Gynecological pathology team

• Staff pathologist specializing in gynecologic, breast pathology and cytopathology at Sunnybrook
• Completed MD, Master's degree and PhD in pathology from Alexandria University in Alexandria, Egypt.
• Continued his training in transplant pathology as a visiting scholar at the University of Pittsburgh, PA
• Trained at the Allegheny General Hospital/Drexel School of Medicine combined program: anatomic pathology/clinical pathology
• Completed his fellowships in Cytopathology at the Louisiana State University at New Orleans, LA
• Completed a surgical pathology (breast/gynecologic pathology) fellowship at Magee-Womens Hospital/University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

• Associate Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto.
• Joined the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto in 2007 (currently an Associate Professor there) 
• Board certified in anatomic pathology/clinical pathology and in cytopathology
• Certified by and fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in pathology
• Fellow of the College of American Pathologists and of the United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology
• Reviewer and board editor for variious prestigious journals

Teaching and Research:

• Involved in undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate teaching of residents and fellows in the area gynecologic, breast pathology and cytopathology in the Department of Pathology at Sunnybrook
• Participated in the LMP Summer Student Program, helping junior investigators to become familiar with research
• Cross-appointed with the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, where he teaches a pathology course for second and third year students
• Research involves gynecologic, breast and cytopathology
• Published over 70 peer-reviewed papers, review articles and international presentations and four cytopathology book chapters
• Invited to provide several presentations at prestigious international conferences
• Current research includes: angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis of gynecologic tumors, molecular markers in breast and endometrial carcinoma, prognostic and diagnostic markers in endocervical cancer