Governing Leadership

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. 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.

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