About Dr. Mohamed Naguib

International Society of Anaesthetic Pharmacology (ISAP), established the Mohamed Naguib Lecture to honor the late Dr. Mohamed Naguib.  Dr. Naguib had a distinguished career in the field of anesthesiology and was a long supporter of ISAP, serving as President of the society. He made significant contributions to the scientific foundation and clinical applications of neuromuscular monitoring. This named lecture is given at each ISAP Annual Meeting. 

ISAP has established a fund to endow the Mohamed Naguib Lecture and donations may be made at isaponline.org.  ISAP is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which makes donations tax-deductible.

In the world of clinical pharmacology, Dr. Naguib was a renaissance man.  As a man of many talents, his influential work has provided direction in many spheres of investigation and discovery. He made significant contributions to the scientific foundation and clinical applications of neuromuscular monitoring. He formed and led a coalition of thought leaders to prepare and disseminate expert consensus guidelines on neuromuscular monitoring.  He had substantial interest in the mechanisms of and treatment for neuropathic pain.  He led a laboratory that created molecules to treat neuropathic pain.  At the time of his passing, he was a principal investigator on NIH funded multi-center observational study focused on the discovery and validation of a biomarker signature for chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathic pain.  He was the co-founder of a company that is developing a novel therapy for neuropathic pain and Alzheimer’s disease based on his research on the mechanisms of neuroinflammation.  For each of these activities, he created a wake of opportunities for many that continue to have a vibrant and productive future.  He was a prolific writer.  He was the principal author or co-author of 130 peer-reviewed journal articles, 25 book chapters (including the premier Miller’s Textbook of Anesthesia) and 150 abstracts.

Dr. Naguib was graduated from the Cairo University, College of Medicine, in 1976 and finished his anesthesia residency in 1981. He served as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, California. In 1992 he joined the Department of Anesthesia at the College of Medicine, King Saud University. In 1998 he joined the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.  His last position was the 2010 appointed as Professor of Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.