Dr Ahmed Alboksmaty, MBBCh, MPH, is a medical doctor and public health professional, currently working as a Clinical Research Fellow and pursuing his PhD at the Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI), Imperial College London.

Dr Alboksmaty rejoined Imperial College in June 2024, following two years of GP clinical training in Cambridge, where he held an Academic Clinical Fellowship at the Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute (THIS Institute), University of Cambridge. Previously with Imperial, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he spent two years with IGHI, co-leading a research stream focused on patient safety and the utilisation of health technologies in primary care. Prior to this, he was a research assistant at the Department of Primary Care and Public Health in 2018. He also continues to co-lead the "Health & Society" module at the MSc in Health Policy at IGHI.

Since 2019, Dr Alboksmaty has been a consultant with the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), specialising in Quality, Patient Safety, and Health System Development. His contributions to various WHO missions have been pivotal in promoting quality and patient safety across the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) and in challenging environments with limited resources and extreme adversity.

In addition, Dr Alboksmaty is also a Clinical Associate and Consultant in Quality and Health System Development with Primary Care International (PCI), where he has co-led the development of quality improvement strategies in conflict-affected settings and contributed to numerous international PCI projects.

Dr Alboksmaty holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBCh) from Alexandria Faculty of Medicine, Egypt, and a Master of Public Health (Global Health Stream) from Imperial College London, achieved with the prestigious Chevening Scholarship Award for global leaders.

His career in public and global health began with a UNHCR-funded project aimed at streamlining healthcare access for refugees, asylum seekers, and detainees in the EMR. He is also the founder of several public health initiatives promoting health equity in conflict-affected settings and has received multiple international awards for young health leaders over the past decade.

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