Abdelrahman Ibrahim, MBBS

Abdelrahman ElTohamy

Graduate School
Harvard University

Medical School
Ain Shams University

 

 

Interests and Career Goals

Wellness, psychotherapy, mental health advocacy

Favorite Pastimes

Spending time with family, learning about history, gaining new skills, horse riding

Areas of Prior Research

AI in mental health, mental health of young adults, social determinants of health

Publications/Abstracts

  • Ibrahim, A., Wong, S. H. M., Kim, S. E., Wong, G. T. F., Macaranas, A. R., Rastogi, R., Chang, A. R., Wang, J. J., Hibara, A., Larkin, P., Yang, S., Chen, J. A., & Liu, C. H. (2024). A scoping review of mental health and discrimination of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-023-00177-y

  • Rastogi, R., Cerda, I. H., Ibrahim, A., Chen, J. A., Stevens, C., & Liu, C. H. (2023). Long COVID and psychological distress in young adults: Potential protective effect of a prior mental health diagnosis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 340, 639–648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.08.031

  • Salaheldin, E. O., Arriola-Montenegro, L., Yaseen, A., & ElTohamy, A. (2023). Late Presentation of D-TGA Complicated by Functional Glenn Shunt Obstruction Led to SVC Syndrome 10 Years Later: A Rare Case Report. SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine, 5(1), 181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42399-023-01517-w

  • ElTohamy, A., Hyun, S., Rastogi, R., Wong, G. T. F., Kim, G. S., Hahm, H., & Liu, C. H. (2023). Effect of Vicarious Discrimination on Race-Based Stress Symptoms among Asian American Young Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001480

  • Macaranas, A. R., ElTohamy, A., Hyun, S., Chae, D. H., Stevens, C., Chen, J. A., & Liu, C. H. (2023). COVID-19-related direct and vicarious racial discrimination: Associations with psychological distress among U.S. college students. Journal of Affective Disorders, 325, 747–754. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.01.009

  • ElTohamy, A., Wang, J. J., Chen, J. A., Stevens, C., & Liu, C. H. (2022). Association Between College Course Delivery Model and Rates of Psychological Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.44270

  • ElTohamy, A., Hyun, S., Macaranas, A. R., Chen, J. A., Stevens, C., & Liu, C. H. (2022). Testing positive, losing a loved one, and financial hardship: Real-world impacts of COVID-19 on US college student distress. Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.07.022

  • Willey, B., Mimmack, K., Gagliardi, G., Dossett, M. L., Wang, S., Udeogu, O. J., Donovan, N. J., Gatchel, J. R., Quiroz, Y. T., Amariglio, R., Liu, C. H., Hyun, S., ElTohamy, A., Rentz, D., Sperling, R. A., Marshall, G. A., & Vannini, P. (2022). Racial and socioeconomic status differences in stress, posttraumatic growth, and mental health in an older adult cohort during the COVID-19 pandemic. EClinicalMedicine, 45, 101343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101343

  • Lasheen, R. A., ElTohamy, A., & Salaheldin, E. O. (2022). MIS-C Frenzy: The Importance of Considering a Broad Differential Diagnosis. SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 10. https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X221088397

  • Salaheldin, E. O., Lasheen, R. A., & ElTohamy, A. (2022). The Rising Appendicitis Mimicker: A Case Report of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) presenting with Acute Abdomen. SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 10. https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X221082903

Poster Presentations

  • ElTohamy, A., Hyun, S., Rastogi, R., Wong, G. T. F., Kim, G. S., Hahm, H., & Liu, C. H. (2023, April 16). Effect of Vicarious Discrimination on Race-Based Stress Symptoms among Asian American Young Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic [Symposium]. Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Washington, D.C. https://adaa.org/conference 

  • ElTohamy, A., Hyun, S., Wong, G. F., Kim, G.S., Hahm, H., & Liu, C. H. (2022, March 9). Effect of Vicarious Discrimination on Race-Based Stress Symptoms among Asian American Young Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Harvard Psychiatry Research Day, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. https://postersmysell.psych.hms.harvard.edu 

  • ElTohamy, A., Hyun, S., Wong, G. F., Hahm, H., & Liu, C. H. (2021, November 3). Effect of Learned Helplessness on Race-Based Stress Symptoms of Asian Young Adults in the U.S. during COVID-19. Discover Brigham, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. https://www.discoverbrigham.org