Dr. Rania Mourad

Dr. Rania Mourad is a consultant obstetrician and gynecologist at Al Mouwasat University Hospital in Damascus — one of Syria's leading teaching hospitals. With 18 years of obstetric and gynecologic practice, Dr. Mourad has provided essential maternity and women's health care to Syrian women through an extraordinarily difficult period, when maternal health services have faced severe strain from infrastructure damage, staff shortages, and the displacement of populations.

Maternal health has been one of the most critically affected healthcare domains in Syria's conflict, and obstetricians like Dr. Mourad who have remained and continued to practice have played a vital role in preventing the collapse of formal maternity care. She manages the full scope of obstetric care from antenatal surveillance through labor management and postpartum care, with particular competence in high-risk obstetric conditions including pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, placenta previa, and fetal growth restriction.

Her gynecology practice addresses routine women's health including menstrual disorder management, pelvic infections, and family planning, as well as complications of pregnancy loss and gynecologic procedures available within the current resource context. She performs obstetric ultrasound for fetal surveillance and anomaly detection.

Dr. Mourad is a teacher at Damascus University Faculty of Medicine and a mentor to obstetric nurses and midwives working in the challenging conditions of Syrian healthcare. She communicates in Arabic and English.

Dr. Mourad obtained her MBBCh from Damascus University Faculty of Medicine and completed Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at Al Mouwasat University Hospital. She holds the MRCOG (Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) and a Diploma in Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGO). She completed additional training in high-risk obstetrics and obstetric ultrasound through international programs supported by medical humanitarian organizations operating in Syria. She is registered with the Syrian Medical Association and the Syrian Board for Medical Specializations in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Dr. Mourad provides comprehensive obstetric care including early pregnancy assessment, first and second trimester antenatal care, obstetric ultrasound for fetal biometry and anomaly detection, and management of complications including hyperemesis gravidarum, threatened miscarriage, and placental abnormalities. She manages high-risk pregnancies complicated by pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, multiple gestation, and preterm labor. She performs both vaginal deliveries and cesarean sections, including emergency cesarean sections. In gynecology, she manages dysfunctional uterine bleeding, pelvic inflammatory disease, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and contraception counseling. She performs manual vacuum aspiration for incomplete miscarriage.

Dr. Mourad has contributed to observational research on maternal health outcomes in conflict-affected Syria, published in the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal and the Syrian Medical Journal. She has collaborated with humanitarian medical organizations on documentation of maternal health service disruption and recovery. Her clinical experience provides rare frontline insights into obstetric care under conflict conditions, knowledge that is increasingly valued by global maternal health researchers and policy makers.

Al Mouwasat University Hospital serves the Damascus domestic population. Dr. Mourad consults in Arabic and is conversational in English. She offers video consultations for Syrian women in the diaspora who seek gynecologic advice in Arabic from a clinician who understands the Syrian health context. She provides guidance on medication equivalents and management of gynecologic conditions when Syrian women are navigating unfamiliar healthcare systems in their countries of resettlement.

Dr. Mourad has been recognized by the Syrian Obstetric and Gynecology Society for her continuous service during the conflict period. She has received commendations from Al Mouwasat University Hospital for her commitment to maintaining maternity care standards under difficult conditions. She is acknowledged by international humanitarian health organizations for her role in sustaining women's health services in Damascus.