"I have been tasked with the leadership and the development of a new world-class center of excellence in healthcare planning, medical education and research. This regulatory body, the Center for Healthcare Planning and Quality, is molding the emergence of an international Dubai Healthcare City. The commitment and resources of our principals, combined with the international expertise of HMI, provide a solid framework for our team's success."
 


  • Chief Executive Officer, Center for Healthcare Planning & Quality, Dubai Healthcare City


  • Health care systems development
  • Medical Affairs
  • Cancer Control
  • Societal and business cycles


  • Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
  • Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
  • Member of the faculties of Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Executive Vice-President and Head of Cancer Control, American Cancer Society, Florida Division
  • Clinical research interests have focused on surgical oncology of complex skull base neoplasms as well as new technologies applicable to immediate craniofacial reconstruction


  • Lecturer, international cancer centers
  • Leadership positions, international medical organizations
  • A native of the former Czechoslovakia


  • MD, State University of New York (conferral, MD Charles University)
  • MBA, Regis University
  • PhD in Applied Management and Decision Sciences (candidate), Walden University