Dr. Abdelfattah completed the requirements for a master’s degree in Medicinal Chemistry and earned a Bachelor of Pharmacy and a PharmD Degree from the University of Tennessee. His research in medicinal chemistry focused on developing a new spectrometric method for the analysis of iron preparations. While at the University of Tennessee, he conducted research in pediatric oncology at St. Jude’s Children Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. This research focused on the protein binding and metabolism of methotrexate. He has also conducted research in the area of infectious disease by comparing the efficacy and safety of cefotaxime and ceftizoxime in patients with pneumonia. He is the recipient of the University of Tennessee award for outstanding research.