Dr. Walaa Elsalakawy

Common information

• Dr. Walaa has nearly 25 years of medical experience in the field of internal medicine.

  She has earned her graduation from the faculty of medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt in 2001.

  She received her master’s degree in Nov 2005 and earned her doctoral degree in internal medicine in Nov 2009.

  She worked as a consultant of internal medicine and hematology in many hospitals inside Egypt including the Ain Shams University hospitals with nearly 15 years of experience after MD.

  She works as a professor of internal medicine and hematology in Ain shams University since 2020.

  She has extensive experience teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students. Additionally, Dr Walaa has published a book series on various branches of internal medicine titled “The Approach in internal Medicine”

• Diabetes and its complications

  Thyroid diseases

  Hypertension and its complications

  Chest Pain

  Gastrointestinal diseases and malabsorption syndromes

  Abnormal liver function tests and viral infections of the liver (hepatitis virus), fatty liver.

  Anemias (inherited or acquired causes) e.g. hemolysis- sickle cell anemia – G6PD anemia- iron and B12 deficiency anemia

  Bleeding and skin bruising

  Thrombosis, DVT and recurrent abortions (medical causes)

  Immunity disorders , recurrent infections

  Abnormalities in blood cells (red blood cells, white blood cells or platelets)

  Abnormalities of blood proteins.

  Diabetic nephropathy- chronic kidney disease

  Systemic lupus erythromatosis- rheumatoid arthritis- joint inflammation and pain