Shahira Fathy Loza

Dr Loza graduated from Kasr al-Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University in 1979 and started her basic training in psychiatry at The Behman while completing her DPN&M degree at Cairo University. She continued practicing at The Behman with a special focus on rehabilitation programmes and children with special needs. In addition to her work as consultant psychiatrist at The Behman, Dr Loza assumed the position of director of Dar al-Toufoula for Rehabilitation in 1985 and served in many benevolent NGOs with the same interest. Training at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio and Stanford University, California in 1996 stimulated her interest in sleep medicine. In 1997, she successfully completed the sleep medicine course at the Stanford School of Sleep Medicine. She was also granted the Diploma of Sleep Medicine from the University of Montpellier, France. Currently, Dr Loza is the director of the Cairo Center for Sleep Disorders (CairoSleep) and leads the Learning Disabilities Unit and the Neurophysiology Unit at The Behman.