WGO Cairo Training Center

Director: Professor Ibrahim Mostafa and Co-Director: Prof. Mostafa Ibrahim

Introduction:

The WGO Cairo Training Center (CTC) was established in March 2004 as an international non-governmental project in collaboration with the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO). The CTC was officially inaugurated in the presence of the Prime Minister of Eqypt and national dignitaries.

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Aims/Mission:

The CTC mission is to develop mutual cooperation to train physicians and young doctors from countries in the Middle East and from English speaking African countries on the sciences and techniques of Gastroenterology and Hepatology through an international non-profit, long term program based in Egypt and subject to Egyptian laws and regulations.

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Facilities:

The Cairo Training Center is located in the Theodor Bilharz Research Institute. The Endoscopy Unit includes:

• Endoscopy rooms: 6 endoscopy rooms (3 with X- ray facility)
• 4 ERCP Endoscopes, 10 Gastroscopes, 3 Colonoscopes, 1 Enteroscope
• 27 Working Endoscopists (12 performing ERCP)
• 10 specialized endoscopy nurses
• 140 - 150 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedure per week (10 - 15 ERCP). 20 - 30 Acute upper GI Bleeding cases per week (our unit is a 24 hour working unit)

Equipment used in Training Course, provided annually, free of charge:

• Pentax provides the Center with 4 Gastroscopes, and 2 Colonoscopes
• COOK provides the Center with 30 - 40 Band Ligation sets, 30 -50 Injector needles
• Local Pharmaceutical companies provide all drugs used e.g. cyanoacrylate injections

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Areas of Training:

• Therapeutic Upper Endoscopy
• Colonoscopy
• EBM & Medical Ethics

Level I - Diagnostic Endoscopy
Level II - Therapeutic Endoscopy
Level III - Advanced Endoscopy

Soft Skill Training in Cairo Training Center: 
Milestone

In the press:
Cairo Training Center Press Clipping 1 ()
Cairo Training Center Press Clipping 2 ()

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Contact:

Center Directors: Professor Ibrahim Mostafa and Prof. Mostafa Ibrahim                                

12 Roushdi Street
Bab EL Louk
11111 Cairo
Egypt

E-mail: ibrahimmostafa@egyptgastrohep.com and Mostafa.ibrahim@webgit.net
Phone:  201 222 113 466 and 201 226 004 464

Website:http://www.egyptgastrohep.com/

Administrator:  Prof. Ahmed ElBehiry    Email:  ctc@cairotrainingcenter.com

Further Information:

For more comprehensive information on the Cairo Training Center, including the trainee application process, course offerings, and other details, please refer to the downloadable pdf:
> Cairo Training Center Information Packet ()

Newsletter

June 2023, September 2023, December 2023,  March 2024, June 2024, September 2024, December 2024

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The WGO would like to give special thanks to Pentax and COOK for their support and sponsorship of the WGO Cairo Training Center.

    
     
 
   

In June 2023, Prof. Ibrahim Mostafa presented at the Africa Health ExCon - Optimizing Management of Bleeding in Africa.