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Dr. Ahmed Y. Darwish , Director |
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Dr.
Darwish cofounded the first private Cytogenetics lab in Egypt and
the Middle East in 1989. He is currently the director of the
genetics lab , Faculty of Medicine , Cairo University . He is also
supervising the genetics unit in the Central Labs of the Egyptian
Ministry of Health , Banha specialized pediatric Hospital and Aswan
teaching hospital. Regarding clinical genetic , Dr. Darwish is the
genetic counselor for many major hospitals in Egypt , among them Al
Salam International Hospital , Wady El Nile Hospital & Behman
Hospital . |
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Dr. Darwish is a founding member of many Socities that care for
people who suffer from genetic disorders which are: |
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The Egyptian Society
of Human Genetics (1977). |
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The Society of
Genetic Diseases in Children (1986). |
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The Egyptian Society
of Pediatric neurology(1999). |
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Also he is an
active member of: |
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The American Society
of Human Genetics. |
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The European Society of Human Genetics. |
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The Red Crescent
Society. |
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The National
Geographic Society. |
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Dr. Darwish
received his training both in clinical and cytogenetics locally and
internationally: |
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Ein Shams University
(1976-1978)
Tissue culture lab of the organization of biological products and
vaccines (1978-1981) -
Genetics unit- Cairo University Childrens Hospital (1981-
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Guys hospital London ,with special emphasis Cytogenetics (1993)
The Naval Medical Research Unit-3 (NAMRU-3) with a special
emphasis on immunochemistry , molecular biology , tissue culture
techniques (1995).
The Genetics Institute , California USA with special emphasis on
Cytogenetics of blood and bane marrow , Amnioti cell culture and
prenatal screening (triple test) (2000)
The Guthrie Institute of Medical Genetics , University of Glasgow
with special emphasis on neonatal and prenatal screening (first
trimester)
(2001).
ABBOTT LABS in Toulouse , France with emphasis on microarrays and
FISH techniques (2002). |
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