page_title: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
section_title: Notable faculty graduates
hierarchical_section_title: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine / Notable faculty graduates
caption_attribution_description: العربية: أد. عبد المنعم عاشور في 2010 (1934-2015) English: Prof Abdel-Moniem Ashour in 2010 (1934-2015)
context_page_description: Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine or School of Medicine, is a public Egyptian graduate school and one of the faculties of Ain Shams University. Now, it is one of the largest educational medical institutions in Africa and the Middle East. It was founded in 1947, making it the third oldest medical school in Egypt. It has promoted numerous programs of medical care to serve society, in addition to environmental development and continuous scientific research for local and international health.
  It became part of Ain Shams University in the 1950s, when it was established after adding several faculty members. Each year the faculty holds an annual conference dedicated to the recent advances in medical science.
context_section_description: Prof Ahmed Okasha, President of the Egyptian Psychiatric Association and President of World Psychiatric Association (WPA) from 2002 through 2005
  Prof Ahmed Samy Khalifa, pediatric hematologist who was given the National Encouragement Award in Medical Sciences in 1982, and the National Recognition Award in Advanced Technological Sciences in 1998.
  Prof Paul Ghalioungui, Egyptian-Greek internist and medical history writer (Arabic and Pharonic)
  Prof Abdel Moniem Ashour (1934-2015), psychogeriatrician, one of the founders of the International Psychogeriatrics Association (IPA), writer and founder of the Al-Zehimer Egypt Association.
  Prof Hamdy El-Sayed, head of Parliament's Health Committee and Chairman of the Egyptian Doctors' Syndicate
  Prof Mohammed Awad Tagg Eldin, respiratory disease professor and former Minister of Health
  Prof Maher Mahran, obstetrician, former Minister for Population and Family Welfare, and former Secretary General of the National Population Council of Egypt
  Prof Ismael Sallam, cardiothoracic surgeon and former Minister of Health and Population from 1996 until 2002, one of the nine candidates for the position of World Health Organization Director-General
  Prof Samy Azer, Professor of Medical Education focusing on Medical Education and Problem-Based Learning in Australia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, and the USA *Biography. Who's Who in America.
  Prof Yehia El-Gamal Professor of Pediatrics.
  Prof Strauss El-Hauzer Kahn, Author of Believe in Better and leader of the Young Brother Movement
  Prof Mahmoud Hassan Maamoun former Professor of Internal Medicine and head of the Internal Medicine Department. Discovered Mamoun's Sign, a preliminary Kidney cancer diagnosis.
  Prof. Mamdouh Mohamed Salama, the first neurosurgery resident in egypt  and the founder of the neurosurgery unit and department in the hospital and the faculty
caption: Prof Abdel-Moniem Ashour in 2010 (1934-2015)
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