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CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Amgad Abd El-Raouf FARHAT
Date of Birth: 9 August, 1963
Address: Kornish Tower, Kornish St. El-Estad, Tanta, 31111,
Egypt
Position: Professor of Chest Diseases
Tel. No.: 040 3341776, Mobile No.: 01223636830
Email address: amgad_farhat@yahoo.com
Education:
Degree Date Institution
M B Ch B 11/ 1987 Tanta University, Egypt
M Sc Chest Diseases 4/ 1992 Tanta University, Egypt
D. Med. Chest Diseases 6/1996 Essen University,
Germany
M D Chest Diseases 4/ 1998 Tanta University, Egypt
Work Experience:
Resident in Chest Department, Tanta University, Egypt 9/1989 – 9/1992
Demonstrator of Chest Diseases, Tanta University, Egypt, 9 – 10/1992
Assistant Lecturer in Chest Department, Tanta University Hospital, 25/10/1992 –
29/7/1998
Research Fellow (28 months) Ruhrlandklinik, Essen University, Germany.
Lecturer in Chest Diseases, Tanta University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta
University, Egypt 29/ 7 /1998 - 30/ 7/ 2003
Associate Professor of Chest Diseases, Tanta University Hospital, Faculty of
Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt 30/ 7/ 2003- 28/07/2008.
Professor of Chest Diseases, Tanta University Hospitals, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta
University, Egypt 29/07/2008 up till now
Memberships and Activities
Board member of the Egyptian Society of Chest Diseases & Tuberculosis (
ESCT).
Arab Association of Chest Diseases
European Respiratory Society (ERS).
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The Egyptian Society of Bronchology
Member of the national committee for protection againest H1N1 and H5N1
Member of the committee for the Egyptian board of Chest diseases in the Ministry
of Health.
Professional consultant of the Chest Hospitals from Ministry of Health in Gharbia
and Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate.
Secretory General of The 5 th International Congress of Chest Diseases June 2006
Secretory General of the 8 th Annual Congress of Tanta Chest department
Vice Presedient of research ethical committee of Tanta Faculty of Medicine.
Member of the MSc Postgraduate control from 1998 to 2003.
Head of the Commulative control of the final year undergraduate students from
2003 uptill now.
Consultant and Supervisor of sleep laboratory in Psychiatry and Neurology
University Hospital
Trainer of the trainee in the FDPL project in Tanta University (TOT)
Secretary General of 27 th Annual Congress of Tanta Faculty of Medicine
Training Courses:
Participated at 27 training courses (1991- 2009) the including 2 courses
Heidelberg, Germany in August 2007 and August 2008 for intervensional
bronchoscopy.and two courses for Thoracoscopy in Marcellia, France in October
2009 and May 2010
Scientific Presentations at Major Conferences:
Presented 35 research work in national and international conferences in addition
to many other presentation at local meetings
Attended 61 national and international conferences in addition to many other local
meetings.
Presented 6 reserch works in the European Respiratory Congress from the year
2006 to 2009 either oral presentation, Electronic Poster or Thematic Poster
presentations.
Bibliography:
Ghada A. Attia, Amgad Farhat, Adel Awara, Biomy Nassar, Mohamad Osman, Tarek Nageeb:
Comparative study of noninvasive and invasive mechanical ventilation in acute lung injury. Eur Respir
J 2009; 34:Suppl.53, 128S.
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Amgad Farhat, Wafaa El-Shimy, Tarek El-Behidy, Gehan Hasan: Sleep breathing disorders and
pulmonary hemodynamics in the geriatric age group. Eur Respir J 2097; 34:Suppl.53, 584S.
Amgad Farhat, Wafaa El-Shimy, Ali Abd Ella, Gamal El-Kholy, and Basem El-Shafey:
Prevalence and correlation of sleep apnea and degree of productivity among industrial workers in
Tanta, Egypt. Eur Respir J 2008; 32:Suppl.52, 140s.
A. E.-F. Sadaka; A.Farhat; M. El-Shal: Bilateral intra-oral distraction osteogenesis for congenital
mandibular hypoplasia and obstructive sleep apnea in early childhood. Eur Respir J 2007;
30:Suppl.51, 36S.
Adel M. Awara, Baiomy A. Nasser, Amgad A. Farhat, Ghada A. Attia, Mohamad Abd El-
Wahab, Mohamad Osman and Tarek Nageeb. Comparative study of non invasive and invasive
mechanical ventilation in acute lung injury. Egyptian Journal Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis,
2007; 56(3): 21-29.
Ali M. Abd Ella; Amgad A. Farhat, Ayman H. Abd El-Zaher; Ghada A. Attia and Marwa El-
Naggar: The effect of high protein diet on nutritional status and respiratory muscle functions in COPD
patients with chronic respiratory failure in ICU. Egyptian Journal Chest Diseases and
Tuberculosis, 2007; 56(1, 2):124-139.
Fawkia Mahgoub; Mina Samy, Eman Essa; Amgad Farhat and Hanan Samir: Detection of
Rifampicin and Isoniazid resistant mutants of tubercle bacilli using manual gene sequencing: A study
involved rpoB, CatG and inhA genes. Egyptian J of Medical Microbiology, 2007; 16: (1) 107-121.
Samia A. El-Dardiry, Sherine R. Shafik, Ahmad A. Abd Allah, Mervat M. Hashem, Raafat A.
Salah, Magda E. El-Sayed and Amgad A. Farhat.: Teenage cigarette smokers with Schistosoma
Mansoni: Effect of Multifacet Management on hepatic and broncho-alveolar disposition. Alexandria
Journal of Pediatrics, 2007; 21(1): 137-145
Hoda M. Bahr, Amgad A. Farhat, Fawkia M Mahgoub, Hala F. Ismail and Mona G. Aleraky: Non
Invasive Assessment of Airway Inflammatory by Measuring Eotaxin Level in Serum and Induced
Sputum Before and After Bronchial Hyperreactivity in Atopic Asthmatics. Egyptian Journal of chest
Diseases and Tuberculosis, 2006, 55(1, 2): 46-52.
Ali M. Abd Ella, Amgad A. Farhat, Ayman H. Abd El-Zaher, Mohamad E. Enaba and Reham M.
El-Kolaly.: A Study of the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with gastro-oesophageal
reflux. Egyptian Journal Chest Diseases & Tuberculosis, 2006; 55(3):192-198.
A. A. Farhat, A. M. Abd Ella, A. H. Abd El-zaher, R. M. El-Kolaly, M. E. Enaba.: Prevalence of
obstructive sleep apnea in patients with gastroesophageal reflux. Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50,
646s
W. S. El-Shimy, Y. M. El-Senosy, A.A. Farhat, Ghada A. Attia and W. F. El-Beshlawy.: Sleep
apnea in ischemic stroke: A prospective study. Egyptian Journal Chest Diseases and
Tuberculosis, 2006; 55(4):213-218.
Ghada A. Attia, W. S. El-Shimy, A.A. Farhat, Y. M. El-Senosy and W. F. El-Beshlawy.:
Prevalence of sleep apnea in ischemic stroke: A prospective study. Eur Respir J, 2006; 28: Suppl.
50, 197s.
El-Bahrawy H. A. and Farhat A. A.: Evaluation of airway inflammation and chronic hypoxemia in
smokers and non-smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Arab. J. Lab. Med.,
2006:230 (1): 59-73.
Fawkia M. Mahgoub, Mohamad Zakaria, Amgad Farhat, Ghada A. Attia and Marwa Ahmad:
Bacteriological study of exudative pleural effusion. Egyptian J of Medical Microbiology, 2006; 15:
(4) 817-827.
Amgad Farhat, Hoda M. Bahr, Ghada A. Attia, Baiomy Nassar, Ahmad El-Sheikh and Waleed
El-Habashy. Conventional mechanical ventilation versus low stretch strategy in acute severe asthma.
Egyptian Journal of chest Diseases and Tuberculosis, 2005, 54(3, 4): 35-45
A.M. A. El-Sheikh and A. A. Farhat: Bi-level positive airway pressure ventilation in acute
hypercapnic respiratory failure: Efficacy and predictors of success. Tanta Medical Journal, 2005;
33:459-470.
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Foad H, Bahr HM, Mashhor EA, Arafa E, Farhat AA, Mashhor HA and Abd El-wahab E:
IL4 & IL5 mRNA expression in the sputum and broncho-alveolar lavage of patients with bronchial
asthma. A comparative study. Egy. J. of Immunology, 2002; 9:.
Tag El-Dein E and Farhat AA:
A study of ventilatory lung functions, respiratory pump function and blood gas parameters in patients
with myotonic dystrophy.
Egypt J. Neurol. Psychiat. Neurosurg., 2002; 39(1): 79-86.
Khalifa A, Hamad H, El-Shimy WS and Farhat AA:
Radiofrequency surgery for snoring and mild sleep apnea: A comparison between two techniques.
Tanta Med. J., 2002; 30(3): 443-455.
Eisa E, Farhat AA, El-Kalla FS, Negm OE, El-Kholy, GA, Ayad Nm and Mostafa AH: The level of
messenger-RNA for TH1 and TH2 cytokines (IL2 & IL4) in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis:
A relationship to disease severity. Egyptian J of Microbiology, 2001; 10:.
Eisa E, Husein MZ, Farhat AA, El-Kalla FS, Elwan N, Bahr HM and Elwan N: HLA-DR Typing in
pulmonary tuberculosis: Relationship with disease susceptibility and response to chemotherapy. Egy.
J. Clinical Microbiology, 2001; 10:
Faried MF and Farhat AA: A clinical and spirometric comparison of Ropivacaine and Bupivacaine in
interscalene brachial plexus anesthesia.
Tanta Med. J., 2001; 29(4): 507-521.
H Teschler, TE Wessendorf, AA Farhat, N Konietzko, and M Berthon-Jones
Two months auto-adjusting versus conventional nCPAP for obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome
Eur. Respir. J., Jun 2000; 15: 990 - 995.
Saber A and Farhat AA:
Surfactant as a treatment modality for management of COPD patients who developed ARDS.
Egypt J. Physians Intensive Care, 2000 5(1)
Farhat AA, El-Shafey Kh and Eisa E.: Clinical, Bacteriological and radiological pattern of Chest
infection in non-AIDS immunocompromized patients. Egy. J. Radiology and Neuclear Med., 2000;
31(3): 921-934.
Farhat AA, El-Sheikh AM and Nassar BA: A study of airway occlusion pressure and breathing
pattern for prediction of successful weaning in COPD. Egy. J. Chest Dis. & Tuberc. 1999, 48: 117-
125.
H El-Shafey Kh, Noeman A, Farhat AA and Bahr HM:
High resolution CT in chronic interstitial pulmonary diseases. Egy. J. Radiology and Neuclear Med.,
1999; 30(3): 1105-1113.
H Teschler, AA Farhat, V Exner, N Konietzko, and M Berthon-Jones
AutoSet nasal CPAP titration: constancy of pressure, compliance and effectiveness at 8 month followup
Eur. Respir. J., Sep 1997; 10: 2073 - 2078.
H Teschler, G Stamatis, AA el-Raouf Farhat, FJ Meyer, U Costabel, and N Konietzko
Effect of surgical lung volume reduction on respiratory muscle function in pulmonary emphysema
Eur. Respir. J., Sep 1996; 9: 1779 - 1784.
H. Teschler, T. E. Wessendorf, A. A. Farhat, N. Konietzko and M Berthon-Jones
Two month auto-adjusting versus conventional nCPAP for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
Eur Respir J., 2000; 15: 990-995.
H. Teschler, A. A. Farhat, V. Exner, N. Konietzko and M Berthon-Jones
AutoSet nasal CPAP titration: constancy of pressure, compliance and effectiveness at 8 month followup
Eur Respir J., 1997; 10: 2073-2078
H. Teschler, G. Stamatis, A. A. Farhat, F. J. Meyer, U. costabel, N. Konietzko
Effect of surgical lung voume reduction on respiratory muscle function in pulmonary emphysema
Eur Respir J., 1996; 9: 1779-1784..
H. Teschler, G. Stamatis, A. A. Farhat, F. J. Meyer, V. \steveling, V Weisskopf, U. costabel,
N. Konietzko
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Funktionelle Ergebnisse der Chirurgichen Lungenvolumen Reduktion beim Schween Lungenemphysem
Dtsch. Med. Wschr., 1996; 121: 1248-1254...
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