Can a man specialize in gynaecology and obstetrics?
Question

                I am a student in the faculty of medicine, in my final year, and I am seriously thinking of the possibility of specializing in gynaecology and obstetrics. What is the Islamic view on this matter?.
Praise be to Allah.
    A question similar to yours was put to the Standing Committee 
    for Issuing Fatwas, headed by Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on 
    him). It reads as follows: 

    I am a student in the faculty of medicine and next year we 
    will be covering the subject of gynaecology and obstetrics. I want to ask 
    the following: 

    (a)Is it permissible for me to 
    attend the practical classes in which women’s bodies may be uncovered?

    (b)Is it permissible for a male 
    doctor to specialize in gynaecology and obstetrics, or is this only for 
    female doctors?

    They replied: If there is a sufficient number of female 
    specialists in gynaecology and obstetrics, then it should be limited to them 
    and it is not permissible for you to study it, or to look at the ‘awrahs of 
    women when training, whether that is examining them or doing surgery on 
    them. But if there are not enough women specializing in gynaecology to do 
    what is essential in this field, and there is a need for Muslims to 
    specialize in it, then it is permissible for you to study it and you have a 
    concession allowing you to see whatever you need to see to examine women and 
    do operations. End quote. 

    Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah 
    (12/175) 

    And Allaah knows best.