I am a Professor of pediatrics at Ain Shams University and a Pediatric diabetologist with more than 20 years of experience in clinical research and clinical practice including type 1 and type 2 diabetes. I have participated in a number of landmark multinational studies in the field of diabetes like CREED study, IO HAT study and PACT-MEA studies. I have as well previous experience in pediatric hematology and have had published several articles in the field of thalassemia.