Cairo, 22 January, 2026: Alameda Healthcare Group and Houston Methodist announced the signing of a multi-year strategic partnership focused on advancing high-quality, patient-centered care at the Madinaty Hospital in New Cairo, Egypt. The agreement marks the beginning of a multi-year collaboration grounded in shared values, mutual trust and a commitment to innovation, quality and sustainable health system development.
Alameda senior leaders attended the signing at Houston Methodist Hospital, in Houston, Texas, underscoring the importance of the partnership and the confidence placed in Houston Methodist as a global health care leader.
“This partnership represents a defining milestone in Alameda’s long-term strategy to elevate health care standards in Egypt through meaningful global collaborations,” said Dr. Fahad Khater, chairman of Alameda Healthcare Group. “Our engagement with Houston Methodist is an active collaboration focused on enhancing clinical care, patient experience and operational excellence. Together, we are embedding international best practices, robust frameworks and advanced digital care systems into Madinaty Hospital from day one. This collaboration supports our vision to position Madinaty Hospital as a regional destination for advanced clinical care, delivering world-class outcomes through innovation, data-driven medicine and continuous improvement.”
The co-branded affiliation between Madinaty Hospital and Houston Methodist includes strategic planning, operational commissioning, quality management framework development and performance monitoring systems to support data-driven improvement. The agreement also encompasses clinical and executive education and training, patient experience design, and an ongoing clinical affiliation to enable continuous knowledge exchange.
“This partnership reflects our shared belief that the patient is at the center of everything we do,” added Cathy Easter, president and CEO of Houston Methodist Global Health Care Services. “Together, we are building a relationship designed for impact - one that combines Houston Methodist’s experience in clinical excellence and education with Alameda’s deep understanding of the local health care needs to create solutions that are practical, sustainable and meaningful for the people of Egypt.”
Through a structured, multi-year collaboration, Houston Methodist will review assessments of clinical quality, patient experience and frameworks, benchmarking performance against leading international standards and providing actionable recommendations to support sustained excellence beyond hospital opening.
The partnership enables multidisciplinary clinical collaboration, including physician-to-physician consultation and joint case reviews, strengthening clinical decision-making and shared learning.
To build local capability, the affiliation includes comprehensive education and leadership development programs, featuring Houston-based training for Madinaty Hospital clinicians and executives, onsite workshops and continuous professional development initiatives.
Joint advisory forums will ensure ongoing alignment on strategy, quality priorities, and patient-centered outcomes, reinforcing transparency, accountability and measurable performance improvement. Houston Methodist will also support go-to-market and operational readiness and remain an active partner beyond opening day, establishing a strong foundation for enduring collaboration.
In addition to the signing ceremony, the Alameda Healthcare leadership visit to Houston included sessions with key Houston Methodist executive, clinical and operational leaders, as well as a project kickoff held at the Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital campus, the newest hospital in the Houston Methodist system which integrates the latest health care innovation and technology. These engagements marked the operational launch of the partnership and established early alignment on priorities and next steps
Alameda Healthcare Group is a leading healthcare provider in Egypt, dedicated to providing the community with healthcare services of the highest quality and leveraging global communications and leading technologies to deliver medical care to patients. Alameda has a bed capacity of 1,023 beds and 128 clinics through a strategically located network of four JCI-accredited facilities across Greater Cairo, which includes as-salam International Hospital – ASSIH at Maadi. ASSIH New Cairo; Dar Al Fouad Nasr City, and Dar Al Fouad 6th of October City. In addition, the group operates Elixir, an outpatient endoscopy center in Mohandesin and Maadi, German Rehabilitation Center, as well as Tabibi, a 24/7 primary healthcare clinic located in downtown, fifth settlement, Maadi & 6th of October.
Houston Methodist is one of the nation’s leading health systems and academic medical centers. The health system consists of nine hospitals: Houston Methodist Hospital, its flagship academic hospital in the Texas Medical Center, seven community hospitals and one long-term acute care hospital throughout the Greater Houston metropolitan area. Houston Methodist also includes a research institute; a comprehensive residency program; international patient services; freestanding comprehensive care, emergency care and imaging centers; and outpatient facilities. Houston Methodist employs more than 35,000 people and has had more than 2.2 million outpatient visits and more than 150,000 admissions in 2024.