Professor of neurology since 2010. The founder of sleep medicine laboratory at the neurology department, Ain shams university hospitals, since 1996. Charing supervisor of neurophysiology unit education (including digital EEG, EMG and nerve conduction, evoked potential studies, and polysomnography sections) at neurology department in Ain Shams university hospitals. A member of the Egyptian Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, since 1995. A member of Egyptian Society of Psychiatry, since 1995. A member of American the Clinical Neurophysiology Society, (ACNS), since 1996. A member of the American Sleep Association, (ASA), since 1996. Worked as a director of neurology unit in Ain shams specialized hospitals, in 2006, 2008, 2010, director of neurology unit in Ain shams university hospitals, in 2011, and director of neuro-critical unit in Ain shams specialized hospitals in 2012. She is working as a consultant of neurology at the outpatient clinics in Ain shams specialized hospitals since 2001 till now.
Education
* M.B.B.Ch (Excellent with honor degree). Ain Shams University, Egypt, 1990
* M.Sc. in Neurology & Psychiatry (Excellent). Ain Shams University, Egypt, 1994
* Diploma in psychiatric practice (D.P.P.). Ain Shams University, Egypt, H.M.D.S.
/University of London 1996
* M.D. in Neurology. Ain Shams University, Egypt, 2000
* Certificates of Faculty and Leadership Development Project (FLDP), since 2005.
Current Position: Professor of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University
Unit(s)
Epilepsy UnitResearch
Skills & Interests
Teaching students of undergraduate and post graduate grades, in the fields of interest, in neurology department Ain shams university, through lectures, clinical rounds and weekly conference.
Supervision of master and doctorate degree candidates at the neurology department and several medical and pediatric departments.
Reporting long term and conventional digital EEG, video EEG monitoring for assessment of cases pre-surgically.
Reporting sleep laboratory studies. Practicing and reporting nerve conduction electromyographic studies, and evoked potential studies.
Special interest in epilepsy; as a member of ” the epilepsy and sleep disorders” subunit at the neurology department, Ain shams university
Thesis
Master: ” The role of basal ganglia in neuropsychiatric disorders.”
MD thesis: “A comprehensive evaluation of nocturnal polysomnographic recording in epileptic patients”.
Training
* August – September 1996, Diploma of Telefactor Training Course for Digital Polysomnography and Digital EEG, at the Lankenau Hospital, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
* June 1997 Telefactor Training Course for Digital Polysomnography EEG at Saint Vincent`s Hospital and medical center, New York, U.S.A.
Publications
Elkhayat, N.M. (2004) BENIGN EPTLEPSY WITH CENTROTEMPORAL SPIKES (BECTS) IN A SAMPLE OF EGYPTIAN CHILDREN. ATYPICAL CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS. AIN SHAMS MEDICAL JOURNAL Vol. -55 No. 10, 11 & 12.
Elkhayat, N.M, Khalil, S.H. (2006). Auditory and Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Cerebrovascular Critical Care Patients: Early Prognosis and Outcome. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. 43(1): 287-293).
Afify H, Helmy, S. M, El-Nabil, L. M, Elkhayat, N.M, El Nahas, N. M, and Zakaria, M. F. (2019). Cerebral vasomotor reactivity in border zone infarcts, a transcranial Doppler study. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. 55
Salah-Eldin, N, Nassef A.M, Elkhayat, N.M, Khalil, S.H. (2007). Cerebrovascular Reactivity in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 44(1): 49-58)
Nassef A.M, Abdel Samei, A.M, Elkhayat, N.M, Imam, A.T, Etribi M.A. (2003). Evaluation of vascular dementia by diffusion-weighted MRI. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 40(2): 611.
Abdel-Nasser, A, Elkhayat, N.M, Khalil, S, Mahmoud, L.H (2006): Audio-Vestibular and Neurological Correlates in Patients with Auditory and Peripheral Neuropathy. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 43(1): 253-267).
Etribi, M. A, Salah-Eldin, N, Elkhayat, N.M, Dewidar, A, Abdulghani, M. O. (2001). Factors predicting chronicity in epilepsy. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 38(2):351.
Elkhayat, N.M, Nada, M.A, El-Sayed, H.H, Nasr, M.A. (2018). Factors associated with prognosis of Guillain-Barre syndrome Clin Psychol Cog Sci 2018,2(1):29-31.
Elkhayat, N.M, Salah-Eldin, N, Nassef, 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.
Afify, H, Hamed, S.H, Elkhayat, N.M, El-Nahas, N, Zakaria, M. F, Abd Elkader, H, (2010). Microembolic Signals Detection in Acute Ischemic Stroke “Its Prevalence and Use for Evaluation of Treatment”. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. 47(1): 233-237)
El-Khayat H.A, Nassar M.F, El-Khayat N.M., Gomaa S. M. (2004). Peripheral and central nerve conduction changes in protein energy malnutrition: Relation to Cyanocobalamine status. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery., 2004, 41(1): 359-371).
Mansour, A.H, Ayad, M, Elkhayat, N.M, El Sadek, A, and Alloush,T.K, (2020). Post-stroke sleep disorders in Egyptian patients by using simply administered questionnaires: a study from Ain Shams University. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery (2020) 56:13
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41983-020-0148-x
Emam, A, Fahmy, N, El-Khayat, N.M, (2007): Post-Traumatic Epilepsy: Clinical, Neurophysiological and Neuroimaging Study. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. Vol. 44 (2), P. 737-749
Elbelkimy, M, Elkhayat, N.M, Elsadek, A, Mansour, A, and Aboutaleb, M. (2019). Predictive value of C-reactive protein and carotid intimal medial thickness in acute ischemic stroke. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 55:72
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41983-019-0115-6.
Rashed, H.R, Tork, M.A, El-Nabil, L.M, Elkhayat, N.M, Salah N, Abdelhady, S.T, Abdulghani, K.O, and Abdulghani, M.O, (2019). Refractory epilepsy and obstructive sleep apnea: is there an association? The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. 55:28
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41983-019-0072-0.
El-Nabil, L.M, Lotfy, N, Elkhayat, N.M, Abdulghani, K.O, Ahmed, M, Abdulghani, M.O, (2015). Restless Leg Syndrome in a Sample of Egyptian Patients with Multiple Sclerosis. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. 52(1): 55-61].
Elkhayat, N.M, Khashaba, A, Refaat, S, El-Fiky, M, (2010). Serum Level of sCD40 Ligand and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 in cases of Acute Ischemic Coronary and Cerebral Events. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. 47(4): 665-672].
Nassef, 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.
El-Etribi, M. A, Hemeida, M, Salah-Eldin, N, Elkhayat, N.M, Haroun, M. (2001). S|eep disturhances in the patients presenting with cerebro-vascular stroke. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. 38(2): 341.
Tork, M.A, Rashed, H.R, Elnabil, L, Salah-Eldin, N, Elkhayat, N.M, Abdelhady, A.A, Abdulghani, M.O, and Abdulghani, K.O, (2020). Sleep pattern in epilepsy patients: a polysomnographic study. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. 56:5
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41983-019-0141-4.
Elkhayat, N.M, and Heider, H. M, (2006). SLEEP QUALITY AND QUANTITY DISORDERS IN ACTIVE SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS. The Egyptian Rheumatologist, Vol. 28, No 2, 2006: P.235-246.
