08/31/2026
Some of the most important decisions begin when the room gets quiet.
After decades in medicine, leadership, and working across institutions and countries, I’ve learned that clarity rarely comes from talking more. Sometimes it comes from listening better.
As I prepare to return to Egypt, I’m thinking less about what I want to say — and more about what I need to understand from the physicians, leaders, innovators, and institutions already shaping its future.
Egypt already has extraordinary talent and deep medical experience.
The opportunity is to listen carefully to where those strengths can connect even more powerfully with innovation, prevention, precision medicine, education, and international collaboration.
Before we talk about what Egypt should build next, we should understand what is already working — and where the greatest opportunity lies.
So I want to ask:
What should Egypt’s healthcare leaders be listening to right now?
Dr. Dalal Akoury