Governing Leadership

-Professor of Nephrology, Cairo University
-Past President of the Egyptian Society of Nephrology and Transplantation (ESNT),
-Representative of North Africa in the Middle East Society of Transplantation (MESOT)
-Africa Regional Board representative for the International Society of Nephrology (ISN).

Ahmed M Elsabbagh, MD, MS, MRCS, PhD is an internationally recognized transplant and hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) surgeon with a unique blend of clinical expertise, academic leadership, and global impact. He serves as Associate Professor of Surgery, and Director of Pediatric Transplant Education at Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute – Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh. He is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery and a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

His surgical training spans premier institutions including Mount Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic, Henry Ford Hospital, and Georgetown University, where he completed an ASTS-accredited fellowship in multi-organ transplant and HPB surgery. He served as faculty at Mansoura University’s Gastrointestinal Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center in Egypt, one of the most active living donor liver transplant programs in the middle east region.

Dr. Elsabbagh holds both master’s and doctoral degrees and has received numerous national and international awards in transplantation. A prolific educator and researcher, he has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications and regularly presents at international conferences. His academic interests include organ preservation, ischemia-reperfusion injury, immune tolerance, the microbiome in transplantation, and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols.

Dr. Elsabbagh has been actively involved in educational initiatives across North America, Africa, and the Middle East. As founder of Donate Life Egypt, he leads efforts to promote ethical organ donation and policy reform. He holds leadership and committee roles in several prestigious organizations societies, including The Transplantation Society (TTS), the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), the International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS), and the International Society of Liver Surgeons (ISLS).

Throughout his career, Dr. Elsabbagh has championed access to high-quality transplant care worldwide, reflecting a deep commitment to excellence, innovation, and compassionate care.

Dr. Abouelela is a Senior Staff Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, specializing in cardiothoracic surgery, heart and lung transplants, and mechanical circulatory support. He earned his medical degree from Mansoura University in Egypt and held various prestigious positions across the U.S., including at the University of Pittsburgh, Mayo Clinic, Washington University, University of Michi-gan, and the University of Missouri. His work significantly contributed to the development of temporary mechanical circulatory support devices like the Impella 5.5 and ECMO for cardiogenic shock patients. As well as DCD donor heart utilization.
His research primarily focuses on mechanical circulatory support for end-stage heart disease and ex-situ organ perfusion for thoracic organ transplantation. Dr. Aboulela participated in national FDA clinical trials, including the US EXPAND HEART Trial, and co-investigated new technologies like the TransMedics Organ Care System. He also chaired the Data Safety and Management Committee for the national DCD heart FDA clinical trial.

Dr. Hany Said Abdelbaset, a renowned HPB and living donor liver transplant surgeon, is a key
figure in the establishment of several pioneering liver transplant centers across Egypt. He
is one of the founders of the Ain Shams Center for Organ Transplantation (ASCOT) in 2007,
a center of excellence, as well as the founder of living donor liver transplant programs at
Assuit University (2013) and Alexandria University (2015). Since 2018, Dr. Hany has been the
Director of the LDLT program at Cairo Fatemic Hospital, a Ministry of Health facility.
He participated and performed more than 1750 cases of LDLT including rare and complicat-
ed cases of domino liver transplantation, combined liver-kidney transplants, and retrans-
plantations, he is a leader in his field. Dr. Hany has also contributed to 32 national and inter-
national scientific publications in liver transplantation.

Dr. Ahmed Marwan joined the digestive disease institute (DDI) transplant institute -Cleveland Clinic main campus in 2014, after which he earned his doctorate degree and he joined DDI and transplant institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi UAE as a Clinical Assistant Professor of internal medicine in 2018 and served in as a gastroenterologist and transplant hepatologist while the program was being launched.

Dr. Marwan participated in many international and national transplant meetings and received many international awards. Dr. Marwan is an active member of many international transplant , GI & liver societies. His main professional interests in posttransplant NAFLD and immunosuppression minimization and graft survival.

Dr. Marwan received his medical degree from Mansoura university and he is currently serving as an Associate professor and attending staff physician in gastroenterology and hepatology unit and liver transplant team, Mansoura college of medicine ,Mansoura university

Presidency of International Societies

Presidency of Egyptian Societies

• President of the Egyptian Section of The International College of Surgeons (ICS)
• President and Co-founder of the Egyptian French Medical Association (EFMA)

• Council Member of LDLT Study Group (S. Korea)

Honorary Fellowships

• Honorary Fellow of the European Board of Transplantation: October 2011

Education and Qualifications

• Fellow of the International College of Surgeons in Hepato-Bilio-Pancreatic Surgery since November 1991.
• Fellow of the International College of Surgeons 1991
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, May 1991
• MD surgery, November 1991, Ain Shams University.

Academic and Clinical Positions :

• Chair of Surgical Departments Ain Shams University
• Head of Hepato-Bilio-Pancreatic Surgery Department, Ain Shams University

• Director of the National Liver Transplant program
• Chief liver transplant surgeon in three leading liver transplant programs in Egypt since 2001 with an overall experience of more than 1000 cases of Living Donor Liver Transplants

International Journals

• Reviewer in the transplantation proceedings Journal
• Associate Editor in the Experimental and clinical Transplantation Journal
• Editor in International Surgery

Further Positions and Training

• Egypt representative in the Mediterranean Transplant Network 2006-2010
• Board member for establishing the organ donation law in 2010 in the Parliament
• Head of the communication committee in the supreme Egyptian council of organ transplantation (2006-2010)
• TTS councilor 2008-2010
• Member of the Istanbul Declaration on organ trafficking and Transplant tourism and member of the custodian group.
• Dr Kamel has published more than 150 papers in local and International Journals as well as sharing in few international books on LDLT
• Dr Kamel graduated from Ain Shams University and did his residency both in ASU hospitals and Kings College Hospital- London

Dr. Mostafa El Shazli is the professor and Ex/chairman of general surgery department at kasr Al Aini faculty of medicine, cairo university.

He is the founder and head of hepato-pancreato-biliary unit. He is one of the founder and the managing director of liver transplantation program in Kasr Al Aini faculty of medicine hospitals

He is one of the Founders and moderator of the Egyptian Hepato-pancreato-biliary fellowship (MOH)

He received his MBBCH from same university in 1982 after which he persuaded his postgraduate education (Msc,MD 1991) and training in general surgery at the same institution. This is in addition to his abroad training in US and UK in the fields of laparoscopic surgery, HPB, and liver transplantation. Through out his career he developed a robust practice and research in advanced laparoscopic and Bariatric surgeries in addition to liver transplantation and HPB surgeries. This enabled him to convey his experience to other surgeons in different parts in Egypt and region.

Prof Mostafa is one of the founders and elected member of different medical associations (Egyptian society of laparoscopic surgeons, HPB Group of the Egyptian Society of Surgeons, Egyptian organ transplantation society, Hepato-Cellular Carcinoma society of Kasr AlAini, Egyptian medical association for study of obesity), this in addition to his membership in other local and international societies.

Dr. Eman Elsabbagh is American Board-certified in Pediatrics and a dedicated pediatric transplant specialist with a focus on cellular therapy and nonmalignant transplants. She graduated and completed her master’s degree at Mansoura University before pursuing her pediatric residency at the Pritzker school of medicine- University of Chicago, followed by comprehensive Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant training at the University of Colorado and Duke University.

Her expertise includes advancing treatments for bone marrow failure, immune deficiencies, immune dysregulation, and metabolic disorders. Dr. Elsabbagh is also passionate about teaching and mentoring the next generation of healthcare professionals, fostering innovation and a love of learning in her students and trainees.

In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Elsabbagh leads clinical research initiatives and integrates predictive machine learning models to improve patient outcomes and promote healthcare equity. Her contributions have been recognized with prestigious honors, including the St. Baldrick’s Scholar Grant and the Rally Foundation Grant.

MD,MS,MRCS (Engl), PhD
Professor of HPB and Liver tranplant surgery Alexandria university, Egypt

Prof. Medhat Askar, MD, PhD, MSHPE, FRCPath, F(ACHI), D(ABMLI), HCLD(ABB), serves as the Associate Vice President for Clinical Affairs and Professor of Immunology at Qatar University’s College of Medicine and leads the Division of Clinical Immunology at Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar. He also serves as a Clinical Professor at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Bryan, TX, and as an Advisor for Clinical Services at The National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, MN.
Previously, he directed several labs at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, and served
as a consultant at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, and the University of Chicago,
IL. Currently, Dr. Askar is the Senior Treasurer of The Transplantation Society, Treasurer of The
Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists, and a Board Member of the Worldwide
Network for Blood & Marrow Transplantation. He also holds leadership roles in various
international committees and projects related to histocompatibility and immunogenetics.
Dr. Askar has previously served as President of The American Society for Histocompatibility and
Immunogenetics, and The American College of the Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, and
positions on the executive committees of the United Network for Organ Sharing and The Arab
Society of Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics. He has published and lectured extensively on
transplant immunology, cell and gene therapy, quality systems, accreditation, and health
professions education globally

Mohamed Salah Eldin Zaki, MD
-Professor of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, National Institute of Urology and Nephrology(NIUN) ,Cairo
-Dean of the National Institute of Urology and Nephrology (NIUN)
-Secretary General of the Egyptian Society of Nephrology and Transplantation (ESNT)
-Secretary General of the Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation (ASNRT)
-ISN council and deputy chair of Africa in the ISN board
-Moderator of the nephrology division of the national committee for Egyptian guidelines in the Ministry of Health
-Head of the supreme committee of Nephrology in the General Organisation of teaching Hospitals and Institutes (GOTHI)
-Nephrology representative in the national committee of the NCDs

Professor of Hepatogastroenterology
Consultant of liver Transplantation
Cofounder of Kasr Alainy School of Liver
Transplantation (KASL)
Cairo university
Director of Viral Hepatitis center, National
committee for control of Viral Hepatitis (NCCVH)
State Incentive Award in Medical Science in 2011

Mohamed Nassef is a consultant critical care medicine at Al Qassimi Hospital (AQH), under the umbrella Emirates Health Services (EHS).
Dr. Nassef is member of:
– National Institute for Health Specialties (NIHS)- ICU Scientific committee
– EHS-organ donation and transplant committee
– AQH infection prevention and control committee
– AQH antibiotic stewardship program (ASP)
Dr. Nassef certified as anesthesia and critical care physician from the Arab Board of Health Specializations 2012. He received his master’s degree from Mansoura University, Egypt 2004 in anesthesia and critical care.
Prior to joining EHS, Al Qassimi Hospital (AQH), Dr. Nassef has been working in the following hospitals:
o Tawam Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
o Prince Sultan military medical city, Riyadh, KSA
o King Abdul-Aziz national guard medical city, KSA
o Mansoura university hospitals, Egypt
Membership:
– ISODP -International society For Organ Donation and Procurement
– European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)

SAID Khamis is a Professor of Medicine & Nephrology at Menoufia University Hospitals, Egypt. He is board member of the Egyptian Society of Nephrology & Transplantation (ESNT), and he is a member of the International Society of Nephrology. (ISN), European Society of Transplant Coordinator Organization (ESTCO), Arab Society of Nephrology & Transplantation (ASNRT), ERA-EDTA, and Saudi Society of Nephrology (SSN). He has published more than 50 articles in national and international medical journals. He received his MD in Medicine & Nephrology from KUL Belgium.