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For Better Genetic Testing of Hereditary Disorders Services in Egypt. Genetic Analysis by an Egyptian Expert Hand Focusing on Patient Care.
Welcome to Progene Laboratory
Progene Scientific Lab Director
Genetics, next generation sequencing, pediatric genetic disorders, inborn errors of metabolism
Doctor of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt (2000)
MSc in Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Cairo University, Egypt (2006)
MD in Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Cairo University, Egypt (2012)
PhD in Mechanisms of Human Disease, University Hospital Leuven, KU Leuven, Belgium (2018)
18 years of Experience in the field of Genetics and the Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases
Research fellow at Bambino Gesu Pediatric Hospital, Rome, Italy (2006-2007)
Research Fellow at University Hospital Leuven, KU Leuven, Belgium (2012-2018)
Head of the inherited metabolic disease laboratory at Cairo University Children's Hospital (2018-till now)
Head of the Diabetes and Endocrinology Metabolic Unit laboratory at Cairo University Children's Hospital (2018- present)
Assistant to the Vice Dean of Scientific Research and Post-graduate affairs at Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt (2018-2021)
Member of the national committee for the diagnosis and management of hereditary disorders in Egyptian Children (2018-2021)
A senior member in the Clinical Genomics Department at the Egypt Center for Research and Regenerative Medicine (ECRRM) and the Egyptian Genome Project (2021-present)
Professor of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt (2022-present)
Dr. Mohamed Abd Elmonem is a Professor of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt. He graduated from medical school in December 2000 and obtained his Master and Medical Doctorate degrees in Clinical and Chemical Pathology from Cairo University, Egypt in 2006 and 2012, respectively. He obtained a second PhD in the Mechanisms of Human Disease from University Hospital Leuven, KU Leuven, Belgium in 2018. He is currently the head of the inherited metabolic disease laboratory at Cairo University Children's Hospital and a senior scientist in the newly launched Egypt Genome project. He has a current H-index of 25, and has authored over 70 manuscripts in top tier scientific journals in the fields of Genetics, Nephrology, Neurology and Metabolic disorders such as, the Nature Genetics, Journal of American Society of Nephrology, Kidney International, American Journal of Transplantation, Brain and Lancet. His research interests include elucidating the genetic and pathogenic backgrounds of various inherited genetic disorders and the discovery of novel biomarkers for such disorders.
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For Better Genetic Testing of Hereditary Disorders Services in Egypt. Genetic Analysis by an Egyptian Expert Hand Focusing on Patient Care.