Dina El-Metwally, MD, PhD Investiture Ceremony Program

DINA EL-METWALLY, MD, PHD
Dina El-Metwally, MD, PhD, is a Professor of
Pediatrics and the Chief of the Division of
Neonatology at the University of Maryland School
of Medicine. She joined the Department of
Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, in 2011.
During her tenure as medical director, she played a
pivotal leadership role in the design and operation
of the state-of-the-art Drs. Rouben and Violet Jiji
NICU. This NICU design was instrumental in the
transition of other NICUs at the University of
Maryland and globally.
Dr. El-Metwally graduated at the top of her class
from the Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal
University, Egypt. She completed her Pediatric
Residency and Fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal-
Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. She
obtained a PhD in Neuroscience focused on the Neurodevelopment of VLBW with Brain
Hemorrhage. She completed a fellowship in Neonatal Transport at the Hospital for Sick
Children, University of Toronto, Canada. In addition, she obtained a Master’s in Health
Professions Education from Maastricht University, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life
Sciences (FHML), Netherlands. She also completed a fellowship at the Foundation for
Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) Institute,
ECFMG, Philadelphia, where she currently serves as an adjunct faculty.
Dr. El-Metwally was a consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO) in program
evaluation and health workforce development. She led national programs to decrease
neonatal and childhood mortality in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). As a
MENA regional trainer, she disseminated neonatal resuscitation to mitigate the
consequences of Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE), for which she received the
prestigious Sheila Wallace Award from the International Child Neurology Association in
Montreal, CA.
Dr. El-Metwally's research focuses on neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS).
She is the Co-Director of the UM Center of Excellence for Substance Use in Pregnancy
(SUP). She has secured grants in collaboration with the Departments of Anatomy and
Neuroscience, the Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS), the School of Pharmacy, and the
Smith School of Business, utilizing artificial intelligence to study multi-omics
biomarkers for precision therapy in infants with NOWS. In 2017, she was featured and
recognized in JAMA for the efforts concerted by the Jiji NICU for opioid-withdrawing
babies. Other areas of her research are NICU Environmental Toxicants and HIE.
Dr. El-Metwally is a leader recognized for her regional, national, and international
institutional services. She is a member of the Medicine Appointment, Promotion, and
Tenure (APT) Committee at the School of Medicine. She supports the Women's
Legislative Caucus in Maryland. She chairs the Maryland AAP committee on the Fetus
and Newborn; co-sponsored the FDA Analgesic Clinical Trial for Infants and Neonates;
is a Board Member and Associate Editor for Pediatric Research, a member of the
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Neonatal Research
Network Clinical Centers grant applications review committee. Internationally, she is the
Co-Chair of the International Hot Topics in Neonatal Medicine Conference. She is also a
FAIMER Institute Faculty for Curriculum Mapping, Reform, and Professionalism for
Medical Schools in the MENA region.

WELCOME
Mary Pooton
Associate Dean for Development
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Steven J. Czinn, MD
The Drs. Rouben and Violet Jiji Endowed Professor and Chair
Department of Pediatrics
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Director, University of Maryland Children's Hospital (UMCH)
REMARKS
Mark T. Gladwin, MD
Vice President for Medical Affairs, UM Baltimore
John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor and
Dean, University of Maryland School of Medicine
DONOR RECOGNITION
Mark T. Gladwin, MD
REMARKS
Julia Cobey Gluck
Daughter of Mary Gray and William Wilfred Cobey
SPEAKERS
Maureen M. Black, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Department of Pediatrics
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Betty R. Vohr, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Division of Neonatology
Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Hany Aly, MD, MSHS, FAAP
Department Chair of Neonatology
Cleveland Clinic
Professor of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University
Lerner College of Medicine
MEDAL PRESENTATION
Mark T. Gladwin, MD
REMARKS
Dina El-Metwally, MD, PhD
The Mary Gray Cobey Professor of Neonatology
CLOSING REMARKS
Steven J. Czinn, MD

T
he first endowed professorships were established more than
500 years ago with the creation of the Lady Margaret chairs
in divinity at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. The
original endowed chairs were sponsored by Lady Margaret,
countess of Richmond, and grandmother of Henry VIII in 1502.
Subsequently, private individuals began making financial contributions
to establish other endowed professorships and chairs such as the
Lucasian Chair of Mathematics, which Sir Isaac Newton held
beginning in 1669. Professor Stephen Hawking, the internationally
renowned physicist and recipient of the 2010 US Medal of Freedom,
was another prominent holder of this endowed chair.
The honor associated with appointment to an endowed position has
remained unchanged for the last 500 years and is recognized as one of
the highest tributes that an academic institution can bestow upon its
most distinguished faculty. These endowed professorships and chairs
continue to reward exceptional scholars uninterrupted to the present
time.
The Office of Development is charged with securing private gifts to
ensure the School’s tradition of excellence is sustained through robust
research, clinical, and educational programs and initiatives. The
University of Maryland School of Medicine is fortunate to have nearly
85 endowed chairs & professorships in various stages of completion
and held by esteemed faculty members.

MARY GRAY MUNROE COBEY AND
WILLIAM WILFRED COBEY
Mary Gray Munroe Cobey and William Wilfred “Bill” Cobey, originally
from Quincy, Florida, built their family in University Park, Maryland. A
1930 graduate from the University of Maryland College Park’s College
of Arts and Sciences, Bill played lacrosse. His passion for athletics was
demonstrated throughout his tenure as UMCP’s athletic director from
1956 to 1968.
Parents to six children, family was at the core of Mary Gray’s and Bill’s
lives. It was their love and commitment to family that inspired them to
make a legacy gift to the University of Maryland School of Medicine to
establish the Mary Gray Cobey Professorship in Neonatology in loving
memory of Mark Welch Munroe and Mary Gray Munroe, parents of
Mary Gray Cobey; Carrie Jessica Cobey, and Alice Elizabeth Cobey,
their granddaughters.