Mr Ahmed Sherif

Mr Ahmed Sherif MBChB, MSc, MD, FRCSEd (Gen Surg) is a Consultant Transplant Surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. His primary focus is liver transplantation and deceased donor multi-organ retrieval with novel machine perfusion technologies.

Mr Sherif was appointed in Sep 2023 as the Clinical Lead for Utilisation (Liver Transplant) in Edinburgh, a role funded by NHSBT to promote increasing utilisation and minimise discards in organs offered to transplant centres across the UK.

Mr Ahmed Sherif

Consultant Transplant Surgeon & Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer

  • Transplant Unit
  • Royal Infirmary Edinburgh

Contact details

Appointment and activities

Following undergraduate studies, Mr Sherif started his academic surgical training in general surgery, HPB and liver transplantation at the National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Egypt, in 2009. During his training, he obtained an MSc and MD degrees, and his research focused on the surgical challenges in adults and paediatric living donor liver transplants. 

Mr Sherif moved to Edinburgh in 2015 for a fellowship in HPB and deceased donor transplantation. He achieved FRCS in General Surgery (Transplant Subspeciality) in 2022. Mr Sherif was appointed as a substantive Consultant Transplant Surgeon in 2024. Mr Sherif’s research focuses on clinical studies and trials in liver transplant surgery and novel machine perfusion technologies. Mr Sherif has a broad interest in medical education and teaching, and he is a tutor for the transplant module for undergraduate BMedSci Surgical Sciences and the postgraduate ChM degree by Edinburgh Surgery Online. 

Awards

  • 2021 – Highly commended award for Excellence in Organ Retrieval category in the UK Awards for Excellence in Organ & Tissue Donation & Transplantation (Joint NHSBT/BTS Awards).
  • 2013 – Awarded a grant by the Ministry of Higher Education in Egypt for an International Training Fellowship (£10,000 – 6 months in Edinburgh HPB/Transplant in 2014).

Qualifications

FRCS (Diploma of Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons), 2022 – Awarded by Joint Committee on Intercollegiate Examination, UK in General Surgery (Transplant subspecialty).

MD degree in Surgery & Liver Transplantation, 2017 – Awarded by the National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Egypt. The thesis title was ‘Surgical Challenges and Difficulties towards Improved Outcome of Paediatric Liver Transplantation’. 

MSc degree in Surgery & Liver Transplantation, 2012 – Awarded by the National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Egypt. The thesis title was ‘The Role of Surgery in The Management of Biliary Complications after Living Donor Liver Transplantation’. 

MBChB (with Distinction), 2007 – Awarded by the Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Egypt.

Research Publications

A list of publications by Mr Sherif are available on ResearchGate

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