Adel Mahmoud

Egyptian-born American doctor (1941–2018)

Adel K. Mahmoud (August 24, 1941 – June 11, 2018) was an Egyptian-American doctor and expert in infectious diseases. He was credited with helping with the development of the Gardasil HPV vaccine and the rotavirus vaccine while serving as President of Merck Vaccines.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Adel Mahmoud (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Aug 24, 1941, died Jun 11, 2018.¹

About

Both the HPV and rotavirus vaccines were under development prior to Mahmoud joining Merck Vaccine Division; he assisted in ensuring that they remained a priority for Merck to continue development to commercial launch. After retiring from Merck he became a professor at Princeton University.

From Wikipedia’s article on Adel Mahmoud, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Merck & Co.President⁹

Early life and education

Date not recordedCairo University³
Date not recordedLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine³

Career

Occupation: physician, university teacher.⁵

Date not recordedUniversity teacher, Princeton University⁴
Date not recordedAssistant professor, Case Western Reserve University⁴
Date not recordedPresident, Merck & Co.⁴

Personal life

BornAug 24, 1941, Cairo⁶
DiedJun 11, 2018, Manhattan⁷
CitizenshipEgypt, United States⁸

Mahmoud met Sally Hodder, also an infectious-disease expert, at Case Western Reserve in 1976. They married in 1993. He had a stepson, Jay Thornton.

Mahmoud had a sister, Olfat Abdelfattah, and a brother, Mahmoud Abdelfattah. They are both doctors.