Founders & Advisors - Circle Health

Our Founders

Dr. Zakiuddin Ahmed

President, OPEN Karachi CEO, Digital Care

Dr. Zakiuddin Ahmed is a visionary strategist, entrepreneur and a physician leader who specializes in developing sustainable, scalable and innovative solutions in Healthcare through information & communications technology.He’s the pioneer of Telemedicine and eHealth in Pakistan and has many “Pakistan’s firsts” to his credit in the digital health space. He has mentored many digital health startups, is on the board of international companies, and delivers regular key note invited lectures at global conferences. He enjoys the following leadership positions in various healthcare organizations

Program Director - Digital Health, King Saud University
Project Director - RIHIS , RIPHAH University
Director Digital Health, Pharmevo Pvt Ltd
C.E.O, Digital Care
President, OPEN Karachi
President, HQSAP

Mr. Zeeshan Aftab

M.D. & Co-Founder, 10Pearls Pvt Ltd.

Advisory Board

Orthopaedic Surgeon
Medico Legal Examiner
Microsoft Certified Specialist
Tele-Health Speaker & Expert
Creative Medical Software Designer

As an Orthopaedic Surgeon

Fellow of Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons, Glasgow, UK since 1993
Higher Specialist Training in Orthopaedics & Trauma in UK (1989-1995)
Fully registered medical practitioner with General Medical Council UK since 1994
Orthopaedic Surgeon with wide experience of working in Europe, Middle East and the Subcontinent (Over 20 years of Consultant level experience in UK, Pak, Saudi Arabia)
Former Assistant Professor in Orthopaedics & Trauma, F.J.M.C. Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon for Medico legal Injuries since 2006, based at Harley Street Clinic, London UK with nationwide Examination venues

As a Medical IT Expert

Microsoft Certified Specialist since 2001
Founder Director of Medical City Online, a Tele-health company based in UK, supported by a team of 15 Web Developers working on multiple Medical City Tele-health projects.
Designed 20+ Medical Software Projects including Medical City Online Tele-health Services currently being used by organizations in multiple countries
Instructed 70+ Medical Computing Courses/lectures since 2000 (USA, UK, UAE, KSA, Pak)
Regular Speaker & Instructor at International Tele-health Conferences and Workshops in USA, UK, UAE, KSA and Pakistan since 2000 onward.
Medical I.T. Instructor at Health Asia Conferences from 2001-2004

As an Entrepreneur – Founder of several businesses in the UK

Founded a Medico-legal Firm (M L Professionals) in 2008 which won the Business Innovation Award of the year 2012 in UK due to its industry revolutionizing Medical Reporting Software
Video Filming & Broadcasting Company (Apex Video Professionals) in 2014
Live Video Streaming & Software Production Company (Web Broadcasting Services) in 2016
Founder of an International Telehealth Services Firm, Medical City Online with a growing portfolio of Telehealth products (current software projects: 12). www.MedicalCityTV.com
Founder & Designer of www.MedicalCityTV.com

As a Writer on the subject of Telehealth and Telemedicine – Recent most publications

Chughtai S: Healthcare Services over Internet to revolutionize Pakistan Healthcare System Pakistan Orthopaedic Association, volume 3, 2017
Chughtai S, Ellahham S: Telemedicine to revolutionize outpatient-based healthcare The Arab Hospital Magazine, January-February 2018, page 56

As an International Speaker & Instructor on Telemedicine and Telehealth