Fatma Alzahraa Elkhamisy, King Salman International University, South Sinai, Egypt; Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
Fatma Alzahraa Elkhamisy
Associate Professor of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine
King Salman International University, South Sinai, Egypt; Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt

Fatma Alzahraa A. Elkhamisy, MBBCh, MSc, MD  (Pathology), MHPE (Health Professions Education), is an award-winning and internationally recognized medical educator, known for her innovations in the medical and health professions education fields. Her focus is on interactive learning environments, technology-enhanced learning, student inclusion, student wellbeing and flourishing, international student support, instructional design, curricular integration, sustainability in education, and faculty development in these areas. 

She is an associate professor of pathology, currently on secondment from the Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt, to King Salman International University (KSIU), South Sinai, Egypt. She has experience working in six other universities along her teaching career in medical, dental, and nursing colleges.

She is an associate Fellow of the Association for Medical Educators in Europe ( AMEE, UK), Ambassador for the International Association for Medical Science Educators ( IAMSE, USA), and Fellow for the International FAIMER Institute, Philadelphia, USA.

She was selected twice in the international Power List 2022 and 2024 produced by The Pathologist magazine (UK, USA) among the 100 most inspiring pathologists worldwide for her distinct efforts in the pathology education field, being a champion of change. She also won the Times Higher Education award for the Arab World 2024 as the Most Innovative Teacher of the Year, for her work on inclusion and engagement of international and native medical students in their learning.

She has many international publications in the education as well as pathology fields, planned and presented many international workshops in prestigious educational conferences, including the AMEE (UK), IME (USA), APMEC (Asia-Pacific region), TUFH, and IMEC. She has peer-reviewed many educational articles for international journals and evaluated submitted abstracts for international educational conferences, including the annual ASME (UK) and AMEE (UK) conferences. She is also a member of many international and Egyptian scientific associations.