The Future of Medicine – Role of Doctors in 2025 is fast approaching, see another one of our expert speakers at the event on Thursday 19 May 2016; Dr May Abdel-Wahab,
Director of the Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications International Atomic Energy Agency will be speaking on “Building global partnerships for improving healthcare.”
The complex issues surrounding the optimal delivery of and access to quality healthcare have been recognized world-wide. However, the relative paucity of resources in the face of continuously increasing healthcare needs is a challenge.
The presentation aims at demonstrating the value of partnerships in improving healthcare through providing real life examples seen in an international organization
Partnerships can vary in scope and can be between international organizations, professional organizations, research entities, non-governmental organizations, financial entities, universities, specialized professional staff, industry, among others. Partnerships can lead to optimization of scarce resources. The complementary nature of the contributions of the partnering entities and common goals can lead to a more successful outcome than either entity can achieve alone.
May Abdel-Wahab, MD, PhD is Director of the Division of Human Health at the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna Austria. She has over 30 years of patient care, teaching and research experience in the field of radiation medicine. Before joining IAEA she was section head of GI Radiation Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic, USA and Professor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine, Case Western University. She has served, both as a member and chair, on various National and International committees, advisory boards and professional journal editorial boards She was honoured as a fellow of the American board of Radiology, American Society of Radiation Oncology and was on the Best doctors in America listing, among other honors. Dr Wahab is an avid lecturer and a frequent participant on scientific panels. She has also served on National expert panels to develop treatment guidelines and appropriateness criteria for cancer management. She has over 150 publications in scientific journals. She has a special interest in education and curriculum development as a former residency program director and has organized numerous National symposia and scientific meetings. In addition, she has an interest in healthcare access and training, as well as novel solutions to disparity and diversity issues in radiation oncology such as the initiation of a Radiation Oncology minority fellowship program and as consultant for the Set-up of a Telemedicine Network for Radiotherapy Centres in Africa (AFRONet) and later as an expert for their virtual tumor boards. She serves on UN inter-agency Task Force (UNIATF) on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and the Steering Committee for the Global Joint Program for Cervical Cancer and as the IAEA representative to UNSCEAR.
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