page_title: Naguib Pasha Mahfouz
section_title: Career progression
hierarchical_section_title: Naguib Pasha Mahfouz / Career progression
caption_attribution_description: English: Prof. Naguib Pashsa Mahfouz with King George II of Greece and Prime Minister Mostafa Pasha El Nahas in 1942
context_page_description: Naguib Pasha Mahfouz is known as the father of obstetrics and gynaecology in Egypt and was a pioneer in obstetric fistula.
context_section_description: Naguib Mahfouz was appointed as Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Kasr El Aini Hospital in January 1929, a post he occupied until he reached the age of retirement in January 1942. His term of service at Kasr El Aini was extended by five years at the unanimous request of his colleagues at the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Mahfouz was also obstetrician and gynaecologist to the Egyptian Royal Family. His pioneering work on the surgical repair of urinary and faecal fistulae brought him and Kasr El Aini hospital international acclaim. The leading lights in his speciality came all the way to Egypt to watch him repair fistulae at Kasr El Aini and the Coptic Hospital, and he was invited to lecture and show films of his operations at the Universities of London, Oxford, Edinburgh, Geneva, and Lausanne to name a few.
caption: With King George II of Greece and Prime Minister Mostafa Pasha El Nahas
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