Author Biography

Dr. Ossama A. ElShazly is an Egyptian doctor, writer and novelist born in 1974. He received his Ph.D. in Orthopedic Surgery from Ain Shams University in 2007. He also received a Fellowship from Germany in 2005. He is currently a Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. He held the position of Secretary General of the Egyptian Medical Fellowship as well as the Director General of the National Training Institute for three years and is considered one of the pioneers of foot and ankle surgery in Egypt and the Arab world. He has published eighteen international papers, published a book on surgery for a German publishing house in 2011 and is a reviewer for several international scientific journals. He has a great interest in literature and history and besides his academic work teaches the subject of History of Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, and The University of Barcelona.