Bio

Personal Data:

Name: 

Ayman Kamal El-Garf

Date & Place of Birth: 

January 29, 1951. Cairo, Egypt

Marital Status: 

Married to Prof. Samia Salah El-Din, Prof. of Pediatrics, Cairo University

Address: 

45 Dokki Street, Dokki Square 12311, Giza, Egypt

 Degrees:

  • M.B, B.Ch: 1973 (Very good with honor degree)
  • M. Sc: 1977 (Excellent)
  • M.D:1980

 

 

Post-Graduate Jobs:

  • Medical House Officer: Mar. 1974 – Feb. 1975
  • Resident: Mar. 1975 - Feb. 1977
  • Assistant Lecturer (Rheum.): Feb.1977 - Apr. 1981
  • Lecturer (Rheum.): Apr. 1981– Apr. 1986
  • Assistant Professor (Rheum.): Apr. 1986 – Jun. 1991
  • Professor of Rheumatology: Jun. 1991 – Present
  • Manager of Out-Patient Clinics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University from 1997-1999
  • Dean Faculty of Medicine (Fayoum branch), Cairo University from Oct. 2002- Oct. 2003.
  • Deputy Dean for Postgraduate Affairs and Research, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University from Oct. 2003-July 2006.
  • Head of Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University from Aug. 2006- July 2011.

 

 

Society Memberships:

 

  • American College of Rheumatology
  • Member of ILAR (International League against Rheumatism.
  • Member of the AFLAR (African League against Rheumatism)
  • Founding member of the Egyptian Society for Rheumatic Diseases:
    • Secretary General: 1993- 2000.
    • President: 2000 – present.      
  • Egyptian Society of Osteoporosis
  • Founding member of Pan-Arab Society of Rheumatology

 

Present Positions:

  • Professor emeritus of Rheumatology department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
  • President of the Egyptian Society for Rheumatic Diseases.
  • Head of the promotion committe for assosiate and full professors (Rheumatology)

 

Scientific Conferences and Meetings

 

A. Egyptian Society of Rheumatic Diseases

  •  

    Annual meeting of the Egyptian Society for Rheumatic Diseases 1977-2015.

  • President of the annual meeting of the Egyptian Society of Rheumatic Diseases 2000-2015.

B. Europian League Against Rheumatism (Eular)

  • EULAR Congress, Athens, Greece, 1986
  • EULAR Congress, Budapest, 1989
  • EULAR Congress, Prague, Check Republic, 2002
  • EULAR Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 2003
  • EULAR Congress, Berlin, Germany, 2004
  • EULAR Congress, Vienna, Austria, 2005
  • EULAR Congress, Amsterdam, Holland, 2006
  • EULAR Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 2007

  • EULAR Congress, Paris, France, 2008

  • EULAR Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2009

  • EULAR Congress, Rome, Italy, 2010

  • EULAR Congress, London, UK, 2011

  • EULAR Congress, Berlin, Germany, 2012

  • EULAR Congress, Madrid, Spain, 2013

  • EULAR Congress, Paris, France, 2014

 

C.

American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

  • ACR Congress, Orlando, FL., USA, 1996
  • ACR Congress, Washington D.C., USA, 1997
  • ACR Congress, San Diego, Cal., USA, 1998
  • ACR Congress, Boston, MA., USA, 1999
  • ACR Congress, Philadelphia, Phil., USA, 2000
  • ACR Congress, Washinton D.C., USA, 2006
  • ACR Congress, Boston, Mass., USA, 2007

  • ACR Congress, San Francisco, 2008

  • ACR Congress, Philadelphia, 2009

  • ACR Congress, Atlanta, 2010

  • ACR congress, Chicago, 2011

  • ACR Congress, Washington DC, 2012

  • ACR Congress, San Diego, 2013

  • ACR Congress, Boston, 2014

 

D. Pan-Arab Society Meetings:

  • Pan-Arab Congress, Cairo, Egypt, 2006
  • Pan-Arab Congress, Doha, Qatar, 2008

  • Pan-Arab Congress, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2010

  • Pan-Arab Congress, Red Sea, Jordon, 2012

 

 

E. APLAR (Asian-Pacific League against Rheumatism) Meetings:

  • APLAR Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 1984
  • APLAR Congress, Bali, Indonesia, 1992

 

F. ILAR (International League against Rheumatism) Meetings:

  • ILAR Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1985
  • ILAR Conference, Rio De Janiro, Brazil, 1989