Professor Michael Abou-Dakn, MD, is head of the Gynaecology and Obstetrics Department at St. Joseph‘s Hospital Berlin Tempelhof. His specialist areas include special perinatology and obstetrics. In addition to numerous additional qualifications including that of breastfeeding expert, he is past president of the WHO/UNICEF Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative in Germany, and a member of organisations including the National Breastfeeding Committee.
His research as a chair for medical science of childbirth in the study programme of midwifery at the Evangelical University of Berlin and he is the official speaker for the obstetrics unit of the Consortium for Obstetrics and Perinatal Medicine (AGG) of the German Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (DGGG).