Kareem Mohamed Abu-Elmagd

Kareem Abu-Elmagd (born June 16, 1952) is an Egyptian-American surgeon practicing abdominal organ transplantation and digestive system surgery.[2][3] He is best known for development of clinical intestinal and multivisceral transplantation and its subsequent approval Medicare.[4] He served as the president of the Intestinal Transplant Association.[5]

Kareem Mohamed Abu-Elmagd
Born
Kareem Mohamed Abu-Elmagd,

June 16, 1952[1]
Mansoura, Egypt
NationalityEgyptian American
OccupationProfessor of surgery - Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland Clinic
Medical career
FieldTransplant Surgery, Gut Rehabilitation
InstitutionsCleveland Clinic Foundation
Sub-specialtiesIntestinal/Multivisceral Transplantation ,Gut Rehabilitation and Portal Hypertensive Surgery

History

Abu-Elmagd was born in Mansoura, the capital of Dakahlia Governorate in 1952.[6] In 1976 he obtained his medical degree and trained surgery at the school of medicine Mansoura University. In 1987 earned his PhD in liver diseases and portal hypertensive surgery through a joint collaboration between Emory University in Atlanta and Mansoura University.[7] In 1989, joined University of Pittsburgh to obtain clinical fellowship in transplantation surgery.[8] In 2001, he was promoted to professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh.[5]

In 1989, he was introduced to the field of organ transplantation by the late professor Thomas E. Starzl. , the father of modern transplantation.[9] after that in 1990, Abu-Elmagd and his colleagues launched an intestinal and multivisceral transplant program which performed more than 450 intestine transplants surgery.[10] As of 2020, Abu-Elmagd is professor of surgery at Case-Western Reserve University and the director of the gut rehabilitation and transplantation center at the Cleveland clinic.[11][12][13] With more than 400 peer review scientific publications, as of 2020, his work has been cited close to 20,000 times between 2009 and 2017.[14]

Professional career and contributions

Abu-Elmagd participated in performing the first successful intestinal transplantation under tacrolimus in 1990 at the University of Pittsburgh[15] Later being a participant in the establishment of the clinical utility of tacrolimus in 1991.[16] He was a part of the team which demonstrated the immune-protective effect of the concomitantly transplanted liver and the deleterious effect of DSA on the visceral allograft.[17] His research led to the establishment of Medicare coverage for intestinal and multivisceral transplant in the United States.[18] Abu-Elmagd pioneered or introduced surgical techniques and procedures, for correction of intestinal malrotation in children and adults, replacing the historic Ladd's procedure.[19][20][21] Another technique developed by him utilized the patient’s own gut for the effective management of gut failure, eliminating the need for intravenous nutrition commonly called TPN. An algorithm with a predictive model was established to guide clinicians, health care providers, payers and patients to achieve the best and most cost effective outcome, eliminating the need for gut transplantation. [22]

Abu-Elmagd is the founder of the “Kareem Abu-Elmagd Transplant and Gut Foundation” national institute for patient care, clinical training, medical education and research in Egypt.[23][24]

In 2019 he performed an operation free-of-charge for a 24 years old girl, from Bangladesh, who has been suffering severe abdominal pain for a long time, without any known diagnosis, her case needed to reorganize her internal intestines.[25]

References
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  3. "'Last resort:' A rare intestine transplant at UW Medical Center". seattletimes.com. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
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  15. "He Lived Two Years Without Food or Drink". everydayhealth.com. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  16. Abu-Elmagd, K; Reyes, J; Bond, G; Mazariegos, G; Wu, T; Murase, N; Sindhi, R; Martin, D; Colangelo, J; Zak, M; Janson, D; Ezzelarab, M; Dvorchik, I; Parizhskaya, M; Deutsch, M; Demetris, A; Fung, J; Starzl, T. E (2001). "Clinical Intestinal Transplantation: A Decade of Experience at a Single Center". Annals of Surgery. 234 (3): 404–417. doi:10.1097/00000658-200109000-00014. PMC 1422031. PMID 11524593.
  17. "Multivisceral Transplant Survival Rates Improve With New Treatment, Study Finds". sciencedaily.com. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  18. "Decision Memo for Intestinal and Multi-visceral Transplantation (CAG-00036R)". cms.gov. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  19. FOX. "Unique surgery gives young mom something to be thankful for". fox2detroit.com.
  20. "YOUR HEALTH: Putting your body back together to get rid of the pain in your gut". WQAD.com. 2018-11-10. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  21. McFadden, Maureen. "A new procedure alleviates often misdiagnosed intestinal malrotation". www.wndu.com. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  22. "Surgical Integration Provides Effective Management of Gut Failure". Hospimedica.com. 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  23. "مصر تنشئ أول وحدة لزراعة الأمعاء في الشرق الأوسط". ahlmisrnews.com. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  24. "بالصور.. محافظ جنوب سيناء يستقبل الخبير المصرى العالمى كريم ابو المجد". youm7.com. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  25. "الجراح المصرى العالمى كريم أبو المجد يعيد ترتيب أمعاء دقيقة لطبيبة بنجلادشية". youm7.com.
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