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Kareem Abu-Elmagd MD, PhD, (born June 16, 1952) is an Egyptian-American surgeon known for his expertise in Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Complex Gastrointestinal Surgery.
Early life and education
Born in a small Egyptian village and lost his father before his 6th birthday. His love to medicine and humanity was further empowered by the sudden death of his 27-year-old sister soon after his graduation from the medical school.
Kareem Abu-Elmagd studied at Mansoura University School of Medicine. In 1976, he obtained his MBBCH, received his surgical training at the same university and successfully completed a master's degree in clinical science in 1981.
In 1986, Kareem earned a doctorate in Liver diseases and surgical science in collaboration between Mansoura University (Egypt) and Emory University (USA). In 1989, he joined the University of Pittsburgh as an abdominal organ transplant fellow. To be Board eligible, he received another few years of surgical training at UPMC and obtained the American Board of Surgery certification in 1998.
Medical career
Kareem Abu-Elmagd has been a clinician, surgeon, scientist, and educator throughout his tenure careers at Mansoura University (1978-1989), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (1990-2012), and Cleveland Clinic Foundation (2012–present).
During his over forty years of medical practice, he closely worked with three eminent surgeons Farouk A. Ezzat (Egypt), W. Dean Warren(USA), and Thomas E. Starzl (USA)
His surgical expertise is evident in the fields of Portal hypertension, gut failure, and rare gastrointestinal disorders. He spearheaded the establishment of clinical intestinal/multivisceral transplantation and the evolving field of gut rehabilitation.
With more than 400 peer review scientific publications, his work has been cited 16728 times between 2009 and 2017. He trained more than 500 national and international scholars and supervised over 20 PhD studies.