Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, International group psychotherapy trainer, the International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (IAGP). Vice-President of the Arab Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Work (AAGPW), co-chair of the IAGP Education Committee, Adjunct Faculty, the American University in Cairo, and chair of Biorhythmic Evolutionary Psychiatry section, the Arab Federation of Psychiatrists (AFP).