Ashraf Youssef, MD, PhD
President of Higher Grounds Publishing, Inc. a web-based publishing business
with a mission to “Enhance Understanding”.
He has lectured and published in two languages on topics ranging from
environmental toxic hazards, the clinical and preclinical reproductive toxicity
of lead and methanol, ethics in the conduct of medical research, labeling in the
pharmaceutical industry vs. First Amendment, and on Egypt and the Middle East.
In addition, he has presented on Islam and cultural perceptions of Arabs and
Muslims after September 11, 2001. Audiences have included American expatriates
living in Egypt, community college students, American Academy of Pharmaceutical
Physicians, diversity advisory council and employees of TAP Pharmaceutical
Products Inc, and interfaith groups.
He is a Competent Toast Master (CTM), VP elect of education of Talk of Lincolnshire
and VP membership of Daniel Wright Toastmasters Clubs. He is available for
Public Speaking for 50 people on
topic related to Islam in the US and around the world and the Middle East.
