Tarek Okasha

Professor Tarek A. Okasha M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc. (Neuro & Psych.), D.P.P., F.A.P.A., Dip. I.A.B.M.C.P. - Professor of Psychiatry, Okasha Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. - Director of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Collaborating Centre in Research and Training in Psychiatry - President of the Egyptian Alzheimer Society - Editor In–Chief “Middle East Current Psychiatry Journal” - Past President of the Arab Board of Psychiatry - Chairperson of the Higher Council of Universities Committee in Egypt for the promotion of Assistant Professors and Professors in Psychiatry - Founder of the Psychiatry unit, Faculty of Medicine, Misr University for Science and Technology, 6th of October City. - Visiting Professor of Psychiatry to Psychology Department Faculty of Arts, Cairo University. - From 2008-2014 he was an Executive Committee member World Psychiatric Association (WPA) and Secretary for Scientific Meetings World Psychiatric Association and Chairperson of the WPA Operational Committee on Scientific Meetings. - Recipient of the WPA Presidential Commendation - WPA Honorary Fellow - Executive Committee member of the Egyptian Psychiatric Association, an Executive Committee member of the Egyptian Society of Biological Psychiatry, Founding Member & Executive Committee Member of the Egyptian Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Founding Member. - Member and honorary member of many international associations and organizations. - He is Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Child Neuropsychiatry, Member of the editorial board of the British Journal of Psychiatry (Middle East Edition), Member of the Editorial board of Archives of General Psychiatry (Middle East Edition), Member of the Editorial board of the International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, member of the editorial board of World Psychiatry Journal (Arabic Version) and member of the editorial board of Biological Psychiatry. - He has published more than 85 papers in national and international journals contributed in 30 national and international books and supervised more than 90 master degree and doctorate degree thesis.