 1999 - 2003 years ; contributing in editing the neonatal national thyroid screening protocol.
- Member of the National committee 2000 - 2003 for Salt Iodization and eradication of iodine deficiency in children.
- Member of the European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism from 2013 to 2017
- Member of The Endocrine Society (USA) from 1996 till now
- President of Ain shams Pediatric association 2008 – 2010
- Secretary of the Egyptian Journal of Pediatrics 1991 – 2005 years
- Member of the Mediterranean Active Group of Adolescent Medicine (MAGAM) 2006-2013
- Founder & member of the International Network on Endocrine Complications in Thalassemia (ICET-A) since 2015
- Editorial board of Endo-Thal in Rivista Italiana di Medicina dell’Adolescenza (Scopus Indexed) 2008 till now
- Reviewer from many national and international peer reviewed journals
- European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology (Reviewer of abstracts in the field of growth for the annual conference)
- Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism (ISI indexed)
- Hemoglobin (ISI indexed)
- Egypt. J. Med. Hum. Genet (Scopus Indexed)
- The Egyptian coordinator of the executive program for the Italian- Egyptian cooperation for the years 2008-2010 between Ain Shams University and Pavia (Italy) University.
The program included a bilateral collaborative program between Italy and
Egypt for the project n°. 7-Bio entitled “Analysis of Growth Hormone (GH)
receptor functionality in idiopathic short stature children" along
with reciprocal exchange visits.
Congresses
• Participation in 92 International Congresses Abroad
Details and my activities in the congresses (Separate document in file &
CDs)
(Certificates of participation at the end of the folder)
• President of two Egyptian – French congresses in Cairo and Aswan
• Coordinator of three Egyptian – Italian congresses at red sea and Cairo
• Contributing in all workshops, local and international congresses of pediatric endocrinology in Egypt.
• Honorary Chairman of the European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) Winter School 2008 in Cairo.
Research Activities
Bibliography: 110 published articles in international and national peer reviewed journals from 1984 – 2021 (72 Scopus and/or PubMed registered in Ain Shams Scholar)
h-index 13 by Scopus. (Separate document in file & CDs)
50 indexed in pubMed
Supervisor and Co supervisor of 18 Doctorate and 78 Master thesis in Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology
(Separate document in file & CDs for candidates’ names and degrees)
Projects Principal Investigator
1. A Phase II/III, Open-Label, Multi-Center Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/ Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein–3 (rhIGF-I/IGFBP-3), administered in Children with Growth Hormone Insensitivity Syndrome (GHIS) such as Laron Syndrome. (Insmed)
2. A Study of Long-term Recombinant Insulin-like Growth Factor I (rh IGF-1) Treatment in Children with Short Stature Due to Growth Hormone Insensitivity Syndrome (GHIS) a Multi-Center Clinical Trial. (Tercica)
3. A Phase III, Multi-centre, Randomised, Parallel Group Study of Safety and Efficacy of a New Sustained Release Formulation (LB03002) of Human Recombinant Growth Hormone (given once/week) as Compared to Standard Daily Therapy with Genotropin® in Treatment Children with Growth Failure due to Insufficient Secretion of Endogenous Growth Hormone. (Biopartners/LG)
Subinvestigator in the European Society Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) multicenter project on rickets in Middle East.
NB: Results of the 4 projects have been published in international
peer reviewed journals.
Research Interests: Growth, Thyroid hormones
• M.B.B.Ch, Ain Shams Faculty of Medicine,1974 with honors
• M.Sc. in Pediatrics, 1978 (Ain Shams University) with mention very good
• M.D. in Pediatrics, 1982 (Ain Shams University)
• Post Doctoral Training: Study grant for one year (1983 84) under the supervision of Prof. J.C. Job in the Pediatric Endocrinology Department & Growth Research Laboratory (INSERM), St. Vincent de Paul Hospital, University of René Descartes, Paris, France.
On my return in 1984, I have founded the Pediatric Endocrinology
Unit; a new subspecialty.
Professional experience and Posts: (Pediatrics Dept. Ain Shams Univ.)
• House officer (1975 1976), resident (1976 1979), assistant lecturer (1979 1983), lecturer (1983 1988), assistant professor (1988 1993)
• Professor 1993 - 2010
• Head of Pediatric department 2008 – 2010
• Professor emeritus from 2010 till now
Hospital Appointments
- Founder and Head of the Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Ain Shams
Faculty of Medicine 1984-2010. (Separate document in file & CDs)
- Author of the chapter of Pediatric Endocrinology, Undergraduate Textbook
of Pediatrics, Ain Shams University, Cairo.
Scientific Awards:
- Title of "Foreigner Assistant" from the University of René Descartes, Paris, 1984.
- Ain Shams Awards for best international articles publication in 2008
Memberships and Committee Appointments
- Board member of the permanent committee for promotion of professors and assistant professors in Pediatrics (2009-2012)
- Founder and Administrative member of the Egyptian Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes.
- Member of the International board of KIGS (International Growth Data Base) 2000 – 2005 years; representing Middle East and Africa.
- Member of the National committee for growth hormone therapy 1996 - 2006 years
- Member of the National committee for neonatal thyroid screening 1999 - 2003 years ; contributing in editing the neonatal national thyroid screening protocol.
- Member of the National committee 2000 - 2003 for Salt Iodization and eradication of iodine deficiency in children.
- Member of the European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism from 2013 to 2017
- Member of The Endocrine Society (USA) from 1996 till now
- President of Ain shams Pediatric association 2008 – 2010
- Secretary of the Egyptian Journal of Pediatrics 1991 – 2005 years
- Member of the Mediterranean Active Group of Adolescent Medicine (MAGAM) 2006-2013
- Founder & member of the International Network on Endocrine Complications in Thalassemia (ICET-A) since 2015
- Editorial board of Endo-Thal in Rivista Italiana di Medicina dell’Adolescenza (Scopus Indexed) 2008 till now
- Reviewer from many national and international peer reviewed journals
- European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology (Reviewer of abstracts in the field of growth for the annual conference)
- Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism (ISI indexed)
- Hemoglobin (ISI indexed)
- Egypt. J. Med. Hum. Genet (Scopus Indexed)
- The Egyptian coordinator of the executive program for the Italian- Egyptian cooperation for the years 2008-2010 between Ain Shams University and Pavia (Italy) University.
The program included a bilateral collaborative program between Italy and
Egypt for the project n°. 7-Bio entitled “Analysis of Growth Hormone (GH)
receptor functionality in idiopathic short stature children" along
with reciprocal exchange visits.
Congresses
• Participation in 92 International Congresses Abroad
Details and my activities in the congresses (Separate document in file &
CDs)
(Certificates of participation at the end of the folder)
• President of two Egyptian – French congresses in Cairo and Aswan
• Coordinator of three Egyptian – Italian congresses at red sea and Cairo
• Contributing in all workshops, local and international congresses of pediatric endocrinology in Egypt.
• Honorary Chairman of the European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) Winter School 2008 in Cairo.
Research Activities
Bibliography: 110 published articles in international and national peer reviewed journals from 1984 – 2021 (72 Scopus and/or PubMed registered in Ain Shams Scholar)
h-index 13 by Scopus. (Separate document in file & CDs)
50 indexed in pubMed
Supervisor and Co supervisor of 18 Doctorate and 78 Master thesis in Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology
(Separate document in file & CDs for candidates’ names and degrees)
Projects Principal Investigator
1. A Phase II/III, Open-Label, Multi-Center Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/ Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein–3 (rhIGF-I/IGFBP-3), administered in Children with Growth Hormone Insensitivity Syndrome (GHIS) such as Laron Syndrome. (Insmed)
2. A Study of Long-term Recombinant Insulin-like Growth Factor I (rh IGF-1) Treatment in Children with Short Stature Due to Growth Hormone Insensitivity Syndrome (GHIS) a Multi-Center Clinical Trial. (Tercica)
3. A Phase III, Multi-centre, Randomised, Parallel Group Study of Safety and Efficacy of a New Sustained Release Formulation (LB03002) of Human Recombinant Growth Hormone (given once/week) as Compared to Standard Daily Therapy with Genotropin® in Treatment Children with Growth Failure due to Insufficient Secretion of Endogenous Growth Hormone. (Biopartners/LG)
Subinvestigator in the European Society Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) multicenter project on rickets in Middle East.
NB: Results of the 4 projects have been published in international
peer reviewed journals.
Research Interests: Growth, Thyroid hormones
Type
Subject
- 3 Growth
- 2 children
- 2 Endocrine complications
- 1 ACTH deficiency; HESX1; LHX3; LHX4; Next-Generation Sequencing; OTX2; POU1F1; PROKR2; PROP1; TBX19; candidate gene approach; central hypothyroidism; congenital hypopituitarism; genetic screening; growth hormone deficiency; hypogonadotroph hypogonadism; ocular defect; panhypopituitarism; pituitary development; pituitary stalk interruption; transcription factor
- 1 Adaptation | Epistasis | Linkage disequilibrium | Network analysis | Skin color | Vitamin D
- 1 Adolescents | Children | Egypt | Iodine deficiency
- 1 Adolescents | Co-morbidities | Epidemiology | Obesity
- 1 Ancient disease
- 1 BETA-CELL FUNCTION; IRON OVERLOAD; INSULIN-RESISTANCE; CHELATION-THERAPY; MONITORING-SYSTEM; CENTERED APPROACH; GRADING EVIDENCE; ADULT PATIENTS; TAXONOMY SORT; LIVER IRON
- 1 Bone mineral density
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Date issued
- 46 2000 - 2105
- 15 1016 - 1999
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