HealthBeats Podcast

The official podcast of Abu Dhabi Global Health Week, HealthBeats is your ultimate source for transformative insights into the future of global healthcare. Through engaging conversations with industry pioneers, policymakers, and changemakers, HealthBeats highlights how innovation, collaboration, and forward-thinking policies are shaping the next generation of healthcare.

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The Show About the Show #Ep.44

The host becomes the guest as Abu Dhabi Global Health Week’s Event Director, Trevor Punt, interviews HealthBeats host and Managing Director of Healthcare World, Steve Gardner, about his experience of ADGHW, his thoughts on the healthcare system of the Emirate and why healthcare across the region is such an exciting place to be.

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Digital Dreams: The Ambition for Digital Health in Abu Dhabi #Ep.43

H.E. Ibrahim Al Jallaf, Executive Director of Digital Health at the Department of Health Abu Dhabi on the ideas and reality of creating a digitally enabled, data driven health economy in Abu Dhabi.

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The Business of Surgery: Systems, Scepticism and Hospital Success #Ep.42

In this episode of HealthBeats, host Steve is joined by Rick May, Managing Director at Berkeley Research Group, who takes us through his remarkable path from NASA programmer to orthopaedic surgeon to healthcare leader.

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For Women, By Women: Dr. Summia’s Mission to Redefine Healthcare #Ep.41

In this powerful episode, Dr. Summia Samir Zaher, Chief Executive Officer of Women and Children’s Care at Global Patient Care, M42, opens up about her deeply personal journey into the world of women’s health and the systemic gaps she’s determined to change.