Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh as physician.
Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh was born at Old Cairo in 1951. His recorded nationality is Egypt. He trained at Kasr Al AinY and Faculty of Law, Cairo University.
Antibiotics, imaging and the randomised trial defined twentieth-century medicine; evidence replaced authority as the standard.
Most medical progress is invisible: it shows up as an illness that no longer kills anyone.
That the work was done from Egypt matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh is still working, and the assessment of the contribution is not yet complete.
