Mohammed Elsankary

Bilingual general adult higher trainee in General adult psychiatry with 7 years of NHS experience in psychiatry and 5 years of experience in General medicine. Highly competent in assessment and management of psychiatric disorders in different settings, including psychiatric intensive care, acute inpatient, and community services, and highly skilled in managing complex cases, crisis management, and the use of the Mental Health Act.

I gained a lot of experience in evidence-based psychological and pharmacological treatments, MDT management, and collaborative care planning.

• Arabic-native language.
• English-professional level.
• Russian-Basic level.

• Egyptian Medical Licence. currently valid.
• Saudi Medical Licence exam. 2015
• Maldives Medical license. 2017
• General Medical Council license. current.
• Canadian licence exam (MCQQE1) November 2024.

• 2015:-Online Harvard Medical School continuous medical education:

Assessment and treatment of depression in a primary care setting.

Addiction management in your practice.

Evaluation and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

Assessment and treatment of Anxiety disorders.

• September 2017: Dengue fever management and treatment workshop at Indira Gandhi Hospital in the Maldives in collaboration with WHO.
• July 2019: Advanced life support course from the European Resuscitation Council in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
• 2019-2020 E-learning for health online courses:

Delirium, diagnosis and treatment.

Psychiatry assessment and mental state examination course.

Psychotic disorders.

• February 2020:- Faculty of Medical Psychotherapy Neuroscience Day.
• February 2021: Faculty of Medical Psychotherapy Annual Conference.
• September 2021:-Psychodynamic Psychiatry Day 2021.
• December 2021: General adult psychiatrist and psychotherapy Spring conference.
• January 2022: Historical, Scientific, and Clinical Perspectives on PTSD.
• May 2022: Trainee Conference by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the UK.
• June 2022: International Congress of Psychiatry in Edinburgh by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the UK.
• September 2022:- Medico-legal aspects of liaison psychiatry masterclass course by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the UK.
• October 2022:- Medico Legal Masterclass MHA Assessment by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the UK.
• November 2022:-Psychodynamic Psychiatry Day 2022 by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the UK, a Psychodynamic therapy session about the current use of therapy-assisted psychedelics.
• April 2024:-Trauma Dissociation and Dissociative Identity Disorder by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the UK.
• October 2024: Professional skills masterclass by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the UK.
• December 2024: Medico Legal Masterclass by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the UK.
• April 2025: Essentials of Perinatal Psychiatry by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the UK.
• June 2025: International Congress 2025 by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the UK.
• June 2025: Summer meeting of the British Association for Psychopharmacology.
• September 2025: Treatment updates for the management of Psychosis by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the UK.
• November 2025: Approved Clinician course by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• November 2025: British Association of Psychopharmacology masterclass for depression, anxiety, bipolar, psychotic, and substance misuse disorders, update on treatment.
• November 2025: Adult ADHD foundation Course by the Royal college of psychiatrists, the UK.

• “Limitations and possible complications of prostatic artery embolization 2018 (PAE) in treatment of Severe benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) E-Poster in the European Society of Radiologists, Vienna, Austria.
• Poster presentation at the trainee conference, April 2022: A Quality Improvement Project Proposal on Integrating CAMHS Knowledge Across General Practice.
• Poster presentation on the following audit in the International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, June 2022: an audit on driving advice after hospitalization in acute inpatient psychiatric units.
• Poster presentation on the following audit in the International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, June 2023: an audit on seclusion reviews for patients in the psychiatry intensive care unit.
• Poster presentation on the following audit in the International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, June 2025: an Audit on Assessment AND Management of autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in community mental health services

Research Experience:

• Completed a case report on the role of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a treatment for treatment-resistant depression, 2018.
• Reviewed 17 abstracts posted to the International Congress of Psychiatrists and used a scale to assess the quality of these articles, 2023.
• Book Review: Schwartzberg’s Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology, published in the British Association of Psychopharmacology.https://www.bap.org.uk/articles/book-review-schatzbergs-manual-of-clinical-psychopharmacology, 2025.
• Review of a manuscript submitted to the CNS Drugs journal: Review the manuscript of the following article on the effectiveness and tolerability of Vortioxetine in major depressive disorder - a real-world study in Switzerland, 2025.
• Review of a manuscript submitted to The Human Psychopharmacology Journal: Clinical and Experimental: Allopregnanolone concentrations after ascending single dose administration of progesterone to healthy volunteers for treatment of postnatal depression, 2025.
• Review of a manuscript about: Escitalopram treatment for patients with major depressive disorder: decision trees for treatment algorithm, 2025.
• Writing Gambling Disorder Station for the OSCE exam for undergraduate and postgraduate students, 2025.
• Completed a service evaluation project of the gambling services in Southampton, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight Foundation Trust during my role as a higher trainee in the gambling services in the trust.
• Limitations and possible complications of prostatic artery embolization (PAE) in the treatment of severe benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

Audit projects:

• Hypoglycaemia treatment guidelines at Lymington New Forest Hospital for the period between October 2019 and December 2019, collected data and information about the current treatment of inpatient diabetics at Lymington Hospital
• Sepsis Audit: Collected data about sepsis treatment per the national guidelines at Lymington New Forest Hospital. Will be able to present the results of this audit by the end of February 2020.
• Driving advice quality improvement project for patients in inpatient psychiatric units during my role as a core trainee in the acute inpatient unit at Parklands Hospital in Hampshire and Isle of Wight trust. The results were presented at the International Congress of Psychiatry in June 2021.
• A seclusion review for adult patients in October 2022, during my role as a core trainee in the Psychiatry Intensive Care Unit at Parklands Hospital, was published in the International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in June 2023.
• Quality Improvement Project Proposal: Integrating CAMHS Knowledge Across General Practice, May 2022.
• Quality improvement project proposal on completing Neurodiversity assessments for patients within adult community mental health services in my role as a higher trainee in the access to interventions community mental services in the period between January 2024 and January 2025.
• An audit on the current management of insomnia in inpatient settings; currently in progress.

• Member of the school student council at the Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, 2007-2009.
• Resala Charity Organization: Health education campaigns 2009-2010.
• Ministry of Health, Egypt: Health Education campaign about female genital mutilation in underprivileged areas in Upper Egypt. 2013-2014
• Ministry of Health, Maldives: first aid training for medical and non-medical personnel. Sep 2017
• Coca-Cola Company medical training; teaching first aid measures for different injuries as part of continuous medical training for Coca-Cola Company employees in the Maldives, March 2018 and December 2018
• Ministry of Health, Maldives; health education and lifestyle modification measures for non-communicable diseases: the program was set up to educate people about the major risk factors for heart problems and stroke through changing their diet and exercise habits. July 2018
• Leading the Thulusdhoo council campaign for clean beaches; leading two different groups to clean up the island and its beaches, and working with different organizations to decrease plastic usage, Maldives, 2017-2019
• Public health officer at the Ministry of Health in the Maldives: work with the public health team to increase awareness of non-communicable diseases among people older than 45 years.
• Trainee rep for North Hampshire psychiatry trainees, February 2021 -August 2021.
• International medical graduates Trainees Rep in Wessex deanery August 2021- February 2023.
• Leading service improvement project for integrating neurodiversity assessment within Community mental health services in the Access to Intervention Team in Portsmouth, 2023-2024.

Keen interest in football, running, swimming, water sports and body building.