Sarper Tanli

Executive Director, Middle East and Africa

Sarper Tanli, who holds MD and PhD degrees along with a master's in health administration, leads the Middle East and Africa for the global advisory arm of Mass General Brigham, the academic health system of Harvard's teaching hospitals, a role he has held since 2023 and through which he develops the system's advisory and partnership work in the region. His experience covers healthcare planning, development, operations and informatics on an international scale, including start-up projects for hospitals, surgical centres and outpatient centres. He is also co-founder and chief executive of Diginova Health Solutions, established in 2020, and speaks frequently on the hospital of the future and on the shift of care from reactive to proactive models.