Professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery Dr. Hesham Marei has been appointed as the Dean of the College of Dentistry, Gulf Medical University (GMU), Ajman. A remarkable academician, Dr. Hesham Marei had been working at the College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia, prior to joining GMU.

Graduating from Cairo University in 1997, Dr. Marei later received his Master’s and Doctoral Degrees in oral and maxillofacial surgery from Suez Canal University, Egypt. He completed his clinical training at Cardiff Dental School, University Hospital of Wales, UK and obtained his fellowship in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons in London. He has also holds a Master’s Degree in medical education to his credit, and in 2018, he obtained a Doctoral Degree in medical education from Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

Dr. Marei has delivered numerous presentations, workshops and courses in both his specialties at several national and international events in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Pakistan, the Netherlands, UK and USA.

“Dr. Hesham Marei brings to GMU years of experience as an academician and scholar and an impressive set of international engagements,” said Prof. Hossam Hamdy, the Chancellor of GMU. “We warmly welcome him as the new Dean of our College of Dentistry” he added.

“The College of Dentistry, Gulf Medical University is the only college offering DMD (Doctor of Dental Medicine) program in the UAE. The DMD program is a competency-based model of education, reflective of an evidence-based definition of general dentistry, unique from the other dental programs offered in the region. The standards and program goals are aligned with those identified by American Dental Association (ADA) and American Dental Education Association (ADEA). Multiple clinical training sites in Ajman, Sharjah and Dubai owned by the Thumbay Group supports the program. Furthermore, the Thumbay Dental Hospital in the University campus is equipped with 60 dental units. The College of Dentistry also has a new state-of-the-art Dental Simulation Laboratory which is used for teaching and assessment purposes” a press release from the GMU added.

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ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.

“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.

The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.

Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.

There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.