About Us

History:

 

The Chest Medicine Department started as a unit inside the Internal Medicine Department in 1970. It became a full separate department in 1980. The late professor and head of department Dr. Abdallah Khaled was the first head of department and the one who create most of its various units.

Facilities and Services:

The department is in Mansoura University Main hospital “New ICUs Building and Specialized Medicine Building”.

Facilities:

  1. 28 ward beds and 28 ICU beds.
  2. A renal dialysis unit.
  3. A unit for pulmonary arterial hypertension.
  4. A unit for pulmonary functions tests and pulmonary rehabilitation.
  5. A Sleep Medicine Unit.
  6. A Library.
  7. A teaching Hall.
  8. Administrative offices.

Medical and Research Services:

Diagnosis and Treatment of the following respiratory diseases;

  1. Airways e.g. Bronchial Asthma “BA”, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease “COPD” and Bronchiectasis.
  2. Pulmonary infections e.g. Pneumonias and Lung abscess.
  3. Interstitial Lung Diseases “ILD” e.g. sarcoidosis and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis “HP”.
  4. Pulmonary vascular e.g. Pulmonary Embolism “PE” and Pulmonary Hypertension.
  5. Pleura e.g. Pleural effusions and Malignancies.
  6. Lung Cancer.
  7. Mediastinal disorders.
  8. Chest wall disorders.
  9. Sleep related breathing disorders as Obstructive Sleep Apnea “OSA”.
  10. Pulmonary critical care.
  11. Respiratory problems related to diseases of other body systems.

Education:

The department shares in the process of learning and assessment of the following programs;

  1. Conventional Undergraduate Program – Mansoura Faculty of Medicine.
  2. Mansoura-Manchester Undergraduate Program – Mansoura Faculty of Medicine.
  3. Undergraduate Medical Programs – Mansoura New University.
  4. Undergraduate Medical Programs – Mansoura National University.
  5. Undergraduate Medical Programs – Delta University.
  6. Clinical Pharmacy Undergraduate Program – Mansoura Faculty of Pharmacy.
  7. Chest Medicine Postgraduate Programs “Master and MD”.
  8. Postgraduate Programs of Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine.

Role of the department’s members in combating CoVid-19 Pandemic:

  1. Participating at Isolation Hospitals.
  2. Triaging suspected patients at ER department.
  3. Follow-up of recovered cases at Post CoVid Clinics.
  4. Participating at Mansoura scientific committee.

List of Heads of Department:

  1. Dr. Abdalla Khaled Abouelenain; from 1980 till January 1999.
  2. Dr. Sayed Ahmed Abdelhafiz; from February 1999 till January 2003.
  3. Dr. Mohamed Eldesouky Abou Shehata; from February 2003 till July 2007.
  4. Dr. Mohamed Elsayed Eldesouky; from August 2007 till July 2013.
  5. Dr. Mohamed Khairy Elbadrawey; from August 2013 till August 2016.
  6. Dr. Essam Abdelhakeem Elgamal; from September 2016 till July 2018.
  7. Dr. Abdelbasset Mohamed Saleh; from August 2018 till July 2021.
  8. Dr. Magdy Mahmoud Emara; from September 2021 till now.

Tour at Our Department:

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