Hala Elhilali is a professor of Ophthalmology in Cairo University. She is the Vice-President of the Egyptian Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (EAPOS) and President Elect of the International Strabismological Association (ISA).

She was the Director of the Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Unit in Cairo University (2015-2019) and is currently the head of the Pediatric Ophthalmology Service at the International Eye Hospital in Cairo. She is on the Advisory Board of the International Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Council (IPOSC). She has a special interest in pediatric and adult strabismus, pediatric glaucoma, pediatric cataract. She has participated in many international symposiums and courses and has numerous publications in these fields.