Pediatric Department, Ain Shams University
The Pediatric Department Of Ain Shams University was founded in 1947 in the Children's Hospital building, which was built by Egyptian Society of child care.
Heads of the Pediatric Department
The heads of the Pediatric Department are the following:
- Late Professor / Hassan Shoukry: The first head of the Department of Pediatrics - Ain Shams University (1947–1960) and was the first to enter the dried dairy industry to feed children in Egypt.
- Late Professor / Abdel Azim Alglmy: Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics - Ain Shams University (1960-1968 AD) was interested in celiac disease and liver metabolism in children. Established in his first research laboratory in the Department of Pediatrics - Ain Shams University, as well as the unit of polio and genetics unit. Was the first Egyptian to receive a doctorate in pediatrics from Egyptian University.
- Late Professor / Abdul Ghani Alwshahi: Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics - Ain Shams University (1968–1973). He was interested in child nutrition and malnutrition and is the first to enter the plant's milk and weaning foods in Egypt.
- Late Professor / Salah Awad: Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics - Ain Shams University (1973-1979 AD). Received the Medal of Science from its first class for his excellent researches in malnutrition and polio disease . Made several expansions and development of the pediatric Department and neonatal unit, also contributed to the establishment of the Association established the Ain Shams Egyptian medicine and the care of children and issued the Journal of Pediatrics published periodically by the Assembly so far.
Children's Hospitals
There are two buildings the old building built 1933 and the new building under construction.
The old building
The Egyptian Society for child care built a hospital on a piece of land No. 1616 of beards of Waily. The society exchanged the land and the hospital by a land in Sayeda Zeinab area to leave the children's hospital to be a part of the Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. This was in 1952 to become the hospital of pediatrics and gynecology/obstetrics. In 1986 became the children's Hospital of the University of Ain Shams. Obstetrics and Maternity Hospital moved to its new separate building.
Contract exchange of the Children's Hospital's land between Egyptian society for child Care (Hafez Afifi Pasha, society president) and the Egyptian government in 1952 for the benefit of the Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University.
New Children's Hospital
Under construction since 2005.
Units and specialty clinics
- Hematology and Oncology Unit for children: founded by Professor / Ahmed Sami Khalifa in December 1974.It is a diagnostic therapeutic and training unit.
- Endocrinology Unit for children : The clinic was established in 1984. Founded by Professor / Mahmoud Essawy and under the supervision of Dr. Muhammad Salah Kholy. Dr. Mohamed Salah Kholy Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics from 2008 to 2010.
See also
- Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
- Yehia El-Gamal (pediatrician)
External links
- Ain Shams Pediatrics department Official website
- :ar:قسم طب الأطفال- كلية الطب- جامعة عين شمس
- http://hospitals.shams.edu.eg//