Prof. Dr. med. Mohamed Abdel-Wahab
Senior Consultant Cardiology & Head of the Structural Heart Disease Department at Heart Center Leipzig
Heart Center Leipzig
Specialist fields (in extracts)
- Transcatheter valve replacement
- Complex coronary interventions
- Coronary and structural heart disease programs
Curriculum vitae (in extracts)
Education
09/94 – 12/00 | Medical Education
Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt |
12/00 | Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MB. Bch.) Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University Grade ‘Excellent with Highest Honours’ 1st rank among 600 students throughout 6 years |
11/04
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Master’s Degree (MSc) in Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Grade ‘Excellent’- 1st rank among all applicants
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07/08 | Doctorate Degree (MD) in Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University
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10/09
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German Board Certification (Facharzt) in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Ärztekammer Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
03/15 | Additional Qualification in Interventional Cardiology, Germany Society of Cardiology
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06/16
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Habilitation in Internal Medicine and Cardiology
Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany |
LICENSURE / REGISTRATION
03/01 | Unrestricted license to practise medicine in Egypt, Egyptian Ministry of Health # 146554
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08/05 – 05/07
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Temporary license to practise medicine in Germany
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01/09 – 10/11
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LAsD, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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11/11
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Unrestricted license to practise medicine in Germany (Approbation)
LAsD, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany |
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
03/01 – 03/02 | Rotating intern - 2 months in each of the following departments:
- General Medicine - Paediatrics - Gynaecology & Obstetrics - General Surgery - Cardiovascular Medicine - Emergency Medicine Ain Shams University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt |
05/02 – 05/05
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Resident – Cardiovascular Medicine Cardiology Department, Ain Shams University Hospital Cairo, Egypt
Director: Prof. Dr. A. Ayoub |
08/05 – 05/07
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Clinical Fellow - Interventional Cardiology Heart Center, Segeberger Kliniken Bad Segeberg, Germany
Director: Prof. Dr. G. Richardt |
10/05 – 06/08 | Assistant Lecturer – Cardiovascular Medicine Cardiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt
Director: Prof. Dr. R. El-Mawardy |
07/08 – 12/08 | Lecturer – Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt
Director: Prof. Dr. R. El-Gindy |
01/09 – 12/10
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Senior Physician (Funktionsoberarzt) Internal Medicine and Cardiology Heart Center, Segeberger Kliniken Bad Segeberg, Germany
Director: Prof. Dr. G. Richardt |
01/11 – 12/16
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Consultant (Oberarzt) – Internal Medicine and Cardiology Heart Center, Segeberger Kliniken Bad Segeberg, Germany Director: Prof. Dr. G. Richardt |
01/17 – 04/18
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Senior Consultant (Ltd. Oberarzt) – Int. Medicine and Cardiology Head of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Heart Center, Segeberger Kliniken Bad Segeberg, Germany
Director: Prof. Dr. G. Richardt |
Since 05/18
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Senior Consultant (Ltd. Oberarzt) – Int. Medicine and Cardiology Head of the Structural Heart Disease Unit Heart Centre Leipzig – University Hospital Leipzig, Germany
Director: Prof. Dr. H. Thiele |
Since 07/20
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Professor of Interventional Cardiology Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig Leipzig, Germany
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Certification
2006
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Human Participants Protection Education for Research Teams Course (NIHsponsored)
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2009, 2012, 2013 and 2014
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ICH-GCP Training and Certificate |
2013 and 2018
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MPG Course and Certificate
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Academic activities
2002 - 2004 | Master Thesis Cardiology Department, Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt Thesis Title: “Pulsed-wave tissue Doppler in detection of successful reperfusion after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in the setting of acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction”
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2005-2007 | Clinical research projects and participation in single and multicentre trials in clinical and interventional cardiology during the fellowship period at the Heart Centre, Segeberger Kliniken, Bad Segeberg, Germany
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2005 - 2008 | Doctorate Thesis Joint research project between the Cardiology Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, and the Heart Centre, Segeberger Kliniken, Bad Segeberg Thesis Title: “Relationship between cardiovascular risk as predicted by established risk scoring systems and coronary artery plaque composition as detected by intravascular ultrasound virtual histology analysis in native coronary arteries”
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Since 2009
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Clinical research projects and experience as investigator/principle investigator in several phase II, III and IV single and multicentre trials including AMG/MPG trials in the field of clinical & interventional cardiology. Focus of clinical research:
- Acute coronary syndrome - Modern coronary stents - Coronary calcification - Interventional therapies for valvular heart disease To date, more than 190 articles including more than 150 original investigations have been published from these projects. |
Since 2009 | Regular participation in national and international congresses of general and interventional cardiology as presenter and faculty member
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Since 2013
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Abstract grader for the German Society of Cardiology Congress, EuroPCR, PCR London Valves and TCT |
Since 2015
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Member of the scientific program committee of the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Congress
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June 2015
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Habilitation Thesis Faculty of Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany Thesis Title “Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI): Incidence, importance, prognosis and etiological factors of residual prosthesis regurgitation”
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Since 2016
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Member of the scientific program committee of the PCR London Valves Congress
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Contributions
Professor Mohamed Abdel-Wahab has published more than 200 papers in the field of interventional cardiology in peer review journals.
Since 2009 Professor Mohamed Abdel-Wahab is a Reviewer for several international medical journals including:
- Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC)
- JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
- Circulation (Journal of the American Heart Association)
- The European Heart Journal - The American Heart Journal
- The American Journal of Cardiology
- Heart
- The International Journal of Cardiology
- Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
- Eurointervention
- The Journal of Interventional Cardiology
Extra information
SCIENTIFIC PRIZES
2013 | Publication prize of the Working Group of Interventional Cardiology (AGIK) of the German Society of Cardiology (DGK)
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2015
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Andreas Grüntzig Research Prize of the German Society of Cardiology (DGK)
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Memberships
Member of:
- The European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
- The European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI)
- The German Society of Cardiology (DGK)
- The Egyptian Society of Cardiology
Since 2014
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Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC)
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Since March 2015
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Medical Referee for the German Society of Cardiology
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2015-2019
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Nucleus member of the Working Group of Interventional Cardiology (AGIK) of the German Society of Cardiology and responsible for international cooperation
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