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Pr. OKASHA Tarek Ahmed

Curriculum Vitae

 

Personal Curriculum / Curriculum Personnel

 

Date of birth : 12th April 1965

City / Country : Egypt

Nationality : Egyptian

P.mail :  3, Shawarby Street, Kasr EL Nil, Cairo, Egypt.

48, Gezirat El Arab Street, Mohandesseen,12411 Giza, Egypt.

Scientific Curriculum / Curriculum Scientifique

 

Speciality / Spécialité

§         Psychiatry / Psychiatrie

Professional activity / Activité professionnelle    

        Ass. Professor of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University.

        Visiting Professor in Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Misr University, 6th of October City.

        Visiting Professor in Psychiatry to Psychology Department Faculty of Arts, Cairo University.

        Research Consultant, International Center for Mental Health, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York

        University

        Clinical Research Fellow, International Mood Center, University of California, San Diego, USA (1997).

 

q       ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:

Ass. Professor of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University 2002 - present

Visiting Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Misr University, 6th of October City. 2001- Present

Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University. 2000 - 2001

Research Consultant, International Center for Mental Health, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University. 1999 –Present

Lecturer in Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University. 1997 - 2000

Visiting Professor of Psychiatry to Psychology Department Faculty of Arts, Cairo University. 1997-Present

Clinical Research Fellow, International Mood Center, University of California, San Diego, USA. 1997

Assistant Lecturer in Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University. 1994-1996

Visiting Lecturer in Psychiatry to the School of Nursing, Ain Shams University. 1994-1996

Consultant to the Clinic of Psychosexual Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University. 1993-Present

Consultant in Okasha Hospital for Psychological Medicine. 1993- Present

Resident in Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. 1991-1993

House officer, Ain Shams University Hospitals. 1990-1991.

 

  Scientific titles / Titres scientifiques

         Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (M.B.B.ch.), Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. Excellent with 

         honors. 1989     

         Masters degree thesis: Present Status of ECT. 1993

         Masters degree in Neuropsychiatry (MSc.N&P), Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. Excellent with honors.

         1993   

         Diploma in Psychiatric Practice (DPP), University of London- Ain Shams University, Excellent. 1995

         Diploma in Psychotherapy, International Academy of Behavioral Medicine, Counseling and Psychotherapy,

         Colorado, USA. (IABMCP) 1996

         Doctorate thesis: Cognitive Deficit in Depression, the Role of ECT. (PhD.) 1996

         Doctorate degree (MD) in Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. 1996

 

Membership of societies / Membre des Associations

q       WORLD PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION (WPA) ACIVITIES:

A) WPA Zonal Representative for North Africa (2002-2008)

B) Member of the Executive Committee of the following WPA Sections:

1)       Section on Human Sexuality.

2)     Section on Urban Mental Health.

3)       Section on Ecology, Psychiatry and Mental Health.        

4)       Section on Immunology and Psychiatry.

5)       Section on Telecommunications Informatics &Psychiatry.

      6)     Section on Religion and Psychiatry.

C) Member of: Section on Pharmaco-psychiatry.

D) Member of the Steering Committee of the Arab Chapter for the WPA

     Program Prevention and Treatment of Depression (PTD).

E) Member of the WPA Program for the Promotion of Mental health in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia.

F) Member of the WPA Educational Liaisons Network.

G) Member of the Evaluation Committee for the WPA Institutional Program on the Core Training Curriculum for Psychiatry.

H) Coordinator of the WPA Anti-stigma program in Egypt.

I) Member of the WPA Operational Committee on Sections

 

q       MEMBERSHIP OF:

§          Executive Committee member of the Egyptian Society of Biological Psychiatry, World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry.

§          Egyptian Psychiatric Association.

§          Founding member & Executive Committee Member of the Egyptian Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

§          Founding Member & Treasurer of the Egyptian Alzheimer Society.

§          International Member of the American Psychiatric Association.

§          Association of Convulsive Therapy.

§          Egyptian Association of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery.

§          Egyptian Association for Mental Health.

§          Arab Federation of Psychiatrists.

§          The Arab American Psychiatric Association.

§          International Academy of Behavioral Medicine, Counseling and Psychotherapy.

§          Member of the Editorial Committee of the WPA Sections’ Newsletter.

 

q       Editor of:

Associate Editor of the Egyptian Journal of Psychiatry

Newsletter of The Egyptian Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

 

q       Awards:

Professor Talaat Abdel Hamid’s Prize for the highest score in the masters degree in neuropsychiatry, 1993.

Award for best research in the Arab world on mental health economics (2000). Mental Health Policy and Economics in Arab Countries and Sub-Saharan Africa, October 2000, Cairo, Egypt.

 

Papers (Keywords and summary) / Publications et communications

§          Published more than 20 papers in national and international journals.

§          Contributed in 5 national and international books

§          Supervised more than 15 masters and doctorate thesis.

1) Okasha, A., Mahmoud, A., Lotaief, F., EL Dawla, A. and Okasha, T. (1996): Co-morbidity of axis I and II diagnosis in a sample of patients with neurotic disorders. Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 37, No. 2, p.p. 95-101

2) Okasha, A., Asaad, T. and Okasha, T. (1996):  A combined depot (Flupenthixol and Zuclopenthixol) in neuroleptic non- responsive schizophrenics. Current Psychiatry. Vol. 3. No. 1, p.p. 113-122

3) Okasha, A., Sayed, M.E., Assad, T., El Dawla, A. and Okasha, T. (1996): Sleep Patterns in Patients with OCD. CNS Spectrums, Vol. 1 No. 2, p.p. 39- 43

4) Ramy, H. Sayed, M., Okasha, T. and El Kholi, S. (1996): Life Events and Mood Disorders: A Comparative Study Between Unipolar and Bipolar Disorders. Current Psychiatry Vol. 3 No. 2 pp. 277-287

5) Okasha, A., Asaad, T., Mahmoud, A. and Okasha, T. (1997): Sertraline in OCD. A twelve-week non-comparative study of the safety, efficacy and toleration of Sertraline in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder with or without concurrent depression in outpatients. Current Psychiatry. Vol. 4. No.2 pp. 228-236

6) Okasha, A., Ismail, M., Khalil, A., El Fiki, R., Soliman, A., and Okasha, T. (1999): A Psychiatric Study of Nonorganic Headache Patients. Psychosomatics; 40:233-238

7) Okasha, A. and Okasha, T. (1999): Somatoform disorders. An Arab perspective. In: Ono, Y., Janca, A., Asai, M. and Sartorius, N. (Eds.): Somatoform disorders a worldwide perspective. Springer, NY

8) Soliman, A., Okasha, T. and El Rashed A.H. (1999): Childhood sexual abuse in female depressed psychiatric inpatients: Prevalence and relationship to depression. Current Psychiatry Vol. 6 No. 3 pp. 210-220

9) Okasha, A., Bishry, Z., Ragheb, K., Seif El Dawla, A., Okasha, T. and

Mohamed, S. (1999): Anxiety disorder in a sample of Egyptian adolescents:

A Psycho demographic study. Current Psychiatry Vol. 6 No. 3 pp. 342-354

10) Okasha, A., Bishry, Z., Seif El Dawla, A., Sayed, M. and Okasha, T. (1999):

Prevalence of anxiety symptoms in a sample of Egyptian children. Current Psychiatry Vol. 6 No. 3 pp. 356-368

11) El Sayed, M., Abdel Karim, A., Al-Saihati, M., Ridda, A.H., Okasha, T., Ramy, H. and El Nahas, G.M. (1999): Somatization among depressed Saudi patients. Current Psychiatry Vol. 6 No. 3 pp.240-250

12) Okasha, A. and Okasha, T. (2000): Mental Health in Cairo (Al Qahira). International Journal of Mental Health, Vol. 28, No. 4, winter 1999-2000, 62-68

13) Okasha, A. and Okasha, T. (2000): Notes on Mental Disorders in Pharaonic Egypt, History of Psychiatry, xi,

 pp. 413 - 424

14) Okasha, T. (2000): Biological basis for sexual behavior. In: Okasha, A. (Ed.) Physiological Psychology. Anglo-Egyptian Bookshop. Cairo, Egypt (In Arabic).

15) Okasha, A., Ragheb, K., Attia, A.H., Seif El Dawla, A., Okasha, T. and Ismail, R. (2001): Prevalence of Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms (OCS) in a Sample of Egyptian Adolescents. L’Encephale; XXVII: 8-14

16) Sadek, A. and Okasha, T. (2001): Primary Care Psychiatry. In: Okasha, A. and Maj, M. (Eds.): WPA series. Images in Psychiatry. An Arab Perspective. Scientific Book House, Cairo, Egypt.

17) Okasha, T. (2001): Transcultural Aspects of Electro-convulsive Therapy. Current Psychiatry Vol. 8 No.1 pp 37- 43

18) Abdel Razek, Y., Saad, A. and Okasha, T. (2001): Quality of life in a sample of Egyptian patients with schizophrenia. Current Psychiatry Vol.8 No. 1 pp 79-86

19) Assad, T., Okasha, T. and Okasha, A. (2001): Sleep EEG Findings in ICD-10 Borderline Personality Disorder in Egypt (accepted for publication in the Journal of Affective Disorders).

 20) Okasha, T. and Ramy, H. (2001): Using Electro-convulsive Therapy (ECT) in the Treatment of Mania: Economical Aspects (in press).

21) Okasha, A. and Okasha, T. (2001): Long Term Treatment of Schizophrenia with Risperdal: An International Multi-center Open Label Trial (in press).

22) Okasha, A., Fahmy, M., Haggag, W., Awad, M., Okasha, T. and

Abd El Moez, K. (2002): A psychiatric training program for general practitioners in primary health care in Egypt. Primary Care Psychiatry vol. 8, no. 1, pp 9-16

 

q       Supervision of Masters Degree Thesis:

1)      Domestic Violence, and its Effect On Women’s Mental Health. (M.S. thesis) by: Manal El Kady. Supervised by: A. Ashour, A Sief El Dawla and T. Okasha (1998).

2)      Psychiatric Interviewing Techniques. (MS thesis) by: Ahmed Adel Gamal El Missery. Supervised by: A. Sadek, M. Abdulgai and T. Okasha (1999).

3)      Pharmaco-psychiatry in Children. (M.S. thesis) by: Anan El Masry. Supervised by: M. Kamel, T. Assad and T. Okasha (2000).

4)      Recent MRI Techniques: Application in Neuropsychiatry. (MS thesis) by: Mohamed Saeed Al Sorogi. Supervised by: M. Raafat, H. Aref and

      T. Okasha (2000).

5)      Comprehensive Care for the Severely Mentally Ill and Disabled  (MS thesis)

      by: Hossam Heshmat Zaky. Supervised by: A. Ashour, A. Mahmoud and

      T.Okasha (2001).

6)      Psychiatric Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization (MS thesis)

By: Maissa Eid Afifi. Supervised by: A. Okasha, T. Okasha and N. El Khayat (2001). 

 

q       Supervision of Doctorate Degree Thesis:

1)      A Ten-Year Outcome Study of Schizophrenia in a Sample of Egyptian Patients. (MD thesis) by: Adel Youssef Abdel Messih. Supervised by: A. Okasha, A. Sadek, A. Sief El Dawla and T. Okasha (1999).

2)      The Outcome Evaluation of Bipolar Mood Disorder in a Sample of Egyptian Patients. (MD thesis) by Ahmed Mohamed Mansour. Supervised by: A. Okasha, A. Khalil   M. El Fiky, T. Assad and T. Okasha (1999).

3)      A Comparative Study Between Pharmacotherapy and ECT in Severely Depressed Elderly Associated With General Medical Conditions. (MD thesis) by Ashraf Shaban Metwally. Supervised by: A. Sadek, M. El Banouby, M. Amer, A. Mortagy and T. Okasha (1999).

4)      Cognitive Dysfunction in Unipolar Depression. (MD thesis) by: Amira Nassieb El Batrawy. Supervised by: A. Khalil, M. El Fiky, M. Mansour, T. Okasha and S. El Kholy (1999).

5)      Treatment Responders Versus Non- Responders in a Sample of Schizophrenic Patients. (MD thesis) by: Moustafa Riad Ibrahim. Supervised by: A. Okasha, A. Khalil, M. El Fiky and T. Okasha (1999).

6)      Aggression in Mental Hospitals (MD Thesis) by: Magued Ernest Riad. Supervised by: M. Kamel, A. Omar and T. Okasha (2000).

7)      A Validation Study of GMS/AGECAT in the Diagnosis of Dementia in the Elderly Egyptian Sample. (MD thesis) by: Rasha Ahmed Samy. Supervised by:

A.       Ashour, K. Wilson, M. Mansour, T. Okasha and A. H. El Rasheed (2000).

8)      Dual Diagnosis in Substance Abuse. A study in an Egyptian Sample. (MD thesis)                 

By: Hisham A. Hatata. Supervised by: A. Khalil, T. Assad, M. Abou Zied, and

T. Okasha (2001).

 

Psy Books (Keywords and summary) / Livres Psy

        1) Okasha, A. and Okasha, T. (1999): Somatoform disorders. An Arab perspective. In: Ono, Y., Janca, A., Asai, M.

              and Sartorius, N. (Eds.): Somatoform disorders a worldwide perspective. Springer, NY

2)       Okasha, T. (2000): Biological basis for sexual behavior. In: Okasha, A. (Ed.) Physiological Psychology. Anglo-

        Egyptian Bookshop. Cairo, Egypt. (In Arabic).

        3) Sadek, A. and Okasha, T. (2001): Primary Care Psychiatry. In: Okasha, A. and Maj, M. (Eds.): WPA series.

              Images in Psychiatry. An Arab Perspective. Scientific Book House, Cairo, Egypt.

        4) Okasha, T. (2001) (Co-editor): In: Okasha, A. and Maj, M. (Eds.): WPA series. Images in Psychiatry. An Arab

              Perspective. Scientific Book House, Cairo, Egypt.

 

 

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