DrTariq Abbas, MBA & Masters in Dentistry☆ 20years☆ Dentistry Operations☆Clinical Governance☆Digital Transformation

DrTariq Abbas

MBA & Masters in Dentistry☆ 20years☆ Dentistry Operations☆Clinical Governance☆Digital Transformation

Primary Health Care Corporation

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Higher diploma, Leading Digital Health Transformation
Experience
18 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 9 Months

MBA & Masters in Dentistry☆ 20years☆ Dentistry Operations☆Clinical Governance☆Digital Transformation at Primary Health Care Corporation
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since October 2019

Transformation of primary dental care services for a workforce of over 250 Clinicians & Specialists including Quality improvement.

People Centred Care implementation & Evidence based Clinical best practice.

Planning &Implementation of dental Specialist services ~ including service delivery strategy, resource planning.

Develop Clinical Governance & Clinical Outcome Measures of Quality, including Competency Assessment of Clinicians- Clinical and Non Clinical.

Process mapping and improvement- Internal Value chain.

Resource Optimization- New and existing dental services- Workforce and Materials

Workforce clinical affairs - fairness and transparency with oversight tools.

Chief Transformation Officer- Hospital Operations & Head of Dental at The Nairobi S Hospital
  • Kenya
  • September 2017 to April 2018

* Actionable Strategic guidance involving remapping organizational wide Structures and Processes, and Implementing them.

* Transformation of health services to create long term value.

* HMIS introduction, adoption and implementation- IT infrastructure and networked enterprise.

External Examiner in Dental Materials at University of Nairobi
  • Kenya
  • January 2011 to May 2017

Appointed as External Examiner in the departments of conservative dentistry and prosthetic dentistry and specifically for dental materials.

Key Opinion Leader - Sub Sahara Africa at 3M
  • Kenya
  • January 2015 to May 2017
Head of Department and Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at The Aga Khan Hospital
  • Kenya
  • February 2011 to January 2013

Head of dental department including all aspects of administration and marketing of services.

Expansion of services, as well as planning and executing for satellite clinics.

Policy formulation and implementation in accordance with ISO and JCIA standards.

Senior Lecturer in Restorative cluster at Faculty of Dentistry, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town
  • South Africa
  • February 2008 to November 2008

Senior Lecturer and Clinical Supervisor of 3rd, 4th and Final year Undergraduates of Dentistry, in the subjects of Conservative Dentistry (including endodontics and crown and bridgework) and Prosthetic dentistry.

Senior Dentist for the treatment of patients presenting at the Oral Health Centres at Tygerberg Hospital and at Mitchells Plain, requiring postgraduate level of Restorative Dentistry treatment.

Head of Department of Dentistry (Provincial Referral Hospital) at Ministry of Health, Coast Provincial General Hospital, Mombasa
  • Kenya
  • January 2007 to February 2008

Overall administration of department of dentistry including personnel.
As Head of Department, manage and supervise other Dentists (5-6) and Dentists interns (3-4), COHO’s and COHO Interns (3-4),
Dental Technologists (4) and Interns(4) and
Nurses (2)
ACHIEVEMENT:-
1.Income generated by dental services increased exponentially
2. Re-Approval as an Dentist Internship Centre by the Medical and Dentists Board, after it was withdrawn the preceding 2 years.

Postgraduate Registrar at Faculty of Dentistry, University of the Western Cape, cape Town
  • South Africa
  • February 2005 to December 2006

Clinical work including :-

Basic and Advanced Restorative dentistry
Complete and partial removable prosthetics
Implantology
Craniomandibular disorders

Resident Dental Officer/Surgeon at Coast Provincial General Hospital, Mombasa
  • Kenya
  • December 2002 to January 2005

Treatment of patients of General Dentistry.
On call duties for Maxillofacial Trauma patients.
Awarded 'Best Dentist' in 2004-2005
Hospital Internal Audit committee member.

Dentist Intern at Kenyatta National Referral Hospital, Nairobi
  • Kenya
  • July 2001 to July 2002

Rotations in all specialties of Dentistry
Treatment of patients for the Maxillofacial trauma team
In patient care and assist pre, intra, postop of oral and maxillofacial sugical operations.

Education

Higher diploma, Leading Digital Health Transformation
  • at National University Of Ireland – Royal College Of Surgeons In Ireland
  • July 2023

Focus on digital transformation of health services including Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, IoT, etc. Stakeholder engagement, Project planning with specific consideration to Cybersecurity and Governance in digital transformation.

Master's degree, MBA (Health Care Management) Recognized by AACSB and European Foundation Management Development
  • at Strathmore Business School
  • July 2015

Internationally recognized by AACSB and EFMD Curriculum has been designed and being taught by visiting Professors from the top business schools in the US, including from :- Johns Hopkins University Wharton Business School, Harvard Business School, UCLA, IESE (Spain). Subjects completed are :- 1. Healthcare Systems, 2. Healthcare Human Resource Management, 3. Quality Patient Care in Healthcare 4. Financial Management of Healthcare Organizations, 5. Healthcare Law & Policy, 6. Healthcare Management Information Systems, 7. Strategic Management in Healthcare Organizations, 8. Managerial Health Economics, 9. Organizational Behavior and Change Management 10. Decision Analysis in Healthcare Management 11.Management Communications and Media Relations 12. Healthcare Entrepreneurship 13. Marketing in Healthcare Institutions 14. Healthcare Finance and Insurance 15. Operational Management in Healthcare Organizations Internationally recognized by AACSB and EFMD

Master's degree, Restorative Dentistry
  • at University of the Western Cape, Faculty of Dentistry & WHO collaborating centre
  • December 2006

Included a Clinical, coursework and research components. Passed the Masters degree with an overall 71%, less 4% for a distinction. My researchwork may be accessed on:- http://iadr.confex.com/iadr/safdiv07/preliminaryprogram/abstract_97687.htm http://etd.uwc.ac.za/usrfiles/modules/etd/docs/etd_gen8Srv25Nme4_7668_1190192702.pdf I have presented my researchwork (oral presentation as well as poster) at the IADR (International Association for Dental Reserach) meeting in Pretoria, South Africa in September 2007.

Doctorate, Dental Surgery
  • at Liaquat Medical College- University of Sindh
  • January 2000

Specialties & Skills

Healthcare Strategy
Health Education
Oral Care
Business Turnaround
Dentistry
International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
Healthcare Management and Leadership
Healthcare Strategy

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Languages

English
Expert
Swahili
Expert
Gujarati
Intermediate

Memberships

Medical Practionners and Dentists Board, Kenya
  • Registration
  • April 2001
Health Professions Council of South Africa
  • Registration
  • September 2007

Training and Certifications

Mention by the author of Healthcare Strategy Textbook published in the USA (Training)
Training Institute:
Managing Healthcare Business Strategy by Professor George Moseley- Harvard

Hobbies

  • Hiking
    Table mountain (several times), and others in South Africa and Kenya