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Minister of Health – Kingdom of Bahrain
She has been the minister of health of the kingdom of Bahrain since 1 October, 2015 till now.
Work experience :
Medals ad Awards:
She received "Prince Salman bin Hamad Medal for Medical Merit" from His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, in December 16, 2021.
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Educational qualifications:
She holds a Master’s degree in Information and Libraries from the University of London in 1991. She also holds a number of higher diplomas, including a Higher International Diploma in Educational Planning and Administration - International Institute for Educational Planning / UNESCO, Paris (2001), and a Higher Diploma in Advanced Management - University of Bahrain (1993), Higher Diploma in Library and Information Science - University of London (1989), and Higher Diploma in Education - University of London Institute of Education (1983). Her first university degree is a BA in English - University of Baghdad (1976). She holds an Honorary Doctorate in Medical Education from Cyberjaya University of Medical Sciences, Malaysia, in November 2016.
International & Regional contributions:
During her work at the Arab League, she participated in a number of programs and field visits related to social affairs and humanitarian aid in Arab countries, in cooperation and coordination with United Nations agencies. She also took part in and organized many conferences, seminars and workshops at the national, regional and international levels, and given many lecturesand worksheets in various fields. During her work at the Arab League, she participated in a number of programs and field visits related to social affairs and humanitarian aid in Arab countries, in cooperation and coordination with United Nations agencies. She also took part in and organized many conferences, seminars and workshops at the national, regional and international levels, and given many lecturesand worksheets in various fields.
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Manage large scale delivery assignments for various platform technologies coupled with established credibility in providing domain support for managing operations round the clock while establishing command center and security operation.
He is continuously conducting research in Artificial Intelligence and Organizational Change, exemplified by his publications on latest technologies and how to be leveraged operationally and economically in organizations. He lead the entire Information Technology department in Gulf Air and implemented numerous cutting edge projects and technologies. He managed to achieve over 40 prestigious awards including 15 distinguished CIOs (Chief Information Officer). He formerly served on the board of directors of a leading hospitality and tourism technology provider in the Middle East and on SITA Council representing Middle East and North Africa. He has the ability to implement processes for improving IT Services entailing continual service improvement, service operations, service transition and service design & strategy.
Demonstrator - College of Medicine and Medical Sciences - Arabian Gulf University
Mohamed Almedfa is a medical doctor. He graduated from the Arabian Gulf Unuversity in 2018, after which he worked as a radiology resident for 2 years in the Bahrain Defence Force Hospital. He joined the AGU as a demonstrator in the Internal Medicine Department in 2021. He has a keen interest in technology and artificial intelligence having done a variety of online courses from MIT and Stanford. He is set to do a masters degree in health technology and is pursuing healthcare artificial intelligence as a future career.
Consultant & CIO-King Fahd Military Medical Complex (KFMMC)
Dr Qurban currently works as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Director at King Fahd Military Medical Complex (KFMMC) Dhahran, KSA. He is an executive with more than 29 years of wide industry experience. His key accomplishments Hospital Digital Transformation, Lead system developers to successfully develop in-house HospitalInformation System (HIS) . He has initiated and deployed successfully multimillion innovative technology projects to improve healthcare delivery.
He carried out successfully many other projects such as E-Health development and Implementation, Business Process Re-engineering, Information Security, and Project Management
He has participated in more than 35 local and international conferences. He was awarded as one of the top 100 CIO in 2017 and he has awarded the top 20 CIO's in Middle East and ICT achievement award for years, 2009, and 2010 by CPI Dubai.
MD, MBA Medical Director, MEA, Cerner Corporation
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