Dr Siddiq Anwar
Consultant Nephrologist and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC) and Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Dr. Anwar believes in using data-driven decision-making in healthcare and process optimization to improve overall healthcare outcomes. He spearheaded the digitalization of the End Stage Renal Disease program in Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), the digitalization of the Complete Acute Kidney Injury Management pipeline at SSMC and helped set up the Paired Kidney Exchange program in UAE. This work has been awarded by HIMSS, the Arab Hospitals Federation, and the Patient Safety Conference. He also was awarded the best nephrologist in the UAE award by Health Magazine in 2023.
He is collaborating with colleagues from Khalifa University and the Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence to develop an AI Platform, “RenAIssance” to help improve Acute Kidney Injury outcomes. This team won the grand prize in a hackathon organized by Ericsson & UAE Ministry of Economy and was a semifinalist in the 3C-AI4H Bowl-Institute for Augmented Intelligence in Medicine (I.AIM), at Northwestern University, USA. In addition, he has received a Research grant from the Department of Health, Abu Dhabi.