Dr. Dina El Metwally, MD, Ph.D. Mary G. Cobey Endowed Professor and Chief, Division of Neonatology Department of the Pediatrics University of Maryland School of Medicine, US. 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. El Metwally's research and publications focus on opioid withdrawal in neonates and brain injury. She is the Clinical Co-director of the Translational Center of Substance Use in Pregnancy. UMSOM. She is the Chair of the AAP, Maryland Chapter of the Fetus and Newborn. She is an Editorial Board member of the journal ‘Pediatric Research.