Biography

Dr. El-Wazir has been teaching physiology to medical students for about 30 years, and to graduate students for about 20 years. I also taught physiology courses to dental, pharmacy, nursing and medical technology students. I was selected as the best professor in Egypt in 2000, and was elected by the Saudi medical students in 2004 as the best teacher of the year.

Dr. El-Wazir has participated as main/co-organizer in more than 30 medical education workshops in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Sudan, and Syria. Main topics are curriculum development, problem-based learning, and student assessment. I was awarded a FAIMER fellowship in medical education in 2011 (Philadelphia, USA).

Dr. El-Wazir has developed the research lab of the physiology department in the Suez Canal University through an extramural grant of about 500,000 Egyptian pound. This allowed the department members to conduct and publish research in the areas of cardiovascular and basic electrophysiology. I’m now the PI of a large scale capacity building research project (sum of 8 million Egyptian pounds) to establish a central up-to-date research lab for my institute which will include a molecular biology lab, a tissue culture lab and imaging facilities.

Dr. El-Wazir has worked as an external examiner for a large number of Master and PhD theses in medical physiology, medical education, clinical pharmacology, and cardiology. The theses are mostly in Egypt (about 10 different universities), Saudi Arabia, and South Africa.

Dr. El-Wazir has served as an invited speaker in a number of meetings of the ESPS, Egyptian Society of Cardiology, Egyptian Society of Psychiatry, SONA (Society of Neuroscientists of Africa), and Aseer club of Cardiology in Saudi Arabia.Dr.. El-Wazir has organized several scientific meetings, among which are the 6th international congress of the AAPS (African Association of Physiological Sciences) and the annual meetings of the ESPS (Egyptian Society of Physiological Sciences). I’m currently serving as the Vice-Chair of the ESPS and the secretary general of the AAPS. I’m also a member of the education committee of the IUPS.

Dr. El-Wazir is a member of the Egyptian national committee responsible for evaluating the scientific applications of promotion to associate and full professorship. I also worked as an external examiner for similar applications in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Dr.. El-Wazir is serving as a member of the editorial board of several scientific journals, namely the JAAPS (Journal of the African Association of Physiological Sciences and Bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Physiological Sciences. I reviewed for a number of scientific journals inside and outside Egypt, among which are: Frontiers in Integrative Physiology, Clinical and Experimental Toxicology, Brain Research Bulletin, Renal Failure, Cytotechnology, Experimental Gerontology. I’m also a regular reviewer for funding proposals submitted to the STDF which is the main national research supporter in Egypt. I have supervised/co-supervised more than 30 master and PhD theses of Physiology, anatomy, histology, pathology, clinical pathology, cardiology, anaesthesiology and urology.

Area of Interest:

Biomedical Sciences

100%

Stem Cell Therapy

62%

Cardiovascular Physiology

90%

Applied Sciences

75%

Medical Education

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
4

Chapters
0

Articles
45

Abstracts
12

Selected Publications

Morsy, S., M.F. Mansour, M. Abdo and Y. El‐Wazir, 2022. Can mobilization of bone marrow stem cells be an alternative regenerative therapy to stem cell injection in a rat model of chronic kidney disease? Physiol. Rep., Vol. 10. 10.14814/phy2.15448.
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Att, R., A. Ameen, H. Korayem, N. Abogresha and Y. El-Wazir, 2020. Adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells have better restorative capacity than bone marrow-derived cells in a cerebellar ataxic rat model. Arch. Med. Sci., 10.5114/aoms.2020.100833 .
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Maher, S., E. Kolieb, N.A. Sabik, D. Abd-Elhalim, A.T. El-Serafi and Y. El-Wazir, 2015. Comparison of the osteogenic differentiation potential of mesenchymal cells isolated from human bone marrow, umbilical cord blood and placenta derived stem cells. Beni-Suef Univ. J. Basic Appl. Sci., 4: 80-85.
El-Wazir, Y., 2015. A world perspective. promoting physiology research in africa: leveraging pockets of excellence. Physiol., 30: 252-253.
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Taddesse, A.A., M.I. Mohamed, R.A. Abd-El and Y.M. El-wazir, 2013. The role of HUCB derived stem cells therapy in repair of renal damage and improvement of renal function in cisplatin induced acute renal failure in rats. J. Afr. Assoc. Physiol. Sci., 1: 27-35.
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Sieck, G.C., Y. El-Wazir, N. Escobales, K. Kurata and B. Machada, 2013. Physiology: A world perspective. Physiol., 28: 210-211.
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Talaat, W and Y. El-Wazir, 2012. The El-Tal El-Kebir story: an example of social accountability from Egypt. Med. Teach., 34: 354-360.
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Osman, O.M and Y. El-Wazir, 2012. Life style guidelines in the management of hypertension. Khartoum Med. J., 2: 145-148.
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Metawe, S.M., M.M. Naim, Y.M. El Wazir and S.A. Saleh, 2011. Histological study on the effect of haematopoietic stem cells on the adriamycin model of nephropathy in albino rats. Egypt. J. Histol., 34: 448-458.
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El-Wazir, Y., S. Hosny and O. Farouk, 2011. Revitalising student motivation in problem-based learning with computer enhancement. Med. Educ., 45: 511-511.
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Abogresha, N.M., Y.M. El-Wazir, M.K. Tawfik and M.I. Mohamed, 2011. A comparative study on the regenerative activity of mononuclear cells and CD34+ cells in acute myocardial infarction in rats. J. Egypt. Soc. Toxicol., .
El-Wazir, Y.M., S.G. Li, R.G. Smith, D.L. Silcox, D.R. Brown and D.C. Randall, 2008. Parasympathetic response to acute stress is attenuated in young zucker obese rats. Auton Neurosci., 143: 33-39.
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