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PERSONAL DATA:

Name: Mahmoud Mohamed Farouk Ahmed Taha.

Date and Place of Birth: 18 March 1978, Sohag, Egypt.

Nationality: Egyptian.

Marital Status: Married.

Language: Native Arabic, Fluent English.

Address (Egypt): El-Nokrashi Street, Sohag, Egypt.

Work Address (Egypt): Ophthalmology Department, Sohag

Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University Street,

Sohag, Egypt

Email: farouk.eye@gmail.com

drmfaroukophth@yahoo.co.uk

Telephones: 0020-100400883 (Egypt)

ACADEMIC DEGREES:

1) Diploma of Fellowship in Ophthalmology, FRCS (Glasg.), January 2010.

2) The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) Basic Science Assessment in Ophthalmology including Optics and Refraction, 2007.

3) Medical Doctorate (MD) Degree in Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt, November 2011.

4) Master Degree in Ophthalmology (M.Sc.), the title of thesis was (LASIK in Management of Refractive Errors), with a general grade “Excellent”, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt, July 2006.

5) M.B,B.Ch. Faculty of medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt, with a general grade “Excellent with honor”, September 2001.

OTHER EDUCATIONAL CERTIFICATES:

1) The international Computer Driving License (ICDL), 2006.

2) The internet based TOEFL (Teaching of English as a Foreign Language) test, Score 92, 2007.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:

1) Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology Department, Sohag Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt (January 2018 – Now).

2) Lecturer in Ophthalmology Department, Sohag Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt (November 2011 – January 2018).

3) Assistant lecturer in Ophthalmology Department, Sohag Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt (November 2006 – November 2011).

4) Research Fellow & Clinical Trainee, Department of ophthalmology and Visual Neuroscience, Institute of Health Bioscience, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Japan (November 2008 – November 2011).

5) Clinical Demonstrator in Ophthalmology Department, Sohag Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt (July 2006 – November 2006).

6) Resident in Ophthalmology Department, Sohag University Hospitals, Sohag Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt (March 2003 - July 2006).

7) House Officer (A Multi-Specialty Rotating Internship) (March 2002 - February 2003): at Sohag University Hospitals, Two months in each (Ophthalmology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Surgery, Internal Medicine and Pediatric), and one month in each (Emergency, Anesthesia and ICU).

8) Associate Professor in Muthusamy Virtual University of Postgraduate Ophthalmology, November 2009.

INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS:

• Optical Coherence Tomography Reveals New Insights into the Accommodation Mechanism. Farouk MM, Naito T, Shinomiya K, Eguchi H, Sayed KM, Nagasawa T, Katome T, Mitamura Y. J Ophthalmol. 2015;2015:510459.
• Twenty five-gauge sutureless vitrectomy versus 20-gauge vitrectomy in epiretinal membrane surgery. Sayed KM, Naito T, Farouk MM, Nagasawa T, Katome T, El-Latif IM, Abdallah AM, Mohamed UA, Mitamura Y. J Med Invest. 2012;59(1-2):69-78.
• Outcomes of 25-gauge vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Farouk MM, Naito T, Sayed KM, Nagasawa T, Katome T, Radwan G, Abdallah A, Elagouz M. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2011 Mar;249(3):369-76.
• Wound sealing-related complications of 25-gauge vitrectomy in proliferative diabetic retinopathy versus simple macular pathology. Sayed KM, Naito T, Farouk MM, Nagasawa T, Katome T, Mitamura Y. J Med Invest. 2011 Feb;58(1-2):29-38.
• Corneal topographic changes and surgically induced astigmatism following combined phacoemulsification and 25-gauge vitrectomy. Sayed KM, Farouk MM, Katome T, Nagasawa T, Naito T, Mitamura Y. Int J Ophthalmol. 2017 Jan 18;10(1):72-76.
• Effect of Reformation of the Anterior Chamber by Air or by a Balanced Salt Solution (BSS) on Corneal Endothelium after Phacoemulsification: A Comparative Study. Alsmman AH, Ezzeldawla M, Mounir A, Elhawary AM, Mohammed OA, Farouk M, Sherif AM. J Ophthalmol. 2018 Apr 8;2018:6390706.
• Air Bubble Technique for Fundus Visualization during Vitrectomy in Aphakia. Mahmoud Mohamed Farouk, Takeshi Naito, Mohammed Elagouz, Hatem Ammar,Alahmady Hamad Alsmman, Engy Mohamed Mostafa. Journal of Ophthalmology.Volume 2017, Article ID 4721540.
• Outcomes of Sutured 20-Gauge Transconjunctival Vitrectomy. Rabab Alamelden1, Ali Mahmoud1, Ahmed Gad1, Mahmoud M. Farouk1. Ophthalmology Research: An International Journal 7(4): 1-6, 2017; Article no.OR.37424
• Outcomes of Corneal Tattooing by Rotring Painting Ink in Disfiguring Corneal Opacities. Alsmman AH, Mostafa EM, Mounir A, Farouk MM, Elghobaier MG, Radwan G. J Ophthalmol.2018 Jun 25;2018:5971290

10- Femtosecond-assisted intracorneal ring segment complications in keratoconus: from novelty to expertise. Mounir A, Radwan G, Farouk MM, Mostafa EM. Clin Ophthalmol. 2018 May 22;12:957-964.

11- Observation of Ciliary Body Changes during Accommodation Using Anterior OCT. Mahmoud Mohamed Farouk, Takeshi Naito, Kayo Shinomiya, Yoshinori Mitamura. J Med Invest. 2018;65(1.2):60-63.

CLINICAL & SURGICAL TRAINING:

1) Ophthalmology Residency training, Ophthalmology Department, Sohag University hospital, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.

2) Advanced Clinical Training in Vitreoretinal Surgery, Department of ophthalmology and Visual Neuroscience, Institute of Health Bioscience, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Japan, with “The Certificate of Advanced Clinical Training” from the Ministry of Health, Labour & Welfare, Japan.

SURGICAL EXPERIENCE

1) Cataract Surgery: Phacoemulsification and Extracapsular Cataract Extraction with IOL implantation.

2) Vitreoretinal: Vitrectomy for various indications.

3) Pediatric Cataract Surgery: Lensectomy and Irrigation Aspiration with IOL implantation.

4) Glaucoma Surgery: Trabeculectomy, Combined Cataract extraction and Trabeculectomy, Trabeculotomy and Cyclocryoablation.

5) Refractive: LASIK and PRK.

6) Strabismus Surgery: rectus muscle surgery and Inferior oblique surgery.

SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS PRESENTATIONS:

1) The LXIII Annual Congress of Japan Clinical Ophthalmology. Fukuoka 9-12 October 2009. Results of 25-Gauge Vitrectomy for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy.

2) Tokushima Ophthalmology Annual Meeting. Tokushima, 13 December 2009. Results of 25-Gauge Vitrectomy for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy.

3) Tokushima Ophthalmology Forum Annual Meeting. Tokushima, 14 February 2010 Optical Coherence Tomography Reveals New Insights into the Mechanism of Accommodation.

4) Tokushima Ophthalmology Annual Meeting. Tokushima, 14 December 2008 Ophthalmology in Sohag.

5) The Annual meeting of Egyptian Vitreoretinal Sociaty (2014).

6) Cairo-Retina Meeting 2014.

7) ESCRS Barcelona 2015

8) EURETINA Nice 2015

SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS ATTENDED:

1) Annual meeting of the Egyptian ophthalmological society, Cairo 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014.

4) 1st Middle East Refractive and Cataract Surgery Symposium, Cairo 2006.

5) 2nd Middle East Refractive and Cataract Surgery Symposium, Cairo 2007.

3) All local Egyptian Universities’ ophthalmology meetings from 2004 to 2007 (Alexandria, Upper Egypt & Mansora).

4) ESCRS & EURETINA London 2014

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

1) Herpes Simplex Virus inoculation in the rabbet cornea.

2) Preparation of antiviral short interference RNA.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1) A supervisor in training of residence in Ophthalmology Department, Sohag University Hospital, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.

2) A supervisor in training house officers during their rotations in the Ophthalmology Department, Sohag University Hospital, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.

3) Teaching practical courses to undergraduate medical students, Sohag Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.

4) Teaching Ophthalmology English Course to junior residents in Department of ophthalmology and Visual Neuroscience, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan.

MEDICAL SOCIETIES MEMBERSHIP:

1. Member of ESCRS
2. Member of EURETINA
3. Member of the Egyptian Medical Syndicate (EMS).
4. Member of the Egyptian Ophthalmological Society (EOS).
5. Member of the Japanese Ophthalmological Society (JOS).
6. Member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG).
7. Member of the Egyptian vitreoretinal society.
8. Member of Arab-Afreican Sociaty of Retina Specialists

SPECIAL INTEREST:

1) Vitrectomy in Diabetic Eyes.

2) Sutureless Vitrectomy.

AWARDS:

The 1^st Graded Graduate with the highest marks in Sohag Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt (Year: 2001).