Executive Brief Chair of Department, Anaesthesia Aga Khan University March 2021 For more information, please contact: Farah Samanani Managing Partner, Boyden East Africa [email protected] Executive Brief www.boyden.com Chair of Department, Anaesthesia, Aga Khan University ESSENCE OF THE OPPORTUNITY Aga Khan University is a unique hybrid: an institution of academic excellence that is also an agent for social development. A leading source of medical, nursing and teacher education, research and public service in the developing world, the University prepares men and women to lead change in societies and to thrive in the global economy. Chartered in 1983, Aga Khan University (AKU, www.aku.edu) is a private, autonomous and self-governing international university, with 13 teaching sites in 6 countries over three continents. An integral part of the Aga Khan Development Network (www.akdn.org), AKU provides higher education in multiple health science and social science disciplines, carries out research pertinent primarily to low- and middle-income countries and operates 7 hospitals (soon 8) and over 325 outreach clinics, all at international standards. It has almost 2,500 students and 14,000 staff. The University is both a model of academic excellence and an agent of social change. As a leading international institution dedicated to excellence and change, AKU operates on the core principles of quality, relevance, impact and access. The Medical College has 4-year Master of Medicine degrees in anaesthesia, family medicine, medicine, obstetrics & gynaecology, paediatrics, pathology, radiology, and surgery. Currently the University offers fellowship programmes in the following specialties: Cardiology, Infectious Diseases, Neonatology and Paediatric Neurology. AKU is in the process of developing a pioneering undergraduate program at the Medical School which will incorporate inter- professional education where medical students take courses alongside nursing students providing them with a greater understanding of the separate but indivisible roles they both play. The social sciences have also been incorporated into the programs; students will learn about history and geography, the cultural context, how people interact with each other, exposure to law and ethics, philosophy, critical thinking, early research and clinical exposure. The Chair of Department Anaesthesia will work closely with our new Dean of the Medical College - Professor Lukoye Atwoli and play an integral part in the launch of the undergraduate program building on AKU’s legacy going forward. Dr Atwoli is a Professor in Psychiatry with extensive leadership, teaching, and academic research experience. He is the former Dean of the Moi University School of Medicine. Professor Lukoye has a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from Moi University. His residency (Master of Medicine) in Psychiatry was undertaken at the University of Nairobi. Dr Atwoli has a PhD from the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He is a Visiting Scientist at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and an Honorary Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town. He is an international Faculty member at the Global Health Institute, Duke University and an external examiner for multiple universities. Dr Atwoli is a significant influencer of mental health policy in Kenya and on the continent. To this end, he has served as Vice President of the Kenya Medical Association and holds positions with the African Association of Psychiatrists, the African College of Neuro- psychopharmacology, and the World Psychiatric Association. The position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya and will require substantial international travel. 1 ORGANISATION OVERVIEW AGA KHAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY Executive Brief www.boyden.com Chair of Department, Anaesthesia, Aga Khan University ORGANISATION OVERVIEW AGA KHAN DEVELOPMENT NETWOR. K Founded and guided by His Highness the Aga Khan, the A central feature of the AKDN's approach to development Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) brings is to design and implement strategies in which its different together a number of development agencies, institutions, agencies participate in particular settings. To pursue their and programmes that work primarily in the poorest parts mandates, AKDN institutions rely on the energy, of Asia and Africa. AKDN is a contemporary endeavour of dedication, and skill of volunteers as well as remunerated the Ismaili Imamat to realise the social conscience of Islam professionals, and draw upon the talents of people of all through institutional action. AKDN agencies conduct faiths. their programmes without regard to faith, origin or gender. For more information on the Aga Khan Development Network, please visit: http://www.akdn.org AKDN agencies operate in social and economic development as well as in the field of culture. The Aga Khan University (AKU), University of Central Asia, Aga Khan Health Services, Aga Khan Education Services, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat and Aga Khan Foundation (including the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme and the Mountain Societies Development Support Programme) operate in social development. The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) with its affiliates, Tourism Promotion Services, Industrial Promotion Services, and Financial, Media and Aviation Services, seek to strengthen the role of the private sector in developing countries by supporting private sector initiatives in the development process. The AKFED and AKF also encourage government policies that foster what His Highness the Aga Khan first called an "enabling environment" of favourable legislative and fiscal structures. The Aga Khan Trust for Culture co-ordinates the AKDN's cultural activities. Its programmes include the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Historic Cities Programme, Aga Khan Music Initiative and Aga Khan Museum. The Trust also provides financial support for the Aga Khan Programme for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States. While each agency pursues its own mandate, all of them work together within the overarching framework of the AKDN so that their different pursuits can interact and reinforce one another. The common goal ultimate aim are to contribute to an improved quality of life. 3 Executive Brief www.boyden.com Chair of Department, Anaesthesia, Aga Khan University AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY Over the last 35+ years, the Aga Khan University (AKU) While the University sets its sights on the latest has built a global reputation for its work to improve breakthroughs in health sciences and technology, it also quality of life in developing societies through high-quality seeks to integrate systems of values, ethics and principles. In teaching, research and health-care delivery that reflects its doing so, AKU is an important force for pluralism, teaching core values of equity and pluralism. The Board of the skills of critical thinking, analysis and problem-solving, Trustees includes current and former leaders of such while inculcating moral reasoning, ethics and respect for institutions as the University of California, San Francisco; others. the University of Toronto; and the American University in Cairo. Partners and supporters include the The goal, in the words of founder and Chancellor, His development agencies of Canada, France, Germany, the Highness the Aga Khan, is to be “on the frontiers of United Kingdom and the United States, as well as the Bill scientific and humanistic knowledge, radiating intelligence & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Harvard Kennedy and confidence, research and graduates, into flourishing School and the University of Alberta. AKU graduates hold economies and progressive legal and political systems.” key positions at leading institutions such as Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, UNICEF and many For more information on AKU, please visit: others. http://www.aku.edu A not-for-profit organisation and an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network, the University has campuses and programmes in Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Afghanistan and the United Kingdom. AKU began life as a health-sciences university and is renowned for its leadership in health professional education, research and clinical care in South Asia and East Africa. The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi and the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi were the first hospitals in their regions accredited by the Joint Commission International and the College of American Pathologists. Subsequently, AKU has launched programmes in teacher education, the study of Muslim civilisations, journalism, early childhood development and public policy. In the near future, AKU will launch an undergraduate arts and sciences programme to educate future leaders and establish additional graduate professional schools. FACTS ON AKU AKU is a non-denominational institution open to all, irrespective of religion, ethnicity, gender or national • 2,720 current students origin. The University currently has over 15,000 faculty and staff and 2700+ students. Forty-four per cent of the • Present across 3 continents and 6 campuses and University's faculty are women, many in senior posts. Fifty teaching sites per cent of students in the Medical College are also • 15,458 alumni women. The University's admission policy is needs-blind • 15,275 faculty and staff and based on merit, with almost half of the students