Bio

Dr. Sherif M. Gohar, M.D. is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Faculty of Medicine (Kasr Al Ainy), Cairo University. He is working within the department of psychiatry in General and Adolescents Psychiatry units.

He is a member of Egyptian and European Psychiatric Associations. In addition, he is a member of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) and The European Scientific Association on Schizophrenia and other Psychoses (ESCR)

Dr. Gohar obtained his M.B. B.Ch in 2002, his Master degree in neuropsychiatry in 2010 and Medical Doctorate in Psychiatry in 2013 from Faculty of Medicine Cairo University. His M.D. thesis was in collaboration with Green Lab (under joint supervision of Prof. Michael F. Green), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

He received Cairo University Award for the best M.D. thesis in Faculty of Medicine for the year 2012 – 2013. In addition, he received Dr. Ahmed Okasha’s Award; in recognition of distinguished scientific contribution in the field of psychiatry in 2014.

He completed two years postdoctoral research fellowship (Marie Curie Scientia Fellowship) at University of Olso (UiO). He participated and published numerous research covering a wide array of psychiatric subjects; notably in Psychotic disorders.

His research and clinical activities include several domains of psychiatry with specific interest in:

1- Suicide and Suicide prevention: Exploring the psychosocial and neurobiological predictors of suicidal behavior in severe mental Illness especially in early psychosis

2- Emotional Intelligence and Social Cognition: understanding the nature, implications of social, and neurocognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. He is working on designing and adapting programs for rehabilitation for patients with schizophrenia.

His goal is to achieve a well-established scientifically-based environment in Psychiatry with a suitable national and international network in order to improve the quality of life and the functional outcomes of individual with severe mental illness