Mohamed Ghoneim

Mohamed Ahmed Ghoneim is an Egyptian urologist.

Mohamed Ghoneim
Born	(1939-03-17) 17 March 1939 (age 86) Mansoura, Egypt
Nationality	Egyptian
Alma mater	University of Cairo
Known for	Founder of the Ghoneim Urology and Nephrology Center
Scientific career
Fields	Urology
Institutions	Mansoura University

Career

Ghoneim is a graduate of the University of Cairo. He is one of the founders of the Ghoneim Urology and Nephrology Center for Management of Renal and Urological Disorders (a World Health Organization collaborating centre^[1] located in Mansoura, Egypt). He is a member of the International Society of Urology, and a member of both the British and the American Urology Associations.^[2] He is a colleague of Professor Nils Kock, the inventor of the Kock pouch.^[3][4]

Gaza War medical relief effort

Ghoniem provided medical services to war casualties in Gaza during the Gaza War.^[5]

Honors and awards

Ghoneim served as annual president of the Endourology Society in 1987.^[6] Ghoneim is the recipient of the Egyptian National Scientific Award, 2001,^[7] and was a nominee for the European Urology Society annual award in 2004.^[8] He was the winner of the SIU-Félix Guyon Medal (2006).^[9] Ghoneim was awarded Hamdan Award for honoring distinguished personalities from the Arab World by Hamdan Medical Award in 2014.^[10]