Welcome and History
الأصدقاء والزملاء الأعزاء
أرحب بكم جميعا على الموقع الالكتروني لقسم جراحة العظام بمستشفى قصرالعيني جامعة القاهرة. بالتصفح في هذا الموقع تستطيعون التعرف على أعضاء هيئة التدريس بالقسم وكذلك معرفة تاريخ هذا القسم العريق بإنجازاته وطموحاته والخطط المستقبلية..كما تتعرفون على التخصصات المختلفة به و التقدير التقريبي لعدد الحالات المنظورة والتي يتم اجراؤها جراحيا..كما نعرض تمثيل القسم في الجانب التعليمي بكلية الطب سواء في البكالوريوس أو الماجستير و الدكتوراة.
وإنه منتهى أملي أن أواصل المنهج الرائع لأساتذتي الأفاضل السابقين الذين صنعوا التاريخ المشرف لهذا القسم العريق ليبقى دائما واحدا من الأقسام المميزة المشهود لها بكلية الطب جامعة القاهرة.
Dear friends and colleagues,
I wish to welcome you to the website of The Orthopedic Department , Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital , Cairo University .By browsing through it you will get acquainted with the staff members , and you can get a hint of the history of this great department , its achievements , future plans and ambitions .You will also be informed of our various specialties in the field of orthopedic surgery and the average estimate of our patient turnover . The Orthopedic Department is also a main feature of the educational scheme of the Faculty of Medicine in both the undergraduate and postgraduate tutorial levels.
It is my sincere wish to continue on the golden track set in the past by our honorable and respectable professors to maintain the name and standard of the Orthopedic Department as one of the most reputable departments in Kasr Al-Ainy Cairo University.
History and Chairmen of the Department
The Orthopaedic Surgery Department owes its origins to a time when the clinical priorities were very different to those that present to orthopaedic surgeons. In 1938, the departments and many other surgical specialties were inaugurated as a part of the special surgeries department.
The department dealt only with orthopaedic cases and consisted of one unit. The postgraduate degrees offered at this time were a Diploma or a master's degree in Orthopaedics.
Prof. Mohamed Kamel Hussein (1938)
Founder of the Department
Member of the Arabic Language Counsel
Founder and the first president of the Egyptian Orthopaedic Association (EOA)
Founder and the first president of Ain Shams University
Prof. Ahmed Mahmoud Meniasy (1945)
Prof. Mahmoud Bayoumi (1950)
Prof. Abdelhay ElSharkaway (1955)
Was appointed as the chairman of the special surgeries specialties unit, and in 1956 he started the trauma surgery and established three units for both orthopaedic and trauma surgery
Prof. Ahmos Kamel ElHammasy (1971)
Was appointed as a co-chairman of special surgeries specialties unit, the doctorate degree was established during his time and started in 1974
Former president of the EOA
Prof. Mostafa Kamal ElZorkany
Was the one who started paediatric orthopaedic interest, orthopaedic operations done under x-ray control in radiology department.
He was an editor of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and also the editor for one of the early famous book for orthopaedic and trauma surgery.
Prof. Hussien Abdelfatah (1981)
Was appointed as the chairman of special surgeries specialties unit
Author of a famous book titled tumours of the hand
Winner of the Egyptian National award
Prof. Salah Gado (1987)
During his chairmanship separation of the Orthopaedic and trauma surgery as an independent department occurred. He was the book author of 6 volumes of orthopaedic and trauma surgery.
Prof. Helmy Elhadidi (1991)
Founder of the bone bank unit
Member of the parliament
Minister of Health 1985
Prof. Ahmed Wael Farag (1996)
Prof. Saleh Bedier (1998)
Founder of the Paediatric orthopaedics unit in 1984
Member of the parliament
Dean of the faculty of Medicine (2000)
He was interested in Egyptology
Prof. Nabil ElBorai (2000)
Prof. Emad Halawa (2002)
Prof. Tarek AbdelShafy (2005)
Prof. Hazem Abdelazeem (2008)
Former president of the AOtrauma MENA
Former president of the EOA
Founder and Former president of the Egyptian Pelvis, Hip and Knee Society (EPHKS)
A previous Vice dean of Faculty of Medicine
Prof. Mohamed AbdelHalim Kaddah (2010)
Prof. Hani Mohammady (2012)
Former Vice dean of Faculty of Medicine
Prof. Youssry Elhawary (2013)
First elected head for the department
Former head of the AOspine MENA
Prof. Ahmed Amin Galal (2014)
Ashraf Abdelkader Elnahal (2015)
Prof. Ali Othman Elmofty (2016)
Prof. Aly Mohamed Elzawahry (2018)
Porf. Sherif Mamdouh Amr (2019)
Prof. Yasser Ahmady El Safoury (2021)
Prof. Walid Atef Ebeid (2023)