Yehia El-Gamal (pediatrician)

He established the first specialized unit of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology in Egypt in February 1988, and was president of the Egyptian Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (ESPAI) which he founded in 2002, and editor-in-chief of the Egyptian Journal of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

[1][2] He was a member of the Technical Advisory Group of the World Health Organization (WHO) for polio eradication from 2003 and shared in research projects with the WHO, CDC (Atlanta, Georgia) and the Egyptian Ministry of Health to evaluate the efficacy of different types and regimens of oral polio vaccination.

[6][7] He received the Egyptian Appreciation Award in Medical Sciences 2014.

He received the ACAAI Distinguished International Fellow Award in 2009.

[11][12] He was granted the WAO Distinguished International Service Award 2011.