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Kareem Mohamed Abu-Elmagd

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Kareem Mohamed Abu-Elmagd
Born
Kareem Mohamed Abu-Elmagd,

June 16, 1952
Mansoura, Egypt
NationalityEgypt, United States
Alma materMansoura University
OccupationProfessor of surgery
ChildrenAdam and Ahmed
Medical career
FieldTransplant Surgery, Gut Rehabilitation
InstitutionsCase Western Reserve University - Cleveland Clinic
Sub-specialties

Kareem Abu-Elmagd (born June 16, 1952) is an Egyptian-American surgeon practicing abdominal organ transplantation and digestive system surgery.[1][2] He is best known for development of clinical intestinal and multivisceral transplantation and its subsequent approval by Medicare.[3] He served as the president of the Intestinal Transplant Association.[4]

Biography

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Abu-Elmagd was born in Mansoura, the capital of Dakahlia Governorate in 1952.[5] In 1976 he obtained his medical degree at Mansoura University School of Medicine. In 1987 earned his PhD in liver diseases and portal hypertensive surgery through a joint collaboration between Emory University in Atlanta and Mansoura University.[6] In 1989, he joined the University of Pittsburgh to obtain clinical fellowship in transplantation surgery.[7] In 2001, he was promoted to professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh.[4]

In 1989, he was introduced to the field of organ transplantation by the late professor Thomas E. Starzl. , the father of modern transplantation.[8] after that in 1990, Abu-Elmagd and his colleagues launched an intestinal and multivisceral transplant program which performed more than 450 intestine transplants surgery.[9] As of 2020, Abu-Elmagd is professor of surgery at Case-Western Reserve University and the director of the gut rehabilitation and transplantation center at the Cleveland clinic.[10][11][12] With more than 400 peer review scientific publications, as of 2020, his work has been cited close to 20,000 times between 2009 and 2017.[13]

Professional career and contributions

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Abu-Elmagd participated in performing the first successful intestinal transplantation under tacrolimus in 1990 at the University of Pittsburgh[14] Later being a participant in the establishment of the clinical utility of tacrolimus in 1991.[15] He was a part of the team which demonstrated the immune-protective effect of the concomitantly transplanted liver and the deleterious effect of DSA on the visceral allograft.[16] His research led to the establishment of Medicare coverage for intestinal and multivisceral transplant in the United States.[17] Abu-Elmagd pioneered or introduced surgical techniques and procedures, for correction of intestinal malrotation in children and adults, replacing the historic Ladd's procedure.[18][19][20][21] Another technique developed by him utilized the patient's own gut for the effective management of gut failure, eliminating the need for intravenous nutrition commonly called TPN. An algorithm with a predictive model was established to guide clinicians, health care providers, payers and patients to achieve the best and most cost effective outcome, eliminating the need for gut transplantation. [better source needed][22]

Abu-Elmagd is the founder of the “Kareem Abu-Elmagd Transplant and Gut Foundation” national institute for patient care, clinical training, medical education and research in Egypt.[23][24]

In 2019 he performed a pro bono operation for a 24-year-old woman from Bangladesh who had been suffering severe abdominal pain for a long time, without any known diagnosis. Her case involved reorganizing her intestines.[25]

References

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  1. ^ DENISE, GRADY (31 October 2000). "A New Transplant Frontier: Intestines". nytimes.com. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  2. ^ "'Last resort:' A rare intestine transplant at UW Medical Center". seattletimes.com. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Mediacare approval". The New York Times. October 31, 2000.
  4. ^ a b "UPMC Transplant Surgeon Abu-Elmagd Named President of Intestinal Transplant Association". 2017-08-15. Archived from the original on 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  5. ^ "Dr. Kareem, Sun of Mansoura". youm7. September 24, 2017.
  6. ^ "Kareem Abu-Elmagd Education pass". Archived from the original on 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  7. ^ "1989, clinical fellowship in transplant surgery". orlive.com.
  8. ^ "UPMC Transplant Surgeon Abu-Elmagd Named President of Intestinal Transplant Association". upmc.com. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Dr. Abd-Elmagd's intestinal and multivisceral transplant program". shortbowelfoundation.org. Archived from the original on 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  10. ^ "Director, Transplantation Center, Cleveland Clinic". cwru.pure.elsevier.com.
  11. ^ "Head of the Transplant Center at Cleveland Clinic". www.cleveland.com. 23 March 2015.
  12. ^ "Moving from Pittsburgh to practice on Cleveland clinic". www.cleveland.com. 24 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Kareem Abu-Elmagd, MD, PhD - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  14. ^ "He Lived Two Years Without Food or Drink". everydayhealth.com. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  15. ^ Abu-Elmagd, K; Reyes, J; Bond, G; Mazariegos, G; Wu, T; Murase, N; Sindhi, R; Martin, D; Colangelo, J; Zak, M; Janson, D; Ezzelarab, M; Dvorchik, I; Parizhskaya, M; Deutsch, M; Demetris, A; Fung, J; Starzl, T. E (2001). "Clinical Intestinal Transplantation: A Decade of Experience at a Single Center". Annals of Surgery. 234 (3): 404–417. doi:10.1097/00000658-200109000-00014. PMC 1422031. PMID 11524593.
  16. ^ "Multivisceral Transplant Survival Rates Improve With New Treatment, Study Finds". sciencedaily.com. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  17. ^ "Decision Memo for Intestinal and Multi-visceral Transplantation (CAG-00036R)". cms.gov. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  18. ^ Abu-Elmagd K, Mazariegos G, Armanyous S, Parekh N, ElSherif A, Khanna A; et al. (2021). "Five Hundred Patients With Gut Malrotation: Thirty Years of Experience With the Introduction of a New Surgical Procedure". Ann Surg. 274 (4): 581–596. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000005072. PMC 8428856. PMID 34506313.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ FOX (23 November 2016). "Unique surgery gives young mom something to be thankful for". fox2detroit.com.
  20. ^ "YOUR HEALTH: Putting your body back together to get rid of the pain in your gut". WQAD.com. 2018-11-10. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  21. ^ McFadden, Maureen (19 October 2018). "A new procedure alleviates often misdiagnosed intestinal malrotation". www.wndu.com. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  22. ^ "Surgical Integration Provides Effective Management of Gut Failure". Hospimedica.com. 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  23. ^ "مصر تنشئ أول وحدة لزراعة الأمعاء في الشرق الأوسط". ahlmisrnews.com. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  24. ^ "بالصور.. محافظ جنوب سيناء يستقبل الخبير المصرى العالمى كريم ابو المجد". youm7.com. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  25. ^ "الجراح المصرى العالمى كريم أبو المجد يعيد ترتيب أمعاء دقيقة لطبيبة بنجلادشية". youm7.com.
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