Prof. Mohammed M. El-Mahy

Biography

Professor Mohammed M. El-Mahy is an orthopaedic and hand surgeon associated with Ain Shams University, where he has held senior clinical and departmental roles. A founding member of ESSHM, he served as its President and has also held leadership roles in the Pan-Arab Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand. His professional career extends across Egyptian university hospitals and clinical practice in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.

His published professional biography traces his medical qualification at Ain Shams University in 1982, basic microsurgery training at the Egyptian Military Academy in 1984, and a master’s degree in Orthopaedics in 1986. Advanced microsurgery training in Brescia followed in 1988, before a hand and microsurgery fellowship at Duke University Medical Center from 1989 to 1991. He completed his doctorate at Ain Shams in 1992.

His clinical interests include digit replantation, tendon reconstruction, peripheral nerve repair, brachial plexus surgery and congenital hand conditions. His research addresses supercharged ulnar nerve repair, reconstructive wrist fusion, TFCC lesions and soft-tissue coverage. Hospital records document a career involving El Demerdash, El Helal and Cairo Medical Center in Egypt, alongside Gulf posts including Al Razi, Al Zahra, NMC Royal and Fakeeh University Hospital.

Training & career milestones

1. 1982MBBCh · Ain Shams University
2. 1984Basic microsurgery training · Egyptian Military Academy
3. 1986Master’s, Orthopaedics · Ain Shams University
4. 1988Advanced microsurgery · Brescia, Italy
5. 1989–1991Hand & Microsurgery Fellowship · Duke University, USA
6. 1992Doctorate · Ain Shams University
7. 2024Invited international guest · Brazilian Congress of Hand Surgery, Florianópolis

Academic & institutional leadership

• Professor and former Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery · Ain Shams University
• Founding member · Served as ESSHM President (2013–2014)
• First President · Pan-Arab Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand

A distinctive contribution

ESSHM legacy

He belongs to the Society’s founding generation and appears in its historical presidents list before Tarek El-Gammal. Beyond Egypt, he served as the first President of the Pan-Arab Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand, extending the Society’s reach across the region.

Selected publications · الأبحاث المختارة

Selected peer-reviewed work. Titles retain their original publication language; DOI links open the journal record.

1. 2024· SICOT-J
   Three-corner fusion vs four-corner fusion in scaphoid nonunion advanced collapse wristYoussef KN, Nabil A, Atiya AN, El-Mahy MMRead publication ↗ DOI 10.1051/sicotj/2024052
2. 2020· J Hand Surg Am
   Supercharged ulnar nerve repair by anterior interosseous nerve transfer versus isolated ulnar nerve repairKoriem E, El-Mahy MM, Atiyya AN, Diab RARead publication ↗ DOI 10.1016/j.jhsa.2019.11.005
3. 2020· Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol
   Reliability of propeller flaps in post-traumatic wrist and hand defectsAbdel Fattah HAH, El-Mahy MM, et al.Read publication ↗ DOI 10.1007/s00590-020-02780-6
4. 2013· Ann Plast Surg
   Trapezial osteotomy for the treatment of trapezial dysplasiaEl-Mahy MMRead publication ↗ DOI 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3182a1ad9d