Chief Medical Officer, Centre for National Health Insurance, Kingdon of Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia

Dr. Azhar Ali is Chief Medical Officer at the Center for National Health Insurance (CNHI) in Saudi Arabia. He is also currently a faculty and formerly Head of Middle East & Asia-Pacific at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). He is a trained Improvement Advisor and has a deep understanding of healthcare systems around the world both from his experience as a JCI surveyor as well as through his role at IHI. Dr. Ali is also a Consultant in Family Medicine and has over 20 years of clinical experience.
Dr. Ali is a graduate of the University of Glasgow and Imperial College, London, and he holds an MBA (with distinction) from the University of Strathclyde. Dr. Ali is a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (UK) and the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM) and is a Fellow of the The Chartered Institute for IT (BCS) and Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health in the UK.