Center for Research and Development in medical education and health services (CRD) is a non-profit organization located in the Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt. It has been established in 1986 by Prof. Zohair Nooman; the founding dean of the Suez Canal Faculty of Medicine, supported by a fund offered by Kellogg’s foundation. In recognition to its efforts in developing medical education on national, regional and international levels, the center was declared as a WHO collaborating center in 1988.