Hayder Allkhenfr received his undergraduate and MD degree at Alexandria University School of Medicine, Egypt. He completed 2 years of Ophthalmology training at Alex Eye Center before he moved to Salt Lake City, Utah for a postdoctoral research fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at the Moran Eye Center, Utah during which, he obtained MPH with emphasis on Epidemiology and global health certificate at the University of Utah and led the TB/Refugee Health program at the Utah Department of Health from 2019-2022.