Allergy and Immunology Unit - Faculty of Commerce, Mansoura University, Egypt

Establishment

The unit was established in 1989

Mansoura University - University Children's Hospital (Outpatient Clinics Building - Second Floor).

Unit services:

The unit provides a variety of educational, research and clinical activities.

The unit diagnoses, treats and follows up on patients suffering from respiratory, allergic and immune disorders. In addition, there is a specialized asthma clinic, which focuses on On patient/parent education, as well as medical care for asthma.
Available services:
• Respiratory endoscopes (rigid and flexible) for diagnosis and treatment

• Pulmonary function tests

• Skin prick test

• Sweat chloride test

- Two weekly outpatient clinics: Saturday - Tuesday

Goals:

Diagnosis, treatment and follow-up Pediatric Allergy, pulmonology and clinical Immunology diseases, including:
Bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis and drug allergy.
Diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of chronic lung diseases in children eg cystic fibrosis, chronic interstitial lung diseases, recurrent pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia.
Use of bronchoscopy in therapeutic (foreign body), BAL and diagnostic purposes of airway malformation.
Conduct lung function tests, especially for allergies and so help to draw up a plan of treatment based on the true and solid foundation.
Follow-up bronchial asthma allergies exchange with their medications.
Follow up and diagnosis of different immunological disorders.

TEACHING SERVICES:

Teaching this discipline to undergraduate and post graduate students.
Supervision of Masters and MD thesis.
Representatives training and teaching assistants by the department's training table

Num	Name	TheSpecialization
1	Prof. Magdy Mohammed Ibrahim Zidan	Professor of Pediatrics
2	Prof. Tarek El Dissouki	Professor of Pediatrics
3	Asst.Prof Engy Othman Ahmed Mohamed	Professor of Pediatrics and Head
4	Asst.Prof. Aml Mohammed Othman	Assistant Prof.of pediatrics
5	Asst.Prof Ahmed Zaki Mohammed Hassan	Assistant Prof.of pediatrics
6	Dr. Ahmed EL Gamal	Lecturer of Pediatrics
7	Dr. Hoda Risk	Assistant lecturer of pediatrics
8	Dr. Mohamed Fawzy	Assistant lecturer of pediatrics

LABORATORIES EQUIPPED WITH THE LATEST AND TECHNOLOGIES:

Allergen immunotherapy laboratory:
- skin allergy prick testing
- pediatric allergen immunotherapy establishment.
Special laboratory for lung functions: spirometry for children above 6 years.
Laboratory particular bronchoscopy for the diagnosis and treatment of various respiratory diseases: