Dr. Ahmed Mostafa PhD, MD, D(ABHI)
Assistant Professor Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Address
- St. Paul's Hospital, Saskatoon
Research Area(s)
- Develop clinically applicable assays to improvise, enhance and supplement the current histocompatibility assays and to look into the clinical outcomes based on the interpretation of various HLA lab testing data.
- Identify the characteristics of HLA and non-HLA antibodies which results in antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) in solid organ transplantation.
- Identify the characteristics of KIR genes and influence of GVHD.
About
Dr. Mostafa acquired his Medical Degree (MD) from Cairo University and carried his residency in diagnostic laboratory medicine. After his graduation, he was awarded a full grant from the Egyptian Scholarship and Mission Organization to study abroad for 2 years as a visiting scholar in the Diagnostic Laboratory at the Eastern Health Corporation and Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN)-St John’s, NL, Canada. There he studied Type II diabetes and complications, using mass spectrometry. After successfully completing this program, he was enrolled in the Ph.D. Immunology program at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), Canada. In December 2013, he was graduated from MUN with a Ph.D. degree in Immunology and Infectious Diseases with a distinction award “fellow of the school of graduate studies”. Shortly after his graduation, Dr. Mostafa started his postdoctoral training at the University of Calgary for two years followed by three years training as clinical fellow in histocompatibility and Immunogentics lab at Alberta Public labs. In 2019, Dr. Mostafa granted the Diplomate of the American Board in Histocompatibility and Immunogentics (ABHI) and now he is the Co-director of the HLA laboratory in St Paul’s hospital in Saskatoon.
Education- MBBcH (MD)- Cairo University- Egypt
- Msc- Menoufia University (Biochemistry)
- PhD- Memorial University of Newfoundland –Canada (Immunology)
- Post-Doctoral Researcher- University of Calgary (Tumour Immunotherapy)
- Clinical Fellow- Alberta Public Laboratories (Histocompatibility and Immunogentics)
- Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- HLA Lab Co-Director, St Paul Hospital