Introducing Dr Alia Abdel Fattah

Dr Alia is Professor of Critical Care Medicine at Cairo University. With an experience lasting for more than 30 years , she is a renowned expert in Critical Care medicine, Cardiology, and Nuclear Imaging.

She has been chairman of the Critical Care Medicine Department at Cairo University for two terms.

As an expert in Nuclear Cardiac Imaging she was instrumental in  inaugurating the Nuclear Imaging unit in 1995 . Her research in the field is highly acclaimed in Egypt and globally. She is also a reviewer in several international medical journals and is instrumental in organizing several courses in the field of Critical Care Medicine.

Dr Alia is Chairman of the Egyptian ECMO Working Group – a division of the Egyptian College of Critical care Physicians ( ECCCP)

Dr Alia pioneered the introduction of ECMO in Egypt in 2014 .