Ashraf Nabhan is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Ain Shams University, Egypt. He is a consultant of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Hospitals. His university hospital is one of the largest maternity hospitals in the Middle East and Africa with more than 16,500 births per annum. Nabhan's areas of interest, where he published extensively, include high risk pregnancy and operative obstetrics. He is a world expert in synthesized evidence and in developing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Among many credentials, he is the founder and director of Egyptian Center of Evidence Based Medicine (ECEBM), renowned as a national and regional center of excellence in Evidence Based Healthcare. His center is a member of Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative (GESI) network and The Partnership for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (PMNCH). His center produces and disseminates systematic reviews of research evidence in health care, supports policy making and guideline development and provides training to strengthen research capacity and provides peer mentoring in evidence synthesis and guideline development.