Mohamed Elghonemi ( EL)
Toronto,Canada
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Fellow General Internal Medicine Program
Sunnybrook Health Sciences
Toronto
04.2024 - Current
Currently enrolled as a full-time clinical fellow in the General Internal Medicine program at Sunnybrook Health Sciences, daily duties include:
- Admitting patients to the GIM service.
- 24 hours on calls covering GIM and complex malignant hematology patients.
• Attend daily morning ward rounds.
Practice patients' handover and documenting progress notes.
Daily multidisciplinary team rounds, including allied health team communication.
• Perform clinical interventions as needed.
Attend patients' family meetings, and discuss progress, medical plans, and goals of care.
Complete patients' discharge notes.
• Attend/manage patients in rapid referral clinics as needed.
Physician Intensivist
University of Cairo Hospital
Cairo
10.2008 - 03.2024
After residency worked as a staff physician in the Intensive Care/ subdivision of internal medicine Department
• Managed inpatient critically ill patients with cardiac diseases, arrhythmias, asthma, COPD, occupational respiratory diseases, ARDS, pneumonia, multi-organ failures, neurological disorders, alcohol and drug intoxications and counseling, HTN, renal diseases, liver diseases, DM, high-risk pregnancy patients, anxiety and mental health illnesses, pediatric, and geriatric patients.
Special focus on patients needing respiratory support, mechanical ventilation, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Special focus on patients requiring renal replacement therapy.
• Member of the Code Blue team, Rapid Response Team (RRT), and Trauma Code Team.
Helped establish the first Tele ICU in the Middle East in collaboration with Philips Telemedicine.
Resident Internal Medicine and ICU
University of Cairo Hospital
09.2003 - 10.2008
- Resident in merge Internal Medicine and Intensive Care medicine
• Participated in daily morning hospital ward rounds, GIM , ICU & ER
• Practiced patients’ handover & documented progress notes
• Communicated/ worked in a multidisciplinary team; Specialists, OT, PT, long term care & social worker
• Performed clinical interventions as needed
• Communicated & empathized with patients’ family & discussed progress and medical plans
• Completed patients’ discharge notes.
• Attended /managed both hospital and private outpatient clinics
• Participated in trauma care management in both prehospital and hospital settings.
• Evaluated physician/nursing progress notes & monitored the QA program
Academic Role
• Organized and led weekly journal clubs.
• Prepared and administered designs for clinical OSCE exams (undergraduate & postgraduate)
• American Heart Association Instructor (Accredited BLS, ACLS & PALS); Trained physicians /nurses
• Attended and participated in many local & international medical conferences.
• Trained ER/ internists / intensivists & GPs in rural areas to assess, diagnose & interpret lab work
• Aided in establishing the first rural outpatient clinic for high risk pregnancies
• Managed acute/ chronic cardiac, respiratory, renal, hepatic, neurological, trauma, & delirium patients
• Educated patients on HCV, TB, asthma control, water contamination, DM & HTN
Rural General Practitioner
MOH & Population
Aledwa, Egypt
02.2001 - 07.2002
- Examined patients of all ages, low-income farmers from less educated populations with fewer resources
- Examined many accidental drownings, occupational illness & injuries related to agriculture
- Delivered primary & preventative care, health education, screening, treatment & referrals
- Provided pre/postnatal & well-baby care, delivered babies; made rural home & emergency visits
- Provided immunizations, reported births, deaths & outbreaks to govt
- Authorities
Professional Highlights
- Canadian IMG with 15+ years of clinical experience in Internal Medicine, Critical care & Primary/Preventive Care
- Currently a full time clinical fellow at the General Internal Medicine program- Sunnybrook Health Sciences
- Clinical research experience
- Skilled & experienced in rural medical practice, preventive education & disease screening/treatment
Education and Examinations
- MCCQE 1 score 276
- NAC OSCE, score 655
- Healthcare Management Diploma, American University, Cairo, Egypt
- ECFMG certified, USMLE steps 1, 2 CK, 2 CS and 3,
- Masters and Doctorate in Critical Care Medicine University of Cauiro,Egypt
- Residency in Internal Medicine/Critical Care Medicine, Cairo Egypt
- Internship, Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Emergency/Anesthesia, Pediatrics, OB/GYN, Ophthalmology
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt,
Academic / Teaching Experience
Worked as a Lecturer of Critical Care Medicine in the University of Cairo
• Organized and led weekly journal clubs in IM and ICU
• Helped in Preparing clinical OSCE exams (undergraduate & postgraduate)
• American Heart Association Instructor (Accredited BLS, ACLS & PALS); Trained physicians /nurses
• Attended and participated in many local & international medical conferences.
- Workeded with the Egyptian Ministry of Health to Train ER/ internists / intensivists & GPs in rural areas to assess, diagnose & interpret lab work
• Educated patients on HCV, TB, asthma control, water contamination, DM & HTN
Licensure/certification/ Professional affiliations
- CPSO post graduate Education license, 04/2024
- European Heart Rhythm Association, 2013 - Present
- Advanced Trauma Life Support Provider, American College of Surgeons, UAE, 2019 - Present
- World Federation of Societies of Internal Medicine/ Intensive & Critical Care Medicine, 2012 - Present
- Egyptian College of Internal Medicine, Cairo, Egypt, 2011 - Present
- American Heart Association Instructor & Provider; BLS, ACLS, PALS, 2009 - Present
- Critical Care Specialty License, Egypt, In good standing, 2001 - Present
- Egyptian Medical Syndicate, In good standing, 2001 - Present
Coreskillscompetencies
- Peritoneal dialysis
- PFT
- Central venous/arterial catheterization
- Invasive hemodynamic monitoring
- Balloon-tipped floatation catheterization
- Paracentesis, thoracentesis, pericardiocentesis
- Lumbar puncture
- Pap smear testing
- Endotracheal intubation
- POCUS
- Operation of mechanical ventilation
- Invasive temporary pacemaker insertion
- Curriculum, lecture & exam prep for MSc. & PhD & online courses; CME prep; AHA instructor
- Labor (vaginal) deliveries
- Holter ECG and BP monitoring
- Stress ECG testing (Treadmill)
Volunteercommunityinvolvement
- 2022, Volunteer medical administrative work, Casey House hospital, Toronto
- 2013, Organized 'Go Red for Women' Campaign, Screened & counseled on risk factors of Heart Diseases in 1700 women over 4 days, Cairo & Alexandria
- 2009 - 2013, Community Preventive Health Awareness Programs, Egypt
- 2006, MOH Rural convoys & counselling programs, Diabetes, HTN, obesity, smoking, asthma, regular prenatal visits
- 2004, Implemented the first Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) Program within the Egyptian community
Publications and Research
- Sodium Valproate versus Continuous Infusion of Haloperidol in Management of agitated Patients, Khalil R, Soliman M, Omer M, Aziz KA, Hussein K., Open Access Maced J Med Sci, 08/13/2019, 7, 15, 2440-2443, 10.3889/oamjms.2019.676, 31666843, PMC6814485
- Assessment of gradient between partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide and end-tidal carbon dioxide in acute respiratory failure, Abdalrazik, F.S., Elghonemi, M.O., Egypt J Bronchol, 13, 170-175, MM/DD/YY
- Measuring Intra-abdominal Pressure during spontaneous breathing trials: Does it help?, Mohamed Omar Elghonemi, Mohamed Hamdi Saleh, British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research, 18, 7, 1-7, MM/DD/YY, BJMMR.28953
- A new marker for ischemic cerebrovascular stroke: Phosphorylated Neurofilament H, Radwan, Waheed & Rabbah, Amany & Mohamed, Hamdy & Elghonemi, Mohamed, The Egyptian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 1, 105-108, MM/DD/YY, 10.1016/j.ejccm.2013.03.004
Omar, H., Komarova, I., El-Ghonemi, M., Fathy, A., Rashad, R., Abdelmalak, H. D., Yerramadha, M. R., Ali, Y., Helal, E., & Camporesi, E. (2012). Licorice abuse: time to send a warning message. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Licorice-abuse%3A-time-to-send-a-warning-message-Omar-Komarova/afde6a0a9fc0d596f077709961371cfa8e6b950b#:~:text=It%20is%20crucial%20to%20recognize%20that%20chronic%20consumption,ventricular%20tachycardia%2C%20ventricular%20fibrillation%2C%20and%20Torsades%20de%20Pointes.
Hobbies and Interests
- Recently started Latin Dance Classes
- Cooking
- Swimming
- Travelling
Timeline
Clinical Fellow General Internal Medicine Program
Sunnybrook Health Sciences
04.2024 - Current
Physician Intensivist
University of Cairo Hospital
10.2008 - 03.2024
Resident Internal Medicine and ICU
University of Cairo Hospital
09.2003 - 10.2008
Rural General Practitioner
MOH & Population
02.2001 - 07.2002
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