Dr. Zakiuddin Ahmed Email & Phone Number

I have been a strategist, healthcare entrepreneur, motivational speaker, mentor and a visionary physician leader who specializes in fostering collaborations to create socially beneficial & innovative solutions in Healthcare utilizing technology with a Patient Centric Focus.My areas of Expertise include Digital Health, Patient Safety & Quality, Healthcare Leadership, Research, & Lifestyle Medicine. Digital Health:I have been pioneering Telemedicine for more than 27 years & currently specialize in remote patient monitoring. As a global expert & independent expert in Digital Health , I contributed in the development of “WHO-ITU National eHealth Strategy Toolkit”. I am 1st Pakistani member of ATA and also on the editorial board of ISfTeH journal. I am also on the editorial board of “Telehealth and Medicine Today” journal. As Project Director, I developed “Rah@H’ the world’s first fully integrated Connected Health model at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. I am the co lead of the “Digital Health Platform IV” of Respire2 project, University of Edinburgh & Steering Committee member of UKDHC & HIMSS ME. I am Adjunct Professor of Digital Health & Convenor, Digital Health Pakistan Patient Safety & Healthcare Quality: I established the region’s first & dedicated institute on patient safety “Riphah Institute of Healthcare Improvement & Safety” and also founded /chair the “International Conference on Patient Safety”. I developed a collaboration with BMJ and launched the “BMJ Open Quality Riphah Pakistan Edition” https://rihis.riphah.edu.pk/bmjr/#home as its editor.Health Research: I established “Health Research Advisory Board” as its General Secretary, which initiated Pakistan’s first national registries in multiple diseases.Healthcare Leadership: I established the first of its kind “Institute of Innovation Leadership in Medicine (IiLM) https://iilmtraining.com/ & trained & coached hundreds of senior physicians, CEOs, Medical Directors & healthcare policy makers. I am a certified physician trainer of “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” & “Unconscious Bias”. I created the “ 9 C’s Framework of 21st Century Healthcare Leader” along with other training programs for senior Physicians on Healthcare Leadership.Lifestyle MedicineI pioneered the concept of Lifestyle Medicine and created the innovative health model “SELF” which stands for Sleep, Exercise, Lifestyle, & Food. I am the founder of Health Asia Pakistan’s first and largest health event. I also founded OPEN Karachi (Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America) as its 1st President.

Listed skills include Healthcare, Strategic Partnerships, Business Development, Leadership, and 46 others.