Unit Head's word

Geriatrics is a new branch of medical science, which deals with the health of the elderly and the treatment of diseases that accompany aging. It also deals with the effects and disabilities resulting from these diseases.

This science has become independent, devoting all efforts to caring for the elderly and providing them with the best medical service.

We, in this new unit, do our utmost to serve elderly fathers and mothers - hoping and wishing that they will reach the maximum level of self-reliance. We spare no effort in serving this fragile age group, offering the utmost of our effort, sleeplessness and sweat to save these souls from destruction, hoping for reward and recompense from God Almighty.

 Prof. Dr. Sayed Zaki Hatata

Vision

The department aims to improve the quality of life of the elderly (65 years and over) so that the elderly person lives an independent life in which his ability to rely on himself increases to the maximum degree and reduces the extent of his dependence on others so that he enjoys a healthy, good, comfortable, safe, and stable life while preserving his dignity and independence as a human being with special characteristics who has the right to a decent life.

The Message

• Education: Providing educational programs on geriatric medicine and health and age sciences for healthcare providers from specialists and the general public Scientific.
• Research: Conducting research on age and diseases related to aging.
• Services: High-quality medical and social services for the elderly, including:
  • Medical services: Geriatric outpatient clinic, Geriatric inpatient department, Geriatric intensive care unit, social services: Social case assessment, health education sessions.
  • Other services: Use of psychological measures.

Objectives of the unit:

• Providing comprehensive treatment services for the elderly.
• Training doctors on how to deal with the elderly.

Unit services:

Establishing a doctorate degree in geriatric medicine as a separate degree granted by the university in 2022, making it the second university in the Arab Republic of Egypt and the first in the Delta region and northern Egypt to grant a doctorate degree in geriatric medicine and age sciences after Ain Shams University.

• The unit applies the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) system for the comprehensive examination of the elderly.
• The unit uses the internationally recognized frailty score.
• Frailty is one of the diseases that has an impact on the lives of the elderly and the possibility of falling and the high mortality rate with major surgeries and is in the process of being published for all units. The unit also applies certain measures to indicate the possibility of falling such as. Falls Timed up and go test)
• The unit provides palliative care for the elderly (Palliative and Hospice Care)
• Early detection of memory diseases and cognitive impairment in the elderly and their treatment.
• Diagnosis and treatment of cases of delirium and acute disturbance of consciousness in elderly patients.
• Participation in medical convoys to examine cases in nursing homes.
• Training of Egyptian fellowship doctors, Arab board doctors and expatriate doctors.
• Examination of elderly patients and follow-up of their cases in the outpatient clinic and the internal department of the unit.

Achievements

The first unit in university hospitals with a social worker with a specialized doctorate in geriatric care to follow up on elderly patients inside the unit and follow up on their material, family and moral needs during their stay in the hospital and after their discharge.

• Geriatric medicine courses were developed and taught to students of the developed bachelor's program at the Faculty of Medicine.
• Geriatric medicine courses were developed and taught to students of Master's and Doctorate in General Internal Medicine and Master's and Doctorate students at the Faculty of Nursing.
• Training interns, delegated doctors, Egyptian fellowship doctors and the Arab Board on how to deal with elderly patients.
• Follow-up of more than 300 cases of elderly patients in the internal department of the Specialized Internal Medicine Hospital since its opening.
• A comprehensive evaluation was conducted for more than two hundred elderly patients who visit the outpatient clinic.
• Scientific research:
• Publishing 30 specialized scientific research papers in Egyptian scientific journals in the past three years in addition to publishing 4 scientific research papers in scientific journals with classification.

Unit Doctors

Prof. Dr. Sayed Zaki Hatata

Professor of General Internal Medicine and Head of the Unit

Ass. Prof. Dr. Hossam Arafa Ghazi                  Assistant Professor

Dr. Wessam Abdel Wahab                               Lecturer

Dr. Ismail Qandil                                               Lecturer

Dr. Heba Sharif El-Sobky                                 Lecturer

Dr. Alaa Ibrahim Saeed                                    Lecturer

Dr. Ali Hegazy                                                   Assistant Lecturer

Dr. Mohamed Tarek                                          Assistant Lecturer

Dr. Safinaz Saad El-Din                                   Assistant Lecturer

Dr. Aya Salah Muaed