Is one of the leading surgeons in the area of foot and ankle. He was formerly the director of the Egyptian Clinical Fellowship program and the National Training Institute in Egypt. Prof. Ossama is an expert in medical history and has travelled the world delivering his wisdom in this field. He is also a writer and has authored a number of Novels including "The Papers of Shamoun The Egyptian" and his recent Novel "Demiana's Promise".

FAIMER fellow.
Formerly, she had worked at Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Egypt as the biochemistry department supervisor and Vice Director of the Medical Education Unit.

She graduated from Faculty of Medicine, Ain shams University. She has been working at MUST, Egypt till 2017. Dalia Gaber has earned her MD degree from Faculty of Medicine Ain shams University in 2011.

Though out her work as a Biochemist, she started out her research career by working in the field of purification of natural snake venom toxins to study the toxicity and genomics of compounds that can be of pharmacological application. Working with the research team of natural toxins, led by Prof Dr Farid El-Asmer, she completed her MSc and MD thesis, followed by publishing this work in 2006 and 2012 respectively. The MD thesis was also published in a book by Lambert Academic Publishing in March 2012.

In performing her postdoctoral research work, Dalia collaborates with colleagues from different disciplines, with cancer genomics as the main research interest.

She is also:

• Honorary Professor in University College London Medical School,
• Senior Scholar, Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, and
• Emerita Professor of Education in Medicine at the UK Open University.
• Chair of standards updating for the World Federation for Medical Education.

For most of her academic life, Janet conducted policy research in medical education for the UK government and professional medical and regulatory bodies. Her interests are in policy research, regulation, educational development, continuing professional development (she is author of The Good CPD Guide, Taylor and Francis, 2012) and curriculum. She has written extensively on contextual relevance in these topics.

CenMEDIC runs an international distance learning Master’s course on accreditation and assessment in health professions education for the US Foundation for the Advancement of International Medical Education and Research [FAIMER] and Keele University Medical School in the UK. Her Centre also developed and manages Sci59, the online psychometric Specialty Choice Inventory and the online Diagnostic Thinking Inventory.

Janet has been a regulator in both medical education and legal education. She has chaired the development of the 2020 WFME Standards for Basic Medical Education, the 2023 Standards for Postgraduate Medical Education, and the 2021 WFME Standards for Distributed and Distance Learning.

An internationally known medical educator and active Pediatric Surgeon. A scholar, professional, and leader in higher education in the Middle East and renowned internationally. He has established, contributed, and led several Medical Colleges, Suez Canal University, Egypt, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain, and Gulf Medical University, UAE. He has served in different senior academic and administrative positions as Chancellor, Gulf Medical University, Vice Chancellor Medical & Health Science Colleges, Sharjah University, Director of the Institute of Leadership in Higher Education, Sharjah University, Advisor to the President of Medical Education, Qatar University and Dean College of Medicine, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain. He has served as WHO Temporary Advisor 'Consultant' in Medical Education.

He is active in medical education research and has published many studies in medical education and surgery and has introduced several innovations and best practices in Medical Education. He is a member of several editorial Board Journals in Medical Education (Medical Teacher, Medical Educator, Korean Journal of Medical Education, etc.) He is a member of the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) Assessors team.

His work and contribution to Medicine and Medical Education over more than 40 years has been acknowledged and has won him many awards: The Sheikh Khalifa Award for Higher Education for "Distinguished Professor in Teaching", led the College of Medicine, Arabian Gulf University to win the "Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award" for Best Medical College in the Arab world, “Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England "By Election", and "Fellow of the Royal College of Physician of England". He was awarded the honorary Fellow of Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) in 2021.

Prof. Hossam Hamdy was decorated by the Republic of France with the prestigious decoration as "Chevalier Dans L’ordre Des Palmes Academiques" / "Knight of the Order of Academic Palms" in 2011 and was awarded the Health Workers Recognition Award: Health Professionals Education by the WHO Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean in 2021 for his achievements in Medical Education

Previously he was founding member and Char Departent of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia. He was seconded to WHO EMR as Regional Advisor for Health Professions Education.

Professor Magzoub obtained his MBBS form Univesity of Gezira, Sudan and Masters degree from Univesity of London. He completed his PhD degree from University of Maastricht in 1994. He is member of Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians, London, Edinburgh a nd Glasgow since 2000. He has authored many scientific articles books and chapters in medical education.

National and international expert who worked with various governmental and international agencies in the field of health care, education, maternal and child welfare and human resource development.

In September 2016, Lamiaa was appointed as the Founding Dean for Faculty of Medicine Newgiza University which was the first School of Medicine in Egypt to implement the modular integrated curriculum and assessment.

Lamiaa is a member of the RUMP (Reform of Undergraduate Medical Program) committee shared among experts in the preparatory steps for the implementation of the new undergraduate medical curriculum that started in September 2019 in all Egyptian Medical schools.

Lamiaa is a member of the Pediatric Medical Council in the Arab Board since 2014. In this position she is responsible for the preparation, participating and evaluating OF postgraduate training and Assessment in all Arab Countries as well as accreditation of hospitals as training sites.

As a Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology in Cairo University, Lamiaa was involved in undergraduate teaching and research with twelve international publications in the last five years. Lamiaa was appointed as Director for the Center for Social and Preventive Medicine, Cairo University, a body that links medical higher education to the health needs of the community.

Lamiaa worked with USAID and European Union projects in Indonesia, Jordan, Yemen, and Syria. Her leadership skills were solidified through attending The International Health Leadership Program in Cambridge and team-leading The National Egyptian Perinatal Program.

She was appointed as Secretary-General for the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, the highest authority in Egypt responsible for protection, promotion and monitoring implementation of Child and adolescent rights in Egypt.

• Specialist in anesthesiology and emergency medicine.
• Professor at the faculty of medicine and pharmacy of Casablanca.
• International expert in simulation & healthcare.
• Head of the ED of the University hospital of Casablanca.
• Head of the Morocco Sim.
• Coordinator of university degree of emergency medicine.
• Coordinator of the university degree of pedagogy and simulation in healthcare.
• Medical project referent of AIM Training Academy.
• Author of several books about simulation in health and emergency medicine, publications and conferences.

John Norcini, PhD is Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Upstate Medical University and a Fellow of Presence (a Center at Stanford Medical School). Previously, he held positions at FAIMER and the American Board of Internal Medicine. He has more than 200 publications, lectured and taught in more than 45 countries, and is on the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed journals. He is an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners (UK) and the Academy of Medical Educators and has received numerous awards including the Karolinska Prize for Research in Medical Education and the Hubbard Award.

He is Chief Examiner for the UK General Medical Council PLAB exam, External Examiner at Queen Mary University of London and Sultan Qaboos University in Oman, and an advisory board member at various medical schools and hospitals internationally. His training included an NIHR sponsored academic clinical fellowship at University of Cambridge and postgraduate clinical and research degrees at UCL and Imperial College London. He continues to work clinically for the UK National Health Service.

New Giza University

• Dr. Rania Salah worked at the Anatomy Department Ain Shams University since1999.She has a teaching experience to medical students as well as student of Dentistry and Pharmacy Schools.
• She got Diploma of Health Professional Education 2009.She got TQM in collaboration with Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with Africa (EFTCA), Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs &Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) 2010.
• She got Professional Human Resource Management Certificate from AUC 2012.She worked in the Army Forced College of Medicine for 6 years. She was a member of the Quality Assurance unit that helped in the Accreditation process of the faculty. She got Certified Trainer & H.R. consultant approved by IBCT 2012 and worked as a trainer at Training and Development center in Ain Shams University and as a visitor trainer in many Egyptian universities as well as the private sector.
• She worked as Vice Director then Director of the International scientific Relation Office, Faculty of Medicine and as Director of Ranking Office Ain Shams University. She was a Member of the Committee for Developing the Culture Affairs & Mission Sector, Ministry of Higher Education, Egypt
• She got two Awards: Award of Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University2015 and Award of Ain Shams University2015.Now ,She is the Community service &Environmental development Lead and Head of Anatomy Division at New Giza University.

Rasha Eldeeb is an eminent Physiologist, Medical education expert with a strong background. Dr. Eldeeb graduated from the Faculty of Medicine Cairo University, MBBCh, MSc., MD, she holds double degrees in Healthcare Professions Education; DHPE, MHPE, and a degree in Total Quality Management for Health Reform. Dr, Eldeeb is passionate about the different teaching and assessment modalities in medical education and is an active Member of the Curriculum Committee, and is actively involved in curriculum transformation. Dr. Rasha Eldeeb is currently the Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies at Dubai Medical college for girls (DMCG). Been an active researcher for the past years, in the field of Physiology and, Health professions education She is an internationally recognized speaker and has been instrumental in developing ground-breaking Research uplift at DMCG.

• Dr Shifan Khanday is an Alumni of St Georges Medical College, London and Kingston University London.
• With a qualification of MBBS, Diplomate in Family Medicine, MD, MBA, PhD, Master’s in health professions education.
• Member of Association for Medical education in Europe (AMEE), American association of clinical Anatomists, (USA), Associate member RCGP, London.
• With strong scientific research publication and awards, Dr Shifan is an Associate Professor of Anatomy at Dubai Medical College for girls and visiting Professors at two Medical Universities in India.

Expertise in Instructional design, learning innovations, with world ranking of 116 as D2L instructional design champion leaderboard Dr Shifan Khanday is the Director of eLearning and innovation unit at Dubai Medical College for Girls.

Currently, Chair of Curriculum Committee committed to developing new approaches to curriculum planning, assessment and to teaching and learning.

Firm believer in the statement Innovate and act or be obsolete

• A graduate of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum in 1979
• MPhil/PhD in Anatomy – London Hospital Medical College – London University 1987
• Certificate of Health Professions Education 2004

Worked in University of Khartoum, Neelain University (Medical Education Consultant), National Ribat University, Almoghtaribeen University (Establishing dean of the faculty of Medicine), University of Science and Technology (Dean of the faculty of Medicine), Nile University (Coordinator of Medical Information Systems program), Sultan Qaboos University, Imam Mohammed bin Saud University, Almaarefa University, Dubai Medical College for Girls (current)

Worked as a trainer/medical education consultant with Sudan Medical Council, Sudan Medical Specialization Board, CPD Ministry of Health, Saudi Commission for Health specialties, Alfarabi Medical College (KSA).

A trainer/medical education consultant since 2006.

Dr. Fouzia Shersad is currently heading Medical Education at Dubai Medical College for Girls. She has over 25 years of experience as clinician, quality assessor, administrator and medical educationist in many countries, including as the lead coordinator of curriculum reform.

After graduating in medicine from Government Medical College, Trivandrum, Dr. Fouzia practiced medicine in India and Oman for several years. Other qualifications include JMHPE, FAIMER fellowship, PhD in Medical Education and FRCP(Glasgow).

As Director of Institutional Effectiveness at Dubai Medical College for Girls, Dr. Fouzia led the college to win the prestigious Dubai Quality Award (DQA) and Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award (MRM) Awards in 2011. After achieving training by EFQM, Dr. Fouzia was appointed as a Senior Assessor for the Dubai Quality Award. Dr Fouzia is also an Honorary lecturer of medical education, Keele University. For almost two decades, Dr. Fouzia has been responsible for organizing and managing program accreditation and institutional licensure cycles at Dubai Medical College.

Dr. Fouzia led the Annual Dubai Medical Education Symposium (DMES) for ten years since it was first introduced in 2005. Dr. Fouzia represented Dubai Medical College in the National Taskforce for medical student competencies. Her experience includes faculty development and teaching professionalism and study skills to undergraduate medical students.

Her special area of research interest is professionalism, and she introduced the Professional Attitudes and Social Skills (PASS) initiative at DMC as an innovation project since 2009. Other areas of research interest include quality in medical education, learning sciences, instructional technology and Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs).

Prof. Yousif Eltayeb is a consultant surgeon & Professor of Surgery. He is currently The Acting Dean of Dubai Medical College for Girls ,Chair of the department of Clinical Sciences, and consultant surgeon at Medcare hospital (Dubai). He has a track record as surgeon with a strong background of Health Professions education. Under his Deanship, DMCG has set a new direction for excellence in both education and research. With his dedication and vision, DMCG is committed to provide top-quality education and shaping the future of healthcare in the region.

He completed his MBBCh with Honours from Cairo , Master’s degree in Clinical Surgery (MCS)from Khartoum. He further obtained an FRCSI from Ireland & UK, and an MIS from France. On the education front, he has certification as educator from AMEE and Keele University. He obtained Certificate of Leadership in Medical Education form Human Dynamic System Institute in Minnesota USA.

His career spans important positions held across Sudan, Ireland, and Dubai. He served as a Consultant General Surgeon in Khartoum and Juba University hospitals, Sudan, General Surgeon and Lecturer at the National University College Hospital, Galway Ireland, and a Consultant General Surgeon in DHA. He served as a Program Director for Dubai Surgical Residency Training Program for 11 years, member of the surgery scientific committee in the Arab Board for Medical Specialties, Surveyor for National Institute for Health Specialties UAE, a member of Medical Liability Committee and Court expert for DHA, and one of the founders of The College of Dar Eloloum for Science & Technology , Khartoum ,Sudan.

Prof. ElTayeb is a member of the Court of Examiners for the Royal Colleges of Surgery UK, Glasgow, and Ireland. He was external examiner for Oman Medical College, and Libyan Surgical Board. He is a member of the Emirates Medical Association, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a Fellow of the Asia Pacific Hernia Association. He is inventor of laparoscopic home trainer, hernia model, and various surgical training models.

His surgical expertise covers a wide range of elective, trauma, and emergency surgery

He is a Passionate Equestrian.

Dr. Youness is a Researcher and Director of simulation program. He is an expert in Healthcare Simulation and digital education.

Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS) with over 9 years of experience in Simulation Based Education [SBE].

Holds a PhD in Mobile learning with focus on technology enhanced learning and game-based learning.

Laureate of the CNRST scholarship for excellence in research 2014.

Author of several scientific papers, he helped design and implement many simulation projects.

Associate Dean academic Affairs DMCG, Full professor in Forensic Medicine Ain Shams University, Former founding Director of ASU-MENA-FRI My "one day" is "Today".

I believe in justice and educational reform that is built on justice and objective. I have a wide experience in project management and proposal writing after being a part of the Ministry of Higher Education EU project team for quite some time. Learning to plan and write strategies added to my capacity as a health professions educator and I believe added a lot to my direction and unique approach

With experience spanning 4 decades, developed healthcare and education expertise across academia and healthcare, bridging the knowledge transfer gap between education and practice.
Specialist areas of interest include:

• Resuscitation Services.
• Anaesthesia & Operating Theatres.
• Pre-Hospital Care.
• Simulation and clinical skills, both static installations and point of care.
• An experienced educator, well versed in training needs & gap analysis and developing education programmes.
• Invited speaker presenting at international conferences and events.
• Project management.

Medically qualified Professor of Anatomy Education and former Associate Dean (Education) at Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health sciences in Dubai (MBRU). An alumnus of University of Sheffield (MMed Sci, PhD) and University of Dundee (MMEd) both in the UK.

Anatomy and Medical educator experience of over 30 years at colleges of medicine in the UK, Africa, and the Middle East. A fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators (AoME) and the Higher Education Academy (HEA) both in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Mohamed Hassan Taha completed his medical school (MBBS) at the University of Gezira. He attained a Master and Doctor of Philosophy in Health Professions Education. He had more than 15 years of experience in Medical Education in Sudan, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates. Dr. Mohamed is involved in health professions education across the continuum of undergraduate and graduate level at the University of Sharjah, and now serves as the Director of Medical Education Centre and Coordinator of the Master of Science in Leadership in Health Professions Education. He also works as consultant in Medical Education for Several Medical Schools in the region, and globally. he worked as consultant in developing competency frameworks at undergraduate and postgraduate level nationally and regionally. He is a member of international panel of expert of ASPIRE Award at An International Association for Medical Education AMEE and The Network: Towards Unity For Health TUFH. His research interest is curriculum development and social accountability, Teaching and learning, online learning and engagement, and learning environment."

Prof. Kassab is a Professor of Physiology and Medical Education, and Associate Dean Academics at the College of Medicine, Gulf Medical University. He is also a Professor of Physiology at the Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt. He has held several positions in academic administration such as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, CMED, Qatar University (2017 to 2020), Chairman of the Department of Medical Education at the Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University (2013-2016), and Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Chairman of Medical Education Unit at the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences (CMMS), Arabian Gulf University (AGU) in Bahrain (2005 – 2009 and from 2010-2013). He worked also as a Professor of Physiology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)-Medical University of Bahrain (2009-2010).

After receiving his medical degree in Egypt, he obtained a master’s degree in medical Physiology in 1989 and then enrolled in a joint PhD program between the University of Mississippi (USA) and Suez Canal University (Egypt). Prof. Kassab conducted his PhD thesis research at the Department of Physiology - University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA (1992 to 1994) and obtained the PhD degree in Medical Physiology from Suez Canal University (1995). Following his PhD, he worked as a post-doctoral fellow and then an instructor at the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Centre – USA (1996 – 1998).

Prof. Kassab holds master’s degree in Health Professions Education (MHPE) (University of Maastricht, Netherlands, and Suez Canal University-2008). He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators. He is currently on the Executive Committee Board of the Association of Medical Education in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (AMEEMR), the regional body of the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME). Prof. Kassab served also as a WHO consultant in Medical Education and accreditation in the EMRO region. He is also a member of the Editorial and Advisory Boards of several journals in medical education such as BMC Medical Education, Health Professions Education Journal, and Advances in Medical Education & Practice. He conducted several workshops on different areas of Medical Education in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Tunisia, and Jordan. He published over seventy articles in international peer-reviewed Journals in Medical Physiology and Medical Education.

Experienced Professor and Consultant of Gynecologic Endoscopy and Robotic surgery. Chief of the Minimally Invasive Endoscopy Unit at Kasr Al Aini Medical School, Cairo University where he graduated summa cum laude. Later trained in Chronic Pelvic pain management/Endometriosis management at Rochester General Hospital/University of Rochester. Was trained in IVF/ICSI at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Diploma of Reproductive Medicine and Biology from University of Geneva, Switzerland. Robotic surgery training at Boston Children’s Hospital. Adjunct Faculty at National Cancer Institute, Cairo where he was member of the Robotic Surgery team. Senior Consultant at two of Cairo’s largest Ob&Gyn hospitals. Founder and Director of Vessalka, the Cairo University OB&GYN virtual reality Sim center. Founding Partner and Owner Fawkia Geriatric Hospital and Rehabilitation Center. Private practice specializing in advanced laparoscopic surgery. Ad hoc reviewer in several publications and authored multiple chapters in various textbooks. His research interests include use of VR in resident training, decreasing blood loss in Laparoscopic myomectomy and hysterectomy and application of Mixed Augmented Reality in education and surgical planning. Recently elected as one of only 120 members of the Institut d’Egypte, (Egyptian Scientific Society) founded in 1798 by Napoleon Bonaparte and Egypt’s oldest scientific organization.

Vice Dean of College of Medicine. Head of Surgery Unit and Professor of Surgery. A colorectal surgeon and medical educator. Senior editor of BMC Medical Education and Frontiers of Surgical Oncology. Published around 200 research articles about inter professional collaboration, technology in MedEd, curricular interventions, and colorectal surgery. Directir of PG surgical courses by RCSEng and Blended learning England.