Hamdy El-Hakim, MB, ChB, FRCS(ED), FRCS(ORL), FRCS(C)
Contact
Clinical - Paid, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Surgery Dept
- helhakim@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
laryngeal mobility disorders novel neurophysiological parameters quality of life disease specific outcomes minimally invasive surgery collaboration between orthodontic and otolaryngolo Validation of diagnostic classification multi-center collaboration surgical treatment for swallowing disorders in chi modification of surgical techniques multi-disciplinary management Laryngeal mobility diosrders
About
I graduated from Ain Shams University in Cairo (MB, ChB 1986), Egypt. My higher surgical training was completed in the United Kingdom (CCST in Otolaryngology 2001) after I obtained my fellowship at The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCSEd 1994) and the Intercollegiate Board Examination in Otolaryngology (FRCS-ORL 1999).
My Fellowship training in Pediatric Otolaryngology was at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto from July 1999 -June 2001. I have been in my current post since June 2002.I am the Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship Program Director, and the Clinical Research Director for the Department of Surgery at the University of Alberta. I am also the Lead Physician of the Aerodigestive and Aspiration Program at the Stollery Children's Hospital.
Clinical Interests
Airway reconstruction
Laryngeal mobility disorders
Pharyngeal swallowing dysfunction
Sleep disordered breathing
Research
My research interests span pediatric and neonatal laryngology (laryngomalacia, mobility disorders), sleep disordered breathing and swallowing dysfunction.
Featured Publications
Paradis J., Dzioba A., El-Hakim H., Hong P., Kozak F.K., Nguyen L.H.P., Perera D., Propst E.J., Siu J.M., Wojtera M., Husein M.
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2021 December; 50 (1) 10.1186/s40463-021-00517-x
Paradis J., Dzioba A., El-Hakim H., Hong P., Kozak F.K., Nguyen L.H.P., Perera D., Propst E.J., Siu J.M., Wojtera M., Husein M.
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2021 December; 50 (1) 10.1186/s40463-021-00503-3
Heath D.S., El-Hakim H., Al-Rahji Y., Eksteen E., Uwiera T.C., Isaac A., Castro-Codesal M., Gerdung C., Maclean J., Mandhane P.J.
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2021 December; 50 (1) 10.1186/s40463-021-00528-8
Baqays A., Johannsen W., Rashid M., Jaffal H., Hicks A., Jeffery C., Seikaly H., El-Hakim H.
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. 2021 July; 165 (1):197-205 10.1177/0194599820970950
Faucett E.A., Wolter N.E., Balakrishnan K., Ishman S.L., Mehta D., Parikh S., Nguyen L.H.P., Preciado D., Rutter M.J., Prager J.D., Green G.E., Pransky S.M., Elluru R., Husein M., Roy S., Johnson K.E., Friedberg J., Johnson R.F., Bauman N.M., Myer C.M., Deutsch E.S., Gantwerker E.A., Willging J.P., Hart C.K., Chun R.H., Lam D.J., Ida J.B., Manoukian J.J., White D.R., Sidell D.R., Wootten C.T., Inglis A.F., Derkay C.S., Zalzal G., Molter D.W., Ludemann J.P., Choi S., Schraff S., Myer C.M., Cotton R.T., Vijayasekaran S., Zdanski C.J., El-Hakim H., Shah U.K., Soma M.A., Smith M.E., Thompson D.M., Javia L.R., Zur K.B., Sobol S.E., Hartnick C.J., Rahbar R., Vaccani J.P., Hartley B., Daniel S.J., Jacobs I.N., Richter G.T., de Alarcon A., Bromwich M.A., Propst E.J.
LARYNGOSCOPE. 2021 May; 131 (5):1168-1174 10.1002/lary.29126
Baqays A., Rashid M., Johannsen W., Seikaly H., El-Hakim H.
BMJ Open. 2021 March; 11 (3) 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041591
Alsufyani N., El-Hakim H., Major P.
Clinical Oral Investigations. 2021 January; 10.1007/s00784-021-03854-3
Jaffal H., Isaac A., Johannsen W., Campbell S., El-Hakim H.G.
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 2020 December; 139 10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.110464
Propst E.J., Wolter N.E., Ishman S.L., Balakrishnan K., Deonarain A.R., Mehta D., Zalzal G., Pransky S.M., Roy S., Myer C.M., Torre M., Johnson R.F., Ludemann J.P., Derkay C.S., Chun R.H., Hong P., Molter D.W., Prager J.D., Nguyen L.H.P., Rutter M.J., Myer C.M., Zur K.B., Sidell D.R., Johnson L.B., Cotton R.T., Hart C.K., Willging J.P., Zdanski C.J., Manoukian J.J., Lam D.J., Bauman N.M., Gantwerker E.A., Husein M., Inglis A.F., Green G.E., Javia L.R., Schraff S., Soma M.A., Deutsch E.S., Sobol S.E., Ida J.B., Choi S., Uwiera T.C., Shah U.K., White D.R., Wootten C.T., El-Hakim H., Bromwich M.A., Richter G.T., Vijayasekaran S., Smith M.E., Vaccani J.P., Hartnick C.J., Faucett E.A.
Laryngoscope. 2020 November; 130 (11):2700-2707 10.1002/lary.28461