Mahira Hamdy El Sayed

Mahira Hamdy El Sayed is a Professor of Dermatology at Ain Shams University , and a board member of the International Psoriasis Council. She is also the Head of the Egyptian fellowship program.

She was the head of the department from 2017 for one year,and she also served as the head of the Egyptian society of Dermatology and Venereology for 2 years. She runs a weekly psoriasis clinic which serves as a referral center registering the patients and overseeing their follow up and management .She is also a member of GRAPPA, and is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Dermatology. She is also the representative of the Middle East in the Global Psoriasis Atlas , a project directed by Professor Christopher Griffiths Manchester England.

She has several national and international publications and has presented several papers in both national and international conferences She is very committed to improving the outcomes for patients with psoriasis in Egypt and has on numerous occasions lobbied the government to improve access to healthcare and medicine.