Background
Fathallah, Samy El-Sayid was born on March 2, 1935 in Ismaeilia, Egypt. Son of El-Sayid Muhammad and Aziza Abdulghafar (El-Hadidy) Fathallah.
Fathallah, Samy El-Sayid was born on March 2, 1935 in Ismaeilia, Egypt. Son of El-Sayid Muhammad and Aziza Abdulghafar (El-Hadidy) Fathallah.
Bachelor of Medicine BCh, Cairo University, 1958. Master of Science, Cairo University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy in Virology, Cairo University, 1973.
Microbiologist, Control Health laboratories, Cairo, 1964-1967;
virologist, Teaching Hospitals Institute, Cairo, 1973-1980;
senior consultant virologist, Dammam (Saudi Arabia) Regional laboratories and Blood Banks, since 1981. Head Reference Laboratory for Virology, Dammam, since 1981. Founder, head Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Diagnostic Reference laboratories, Dammam, since 1985.
Founder member Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Rethinking Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, San Francisco, 1992. Member International Conference of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Italy,1994, International Conference of Western Pacific Congress on Chemotherapy and Infectious Diseases, Manila, The Philippines, 1994, 23rd Congress of International Society Internal Medicine, Manila, The Philippines, 1996.
Colonel Egypt Air Forces, 1967-1973. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Egyptian Medical Association.
Married Kamilia Mahmoud Higazi, July 16, 1964. Children: Basma, Basant, Bahga, Muhammad, Minatalla.