Said Awad

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Said A. Awad (born before 1959) is an Egyptian urologist . He was a professor and researcher in the urology department in the fields of neurourology , urodynamics and urinary incontinence .

Life and work

Awad from Cairo studied medicine at the University of Cairo and graduated with a doctorate in 1959.

In 1973 he started working in the urology department at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario . There he built up the neurourology department and headed the first urodynamics laboratory to be established in the region.

In 1980 he moved to Dalhousie University , where he headed the urology department until 1997.

His research focuses on the areas of neurourology, urodynamics and urinary incontinence. He is a member of the International Contienance Society , which sponsors scientists who research the field of urinary incontinence. From 1991 to 1992 he was President of the Northeastern Section Research and Education Fund of the American Urological Association .

Awad retired on July 31, 2003 and has lived with his wife in Halifax, Nova Scotia since then .

Publications (selection)

  • Urge incontinence in the elderly - supraspinal reflex incontinence . In: World Journal of Urology . Vol. 16, Number 7 (1998).
  • Neurogenic bladder in lower motor neuron lesion: Long-term assessment . In: Neurourology and Urodynamics . Vol. 11, Issue 5 (1992), ISSN  0733-2467 . Pp. 509-517 (with Mark Cadogan, Christopher Field, Kelly Acker, Susan Middleton).
  • A comparison of the cough and standing urethral pressure profile in the diagnosis of stress incontinence . In: Neurourology and Urodynamics . Vol. 7, Issue 4 (1988), ISSN  0733-2467 . Pp. 327–341 (with Mark Cadogan, Christopher Field, Kelly Acker, Susan Middleton)
  • Urodynamic procedures: Recommendations of the Urodynamic Society. I. Procedures that should be available for routine urologic practice . In: Neurourology and Urodynamics . Vol. 1, Issue 1 (1982), ISSN  0733-2467 . Pp. 51–55 (together with JG Blaives, N. Bissada, OP Khanna, RJ Krane, AJ Wein, S. Yalla)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Home Awad at Dalhousie University ( Memento of 20 February 2012 at the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ History of the Department of Urology on the homepage of Queen's University, Kingston ( Memento from February 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Dalhousie University press release from April 1997 ( Memento from August 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Article on the farewell to Awad in the newsletter of Dalhousie University's urology department The Tinkler from February 2004
personal data
SURNAME Awad, Said
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Awad, Said A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian urologist
DATE OF BIRTH before 1959