Dr. Mohammad ElShami MD.

Summary

Psychiatrist consultant and Health Care Management specialist.

Co-Founder and Medical Chief Officer at www.shezlong.com

Founder of Psychiatry department at Children Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357.

Director of Psychosocial oncology at Luxor cancer center Shefaa Elorman.

Professional Certified Trainer from AUC.

Author of: Stigma towards mental illness & The black dog; surviving from depression.

Winner of Cairo University and Prof. Okasha awards. Current Positions:

• Co-founder and Chief medical officer at www.shezlong.com since February 2016.

• Director of psycho-oncology services at Luxor cancer center since April 2019.

Previous Position:

o Director of psychiatry department at the Children Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357 (July/2007 - January/2016).

Specialties:

- Consultant in Psychiatry.

- Specialist in Hospital Management.

- Professional certified trainer.

Certificates:

- Master: Psychiatry and Neurology, Cairo University, 2009.

- Diploma: Health care management, American University in Cairo, 2012.

- Professional certified trainer, American University in Cairo, 2014.

- M.B.B.ch.: Bachelor of medicine, Cairo University, 2002. Awards:

1- Won the best master thesis award all over the faculty of medicine Cairo University for the year 2009.

2- Prof. Okasha award 2010 for the best research done in psychiatry in Egypt.

3- Best psychiatric clinical practice from the psychiatric department of Cairo University for the year 2012.

Scientific production:

A) Books:

• The black dog, the journey of remission from depression, Toya publication, Egypt, 2019. (In Arabic)

• The stigma towards mental illness, Lap publication, Germany, 2013.

• Contributor in a book: Pediatric Palliative Care: Global Perspectives. Knapp, C., Fowler-Kerry, S., Madden, V., eds. Chapter of Pediatric Palliative Care in the Middle East, Michael Silbermann, Maha Arnaout, Hany Abdel Rahman, Mohamed Sedky, Mohammad El-Shami, Myriam Ben-Arush, Salma Al-Hadad, Huda Abu-Saad Huijer, Barbara Pitsillides, Nurdan Tacyildiz, Aziza Shad, Reda Rizkallah, and Shamvil Ashraf, In: Springer Science, pp. 127-159. 2012.

• Contributor in a book: Life, a guidance directory. [Arabic], Salem A. eds. In Arabic, Chapter of The psychological pureness. Aalam Aladab, Beirut, 2018.

B) Reports:

• Expert interviewee at the Economist report: Quality of death index 2015, The Economist Intelligence Unit.

C) Articles:

1. Cancer disclosure—account from a pediatric oncology ward in Egypt: El Malla H, Steineck G, Ylitalo Helm, Wilderäng U, El Sayed Elborai, Elshami M, Kreicbergs U. Psychooncology. Jun 30. doi: 10.1002/pon.4207, 2016.

2. Multidisciplinary care team for cancer patients and its implementation in several Middle Eastern countries Silbermann M, Pitsillides B, Al-Alfi N, Omran S, Al-Jabri K, Elshamy K, Ghrayeb I, Livneh J, Daher M, Charalambous H, Jafferri A, Fink R, El-Shami M., Annals of Oncology, Oct 24 Supplement 7:vii41-47, 2013.

3. The attitude of first and sixth year medical students in Cairo University towards psychiatry, Dalal A, ElShami M, The Arab Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 22 No. 2, 2011.

4. Can We Overcome the Effect of Conflicts in Rendering Palliative Care? Silbermann M, Khleif A, Tuncer M, Pitsillides B, Shad A, Oberman A, Elshami M, Gultekin M, Daher M, Tarawneh M, Harford J., current oncology reports, Aug;13(4):302-7, 2011. 5. Palliative care: concepts, needs, and challenges: perspectives on the experience at the Children's Cancer Hospital in Egypt, ElShami M, Journal of pediatric hematology and oncology, Apr;33 Suppl 1:S54-5, 2011.

6. Pain management training in the Children’s Cancer Hospital 57357, ElShami M, Journal of pediatric hematology and oncology, volume 32, Number 5, p: 434, July 2010.

C) TV production:

- Presented 15 program series named “Stable upbringing” at AlRahma Channel (Nilesat) about the proper children upbringing and the common children problems at different ages.

- Presented 50 series named (A child in our home) about the psychiatric problems in children at AlHekma channel (Nilesat). Training of trainers courses attended:

- Training of trainers in palliative and end of life care, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, May 2015.

- Training of trainers in smoking cessation, King Hussein Cancer Center Jordan, November 2015.

Online Courses

- Fundamentals of clinical trials, Harvard University, 2014.

- Understanding Research: An Overview for Health Professionals, University of California, San Francisco, 2014.

- Introduction to bioethics, Georgetown University, 2014.

- Writing in the Science, Stanford University. 2014.

- Interviewing skills, Knowledge training center, Cairo, 2009. Previous Psychiatric Training Positions:

1- Residency at the psychiatric department Cairo University 3/2005 – 6/2007.

2- Residency at Hedoa mental hospital 7/2005 – 3/2007. 3- Residency at Omar Shahin hospital 9/2006 –12/2006. Training included psychiatric subspecialties:

1- General adult psychiatry.

2- Child and adolescent psychiatry.

3- Geriatric psychiatry.

4- Liaison psychiatry.

5- Substance misuse and addiction.

Affiliates:

1- World psychiatric association (WPA)

2- Egyptian psychiatric association (EPA).

3- International Psycho-oncology society (IPOS)

4- American Psycho-oncology society (APOS)

5- Middle East Cancer Consortium (MECC) concerned with palliative care and pain management for patients suffering from cancer. 6- Previous Board member in the scientific advisory committee at the Children Cancer hospital Egypt 57357.

7- Former board member at the Psychological Health Awareness Society in Egypt (EPHASE) NGO for raising mental health awareness and support in Egypt.

Linguistics and Computer Skills:

1- Excellent knowledge of both spoken and written English. 2- Excellent knowledge of both spoken and written Arabic. 3- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Microsoft office and internet.

Personal Data:

- Email: adigrg@r.postjobfree.com

- Nationality: British / Egyptian

- Egypt address: 5081/11 Hadayek ElMohandseen, Sheikh Zayed, Giza. Post code 12580.

- UK address: 238 Shooters Hill Road, London SE3 8UW

- Phone number: +201*********

- Nationality: British/Egyptian.

- Age: 41 years

- Social status: Married with two children.

References:

1- Prof. Mohamed Ezat: Professor of Psychiatry, Cairo University: a. Tel: +201*********

b. Email: adigrg@r.postjobfree.com

2- Prof. Mohamed Nasr: Professor of Psychiatry, Cairo University: a. Tel: +201*********

b. Email: adigrg@r.postjobfree.com

References could be contacted before the interview. Social Networks:

- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/melshami

- Researchgate:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammad_Elshami2/

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drmelshami

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