Magdy Abdel Hamid
Cairo University, Egypt
Biography
Magdy Abdel Hamid is a Professor of Cardiology at the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt. He is a Secretary of the scientific committee upgrade for Cardiology, Egyptian Universities Promotion Committees. In addition, he has been nominated as the secretary of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology on March, 2016. He had a certificate from Harvard medical school for excellent performance and successful contribution to the program of heart failure at Brigham and Women’s hospital, 1999. He has received several awards including the Certificate of Appreciation and Medal of excellence from Egyptian Medical Syndicate in Cairo 2003 for excellence in service to the medical community. He is a member of numerous international societies such as the American College of Cardiology, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), European Society of Cardiology and European Association of Cardiovascular Intervention (EPACI). Prof Abdel Hamid has presented at several international conferences and published many original manuscripts in several peer review journals. The last two papers were recently published in the International Journal of Cardiology (January2016) and the Journal of Interventional Cardiology (February 2016). Prof Abdel Hamid has participated in many research projects and international registries and is the present principal investigator at Cairo university site for a multicenter international study (ISCHEMIA trial), the study which might change the practice of medicine in management of stable coronary artery disease. Prof Abdel Hamid has contributed to cardiology books including the Heart Failure Manual and Guidelines of Hypertension for Egyptian Hypertension Society (2002 and 2015). Prof Abdel Hamid is a clinical reviewer for many local and international Journals.
Abstract
Abstract : Heart failure guidelines, 2016: 10 points to remember