Dr. Ezzat obtained his medical degree from the University of Manitoba, completed his residency training at the University of British Columbia, and did post-doctoral research training in molecular oncology at UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles.
A specialist clinician with more than 30 years of focus on Endocrine Oncology. He teaches a number of courses, including physiology, biochemistry, and developmental biology of neuroendocrinology. With a publication H-index of 90 in more than 300 original articles he also contributed to more than 50 book chapters and reviews in the field of Endocrine Oncology. He has given over 200 invited lectures to national and international scientific audiences and has received many awards from national and international scientific and other organizations, including the 2023 CSEM Jacques Genest Plenary Lecture, the 2014 Maureen Coleman Award of the Carcinoid Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (2014), the Distinguished Service Award of the Canadian Society of Endocrinology & Metabolism (2012), an Endocrine Society Outstanding Abstract Award (2012), the Royal College of Physicians/CSCI Distinguished Scientist Award (2008), the Endocrine Society Abbott Research Mentor Award (2006), the Novartis Senior Investigator Award of the Clinical Research Society (2006) and the Gentle Giant Award of the Pituitary Network Association (2006).
Dr. Ezzat has served as an Editorial Board member for a number of journals including Endocrinology, Cancers, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, American Journal of Physiology, Journal of Endocrinology, Laboratory Investigation, Endocrine Practice, and BMJ-Endocrine. He is a regular reviewer for the New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, and Nature Reviews.