PERSONAL DETAILS
| Surname | Yasseen | ||||
| Other names | Nagia Aly Fahmy | ||||
| Title | Prof. | ||||
| Gender | Female | ||||
| Address | 3,El-Nasre Building, Abd El-Hameed Badawy Street, flat 13, El-Sheraton Buildings, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| Post Code | 11799 | ||||
| Date of Birth
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9 | January | 1966 | Place of birth | Benisuef, Egypt |
Reviewer of Ethical Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, revised many works of Neuropsychiatry department and works of stem cell therapy of the faculty.
Reviewer of the Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery (EJNPN).
Reviewer of Journal of Neurosciences, the official jounal of Pan Arab Union of Neurological sciences.
Reviewer of European Neurology Journal.
Education
| School/college / university / other | Degree obtained | Dates (from-to) |
| Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine, Doctorate Degree of Neurology. | (1995-1998) | |
| Ain shams University, Neuropsychiatry Department, Master degree of Neuropsychiatry. | (1991-1994) | |
| Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine, Bachelor of medicine. | (1984-1989) | |
| Misr El-Gedida High school, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt. | (1984) | |
Current Position: Professor of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University
Unit(s)
Neuro-muscular UnitResearch
Skills & Interests
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Neuromuscular disorders, Neurogenetic and Neurodegenerative disorders.
Child Neurology.
Teaching:
Founder of the Egyptian school of Neuromuscular disorders. A yearly school with at least three consultants of neuromuscular disorders in Europe. The school directed to Neurologists and pediatric Neurologists specialized in neuromuscular disorders.
Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching of Neuromuscular disorders in Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. This is achieved through lectures, clinical rounds, neuromuscular workshops and conferences.
Supervising at least three master theses and one doctorate degree every year mostly on the field of Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic disorders.
PRESENTATION
Poster presentation in the American Academy Conference of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, 2018
Poster presentation in the International conference of Neuromuscular Disorders, Vienna, 2018
Presentation and organizing Egypt-Finland workshops of Neuromuscular Disorders, years, 2015, 2016, 2017., with Prof. Bjarne Udd, Neuromuscular Center, Tampere University, Finland.
Presentation and organizing Egypt-Japan Workshops of Neuromuscular disorders, since 1998 till 2009, with Professor Ikuya Nonaka, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan.
General Secretary and organizer of first Neuroscience Conference, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, 2017
General secretary and organizer of Annual conference of Neurology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University,
Oral presentations in the Mediterranean Society of Myology conferences, 1998, 2013
Poster Presentations in the World Muscle Society Conferences, Years, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2014
Poster presentation in World Federation of Neuromuscular Disorders conferences, 2006 and 2018.
Oral presentations in the Pan Arab union of Neurology Conferences, 2003, 2013, 2015
Oral presentation in the yearly Conferences of the Egyptian Society of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
Oral presentation in the yearly Conferences of the Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University.
Yearly Neuroscience Conferences, Neuropsychiatry department, Ain Shams University.
Arrangement and coordination of Pediatric Neurology Clinic and Pediatric Neurology workshop, Feb. 2013, A visit of Prof. Carsten Bonnemanne, Consultant Pediatric Neurology, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, MD, United states.
GRANTS / AWARDS
Individual training of Muscle Diseases, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Tokyo, Japan, 1996.
Award of the Ideal Doctor from Egyptian Medical Syndicate, 2016
Thesis
Thesis of Doctorate Degree: “The Limb-Girdle Syndrome: Histopathological Spectrum and Neurophysiological study”. Under Supervision of: Prof. Anwar Etribi1, Prof. Mohamed Elbanouby1, Prof. Samia Ashour1, Prof. Nafissa Elbadawy2 and Prof. Ikuya Nonaka3.
1 Professor of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University.
2 Professor of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University.
3 Director, Ultra structural Research Laboratory, NCNP, Tokyo, Japan
Training
TRAINING
| Training attended / Technical skills acquired | Place | Dates (from-to) |
| Training on neurophysiology: Nerve conduction studies, Electromyography, Quantitative electromyography, Electroencephalography and Evoked potentials. | Neuropsychiatry Department, Cairo, Egypt.
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1993-1998 |
| Training on diagnosis of muscle diseases: Muscle Biopsy, Nerve Biopsy, Histological, Histochemical and Immuno-histochemical study of Muscle biopsies. | Department of Ultra-structural Research, Institute of Neurosciences, Tokyo, Japan.
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Jan, 1996-June, 1996
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| Training courses on Electromyography: Classic and advanced, Prof, J. Kimura. | Saudi German hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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2003, 2004 |
| Training courses of electroencephalography: Prof. Blume (London Ontario) | Saudi German Hospital, Jeddah and Ain Shams University Specialized Hospital | 2003, 2004, 2006 |
| Training courses of diagnosis of muscle diseases. | World muscle society courses, World Federation on neuromuscular Disorders. | 2003, 2004, 2006 |
| Training courses of genetic diagnosis: PCR, Protein electrophoresis, DNA sequencing. | Genetic center, Ain Shams University.
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2007 |
| Stem cell Isolation and therapy. | VACSERA Institute, Cairo, Egypt | 2007 |
| Training on western blot study of muscle biopsy
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DNA Laboratory, National center hospital of neuromuscular disorders, Tokyo, japan | April, 2008 |
| Special training of the molecular biology of Progressive muscular Dystrophy | Neuromuscular Center, New Castle University, UK | December, 2016 |
| Training of Muscle Pathology and Next Generation Sequencing | Neuromuscular Center, Tampere University, Finland | November, 2017 |
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
| Employer | Position | Dates (from-to) |
| Ain Shams University, Neurology Department. | Professor of Neurology | March 1999-till now |
| Ain Shams University, Neurology Department. | Director, Neuromuscular Unit | 1996- till now |
| Saudi German Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. | Consultant of Neurology and Neurophysiology.
Establishment of a diagnostic laboratory for neuromuscular disorders |
2001-2005 |
| Ain Shams University Specialized Hospital. | Director, Neuro-critical care Unit | 2006 |
| Ain Shams University Specialized Hospital. | Director, Neurology Unit | 2007-2008 |
| Ain Shams University Specialized Hospital. | Director, Stroke Unit | 2010- 2011 |
Publications
Nasef A; Ameen, M; Fahmy, N; Abd El-Naser, A; El-Saeed, K (2001): Central Motor Conduction time (transmagnetic stimulation) in Hepatic Encephalopathy. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. Vol. 38 (1), 265-271
Abd Elrashid, A; El-Okda, H; Fahmy, N (2001): Bispectral Index (BIS) and awareness during open heart surgery: comparison between two different anesthetic regimens: sufentani- midazolam versus remifentanil-propofol. Egyptian Jurnal of Intensive Care.
Fahmy, N (2002): Floppy Infant Syndrome: Clinical, histopathological and immunostaining Study. The Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, Vol. 17, No. 1, P. 161-176
Fahmy, N; Abd El-Naser, A; Salah, N; Nasef, A; El-badawy, N; Etribi, A (2002): Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia: Clinical, Neurophysiological and pathological Study. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. Vol. 39 (1), P.245-255
Abou Gabal, M; Fahmy, N (2002): Neuropathy in Chronic Liver Disease: A cause and effect relationship.The Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery. Vol. 17, No. 2, P. 139-156
Abd El-Wahab, S; Salah, N; Abd El-Naser, A; Fahmy, N; Amer, A; Ashour, S (2002): Peripheral (sensory-motor) and Autonomic Neuropathy in chronic liver disease: clinical, neurophysiological and nerve biopsy study. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. Vol. 39 (1), P. 287-293
Asaad, T; Abd El-Ghany, M O; Abd El-Naser, A; Fahmy, N (2002): Sleep profile in patients with vascular dementia. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. Vol. 39 (2), P.407-411
El-Khayat, N; Salah, N; Nasef, A; Fahmy, N (2003): A five years retrospective study of patients referred to sleep laboratory of neurology department: Hypersomnia as the commonest sleep complaint. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. Vol. 40 (2), P.595-600
Emam, A; Sayed M; Fahmy, N; Emam, E (2003): Cognitive impairment after focal thalamic lesions. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. Vol. 40 (1), P.85-94
Emara, E; Emam, A; Sayed M; Fahmy, N; Nasef, A; Ibrahim, E (2003): Surgery of parkinson’s disease: Retrospective study of early results. The Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery. Vol. 18, No. 1, P.11-31
Ghobashi, A; Emara, E; Fahmy, N; El-Begermy, T; El-Beblawy, M (2003): The continuing role of classic unilateral suboccipital craniectomy in surgical management of craniocervical meningiomas: Clinical, radiological and surgical analysis. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. Vol. 40 (1), p.129-137.
Emam, A; Fahmy, N; El-Khayat, N (2007): Post-Traumatic Epilepsy: Clinical, Neurophysiological and Neuroimaging Study. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. Vol. 44 (2), P. 737-749
Moharam, H; Sayed, M; El-Shazly, A; Fahmy, N (2004): the use of autogenous vein graft as a conduit for nerve regeneration in patients with peripheral nerve injury. The Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery. Vol. 19 (2), P. 225—232
Nasef, A; Fahmy, N; El-Khayat, N; El-Khawas, H; Abo Elnaga, Y (2007): Serum Soluble Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 (SVCAM-1) in Acute ischemic Stroke. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. Vol. 44 (2)P. 771-779
Kamal, S; Fahmy, N; El-Shazly, A (2007): Evaluation of Trigeminal Neuralgia with MRI. Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuc. Med. Vol. 38, No. 1 (March), 469-486.
El-Sherif, R; Fahmy, N; Nonaka, I; Etribi, A (2007): Patterns of Dystrophin gene deletion in Egyptian Duchenne/ Becker muscular dystrophy patients. Acta Myologica, ΧΧVI, 145-150.
Fahmy, N (2007): Protein Analysis of Patients with Muscular Dystrophy in Egypt. Sc. J. Az. Med. Fac. (girls), vol. 28, No. 3, (September), 1991-2011
Fahmy, N, Houssain M (2008): Diagnostic Yield of Computed Tomography in Neuromuscular Disorders: Clinical, Radiological and Pathological Correlations. Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicin. Vol. 39, No 1(March), 381-394.
Shaza A. Wahab, Ghada M. El-Gohary, Lobna El-Nabil, Nagia Fahmy, Hany Zakieldine Sleep Disordered Breathing in Different Endocrinal Diseases (2008): The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. Vol. 45 (2), July, 495-511
Hani Aref, Hany Zakieldine, Azza A. Nasser, Nagia Fahmy, Ayman Nassef (2008): Gradient-ECHO MRI Assessment of Microbleed in Ischemic Stroke Patients. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. Vol. 45 (1), Jan, 269-282.
Ayman Nasef, Nagia Fahmy, Naglaa El-Khayat, Hala El-Khawas, Yosry AboElnaga (2007): Serum Soluble Vascular Adhesion Molecule – (sVCAM -1) in Acute Ischemic Stroke. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. Vol. 44 (2) July, 771-779.
Laila E. Nageib, Azza B Hammad, Olfat Abdel Gawad, Hoda M Masoud, Sahar S. Khattab, Nagia A. Fahmy (2008): Study of Some Immunological Markers in Acute Cerebrovascular Ischemic Stroke. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. Vol. 45(2), July, 521-531.
Effat, Laila K.; Abdalla, Hoda; Ismail, Somia; El-Hadidi, Iman; Helmi, Dalia; Fahmi, Nagia; Afifi, Hanan H. (2013): Molecular diagnosis of myotonic dystrophy type 1 in Egyptian patients. Middle East Journal of Medical Genetics. Vol. 2 – Issue 2: p 55-57
Motassem S. Amer, Nagia A. Fahmy, Sarah A. Hamza, Eman F. Tash, Mohammmad A. A. Allaboudy (2014): Relationship between Cerebral Imaging and Executive Functions in Egyptian Elderly. Advances in Aging Research, 3, 95-101
NA Fahmy, AA Elhady, AA El-Naser, S Ashour, A Etribi, I Nonaka et al (2014): Dysferlinopathy in Egypt: Clinical, Pathological and Genetic characteristics. Neuromuscular Disorders, 24 (9), 903-904
NA Fahmy, D Fayez (2014): Vitamin D deficiency myopathy in Egypt: A treatable myopathy. Neuromuscular Disorders. 24 (9), 802
MA Mostafa, LM El-Nabiel, NA Fahmy, H Aref, E Shreef, FA El-Tawab M.O.Abdulghany (2016): ACE gene in Egyptian ischemic stroke patients. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 25 (9), 2167-2171
H Rashed, A Marei, N Fahmy (2016): Neuropathy associated with recurrent intermittent hypoxia. Muscle & Nerve. Volume, 54, issue 3, page 609
HTML]SM Elsayed, N Fahmy, R Gamal, M Wafik, Neurofibromatosis type 1 and multiple sclerosis: (2017) genetically related diseases. Egyptian Journal of Medical human genetics, vol 18, 295-297
Zakaria MF, Aref H, Abd ElNasser A, Fahmy N, Tork MA, Fouad MM, ElBokl A, Roushdy T, El-Faramawy S, El-Shiekh MA, Moustafa RR (2017): Egyptian experience in increasing utilization of reperfusion therapies in acute ischemic stroke. Int J Stroke. Jan 1:17
TK Aloush, NA Fahmy, DA Elaidy, RS Abdel-Baki (2017): Site and degree of intracranial arterial stenosis in acute stroke patients with metabolic syndrome among a sample of Egyptian patients. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 53 (2), 89.
May Mahmoud Abdella, Magdy Ahmed Mostafa, Maha Ali Nada, Nagia Aly Fahmy (2018): Vitamin D Deficiency in Some Neurological Disorders in Sohag Teaching Hospital, Upper Egypt. International Journal of Science and Research Methodology. July, Vol.:10, Issue:1
Nahas NE, Shokri H, Abdulghani O, Zakaria M, Kamel T, Fahmi N, Khayat N, Shalash A, Basiony AE, Reda R, Farag S, Tork M, Elbokl A, Abdelbaset I, Aref H (2019): Clinical Characteristics of Borderzone Infarction in Egyptian Population: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 28 (5), 1178-1184
Ahmed M Ateya, Ahmed A El-Bassiouny, Sobhy H El-Nabi, Nagia A Fahmy, Mahmoud H Ibrahim, Islam El-Garwany, Khaled Gobbah (2019): Haptoglobin genotyping and risk of cerebral vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research 2 (3), 224
Alloush, N. A. Fahmy, M. M. Fouad, H. O. Albaroudy, M. Hamdy, H. H. Salem (2019): Prediction of Outcome in Patients with Guillain Barre Syndrome- An Egyptian Study. Neuroscience and Medicine 10 (03), 232
H Rashed, S Taha, N Fahmy (2019): Association of Neuropathy with nocturnal oxygen desaturation in patients with sleep apnea. Muscle & Nerve. Volume 60, S 14
Mousa NO, Abdellatif A, Fahmy N, Zada S, El-Fawal H, Osman A (2020): Circulating MicroRNAs in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Feb. 189.
NO Mousa, A Osman, N Fahmy, A Abdellatif, S Zada, H El-Fawal (2020): Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) Diagnosis: Past and Present Perspectives. Open access peer reviewed chapter- Rare diseases book.
NO Mousa, A Osman, N Fahmy, A Abdellatif, W Zahra (2020): Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) Treatment: Past and Present Perspectives. Muscular Dystrophy-Advances in Cellular and Molecular Basis, Diagnosis and Therapeutic Strategies. IntechOpen.
Hani Mohamed Amin Aref, Nagia Ali Fahmy, Salma Hamed Khalil, Mai Fathy Ahmed, Ahmed ElSadek and Mohamed Osama Abdulghani (2020): Role of interleukin-6 in ischemic stroke outcome. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery (2020) 56:12
NA Fahmy, ASA Shalash, TME Roushdy, MA Gaber (2020): Clinical and Neuroradiological Features of Hereditary Ataxia Patients: Hospital Based Study. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine 113 (Supplement_1), hcaa054. 009
Ana Töpf, Katherine Johnson, Adam Bates, et al and the MYO-SEQ consortium (2020): Sequential targeted exome sequencing of 1001 patients affected by unexplained limb-girdle weakness. Genetics in Medicine, pages 1-11
Hossam Shokri, Karim Mohamed, Nagia Fahmy, Ahmed Osman, Ahmed Ghareeb (2020): Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism in patients with osteomalacic myopathy in Egypt. Neurological sciences, July, 2020
Ahmed Mohammed Ateia, Ahmed Elbassiouny, Sobhy Hassab El-Nabi, Nagia Aly Fahmy, Mahmoud Haroon Ibrahim, Islam El-Garawani, Khaled Mohammed Geba, Magdy Khalaf (2020): Predictive value of haptoglobin genotype as a risk of cerebral vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, volume, 199, pages, 106296
M Gomez Garcia de la Banda, N Fahmi, D Sternberg, P Blondy, S Quijano-Roy, E Malfatti (2020): Congenital myasthenic syndrome in two Egyptian siblings due to a novel low-expressor AChR epsilon subunit mutation. NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS 30, S57-S58
Hebatallah R Rashed, Mohamed A Tork, Radwa Soliman, Rehab Serag, Nagia Fahmy (2020): Arabic adaptation and validation of the revised amyotrophic lateral sclerosis functional rating scale (ALSFRS-R): Egyptian study. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 1-3, Sept. 2020
