College of Medicine

Research Area(s)

  • Neonatology
  • PDA
  • Neonatal Neuro-Critical Care

About

I have granted my degree in Medicine from Mansoura University-Egypt in 2001. I have completed the pediatric residency training in Egypt then moved to Canada where I completed my Neonatal/Perinatal medicine residency at the University of Calgary in 2019. when I am not busy at the NICU I love reading and watching sports. I spend some weekends in bird hunting and trap shooting.

Teaching

I am involved in teaching the Medical student and pediatric resident rotating at the NICU in Regina General Hospital.

Research

Management of PDA in premature infants. Using the NIRS to assess the effect of endotracheal intubation, surfactant administration, and IVH on the brain of the preterm infants

Education

  • Graduate degree of Clinical Epidemiology- McMaster University 2021.
  • Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine residency program - University of Calgary 2019.
  • Bachelor of Medicine (MBBCH) Mansura University - Egypt 2001

Clinical Interests

Neonatal haemodynamics. Uses of point of care ultrasound in modern NICU. neurocritical care of the newborn infants.

Selected Publications

  • Outcomes of Singleton Small for Gestational Age Preterm Infants Exposed to Maternal Hypertension: a retrospective cohort study Elhaytham ElSayed, Sibasis Daspal, Wendy Yee, Ermelinda Pelausa, Rody Canning, Prakesh Shah and Kamran Yusuf on behalf of the Canadian Neonatal Network Investigators (CNN), Pediatric Research 2019 May 13. PMID:31086284 DOI:10.1038/s41390-019-0416-6
  • Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis complicated with large subcutaneous hematoma following Therapeutic Hypothermia in a term baby with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy: Case report. Elhaytham Elsayed, Kamran Yusuf, Franki Frauline and Prashanth Morthy BMJ Case Reports CP 2020;13:e234360.
  • Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of Newborn (PPHN) associated with pulmonary artery hypoplasia and septic shock: case report Samedi V, Elsayed E, Samedi A, Yusuf K and Al Awad E. First International Congress of Hypertension in Children and Adolescents, Valencia, Spain, Volume: 1