The Swiss-Made Egyptian: From Medical Student to Fellowship-Trained Consultant: How to Create Your Medical Career Success Path

Mohy Taha MBBCh, MD, FMH, is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon. The Swiss-Made Egyptian tells the story of a medical career success path, one that started in Cairo, Egypt and has taken him to multiple other continents along the way—Europe, Australia, North America, and South America. Why did he pursue medical training in so many places? Because as he saw it, no matter where you are at in your medical career path, to truly serve patients with the best quality care, you must always be on the lookout for opportunities to grow your skills, increase your expertise, learn new methods and technologies, and connect with medical mentors. No matter the stage you find yourself in your medical career path—whether an aspiring medical student, a medical student, an intern, a resident/registrar, a prospective fellow, a consultant, or a fellowship-trained consultant—in The Swiss-Made Egyptian, he shares stories to inspire you to seize opportunities to expand your medical horizons. You’ll learn too how the platform he created, called MY-FELLOWSHIP, is key in helping you locate and seize these opportunities. After all, a medical career path isn't enough. Mohy wants you to experience a medical career success path, and seizing international medical opportunities is instrumental in bringing in that success element.The medical field is a global community offering learning possibilities no matter your location. This model of medical career success path acts as a testament to the awesome opportunities available to those in the medical field, who are willing to keep their heads up and seize unique opportunities that present themselves, even amidst the challenges of studying and training in medicine.