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Dr.Hani Sakla

Dr.Hani is a third generation ophthalmologist, his father Dr. Fouad graduated in 1956 and his Grandfather Dr. Ragheb graduated in 1922. The 3 generations graduated from Kasr Al Ainy School of medicine in Cairo, the oldest in the Middle East. Medicine and Ophthalmology has always been a vocation and passion in the family with many cousins and uncles working as doctors in 5 continents.

Dr.Hani Sakla, a Spanish national was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1963. He graduated from the School of Medicine in 1986 with top honors. He completed his ophthalmology training in the Research Institute of Ophthalmology RIO in Giza, which is a 110 bed eye hospital. In 1991 he obtained his Masters degree in Ophthalmology M.Sc, and he was appointed as an assistant lecturer of Ophthalmology in the RIO. In 1994 he won a scholarship from the government of Spain to apply for the doctorate degree in Ophthalmology, which was a turn of paramount importance in his career.