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Curriculum Vitae
Personal Data:
Name RAMADAN MOHAMED AHMED SAAD
Nationality Egyptian.
Date of Birth Octobre. 28, 1972.
Place of Birth Beni sweef.
Marital Status Married.
Children: 2
Telephone 0122857947.
Email eslam.anes@YAHOO.COM

Education and Qualifications:

1996 MBBCH.(very good with honor) Faculty of medicine,
Ain shams University.
2002 Master degree in physiology from Ain
shams University – Faculty of
medicine.
: Cardiovascular
responses of
calcitonin in rats.

2008M.D. in physiology from Ain shams

University – Faculty of medicine.
:The effects of
damage of the renal
papilla on the
cardiovascular and
renal functions in rats.

Languages:
Arabic Native Language.
English Very Good (Reading, Writing & Speaking).

Computer Softwares:
high presentation skills & excellent command with
computer software.
Extensive use of the following programs
 Windows.
 Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
 Internet Capabilities.
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 Soft Disk.
 Spss (Statistical analysis).

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
House officer. 1997.
Faculty of medicine, Ain shams University hospitals.

Physician. 1998.
Millitary hospitals.

Demonstrator in physiology 1999.

Dept. of physiology, Faculty of medicine , Ain shams University.

Assistant lecturer. (physiology). 2004

Dept. of physiology, Faculty of medicine , Ain shams University.

Lecturer. (physiology). 2008.

Dept. of physiology , Faculty of medicine , Ain shams University.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

Cell Physiology and General Principles

1. Overview (introductory lectures)
Organization of a multicellular organism.
Cellular specialization, organization, turnover.
Body compartments, tissue and organ origination.
Body fluid compartements.

2. Homeostasis, Control Systems, Signaling Pathways

Cell-to-cell communication.
Specificity, amplification, feedback.
Major hormones and neurotransmitters.
Secondary messenger cascades (G-proteins, PLC-InsP3, Adenylate
cyclase, TK, NO).

3. Membrane transport and properties of epithelia

Diffusion and passive permeability
Active transport.
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Epithelial cells: polarity, surface, types of junctions

4. Membrane potentials, impulse propagation and

summation
Distribution of ions, role of pumps. Nernst eqn, reversal potentials
Goldman eqn, relative permeabilities and role of leakage channels.
V-gated channels, Na and K currents, spike formation, refractory
period
Factors that determine the velocity of spike propagation (lectures)
Synaptic transmission, graded potentials (EPSP, IPSP),
Spatial and temporal summation, pre- and postsynaptic inhibition

5. Autonomic Nervous System

Branches of ANS: anatomy, physiology & differences
Receptor types: characteristics & responses

Cardiovascular Physiology
1. Hemodynamics
Pressure, flow, resistance, cross-section and velocity
Laminar and turbulent flow
Anatomy and properties of vascular walls and the law of Laplace
Blood as a non-ideal fluid

2. Heart
Anatomy: chambers and valves, cardiac cycle, ECG.
Autorhythmic & contractile cell mechanisms: pacemaker.
Innervation, sympathetic and parasympathetic control of heart
activity.

3. Systemic Circulation
Blood flow and pressure profile across the systemic circuit.
Starling's Capillary Hypothesis and colloid-osmotic properties of the
blood.
Role of lymph and causes of edema.

4. Cardiovascular Function and Regulation

Systemic vs. pulmonary blood flow, Starling's Law.
Cardiac output and venous return.
Blood pressure regulation: baroreceptor reflex and renal
mechanisms.
Cardiovascular function during exercise.
Cardiovascular disease (arrhythmias, ischemia, hypertension).

Renal Physiology
1. Anatomy
urinary system and functions of kidney
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anatomy of kidney and nephron: capsule, DCT, loop, DCT, CD,

peritubular capillaries, vasa recta
structure of glomerulus
juxtaglomerular apparatus

2. Filtration
glomerular filtration: pressures, volumes , osmolarities
mechanisms of GFR regulation: myogenic, reflex, tubuloglomerular

3. Secretion and reabsorption

properties of active and facilitated transport
types of molecules involved in epithelial transport:
pumps (ATPasas), co-transporters, exchangers
relationships between filtration, excretion, secretion and
reabsorption
examples of substances handled differently by kidney (Na+,
glucose, amino acids, organic ions, antibiotics, inulin)
renal clearance

4. The nephron:
functions of different parts, volumes, permeabilities and
osmolarities
PCT, constitutive secretion and reabsorption
loop of Henle and vasa recta: role in generation of standing osmotic
gradient
processes in DCT and collecting duct: regulation of water
permeability (aquaporins, ADH)

5. Regulation of water and electrolyte homeostasis

water balance and responses to changes of osmolarity and
dehydration.
Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system.
Na+ and K+ metabolism, Ca metabolism, PTH.
acid/base balance: body buffers, roles of kidney and respiration.

Regulation of Temperature, Metabolism & Growth

1. Thermogenesis & Control of Heat Loss
2. Hyperthermia vs. Fever
3. Endocrine Control of Growth & Metabolism
4. regulation of food intake.

Muscles and mechanisms of contraction

Skeletal muscle (anatomy, contractile elements, intracellular
compartments and mechanisms E-C coupling)
Cardiac muscle (in comparison to the skeletal)
Smooth muscle

Blood
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Plasma and cellular components, regulation of blood cell production/

differentiation/ elimination.
Plasma proteins.
Erythropoiesis and anaemias.
Haemostasis

Mechanisms of Immunity

Central nervous system physiology

Physiology of sensory system
Physiology of motor nervous system
Higher brain functions