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Qasr El-Eyni Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University

This article is about the Faculty. For the Hospital, see Qasr El Eyni Hospital.

Qasr El-Eyni Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University (Arabic: كلية طب جامعة القاهرة ), is the Medical School of Cairo University, in Cairo, Egypt. It was founded on March 11, 1827 as a Military hospital and School of Medicine. In 1925, the school became a part of Cairo University becoming Its Faculty of Medicine.[1] The faculty has Its own Hospital, Qasr El-Eyni Hospital, which is under the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population

Qasr El-Eyni Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University
كلية طب القصر العيني بجامعة القاهرة
TypeFaculty
Established1826; 198 years ago (1826)
(As a School of Medicine)
1925; 99 years ago (1925)
(As Cairo University's Faculty of Medicine)
FounderAntoine Clot
Parent institution
Cairo University
DeanDr. Husam Salah
Academic staff
6,376
Students13,854
Location
Cairo
,
Cairo Governorate
,
Egypt

30°01′39″N 31°12′37″E / 30.02760°N 31.21014°E / 30.02760; 31.21014
CampusUrban
MascotHeka
Websitemedicine.cu.edu.eg
(English version)
Faculty Campus in Cairo.
Qasr Al-Ainy teaching hospital.

History

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Clot Bey in Egyptian army uniform teaching the first modern Anatomy lesson at Abu-Zaabal, Egypt on 20 June 1829. The lesson was attended by some Shiekhs from al-Azhar.

In 1827, a medical school was established and attached to a military hospital in Abu Zaabal. The French doctor Antoine Clot Bey became the first director of the medical school and hospital.[2] In 1837, the medical school and hospital was moved to Qasr El Eyni Street in Cairo. The hospital was renamed as "Qasr El Eyni hospital". In 1838, The first school for midwifery was established in Qasr El Eyni Hospital. In 1848, Clot Bey resigned and went back to France. In 1850, Abbas I appointed Wilhelm Griesinger as the director.[3] In 1851, Griesinger's assistant Theodor Bilharz discovered the first known blood flukes, Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni, and with it the disease bilharzia (schistosomiasis).[citation needed] In 1855, Clot Bey was re-appointed director of medical school and Qasr El Eyni Hospital. In 1858, Clot Bey returned to France for health reasons.

In 1925, the medical school and Qasr El Eyni Hospital joined Cairo University. Dr. Welson was appointed as the new director of the hospital. From 1929 to 1940, Dr. Aly Basha Ebrahim was appointed the Dean of the faculty and the director of the hospital. In November 1995, Cairo university started the first employment stage of the new Qasr El Eyni hospital. On April 8, 1996, former-president Hosni Mubarak and the President of France, Jacques Chirac inaugurated the new Qasr El Eyni hospital building.

Specialized units and departments

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  • Cardiology department
  • Critical Care and Cath labs [4][5]
  • Ophthalmology Department
  • Specialized Medical Biochemistry Experimentation Unit
  • gastroenterology, hepatology and infectious diseases .
  • National Clinical Toxicology Centre
  • Microbiology Research Centre
  • Diagnosis and Therapy of Bilharzial Liver diseases
  • Urosurgery
  • Andrology
  • Neurosurgery
  • Plastic surgery
  • General surgery
  • Oncosurgery
  • Orthopedics and Trauma surgery
  • Ear, Nose and Throat
  • The Unit of Renal Failure Therapy and Surgery
  • T.B. Research Unit
  • Measurement Unit for Fitness and Disability for Occupational Diseases
  • Tumor Radiological Therapy and Nuclear Medicine Centre
  • Tumor Symptoms Test Unit
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Audiology
  • Neurophysiology Research Unit
  • Chromosome Tissue Transplant Research Unit
  • Speech and Listening Therapy Unit
  • Sleep disorders and Snoring Therapy Unit
  • Cochlea Transplant, Ear Lab and Bank Unit
  • Epilepsy Therapy Research Unit
  • Leprosy Unit
  • Ophthalmologic Laser Diagnosis and Therapy
  • Pulmonology and pulmonology critical care
  • Parasitology Unit
  • Diagnostic radiology Unit
  • Interventional Radiology Unit
  • Abu El-Reesh El-Mounira Children University Hospital
  • Abu ElReesh Japanese children University hospital
  • Diabetic Children, Endocrinology and Metabolism Care Unit
  • Psychiatry and Addiction Hospital
  • Neurology Department
  • Multiple sclerosis Unit
  • Functional and Microscopic E.N.T. Unit
  • Nursing Development Research Centre
  • Preservation, Redressing and Transplanting of the Tissue of the Motor System Centre
  • Manial University Hospital; located fourth floor of Qasr El Eyni Hospital
  • Hematology Unit
  • Anesthesia, SICU and Pain management
  • Allergy and Immunological Problems Unit
  • Rheumatology Unit

Official Specialized Units

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  • Genetics Unit, managed by Prof. Mai Sherif
  • Prof. Hesham El Saket Learning Resource Complex (LRC)[6] that includes Learning Resource Center, Main Conference Hall and Staff Cafeteria. Managed by Prof. Mahmoud Elfiky.
  • MEDIC, managed by Prof. Essam El Toukhy.
  • KARIS, managed by Prof. Tamer Gheita.
  • International Relations Office [7]

References

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  1. ^ "Cairo University Faculty of Medicine".
  2. ^ "Qasr El Eyni Hospital". Al Ahram Weekly. Archived from the original on 2006-01-16.
  3. ^ Bergquist, Robert; Kloos, Helmut; Adugna, Aynalem (2017). Jamieson, Barrie G. M. (ed.). Schistosoma: Biology, Pathology, and Control (PDF). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. pp. 8–33. doi:10.1201/9781315368900-7. ISBN 978-1-4987-4426-3. OCLC 969446445.
  4. ^ https://criticalcaredep.org/ [bare URL]
  5. ^ https://www.escardio.org/Education/Career-Development/Accreditation/EHRA-Recognised-Training-Centres#egypt [bare URL]
  6. ^ "LRC". lrc.cu.edu.eg.
  7. ^ "Home". iro.cu.edu.eg.
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