Background
Ghaffar, Yassin Abdel was born on January 26, 1917 in Tala, Menoufia, Egypt. Son of Mahmoud Abdel and Tawhida Fouad (Shinashin) Ghaffar.
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Yassin Abdel Ghaffar
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Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae, Cairo Medical School, 1940. Membership of the Royal College of Physicians, London University, 1944. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London University, 1975.
Doctor of Medicine, Cairo University, 1945. Doctor of Science, University Strathclyde, Scotland, 1991. Phd, Menoufia University, 1986.
Career
Registrar, Cairo U., 1941-1942;
senior registrar internal medicine, Cairo U., 1942-1944;
lecturer, Cairo U., 1944-1948;
assistant professor, Cairo U., 1948-1960;
head departments internal medicine, Ain Shams U., Egypt, 1973-1977;
professor internal medicine, Ain Shams U., Egypt, since 1977. Principal investigator U. Linkage Project, Egypt, United States, 1983-1989. Participant International Health Study United States Senate, 1961.
Member World Health Organization Regional Scientific Group for Liver Diseases, Karachi, 1979.
Achievements
Membership
Founder cancer research unit Ain Shams University, 1959, liver institute Menoufia University, 1986, Liver Disease and Research Center, Egypt, 1995. Member African Association for Study of Liver (president 1987-1989), Egyptian Society Gastroenterology (president since 1980), Menoufia Liver Institute (chairman since 1991), National Specialized Councils Egypt (chairman liver committee since 1985), Sudanese Society Physicians (honorary).
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Married Ragaa Abdel Khalek Moustafa, May 22, 1955. Children: Tawhida, Aisha, Ahmed, Khalda, Mariam.
