Wahid Doss is Professor of Hepatogastroenterolgy and Endemic Medicine at Cairo University. He became the Head of the National Hepatology Institute, Cairo from 2006 till 2015. He is the Head of the National Committee for the control of viral Hepatitis from 2006 till present. Together with his colleagues, he established and supervised one of the most comprehensive Hepatitis treatment programs worldwide, which has received acclaim from local and international organizations including the WHO. The Egyptian national hepatitis C treatment program has been responsible for providing treatment for over 1.5 million Egyptian patients with hepatitis C over the last 3 years with a cure rate of 96% . This was achieved by establishing 130 treatment centers all over the country in which patients were treated at the expense of the ministry of health. He is a founding member of the GI endoscopy unit at Kasr ElAini hospital, Cairo University and has special interest in therapeutic endoscopic procedures. He is a member of EASL, AASLD and ASGE. He is a founding member and current vice-president of the Egyptian Liver Care Society. Professor Doss has over 75 publications in international peer-reviewed publications in the field of liver disease, hepatitis and gastrointestinal endoscopy.
