Dr Zakiuddin Ahmed – | Digital Health | Healthcare Leadership | Health Research

About Dr. Zaki

Dr. Zakiuddin Ahmed is a visionary strategist, entrepreneur and a physician leader who specializes in developing sustainable, scalable and innovative solutions in Healthcare through information & communications technology.

He’s the pioneer of Telemedicine and eHealth in Pakistan and has many “Pakistan’s firsts” to his credit in the digital health space.

He has mentored many digital health startups, is on the board of international companies, and delivers regular key note invited lectures at global conferences.

Entrepreneurship

Dr. Zaki is a healthcare entrepreneur for more than 2 decades. He has also established OPEN Karachi Incubator in collaboration with ZRG International and Pakistani’s First Digital Health Accelerator ” Circle Health” in collaboration with 10 Pearls Pvt. Ltd. He regularly mentors aspiring and budding entrepreneurs.

For his contributions in the entrepreneurial space, he has been awarded as the “Most Promising Entrepreneurs Award” by E-Global Awards 2012.

Experience

Dr. Zaki has been working in the healthcare sector since early 1994 and was the first person to introduce telemedicine in Pakistan.

As an expert in Digital Health, Dr. Zaki has offered consultancy on eHealth & mHealth to global organizations including WHO, Arther D. Little (ADL) & Telenor

Dr. Zakiuddin contributed to the development of “WHO-ITU National eHealth Strategy Toolkit” as an independent expert reviewer.

Research and Policy

Dr. Zakiuddin Ahmed has been involved in numerous research and health policy initiatives and is currently focusing on policy on patient safety.

He, as the focal person, had earlier conducted the 2nd Global eHealth survey 2009 of WHO Global Observatory for eHealth for Pakistan.

Entrepreneurship

Dr. Zaki is an entrepreneur who has worked on numerous startups in healthcare and technology. He has also started multiple incubators and regularly mentors aspiring entrepreneurs.