Dr. Karima Salah completed her Basic Medical training at Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University in 1978; she gained Master Degree in Neurology psychological Medicine in 1987.

She worked as a registrar in Behman Hospital from 1980 to 1989. She worked as specialist psychiatry at Saudi-Arabia between 1989 to 1996. From 1996 till now she is specialist in psychiatry at The Behman Hospital.