the Diagnosis and Treatment of Familial Mediterranean Fever during Childhood and Adolescence

Egyptian Pediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee (EPG)

Guideline Development/ Adaptation Group (Clinicians subgroup)

Name

Affiliation, Area of expertise / Country / Primary location [work]

Prof. Ashraf Abdel Baky

Professor of Pediatrics

Ain Shams University, Egypt

Founder and Chair of EPG

Dr Ashraf Ahmed

Galal

Professor of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital. Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University.

Dr Dalia H. El- Ghoneimy

Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology unit, Children’s Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University.

Dr Maher Ahmed Abdel Hafez

Professor of Pediatrics. Head of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatology unit. Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University

Dr Mohamed

Almalky

Professor of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University

Dr Sanaa A Mahmoud

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology, Pikeville Osteopathic School of Medicine, KY.

Adjunt Faculty, Lincoln Debusk University, Harrogate, TN. Professor of Pediatrics (in sabbatical) Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University.

Dr Sheren Esam

Maher

Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University.

Dr Shereen Medhat Reda

Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology unit, Children’s Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University.

Dr Zeinab Awad El- Sayed

Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Children's Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University.

Dr Ghada El Deriny

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital. Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University.

Dr Rasha El-Owaidy

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology unit, Children’s Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University.

Dr Yomna Mohamed Farag

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Specialized Children’s Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.

Dr Ali Sobh

Lecturer of Pediatrics, Mansoura University Children’s Hospital,

Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University.

Dr Ghada Abdel Haleem Shousha

Lecturer of Pediatrics, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology unit, Children’s Hospital. Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University.

Dr Naglaa Samy Mohamed Osman

Lecturer of Pediatrics, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Children's Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University.

Dr Nesrine Radwan

Lecturer of Pediatrics, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology unit, Children's Hospital. Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University.

Dr Walaa Shoman

Lecturer of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital. Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University.

Egyptian Pediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee (EPG)

Guideline Development/ Adaptation Group (Guideline Methodologists subgroup)

Name

Affiliation, Area of expertise / Country / Primary location [work]

Contribution

Dr Tarek Omar

Prof. of Pediatrics, Alexandria University

Overseeing the adolopment process of the guidelines.

Dr. Yasser Sami Amer

1.      Pediatrics Department and Clinical Practice Guidelines and Quality Research Unit, Quality Management Department, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;

2.      Research Chair for Evidence-Based Health Care and Knowledge Translation, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;

3.      Chair, Adaptation Working Group, Guidelines International Network (GIN), Perth, Scotland

4.     Department of Internal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo (FMRP-USP), Ribeirão Preto,São Paulo, Brazil.

Overseeing the adolopment process of the guidelines, training and education of new members, participating in writing up the methodology of adaptation process, guideline appraisal, and revision of the final draft

External ReviewersGroup (ERG)

External Reviewer(s) for Clinical Content

Prof. Samia Salah

Prof. of Pediatrics and Pediatric Rheumatology, Cairo University

Prof Elham Hossny

Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology unit, Children’s Hospital, Ain Shams University.

Prof Hala Lotfy

Prof. of Pediatrics and Pediatric Rheumatology, Cairo University

International Peer Reviewers

1.     Prof. Seza Ozen

Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

External Reviewer(s) for methodology

Prof. Iván D. Flórez

Department of Pediatrics, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia,

Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada,

Leader, AGREE Collaboration (Appraisal of Guidelines for Research & Evaluation)

Director, Cochrane Colombia