The Mary Gray Cobey Professorship in Neonatology

November 1, 2022

About Dr. El-Metwally

Dr. El-Metwally led the project of the new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the University of Maryland Golisano Children's Hospital. The Drs. Rouben and Violet JiJi NICU is a $30 million, state-of-the-art facility with cutting-edge technology. Launched in 2015, 52 single-family units were established on 37.6,000 sq. feet.

Dr. El Metwally also pursued a parallel career in medical education; she obtained a Master's in Health Professions Education from Maastricht University, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), Netherlands, jointly with FOMSCU in 2005. Presently, she is the planner for the Program Evaluation module in the Master’s program. She worked with the World Health Organization (WHO) as an S-T consultant in Program Evaluation and Health-Manpower Development. As well as other global organizations, such as the Higher Education Enhancement Projects HEEP funds/European Tempus, Nuffic-MUNDO-Capacity building at the Schools of Health Sciences, the Netherlands.

Dr. El-Metwally was the founding Director of a Neonatology Fellowship Program at the KFAFH, Jeddah, in 2008. She also completed a fellowship in Medical Education at the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) Institute, ECFMG, Philadelphia, (FAIMER) in 2012.

Dr. El-Metwally has received multiple awards and recognitions: the Sheila Wallace Award by the International Child Neurology Association, Canada, 2006; Excellence in Education Award, JMHPW, Maastricht University/FOMSCU, 2011; Excellence in Teaching Award, Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Program, 2020. She has been named and featured in Baltimore Magazine Top Doctors in 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2020. Dr. El-Metwally was the first medical provider featured in JAMA for the concerted efforts of the NICU at UMSOM for withdrawing babies.

Investiture Ceremony Program

Photo Gallery

(left to right) Steven J. Czinn, MD, Dina El-Metwally, MD, PhD and Mark T. Gladwin, MD

(left to right) Jeffrey D. Hasday, MD, Mark T. Gladwin, MD, Dina El-Metwally, MD, PhD, Steven J. Czinn, MD, Maureen M. Black, PhD, and Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD

(left to right) Steven J. Czinn, MD, Dr. Salma Ghandour, Dina El-Metwally, MD, PhD, Dr. Mohamed Shahin, Salam Shahin, and Karim Dayhoum

(left to right) Katie O'Brien, Carla Nelson, Julia Gluck, Dina El-Metwally, MD, PhD, Betty Joseph, Gerard Phillip Joseph, and Mark T. Gladwin, MD

(left to right) Betty R. Vohr, MD, Rose Viscardi, MD, Dina El-Metwally, MD, PhD, Maureen M. Black, PhD, Hany Aly, MD, MSHS, FAAP

Erin Schofield, MD, Natalie Davis, MD, Jocelyn Leung, MD, Nina Jube-Desai, MD, Rose Viscardi, MD, Sripriya Sundararajan, MD, Shiv Kapoor, MD, Susan Dulkerian, MD, Johanna Diaz, MD, Alex Medina, PhD, Colleen Driscoll, MD, Francesca Okolie, MD, Eunsung Cho, MD, Dina El Metwally, MD, PhD

Erin Schofield, MD, Natalie Davis, MD, Jocelyn Leung, MD, Nina Jube-Desai, MD, Rose Viscardi, MD, Sripriya Sundararajan, MD, Shiv Kapoor, MD, Susan Dulkerian, MD, Johanna Diaz, MD, Alex Medina, PhD, Colleen Driscoll, MD, Francesca Okolie, MD, Eunsung Cho, MD, Dina El Metwally, MD, PhD, Brenda Hussey-Gardner, MD, PhD