· Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Weill Cornell Medical College/New York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
· Surgical Oncology Department, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo University,Egypt
Research Interests:A) Cardiothoracic Surgery especially esophageal cancer, lung cancer and mesothelioma in addition to coronary artery bypass graft, radial artery harvest and cardiac tumors. I am interested in minimally invasive surgery in general and B)Statistics especially meta-analysis randomized clinical trials and large databases analysis.
Professional Memberships:
· Member of Intercollegiate Royal College of Surgeons (IMRCS)
· Membership of Journal of Thoracic Oncology
· Membership of American Association for Thoracic Surgery
· Membership of American Thoracic Society
Contributions:
I published over 250 articles, and I am an editor in 8 journals (especially deputy statistical editor in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Associate Editor in Frontier in Oncology and Associate Editor in BMC Cardiovascular disorders in addition to Annals of Surgical Oncology and Vessel Plus) and reviewers in more than 30 journals with particular interest in Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (including tumors of heart, lung, thymus, esophagus in addition to minimally invasive coronary artery bypass graft and mitral surgery). I am also interested in conducting meta-analyses in different Cardiothoracic Surgery and Oncology fields. Currently I am editing a book about Thoracic Malignancies: A Deep Insight in addition to many ongoing meta-analyses and meta-analysis of prior meta-analyses.
Webpages: Weill Cornell Webpage (https://vivo.weill.cornell.edu/display/cwid-mmr2011)