Improvement Advisor, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, England

Poonam Gupta is a physician and is currently serving as an Improvement advisor at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. In her previous role as the Program Director for Value Improvement at the Heart Hospital of Hamad Medical Corporation in Doha, Qatar, she demonstrated exceptional leadership and expertise and achieved significant results. She has extensive experience in designing and leading large-scale improvement collaboratives and serves faculty for the Efficiency improvement collaborative with the Center for National Health Insurance (CNHI), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. She is a faculty for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and served on the leadership team for the Scaling up Quality Improvement Training in 38 District Hospitals of Bihar, India for improvement in the Quality of Maternal and Newborn Healthcare Services and Outcomes project. Her work has spanned India, the Middle East, and the United Kingdom, allowing her to gain valuable insights and contribute to healthcare improvement globally. Dr. Gupta published many papers and abstracts in peer-reviewed journals, along with contributing to teaching resources. She is the Ass. Deputy Editor for the IJQHC, an ISQua Journal. To date, she has earned more than 15 awards for several QIPS initiatives and has been a local and international speaker at various quality improvement and patient safety forums.