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Dr Amgad Botros

Consultant Physician and Associate Professor

  • Telephone: +607 5553922
  • Address: Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (NUMed)
    No 1, Jalan Sarjana 1,
    Kota Ilmu EduCity@Iskandar
    79200 Iskander Puteri (Formerly Nusajaya)
    Johor.
    Malaysia
Background


EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING :


Currently, I'm working as an  Associate Professor (Medicine) at Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (NUMed), in addition to my clinical service as a Consultant Physician.


ACADEMIC ROLE:

  • NUMED Year 4 Lead.
  • NUMED Advanced Clinical Experience(ACE) Lead.


QUALIFICATION:


MBBCh, MRCP(UK), GCHE, MMedEd(Newcastle), FHEA(UK), FRCP(Glasg), FRCP Edin , FHEA (UK)& FACP.


  • Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Egypt).
  • Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom.
  • Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (Monash University).
  • Master of Medical Education (Newcastle University).
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK).
  • Membership of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
  • Physician Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.  
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
  • Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
  • Fellow of the International Academy of Medical Specialists 


Teaching
  1. Teaching Year 3 , 4 & 5 MBBS program. 
  2. Examiner throughout the curriculum.
  3. Training for post graduate degrees e.g. MRCP(UK).
  4. MRCP(UK) PACES examiner.



Research

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS;

  • Co Reseacher in Apixaban dosing to optimize protection from Thrombosis (ADOPT) study.
  •  Elangovan S, Ramadas A, Dominic NA, Botross NP, Arasoo VJT, Riad A & Qureshi AM (2015). Impact of Psychosocial Risk Factors in Health-related Quality of Life: A Pilot Study among Breast Cancer Survivors in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 15 (Suppl): S12  
  • Paper titled ” Psychsocial factors and quality if life of breast cancer survivers” in the “Dubai International Conference in Higher Education 2015”.
  • Research about HRQOL in Breast Cancer survivors .
  • Research about The "Prevalence of Complications in Dengue Virus Infection and Predictors of Severe Dengue With Severe Organ Involvements Among Adults In A Tertiary Center In Malaysia". 
  • The use of mobile technology by medical students in clinical years: Teachers' perspective. Project for the Master of Medical Education . School of Medical Eduacation,  Newcastle University


Publications