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Education and Certificates

2004                PhD, Anatomy, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology,

Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

2000                Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, ECFMG, USA

1999                Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA), USA.

1998                United States Medical License Examinations USMLE Steps 1 and 2, USA

1996                Medical License, unrestricted license to practice medicine, Egypt.

1995                Medical Degree, Ain Shams University School of Medicine, Egypt.           

Work experience

September 2006- present

Assistant Professor, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and DNA Technology at Biotechnology Excellency Research Center and Medical Biophysics Program, King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia.

 

October 2003- August 2006

Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Endocrinology, Endocrine Unit, Mass General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.

 

 

 

June 2000- September 2003:

Research Assistant, Anatomy, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology Department, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

 

July 1999-May 2000:

Research Fellow, Tissue Engineering and Molecular Engineering Center, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

 

June 1998-June 1999:

Resident, Clinical Pathology Department, Ain Shams University School of Medicine, Egypt.

 

May 1997- May 1998:

General Practitioner, Egyptian Drilling Company Hospitals, Egypt.

 

April 1996-April 1997:

General Practitioner, government suburban clinics, Ministry of Health, Egypt.

 

March 1995-March 1996: 

Resident, Transitional year, Ain Shams University School of Medicine, Ain Shams University Hospitals, Egypt.

Publications

Journal Papers

1- Idriss N, Selim A, Khachemoune A. Dusky plaque on the knee. J Fam Pract. 2008 Feb;57(2):97-9.

 

2- Selim A, Julian L. Castaneda, Steven Popoff and Fayez Safadi. The Role of Osteoactivin-Derived Peptides in Osteoblast Development.  Med Sci Monit. 2007 Dec;13(12):BR259-270. [Full Article]

 

3- Heba Selim, Selim A, Amor Khachemoune and Sallah Abdulfattah. Use of sclerosing agent in the management of oral and perioral hemangiomas: review and case reports. Med Sci Monit. 2007 Sep;13(9):CS114-119. [Full Article]

 

4- Sarabi K, Selim A, Khachemoune A .A young girl with blisters on her forehead.

J Fam Pract. 2007 Jul;56(7):551-3. [Full Article]

 

5- Sarabi K, Selim A, Khachemoune A. Sporadic and syndromic keratoacanthomas: diagnosis and management. Dermatol Nurs. 2007 Apr;19(2):166-70.

 

6- El-Ghandour A, Selim A, Khachemoune A.  Bilateral lesions on the legs. J Fam Pract. 2007 Jan;56(1):37-9. 

 

7- Selim A, Ehrsam E, Atassi MB, Khachemoune A. Scar sarcoidosis: a case report and brief review. Cutis. 2006 Dec;78(6):418-22.

 

8- Banerjee S, Selim A, Suliman G, Geller AI, Juppner H, Bringhurst FR, Divieti P. Synthesis and characterization of novel biotinylated carboxyl-terminal parathyroid hormone peptides that specifically crosslink to the CPTH-receptor. Peptides. 2006 Dec;27(12):3352-62. [Full Article]

 

9- Selim A, M. Mahon, H. Jueppner, F. R. Bringhurst and P. Divieti. Role of Voltage Dependent Calcium Channels in Carboxyl-Terminal Parathyroid Hormone Receptor Signaling. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2006 Jul;291(1):C114-21. [Full Article]

 

10- Selim A, Khachemoune A, Lockshin NA. Angiosarcoma: a case report and review of the literature. Cutis. 2005 Nov;76(5):313-7.

 

11- Litvin J, Selim A, Montgomery MO, Lehmann K, Rico MC, Devlin H, Bednarik DP, Safadi FF. Expression and function of periostin-isoforms in bone.  J Cell Biochem. 2004 Aug 1;92(5):1044-61. [Full Article]


12- Selim A, Abdelmagid SM, Kanaan RA, Smock SL, Owen TA, Popoff SN, Safadi FF. Anti-osteoactivin antibody inhibits osteoblast differentiation and function in vitro. Crit Rev Eukaryot Gene Expr. 2003;13(2-4):265-75.

 

13- Safadi FF, Xu J, Smock SL, Kanaan RA, Selim A, Odgren PR, Marks SC Jr, Owen TA, Popoff SN. Expression of connective tissue growth factor in bone: its role in osteoblast proliferation and differentiation in vitro and bone formation in vivo. J Cell Physiol. 2003 Jul;196(1):51-62. [Full Article]

 

14- Heba Selim, Shagufta Shaheen, Khalid Salah and Selim A.Melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy: clinical and pathological review and case report. (2008) (In Press, J of Ped Surg).

 

15- Selim A, Shagufta Shahin , Noraman Lockshin  and Amor Khachemoune  “Cutaneous metastasis of Uterine Adenocarcinoma: a case report and brief 
review of common skin metastasis. (2008) (In Press, Cutis).

Oral Presentations

2008                Selim A, “Use of Bioinformatics to Understand Biological Systems”, Aging Diseases Research Center and Department of Anatomy, PCOM, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

 

2008                Selim A, “Use of Human Amniotic Stem Cells for Common Bile Duct Reconstruction; Vascularized Support of a Free Amnion Graft”, Biomedical Technology Group Seminar, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

2007               Selim A, “Use of Bioinformatic Analysis for Drug Design”

                       Physics Department Seminar, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

 

2007                Selim A “Parallel Micro fluidic Cytometer for Rare-Cell Screening”

                        Third Saudi Science Meeting, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

2007                Selim A “Molecular Biology of Bone Healing ”

Chemistry Department Seminar, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

 

2006                Selim A, “a mis-sense mutation in transmembrane domain of the human calcium receptor converts a negative allosteric modulator into a positive allosteric modulator”. Endocrine Unit, Cell Signaling Journal Club, MGH, Boston, USA.

 

 

2006                Selim A, “Sonic hedgehog myocardial gene therapy: tissue repair through transient reconstitution of embryonic signaling”

Endocrine Unit, Developmental Biology Journal Club, MGH Boston, USA.

 

 

2005                Selim A, “A crucial role of caspase-3 in osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow stromal stem cells”. Endocrine Unit, Developmental Biology Journal Club, MGH. Boston, USA

 

2005                Selim A, “The Hedgehog-inducible ubiquitin ligase subunit WSB-1 modulates thyroid hormone activation and PTHrP secretion in the developing growth plate”. Endocrine Unit, Developmental Biology Journal Club, MGH.

 

2005                Selim A, Cell Track Scanning System, Endocrine Unit Seminar, MGH. Boston, USA

 

2004                Selim A, “CPTH receptor: expression cloning and function”, Endocrine Unit Seminar, MGH.

 

2003                Selim A, “ Oral Gene therapy for peanut allergy”, student seminar, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.

 

2002                Selim A,” OCIL is a novel factor secreted by osteoblast and inhibits osteoclast differentiation”, student seminar, Temple University School of Medicine. Philadelphia, USA.

 

2002                Selim A, “role of TGF-B receptor in circadian rhythm regulation” student seminar, Temple University School of Medicine.

 

2001                Selim A, “Role of Osteoactivin in Osteoblast Differentiation” Graduate Student Research Day, Temple University School of Medicine. Philadelphia, USA.

 

2001                Selim A, “Delivery of a Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Response Element-Binding Protein (CREB) Mutant to Seminefrous Tubules Results in Impaired Spermatogenesis”, student seminar, Temple University School of Medicine. Philadelphia, USA.

 

2000                Selim A, “Phosphorylation of Transcription Factor CREB in Rat Spinal Cord after Formalin Induced Hyperalgesia: Regulation to c-fos Induction”, student seminar, Temple University School of Medicine. Philadelphia, USA.

 

Selim A, “Lack of Regulation in the Heart Forming Region of Avian Embryos”, student seminar, Temple University School of Medicine. Philadelphia, USA.

 

1993                Selim A, “Risk Factors in Cervical Cancer.”

Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, student seminar, Ain Shams University School of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt.

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1993                Selim A, “Aspirin Abuse.”                              

                        Public Health Department, student seminar, Ain Shams University School of Medicine. Cairo, Egypt.

 

Work Shops Presented (Invited Speaker)
2008       Selim A, “ Nanomedicne; achievements and challenges”, Gujarat Liqui Pharmacaps Pvt. Ltd, Gujarat, India
 
2007       Selim A. “Use of Bioinformatic Tools for Proteins and Peptides Analysis”, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine PCOM, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
 
Grant Awards

v  September 2007   developing novel database mining for biological and medical applications, KACST, Co-investigator, Saudi Arabia.

 

v  March 2007          Use of Functional Networks to Predict Protein Relative Solvent Accessibility, Co-investigator, Junior Faculty Grant, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia.

 

v March 2008          Treatment of osteoarthritis model using MMP13-derived peptide. Principal Investigator, SABIC Fast track grant, Saudi Arabia. 

Membership In Professional Societies

2000- Present             American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), Washington DC, USA.

Awards

2007                Travel Grant Award, ASBMR 29th Annual Meeting, Hawaii, USA

 

2007                Oral Presentation Award, Third Saudi Science Meeting, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

2005                Partners In Excellency Award, MGH, Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA, USA.

 

2002                Best Poster Presentation, Graduate Student Research Day, Temple

University School of Medicine. Philadelphia, PA, USA.

 

2002                Best Graduate Student Presentation, Graduate Student Research Day, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

 

2002                Oral Presentation Award, Bone and Mineral Research Conference, annual meeting, San Antonio, Texas. USA

 

2001                Best Poster Presentation, Graduate Student Research Day, Temple

University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

 

2001                Best Graduate Student Presentation, Cell Biology Department

Graduate Student Research Day, ranked first among 9 students. Temple University School of Medicine. Philadelphia, PA, USA.

 

Temple University Fellowship, ranked first among 28 applicants. Philadelphia, USA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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