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Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, accompanied Dr. Cyril Clark, Executive Vice President and Academic Director of Virginia Tech University, and his accompanying delegation, during their visit to the Centres of Excellence at the Faculty of Medicine, in the presence of Dr. Ali Abdelmohsen, Acting Vice President for Education and Student Affairs and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Iman Youssef, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Education and Student Affairs, and Dr. Tamer Abdallah, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Community Service and Environmental Development.
During the visit, the delegation inspected the Alexandria University Centre for Medical Training and saw the experimental medical operating room on animals. It also inspected the Medical Research Center, which includes the Regenerative Medicine Research and Applications Unit, and the Clinical Research Center, where clinical research is conducted in cooperation with many research centers in the world. The delegation expressed great interest in cooperation in these research areas through these centers. A presentation was also made about the Clinical Genomics Centre at the Faculty and the effective participation of this centre in the Egyptian Genome Project.
For its part, the American delegation praised the distinguished level of medical devices and modern technologies used in training and medical research, which are in line with the best international standards in this field.
