NOVEMBER 20-21, 2020 ONLINE


Healthcare Communications in the Middle East

Ambika Anand

Ambika Anand

Senior Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon
Hamad Medical Corporation
Program Director Breast Surgery Fellowship HMC
Lead Advanced Comskills Program HMC
Surgical Clerkship Director CMED QU Qatar

Dr. Ambika Anand completed her Medical School and Post Graduate training from Lady Hardgine Medical College and Affiliated Hospitals Delhi, India. She was an Assistant Professor in Surgery in MAMC, Delhi India till 1988 when she moved to the UK and retrained in general Surgery and subspecialized in Breast Surgery. She obtained her Higher Surgical Training in St. Barts Hospital and Royal London Hospital. She underwent Sub-specialty training in Breast Surgery in Royal Marsden Hospital London, UK. After her CCT, Dr Anand worked as a Consultant Breast Surgeon in Boston, Lincolnshire in the UK, during which period, she led three breast units, and served as a Clinical Director for the Department of Surgery managing 60 Surgical Consultants. Her forte during this period was to improve the services and put Lincolnshire Breast units on the map of the UK as the best performing units. Dr. Anand was asked to join Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) in Doha, Qatar, to be a part of the transformation of cancer care in Qatar to improve the Breast Surgical services. Her passion is in Teaching, Training and Patient care. Dr Anand maintains a special interest in Education and Communication. She became part of the Comskill family at HMC in 2014 and since then, continues to be a Facilitator and Course Director for the Medical Communication Skill Course and has been the lead for the Advanced Comskils Program since 2017.