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Advocacy Advisor | Founder & CEO
Dr Sawsan Al Madhi (MD)
20+ Years Experience
Dr. Sawsan A. S. Al Madhi is a professional healthcare Leader and Consultant, Advocacy Advisor, Entrepreneur, honor class master’s degree holder and an MD with more than 20 years’ progressive leadership experience and skills in strategy, governance, operations and administration within the civil society, not-profit charitable sector, advocacy and public health education & promotion within UAE and internationally.
Dr. Sawsan Al Madhi
Credentials
- Dr. Sawsan A. S. Al Madhi (MD), Masters in Health Care Management (RCSI)
- Winner of the Middle East CSR Leadership award 2017
- Listed within the top 50 CEO’s in the region, women of influence for 2021
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (UK)
- International Experience Exchange with Patients Organizations (IEEPO) External Advisory Committee member (2022-till date
- Global Pan-Therapeutic Patient Centricity Advisory Board (Global PTPCA) member (2023-till date
- NCD Alliance EMR regional board member (2017- till date)
- NCD National board, UAE (2017- till date)
Dr. Sawsan Al Madhi's
Past & Present
Currently she is the founder and CEO of AlignnEficient Health Consultancies a niche social enterprise working with multi stakeholders to push the agenda of advocacy on a local, regional and global level while focusing on patient’s centricity and meaningful engagement of the patients voice .
Previously working in one of the most reputable charities in the UAE as the Director General for Friends of Cancer Patients, Dr. Sawsan’s role was to supervise the continuing refinement and expansion of the organizational objectives which include: providing high quality services, organizing fundraising activities, developing, planning and executing nationwide awareness programs and campaigns through collaboration with a vast network of national and international, governmental and private sector organizations, pushing the advocacy agenda on NCD’s and working on feasible patients access to treatment solitons.
Academics Background
Dr. Al Madhi is an Internal Medicine specialist, Fellow of The Royal Society of Medicine (London), and a registered doctor with the General Medical Council (GMC) in the United Kingdom. Her clinical and medical expertise is based on working at the Dubai Health Authority (Dubai- UAE) and at the Ministry of Health (Sharjah-UAE). She also holds a Master’s degree in Healthcare management from the Institute of Leadership of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. Having medical, nonprofit and international expertise, Dr. Al Madhi strives to achieve excellence, sustainability, and attain results within the non-profit sector especially civil societies working within the healthcare sector.
Memberships & Contributions
In addition, Dr. Al Madhi is an active member on a number of committees and boards including the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland UAE chapter Alumina board, the National Committee for Cancer Control (NICC,MOH-UAE), NCD national committee member- UAE, NCD Alliance EMR regional board member, International Experience Exchange with Patients Organizations (IEEPO) External Advisory Committee member, Global Pan-Therapeutic Patient Centricity Advisory Board (Global PTPCA) member, Faculty member of the Institute of Cancer Policy – UK, to name a few.
Public Speaking
Dr. Al Madhi is also a renowned public speaker in many areas including the future of non- profit, CSR, Public-Privet partnership, sustainability, gender balance, women health, health equity and leadership. Dr. Al Madhi also focuses on women’s health, wellness and constantly highlighting these topics in her frequent educational lectures, workshops panel discussions and conferences.
Academics & Research
Venturing into the Academic and Research platform Dr. Al Madhi is currently a visiting lecturer on the topics of “Healthcare management”, “Public Health”, “International health policy”,” Health education and promotion” , “Healthcare process” , “ Health care systems “and “Patients care” in one of the most prestigious academic institute in UAE the Canadian University in Dubai.
Dr. Al Madhi with her forward thinking, problem solving, creative and results oriented approach can propel organizations towards achieving goals and supporting its multifaceted needs in the philanthropy and the civil society sector, with her 20 year track record in patients advocacy in the EMR region, with vast network regionally and internationally she managed to incorporate patients voice in policy making and introduce meaningful patients engagement via her work as the former Director General for Friends of Cancer Patients in UAE and her current work as an Advocacy Advisor.
