Egypt

Biographical information

Professor Hisham N Tarraf MD, FRCP Edin
Professor of Medicine and Allergy and Head of Medical ICU Units, Cairo University

• Host examiner for PACES in Cairo since 2007, having been involved in initiating the exam there in 2001.
• Extensive experience in medical education and in designing under and postgraduate curricula, including Allergy Courses in the Ministry of Health and the Egyptian Medical Syndicate.
• Trained in Case Western University, Ohio, USA and Guys and St Bartholomew’s Hospitals, London, UK.
• Published over 50 papers in international journals
• President, Modern Egyptian Society of Internists, Board Member,  Egyptian Society of Internal Medicine and Egyptian Society of Allergy and Immunology
• International Member, American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, American Thoracic Society and European Academy of Allergy and Immunology.
• since 2008 Assembly Member of the WHO’s Global Initiative in Asthma (GINA).