Gehan Mostafa Abdalla Aly MD
Senior Attending Physician Years Of Experience: 25-
About the Physician
Dr. Gehan Mostafa, born in Egypt and raised in Austria, brings a diverse cultural background that greatly influences her approach to patient care. Since joining Sidra Medicine in March 2018, she has been serving as a senior attending pediatric critical care physician in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (CICU). She is the Physician Lead of Quality and Safety for the CICU.
Her expertise lies in managing critically ill children and treating life-threatening cardiac conditions using extracorporeal treatment modalities, particularly extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
Before joining Sidra Medicine, she worked for 16 years as a consultant at the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Medical University of Vienna (MUV) in Austria. At MUV, she spearheaded a comprehensive follow-up program for ECMO patients after ICU discharge. Furthermore, she contributed as university staff, conducting her lecture series and offering bedside teaching modules in the PICU at MUV.
Languages Spoken English, Arabic, German
Years Of Experience 25Education - Doctor Medicinae Universae, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
- Facharzt in General Medicine, Austrian Medical Association, Vienna, Austria
- Notarzt - Specialist in Emergency Medicine, Austrian Medical Association, Vienna, Austria
- Facharzt in Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine,
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Facharzt in Intensive Pediatric Medicine and Neonatology
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Affiliations - Doctor Medicinae Universae, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Areas of Interest - Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine
- Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Medicine
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
- Neurological Follow Up & Outcome after ECMO
- Ventricular Assist Devices, in particular Berlin Heart
Educational Interests - Medical Education
Medical Publications - Trittenwein G, Mostaf G. Pharmakologie (section 1.2). In: Salzer-Muhar U, Marx M, Greber-Platzer S, editors. Säugling, Kindheit und Jugend : Basiswissen Pädiatrie - Vorwissen für das Tertial [Babies, childhood and youth : basic knowledge of pediatrics ; Previous knowledge for the tertial]. 12 ed. Vienna: Facultas; 2017. p. 52-3. (MCW-Block 16). https://d-nb.info/1119253365/04
- Schlager G, Hermon M, Sadeghi K, Irschik S, Mostafa G, Burda G, Golej J. ID: 140 Bolus versus continuous enteral feeding in Infants on ECMO. Perfusion: Supplement for the 7th Euro ELSO Congress on ECMO-ECLS 2018;33(1):140-1. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267659118767502
- Hamzah M, Hejazi Y, Mostafa G, Macrae D. Outcomes of pediatric ventricular assist device in the United States: an analysis of the national inpatient sample database. ESC Congress 2023, Amsterdam