Official Egyptian chapter of the International Cardio-Oncology Society

Professor Zeinab Salah Seliem is a Professor of Paediatric Cardiology at Cairo University and Head of the Cardiology Department at Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE 57357). She founded Egypt's first Cardio-Oncology Working Group under the Egyptian Society of Cardiology and led the launch of the country's first national Cardio-Oncology Conference, followed by international collaboration with the International Cardio-Oncology Society.

Under her leadership, the Cardio-Oncology Department at CCHE 57357 was designated an ICOS Center of Excellence (Gold Status), and she subsequently led the establishment of the ICOS Egypt Chapter, serving as its Founding Chair.

Professor Seliem previously served as Head of the Paediatric Cardiology Department at Cairo University, which was transformed into a Center of Excellence through an STDF-funded grant for which she served as Principal Investigator. She was instrumental in establishing the first Master's Degree in Paediatric Cardiology among paediatric subspecialties. She also led the Cardiomyopathy Clinic and the Postoperative Cardiac ICU, which became the first paediatric cardiac unit to achieve ISO quality accreditation, a process she founded and led. In addition, she served as National Organiser for Advanced Paediatric Life Support under the Egyptian Resuscitation Council (2010–2019), further underscoring her commitment to advancing paediatric cardiology and improving patient outcomes.

Prof. Rasha Ammar is a Professor of Paediatrics and Paediatric Cardiology at Cairo University and a distinguished leader in paediatric interventional cardiology and cardio-oncology. She is the Director of the Paediatric Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory at Cairo University Children's Hospital (Abu El-Reesh), where she leads advanced interventional and structural heart disease programmes for children.

She currently serves as Vice President of the Cardio-Oncology Working Group of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology and as Consultant in Paediatric Cardio-Oncology at Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE 57357), with a special focus on the long-term cardiovascular care of paediatric oncology patients and survivors. Prof. Ammar is also Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the ICOS Egypt Chapter, contributing to national and regional education, service development and research in cardio-oncology.

Previously, she held several senior leadership roles, including Director of Cairo University Children's Hospital, Deputy Director of Cairo University Specialised Children's Hospital, and Director of the Paediatric Oncology Emergency Department at CCHE 57357, reflecting a sustained commitment to institutional leadership, clinical excellence and healthcare system development.

Dr Abdelrahman Ali is a cardiology fellow at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, with specialised training in cardio-oncology from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. His research focuses on cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction, immune checkpoint inhibitor myocarditis and heart failure management in oncology patients, with publications in JACC: CardioOncology, Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, European Heart Journal and Cardio-Oncology.

Prof. Manal Amin Zamzam is a consultant paediatric haematology/oncology physician and academic leader in Cairo, Egypt, with over three decades of experience. She holds an MB BCh (Hons) from Cairo University and an MD/PhD in Paediatric Haematology/Oncology from the National Cancer Institute. She is a Senior Consultant at Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt (57357) and a Consultant at the National Cancer Institute, and currently serves as Director of Academic Affairs and Programme Director of the joint CCHE 57357–Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Paediatric Oncology Fellowship.

Her portfolio combines clinical expertise, capacity building and health system development. She has advanced training in medical education and leadership (including Harvard Medical School / Harvard Macy programmes and healthcare management training), contributed to national-level oncology initiatives through the Ministry of Health (protocols, cancer registry, early detection and the CARE programme), and participated in foundational institutional work such as planning and launching CCHE 57357 and developing major donor and outreach programmes.

Prof. Zamzam is active in multiple professional societies (SIOP, ASCO, POEM, EGPO/ESPO) and has an extensive scholarly record with publications and international presentations across paediatric oncology and sarcoma research — including osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma outcomes, imaging, pathology diagnostics and collaborative health-value studies — alongside sustained involvement in regional and global conferences.

Dr Ahmed "Sami" Abuzaid received his degree in medicine from Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, in 2006, then completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska in 2015. This was followed by a fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University in 2018, and a fellowship in Advanced Echocardiography and Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in 2019.

Dr Abuzaid then followed his passion as a multimodality imager, joining the Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute (AHVI) in 2019, where he directs advanced cardiac imaging, the POCUS programme, nuclear cardiology and structural heart imaging, and is founder of the first hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and amyloidosis clinic in Alaska. He completed his Executive Master of Science in Healthcare Leadership at Brown University in 2024, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Leadership Accelerator Academy, and the leadership development programme at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) in 2025.

Dr Abuzaid is a member of the emerging faculty at ACC and of the POCUS council, where he chairs the POCUS engagement committee. He is an Assistant Professor of Medical Education at the University of Alaska (WWAMI) and Clinical Instructor at the University of Washington. His goal is to make advanced imaging accessible to the community, answer daily clinical cardiology questions and support future research.

Dr Mohamed O. El Khashab is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Consultant at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, where he serves as Section Head. Prior to this, he worked as an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and Director of the cardiac intensive care unit at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, and at Pulse Heart Institute in Tacoma, Washington.

He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, a fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases at John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County in Chicago, and an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology fellowship at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.

Dr Lamiaa Abdelrhman Ibrahim is a Professor of Paediatric Cardiology at the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, and a Consultant of Paediatric Cardiology at Cairo University Children's Hospital. With a strong academic background and extensive clinical experience, she has dedicated her career to caring for children with heart diseases through scientific, evidence-based practice combined with deep compassion for patients and their families.

She holds a Master's degree in Paediatrics and an MD in Paediatric Cardiology. Her work reflects a continuous commitment to excellence in paediatric clinical care, research and medical education. As an educator, she is passionate about teaching and mentoring future generations of physicians, emphasising clinical competence, ethical responsibility and the art of practising medicine.

In recent years, her professional focus has expanded into paediatric cardio-oncology, a rapidly growing specialty dedicated to protecting children's cardiac health during and after cancer treatment. She is currently a key member of the medical team at Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357, where she plays an essential role in monitoring and safeguarding the cardiac well-being of children receiving oncologic therapies, with the aim of improving both immediate safety and long-term outcomes.

Noura Ahmed is a senior nursing researcher and educator at Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE 57357) with extensive experience in paediatric oncology nursing, clinical research coordination and nursing education. She currently serves as Clinical Research Center Nursing Coordinator and Nursing Research Supervisor, focusing on integrating evidence-based nursing practice to enhance nursing competency and patient outcomes.

She has published research in paediatric oncology nursing performance, caregiver satisfaction and nurses' research engagement. She is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University, and holds a Master's degree from Ain Shams University and a Bachelor's degree from Al-Menoufia University. She actively contributes to quality accreditation initiatives (Magnet, JCI and GAHAR), policy development, performance improvement projects and accredited nursing continuing education programmes.