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Personal History
Education
1983-89: Faculty of Medicine, M.B., B.Ch., Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
1994: Faculty of Medicine, Master of Science in Surgery (M.Sc.), Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
2001: Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Master of Public Health (M.P.H.), Baltimore, Maryland
Post Graduate Education and Clinical Training
1990-91: Alexandria University Hospitals, Internship, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
1991-94: Dept. of General Surgery, Residency/General & Pediatric Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
1995-98: Department of Pediatrics, Residency/Pediatrics, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
1998-99: Department of Pediatrics, Chief Resident/Pediatrics, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
1999-2003: Department of Pediatrics, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, General Academic Pediatrics Fellowship Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Research Interests
General Pediatrics, Global Health, Epidemiology, Bioethics, Vaccinology.
- Hepatitis C vaccine development and testing
- Alternative therapies for hepatitis C
- Herbal therapy for acute hepatitis infections
- Hepatitis C immune responses in children
Publications
Peer-reviewed journal articlesChen, W; El-Kamary, SS. Vaccines for Enteric Infections. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2011 Nov 10. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22080824
El-Kamary SS, Billington M, Deitz S, Colby E, Rhinehart H, Wu Y, Blackwelder W, Edelman R, Lee A, King A. Safety and tolerability of the Easy Vax¿ Clinical Epidermal Electroporation System in Healthy Adults. Molecular Therapy Mol Ther. 2011 Nov 8. doi: 10.1038/mt.2011.235. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22068424
Esmat G, Hashem M, El-Raziky M, El-Akel W, El-Naghy S, El-Koofy N, El-Sayed R, Ahmed R, Abdel Hamid M, El-Kamary SS, El-Karaksy H. Risk factors for hepatitis C virus acquisition and predictors of persistence among Egyptian children. Liver Int. 2011 Sep 15. doi: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2011.02643.x. [Epub ahead of print]
Arshad M, El-Kamary SS, Jhaveri R. Hepatitis C Virus Infection During Pregnancy and the Newborn Period - Are They Opportunities for Treatment? Pediatric Infectious Diseases. J Viral Hepat. 2011 Apr;18(4):229-36. [Epub 2011 Jan 7] PMID: 21392169
Hashem M, El-Karaksy H, Shata MT, Sobhy M, Helmy H, El-Naghi S, Galal G, Ali ZZ, Esmat G, Abdelwahab SF, Strickland GT, El-Kamary SS. Strong Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)-specific Cell-mediated Immune Responses in the Absence of Viremia or Antibodies Among Uninfected Siblings of HCV Chronically Infected Children. J Infect Dis. 2011 Mar 15;203(6):854-61. Epub 2011 Jan 21. PMID: 21257736
El-Kamary SS, Pasetti MF, Mendelman PM, Frey SE, Bernstein DI, Treanor JJ, Ferreira J, Chen WH, Sublett R, Richardson C, Bargatze RF, Sztein MB, Tacket CO. Adjuvanted intranasal norwalk virus-like particle vaccine elicits antibodies and antibody-secreting cells that express homing receptors for mucosal and peripheral lymphoid tissues. J Infect Dis. 2010 Dec 1;202(11):1649-58. Epub 2010 Oct 27. PMID: 20979455
El-Kamary SS, Jhaveri R, Shardell MD. All-Cause, Liver-Related, and Non-Liver-Related Mortality Among HCV-Infected Individuals in the General US Population. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;53(2):150-7. Epub 2011 Jun 10. PMID: 21665867
Shebl FM, El-Kamary SS. Diabetes mellitus, obesity, and hepatocellular carcinoma: the jury is still out. Am J Gastroenterol. 2010 Sep;105(9):2116-7. PMID: 20818365
Saleh DA, Shebl FM, El-Kamary SS, Magder LS, Allam A, Abdel-Hamid M, Mikhail N, Hashem M, Sharaf S, Stoszek SK, Strickland GT. Incidence and risk factors for community-acquired hepatitis C infection from birth to 5 years of age in rural Egyptian children. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2010 May;104(5):357-63. Epub 2010 Feb 12. PMID: 20153495
Shebl FM, El-Kamary SS, Saleh DA, Abdel-Hamid M, Mikhail N, Allam A, El-Arabi H, Elhenawy I, El-Kafrawy S, El-Daly M, Selim S, El-Wahab AA, Mostafa M, Sharaf S, Hashem M, Heyward S, Stine OC, Magder LS, Stoszek S, Strickland GT. Prospective cohort study of mother-to-infant infection and clearance of hepatitis C in rural Egyptian villages. J Med Virol. 2009 Jun;81(6):1024-31. PMID: 19382251
El-Kamary SS, Shardell MD, Abdel-Hamid M, Ismail S, El-Ateek M, Metwally M, Mikhail N, Hashem M, Mousa A, Aboul-Fotouh A, El-Kassas M, Esmat G, Strickland GT. A Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Silymarin on Symptoms, Signs and Biomarkers of Acute Hepatitis. Phytomedicine. 2009 May;16(5):391-400. Epub 2009 Mar 19. PMID: 19303273; NIHMS95436; PMCID: PMC2094100
Strickland GT, El-Kamary SS, Klenerman P, Nicosia A. Hepatitis C Vaccine: Demand and Supply. Lancet Infect Dis. 2008 Jun;8(6):379-86. PMID: 18501853
Saleh DA, Sheb F, Abdel-Hamid M, Narooz S, Mikhail M, El-Batanony M, El-Kamary S, El-Daly M, Sharaf S, Hashem M, El-Kamary SS, Magder S, Stoszek S, Strickland GT. Incidence and Risk Factors for Hepatitis C Infection in a Cohort of Women in Rural Egypt. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Sep;102(9):921-8. Epub 2008 Jun 2. PMID: 18514243
Kamal SM, El Kamary SS, Shardell MD, Hashem M, Ahmed IN, Muhammadi M, Sayed K, Moustafa A, Hakem SA, Ibrahiem A, Moniem M, Mansour H, Abdelaziz M. Pegylated interferon alfa-2b Plus Ribavirin in Patients with Genotype 4 Chronic Hepatitis C: the Role of Rapid and Early Virologic Response. Hepatology. Hepatology. 2007 Dec;46(6):1732-40. PMID: 17943989
Shata MT, Barrett A, Shire NJ, Abdelwahab SF, Sobhy M, Daef E, El-Kamary SS, Hashem M, Engle R, Purcell R, Emerson S, Strickland GT, Sherman KE. Characterization of Hepatitis E-Specific Cell Mediated Immune Response Using IFN-gamma ELISPOT Assay. J Immunol Methods. 2007 Dec 1;328(1-2):152-61. Epub 2007 Sep 19. PMID: 17905301
Zakaria S, Fouad R, Shaker O, Zaki S, Hashem A, El- Kamary SS*, Esmat G and Zakaria S. Changing Patterns of Acute Viral Hepatitis at a Major Urban Referral Center in Egypt. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Feb 15;44(4):e30-6. Epub 2007 Jan 17. PMID: 17243045
El-Kamary SS, Serwint JR, Joffe A, Santosham M, Duggan AK. Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Children in Urban Children. J Pediatr 2003;143:54-9. PMID: 12915824
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