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
Publications
Role of Liver Biopsy in Management of Chronic Hepatitis C: A Systematic Review. Gebo KA, Herlong HF, Torbenson MS, Jenckes MW, Chander G, Ghanem KG, El-Kamary SS, Sulkowski M, Bass EB. Hepatology. 2002 Nov;36(5):S161-S172.
Screening Tests for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: A Systematic Review. Gebo KA, Chander G, Jenckes MW, Ghanem KG, Herlong HF, Torbenson MS, El-Kamary SS, Bass EB. Hepatology. 2002 Nov;36(5):S84-S92.
Management of Chronic Hepatitis C. Gebo KA, Jenckes MW, Chander G, Torbenson MS, Ghanem KG, Herlong HF, Sulkowski MS, El-Kamary SS, Harris KA, Guedelhoefer OC, Bass EB. Evid Rep Technol Assess (Summ). 2002 Jun(60):1-7
Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Children in Urban Children. El-Kamary SS, Serwint JR, Joffe A, Santosham M, Duggan AK. J Pediatr 2003;143:54-9
Hawaii’s Healthy Start Home Visiting Program: Determinants and Impact of Rapid Repeat Birth. El-Kamary SS, Higman SM, Fuddy L, McFarlane E, Sia C, Duggan AK. Pediatrics. 2004 Sep; 114(3): e317-26
Hepatitis A. El-Kamary SS and Cheng T. Pediatrics in Review. 2005; 26: 75-76. http://pedsinreview.aappublications.org/
Enhancing Research Ethics Committees in Egypt: Guidelines for Standard Operating Procedures. Afifi R, El-Setouhy M, El-Kamary SS, Hamouda S, Hassan M, Kandeel N, Kassem H, Mostafa N, Nahkla I, Lashin S, Rashad A, Shamoo A, Silverman H, Wachbroit R, Wasserman D. The Monitor. 2006 Dec; 20 (6):49-52. www.acrpnet.org
Changing Patterns of Acute Viral Hepatitis at a Major Urban Referral Center in Egypt. Zakaria S, Fouad R, Shaker O, Zaki S, Hashem A, El- Kamary SS*, Esmat G and Zakaria S. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Feb 15;44(4):e30-6. Epub 2007 Jan 17
Statistical analysis of quasi-experiments and their application to antimicrobial resistance intervention studies. Shardell M, Harris AD, El-Kamary SS, Furuno JP, Miller RR, Perencevich EN. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Oct 1;45(7):901-7. Epub 2007 Aug 23.
Pegylated interferon alfa-2b Plus Ribavirin in Patients with Genotype 4 Chronic Hepatitis C: the Role of Rapid and Early Virologic Response. 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.Hepatology. Hepatology. 2007 Dec;46(6):1732-40.
Characterization of Hepatitis E-Specific Cell Mediated Immune Response Using IFN-gamma ELISPOT Assay. 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. J Immunol Methods. 2007 Dec 1;328(1-2):152-61. Epub 2007 Sep 19.
Attitudes, understanding, and concerns regarding medical research amongst Egyptians: A qualitative pilot study. Khalil SS, Silverman HJ, Raafat M, El-Kamary S, El-Setouhy M. BMC Med Ethics. 2007 Aug 29;8(1):9
Incidence and Risk Factors for Hepatitis C Infection in a Cohort of Women in Rural Egypt. Saleh DA, Sheb F, Abdel-Hamid M, Narooz S, Mikhail M, El-Batanony M, El-Kafrawy S, El-Daly M, Sharaf S, Hashem M, El-Kamary SS, Magder S, Stoszek S, Strickland GT. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2008 May 29. [Epub ahead of print]
Hepatitis C Vaccine: Demand and Supply. Strickland GT, El-Kamary SS, Klenerman P, Nicosia A. Lancet Infect Dis. 2008 Jun;8(6):379-86.
Prospective cohort study of mother-to-infant infection and clearance of hepatitis C in rural Egyptian villages. 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. J Med Virol. 2009 Jun;81(6):1024-31.
A randomized controlled trial to assess the safety and efficacy of silymarin on symptoms, signs and biomarkers of acute hepatitis. 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. Phytomedicine. 2009 May;16(5):391-400. Epub 2009 Mar 19.
Michelle D. Shardell, Samer S. El-Kamary. Calculating Sample Size for Studies with Expected All-or-None Nonadherence and Selection Bias. Biometrics 2009; 65(2):635-639.
