Mansour, Ragaa

Ragaa Mansour,M.D., Ph.D. graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, in 1973, with honors. This was followed up by completing a three-year residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cairo University (1975 - 1978) during which she earned her master's degree in Ob/Gyn. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship "in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer at Ohio State University, USA, 1982.
In 1985, she returned back to her home country, and started the first in-vitro fertilization program in Egypt, in March 1986. She has held the position of director of The Egyptian IVF-ET Center since 1986 until the present.
In February 2003, she earned her Doctoral Degree from the Department of Ob/Gyn at Maastricht University in Holland.
In addition, she established the first IVF registry in Egypt in the year
1999. She is one of eight international members of the international committee for monitoring assisted reproduction (ICMART).
She is currently the author of 135 scientific publications in the medical literature. In 2005 she was honored by receiving the national excellency award in reproduction technology. She is interested in painting, and reading. She is a mother of three children