Dr. Abdelkarim Kamel

Assistant to the Chairman
Specialized Medical Centers
Egyptian Ministry of Health

Dr Abdelkarim Kamel is Assistant to the Chairman of the Specialized Medical Centers (SMC). SMC is a sector of the Egyptian Ministry of Health that provides tertiary healthcare service through 41 specialized hospitals and centers, and accounts for 65% of the market share for the treatment of Oncology, and 45% of market share for open heart surgeries in Egypt. Dr. Kamel is an Assistant Professor of Medical Biochemistry in the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University. For the last seven years he has been teaching Healthcare Management in the American University in Cairo, as well as Lean Six Sigma for the Institute of Quality. He is a Consultant for the Health Information System for the Chamber of Information Technology reviewing and appraising hospital healthcare applications in Egypt using the standards of Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT). He has occupied several managerial jobs in the private sector including Shaalan Health System and As-Salam International Hospital.