Dr. El Nawawi is a physician with specialty training in psychiatry, and a public health professional, graduating from Cairo University School of Medicine (MBBCh) and Harvard School of Public Health (MPH) respectively.
She has over 13 years of experience across different healthcare sectors in North Africa, GCC and the Middle East, including clinical practice, governmental and non-governmental organisations, academia and medical affairs in the pharmaceutical industry where she assumed various senior roles in leading companies.
She commands high levels of expertise spanning across respiratory diseases, HIV, systemic lupus erythematosus, pulmonary arterial hypertension and oncology solid tumors and metabolic ultra rare diseases.
She is currently Regional Angels Initiative Lead for Stroke Care at Boehringer Ingelheim, managing and leading teams in India, Turkey, Africa and the Middle East to develop stroke centres, reduce morbidity and mortality and elevate the overall stroke care delivery across the region.