Dr. Gamal Ibrahim Abou El Serour Resume

PERSONAL DATA

DATE OF BIRTH: 8/2/1941
NATIONALITY: Egyptian
MARTIAL STATUS: Married-Has three children 
POSTAL ADDRESS: 40 Talaat Harb Street, City Center, Cairo-Egypt.
TEL.: (202) 5755869
Mob.: 20 12 211 60 39
FAX.: (202) 5754271
E-MAIL: giserour@thewayout.net

CURRENT POSTS:

• Professor and Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Specialist in Infertility Treatment, Al-Azhar University since 1982.
• Clinical Director, The Egyptian I.V.F. & E.T. Center, El-Maadi, Cairo
• Director, International Islamic Center For Population Studies and Research, Al-Azhar University.
• Secretary General of the Egyptian Fertility and Sterility Society.
• Chairman, Egyptian Representative Committee of the Royal Collage of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RCOG).
• Member of the FIGO Ethics Committee since 1994.
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Medical Ethics-London
• Member of the Ethics Committee of Al Azhar University
• Member of the National Committee of Bioethics
• Member of the National Committee of Family Planning.
• Assistant Secretary General of the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS).

OTHER PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND POSTS

QUALIFICATIONS

MEDICAL SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

FIELDS OF INTEREST

PUBLICATIONS

CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

LIST OF SOME IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS

OTHER PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND POSTS:

• Consultant for the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynaecology and Obstetrics (JHPIEGO) for Middle East, Asia and Africa (1976-1988).
• Director of Al-Azhar-JHPIEGO Program in Reproductive Health (1977-1988).
• Director of Al-Azhar I.P.A.V.S. Program (1982-1985).
• Assistant Editor of the Journal of the Egyptian Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (1986-1989).
• WHO Consultant in Reproductive Health and Infertility.
• UNFPA Consultant in Reproductive Health.
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Society of Family Planning-Member of the International Federation for Family Planning. 
• Member of the WHO Scientific Group on Recent Advances in Medically Assisted Conception.
• Member of the International Medical Advisory Panel to the International Planned Parenthood Federation IPPF (2000-2002).
• Member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer to the International Association of Bioethics 1992-1998.
• Editor in Chief of the Journal “Population Sciences”, International Islamic Center for Pop. Studies & Research, Al-Azhar University.
• Former Dean for the Faculty of Medicine-Al Azhar University (2000-2001).

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QUALIFICATIONS:

1. M.B.B.CH., Cairo University (1963).
2. Diploma of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Cairo University (1966).
3. Diploma of General Surgery, Cairo University (1967).
4. E.C.F.M.G. (1968).
5. M.R.C.O.G. (January 1970).
6. F.R.C.S. (1971).
7. Diploma of Advanced Techniques in the Management of Fertility (A.T.M.F.), American University, Beirut (1974).
8. Diploma of Microsurgery, Johns Hopkins University (1980).
9. Diploma in I.V.F. & E.T., Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 1985.
10. F.R.C.O.G. (1990).

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MEDICAL SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS:

1. Member of the Egyptian Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
2. Member of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Fertility Care Society.
3. Member of the International Federation of Gynaecologic Endoscopists.
4. Elect Member of the American Fertility Society.
5. Member of the European Society for Hysteroscopy.
6. Member of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). 

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FIELDS OF INTEREST:

1. High Risk Pregnancy and Fetal Monitoring.
2. Gynaecologic Endoscopy.
3. Microsurgery.
4. Medically Assisted Human Reproduction.
5. Family Planning and Contraceptive Technology.
6. Population Sciences and Policies.
7. Medical Ethics and Bioethics Curriculum. 
8. Ethics in Human Reproduction Research and Practice.
9. Population Curriculum Development and Bioethics Curriculum Development.
10. Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development 

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PUBLICATIONS:

Innumerable number of publications and presentations in both national and International journals and meetings in the field of reproductive health, endoscopy, microsurgery, family planning, medically assisted conception and medical ethics (more than 200 publications). Several chapters in international books of infertility, population and bioethics.

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See important list of publications

CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS:

Actively participated, chaired and co-chaired and organized more than 300 meetings and conferences both nationally and internationally. 

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PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Training more than 400 Consultants, Obstetricians and gynaecologists including members and fellows of the Royal College from Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Yemen, Kuwait, Ceylon, Malaysia, Siri Lanka, Lesotho, Zambia, Tanzania, Nepal, Turkey, Uganda, and Kenya on pelvic endoscopy and modern trends in Reproductive Health.
• Field visits to many of these doctors in their countries and helping in establishing their endoscopy units.
• Training more than 300 Consultants Obstetricians and gynaecologists including fellows and members of the Royal College from Egypt, Turkey, Nepal, Siri Lanka, and Malaysia on pelvic microsurgery, endoscopic surgery and assisted reproduction.
• Establishing the first Egyptian I.V.F. & E.T. Center and delivering the first I.V.F. & E.T. baby in July 1987. Dr. Serour with two of his colleagues established the Center in March 1986 and run it very successfully till today. The Center is recognized by International IVF bodies as a leading center in the area.
• Introduction of the Concept of Ethics in Human Reproduction Research in the Muslim World and Egypt.
• Development of Bioethics Curriculum and its implementation in the curriculum of the medical school of Al Azhar University.
• Development of Population Curriculum and its implementation in the University of Al Azhar.
• Organization of the First International Conference on Bioethics in Human Reproduction Research in the Muslim World, December 10-13, 1991. (Publication of the Proceedings and Guidelines of this meeting).
• Establishment of the first network on Islamic Bioethics as a special interest group of the International Association of Bioethics.
• Establishment of the Egyptian Society of Fertility and Sterility, June 1994. 
• Establishment of Continuing Medical Education and Continuing Professional Development Program for fellows and members of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists in Egypt.

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LIST OF SOME IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS

(A) ENDOSCOPY

(B) FAMILY PLANNING AND FEMALE STERILIZATION

(C) HIGH RISK PREGNANCY

(D) MICROSURGERY

(E) INFERTILITY AND MEDICALLY ASSISTED HUMAN REPRODUCTION

(F) BIOETHICS

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(A) ENDOSCOPY:

1. LAPAROSCOPY AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN THE FIELD OF INFERTILITY. Presented at the Annual Congress of the Egyptian Fertility Assoc. Alexandria, 16-17 August, 1973.
2. EXPERIENCE WITH LAPAROSCOPIC STERILIZATION. Presented at the First Egyptian Meeting on Surgical Methods in Fertility Control, Assiut, 7-8 February, 1974. General Organization for Govt. Printing Office, Cairo, p. 79, 1975.
3. LAPAROSCOPIC STERILIZATION AS A METHOD OF BIRTH CONTROL. J. of Egyptian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1:43; 1975.
4. A NEW APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM OF RETROVERTED UTERUS IN INFERTILE PATIENT. Paper presented at the IXth FIGO World Congress, Tokyo, Oct., 25-31, 1979.
5. LAPAROCATOR EVALUATION. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Meeting of the EFCS, June 26-28, 1980, P. 91-97.
6. LAPAROSCOPIC VENTROSUSPENSION-A NEW TECHNIQUE. Paper presented at 22nd British Congress, Edinburgh, July 8-11, 1980.
7. DIAGNOSTIC LAPAROSCOPY FOR INFERTILE PATIENTS AS A TRAINING PROGRAM. Int. J. Obstet. & Gynaecol., 1982, 20:19-22.
8. LAPAROSCOPIC VENTROSUSPENSION. A NEW TECHNIQUE. Paper presented at the III World Congress on Human Reproduction, Berlin, March 1981, Int. J. Obstet. & Gynaecol., 20:129-131, 1982.
9. LAPAROSCOPY ON PATIENT WITH PREVIOUS LOWER ABDOMINAL SURGERY. J. of Population Sciences, 1982. 
10. LAPAROSCOPY AS AN ADJUVANT DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN GENERAL SURGERY. J. of Population Sciences, 1982.
11. THE VALUE OF LAPAROSCOPY IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF POLYCYSTIC OVARIES. J. of Population Sciences, 113-119, 1982. 
12. LAPAROSCOPY ON PATIENT WITH PREVIOUS LOWER ABDOMINAL SURGERY. Int. J. Obstet. & Gynaecol., 1982.
13. LAPAROSCOPIC ADHESIOLYSIS FOR INFERTILE PATIENTS WITH PELVIC ADHESIVE DISEASE. Int. J. Gynaecol. & Obstet., 1989, 30:249-252.
14. ENDOSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF INTRAUTERINE SEPTUM. Int. J. Gynaecol. & Obstet., 1990, 32:43-51. 

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(B) FAMILY PLANNING AND FEMALE STERILIZATION:

1. PERFORATING OF THE UTERINE WALL IN POSTPARTUM WOMEN BY LIPPES LOOP. Presented at the Third International Conference on Intrauterine Contraception, Cairo, 12-14 December, 1974.
2. MODE OF ACTION OF COPPER IUD. EFFECT ON ENDOMETRIAL, COPPER AND CERVICAL MUCUS SPERM MIGRATION. Presented at the Third International Conference on Intrauterine Contraception, Cairo, 12-14 December, 1974. Analysis of Intrauterine Contraception, 3:459, 1975. In:Hefnawi F., Segal S., ed. Analysis of Intrauterine contraception. Amsterdam, North-Holland, 1975. W3IN 182AI 1974a.
3. INFLUENCES OF COPPER IUD AND THE LIPPES LOOP ON SPERM MIGRATION IN THE HUMAN CERVICAL MUCUS. Contraception 2:451:1975. 
4. COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SEQUALAE OF VARIOUS METHODS OF FEMALE STERILIZATION. Presented at the 2nd Conference on Voluntary Sterilization, Alexandria, 18-20 June, 1975, Egyptian Fertility Care Society 2:152, 1976.
5. MINILAPAROTOMY FOR FEMALE STERILIZATION. A NEW TECHNIQUE. Presented at the 2nd Conference on Voluntary Sterilization, Alexandria, 18-20 June,1975. Egyptian Fertility Care Society, 2:45:1976. Int. J. Gynaecol. & Obstet., 1976.
6. SURGICAL PRESENTATION OF LIPPES CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES. J. of the Egyptian Society of Obstet. And Gynaecol. Vol. O. 2, May 1980.
7. CERVICAL MUCUS SPERM PENETRATION IN LACTATING EGYPTIAN WOMEN USING PROGESTASERT SYSTEM. Proceeding of International Symposium on Fertility Control, Tunis 1-3 June, 1981.
8. CLINICAL EVALUATION OF U-COIL PROGESTERONE RELEASING DEVICE VERSUS INERT U-COIL IUD. J. of the Egyptian Society of Obstet. & Gynaecol., Vol. VII, No. 3, 1981.
9. LACTATION PATTERN IN EGYPTIAN WOMEN USING PROGESTRASERT SYSTEM. Proceeding of International Symposium on Fertility Control. Tunis, 1-3 June, 1981. Contraceptive Delivery System, 1982.
10. MENSTRUAL PATTERN AND BLOOD LOSS WITH U-COIL INERT PROGESTERONE RELEASING IUDS. Contraceptive Delivery System, 1982.

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(C) HIGH RISK PREGNANCY:

1. PREGNANCY IN QUADRIPLEGIC. Presented to the Glasgow Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, Jan. 19-20, 1972.
2. FOETAL MONITORING AND INTENSIVE CARE DELIVERY ROOM. Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Egyptian Association of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, May 9-10, 1974.
3. PRENATAL MANAGEMENT OF HIGH RISK BABY DURING LABOUR. Presented at the Combined Meeting of Obstetricians and Surgeons held by Egyptian Association of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cairo, June 13th, 1974.
4. FOETAL MONITORING, CLINICAL APPLICATIONS IN EGYPT. Presented to the Scientific Meeting of Egyptian Society of members and fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Alexandria, Sept. 4th, 1975.
5. SIMPLIFIED METHODS OF DETECTION OF HIGH RISK PREGNANCY. Paper presented to the first Egyptian American Obstetrics and Gynaecology Conference, Egypt. Egyptian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, JHPIEGO, March 22-25, 1978. J. of the Egyptian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vol. VI, No. 3, 1980.
6. THE USE OF PROSTAGLANDINS TO INDUCE LABOUR IN HIGH RISK PREGNANCY COMPARED TO SYNTOCINON. Paper presented at the Conference of Organization. Gestosis, Cairo, Dec. 2-5, 1978.
7. THE IMPACT OF INTENSIVE CARE DELIVERY ROOM IN HIGH PREGNANCY ON MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH. Paper presented to the International Conference on motherhood in Islam, Cairo, Dec. 11-13, 1978. J. of Populations Sciences, p. 91-94, 1980.
8. MATERNITY CARE MONITORING IN AN EGYPTIAN MATERNITY HOSPITAL. Paper presented to IX FIGO World Congress, Tokyo, Oct. 25-31, 1979. International Congress Series, No. 512, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Amsterdam, p. 862-866, 1980.
9. ANALYSIS OF MATERNAL DEATHS IN TWO EGYPTIAN MATERNITY HOSPITALS. J. of Population Sciences, 1979:59-65.
10. PREGNANCY WASTAGE. J. of Egyptian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vol. VI, No. 3, 1980.
11. STUDY OF THE BIOMEDICAL FACTORS AFFECTING PERINATAL MORTALITY RATE (PNMR) IN AN EGYPTIAN TEACHING HOSPITAL. J. of the Egyptian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vol. VI, No. 3, 1980.
12. HEART DISEASE WITH PREGNANCY. J. of Population Sciences. P. 121-129, 1981.
13. CHILD BEARING AFTER THE AGE OF 35; ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR EARLY PERINATAL SURVIVAL. J. of the Egyptian Society of Obstetrics and gynaecology, Vol. VII, No. 2, 1981.
14. PERINATAL MORTALITY IN AN EGYPTIAN MATERNITY HOSPITAL. Int. J. Gynecol. & Obstet., 1981, 19:447-451.
15. BREAST FEEDING AND CHILD SURVIVAL IN EGYPT. J. Biosoc. Sci. (1981) 13, 287-297.

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(D) MICROSURGERY:

1. AL-AZHAR EXPERIENCE WITH MICROSUGERY FOR RESTORATION OF TUBAL PATENCY. Paper presented at the X. World Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, San Francisco, Oct. 18-14, 1982.
2. AL-AZHAR EXPERIENCE WITH MICROSURGERY IN INFERTILE PATIENTS. Paper presented at the ESCO Meeting, Monate Carlo, 1984.
3. MICROSURGICAL CORRECTION OF LATERAL-END BLOCK OF FALLOPIAN TUBE FOR INFERTILE PATIENTS. Population Sciences Vol. 7, p. 115-114, 1987.
4. AL-AZHAR EXPERIENCE WITH MICROSURGERY. THE JOURNAL OF THE EGYPTIAN SOCIETY OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY, VOL. XIV, NO. 1, 9-16, 1988.
5. ADHESION PREVENTION IN THE RABBIT WITH SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE SOLUTIONS. AM-J-Obstet. Gynecol., 1986 Sep., Vol. 155, No. 3,667-70.
6. EARLY POST MICROSURGERY HYDROTUBATION IN PATIENTS WITH TUBAL LATERAL END BLOCK. Journal of Medical Military Academy. April, 1987.
7. EFFECT OF PERITONEAL IRRIGATION WITH ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS ON POST-OPERATIVE MORBIDITY IN CAESAREAN SECTION. The Journal of the Egypt. Soc. Of Obstet. And Gyn., Vol. VIX No. 3, Sept., 1988.
8. ASSESSMENT OF TUBAL FUNCTION AFTER MICROSURGICAL TUBAL ANASTOMOSIS. Journal of Egyptian Society of Pathologists. Vol. 11, No. 1, (Supplement) July 1991: 529-542 

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(E) INFERTILITY AND MEDICALLY ASSISTED HUMAN REPRODUCTION:

1. I.V.F. & E.T. PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE IN THE ARAB WORLD. Proceedings of the 24th Pan Arab Medical Congress, Cairo, Egypt, p. 32, January 19-22, 1988. Same paper presented at the First Italian Arab Gynaecological and Obstetrical Conference, Rome, Italy, 19-22 June, 1988.
2. IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION AND EMBRYO TRANSFER:REPORT OF THE EGYPTIAN IVF-ET CENTER. Journal of the Egyptian Soc. of Obstet. & Gynaecol., Vol. XIV, No. 1, 17-28 January, 1988
3. INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION WITH WASHED CAPACITATED SPERM CELL IN THE TREATMENT OF MALE FACTOR, CERVICAL FACTOR AND UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY. Asia Oceania, Obstet., and Gynaecol., Vol. 15, No. 2, 151-154, June 1989.
4. OVARIAN SUPERSTIMULATION IN THE TREATMENT OF INFERTILITY DUE TO PERITUBAL AND PERIOVARIAN ADHESIONS. Fertility and Sterility, Vol. 51, No. 5, 834-837, May 1989.
5. CLOMID AND HMG VERSUS GnRH AGONIST AND HMG PROTOCOL FOR OVARIAN STIMULATION IN I.V.F. & E.T. PROGRAM. Poster presented at the ESHRE Meeting, Malmo Sweden, June 1989.
6. VAGINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN AN IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION PROGRAM. Echorevue L’Information Special Afrique. P. 108, 1989.
7. TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASONIC NEEDLE GUIDED ASPIRATION OF PELVIC INFLAMMATORY CYSTIC MASSES BEFORE OVULATION INDUCTION FOR IN VITRO FERTILIZATION. Fertility & Sterility, Vol. 53, No. 2, February 1990.
8. SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF INFERTILE WOMEN WITH HYPOTHALAMIC PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PROTRACTED AMENORRHOEA USING GONADOTROPHIC RELEASING HORMONE ANALOGUE AND HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPHIN. Human Reproduction, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1990.
9. ULTRASONICALLY GUIDED VAGINAL ASPIRATION OF ASCITES IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME. Fertility & Sterility, Vol. 53, No. 5, May 1990.
10. DUMMY EMBRYO TRANSFER:A TECHNIQUE THAT MINIMIZES THE PROBLEMS OF EMBRYO TRANSFER AND IMPROVES THE PREGNANCY RATE IN HUMAN IN VITRO FERTILIZATION. Fertility & Sterility, Vol. 54, No. 4, October 1990.
11. TRANSVAGINAL INJECTION OF POTASSIUM CHLORIDE AND METHOTREXATE FOR THE TREATMENT OF TUBAL PREGNANCY WITH A LIVE FETUS. Human Reproduction, Vol. 5, No. 7, PP. 887-888, 1990.
12. SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF LONG TERM UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY WITH GONADOTROPHIN RELEASING HORMONE AGONIST ANALOGUE AND HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPHIN. Acta Obstet. & Gynaecol. Scand, 69:313, 1990.
13. SOME ETHICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF MEDICALLY ASSISTED REPRODUCTION IN EGYPT. International Journal of Bioethics, 1:265, 1990
14. ULTRASONICALLY GUIDED VAGINAL ASPIRATION OF ASCITES IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME. Fertil. Steril 53:1990
15. I.V.F. & E.T. ETHICAL ASPECTS IN TECHNIQUE IN THE MUSLIM WORLD. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Egyptian Society of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, March, 1989. Population Sciences, Vol. 9:245, July 1991.
16. INFERTILITY AS A HEALTH PROBLEM IN THE MUSLIM WORLD. Paper presented at the national meeting on research priorities in human reproduction. Aswan Dec. 21-23, 1989. Population Science Vol. 10, 41-58, Jan. 1991.
17. IMPROVEMENT OF SPONTANEOUS PREGNANCY RATE AFTER STOPPING GONADOTROPHIN THERAPY FOR ANOVULATORY INFERTILITY. Fertility and Sterility, 55, 722-25, 1991.
18. FLUID ACCUMULATION IN THE UTERINE CAVITY BEFORE EMBRYO TRANSFER:A POSSIBLE HINDER FOR IMPLANTATION. J. In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer 8:175, 1991. 
19. ULTRASONIC TRANSVAGINAL ASPIRATION OF ENDOMETRIOTIC CYSTS: AN OPTIONAL LINE OF TREATMENT IN SELECTED CASES OF ENDOMETRIOSIS:Human Reproduction, 6:1408-1410, 1991.
20. CRO-PRESERVATION OF THE OCCASIONALLY IMPROVED SEMEN SAMPLES FOR INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION OF IDIOPATHIC MALE INFERTILITY. Fertil. Steril. 56:1151-1155, 1991.
21. IN VITRO FERTILIZATION AND EMBRYO TRANSFER IN EGYPT. Int. Journal of Obstet. & Gynaecol., 1991, 36:49-53. 
22. SEVERE OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME COMPLICATED BY ECTOPIC PREGNANCY. Acta Obstet. & Gynaecol. Scand, 70:371-372, 1992.
23. FOLLICULAR ASPIRATION DOES NOT PROTECT AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT OF OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME. J. of Assisted Reproduction And Genetics, 9: 238-243, 1992.
24. RECENT ADVANCES IN MEDICALLY ASSISTED CONCEPTION. Report of a WHO Scientific Group (Co-Rapporteur). WHO Geneva, 1992 (820).
25. TRADITIONAL SEXUAL PRACTICES AND ITS EVALUTION IN THE MUSLIM WORLD. Paper presented at the WHO Expert Group Meeting in Human Reproduction, Roma, (19-21) October, 1992. 
26. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF OVARIAN HYPERTIMULATION SYNDROME, Fertil. Steril. 1992; 58:449-450
27. AUTOTRANSFUSION OF THE ASCITIC FLUID IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME. Fertil. Steril., 58:1056-9, 1992.
28. THE ROLE OF ULTRASONICALLY GUIDED TRANSVAGINAL ASPIRATION. Ultrasound Obstet. Gynecol. 2:349-351, 1992.
29. MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME BY ASCITIC FLUID ASPIRATION AND INTENSIVE FLUID THERAPY. Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 81:108-111, 1993.
30. OVARIAN SUPERSTIMULATION AND INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY. Fertil. Steril. 60:303-306, 1993.
31. PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME. J. of the Egypt. Soc. of Obstet. & Gyn. 19:7-22, 1993.
32. IN-VIVO SURVIVAL OF SPERMATOZOA IN THE HUMAN FALLOPIAN TUBE FOR 25 DAYS:A CASE REPORT. J. of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 10:379-380, 1993.
33. DUMMY EMBRYO TRANSFER USING METHYLENE BLUE DYE. Human Reproduction 9:1257-1259, 1994. 
34. TREATMENT OF RECURRENT CHOCOLATE CYSTS BY TRANSVAGINAL ASPIRATION AND TETRACYCLINE SCLEROTHERAPY. J. of Assisted Reprod. And Genetics. 10:531-533, 1994.
35. THE PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF SUCCESSFUL IN VITRO FERTILIZATION ON SUBSEQUENT TRIALS. Human Reproduction 9:1932-1934, 1994.
36. COCULTURE OF HUMAN PRONUCLEAR OOCYTES WITH THEIR CUMULUS CELLS. Human Reproduction, 9:1727-1729, 1994.
37. STUDY OF THE OPTIMUM TIME FOR HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN OVUM PICKUP INTERVAL IN IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION. J. of Assisted Reprod. And Genetics, 11:478-481, 1994.
38. ETHICAL ISSUES IN ASSISTED REPRODUCTION:ETHICS AND ASSISTED REPRODUCTION IN EGYPT. Ares Serono Symposia Publications, 1994:169-173.
39. THE LIFE SPAN OF SPERM MOTILITY AND PATTERN IN CUMULUS COCULTURE. Fertil. Steril. 63:660-662, 1995.
40. ULTRSONICALLY GUIDED ASPIRATION OF TUBO-OVARIAN ABSCESSES AND PYOSALPINGES AN OPTIONAL TREATMENT FOR ACUTE PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE. Am. J. Obstet. & Gynecol. 172:1501-1503, 1995.
41. IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION IN A SPONTANEOUS CYCLE:A SUCCESSFUL SIMPLE PROTOCOL. Asia Oceania J. of Obstet. & Gynecol. 21:337-340, 1995.
42. THE EFFECT OF SPERM PARAMETERS ON THE OUTCOME OF INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION. Fertil. Steril. 64:982-6, 1995.
43. THE ROLE OF INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH BORDER LINE SEMEN. Hum. Reprod. 1995, 10:2829-30.
44. ETHICS IN ASSISTED REPRODUCTION. J. of Assisted Reprod. And Genetics, 12:559-565, 1995.
45. MANAGEMENT OF ASCITES AND PLEURAL EFFUSIONS IN OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME. Fertil. Steril. 64:1228-9, 1995.
46. INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION USING MICROSURGICALLY RETRIEVED EPIDIDYMAL SPERMS. Fertil. Steril. 95:566-72, 1996.
47. INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION AND CONVENTIONAL IN VITRO FERTILIZATION FOR SIBLING OOCYTES IN CASES OF UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY AND BORDER LINE SEMEN. J. Assist. Reprod. Genetics, 13:37-41, 1996.
48. SUCCESSFUL INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION WITHOUT PERFORMING CYTOPLASMIC ASPIRATION. Fertil. Steril. 66:256-9, 1996.
49. OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME. MODREN CONCEPTS IN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY. Middle East Fertil. Soc. J., 1:3, 1996. 
50. BIOETHICS IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH:A MUSLIM PERSPECTIVE. Middle East Fertil. Soc. J. 1:30, 1996.
51. ICSI IN 650 CONSECUTIVE CYCLES. The Egypt, IVF & ET Center experience Middle East Fertil. Soc. J. 1-55, 1996.
52. BODY WEIGHT AND OUTCOME OF IN VITRO FERTILIZATION. Middle East Fertil. Soc. J. 1:72, 1996.
53. PROSPECTIVE CONTROLLED RANDOMIZED STUDY OF IN VITRO FERTLIZATION VERSUS INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION IN THE TREATMENT OF TUBAL FACTOR INFERTILITY AND NORMAL SEMEN PARAMETERS. Fertil. Steril. 66:753, 1996. 
54. RECOMBINANT FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HISTORY OF SEVERE OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME. Fertil. Steril. 66:757-60, 1996.
55. INTRACYTOPLASMIC INJECTION OF SURGICALLY RETRIEVED SPERM AND SPERMATIDS IN OBSTRUCTIVE AND NON-OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA:A COMPARATIVE STUDY. Middle East Fertil. Soc. J. 1:134-40, 1996. 
56. INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION USING SURGICALLY RETRIEVED EPIDIDYMAL AND TESTICULAR SPERM IN CASES OF OBSTRUCTIVE AND NON-OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA. Int. J. Andrology, 20:37-44, 1997.
57. PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY AFTER INTRACYTOPLASMIC INJECTION OF SPERMATIDS INTO HUMAN OOCYTES. Middle East Fertil. Soc. J. 1:223-5, 1996.
58. FERTLIZATION AND PREGNANCY RATES INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION USING EJACULATES OF NORMAL AND ABNORMAL SEMEN AND SURGICALLY RETRIEVED SPERM FROM OBSTRUCTIVE AND NON OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA. Fertil. Steril. 68:108-12, 1997. 
59. PREGNANCY AFTER INTRACYTOPLASMIC INJECTION USING CRYOTHAWED EPIDIDYMAL AND TESTICULAR SPERMATOZOA. Middle East Fertil. Soc. J. 2:30-4, 1997. 
60. INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION IN OBSTRUCTIVE AND NON OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA. Hum. Reprod. 12:1974-9, 1997. 
61. UTERINE MYOMATA AND OUTCOME OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION. Human Reproduction Vol. 13 no. 1 pp. 198-202, 1998
62. OOCYTE QUALITY IN SEVERE OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME. Fertil. Steril. 68:1017-21, 1997.
63. TUBAL AND PELVIC LATROGENIC INFERTILITY IN THE FEMALE. The Egyptian J. of Fertil. Steril. 1:31-40, 1997. 
64. TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASONIC PROCEDURES:A POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO OPERATIVE LAPAROSCOPY. The Egyptian J. of Fertil. And Steril. 2:9-16, 1998.
65. ELEVATED LEVELS OF ANGIOGENIN IN SERUM AND ASCITIC FLUID FROM PATIENTS WITH SEVERE OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME. Hum Reprod 1998; 13: 2068-71.
66. MODERATE OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME COMPLICATED DEEP CEREBROVASUILAR THROMBOSIS. Hum Reprod 1998; 13:2088-91.
67. CONTROVERSIES IN THE MODERN MANAGEMENT OF HYDROSALPINX. Hum Reprod Update. 1998; 4:882-90.
68. CRYOPRESERVATION REDUCES THE MOYILITY AND VIABILITY OF SURGICALLY RETRIEVED SPERMATOZOA BUT DOES NOT AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF ICSI. Middle East Fertil Soc J. 1998;3:178-84. 
69. ABNORMAL OOCYTES:AN UNDERESTIMATED INFERTILITY FACTOR REVEALED BY INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION. Middle East Fertil Soc J. 1998; 3: 130-36.
70. DIFFICULTIES IN DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN A MATURE SPERMATID AND TESTICULAR PERMATOZOA. Letter to the editor Hum Reprod 1998; 14:267-8.
71. MANAGEMENT OF LONG STANDING UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY:A prospective study. American J Obstet Gynecol 1999; 181: 371-5. 
72. ELEVATED LEVELS OF ANGIGENIN IN SERUM AND ASCITIC FLUID FROM PATIENTS WITH SEVERE OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME. Hum. Reprod. 
73. MODERATE OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME COMPLICATED BY DEEP CEREBROVASCULAR THROMBOSIS. Hum. Reprod. (In press).
74. COMPLICATIONS OF MEDICALLY ASSISTED CONCEPTION IN 3500 CYCLES. Fertil. Steril., Vol. 70, No. 4, P. 638-642. 
75. MULTIFETAL PREGNANCY REDUCTION. MODIFICATION OF THE TECHNIQUE AND ANALYSIS OF THE OUTCOME. Fertil. Steril 1999; 71:380
76. VIGOROUS PROSTATIC MASSAGE:A SIMPLE METHOD TO RETRIEVE SPERMATZOA FOR ICSI INPSYCOGENTIC ANEJACUKLATION. Hum Reprod 1999; 14:2050-53.
77. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TESTICULAR HISTOPATHOLOGY AND THE OUTCOME OF TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION WITH INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION IN PATIENTS WITH NON- OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA. Middle East Fertil Soc J 1999; 4:45-52.
78. EASILY DECAPITATED SPERM HEAD:A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY. Hum Reprod 1999;14:2791-5.
79. INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION IN MEN WITH TOTALLY IMMOTILE EJACULATED. Middle East Fertil Soc J 1999; 4: 154-61.
80. INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION IN DIFFICULT CASES:THE EGYPTIAN EXPERIENCE. Serono Samposia S.A. Publication 1999.
81. COMPLICATIONS OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES:A Review-Reprinted from ASSISTED REPRODUCTION, Vol. 9, No. 4, August 1999:214-232
82. TRANSFER OF ZONA FREE EMBRYOS IMPROVES OUTCOME IN POOR PROGNOSIS PATIENTS:APROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CONTRILLES STUDY. Hum Reprod 2000; 15: 1061-4
83. REDUCTION OF HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN DOSE BEFORE COASTING PREVENTS SEVERE OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME WITH MINIMAL CYCLE CANCELLATION. J. Assist Reprod Genet. 2000; 17(5): 298-301. 
84. CONTROVERSIES IN THE SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF HYDDRSALPINX. Current Obstet Gynecol. 2000; 12:297-301.
85. VIGOROUS PROSTATIC MASSAGE TO RETRIVE SPERMATOZOA FOR INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION IN ANEJACULATION:A CASE SERIES. Middle East Fertil Soc J 2000; 5: 137-42. 
86. FAMILY AND SEX SELECTION:In Reproductive Medicine in the twenty first century-the 17th World Congress on Fertility & Sterility IFFS 2001, 97-106, 2001. 
87. CONTROLLED OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION AND INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION FOR TREATMENT OF UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY SHOULD BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE TRIALS. Fertil Steril 2001; 75:88-91.
88. A PROSPECTIVE CONTROLLED STUDY OF KARYOTYPING FOR 430 CONSECUTIVE BABIES CONCEIVED THROUGH INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION. Fertil Steril 2001; 76
89. PERCUTANEOUS ASPIRATION BIOPSY USING AN INTRAVENOUS CATHETER A NEW MODIFICATION FOR TESTICULAR SPERM RETRIEVAL IN AZOOSPERMIC PATIENTS UNDERGOING ICSI. (VII International Congress of Andrology Montreal, Canada, 447-451). 
90. EUROPEAN AND MIDDLE EAST ORGALUTRAN STUDY GROUP. COMPARABLE CLINICAL OUTCOME USING THE GNRH ANTAGONIST GANIRRELIX OR A LONG PROTOCOL OF THE GNRH AGGONIST TRIPTORELIN FOR THE PREVENTION OF PREMATURE LH SURGES IN WOMEN UNDERGOING OVARIAN STIMULATION. Hum Reprod. 2001 Apr; 16 (4): 644-51
91. SPONTANEOUS INTRAUTERINE PREGNANCY FOLLOWING SELPINGECTOMY FOR A UNILATERAL HYDROSALPINX. Hum Reprod. 2002; 17:1099-1100

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(F) BIOETHICS:

1. In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer Ethical Aspects in Technique in the Muslim World. J. Population Sciences, Vol. 9:245, 1990. 
2. Some Ethical and Legal Aspects of Medically Assisted Reproduction in Egypt. J. of Bioeth., Vol. 1 No. 4, 265-268, 1990.
3. Antiprogestins:Ethical Issues. Paper presented at the International Symposium on RU- 486. Dhaka, October 7-8, 1991.
4. In vitro Fertilization and Embryo Tranfer in Egypt. Intern. Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 1991, 36:49-53.
5. Guidelines on Bioethics in Human Reproduction Research in the Muslim World, IICPSR, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, 1992.
6. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Bioethics in Human Reproduction Research in the Muslim World, IICPSR, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, 1992.
7. Bioethics in Artificial Reproduction In the Muslim World. Paper presented at the Inaugural session of the International Association of Bioethics Amsterdam, (5-7) October, 1992. 
8. Religious, Secular and Medical Ethics. Are there any common Themes? A Muslim Perspective, Paper presented at the fifth International Congress on Ethics in Medicine, Imperial College, London, U.K., 31/8-3/9/1993.
9. Life:Its meaning and sanctity, Physical, Cultural and religious problems. Paper presented at the Second Mediterranean Meeting of Bioethics, Acrieale, Sicily, 29/10-3/11/1993.
10. Ethical Issues in Population Based Genetic Research. Paper presented at International Seminar on Bioethics, Dunedin, New Zealand, 22-27 November, 1993.
11. Islamic Perspective of Health Care Ethics. Paper presented at International Seminar on Bioethics, Dunedin, New Zealand, 22-27 November, 1993.
12. Islam and the four principles. Chapter in Ethics in Health Care. London, R.Gillon (ed.), John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 1994.
13. Reproductive Choice A Muslim Perspective. Paper presented at the European Communities International Workshop on Reproductive Choice, Cremona, Italy, Sept., 9th-10th, 1994.
14. Bioethics in Medically Assisted Conception in the Muslim World. Paper presented at the XIV FIGO Congress, Montreal, Canada, Sept. 23-30, 1994.
15. Bioethics in Reproductive Technologies in Developing Countries. Paper presented at the II World Congress Bioethics, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 24-26th, 1994.
16. Religious Approaches to Bioethics. Paper presented at the II World Congress Bioethica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 24-26th, 1994.
17. Regional Report, North Africa and the Middle East, Paper presented at the II World Congress Bioethica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 24-26th, 1994.
18. Reproductive Medicine and Just Allocation Resources. Paper presented at the II World Congress Bioethica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 24-26th, 1994.
19. Bioethics in Biomedical Research in the Muslim World. Paper presented at the Workshop on Reproductive Health Research Methodology, March 25-29, 1995, Dubai, UAE.
20. Reproductive Health Care Policies around the World. Bioethics in Medically Assisted Conception in the Muslim World, New and Views, J. of Assisted Reprod. And Genetics, Vol 12, No. 9, 1995.
21. Islamic Perspectives on Genetics Information use and Genetic Technology. Proceedings of the twentieth International Conference on the Unity of Science, August 21-27, 1995, Seoul, Korea. Published in (Kegley, J.A. (Ed). Genetic Knowledge:Human values and Responsibility. Lexington, Kentucky, USA 1998. 
22. Experience in Bioethics in Egypt. A paper presented at the Third World Congress on Bioethics, San Francisco, Nov. 21-24, 1996.
23. Bioethics in Reproductive Health:A Muslim’s Perspective. Middle East Fertility Soc. J., Vol. 1, No. 1, 1996.
24. Bioethics in infertility management in the Muslim World. The European Association of Gynecol. & Obstet. Newsletter Vol. 2, 1996.
25. Responsibilities of the Presents towards the future. Presented at (Food and Water) Question of Survival, Forum Engelberg, Zurich, Switzerland, 1997.
26. Scientific WHO Ethical Review Group-Human Cloning, The Global Response. Geneva, Oct., 1997.
27. Islamic Developments in Bioethics. In the Bioethics Yearbook, Vol. 5 (1992-1994), (Baylor College of Medicine), Ed. B. Andrew Lustig, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands 1997. 
28. Bioethics in Human Reproduction in the Muslim World. Presented at a Seminar on Ethical Implications of use of Assisted Reproduction Technology for treatment of Human Infertilities, IICPSR, Al-Azhar Univ., Cairo, Egypt, August, 1997.
29. Human Cloning, its Applications and Ethical Guidelines. Presented at a Conference on Cloning Dilemma organized by the Dubai Police General H.O., April 4-5, 1998.
30. Reproductive Choice:A Muslim Perspective in the future of Human Reproduction. Harris. J and Holm Soren (ed) 191-202-2000. Clarendon Press Oxford.
31. Embryo Research-ISESCO publication 2001.
32. Attitudes & Cultural Perspective on Infertility and Its Alleviation in the Middle East Area. Paper presented at WHO Expert Group Meeting on ART, Geneva Sept., 2001
33. Implementation of Ethical Review-Paper presented at the WHO Workshop on Ethical Issues in Research in Reproductive Health-Cairo-Nov., 2001
34. Assisted Reproduction Developments in the Islamic World-International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 74 (2001) 187-193
35. A Muslim Perspectives on End of Life Issues-Lancet-under publication. 
36. Ethics and Gender Issues in the Treatment of Infertility-A Muslim Perspective-Under publication.
37. Ethics in Health Research:Issues, Needs and Strategies for Ethical Practices in Health Research in EMRO-Paper presented at the 20th Session of the Eastern Mediterranean Advisory Committee for Health Research-Cairo August, 2002.

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