Dr. med. Ahmed Samir Alfaar
MBBCh, MSc, MSc, Dip. Informatics
MD/PhD Medical Neuroscience Program
Interests: Ophthalmology, Medical Retina, Ocular Oncology, Pediatric Oncology, Health Informatics, Research Informatics, Computational Biology, Statistics, eLearning
Publications: ResearchGate - ORCiD - Scholar - Publons - Dimensions - ORCID - LOOP - Scopus
Qualifications
- 2024.11 Expected: MD/Ph.D. Neuroscience, MedNeuro Program - Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, and Freie Universität Berlin. (Neuroscience - Ophthalmology). Supervisor: Prof. Olaf Strauß
- 2024 May: Post-graduate certificate of medical education, University of Dundee, UK
- 2022 May: Fellow, European Board of Ophthalmology
- 2021 Oct.: Medical Informatics Extra Specialization “Zusatzbezeichnung”, Berlin Physicians Chamber, Berlin Germany.
- 2021 Mar.: Ophthalmology Specialization “Facharzt”, Berlin Physicians Chamber, Berlin, Germany.
- 2019 Oct.: German Approbation. The Medical Practice License, Medical Council, Berlin, Germany
- 2018 Mar.: Dr. med. (German medical doctorate), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Thesis: The Incidence and Survival of Pediatric Malignancies with Focus on Ocular and Orbital Tumors (Ophthalmic Oncology / Epidemiology). Supervisor: Prof. Olaf Strauß
- 2014 Oct.: M.Sc. – Master of Advanced Oncology. Faculty of Medicine, Ulm University, Germany. Thesis: Ordinal Classification of Pediatric Tumors Samples (Pediatric Oncology / Computational Biology). Supervisor: Prof. Hans Kestler
- 2012 Jan.: Ophthalmology Specialist. Egyptian Medical Syndicate, Egypt.
- 2012 Nov.: M.Sc. - Masters in Ophthalmology. Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University. Thesis: Molecular and Genetic Targeting of Retinoblastoma (Review, Ophthalmic Oncology). Supervisor: Prof. Hany Hamza
- 2010 Jan.: PG Diploma- Medical and Biomedical Informatics. Faculty of Information and Computer Sciences, Helwan University. Project: Building a Research-oriented Follow-up System for Cancer Patients. Supervisor: Prof. Sherif Kholief
- 2009 Oct.: Certificate- Principles and Practice of Clinical Research. Harvard Medical School. Project: Clinical Trial Protocol; Comparison of Bimatoprost with a fixed combination of Bimatoprost and Timolol in adult patients with primary open-angle glaucoma: an eight-week, randomized, double-blind, and parallel groups.
- 2009 Aug.: Certificate- eLearning in Practice Course. InWent/GIZ (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)), DE/KE. Project: Online Training Module for Nurses on Leukemia.
- 2005 Nov.: MB.BCh- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, EG.
- 1999 Jul.: Diploma- General Secondary Schools Certificate. Damietta Military Secondary School. Damietta, EG.
Work Experience
- 2023 Aug - 2024 July: The Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK
- 2021 May - 2023 July: Specialist Ophthalmologist, Multiple clinics, Berlin, Ulm, Giessen, Potsdam, Wittenberg
- 2020 Jan - Dec: Ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Leipzig
- 2011 Dec – 2014 Apr: Head of Research Education Unit, Research Department, Children’s Cancer Hospital 57357 Egypt (CCHE-57357).
- 2008 Sep – 2014 Apr: Researcher/ research coordinator, Ocular and Renal Tumours, Research Department, CCHE-57357.
- 2008 - 2014: Ophthamologist (Part-time), Multiple clinics.
- 2007 – Aug –2008: Resident, Ophthalmology Department, Cairo University.
- 2007 Mar – Jul: Primary Care Physician, Ministry of Health and Population, Damietta.
- 2006 – Feb – 2007: House officer, Cairo University Hospitals.
Research Grants/Awards/Scholarships
- 2014 Apr: Research and Development Innovation RDI– Grant, Egypt. Co-investigator.
- 2013 Nov- 2014 Apr: LeHo - Learning at Home and in the Hospital Project. EACEA (Education and Culture European Agency). 3 Years to Dec 2016. Role: Site/field director.
- 2013 Feb: Science and Technology Development Fund, Centers of Scientific Excellence (STDF-CSE-Egypt) , Genetic Epidemiology Center of Excellence (GECE), Role: Project team member.
Training Grants/Awards/Scholarships
- 2015 Apr: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). German-Egyptian Research Long-term Scholarship (GERLS). 4-Year PhD scholarship.
- 2014 Nov: Best presentation award, Egyptian Ophthalmological Society meeting, Alexandria, Egypt.
- 2014 July: US Department of State Alumni Awards, US Embassy, Cairo – Health Program.
- 2014 May: Conquer Cancer Foundation / American Society of Clinical Oncology International Development and Education Award (IDEA).
- 2014 Mar: Misr ElKheir Foundation Grant, Egypt 2014.
- 2014 Feb: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). German Egyptian Research Short term Scholarship (GERSS).
- 2014 Jan: European Association of Cancer Research.
- 2013 Nov: ESMO Symposium on Immuno-Oncology, Geneva, Switzerland. - Travel Grant
- 2013 Aug: International Society of Genetic Eye Diseases and Retinoblastoma (ISGEDR) meeting, Ghent, Belgium. - Travel Grant
- 2012 Nov: ESMO Translational Research Unit Visit, Christie Hospital, Manchester.
- 2012 Sep: European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), Vienna, Austria. - Travel Grant
- 2012 Aug: Ruth and Adolf Merckle Foundation Scholarship for Studying Oncology, Ulm University, Germany. (– Sept 2014.)
- 2012 Mar: Methods of Cancer Research Workshop, European Society of Medical Oncology , American Society of Clinical Oncology and King Abdel Aziz City for Science and Technology, Al-Ahsaa, Saudi Arabia. 17-21. - Course Scholarship and Travel Grant
- 2011 Sep: North African Community Health Initiative, Legacy International – USA, Roanoke - Virginia, USA. - Travel Grant
- 2011 Jan: International Society of Genetic Eye Diseases and Retinoblastoma (ISGEDR) meeting travel grant, Bangalore, India. - Travel Grant
- 2009 Apr: eLearning in Practice Course, InWent-Germany. - Partial Grant - Course Scholarship
- 2008May: The Best Educational Laparoscopic Surgery video -World best 30, WebSurg, Strasbourg, France: Prof. Amr Mohsen Crew as film director http://award.websurg.com
- 2007 Mar: Special mentions "KasrAlAiny School of Medicine Website - The eLearning Portal" eLearning Partition, The National E-Content Award 2006.
- 2005 Jun: Certificate of Appreciation, Building Webspace, Egyptian Association for International Medical Studies.
- 2005 Feb: Best Educational CD and educational material submitted by youth in Egyptian Universities Youth Week in Mansourah.
- 2005 Feb: 3rd Best Educational material in the same competition.
- 2004 Dec: 1st Best Educational CD and educational material submitted by students to Cairo University Science Club, for Gynaecology CD.
- 2004 Dec: 2nd Best Educational CD and educational material in the same competition, for Parasitology CD, also my team had the 4th and 5th grades in the same competition.
- 2004 Dec: Certificate of Appreciation for Parasitology eLearning Material Production, Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, CU.
- 1998 Aug: The National Award for Ideal student in secondary schools.
- + Many other appreciations for school, district and state level competitions winning 1988-1999.
Memberships
Professional bodies|
- German Medical Council www.bundesaerztekammer.de
- Egyptian Medical Council www.ems.org.eg
- UK medical council www.gmc-uk.org
- Swiss Federal Office of Public Health www.bag.admin.ch/
Ophthalmology |
Research |
Oncology |
- European Society of Medical Oncology, 2012 www.esmo.org
- American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2012 www.asco.org
- Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft (The German Cancer Society), 2016 www.krebsgesellschaft.de
- North American Association of Central Cancer Registries www.naaccr.org