Prof. Dr. Omaima Idris has been a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, OBGYN at Cairo University since 2004 and the Director of OBGYN in El Kasr El Ainy Hospital for 14 years. She was the General Secretary of the National Population Council and was the head of the organizing committee of the obstetrics and gynecology conference, Cairo University for 10 years. She is the first woman to be appointed to this position.
Prof. Idris is actively involved in civil society having founded three non-governmental and philanthropic organizations. Moreover, she was a member of the constitutional reform committee in 2013. She is the CEO of Rofayda Health Park in Sheikh Zayed, a medical campus with specialized centers of excellence, a maternity hospital focusing on women and children’s health, and an ophthalmology hospital.