Mohamed Ghoneim

Mohamed Ahmed Ghoneim is an Egyptian urologist.

Mohamed Ghoneim
Born (1939-03-17) 17 March 1939
Mansoura, Egypt
NationalityEgyptian
Alma materUniversity of Cairo
Known forFounder of the Ghoneim Urology and Nephrology Center
Scientific career
FieldsUrology
InstitutionsMansoura University

Career

Ghoneim is a graduate of the University of Cairo. He is one of the founders of the Ghoneim Urology and Nephrology Center for Management of Renal and Urological Disorders (a World Health Organization collaborating centre[1] located in Mansoura, Egypt). He is a member of the International Society of Urology, and a member of both the British and the American Urology Associations.[2] He is a colleague of Professor Nils Kock, the inventor of the Kock pouch.[3][4]

Gaza War medical relief effort

Ghoniem provided medical services to war casualties in Gaza during the Gaza War.[5]

Honors and awards

Ghoneim served as annual president of the Endourology Society in 1987.[6] Ghoneim is the recipient of the Egyptian National Scientific Award, 2001,[7] and was a nominee for the European Urology Society annual award in 2004.[8] He was the winner of the SIU-Félix Guyon Medal (2006).[9] Ghoneim was awarded Hamdan Award for honoring distinguished personalities from the Arab World by Hamdan Medical Award in 2014.[10]

References
  1. "Ghoneim Urology and Nephrology Center a WHO Collaborating Centre for Management of Renal and Urological Disorders". Who International. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  2. "Renowned urologist Visits IHB" (PDF). Gulf Daily News. 7 November 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2012.
  3. Cohen Z (June 2012). "A tribute to Nils G. Kock, 1924-2011". Canadian Journal of Surgery. 55 (3): 153–4. doi:10.1503/cjs.001212. PMC 3364301. PMID 22630070.
  4. "Mohamed A Ghoneim". Mansoura University. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018.
  5. "Famous Arabic Urologists" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  6. "International Endourology society". Endourology.org. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  7. Sosostris M (19 December 2001). "Al-Ahram Weekly". Weekly.ahram.org.eg. Archived from the original on 10 September 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  8. "Dr. Mohamed Ghoneim Nominated to Receive European Urology Society Award". 27 March 2011. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011.
  9. "Previous winners of the SIU-Félix Guyon Medal have been René Küss (2004) and Mohamed Ghoneim (2006)". International Society of Urology. Archived from the original on 30 May 2011.
  10. "Prof. Mohamed Ghoneim - Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences - HMA". hmaward.org.ae. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
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