UM SOM: Global Ethics Education

Samer S. El-Kamary, M.B.Ch.B., FAAP, MPH

Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Dr. El-Kamary is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is a faculty member in the department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, International Health Division, and in the department of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics Division. He completed his medical training at the Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine in Egypt and his pediatric training at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. His pursued additional fellowship training in Academic Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and he completed a Masters in Public Health in International Health at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health.

During the last three years, Dr. El-Kamary participated in several epidemiological research studies in Egypt, and conducted and assisted in several training programs for Egyptians in Egypt and in the US. The largest training program hosting Egyptians at the University of Maryland is the Health Research Ethics Training Initiative In Egypt (HRETIE), which hosts about 10 Egyptian trainees every year for two-months to complete a Certificate Course in Research Ethics (PI: Henry Silverman).

Educational & Research Activities

• Coinvestigator: Research Ethics Training Initiative in Egypt (HRETIE)
• Coinvestigator: Egyptian ICIDR Hepatitis Research Training
• Coinvestigator: Injury Prevention Research Training in Egypt
• Coinvestigator: Determinants of Hepatitis C & E Morbidity In Egypt
• Coinvestigator: Evaluation of Protective, Disease-Associated & Therapeutic Immunity to Hepatitis C Virus Infection
• Principal Investigator: Serodiagnosis of Liver Fibrosis in Hepatitis C Patients in Egypt
• Principal Investigator: Cell Mediated Immune Responses of Exposed Children to Hepatitis C Virus

Published Articles

Gebo KA, Herlong HF, Torbenson MS, Jenckes MW, Chander G, Ghanem KG, El-Kamary SS, Sulkowski M, Bass EB. Role of liver biopsy in management of chronic hepatitis C: a systematic review. Hepatology 2002;36:S161-72

Gebo KA, Chander G, Jenckes MW, Ghanem KG, Herlong HF, Torbenson MS, El-Kamary SS, Bass EB. Screening tests for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis C: a systematic review. Hepatology 2002;36:S84-92

Gebo KA, Jenckes MW, Chander G, Torbenson MS, Ghanem KG, Herlong HF, Sulkowski MS, El-Kamary SS, Harris KA, Guedelhoefer OC, Bass EB. Management of Chronic hepatitis C. Evid Rep Technol Assess (Summ) 2002;Jun(60):1-7

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

El-Kamary SS, Higman SM, Fuddy L, McFarlane E, Sia C, Duggan AK. Hawaii's healthy start home visiting program: determinants and impact of rapid repeat birth. Pediatrics 2004;114(3):e317-26.

Hepatitis A. El-Kamary SS and Cheng T. Pediatrics in Review.2005; 26: 75-76

Enhancing Research Ethics Committees in Egypt: Guidelines for Standard Operating Procedures. Henry Silverman, MD, Raafat Afifi MD, Maged El-Setouhy, MD, Samer S. El-Kamary, MD, MPH, Sherif Hamouda, Medhat Hassan MD, Nahed Kandeel, RN PhD, Heba Kassem, MD, Nahed Mostafa, MD, Isabelle Nahkla, MD, Sahar Lashin MD, Amina Rashad, RN, PhD, Adil Shamoo MD, Robert Wachbroit PhD, David Wasserman JD. Accepted for publication in ACRP Monitor.