Gamal Serour is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, Director of the International Islamic Center for Population Studies and Research – Al Azhar University, and former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Al Azhar University. He is the Past President of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO). He is the past President of the African Federation of Fertility Societies (AFFS). He is also a past member of the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee (IGBC) and the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) of UNESCO and former chair of the FIGO bioethics committee. He co-chaired EMRO/ WHO HREC (Health Research Ethics Committee) till 2024. He is a former member and chair of WHO STAG / HRP, RHR, Geneva. He is currently a member of the Islamic Complex of Al Azhar. Prof. Serour established the first IVF Center in Egypt with two of his colleagues in March 1986 and delivered the first Egyptian IVF baby in July 1987. Currently, he is the President of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian IVF Center, Maadi, Cairo, and President of the Egyptian Fertility and Sterility Society (EFSS).