Dr. Ghoneim is an international renowned healthcare consultant with more than 40 years of experience in the healthcare industry. He is the Chief Medical and Research Officer of HHERF.

Background

• Over 36 years of clinical experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health.
• Over 25 years of leadership and management experience in healthcare.
• Over 25 years of experience in quality management, patient safety, and patient experience.
• Over 13 years of experience as an International consultant in health care quality, design, management, and accreditation.
• Over 13 years of experience in Healthcare information management systems including appraisal, gap analysis, and implementation.
• Over 13 years of experience in medical planning for small and large healthcare projects.
• Over 10 years of experience in writing healthcare Policies and Standards.

Dr. Ghoniem is currently a Senior Healthcare and Quality Advisor at the Council of Cooperative Health Insurance in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Prior to this, he was an Expert Consultant with the Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions (CBAHI) since 2013. Hossam’s main task is leading the development of the standards and survey process for Kingdom-wide accreditation and certification programs. He is a member of KSA “Standards Steering Committee” and the Co-chairman for the Technical Committee on developing the National Hospital Standards”. He designed and led the development of the “National Ambulatory Standards” under a new functional format (Published June 2019). Hossam is also a member of the Current Certification Programs’ Committees (Trauma centers, Child developmental disorders, Stroke, Spine surgery and Myocardial infarction certification programs). He designed the backbone structure for developing CBAHI certification programs.

For a period of 12 years, he was an intermittent Consultant for the Joint Commission International (JCI) where he consulted with large healthcare institutions and University Hospitals in 72 countries across Europe, Middle East, and Far East (including South Korea and Japan), providing healthcare advice at clinical and managerial levels. He actively participated in the development of the JCI Standards (Hospital, ambulatory care, specialty certification and transportation standards) as an active member of the JCI standards development committee (2012 – 2015). Hossam also participated as a Faculty Member in the Joint Commission Practical courses that are held in different locations around the globe.

He worked in several leadership/consulting positions in many big organizations including but not limited to King Abdullah Economic City, Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, King Abdulaziz National Guard Medical City, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center and Addenbrooke’s hospital and the Rosie Maternity Hospital.

Dr. Ghoneim is among the internationally renowned speakers in local and International conferences on the topics of healthcare quality, patient experience, culture of safety, leadership, safe health design, “SMART” healthcare solutions and management of information. He is also a recognized educator and participated in CPHQ courses held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Professional Affiliations

• Fellowship of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (London, UK).
• Saudi Central board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions in Saudi Arabia (CBAHI).
• Member, Egyptian Medical Syndicate.

Dr. Ghoneim holds a bachelor’s degree in medicine and Surgery, Cairo University. Egypt. (1980). (Excellent with Honors), he obtained his masters in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cairo University. Egypt (1984). He finished his MD in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cairo University. Egypt (1991). He is a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, London. UK since 1990 and a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, London. UK since 2003. He holds a HealthCare Management Diploma from the American University in Cairo (2008).