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Monday, 29th of June 2009
Videoconference on
medical cooperation in the field of Cardio-thoracic surgery
In the
framework of following up the results of the official visit to the Université de
Sherbrooke on the 27th of April 2009, the Bureau of Cultural and
Educational Affaires in Montréal - Canada organized a videoconference between
the Department of the Thoracic Surgery in the Faculty of Medicine, Université de
Sherbrooke and The Department of the Cardio-thoracic Surgery in the Faculty of
Medicine, Alexandria University.
The conference targeted discussing the
final details of the preparation for the visit of the Canadian Surgical team to
Alexandria University in mid October and exploring the possibility of
cooperation between both faculties.
The University of Sherbrooke
represented by:
1- Dr. Vincent Echavé, Thoracic Surgeon
2- Dr.
Marco Sorois, Head of the Department of the Thoracic Surgery
3- Dr. Javier
Teijiera, Cardio-thoracic surgeon and responsible for the international
relations of the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
4- Eric Rousseau,
Department of Physiology and fundamental research
5- Dr. Walid Abou Arab,
Fellow, Thoracic surgery department
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Participants from the
Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University:
1- Prof. Dr. Ahmed
Saleh, Head of the Cardiothoracic surgery department
2- Prof. Dr. Emad
Ibrahim, Department of Pulmonary Medicine
3- Prof. Dr. Mohamed Zidan,
Department of Pulmonary Medicine (French section)
The meeting concluded the
following:
1. Developing undergraduate curricula , particularly in the French
section, in cooperation with the Universitéde Sherbrooke
2. Cooperation in
the field of fundamental research projects and the possibility to receive
researchers from Alexandria in Sherbrooke in the field of thoracic surgery and
pulmonary medicine (an invitation of an Egyptian team to Sherbrooke next
spring)
3. Sharing the clinical experience between both departments in
certain specific areas through videoconferences (you have to set up an agenda
for that in collaboration with the staff of thoracic surgery and pulmonary
medicine).
4. The possibility of the Faculty of Medicine in Alexandria to
share in the next conference of the society of the cardiac surgery on 15 - 18
June 2011.
Prof. Dr. Nebal El Tanbouly, Consul, Cultural &
Educational Affaires chaired the session with the participation of Dr Sherif
Khashana, Coordinator of Scientific Affaires.