CURRICULUM VITAE
MOHAMED A.M. MEKKY (MD, Ph.D)
Full Name
Mohamed Abdel-Sabour Mohamed Mekky
Sex
Male
Date of birth
27th December 1975
Nationality
Egyptian
Marital status
Married and has children
Current affiliations
Department of Tropical Medicine & Gastroenterology,
Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt.
Post-code: 71111, EGYPT.
Phone: Work: +2-088-2413611.
Fax: +2-088-2343308
E-mail: doc_mekky0000@yahoo.com
Speciality
Tropical Medicine& Gastroenterology.
Subspeciality
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Advanced Skills
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Endoscopic Ultrasound Techniques.
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Post Held
From / To
March 2000 / Feb. 2001
March 2001 / Nov. 2004
March 2004 / Dec. 2004
Jan. 2005 / Feb. 2008
March 2008 / Feb. 2010
March 2010 / Jan. 2012
Jan. 2012…till now
Affiliation
Assiut University Hospital
Assiut University Hospital
Tropical medicine &
Gastroenterology Dep.
Assiut University Hospital
Tropical medicine &
Gastroenterology Dep.
Assiut University Hospital
Tropical medicine &
Gastroenterology Dep.
Aichi Cancer Center Hospital &
Research Institute (ACCH),
Nagoya, Japan
Assiut University Hospital
Tropical medicine &
Gastroenterology Dep.
Assiut University Hospital
Tropical medicine &
Gastroenterology Dep.
Posts
General House Officer
(Intern.)
Resident doctor (SHO
equivalent)
Academic Demonstrator in
Tropical Medicine &
Gastroenterology.
Assistant lecturer
Research fellow, Department
of gastroenterology; EUS Unit
Assistant lecturer
Lecturer & Consultant in
Gastroenterology and
Tropical Medicine.
Professional registrations & Memberships
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Egyptian Medical License since ………….11/3/2001.
Egyptian Medical Syndicate (EMS).
Conference Organizing Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut. 2004
The Egyptian Society of Viral Hepatitis……..12/7/2006.
American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscope (ASGE)….11/5/2010
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Clinical Experience
Assiut, Egypt (2000-2008):
Assiut University Hospital (AUH), Department of Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology
consists of 88 beds including Hepatology and Gastroenterology Unit (44 beds), Infectious
Diseases & Fevers Unit (28 beds), Gastroenterology Intermediate Care Unit (8 beds), GIT
Oncology Unit (8 beds). It also includes an Interventional Ultrasonography Unit, GIT endoscopy Unit
and Laparoscopy Unit in addition to a side-room laboratory.
ACCH, Nagoya, Japan (2008-2010):
I had granted a scientific mission sponsored by the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education to
study and practice my clinical research for achieving my MD grade through a co-supervision system
between Egypt and Japan.
Aichi Cancer Center Hospital and research institute (English website:
http://www.pref.aichi.jp/cancer-center/english/index.html) is one of the biggest cancer centers
concerned with GI malignancies and one of the leading research centers in the directing and
innovating endoscopic researches especially in the field of EUS and its interventional procedures.
For more details, please visit the following
(http://www.pref.aichi.jp/cancer-center/400/410/411/411-01.html).
website
(in
Japanese):
El-raghey Liver Center, Assiut, Egypt (2010- till now):
It is the first specialized center in liver disease in Upper Egypt and now is already in work.
Teaching & Academic Experience
Teaching sessions:
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Teaching Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology (Lectures and Clinical Rounds).
Lecturer in School of Nursing, and Institute of Nursing, Assiut University Theoretical and
hands-on teaching of diagnostic upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy and abdominal
ultrasonography to junior doctors, and Ministry of Health Doctors in Assiut, Egypt.
Basics of clinical medicine to GP doctors of Ministry of Health in Qena Governorate.
Writing & Editing:
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Our Departments’ book for undergraduate medical students.
Patient`s education pamphlets for hepatitis protection and self care.
Patient sheet and data base
Postgraduate logbook and course specifications
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Courses and Conference attendance
TRAINING COURSES (As a trainee):
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TOEFL
ICDL
FLDP courses to Improvement of skills
SPSS course
TRAINING PROGRAMS (As a Trainer, or a Demonstrator):
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Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Training Program. Held in Assiut University Hospital
between.
CONFERNCE ATTENDANCE
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24th Biennial Meeting of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (IASL):711 SEPTEMBER, 2006, Cairo, Egypt.
LIVER PATHOLOGY COURSE at the 24th Biennial Meeting of the International Association
for the Study of the Liver (IASL). Cairo 2006
The First Annual Congress of Internal Medicine: 8-9 April 2003, Assiut, Egypt. "Modern
trends in nephrology".
Workshops of "UPDATE COURSES IN MODERN RESPIRATORY MEDICINE", at the Egyptian
Scientific Society of Bronchology. 6th-8th Sep.2005, Assiut, Egypt.
APASL single topic conference on liver fibrosis, Cairo 2008
The 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Annual Scientific Conference of Gastroenterology and
Liver Diseases. Assiut, Egypt.
Scientific Meetings & Publications
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SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS:
 M Mekky, A Medhat. Clinical Use of Quinolone. Presented orally in the monthly
Scientific Meeting of Assiut University Hospital, entitled “use and misuse of antibiotics”,
Assiut University Hospital, Assiut EGYPT……..2007.
 M Mekky, A Medhat. The interactions between the liver and bone. Presented orally in
the monthly Scientific Meeting of Assiut University Hospital, entitled “GIT and The Bone”,
Assiut University Hospital, Assiut EGYPT……..2007.
 M Mekky. Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Update. Presented orally in the Scientific
Meeting of Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology Department, Assiut University
Hospital, Assiut EGYPT……..2007.
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M Mekky. Hypercoagulable state. Presented orally in the Scientific Meeting of Tropical
Medicine and Gastroenterology Department, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut
EGYPT……..2007.
 M Mekky. Vascular Diseases of the Liver. Presented orally in the Scientific Meeting of
Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology Department, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut
EGYPT……..2007.
 K Yamao, M Mekky. Role of EUS-FNA in gastric submucosal tumors: Aichi Cancer Center
Experience. Presented orally in the proceedings of APDW 2009, Asian Pacific Digestive
Week. Sept. 27-30, 2009, Taipei, Taiwan.
 A Osman, M Mekky. Portal Vein Thrombosis. Presented orally in the proceedings of the
in 7th annual scientific meeting on Gastroenterology & Tropical Medicine. Assiut
University, Assiut EGYPT. December 2003.
 M Mekky, A Farooq, M Hashim. UDCA in liver. Presented orally in the proceedings of the
24th Biennial Meeting of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (IASL):711 SEPTEMBER, 2006, Cairo, EGYPT.
 S Hijioka, K Yamao, A Sawaki, N Mizuno, K Hara, H Imamura, K Matsumoto, Y Kobayashi,
H Suzuki, M Mekky. EUS-guided FNA for the diagnosis of gallbladder mass lesions.
Presented as a poster in the proceedings of APDW 2009, Asian Pacific Digestive Week.
Sept. 27-30, 2009, Taipei, Taiwan.
 S Hijioka, N Mizuno, K Yamao, A Sawaki, K Hara, H Imamura, M Mekky, K Matsumoto, Y
Kobayashi, H Suzuki. EUS-FNA with the adjuvant of Immunohistochemical stains for the
diagnosis of Schwannomas. Presented as a poster in the proceedings of ACG 2009;
Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate course .October 23-29, 2009 San Diego
Convention Center. San Diego, California, USA.
 S Hijioka, N Mizuno, K Yamao, A Sawaki, K Hara, H Imamura, K Matsumoto, Y Kobayashi,
H Suzuki, M Mekky, T Tamaki. The efficacy of the whole body PGD-PET for autoimmune
pancreatitis and its associated extra-pancreatic autoimmune lesions. Presented as a
poster in the proceedings of the 40th Anniversary of APA/JPS Joint meeting 2009.
November 4-7, 2009 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
 M Mekky. Guideline for management of cirrhotic ascites: Updates. Presented orally in
the Scientific Meeting of Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology Department, Assiut
University Hospital, Assiut EGYPT……..2010.
 M Mekky. EUS: Past, present & Future. Presented orally in the 13th Annual Scientific
Meeting of Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology Department, 12-22 March, 2012,
Assiut University, Assiut EGYPT.
II- Abstract Submission:
 S Hijioka, K Yamao, A Sawaki, N Mizuno, K Hara, H Imamura, K Matsumoto, Y Kobayashi,
H Suzuki, M Mekky. EUS-guided FNA for the diagnosis of gallbladder mass lesions.
Journal of gastroenterology and Hepatology.
 S Hijioka, N Mizuno, K Yamao, A Sawaki, K Hara, H Imamura, M Mekky, K Matsumoto, Y
Kobayashi, H Suzuki. EUS-FNA with the adjuvant of Immunohistochemical stains for the
diagnosis of Schwannomas.
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S Hijioka, N Mizuno, K Yamao, A Sawaki, K Hara, H Imamura, K Matsumoto, Y Kobayashi,
H Suzuki, M Mekky, T Tamaki. The efficacy of the whole body PGD-PET for autoimmune
pancreatitis and its associated extra-pancreatic autoimmune lesions.
III- Full article publications
 Hijioka S, Hara K, Mizuno N, Imaoka H, Ogura T, Haba S, Mekky MA, Bhatia V, Hosoda W,
Yatabe Y, Shimizu Y, Niwa Y, Tajika M, Kondo S, Tanaka T, Tamada K, Yamao K. Diagnostic
yield of endoscopic retrograde cholangiography and of EUS-guided fine needle aspiration
sampling in gallbladder carcinomas. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2011 Nov 30.
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Hijioka S, Matsuo K, Mizuno N, Hara K, Mekky MA, Vikram B, Hosoda W, Yatabe Y,
Shimizu Y, Kondo S, Tajika M, Niwa Y, Tamada K, Yamao K. Role of endoscopic ultrasound
and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration in diagnosing metastasis to the
pancreas: a tertiary center experience. Pancreatology. 2011;11(4):390-8. Epub 2011 Aug 30.
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Hijioka S, Sawaki A, Mizuno N, Hara K, Mekky MA, El-Amin H, El-Abdeen Ahmed Sayed Z,
Tajika M, Niwa Y, Yamao K. Contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasonography (CE-EUS) findings
in adrenal metastasis from renal cell carcinoma. J Med Ultrason (2001). 2011 Apr;38(2):89-92.
Epub 2011 Jan 5.
Hijioka S, Sawaki A, Mizuno N, Hara K, Mekky MA, Bhatia V, Hosoda W, Yatabe Y, Shimizu
Y, Tamada K, Niwa Y, Yamao K. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration for the
diagnosis of retroperitoneal schwannoma. Endoscopy. 2010;42 Suppl 2:E296. Epub 2010 Nov
26. No abstract available.
Hijioka S, Mekky MA, Bhatia V, Sawaki A, Mizuno N, Hara K, Hosoda W, Shimizu Y,
Tamada K, Niwa Y, Yamao K. Can EUS-guided FNA distinguish between gallbladder cancer and
xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis? Gastrointest Endosc. 2010 Sep;72(3):622-7. Epub 2010
Jul 13.
Hijioka S, Hifumi M, Mekky MA, Takekuma Y, Kawaguchi T, Yokomizo H, Sato T. Total
pancreatectomy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma with marked extension into the main
pancreatic duct. Intern Med. 2010;49(6):557-62. Epub 2010 Mar 15.
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Mekky MA, Yamao K, Sawaki A, Mizuno N, Hara K, Nafeh MA, Osman AM, Koshikawa T,
Yatabe Y, Bhatia V. Diagnostic utility of EUS-guided FNA in patients with gastric submucosal
tumors. Gastrointest Endosc. 2010 May;71(6):913-9. Epub 2010 Mar 11.
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