Dr. Neemat Mohamed Aly Kassem Gender: Female Place of Birth: Alexandria – Egypt Address: 9 A Street 275 – New Maadi – Cairo Egypt Phone No.: +20 (0) 2 -25192299 Mobile No.: +20 -(0)127786830 E-mail: nkkassem@hotmail.com Languages: Arabic – French – English – German
Education: May 1997: Doctoral Degree (M.D) of clinical & chemical Pathology (Immunology) – Cairo University, School of Medicine June 1994: Doctoral Thesis titled: Immunological pattern of some connective tissue diseases in Egyptian patients - Department of Clinical Pathology – Cairo University May 1986: Master Degree (M.Sc.) in Clinical Pathology December 1979: M.B, B.ch – Cairo University School of Medicine June 1973: High
school certificate (Bac Français) Positions: Present Consultant of Clinical Pathology (Immunology-haematology
&molecular biology) at Kasr El Aini
Medical Lab.director & head of quality unit. 1998 – 2005 Fellow at Cairo University Hospitals 1989 – 1997 Full time Laboratory Physician at Cairo University Hospitals 1981 – 1988 Researcher in VACSERA
Fellow ships: May 2000 – Aug. 2000: Allergy Center (Allergie Ambulatorium) in Vienna – Austria For diagnosis & treatment of allergy July 1996 – Aug.1996: fellow at the Saint - Louis Hospital Paris, France (Laboratoire de cellules souches peripheriques – Centre de transfusion sanguine – Professeur Marc Benbunan) for peripheral stem cells transplantation Oct. 1995- Nov.1995: Bernard Mitchell Hospital – Chicago – Illinois – U.S.A. Transplant Unit – (Prof. Stephanie Williams) with training course on blood cell separator in Baxter Healthcare Corporation (Biotech) – North America – IL. Professional Skills: Technical/ Clinical Diagnosis & Research :
- Bone Marrow examination (Aspiration /Biopsy with pathological reporting) - Molecular biology techniques as PCR, FISH & Cytogenetic analysis - Flow cytometry for Immunophenotyping & DNA analysis.
Academic / Teaching for Postgraduate Staff:
l Immune System l Cytokines l Oncogenes l Immunomodulation l Tumor Vaccines l Bone marrow transplantation l Regenerative Medicine l Cancer Stem Cells
Awards received:
· M. Mahfouz Research award for: Cord Blood Transplantation in pediatric malignant lymphoma – ASCO-pan Arab conference – December 1999 · Award of NEMROCK 16th annual conference – December 2006 · Award of Pan-Arab Cancer conference – April 2009
Recently accomplished training programs:
Examples of Refereed Publications: · Isolation and characterization of multipotent postnatal stem/progenitor cells from human alveolar bone proper. J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2012 Mar 13. [Epub ahead of print] El-Sayed KM, Paris S, Becker S, Kassem N, Wiltfang J, Dörfer C
Neemat Kassem, Alaa Abel Hamid, Tarek Attia, Sherif Baathallah, Somaya Mahmoud, Eman Moemen, Ezzat Safwat, Mohamed Khalaf, Olfat Shaker
Ehsan ElGhoneimy, Magda Mostafa, Neemat Kassem, Tamer ElNahas, Daoud Habib & Heba Sedrak · Palliative fractionated radiotherapy for bone metastasis: Clinical& Biological assessment of single vs multiple fractions Journal of the Egyptian Nat.Cancer Inst. Vol.19,No.1,March2007. 21-27. Ezzat Safwat ,Tamer ElNahas, Hassan Metwally, Rasha Abdel Motagally, Neemat Kassem.
Published abstracts in European Haematology Association (EHA) abstract book: - A descriptive study of flow cytometric analysis of 151 acute leukaemia patients : a single institute experience in Egypt A. Wahed , N. Kassem et al; Ab.no.1425 – 2009 -Hepatitis C infection & NHL in 37 egyptian patients : a single institute experience N. Kassem ,E. Hamada et al; Ab.no.1714 – 2009. -CCAAT/Enhancer Binding Protein Alpha (CEBPA) expression in t(15;17) acute promyelocytic leukaemia N.Kassem, R.Khalifa, H.Zawam Ab.no.1126- 2011. -Effect of 13q deletion on IL-6 production in patients with multiple myeloma N. Kassem, H. Azim, R. Khalifa, T. Mohamed, Ab.no.1300- 2011. Conducted Researches (Publications currently in progress): · Isolation of haematopoietic (CD34+) & mesenchymal(CD34-) stem cells from umbilical cord blood – 2007/2008 · Epidemiological study of multiple myeloma in Egyptian patients - 2006 till present · Relationship between HCV & Lymphoma in Egypt – 2008 · The utility of CD38 & ZAP-70 as prognostic factors in CLL -2010 Refereed Conference Presentations:
7th annual conference (Cancer and the laboratory) of the Egyptian society of Laboratory Medicine - 1996
1st annual conference of clinical Oncology department and nuclear medicine – Alexandria University, under the title of Multimodality approach in cancer treatment - 1996 Examples of articles in which I acted as a referee:
Theses Supervision:
(Kasr El Aini experience) - 1999
Organized Workshops: l Cellular Therapy – Laboratory Medicine Conference 30 – 31. March.2009 l Harmonization in breast cancer management – Mediconex conference - March 2008 l Stem Cells Identification & Applications - 2007 l Tumor Vaccines – in collaboration with Karadeniz Teknik Univ. Trabzon – Turkey – December 2006
Participation in International and Local Conferences: · EHA ( European Haematology Association) Conf. , London –UK- June 2011.
l EHA – Berlin – Germany - June 2009.
Memberships: · Pan Arab Cancer group (Jordan) · Egyptian Cancer Society · Franco – Egyptian Oncology Society · American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) · Egyptian Society of Immunology · Egyptian Society of Allergy · Egyptian Society of Stem Cells and its applications · Egyptian Hemato-Oncology Group (EHOG)
Community Service:
Member & honorary secretary of Rotary Club – Giza, Egypt – District 2450
References:
Prof. Dr. Hamdi Abdel Azim Professor of Clinical Oncology – Cairo University Mobile: 01222102233 Prof. Dr. Nawal Afifi Professor of Clinical & Chemical Pathology – Cairo University Mobile: 01223980158 Address: 13 Str. Batal Ahmed Abdel Aziz – Mohandessin
Prof. Dr. Ali Shams EL Din Professor of Clinical & Chemical Pathology – Cairo University Ex- Head of Clinical Pathology Department Mobile: 01222376826 Address: 10 Gamet EL Dewal El Arabia – Mohandessin
Prof. Dr. Mervat El Ansary Professor of Clinical and Chemical Pathology – Cairo University Mobile: 01222111551 Address: 75, st. #9 – Maadi
Prof.Dr.Farha El chennawi Professor of Clinical Immunology – Mansoura University Former dean of Mansoura Faulty of Medicine Mobile: 01223180115 . |