Mohamed Ahmed Ghoneim is an Egyptian

urologist Urology (from Greek οὖρον ''ouron'' "urine" and ''-logia'' "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the urinary-tract system and the reproductive organ ...

Career

Ghoneim is a graduate of the

University of Cairo Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...

. He is one of the founders of the Ghoneim Urology and Nephrology Center for Management of Renal and Urological Disorders (a

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...

collaborating centre located in

Mansoura, Egypt Mansoura (' , rural: ) is a city in Egypt, with a population of 960,423. It is the capital of the Dakahlia Governorate. Etymology ''Mansoura'' in Arabic means "victorious". The city is named after the El Mansoura Battle against Louis IX of Fr ...

). He is a member of the International Society of Urology, and a member of both the British and the American Urology Associations. He is a colleague of Professor Nils Kock, the inventor of the

Kock pouch A Kock pouch is a continent pouch formed by the terminal ileum after colectomy. The procedure was detailed and first performed in 1969 by Dr Nils Kock. __TOC__ Indications Kock pouch ileostomy is indicated for patients who are unfit for ileal po ...

Gaza War medical relief effort

Ghoniem provided medical services to war casualties in Gaza during the Gaza War.

Honors and awards

Ghoneim is the recipient of the Egyptian National Scientific Award, 2001, and was a nominee for the European Urology Society annual award in 2004. He was the winner of the SIU-Félix Guyon Medal (2006). Ghoneim served as annual president of the Endourology Society in 1987.

References

External links

Mansura University Personal web Page
*https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4329-0346 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghoneim, Mohamed Living people Mansoura University faculty Cairo University alumni 1939 births Egyptian urologists People from Mansoura, Egypt Qasr El Eyni Hospital