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.
.
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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