Name:                   Hisham Bassiouny, MB, Bch.

Date of Birth:     March 30, 1954

Place of Birth:   Cairo, Egypt

Citizenship:        USA

Languages:         English, French, German, Arabic

EDUCATION

High School Diploma, Victoria College, Maadi, Cairo 1967-1970

Pre-Medical, Cairo University, Faculty of Natural Sciences 1970-1971

Mb.  Bch. Diploma, Cairo University, School of Medicine 1971-1977

GRADUATE TRAINING

Transitional Internship, Cairo University Hospitals 1977-1978

General Practitioner, Military Service, Egypt 1979-1980

Surgical Externship, Linz General Hospital, Linz, Austria 1980-1981

Surgical Internship, Maryland General Hospital, Baltimore, MD 1981-1982

General Surgical Residency, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Ml 1982-1986

Clinical Vascular Fellow, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Ml 1986-1987

Cardiovascular Post- Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Chicago 1987-1989

ACTIVE HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS and CLINICAL PRACTICE SITES

Advocate Aurora Bay Care, Green Bay, Wi (Locum:3/24-4/04/22, 6/9-6/13/22, 6/23-6/27/22)

HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, Wi, (Locum :1/15-1/26/21, 1/29-2/1/21, 6/11-6/14/21, 6/25-7/5/21,3/7- 3/21/22)

Unity Point Health Methodist /Pekin/ Proctor Hospitals, Peoria, Il (Locum:8/10-8/21/20) Dar Al Fouad Hospitals in Collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic, Giza, Egypt (2011-now)

PAST HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS and CLINICAL PRACTICE SITES

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mi (2018-19)

University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL (1987-2011) Attending Staff- Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL (1990-2011)

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago 2004-2011

Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago 1996-2003

Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago 1989-1996

Instructor of Surgery, University of Chicago 1987-1989

ADMINISTRATIVE and DEPARTMENTAL APPOINTMENTS

Chief of Vascular Surgery and Endotherapy, Dar AI Fouad Hospital, Cairo, Egypt 2011-2018

Chief, Section of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Chicago 2006-2011

Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship, University of Chicago 2006-2011

Director of Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory, University of Chicago 1988-2011

Medical Director-University of Chicago Vascular Surgery at Weiss 1999-2011

Vice Chairman- University of Chicago Department of Surgery, Weiss 2003-2004

Director of Surgical Education at Weiss 2004-2008

HONORS AND RESEARCH AWARDS

Matriculated with Honors- Cairo University Medical School 1976

Annual Chicago Vascular Research Seminar Award 1988

Louis Block Award 1989

American Heart Association Grant in Aid Award 1996

R01 National Institute of Health Award 1996

Whitaker Foundation Grant Award 2001

R01 National Institute of Health Award 2002

Top 100 Classic Papers Cited in Vascular Surgery

Distinguished Fellow Society for Vascular Surgery            

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Image analysis of carotid plaque structure, carotid endarterectomy and stenting   Open and endovascular management of carotid artery disease and aortic aneurysms     

Robotic Vascular Surgery             

NATIONAL/ REGIONAL SOCIETIES COMMITTEE and BOARD OF SURGERY APPOINTMENTS

Chairman- Local Arrangement Committee- Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society              1999

President- Roy D Mclure Surgical Society 1993

President- Chicago Endovascular Society               1999

Member- Scientific Program Committee- Society for Vascular Surgery 1999

Chairman- Scientific Program Committee- Society for Vascular Surgery 2002

Member- International Advisory Board- Middle East and North Africa    

(MENA) Chapter/International Society of Cardiovascular Surgeons

(International Society of Cardiovascular Surgeons- ISCVS              2002

Member- Lifeline Research and Education Committee- Society for Vascular Surgery 2004

Ad Hoc Member- Atherosclerosis and Inflammation in the Cardiovascular System (AICS)

Study Section- NHLBI/ NIH 2005-2006

Charter Member- Atherosclerosis and Inflammation in the Cardiovascular System (AICS)              2007-2009

Study Section- NHLBI/ NIH          

Vascular Surgery Board Examiner, Certifying Exam 2007-2011

Member- International Relations Committee- Society for Vascular Surgery 2008-2011

MEDICAL SCHOOL and HOSPITAL COMMITTEES

Core Curriculum Committee- University of Chicago, Department of Surgery 1990-1992

Student Curriculum Committee- University of Chicago, Department of Surgery 1991-1993

Research Committee- University of Chicago, Department of Surgery 1996-2000

Operating Room Committee- Weiss Memorial Hospital 1994-2002

Quality Resource Management Committee- Chairman, Weiss Memorial Hospital               2003

Committee on Molecular Medicine- University of Chicago 2003-2010

Committee for Resident Education- University of Chicago Department of Surgery             2004-2011

Committee for Medical Student Education-

University of Chicago Department of Surgery 2004-2011

University of Chicago Clinical Research Board 2007-2011

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery #33155 - 3/88

Certificate of Added Qualifications in General Vascular Surgery #100057- 10/88

Recertification in General Vascular Surgery #100057- 10/24

State of Illinois Licensure #036-075451-current

State of Michigan Licensure #403406- current

State of Wisconsin Licensure #72413-20 current

State of Maine Licensure #MD25417-current

FLEX- State of Maryland                1982

Visa Qualifying Exam / ECFMG 1979

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES        

Egyptian Medical Syndicate

American Medical Association 1988

Roy D. Mclure Henry Ford Hospital Surgical Society 1988

Association of Academic Surgery 1989

Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society 1990

Chicago Surgical Society 1991

American Heart Association Scientific Council I Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery 1992

American Venous Forum 1992

International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery                1993

American Association for the Advancement of Science 1993

Fellow- American College of Surgeons 1994

Peripheral Vascular Surgical Society 1995

American Heart Association of Metropolitan Chicago 1994

International Society for Endovascular Specialists 1995

Egyptian Society for Vascular Surgery and Angiology 1996

Society for Vascular Surgery 1996

Chicago Endovascular Society 1999

Society or University Surgeons 1999

American Vascular Research Organization 2003

International Society for Cardiovascular Specialists 2005

Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery 2006

PEER SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL REVIEWER

Annals of Vascular Surgery         

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology          

British Medical Council  

American Journal of Pathology

Stroke  

ENDOVASCULAR DEVICE TRAINING

Basic Endovascular Course, University of Cincinnati 1994

Intermediate Endovascular Course, Arizona Heart Institute 1995

Guidant Ancure infra renal AAA Stent Graft, University of Pittsburgh 1999

Medtronics Aneuryx Infra renal AAA Stent Graft, Stanford University 1999

W.L Gore Excluder infra renal AAA Stent Graft, Antwerpen, Belgium 2002

Cook Zenith Infra renal Stent Graft, Chicago 2003

Percutaneous AAA Stent Grafting, Baylor Methodist Hospital 2005

Guidant Acculink and Acculink Carotid Protection and Stenting System 2005

W.L Gore TAG Thoracic Aortic S tent Graft, University of Pittsburgh 2005

Cook Zenith TX2 Thoracic Stent Graft, University of Washington 2010

Cook Zenith Fenestrated Stent Graft, University of Lille 2011

Cook Iliac Branch Device, University of Lisbon 2012

LAPARO-ROBOTIC TRAINING

Intuitive DaVinci Robotic Training, Johns Hopkins University 2004

Porcine Visceral Robotic Bypasses, University of Illinois, Chicago 2004

Robotic iliac and renal artery bypasses, The University of Minnesota, 2006

Intuitive DaVinci Robotic Training, Sunnyvale, CA 2007

Intuitive DaVinci Robotic Training with Petr Stadler, MD, Prague, The Czech Republic 2007

PROCTORSHIP /CONSULTANT

Cook Medical 2011

Jotech GMBH

COURSE DIRECTORSHIP

Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Carotid Occlusive Disease, Chicago, 9/99 Simulation in Hemodynamics Workshop, U of C /Argonne National Labs /U of Illinois, Chicago, 3/01

Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Aneurysms and Lower Extremity Occlusive Disease, Chicago, 9/01 Symposium for Minimally Invasive Treatment for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and

Lower Extremity Occlusive Disease, Chicago, 6/03

Art and Science- Stenting for Carotid Stenosis and Aortic Aneurysms, Chicago 4/05

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INVITED FACULTY and COURSE PARTICIPATION

• Annual Chicago Vascular Research Forum, 1994- 2001.
• Chicago Vascular Forum, Chicago, IL, 2000.
• Northwestern Memorial Annual Vascular Symposium, 2000.
• ISCVS /Middle East and North African Chapter- Cairo, Egypt, 2002.
• ISCVS /Middle East and North African Chapter, Alexandria, Egypt, 2003.
• 14th National Symposium/ Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Vascular Disease, St Louis, 2005.
• Research Initiatives in Vascular Disease (SVS/NHLBI), Washington, DC, 2005.
• Society for Vascular Ultrasound Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2005.
• VEITH Annual Symposium, New York, 2005.
• Vascular Society of Egypt, 2006.
• 5th International Vascular and Endovascular Congress, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 2006.
• Moderator- Middle East and North African Society for Vascular Surgery, Aswan, Egypt, 2007.
• 15th National Symposium / Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Vascular Disease, St. Louis, 2007.
• Research Initiatives in Vascular Disease (SVS/NHLBI), Washington, DC, 2007.
• 16th National Symposium I Noninvasive Diagnosis of Vascular Disease, St. Louis, MO, 2009.
• Endovascular Surgery: Bringing Basic Science into Clinical Practice, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 2009.
• Northwestern University Vascular Symposium, Chicago 2009.
• Vascular Society of Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, 2010.
• Society for Vascular Surgery/ Vascular Ultrasound Annual Meeting Joint Session, Denver, 2010.
• 17th National Symposium I Noninvasive Diagnosis of Vascular Disease, St. Louis, MO, 2011.
• Vascular Society of Egypt, Hurghada, 2011.
• Repair of Complex Aortic Aneurysms. 9th Annual Meeting of the Vascular Society of Egypt, March 2012.
• Carotid Artery Stenting vs Endarterectomy, 2012.
• 9th Annual Meeting of the Vascular Society of Egypt. March 2012.
• Supra-aortic Branches. Utility in arterial reconstruction for aortic aneurysms and occlusive disease. 8th Annual Egyptian Vascular Club December 2012.
• Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis “When to Intervene “. 8th Annual Egyptian Vascular Club Meeting, December 2012.
• Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis “What to do “. Annual Vascular Conference, Zagazig University, Egypt, May 2013.
• Clinical Education at the Maadi Armed Forces Hospital: Personal Experience. Military Medical Academy, Egypt, March 2013.
• What’s New in EVAR. 8th Annual Dar Al Fouad Hospital Cardiology Meeting, May 2013.
• Advances in Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair. Al Mansoura University, Egypt, November 2013.
• Diabetes and Carotid Plaque Structure. 2nd Annual Conference on the Diabetic Foot, National Institute for Diabetes, December 2013.
• Decision making in Type B Aortic Dissections. 10th Annual Meeting Vascular Society of Egypt. March 2014.
• Intervention for Type B Aortic Dissections. First Annual Cardiology Conference of the Suez Canal Authority, April 2014.
• Acute Aortic Syndromes: Interventional Perspective: DAF Cardiology Conference. Fairmont Hotel. May 2014.
• Advances in EVAR and TEVAR. Egyptian Society of Cardiology PVD Working Group, October 2014.
• TEVAR Tips and Tricks. Cardio Alex 2015. Bibliotheca Alexandrina. June 2015.
• Organizing Committee and Invited Faculty, Intervention Master Aortic Course (IMAC), EGYPT,2015/16/17/18/19.
• Egyptian Society for Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting. Cairo Egypt, September 2022.

DOCTORAL THESIS, FELLOW, RESIDENT and STUDENT MENTORING

• Heather Hall, MD, Clinical Vascular Fellow, 2009-2011, The University of Chicago.
• Timothy Wu, MD, Clinical Vascular Surgery Fellow, 2008-2010, The University of Chicago.
• John Carson, MD, Clinical Vascular Surgery Fellow, 2007-2009, The University of Chicago.
• Jateen Prema, MD, Clinical Vascular Surgery Fellow, 2006-2008 The University of Chicago.
• David Smith: University of Illinois, Doctoral Thesis, 2007

Project: Experimental investigation of transition to turbulence in arteriovenous grafts.

• Carl-Magnus Wahlgren, MD, PhD, Clinical Vascular Surgery Fellow, 2005-2007, The University of Chicago.
• Wael Shaalan, Visiting Research Project Professional, 2005-2007

Projects: Carotid plaque structure and clinical outcomes, IPFCC and lower extremity blood flow.

• Erika Ketteler, MD, Clinical Vascular Surgery Fellow, 2004- 2006, The University of Chicago.
• Sang Wook-Lee: University of Illinois, Doctoral Thesis, 2005

Project: Turbulence measurements in AV grafts

• Jennifer Grogan M.D, Research Associate 2003- 2004, University of Chicago, Vascular Surgery.

Project: Biomechanical forces and venous intimal hyperplasia.

• Wael Shaalan, Visiting Research Associate, 2001- 2003

Project:  Doctoral thesis:  Carotid plaque structure and clinical outcome.

• Mahesh Sardesai MS3 U of C, 2000

Project: Flow velocity profile and MAP kinase activation, 2000

• N Arslan, M.S. University of Illinois, Doctoral Thesis, 1998

Project: Turbulence measurements inside an arterio-venous graft under steady flow conditions.

• John Fortunato M.D., Training Grant Research Fellow, 1997- 1999

Project: Cardiovascular pathophysiology gene therapy and irradiation in intimal hyperplasia.

• Hrachya Kocharyan M.D., Ph.D., 1996-1999

Project:  MAP Kinase activation in anastomotic intimal hyperplasia.

• Ruo H. Song, M.D. Research Associate, 1994- 1995

Project: Shear stress regulation of intimal hyperplasia.

• Suzanne Mickucki M.D, Ph.D., Resident in Surgery- University of Chicago, 1994

Project: Carotid plaque pathobiology.

• Daniel C. Lee MS3- University of Chicago, 1990

Project: Heart Rate and Experimental Atherogenesis.

• Eric Choi MS3 - University of Chicago, 1989

Project: Anastomotic intimal hyperplasia.