Ibrahim M. Shokry, BVSc, MVSc, PhD
Dr. Shokry has been with Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine since 1989. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Dr. Shokry advises the student Integrative Veterinary Medicine Club (IVMC).
He completed a post-doctoral research fellowship with the Department of Pharmacology, Guy’s Hospital Medical School in London, U.K. In addition, he was a visiting scientist at Iowa State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, and has been appointed as a research affiliate professor at Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, FAU in Florida.
Education
BVSC Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University
MVSC Pharmacology, Cairo University
PHD Pharmacology, Cairo University
Research
Pharmacology
Toxicology
Achievements
Distinguished Teaching Award several times
Dean's Appreciation Award
Student's Appreciation Award
Faculty Appreciation Award several times
Ross Team Award-Male Professor of the Year
Carl Norden-Pfizer Distinguished Teacher Award
DeVry Service Excellence Medal for demonstration of TEACH values
DeVry Education Group Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Award.
Publication Highlights
Shokry IM and Moffet J, How toxic plants are taught at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Kitts, West Indies (poster). VetEd 2014 Symposium Proceedings, Bristol, UK, July 10-11, 2014 page 23
Tao R, Shokry IM, Callanan JJ, Adams HD, and Ma Z, 2015, Mechanisms and environmental factors that underlying the intensification of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, Ecstasy)-induced serotonin syndrome in rats. Psychopharmacology 232:1245-1260
Shokry IM, Callanan JJ, Sousa J, Tao R, 2015, Rapid in situ hybridization using oligonucleotide probes on paraformaldehyde-prefixed brain of rats with serotonin syndrome. J Visualized Exp
Current Projects
Molecular pharmacology underlying susceptibility to serotonin poisoning
Other
Developed the Toxic Plant Garden (Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine)
Developed the Toxic Plants Website (Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine)