Dr. Ahmad Abdelhamid
Permanent Address: [#7211, Salah-ElDeen street, Mokattam, Cairo]
Email: [Ahmad.Samir@kasralainy.edu.eg]
Phone: [+20 1002647275]
Date of Birth: [11.01.1984]
ORCID ID: [0000-0003-4401-4976]
Web of Science ID: [S-6357-2019]
Education:
● Medical Doctorate (MD) degree in Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Cardiology [Faculty of
Medicine, Cairo University, 2018]
● Master of Science (MSc) degree in Cardiovascular Medicine [Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, 2012]
● Bachelor [MBBCh.] degree in Medicine and Surgery [Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, 2007]
Academic and Research Experiences:
● Lecturer of Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Cardiology, Kasralainy Hospital,
Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
● Associate Consultant of Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Cardiology, Aswan Heart
Centre, Magdy Yacoub Foundation.
● Member of Scientific Research Ethics Committee in Aswan Heart Centre, Magdy Yacoub
Foundation.
● Peer Reviewer for European Heart Journal (EHJ) and Sage Medical
Practical Experiences:
▪ Complex Percutaneous Coronary Interventions, including left main, bifurcations, mechanical support, and chronic total occlusions.
▪ Excellent Experience in utilization of intra-coronary imaging; Intravascular Ultrasound and
Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography.
▪ Excellent Experience in utilizing intracoronary physiologic assessment tools; Fractional Flow
Reserve (FFR) and Instantaneous Wave Free Ratio (iFR).
▪ Excellent Experience in non-invasive cardiac imaging; Trans-thoracic and Trans-Esophageal
echocardiography imaging.
▪ Excellent Experience in implanting, programming, and troubleshooting pacemaker (single and dual
Chamber) devices.
▪ Research activities: Research coordinator Heart failure 3 Registry & NSTEMI Registry (multinational registries endorsed by European Society of Cardiology)
➢ Medical/Research programs: [Projects activity entailed medical/interventional service and setting up databases
plus administrative/auditing work]
▪ Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions [CTO] antegrade and retrograde
▪ Member in Magdi Yacoub Aswan Heart Centre TAVI team
▪ Left Ventricular Assist devices [LVAD] for end-stage heart failure
▪ Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy [HCM]
▪ Intracoronary imaging and physiology [IVUS, IV-OCT, FFR]
▪ Primary PCI Program and database
▪ Primary investigator in OCT research program for STEMI culprit plaque characterization
▪ Faculty participation in AHC science and practice series of workshops (annual workshops of
Coronary Bifurcation, Coronary CTO, Structural Heart Disease Percutaneous Interventions)
Certified Courses & Workshops:
●Total Quality management in health care.
●Strategic Planning.
●Communication Skills in Health Care.
●Fundamentals of clinical trials.
●Competing for Research Funds.
●Effective Presentation Skills
●Quality Standards in Teaching.
●Statistical Analysis of Bio-Experiments.
●Certified provider for Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support {BLS & ALS] by American Heart
Association [AHA].
●Edwards Lifesciences Transcatheter Heart Valve Fundamentals Training [15th February 2022]
Leadership & Professional Experience:
● Co-manager of cardiac intensive care units in Manial specialized hospital [2017-2019].
● Co-manager of cardiac cath lab in Cardiology department, Cairo University hospitals. [2019-2021]
● Capable of working among a team and leading teams.
● Share in arrangements for various cardiology research activities in Aswan Heart Centre [2014-2021].
● Capable of setting-up databases and research work-sheets; and auditing data entry and collection.
[redcap – google sheets – google forms – Microsoft forms]
● Arranging for the bi-annual conferences held by the Cardiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo
University.
● Excellent command of the English language. (TOEFL score 610)
● Excellent command of Microsoft Office and Medical statistics software bundles (SPSS – Medcalc).
Bibliography & International Publication:
Original Publications:
● Magdy Abdelhamid, Hossam Kandil, Mahmoud Hassanin, Sameh Shaheen, Mohamed Sobhy, Adel
ElEtreby, Hosam Hasan-Ali, Hala Mahfouz, Gamila Nasr, Islam Shawky, Sameh Emil, Mohamed
ElSetiha, Mohamed Hassan, Yasser Sadek, Mohamed Abdelghany Karim, Ayman Asham, Mohamed
Ghaleb, Ahmad Samir, Khaled Shokry (2022) ‘Egyptian expert opinion for the use of sodium‐
glucose cotransporter‐2 inhibitors in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction’, ESC
Heart Failure. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.13811.
● Ahmed Abdallah Salman, Mohamed Matter, Nabil Ibrahim Fayad, Mohamed S. Abd Elaziz Shehata,
Mohamed Abd Al-Fattah, Mohamed Hassan Elkaseer, Marwan Mansour Borham, Hany A. Balamoun,
Ahmed Abd El Aal Sultan, Hani Maurice Sabri Mikhail, Haitham S. E. Omar, Nader Milad, Mohamed
Sabry Tourky, Abd Al-Kareem Elias, Amir Mostafa, Ahmed Samir, Amr Mahmoud Hussein, Hossam
El-Din Shaaban, Hazem Abd Allah & Mohamed Abdalla Salman (2022) ‘Response to “ Letter to the
Editor ” in Regard to the Article : “ Improvement of Coronary Calcium Scores After Bariatric Surgery
in People with Severe Obesity ”’, Obesity Surgery, (0123456789), pp. 2–4. doi: 10.1007/s11695-
022-05900-9.
● Ahmed Abdallah Salman, Mohamed Matter, Nabil Ibrahim Fayad, Mohamed S. Abd Elaziz Shehata,
Mohamed Abd Al-Fattah, Mohamed Hassan Elkaseer, Marwan Mansour Borham, Hany A. Balamoun,
Ahmed Abd El Aal Sultan, Hani Maurice Sabri Mikhail, Haitham S. E. Omar, Nader Milad, Mohamed
Sabry Tourky, Abd Al-Kareem Elias, Amir Mostafa, Ahmad Samir, Amr Mahmoud Hussein, Hossam
El-Din Shaaban, Hazem Abd Allah Ali & Mohamed Abdalla Salman (2021). Improvement of Coronary
Calcium Scores After Bariatric Surgery in People with Severe Obesity. Obesity Surgery
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-021-05801-3
● Nagwa Thabet, Labib Dina, Ahmed Samir, M Hosny, Ahmed Hassan, Soha Hekal, Ayman Ibrahim,
Hossam Mansour, M Zain-Eldin Hafez, Azza Farrag, Ahmed El-Guindy, Evaluation of Secondary
Prevention in Egyptian Patients After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, European Journal of
Preventive Cardiology, 28(1), May 2021, Zwab061.274, https://Doi.Org/10.1093/Eurjpc/Zwab061.274
● Samir, A., Fahim, M. ., Mohsen, A., Mahrous, H., Mahmoud, K., Elamragy, A., Meshaal, M., Yehia, H.,
Ammar, W., Said, K., Baghdady, Y., Salah, H., Abdelhamid, M., & Abdelghany, M. (2020). Resilience
with the crisis: cardiology department experience to cope with the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Kasr Al Ainy Medical Journal, 26(2), 55. https://doi.org/10.4103/kamj.kamj_35_20
● Rizk, H. H., Elamragy, A. A., Youssef, G. S., Meshaal, M. S., Samir, A., ElSharkawy, A., … Sorour, K.
A. (2019). Clinical features and outcomes of infective endocarditis in Egypt: an 11-year experience at a
tertiary care facility. The Egyptian Heart Journal, 71(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43044-019-0018-y
● Samir, A., & ElGuindy, A. (2017). The role of intracoronary imaging in acute coronary syndromes: OCT
in focus. Global Cardiology Science and Practice, 2016(4). https://doi.org/10.21542/gcsp.2016.36
● Meshaal, M. S., Kassem, H. H., Samir, A., Zakaria, A., Baghdady, Y., & Rizk, H. H. (2015). Impact of
routine cerebral CT angiography on treatment decisions in infective endocarditis. PLoS ONE, 10(3).
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118616
- Abstracts Accepted for Poster Presentation:
● [Characterization of STEMI Culprit Lesion by Optical Coherence Tomography in a Single Center in Egypt]-[A.
Samir, MD; A. Elguindy, MD; A. Elfaramawy, MD; K. Said, MD; M. Hassan, MD; W. Elaroussi, MD; M. Yacoub,
FRS]-[The Society For Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions “SCAI” – 2017 – U.S.A.]