Speaker

Hassan Hadi Baker Kazzaz

Extensive, strategic leadership experience as a senior official of the Iraqi
Ministry of Health (MOH).  Served as Director General of Public Health;   Director General of Planning; Director General of each of Iraq’s two largest medical directorates, Al-­‐Karkh Medical Directorate (Baghdad), with 23,340 employees, 12 hospitals, and 120 primary health centers that serve a population of +/-­‐ 4 million people, and Al-­‐Rusafa Medical Directorate, Baghdad, with 14,000 employees, 23 hospitals, 120 health centers, including facilities and programs for infectious disease, trauma, and cardiac care.

Exceptionally wide range of expertise, including in areas of Family Medicine, Infectious Disease, Biorisk Management, Public Healthcare, Mass Casualty Response and Mitigation, Epidemic Control and Prevention, Operations Management, Administration, Financial Management, Stakeholder Relations, Facilities Reconstruction and Management, and Science and Technology Innovation and Management.