Dr. Wael Hafez obtained his postgraduate degrees from Cairo University School of Medicine, first as a master's degree and subsequently as a doctorate . with more than 15 years of experience in the clinical and research fields of Internal Medicine diseases, he joined Egypt's National Research Centre in early 2004. He is usually interested in investigating the surrounding medical issues in the communities where he lives, in search of healthier communities. He began his research on the link between the genetics and response to treatment in hepatitis C when it was one of the major medical issues at the time, and published some of his findings. since 2020, he is one of the team  leaders for COVID-19 Management in one of the key private sectors in Abu Dhabi-UAE, managing thousands of COVID-19 patients. Dr. Wael is currently the principal investigator in lots of COVID-19 research projects, as well as an internal medicine consultant with an interest in the management of communicable and noncommunicable disease.