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Professor Ahmed El-Missiry has 30 years of professional experience as a consultant psychiatrist, providing specialist assessment and treatment in this medical field.

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Professor Ahmed El-Missiry

GMC: 6032945

5.06reviewsReview

Expert in:

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

Professional statement

Professor Ahmed El-Missiry is a distinguished consultant psychiatrist with a notable career in the field of mental health. His expertise encompasses a wide range of psychiatric disorders, with a particular focus on improving mental health care and advancing psychiatric research. He specialises in ADHD, alcohol addiction, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and OCD, and also has a special interest in addiction management and treatment.

Professor El-Missiry has contributed significantly to the academic and clinical understanding of psychiatry through his research, publications, and clinical practice. He has held prominent positions in academic institutions and has been involved in training and mentoring future psychiatrists. His work often emphasises the importance of a holistic approach to mental health, integrating biological, psychological, and social factors in treatment plans.

Professor El-Missiry is also known for his efforts in reducing the stigma associated with mental illness and advocating for better mental health policies and services. Throughout his career, Professor El-Missiry has received numerous accolades and recognition for his contributions to psychiatry. His dedication to the field has made a substantial impact on mental health care, both within his home country and internationally.

Clinics

The Nightingale Hospital
Central London, 11-19 Lisson Grove, London, NW1 6SH
Medical insurances accepted
Bupa
AXA
AVIVA
WPA
I'm paying for myself
Allianz
Vitality

Credentials

Professional experience

30 years of experience
Consultant Psychiatrist – Inpatient Services. The Nightingale Private Hospital, Marylebone, London (present)
Consultant Psychiatrist, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (present)
Consultant Psychiatrist – North London Foundation Trust (present)
Consultant Psychiatrist – Substance Misuse Detoxification Services, Bridge House
Consultant Psychiatrist, General Community Psychiatry South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust
Consultant Psychiatrist – Vice President of Elaj Group for Mental Health, E-Health and Digitalization
Consultant Psychiatrist – Crisis and Home Treatment Team Services, North London Partnership

Subspecialties

Psychosis
Mental health assessment
Addiction treatment
Bipolar disorder
ADHD
Anxiety disorder
Depressive disorder
Dissociative disorders
Eating disorders
Insomnia
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Personality disorders
PTSD
Complex PTSD
Resistant schizophrenia
Resistant depression

Professional memberships

Dec 2020 - present, Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrist London, United Kingdom
Dec 2018 - present, Fellow of the International Society of Addiction Medicine. Calgary, Canada.
Dec 2015 - present International, Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association American Psychiatric Association, United States
Member of the European College of Neuro-Psychopharmcology (ECNP)
Member of the British Association of Psychopharmacologists (BAP)

Education

MD, PhD

Teaching posts

Professor of Psychiatry, World Health Organisation Collaborative Centre for Training and Research (present)

Publications and conferences

Comparative study of victimized Egyptian patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression. Ahmed El Missiry, Eman Shorub, Doha El Serafy, Heba Fakher, Ramy Ali, Ahmed Adel Abdelgawad. Egyptian Journal Psychiatry. 2020 Volume : 41 - Issue : 2 - Page : 61-70
Cognitive dysfunction in euthymic patients with first and recurrent major depression Hanan ME Azzam, Ahmed Adel El Missiry, Nesreen Mohamed Mohsen, Karim Abdel Aziz , Heba F Hendawy, Abdel Gawad Khalifa, Amina Aly Mohamed Negm. Egyptian Journal. 2020 Volume : 41 - Issue : 2 - Page : 89-96
Rates and profile of victimization in a sample of Egyptian patients with major mental disorders Ahmed El Missiry, Marwa Abd El Meguid, Ahmed Abourayah, Marwa El Missiry, Mohamed Hossam, Hussien Elkholy and Afaf H Khalil. International journal for Social Psychiatry. 2019, Vol. 65(3) 183–193
Comparison Of Victimized Versus Non-Victimized Patients with Major Depressive Disorder. Ahmed Adel El-Missiry, Ghada El Kholi, Maissa Eid Afifi, Marwa El-Missiry, Dina Ibrahim, Ahmed Adel Abdel Gawad. Arab Journal of Psychiatry. (2019), Vol. 30 No.1
Psychosocial profile and psychiatric morbidity among Egyptian patients after living donor liver transplantation. Mahmoud El-Meteini, Reem Hashim, Ahmed El Missiry, Eman Shorub, Dalia Abdel Moneim, Hussein Elkholy. Middle East Current Psychiatry. (2019) 26:3
Risk Factors associated with psychiatric comorbidity in a sample of male Egyptian patients with substance use disorder. Afaf Hamed Khalil, Abdel Naser M. Omar, Ramy R. Ali, Dalia Abdel Moniem Mahmoud, Dina Naoum, Abdallah Abdalsalam and Ahmed El Missiry. Addictive Disorders & their Treatment. Volume 18, Number 3, September 2019, pp. 157-168(12)
Are there differences in pattern and magnitude of cognitive deficits between euthymic patients with bipolar I and bipolar II disorder? Tarek Okasha, Marwa Elmissiry, Walaa Sabry , Reem Elghamry, Ahmed El-Missiry, Karim Ghazi and Mostafa Kamel Middle East Current Psychiatry 2016, 23:10–19
Comparing cognitive functions in medication adherent and non-adherent patients with schizophrenia. El-Missiry A, Elbatrawy A, El Missiry M, Moneim DA, Ali R, Essawy H. J Psychiatr Res. 2015 Nov;70:106-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.09.006.
Are there differences in pattern and magnitude of cognitive deficits between euthymic patients with bipolar I and bipolar II disorder? Tarek Okasha, Marwa Elmissiry, Walaa Sabry , Reem Elghamry, Ahmed El-Missiry, Karim Ghazi and Mostafa Kamel Middle East Current Psychiatry 2016, 23:10–19
Cognitive functions in euthymic patients with bipolar II disorder and their correlation with the clinical profile. Nivert Zaki, Amira El-Batrawy, Ahmed El-Missiry, Dina Ibrahim and Karim Abdel-Aziz. Middle East Current Psychiatry, 21(3):139-147, July 2014.
Cognitive functions in euthymic Egyptian patients with bipolar disorder: Are they different from healthy controls? Okasha, T. A., El Sheikh, M. M., El Missiry, A. A., El Missiry, M. A., El Serafi, D., El Kholy, S., & Abdel Aziz, K. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2014; 166, 14–21
Screening for ADHD in a Sample of Egyptian Adolescent School Students. Bishry, Z., Ramy, H. A., El-Shahawi, H. H., El-Sheikh, M. M., El-Missiry, A. A., & El-Missiry, M. A. Journal of Attention Disorders. 2014 Jun 2. pii: 1087054714533190.
The reliability of the Standard for Clinicians’ Interview in Psychiatry (SCIP): A clinician-administered tool with categorical, dimensional and numeric output. Aboraya, A., El-Missiry, A., Barlowe, J., John, C., Ebrahimian, A., Muvvala, S., … Price, E. Schizophrenia Research, 2014; 156(2-3), 174–183.
Factors correlated with the emergence of depressive symptoms in Egyptian donors after living donor liver transplantation. Mahmoud S. El Meteini , Marwa A. Hamed , Mona I. Awaad , Ahmed A. El Missiry , Marwa A. El Missiry and Reem E. Hashem. Middle East Current Psychiatry 2014, 21:113–120. April 2014.
Factors correlated with the emergence of depressive symptoms in Egyptian donors after living donor liver transplantation. Mahmoud S. El Meteini , Marwa A. Hamed , Mona I. Awaad , Ahmed A. El Missiry , Marwa A. El Missiry and Reem E. Hashem. Middle East Current Psychiatry 2014, 21:113–120. April 2014.
Cognitive and functional impairment in Egyptian patients with late-onset schizophrenia versus elderly healthy controls. Doaa N. Radwana, Dalia H. Alia, Ahmed A. El-Missiry and Mohamed M. Elbanouby. Middle East Current Psychiatry 2014, 21:28–37. January 2014
Risk factors for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a sample of Egyptian adolescents: a case–control study. Z. Bishry, H. Ramy, M. El-Sheikh, A. El-Missiry, M. El-Missiry Published 1 July 2013 Psychology, Medicine Middle East Current Psychiatry
Screening for depression and associated risk factors among Egyptian end-stage renal disease patients on haemodialysis, Doaa N. Radwan, Dawlat H. Sany, Ahmed A. Elmissiry, Yasser El Shahawy and Wael Fekry. Middle East Current Psychiatry 2013, 20:183–190
Screening for Depression in a sample of Egyptian Secondary School Female Students. El-Missiry A; Sultan M; Abdel Hadi M and Sabry W. The Journal of Affective Disorders. 2012 Jan;136(1-2):e61-8.Screening for Depression in a sample of Egyptian Secondary School Female Students. El-Missiry A; Sultan M; Abdel Hadi M and Sabry W. The Journal of Affective Disorders. 2012 Jan;136(1-2):e61-8.
Studying late-onset schizophrenia and non schizophrenia psychosis in elderly Egyptian patients. Hussein, Hanan; Shafei, Ahmed El; Meguid, Marwa Abd El; Missiry, Marwa El; Tamara, Mahmoud. Middle East Current Psychiatry: January 2012 - Volume 19 - Issue 1 - p 12–22
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of victimized versus non victimized patients with Schizophrenia: an Egyptian study. El Missiry A, Abd El Meguid M, Soltan M, El Missiry M. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry (2011) Vol. 22 No. 2 Page 148-157
Cognitive and functional impairment in Egyptian patients with late-onset schizophrenia versus elderly healthy controls. Doaa N. Radwana, Dalia H. Alia, Ahmed A. El-Missiry and Mohamed M. Elbanouby. Middle East Current Psychiatry 2014, 21:28–37. January 2014 Risk factors for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a sample of Egyptian adolescents: a case–control study. Z. Bishry, H. Ramy, M. El-Sheikh, A. El-Missiry, M. El-Missiry Published 1 July 2013 Psychology, Medicine Middle East Current Psychiatry Screening for depression and associated risk factors among Egyptian end-stage renal disease patients on haemodialysis, Doaa N. Radwan, Dawlat H. Sany, Ahmed A. Elmissiry, Yasser El Shahawy and Wael Fekry. Middle East Current Psychiatry 2013, 20:183–190 Screening for Depression in a sample of Egyptian Secondary School Female Students. El-Missiry A; Sultan M; Abdel Hadi M and Sabry W. The Journal of Affective Disorders. 2012 Jan;136(1-2):e61-8. Studying late-onset schizophrenia and non schizophrenia psychosis in elderly Egyptian patients. Hussein, Hanan; Shafei, Ahmed El; Meguid, Marwa Abd El; Missiry, Marwa El; Tamara, Mahmoud. Middle East Current Psychiatry: January 2012 - Volume 19 - Issue 1 - p 12–22 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of victimized versus non victimized patients with Schizophrenia: an Egyptian study. El Missiry A, Abd El Meguid M, Soltan M, El Missiry M. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry (2011) Vol. 22 No. 2 Page 148-157 Psychiatric morbidity and pattern of coping among a sample of Egyptian women in early versus recurrent stage of breast cancer. El Missiry A; Abdel Meguid M,; El Missiry M, and El Serafi D. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 22 No. 1: 36 -44. 2011
Cognitive and functional impairment in Egyptian patients with late-onset schizophrenia versus elderly healthy controls. Doaa N. Radwana, Dalia H. Alia, Ahmed A. El-Missiry and Mohamed M. Elbanouby. Middle East Current Psychiatry 2014, 21:28–37. January 2014 Risk factors for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a sample of Egyptian adolescents: a case–control study. Z. Bishry, H. Ramy, M. El-Sheikh, A. El-Missiry, M. El-Missiry Published 1 July 2013 Psychology, Medicine Middle East Current Psychiatry Screening for depression and associated risk factors among Egyptian end-stage renal disease patients on haemodialysis, Doaa N. Radwan, Dawlat H. Sany, Ahmed A. Elmissiry, Yasser El Shahawy and Wael Fekry. Middle East Current Psychiatry 2013, 20:183–190 Screening for Depression in a sample of Egyptian Secondary School Female Students. El-Missiry A; Sultan M; Abdel Hadi M and Sabry W. The Journal of Affective Disorders. 2012 Jan;136(1-2):e61-8. Studying late-onset schizophrenia and non schizophrenia psychosis in elderly Egyptian patients. Hussein, Hanan; Shafei, Ahmed El; Meguid, Marwa Abd El; Missiry, Marwa El; Tamara, Mahmoud. Middle East Current Psychiatry: January 2012 - Volume 19 - Issue 1 - p 12–22 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of victimized versus non victimized patients with Schizophrenia: an Egyptian study. El Missiry A, Abd El Meguid M, Soltan M, El Missiry M. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry (2011) Vol. 22 No. 2 Page 148-157 Psychiatric morbidity and pattern of coping among a sample of Egyptian women in early versus recurrent stage of breast cancer. El Missiry A; Abdel Meguid M,; El Missiry M, and El Serafi D. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 22 No. 1: 36 -44. 2011
An Update on the Epidemiology of Schizophrenia with a Special Reference to Clinically Important Risk Factors. Ahmed El-Missiry, Ahmed Sayed Aboraya, Hader Manseur, Johnna Manchester, Cheryl France and Katherine Border. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. Vol 9, No.1, 39-59. 2011.
Evaluation of Psychiatric Morbidity, Locus of Control and Coping Pattern in a Sample of Female Patients with Cancer Breast. Nivert Zaki, Ahmed El Missiry, Gihan El Nahas and Doha El Serafy. Middle East Current Psychiatry Volume 17 No. 4 October, 2010
Comorbidity between depression, anxiety disorders and infertility: effect on quality of life in Egyptian women. D.N. Radwan, H. Ramy, A. ElMissiry, K.H. Moussa, M. Elsayed, M. Mansour, A. Khalil. Presented at the 22nd ECNP Congress Istanbul Turkey Paper P.2.a.022:
Angiotensin II AT2 receptor oligomers mediate G-protein dysfunction in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease. Abdalla, Said, Heinz Lother, Ahmed El Missiry, Andreas Langer, Pavel Sergeev, Yasser El Faramawy, and Ursula Quitterer. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Volume 284 , No. 10, 6554-6565, March 2009
Dominant-negative AT2 receptor oligomers induce G-protein arrest and symptoms of neurodegeneration. Abdalla, Said, Heinz Lother, Ahmed El Missiry, Pavel Sergeev, Andreas Langer, Yasser El Faramawy, and Ursula Quitterer. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Volume 284 , No. 10, 6566-6574, March 2009
Prevalence of Panic Disorder in a Medical Out-patient Egyptian Sample. Khadiga Ragheb, Husein Attia, Reda Ismail, Ahmed El Missiry, Omnyia Al Azazzi. Egyptian Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 29, No. 1; 51-61; January 2009
Violence Against Women: prevalence and psychiatric consequences. Khadiga Ragheb, Reda Ismail, Husein Attia, Momtaz Abdel Wahab, Ahmed El Missiry, Rania Husein. Egyptian Journal of Psychiatry.Vol. 29, No. 1, 15-25; January 2009
Violence Against Women: prevalence and psychiatric consequences. Khadiga Ragheb, Reda Ismail, Husein Attia, Momtaz Abdel Wahab, Ahmed El Missiry, Rania Husein. Egyptian Journal of Psychiatry.Vol. 29, No. 1, 15-25; January 2009
Oxidative Stress in Attention deficit Hyperactivity Disorders Patients. Essawy H., El Missiry A., Soliman A. and El Ghohary I., Kahla O. Current Psychiatry. Volume 15 No.3; 442-457, November, 2008 Also accepted at the World Psychiatric Association Conference, Florence, Italy April 1-4, 2009.

Prizes and awards

Award of Excellence In Postgraduate Studies (2004)
Medal of Achievement for Best Doctorate Research (2005)
EPA Annual Award for General Edification, Enlightenment and Continuity of Psychiatric Sciences with Other Disciplines (2006)

Languages spoken

English
ِArabic

Registration number: 6032945

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Really helpful and professional.highly recommended
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Incredibly insightful and delightful
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I would highly recommend Professor El-Missiry. He was warm , friendly and put me at ease straight away. He was calming and professional
13 March 2025
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Dr. Ahmed is a wonderful and thoughtful doctor who truly listens to your concerns. He takes the time to understand your situation and finds the best possible solution to help. His compassionate and professional approach makes a real difference. Highly recommend!
7 March 2025
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Professor Ahmed is very friendly and patient. Thank you so much! I feel much better after talking with Professor Ahmed. Definitely recommend to everyone.
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Treatments

The doctor is expert in

ADHD

Alcoholism

Anxiety

Depression

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

The doctor also specialises in:

Addiction

Autism

Bipolar disorder

Bullying

Cognitive behavioural therapies

Conduct disorder

Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)

Expert witness

Mental disorders

Mood disorders

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Professor Ahmed El-Missiry

Consultant Psychiatrist in Central London

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Clinics

The Nightingale Hospital

Credentials

Professional experience

Subspecialties

Professional memberships

Education

Teaching posts

Publications and conferences

Prizes and awards

Languages spoken

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