Prof. Nesrine El Refai

Member of the transitional Technical Advisory Council

Educational Data :

  • M.B.Bc – Cairo University: December, 1989 & was signed up Very good with degree of honor.

  • Master degree (Anaesthesiology-Cairo University): November, 1993 & was signed up Excellent.

  • (M.D. ) M. Ch.  (Anaesthesiology-Cairo University) :  May, 1998.

Present Jobs:

  • Professor of Anaesthesia in Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.

  • Head of Obstetrics & gynecology Anesthesia department. http://scholar.cu.edu.eg/?q=nesrinerefai/.

  • ERC instructor for ALS & ILS courses.( https://www.erc.edu/)

  • Instructor for medical simulation at LRC- Cairo University.

  • Anesthesia consultant at Alshorok & Misr Eldawly hospitals.

  • Examiner for Master and MD in Cairo University, Al-Azhar University & Banisuif University.

Added medical & academic skills:

  • Instructor of Difficult airway management, certified from RUSH university-Chicago, USA since 2009.

  • Reviewer of Egyptian journal of Anesthesia and Journal of international medical research.

  • Organizer and participant of ERC-RCOG annual conference and obstetric anesthesia workshops: 2016-2019. https://www.facebook.com/EgyptianRepresentativeCommitteeOfTheRcogercRcogcom/

  • Instructor for obstetric emergencies in (ERC-RCOG): in 2020 (online course), July 2021 and December 2021.

  • Speaker of many national and international conferences of Anesthesia; EgSA, Alexandria, Panarab conference in UAE (2016), Emergency and resuscitation conference in UAE (2014, 2015), Egyptian conference of Ob/Gyn (2015-2017), Cardio Egypt conference (2014,2015) , Anesthesia department conference of Kasr Alainy & AFSRA conferences.

  • Speaker in the international MEGA online group of Anesthesia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQgA_8KEcYI

  • Former board member of Egyptian Fellowship (2005-2022).

Membership in scientific societies:

National societies:

  1. Central Society of Egyptian Anesthesiologists (CSEA).

  2. Nutrition & Obesity Society.

  3. Egyptian Resuscitation Council (EgRC) & European Resuscitation Council (ERC). Founder & board member of Egyptian Society of Airway Management (ESAM).

International Societies:

  1. Member of Education committee of World Federation Society of Anesthesiology (WFSA) from 2020-2024. I’ve shared the Anesthesia Update 2021 (Education volume).

  2. Former member of Obstetric anesthesia committee of WFSA from 2012-2020, representing Africa and Middle East. I’ve shared Anesthesia Update 2019 (Obstetric Anesthesia volume)

  3. Founder and treasurer of African Society of Regional Anesthesia (AFSRA).  http://afsra.org/

  4. Member of Difficult Airway Society of UK (DAS) & Society of Airway management (SAM).

Areas of interest: Obstetric anesthesia, Airway management & Resuscitation.

Non-Medical area of interest: Reading and writing Arabic poetry. Prof. Nesrine El Refai has published 3 poetry books.