Nabil Louis Attallah, MD, PhD, is a professor of anatomy, embryology, and growth of children at the Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt. He studied and worked at the ...view moreNabil Louis Attallah, MD, PhD, is a professor of anatomy, embryology, and growth of children at the Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt. He studied and worked at the Department of Growth and Development, Institute of Child Health, University of London, under the immortal J. M. Tanner, the greatest pioneer of Human Growth of his time. The department is the leading center for research on human growth and development and attracting academics from around the world.
For thirty-five distinguished years, Dr. Attallah has devoted his life in teaching, lecturing, and conducting research on growth of children and its applicability in child health and other fields in UK, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan. He was also a consultant to the USAID projects to improve maternal child health in Egypt and at Dahran Air Base Hospital.
Dr. Attallah was the author of several published scientific papers and three books. He is a contributor to the great book Worldwide variation in human growth published by Cambridge University Press. He has been awarded a certificate of merit from the Sudanese Military High Command and Saudi Medical Forces.view less