Health Care : Current Reviews

GLOBAL TRENDS DRIVING HEALTHCARE TOURISM

8^th World Congress on Healthcare & Medical Tourism

November 17-18, 2016 | Dubai UAE

Malek El Husseini

Qatar First Bank, Qatar

Keynote: Health Care: Current Reviews

Abstract:

The pace of change in health care operations needs is accelerating we see changes in clinical practices, policies, and processes, the pressure on public to reduce cost and private to get more involved in order to satisfy patient needs using existing care settings, operating funds, and workforce. I will discuss the major drivers favoring healthcare tourism, the role of the government into setting up the strategy and the role of private investment to foster such changes, I will also take as example, Dubai, Jordan, Turkey and Thailand as examples. The role of innovation/technology to speed such the process and how countries can benefit from experience of each other.

Biography :

Malek El Husseini serve as Healthcare Operating partner, Alternative investments at Qatar first Bank, a healthcare platform who invest into healthcare industry across the MENA region. He was the General Manager, Diagnostic Cardiology for GE Healthcare, Middle East, Africa, Turkey & CA, Russia & CIS since September 2012. Malek initially began working with GE Healthcare as the Manager for Performance Solutions (the consulting arm of GE Healthcare) in the Middle East, Africa, Turkey & Central Asia in 2006. In 2009 Malek was appointed the Business Development Director for the Middle East and handled the healthcare investments portfolio for GE Healthcare in the Middle East. Malek brings more than twenty two years of industry experience, with over twelve years directly related to consulting in healthcare. Prior to joining GE Healthcare, Malek spent seven years as the Director for ECRI Institute a collaborating center for the World Health Organization in the Middle East. While working for ECRI Institute, Malek interacted with most of major hospitals in the Middle East. Malek started his career in the United Arab Emirates working as Chief Biomedical Engineer for Tawam Hospital in 1994. Before that he worked as Biomedical Engineer at Montreal Heart Institute in Canada for three years. Malek is a lead reviewer for the Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions in Saudi Arabia. Malek was appointed as an external advisor for IFC/Worldbank for medical devices manufacturing investment committee.

Email: malek12@gmail.com