Hanan El Shakankiry

Hanan El Shakankiry, MD, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor

Department: MD-PEDS-NEUROLOGY
Business Phone: (352) 273-8234
Business Email: hshakankiry@ufl.edu

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About Hanan El Shakankiry

Dr El Shakankiry is graduated from Ain Shams University, one of the prestigious medical schools in Cairo Egypt, earned MSc and PhD in Pediatrics and MSc in Neuropsychiatry. She has had extensive experience as a pediatric neurologist and epileptologist. In the states she completed Pediatric Neurology fellowship at UT Southwest in Dallas, Texas, as well as Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy fellowships at University of Rochester- NY.

She is board certified in Neurology with special qualifications in Child neurology, Epilepsy, and Clinical Neurophysiology with added competency in in Epilepsy Monitoring and added Competency in Critical Care EEG Monitoring.

Throughout her career Dr El Shakankiry received multiple awards for dedication, teaching, and research. She has many publications, attended, and participated in many national and international conferences.

Accomplishments

  1. American Epilepsy Society Fellow

    American Epilepsy Soiciety

  2. Excellence in Research and Scholarly Activity Award

    The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation

  3. International Health Professional of the Year

    the International Biographical Centre of Cambridge, England

Board Certifications

  • 1- Neurology with special qualifications in Child neurology
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • 2- Epilepsy
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • 3- Clinical Neurophysiology, with added competency in in Epilepsy Monitoring and added Competency in Critical Care EEG Monitoring
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Clinical Profile

• Epilepsy Fellowship: University of Rochester | Rochester, NY

• Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship: University of Rochester | Rochester, NY

• Child Neurology fellowship: UT Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas, TX

• Pediatrics Residency: SUNY Downstate, Medical Center | Brooklyn, NY

• Medical School: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine | Cairo, Egypt

Specialties

  • Pediatric Neurology

Areas of Interest

  • Magnetoencephalography (MEG)

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0002-4245-214X

Areas of Interest

  • Brain plasticity
  • Diagnostic markers for epilepsy
  • Epilepsy Surgery and Neuromodulation
  • Epilepsy and Epileptic encephalopathies

Publications

Academic Articles

Presentations

  1. Migraine in the Pediatric Age Group: A diagnostic challenge

    International / Other. [Poster]. Joint 12th International Child Neurology Congress and 11th Asian and Oceanian Congress of Child Neurology, Brisbane, Australia

  2. Epileptiform discharges augmented during sleep: Is it a trait with diverse clinical presentation according to age of expression?

    International / Invited. [Lecture]. The San Servolo Epilepsy Courses Alumni Meeting, Pecs, Hungary

  3. Channelopathies

    International / Invited. [Lecture]. The International Child Neurology Congress, Cairo, Egypt

  4. Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery in our Area: The need and the challenges.

    International / Invited. [Lecture]. The International Symposium of Pediatric neurology and development disorders; Kuwait, Kuwait, Kuwait

  5. Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery: Why and When?

    International / Invited. [Lecture]. The 1st Annual International KFU Neurosurgical Symposium Horizons of Neurosurgery, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

  6. Approach to the Management of Pediatric Epilepsies.

    International / Invited. [Lecture]. The 13th Mediterranean Meeting of Child Neurology- Tunisian Association of Neurology & International Child Neurology Association , Tunis, Tunisia.

  7. El Shakankiry H M. (2007). What is Epilepsy? Definition & Diagnosis.

    International / Invited. [Lecture]. San Servolo Epilepsy Summer Course, San Servolo, Venice, Italy.

  8. Spectrum of Continuous spike and wave activity during sleep.

    International / Invited. [Lecture]. The XIth Pan Arab Union of Neurological Societies and XIIIth Tunisian Society of Neurology Meeting, Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 273-8234
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Business Street:
1600 SW ARCHER RD
GAINESVILLE FL 32610