Dr. Sameh Hamdi Abdelhamid Ibrahim Seyam

M.B.B.CH, M.Sc, MD Intensive Care and Anesthesia

Consultant Critical Care Medicine

Work Experience

• Dr. Sameh Hamdi Abdelhamid Ibrahim Seyam has 19+ years of experience in Intensive Care.
• He has worked as a Assistant Professor – Intensive Care & Anesthesiology at Al-Azhar University, supervising Critical Care Units at Sayed Galal Hospitals and contributing to teaching, postgraduate exams, and quality tasks.
• Held leadership roles in Mustasharak Hospitals, KSA, as Head of the Critical Care Unit and Scientific Committee, with 4 years of practice and teaching experience.
• Spent 6 years at King Fahad Hospitals, Jeddah, KSA, managing a 55-bed ICU, including one of the largest ECMO units in the Middle East, and treated critical patients during MERS-COV outbreaks for two consecutive years.
• Gained 2 years of experience at King Abdulaziz Hospitals, Makkah, KSA, managing critical cases in a 35-bed ICU during two HAJJ seasons.
• Completed 3 years of anesthesia and critical care residency at University Hospitals, Al-Azhar University.
• Extensive clinical expertise in managing postoperative, trauma, pulmonary, hepatic, cardiac, obstetric, medical, and renal intensive care cases.
• Strong background in teaching, auditing, and quality improvement initiatives in critical care and anesthesiology.

Languages Spoken

• Arabic
• English

Special Interests

• Special critical care invasive maneuvers.
• Publishing critical care articles in International journals.

Workshop and Training

• ECMO workshop (2 days workshop), ECCC 2022, Dubai.
• Saudi Critical Care Conference, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2011.
• Saudi Critical Care Conference, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2012.
• ECCMID (April 2013, Berlin) about Infectious Diseases.
• Saudi Critical Care Conference, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2013.
• Mechanical Ventilation Course at Egyptian College of Critical Care Physicians (ECCCP).
• Advanced Mechanical Ventilation workshops, Cairo, 2015.
• Examiner for the M.B.B.CH. degree, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University.
• Examiner for the Master’s degree in Anesthesiology and C, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University.
• Resuscitation workshops, Al-Husain and Sayed Galal hospitals, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University.
• The Emirates Critical Care Conference (ECCC) 2020.
• Aseer Health Conference, Abha, 7-9 July 2018.
• 1^st preparation skills of intravenous medication course, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
• The XIV Saudi Society of Hematology Conference. 11-13 Feb., King Abduaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
• 10^th Annual Saudi Association of Neurology Conference, 1-3 March 2016.
• 27^th Annual Scientific Conference of the Saudi Heart Association. 12-15 Feb. 2016.

Research / Publications

• Seyam, sameh; elsheshtawy, khaled; and morsy, mohamed (2020) "The Effect of Epidural Magnesium Sulfate as An Adjuvant to Fentanyl for Postoperative Analgesia after Lower Limb Orthopedic Surgery," Al-Azhar International Medical Journal: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21608/aimj.2020.21488.1033.
• Seyam SH, Ali MA, Razein H, Elkousy I, Schandran SB. Hypotension as a first presentation of myasthenia gravis in an elderly patient scheduled for cervical disc surgery: a case report. Anaesth. pain intensive care 2023;27(6):763−767; DOI: 10.35975/apic.v27i6.2351
• Seyam S, Ashok R, Abdelhamid M, Elkousy I, Razein H, Ayachit A. A Single Intensive Care Experience for Early Awake Proning in A Non-Intubated Patient During the COVID-19 Pandemic. IJMA 2022 August; 4 [8]: 2564- 2569. doi: 10.21608/IJMA.2022. 164692.1516.
• Seyam SHA, Ahmed IMA. Effect of early prone positioning among critically ill patients admitted with acute respiratory distress syndrome during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparative retrospective observational study. Anaesth. pain intensive care 2024;28(4):626−632; DOI: 10.35975/apic.v28i4.2504.
• Seyam SHA, Hassan AE, Elsayed MM. Assessing the impact of opioid-free anesthesia using the modified Mulimix technique on postoperative pain in bariatric surgery patients: a correlative randomized double-blinded trial. Anaesth. pain intensive care 2024;28(4):721−726; DOI: 10.35975/apic.v28i4.2516.
• Seyam SH, Aboelsuod MAA, Ahmed IMA, Hassan AE. Sedation for Colonoscopy Procedures Using Dexmedetomidine Versus Propofol-Fentanyl Infusions: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial. Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim. 2024;52(2):60-67.
• Mohamed Abdelgawad Abdelhalim Aboelsuod & Sameh Hamdy Seyam (2023) Dexmedetomidine versus magnesium sulfate for controlled hypotension during rhinoplasty surgeries: A prospective randomized comparative study, Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia, 39:1, 657-664, DOI: 10.1080/11101849.2023.2242645.
• Seyam SHA, Abdelgawad IM, Abdelhalim MA. Dexmedetomidine versus fentanyl as an adjuvant to bupivacaine in saddle anesthesia for anoplasty: a correlative randomized double-blinded trial. Anaesth. Pain intensive care 2024;28(2):302−309. DOI: 10.35975/apic.v28i2.2438.
• Seyam S, Razein H, Nair U, Elkousy I. Comparative Study between Combined Intravenous and Nebulized Amikacin versus Intravenous Amikacin Alone for Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. IJMA 2022 June; 4 [6]: 2426-2432. doi: 10.21608/IJMA. 2022.145859.1471.
• Aboelsuod, M.A.A., Abdalla, A.M., Ahmed, I.M.A. et al.Clinical efficacy of local infiltration of lidocaine and tranexamic acid application in tonsillar region on postoperative pain and bleeding during tonsillectomy: prospective, randomized, double-blind controlled study. Ain-Shams J Anesthesiol 15, 90 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42077-023-00391-x.
• Validity of using serum D-dimer titer in prefatory to computed Tomography pulmonary angiography scans in the early identification of pulmonary embolism amid emergency room patients: a single-center retrospective observational study Sameh H. Seyam, Hassan Razein, Mohammed Abdelhamid Ali, Islam Elkousy, Shailender Singh, Ihab Gebaly, Rajini Ashok. Al-Azhar Assiut Med J 21:135–141
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• Seyam, Sameh. (2017). Comparative study between dexamethasone and dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to ondansetron for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting following functional endoscopic sinus surgery operation. Ain-Shams Journal of Anaesthesiology. 10. 156-163. 10.4103/asja.asja_117_16.
• Seyam, Sameh H.; Elsheshtawy, Khaled; Abdelmaboud, Mofeed A.. Effects of adding morphine to intra-articular dexamethasone injection on postoperative pain after arthroscopic subacromial decompression shoulder surgery. Al-Azhar Assiut Medical Journal 17(4):p 398-403, Oct–Dec 2019. | DOI: 10.4103/AZMJ.AZMJ_129_19
• Abdelmaboud, Mofeed A. MD,a; Seyam, Sameh H.a; Salem, Eman A.b. Prophylaxis or treatment of spinal hypotension during cesarean delivery: phenylephrine versus norepinephrine boluses. Al-Azhar Assiut Medical Journal 16(1):p 27-32, Jan–Mar 2018. | DOI: 10.4103/AZMJ.AZMJ_31_18
• seyam, sameh (2020) "Prevention of post-spinal anesthesia shivering: Low dose ketamine vs tramadol," Al-Azhar International Medical Journal: Vol. 1: Iss. 4, Article 18.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21608/aimj.2020.22925.1102
• Seyam S. Lidocaine versus Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to General Anesthesia for Patients Undergoing Elective Abdominopelvic Surgeries. IJMA 2020; 2[2]: 427-435.
• Seyam, Sameh H.a,; Mahareak, Ali A.a; Salim, Eman A.b. Comparative study of subarachnoid injection of dexmedetomidine versus magnesium sulfate as adjuvants to bupivacaine in patients undergoing classical repair surgery. Research and Opinion in Anesthesia and Intensive Care 7(1):p 8-14, Jan–Mar 2020. | DOI: 10.4103/roaic.roaic_45_18
• Mahareak, Ali A.; Seyam, Sameh H.. Microalbuminuria as an early postoperative detector of sepsis after major surgeries. Research and Opinion in Anesthesia and Intensive Care 7(1):p 117-123, Jan–Mar 2020. | DOI: 10.4103/roaic.roaic_28_19