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About Dr.
Hatem Eleishi
Dr. Hatem
Eleishi is a professor of rheumatology at
Cairo University, Egypt. He
is currently living in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia where he works as a
consultant rheumatologist and head of the rheumatology unit at the
internal medicine department at Dr.
Soliman Fakeeh Hospital. He is a member of several hospital
committees and is also the chairman of the Research and Ethics Committee
and the editor of the hospital's website and the representative of the
Egyptian society at Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital at the Egyptian
Consulate in Jeddah.
Eleishi was
graduated from Cairo University in 1990 where he then had his Masters
(1994) and MD degrees (1998). He was also
ECFMG certified from Philadelphia,
USA in 1993. He received training and worked in several hospitals in
Egypt and
also abroad. His research interest is in the field of autoimmune
rheumatic diseases especially rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus
erythematosus. He lectures to under and postgraduates in
rheumatology and
immunology.
In
the last few years, Eleishi became dedicated to educational activities
for the public. Following his study
"Rheumatological
Medicine Literacy in Middle Eastern Populations" in 2008
(accepted for publication in the
International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases), he started a campaign
for educating patients and the public about rheumatology and rheumatic
diseases. The name of the campaign is ECHE
and it stands for Eleishi's Campaign for Health Education. At
the same time he also started another campaign to increase public
awareness with healthier lifestyle habits and practices. Its name is
20to70 Campaign which stands for
"Fitness and Vigor of the Twenties until the Age of Seventy" which is
also the title of Eleishi's article and also lecture that
was given to the public on April 1st, 2009 at
Dr. Soliman Fakeeh hospital.
The campaigns comprise several activities that are predominantly
provided in the Arabic language including lectures and articles
published on
www.hatemeleishi.com
in addition to two e-newsletters,
Romatezmeyat by the former and
20to70 by the later.
Eleishi is
also the author of several literary writings the most known of which is
his novel "Tikitian Imprints"
that was published in the States by Goose
River Press 2007. His other writings include
"Cat Lino" and
"The Other Side of the
River".
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