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Afifi, Alaa Youssef was born on January 19, 1965 in Cairo.
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Alaa Youssef Afifi
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Alaa Youssef Afifi, American Cardiothoracic surgeon. Diplomat National Board Medical Examiners, 1989, American Board Surgery, 1996, American Board Thoracic Surgery, 1997. Presidential scholar, 1981-1985; recipient Ralph D. Alley award Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1989, Society Palaroendoscopoic Surgeons award, 1994.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Biology magna cum laude, Siena College, 1985; Doctor of Medicine magna cum laude, Albany Medical College, 1989.
Career
Intern, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, 1989-1990; resident, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, 1990-1991; resident, Keesler United States Air Force Medical Center, Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1991-1993; chief resident, instructor surgery, Keesler United States Air Force Medical Center, Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1993-1994; junior fellow, instructor cardiothoracic surgery, U. Rochester (New York) Medical Center, 1994-1995; chief fellow, instructor cardiothoracic surgery, U. Rochester (New York) Medical Center, 1995-1996. Presenter in field.
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Membership
Fellow American College Surgeons, American College Cardiology (member upstate New York chapter), American College Chest Physicians, Society Thoracic Surgeons. Member American Medical Association, American Heart Association, Medical Society State New York, Monroe County Medical Society, Society Air Force Clinical Surgeons, Sigma Xi, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Epsilon Sigma, Alpha Omega Alpha.
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Nationality
American