Prof. Ashraf OsmanMD, FAASLD
Professor of Hepatology & Liver Transplant Consultant | President, Egyptian Society of Liver Cancer | MENA NCCN Hepatobiliary Cancer Committee Chairman
About
Dr. Ashraf Omar Abdel Aziz Osman is a Professor of Hepatology and Tropical Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, and a Liver Transplant Consultant at Cairo University Hospitals and Dar Al-Fouad Hospital, with more than four decades of clinical and academic experience. He is the Founder and Director of the Multidisciplinary HCC Clinic at Cairo University and serves as President of the Egyptian Society of Liver Cancer (ESLC), Chairman of the MENA NCCN Hepatobiliary Cancer Committee, and Co-Founder of the Africa Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Cancer Consortium. His work spans hepatocellular carcinoma care, liver transplantation, international guideline development, and capacity building across Egypt, the Middle East and North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.
Areas of focus
Experience & education
Professor of Hepatology & Tropical Medicine · Cairo University
Faculty of Medicine
2007 — Present
Founder & Director, Multidisciplinary HCC Clinic · Cairo University
2009 — Present
Liver Transplant Consultant · Cairo University Hospitals & Dar Al-Fouad Hospital
Cairo, Egypt
2001 — Present
Consultant Hepatologist, Liver Clinic · National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Cairo, Egypt
2005 — Present
Visiting Professor · MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, USA
2010 — 2010
Visiting Professor · University of New Mexico (UNM)
USA
2008 — 2008
Visiting Professor · University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
USA
2007 — 2007
Visiting Professor · Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center / Pfleger Liver Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
USA
2005 — 2005
Associate Professor of Hepatology & Tropical Medicine · Cairo University
Faculty of Medicine
2002 — 2007
Visiting Professor, Liver Transplantation Center · University of Essen
Essen, Germany
2002 — 2002
Lecturer of Hepatology & Tropical Medicine · Cairo University
Faculty of Medicine
1997 — 2002
Assistant Lecturer of Hepatology & Tropical Medicine · Cairo University
Faculty of Medicine
1986 — 1996
Resident, Hepatology & Tropical Medicine Department · Cairo University
1983 — 1986
House Officer · Kasr Al-Aini Hospitals, Cairo University
1982 — 1983
MD, Tropical Medicine · Cairo University
Faculty of Medicine
1996 — 1996
MSc, Tropical Medicine · Cairo University
Faculty of Medicine
1986 — 1986
MB BCh · Cairo University
1981 — 1981
Publications
Ramadan, Ahmed, Abdelaziz, Ashraf Omar, Nabeel, Mohamed Mahmoud, Atef, Mirna, Kamel, Mai Hamed, Elbaz, Tamer Mahmoud, et al. · Hepatology forum · 2026PubMed
Moustafa, Rehab I, Farouk, Sally, Elsayed, Hassan, Shousha, Hend I, Elbrashy, Maha M, Gabr, Ahmed M, et al. · Infectious agents and cancer · 2026PubMed
Barakat, Eman M F, Kohla, Mohamed, Tawheed, Ahmed, Shousha, Hend Ibrahim, Moustafa, Ehab F, Said, Mohamed, et al. · Journal of viral hepatitis · 2026PubMed
Moustafa, Rehab I, Farouk, Sally, Bader El Din, Noha G, Shousha, Hend I, Khairy, Ahmed, Elesnawy, Yasser K, et al. · Journal, genetic engineering & biotechnology · 2025PubMed
Barakat, Eman M F, Kohla, Mohamed, Dabees, Hossam, Shousha, Hend Ibrahim, Moustafa, Ehab F, El-Kassas, Mohamed, et al. · Scientific reports · 2025PubMed
Shousha, Hend Ibrahim, Barakat, Eman M F, Rewisha, Eman, El-Kassas, Mohamed, Moustafa, Ehab Fawzy, Said, Mohamed, et al. · Arab journal of gastroenterology : the official publication of the Pan-Arab Association of Gastroenterology · 2025PubMed
El-Kassas, Mohamed, Barakat, Eman M F, Shousha, Hend Ibrahim, Kohla, Mohamed, Said, Mohamed, Moustafa, Ehab Fawzy, et al. · European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2025PubMed
Kamal, Monica A, Badary, Hedy A, Omran, Dalia, Shousha, Hend I, Abdelaziz, Ashraf O, El Tayebi, Hend M, et al. · ACS omega · 2023PubMed
Youssef, Samar Samir, Elfiky, Asmaa, Nabeel, Mohamed M, Shousha, Hend Ibrahim, Elbaz, Tamer, Omran, Dalia, et al. · World journal of hepatology · 2022PubMed
Shousha, Hend Ibrahim, Abdelaziz, Ashraf Omar, Nabeel, Mohamed Mahmoud, Omran, Dalia Abdelhamid, Abdelmaksoud, Ahmed Hosni, Elbaz, Tamer Mahmoud, et al. · Pathogens and global health · 2022PubMed
Kamal, Manal Mohamed, Abdelaziz, Ashraf Omar, El-Baz, Heba Nabil, Mohamed, Ghada Maher, Saleh, Samaa Salama, Nabeel, Mohamed Mahmoud, et al. · Arab journal of gastroenterology : the official publication of the Pan-Arab Association of Gastroenterology · 2022PubMed
Elbaz, Tamer, Waked, Imam, El-Akel, Wafaa, Shaker, Mohamed Kamal, Abdelaziz, Ashraf Omar, Yousif, Monkez, et al. · Expert review of anti-infective therapy · 2022PubMed
Lithy, Rania M, Elbaz, Tamer, H Abdelmaksoud, Ahmed, M Nabil, Mohamed, Rashed, Noha, Omran, Dalia, et al. · European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2022PubMed
Omran, Mohamed, Fouda, Manar, Abdelwahab, Abdelwahab Osama, Nabeel, Mohamed Mahmoud, Abdelaziz, Ashraf Omar, Omran, Dalia, et al. · European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2022PubMed
Abdelkhalek, Zeinab Sayed, Abdalla, Mohamed Shehata, Fathy, Mona Mohamed, Elbaz, Tamer Mahmoud, Abdelaziz, Ashraf Omar, Nabeel, Mohamed Mahmoud, et al. · Journal of infection in developing countries · 2021PubMed
Kedar Mukthinuthalapati, V V Pavan, Sewram, Vikash, Ndlovu, Ntokozo, Kimani, Stephen, Abdelaziz, Ashraf Omar, Chiao, Elizabeth Yu, et al. · JCO global oncology · 2021PubMed
Aboul Enein, Azza Ahmed, Khaled, Iman Abdel Aziz, Khorshied, Mervat Mamdooh, Abdel-Aziz, Ashraf Omar, Zahran, Nariman, El Saeed, Asmaa Mohamed, et al. · Journal of medical virology · 2020PubMed
Abdelaziz, Ashraf Omar, Nabil, Mohamed Mahmoud, Omran, Dalia Abdelhamid, Abdelmaksoud, Ahmed Hosni, Asem, Noha, Shousha, Hend Ibrahim, et al. · Arab journal of gastroenterology : the official publication of the Pan-Arab Association of Gastroenterology · 2020PubMed
Shousha, Hend Ibrahim, Fouad, Rabab, Elbaz, Tamer Mahmoud, Sabry, Dina, Mahmoud Nabeel, Mohamed, Hosni Abdelmaksoud, Ahmed, et al. · Arab journal of gastroenterology : the official publication of the Pan-Arab Association of Gastroenterology · 2020PubMed
Abdel Alem, Shereen, Elsharkawy, Aisha, El Akel, Wafaa, Abdelaziz, Ashraf O, Salama, Rabab Maamoun, El-Sayed, Manal Hamdy, et al. · Expert review of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2019PubMed
Zayed, Shahira Amin, Zahran, Nariman M, Khorshied, Mervat Mamdooh, Abdel-Aziz, Ashraf Omar, Mahmoud, Ola, Morsy, Shereif Ahmed, et al. · Journal of medical virology · 2019PubMed
Abdelaziz, Ashraf O, Abdelhalim, Hanan, Elsharkawy, Aisha, Shousha, Hend I, Abdelmaksoud, Ahmed H, Soliman, Zeinab A, et al. · European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2019PubMed
Abdelaziz, Ashraf O, Nabil, Mohamed M, Abdelmaksoud, Ahmed H, Shousha, Hend I, Hashem, Mohamed B, Hassan, Eman M, et al. · European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2019PubMed
Abdelaziz, Ashraf O, Shousha, Hend I, Said, Ebada M, Soliman, Zeinab A, Shehata, Ahmed A, Nabil, Mohamed M, et al. · European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2018PubMed
Abdelaziz, Ashraf O, Shousha, Hend I, Abdelmaksoud, Ahmed H, Saad, Yasmin, Elbaz, Tamer M, Soliman, Zeinab A, et al. · European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2018PubMed
Elsharkawy, Aisha, El-Raziky, Maissa, El-Akel, Wafaa, El-Saeed, Kadry, Eletreby, Rasha, Hassany, Mohamed, et al. · Journal of hepatology · 2018PubMed
Abdelaziz, Ashraf O, Nabil, Mohamed M, Abdelmaksoud, Ahmed H, Shousha, Hend I, Cordie, Ahmed A, Hassan, Eman M, et al. · European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2018PubMed
Abdelaziz, Ashraf Omar, Abdelmaksoud, Ahmed Hosni, Nabeel, Mohamed Mahmoud, Shousha, Hend Ibrahim, Cordie, Ahmed Abdelmonem, Mahmoud, Sherif Hamdy, et al. · Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2017PubMed
Abdelmaksoud, Ahmed Hosni, Mandooh, Safaa, Nabeel, Mohamed Mahmoud, Elbaz, Tamer Mahmoud, Shousha, Hend Ibrahim, Monier, Ashraf, et al. · Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2017PubMed
Abdelaziz, Ashraf Omar, Nabeel, Mohamed Mahmoud, Elbaz, Tamer Mahmoud, Shousha, Hend Ibrahim, Hassan, Eman Medhat, Mahmoud, Sherif Hamdy, et al. · Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology · 2015PubMed
Bahgat, Nermine Ahmed, Kamal, Manal Mohamed, Abdelaziz, Ashraf Omar, Mohye, Mohamed Ahmed, Shousha, Hend Ibrahim, ahmed, Mae Mohamed, et al. · Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2015PubMed
Abdelaziz, Ashraf Omar, Elbaz, Tamer Mahmoud, Shousha, Hend Ibrahim, Ibrahim, Mostafa Mohamed, Rahman El-Shazli, Mostafa Abdel, Abdelmaksoud, Ahmed Hosni, et al. · Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2014PubMed
Zekri, Abdel-Rahman N, Bahnassy, Abeer A, Mohamed, Waleed S, Alam El-Din, Hanaa M, Shousha, Hend I, Zayed, Naglaa, et al. · Virology journal · 2013PubMed
Zekri, Abdel-Rahman N, Moharram, Rabab A N, Mohamed, Waleed S, Bahnassy, Abeer A, Alam El-Din, Hanaa M, Abo-Shadi, Maha M, et al. · European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2010PubMed
Younossi, Zobair M, Paik, James M, Yilmaz, Yusuf, Kanat, Mustafa, El-Kassas, Mohamed, Al-Busafi, Said A, et al. · Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025PubMed
Abou-Alfa, Ghassan K, Afihene, Mary, Capanu, Marinela, Li, Yuelin, Chou, Joanne F, Asombang, Akwi, et al. · JCO global oncology · 2023PubMed
Omar, Ashraf, Kaseb, Ahmed, Elbaz, Tamer, El-Kassas, Mohamed, El Fouly, Amr, Hanno, Abdel Fatah, et al. · Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma · 2023PubMed
Sapena, Victor, Enea, Marco, Torres, Ferran, Celsa, Ciro, Rios, Jose, Rizzo, Giacomo Emanuele Maria, et al. · Gut · 2022PubMed
Azim, Hamdy A, Omar, Ashraf, Atef, Hesham, Zawahry, Heba, Shaker, Mohamed K, Abdelmaksoud, Ah Kamel, et al. · Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma · 2018PubMed
Attallah, A M, Omran, D, Marie, M S, Abdelrazek, Mohamed, Salama, A, El Essawey, R, et al. · British journal of biomedical science · 2018PubMed
Attia, D, El Saeed, K, Elakel, W, El Baz, T, Omar, A, Yosry, A, et al. · Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2018PubMed
Attallah, Abdelfattah M, Omran, Dalia, Omran, Mohamed M, Abdelrazek, Mohamed A, Zayed, Rania, Essawey, Riham El, et al. · Annals of hepatology · 2018PubMed
Elbaz, Tamer, Elserafy, Magdy, Elakel, Wafaa, Mohey, Mohammad A, Abdo, Mahmoud, Hassany, Mohamed, et al. · Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research · 2017PubMed
Shiha, Gamal, Ibrahim, Alaa, Helmy, Ahmed, Sarin, Shiv Kumar, Omata, Masao, Kumar, Ashish, et al. · Hepatology international · 2017PubMed
Omar, Ashraf, Abou-Alfa, Ghassan K, Khairy, Ahmed, Omar, Heba · Chinese clinical oncology · 2013PubMed
Mabrouk, Mahasen, Esmat, Gamal, Yosry, Ayman, El-Serafy, Magdy, Doss, Wahid, Zayed, Naglaa, et al. · Annals of hepatology · 2012PubMed
Yosry, Ayman, Said, Mohamed, Esmat, Gamal, Al-Serafy, Magdy, Omar, Ashraf, Doss, Wahid, et al. · Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation · 2012PubMed
Bahnassy, Abeer A, Zekri, Abdel-Rahman N, Loutfy, Samah A, Mohamed, Waleed S, Moneim, Amrallah Abdel, Salem, Salem E, et al. · Experimental and molecular pathology · 2011PubMed
El-Serafy, Magdy, Kassem, Abdel-Meguid, Alansary, Adel, Omar, Ashraf, Yosry, Ayman, Esmat, Gamal, et al. · Arab journal of gastroenterology : the official publication of the Pan-Arab Association of Gastroenterology · 2009PubMed
Yosry, A, Esmat, G, El-Serafy, M, Omar, A, Doss, W, Said, M, et al. · Transplantation proceedings · 2008PubMed
Zekri, Abdel Rahman N, El-Din, Hanaa M Alam, Bahnassy, Abeer A, Khaled, Mohsen M, Omar, Ashraf, Fouad, Inas, et al. · Virology journal · 2007PubMed
Esmat, G, Yosry, A, El-Serafi, M, Omar, A, Doss, W, Hosny, A, et al. · Transplantation proceedings · 2005PubMed
Abdelmaksoud, A H K, Abdelaziz, A O, Nabeel, M M, Hamza, I, Elbaz, T M, Shousha, H I, et al. · Clinical radiology · 2021PubMed
Elsharkawy, A, Fouad, R, El Akel, W, El Raziky, M, Hassany, M, Shiha, G, et al. · Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2017PubMed
Bahnassi, Abeer A, Zekri, Abdel-Rahman N, El-Houssini, Soumaya, Mokhtar, Nadia M, Abdel-Aziz, Asraf O, Sherif, Ghada M, et al. · Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2005PubMed
Dawood, Reham M, El-Meguid, Mai Abd, Shousha, Hend Ibrahim, Elsayed, Ahmed, Nabeel, Mohamed Mahmoud, Yosry, Ayman, et al. · Heliyon · 2022PubMed
Soliman, Marwa H, Ragheb, Mohamed A, Elzayat, Emad M, Mohamed, Mervat S, El-Ekiaby, Nada, Abdelaziz, Ahmed I, et al. · Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry · 2021PubMed
Yosry, Ayman, Gamal Eldeen, Hadeel, Medhat, Eman, Mehrez, Mai, Zayed, Naglaa, Elakel, Wafaa, et al. · Journal of medical virology · 2019PubMed
Waly, Amr A, El-Ekiaby, Nada, Assal, Reem A, Abdelrahman, Mohamed M, Hosny, Karim A, El Tayebi, Hend M, et al. · Frontiers in physiology · 2018PubMed
Elhelw, Dalia S, Riad, Sarah E, Shawer, Heba, El-Ekiaby, Nada, Salah, Ayman, Zekri, Abdelrahman, et al. · Archives of virology · 2017PubMed
Yacoub, Radwa Alaa, Fawzy, Injie Omar, Assal, Reem Amr, Hosny, Karim Adel, Zekri, Abdel-Rahman Nabawy, Esmat, Gamal, et al. · Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2016PubMed
Youness, Rana Ahmed, El-Tayebi, Hend Mohamed, Assal, Reem Amr, Hosny, Karim, Esmat, Gamal, Abdelaziz, Ahmed Ihab · Oncology letters · 2016PubMed
El-Ekiaby, Nada M, Mekky, Radwa Y, El Sobky, Shereen A, Elemam, Noha M, El-Sayed, Mohammed, Esmat, Gamal, et al. · FEBS letters · 2015PubMed
Fawzy, Injie Omar, Hamza, Mohammed Tarif, Hosny, Karim Adel, Esmat, Gamal, El Tayebi, Hend Mohamed, Abdelaziz, Ahmed Ihab · FEBS letters · 2015PubMed
Assal, Reem Amr, El Tayebi, Hend Mohamed, Hosny, Karim Adel, Esmat, Gamal, Abdelaziz, Ahmed Ihab · Molecular medicine reports · 2015PubMed
Riad, Sarah Ehab, El-Ekiaby, Nada, Mekky, Radwa Yehia, Ahmed, Rasha, El Din, Mohammad Ahmed Mohey, El-Sayed, Mohammad, et al. · Biomedical reports · 2015PubMed
Mekky, Radwa Yehia, El-Ekiaby, Nada Magdy, Hamza, Mohammed Tarif, Elemam, Noha Mousaad, El-Sayed, Mohammed, Esmat, Gamal, et al. · The Journal of infection · 2015PubMed
Abdelaziz, Ashraf, Elbaz, Tamer, Shousha, Hend Ibrahim, Mahmoud, Sherif, Ibrahim, Mostafa, Abdelmaksoud, Ahmed, et al. · Surgical endoscopy · 2014PubMed
Elhelw, Dalia Sherif, Mekky, Radwa Yehia, El-Ekiaby, Nada, Ahmed, Rasha, Eldin, Mohammad Ahmed Mohey, El-Sayed, Mohammad, et al. · Biomedical reports · 2014PubMed
Asombang, Akwi W, Antwi, Samuel O, Omonisi, Abidemi, Cooley, Matthew A, Nartey, Yvonne A, VanLith, Caitlin J, et al. · Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2026PubMed
Waked, Imam, Alsammany, Sherif, Tirmazy, Sayed Hammad, Rasul, Kakil, Bani-Issa, Jafar, Abdel-Razek, Wael, et al. · Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2023PubMed
Fouad, Yasser, Esmat, Gamal, Elwakil, Reda, Zakaria, Serag, Yosry, Ayman, Waked, Imam, et al. · Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2022PubMed
M Lotfy, Mai, Ebrahim, Noura A A, El-Kassas, Mohamed, Omar Abdel-Aziz, Ashraf, Abdelhamid Omran, Dalia, Abdelfatah, Dalia, et al. · Discover oncology · 2026PubMed
Lithy, Rania M, Omar Abdelaziz, Ashraf, Awad, Abobakr, Ibrahim Shousha, Hend, Omran, Dalia, Mahmoud Nabil, Mohamed, et al. · Arab journal of gastroenterology : the official publication of the Pan-Arab Association of Gastroenterology · 2022PubMed
Assal, Reem Amr, Abd El-Bary, Rowan Bahaa El-Din, Youness, Rana A, Abdelrahman, Mohamed Mamdouh, Zahran, Hala, Hosny, Karim Adel, et al. · BMC gastroenterology · 2024PubMed
Hassan, Sarah, Mansy, Soheir S, Tabak, Sahar A, AbdelFattah, Ahmed S, Abdel-Aziz, Ahmed M, Hamam, Olfat, et al. · Ultrastructural pathology · 2018PubMed
Si, Jingfang, Dai, Dongmei, Gorkhali, Neena Amatya, Wang, Mingshan, Wang, Sheng, Sapkota, Saroj, et al. · Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024PubMed
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