Dr. Zakiuddin Ahmed

E-Global Awards 2012

Visionary. Strategist. Entrepreneur. Physician Leader

Personal Information

Born on 17th of July 1967 Married with 4 children

Bachelors of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (1992) MBA (ex) in Health Management (1999/2000) Certificate Course on Entrepreneurship from MIT (2011)

Email: zakiuddinahmed@gmail.com Twitter: DrZaki Facebook: zakiuddinahmed Linkedin: Dr ZakiuddinAhmed Web: www.drzaki.org

Dr.Zaki’s Journey

On 17th of July, 1967, Dr. Zakiuddin Ahmed was born in an educated and influential family. Despite coming from a family of Engineers, he had a strong inclination towards medicine .Since his childhood he was cut-out to seek further education from US, where a wonderful career would await him, but fate had some other plans for him and Pakistan. During his medical education, Dr. Zaki experienced some life changing events after which he began to focus on his roles from a different perspective and had a very clear vision of what he wanted to do :

“to develop the healthcare sector in Pakistan so that quality healthcare services could be provided to all Pakistanis where and when they needed it”

Dr.Zaki’s Journey

His first effort and contribution towards his vision, after graduating as a Doctor, was to establish the Star Consultants Clinic, the first of its kind medical center with all day care health services under one roof. The experience of setting up was challenging and equally rewarding. Dr Zaki realized that he possesses the entrepreneurial and managerial skills and envisioned himself to play a key role in the development of health sector of Pakistan.

Later Dr. Zaki introduced the first Family Health Membership program in

Pakistan in the form of “City Health Card”. The idea of providing health membership for the entire family proved to be an instant success and was followed by a series of similar innovative

projects

Dr.Zaki’s Journey

One of the highlights of Dr. Zaki’s career is the pioneering role he has played in introducing and promoting Telemedicine in Pakistan.

He introduced innovative, quality & efficient Health ICT solutions that have enabled the healthcare sector to meet the demands of Pakistani patients

Following his dream to provide best possible health care to the patients in Pakistan, Dr.Zaki established Smart Healthcare, a company which provided international treatment options especially for those diseases which were not being treated locally.

Dr.Zaki’s Journey

His insatiable appetite to contribute to setting the benchmark for the industry led to the creation of “Health Asia” in 2004. Through Health Asia Platform, he gathered and organized all stake holders in healthcare to collaborate on academic and business levels and develop the healthcare ecosystem to another level.

From Health Asia platform many conferences and events were initiated for the first time in Pakistan.

During this time he had already established Pakistan’s first eHealth company and Pakistan’s first Videoconferencing company

He then contributed in the space of Medical Ethics by developing the guidelines for the industry as well as Physicians

Career Highlights More than 16 years of experience in the health sector as a Physician

Leader with focus on Patient as the Ultimate Beneficiary Dr. Zaki conceived the ideas of, established, & successfully managed

innovative businesses & companies in the health services and IT sector in Pakistan

As a Consultant, he has helped the Government, NGOs, Telcos, and other organizations both locally as well as globally, in eHealth / mHealth space, developing strategy and executing projects.

As a speaker, Dr.Zaki has represented Pakistan at many international health and eHealth / mHealth conferences and am also on the board of advisors of a few global events

Sphere of Interests

As a Visionary, Strategist, Entrepreneur, Innovator and Physician Leader, Dr. Zaki has contributed to the Healthcare Ecosystem of Pakistan by Pioneering and Spearheading the following areas :

eHealth / Telemedicine / mHealth Quality in HealthcareMedical EthicsCME & CPD Ethical Healthcare Marketing and Physician Engagement Videoconferencing / Web conferencing Medical Tourism

Country’s “First” Projects / Businesses to His Credit

Star Consultants Clinic & Diagnostic Center ( group practice ) Family Health Management Membership Program – City Health Card Hub & Spoke Telemedicine Project - HOPE Videoconferencing Services & Facilities / Studios International Health Event (exhibition & conferences ) – Health Asia TeleRadiology mHealth Project / Medical Call Center – TeleDoctor eMarketing for Physician Engagement Developed Ethical Guidelines for Physicians and Medical Industry Relationship

for MoH and Pakistan Chest Society MBTI based Career Guidance Center for Drs and Medical Students

Global Speaker on Healthcare As a speaker, Dr. Zaki has represented Pakistan at many international

health and eHealth / mHealth conferences : ATA annual conference, USA 2002 MedeTel / ISfTeH Conference, Luxembourg 2005 SAARC Telemedicine conference, India 2007 Emarketing in Pharmaceutical, Singapore 2009 GSMA Conference, Barcelona 2010 mHealth conference, India 2011 mHealth conference, Singapore 2011 mHealth summit, Dubai 2011 eHealth conference, Iran 2011 World Health Care Congress, Washington 2010 & 2011 WHCC Middle East, Abu Dhabi 2010 & 2011 Saudi National eHealth Conference 2012 Wireless Health Summit Asia, Singapore 2012

Conferences Organized 1st National Telemedicine Conference 2002 1st Teleconference in Health 2002 1st Intl eHealth Exhibition & Conference at ITCN Asia 2002 International Telemedicine conference at Health Asia 2004 1st Quality in Healthcare Conference 2004 1st Medical Ethics Conference 2004 International Telemedicine conference at Health Asia 2005 Pharmaceutical Marketing at Health Asia 2009 Quality in Healthcare conferences at Health Asia 2005-2012 ICT in Healthcare at Health Asia 2012

Companies & Projects

eHealth Services Pvt Ltd

In existence since 2004 First Telemedicine and eHealth Company of Pakistan Offer total solutions in eHealth space includes

complete Turnkey solution, Strategic and businesspartnership, and development for setting up Telemedicine, eHealth, and mHealth solutions that includes Teleconsultancy networks Medical Call Centers Electronic Medical Records

Offering consultancy to various NGOs, Hospitals,Government on eHealth, mHealth and Telemedicine

Organized eHealth awareness seminars and workshopsthroughout Pakistan

Project Hope

First Telemedicine HUB and Spokes model established in Sind in 2005

Establish HUB at JPMC (Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center) Karachi and Spokes at Shikarpur and Gambat Districts in Sind initially that later increased to 8

eHealth Services conceived, planned, developed, & executed this project completely

Project Received International Award-winning CSR Project (Philippines)

TeleDoctor Launched Pakistan’s first Medical

Call Center- TeleDoctor 1911 24/7 medical service in partnership

with Telenor Pakistan Telenor subscribers can call 1911

from anywhere in Pakistan and get qualified Doctor’s advice

Awareness messages via SMS and IVR are regularly broadcasted to subscribers on world health days

Received more than 2 million calls during 5 years

Smart Health Care Dr.Zaki founded Smart Health-Care in 2000. Smart Healthcare pioneered Medical tourism services in Pakistan and

developed international collaborations to develop capacity in local Hospitals through training development

Started “Health Asia” Conferences & Exhibition in 2004

Health Asia Dr.Zaki is the founding Project Director of Health Asia, the largest health

event organizing company in Pakistan . Health Asia has been hosting international exhibitions and conferences

including eHealth, Quality in Healthcare, Medical Ethics and Ethical marketing since 2004.

Health Asia 2005 Health Asia 2012

Pharmevo Pvt Ltd Patient First Dr. Zaki has pioneered the philosophy of “Patients- The ultimate Beneficiaries” for

PharmEvo. In his efforts to direct the company as a Patient-Centered one, he conceived and conducts ”Patients First” workshops for Healthcare providers throughout Pakistan to propagate a service mindset.

Capacity building of Health Care Providers through CME & CPD - Medical Computing - Career Guidance Centre at DUHS

- Learning Resource Centers in Hospital - Masterclass Series for Family Physicians

ePhysicians He has been promoting and facilitating the use of medical softwares, Clinic Information

Management Systems, EMR, Health Portal, etc for Physicians throughout Pakistan.

Research Ecosystem Under “Clinision” a dedicated research division Dr. Zaki has been developing the Research

Ecosystem of the country through the following activities - Clinical trials -Research support for Drs -Workshops on SPSS for Drs

- Clinical Research Centers in Hospitals - Research Advisory Board

Center for Type Development MBTI ( Myers’s Brigs Type Indicator) for Drs and Medical Students

Dr. Zaki introduced MBTI in the health sector and

has organized more than 50 workshops for Drs, Medical Faculty and Medical Students to help understand themselves and use the knowledge to develop their careers

Established First Career Guidance Center forDrs and Medical Students in Pakistan at Dow University of Health Sciences, the largest medical institute of the country.

Medical Voice

Dr. Zakiuddin Ahmed is the CEO of Medical Voice a company which is working in the areas of : Health Advocacy Medical Media Management Medical Publications Medical Tourism for Pakistan

Professional Associations Quality in Healthcare Chapter

National Convener of Quality in Healthcare chapter of QPSP National Coordinator for eHealth, Ministry of Health, Pakistan

2008 - 2011 Focal Person for eHealth for WHO

In 2009, Pakistan was included in Global Survey on eHealth EHAP

Dr. Zaki is the founding member and Board of Trustee of eHealth Association of Pakistan (eHAP).

Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America (OPEN) As the Founding President of OPEN Karachi, Dr. Zakiuddin Ahmed is dedicated to

develop entrepreneurial ecosystem in Pakistan. Aman Ki Asha - Health Chapter

As a member and focal person of the ICT in Healthcare track, Dr. Zaki is bringing together the healthcare leaders of Pakistan and India .

Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America (OPEN)