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Omar Al-Khalidi
2025 Speaker

Omar Al-Khalidi

Digital Health Innovator
HealthTech Arabia
Talk Topic

Healthcare in Your Pocket

About

Omar Al-Khalidi is the founder and CEO of HealthTech Arabia, a digital health company that has brought affordable, AI-powered healthcare diagnostics to over 500 million people in underserved communities across 25 countries. His flagship product, "MediScan," uses smartphone cameras to detect 12 common conditions with 94% accuracy. Omar studied medicine at Harvard and computer science at Caltech before combining both passions. He has raised $120M in funding and been named to TIME's list of the 100 most influential people in healthcare.

The Talk

Healthcare in Your Pocket

How a simple smartphone app is democratizing medical diagnosis and redefining what equitable healthcare can look like.

Achievements

  • TIME 100 Health
  • $120M funding raised
  • 500M+ users reached
  • Harvard Medical & Caltech CS
  • Breakthrough Award 2023
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