PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY

Consultant Gynaecologist specializing in Urogynaecology and Uro-neurology at University College Hospital and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London in 2004. 

Educational Affiliation

Training Programme Director for Urogynaecology and Uro-neurology at University College London and examines postgraduate students in Urogynaecology throughout the United Kingdom on behalf of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. She is also a well-known national and international speaker in these fields, as well as on Global Maternal Health.

Professional Affiliations

Sohier Elneil has held multiple professional affiliations which are in keeping with all her academic and clinical achievements. They include:

-Immediate Past President of the Royal Society of Medicine Pain Council

-Elected Chair of the International Continence Society (ICS) Fistula Committee

-Elected Chair of the ICS Pelvic Floor Fistula Standardization Committee

-Elected Chair of the Specialist Interest Group in Neuro-Urogynaecology (International Urogynaecology Association)

-Member of NICE Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee

-Member of EAU, ICS, IUGA, RCOG and other professional organization committees relating to pain, standardization terminology, neuro-Urogynaecology and global health respectively.

-Chair of RCOG Global Health Management Committee

-Lead Author/Editor of the International Federation of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FIGO) and Partners Competency-based Fistula Surgery Training Manual

-Lead Trainer for the ‘Training of the Trainers’ on the FIGO and Partners training manual

-Elected Member of the World Health Organization Fistula Guidelines Committee

-Elected Member of the IUGA Fistula Committee

-Elected Member of the ICS Standardization Committee

-Elected Member of the European Association of Urology Chronic Pelvic Pain Committee

NON-PROFIT AND CHARITY BIOGRAPHY

Through her work in maternal health, genito-urinary fistula surgery, female genital mutilation, and global health/surgery, Sohier Elneil has numerous affiliations, including:

Chairmanships

-Invited Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Women's Health Research and Development (FORWARD), 2010-2019.  In 2015, FORWARD was awarded the ‘Healthcare and Medical Research’ award at The Charity Awards in London.

-Past Chair of the Board of Directors of the Fistula Foundation since 2015. This is the leading global non-profit organization working on obstetric fistula.  In 2015 it has been chosen as the ‘Top Rated Non-Profit’ by Charity Navigator. 

Memberships

-Elected member of the G4 Alliance Board of Directors, 2017-2019, and founding member of the G4 Alliance. This is the first organization to bring together members from the surgical, obstetric, anaesthesia and trauma fields to tackle the lack of surgical care globally by engaging with the World Health Organization, the United Nation agencies, resourced and under-resourced governments and multiple non-governmental agencies. 

-Invited member of Board of Trustees of Medical Aid Films since 2012. This charity works primarily using the mode of film for training, raising awareness and educative purposes.