Dr Ahmed Fahmy
Regional Medical Director, Assistance Services, Northern Asia
China
Dr Fahmy, a French National, was born and raised in Germany. He returned to Paris where he completed his Medical Degree at the University Pierre et Marie Curie, France.
He obtained a diploma in Emergency Medicine from the University Necker, as well as a diploma in Aviation Medicine from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He has also obtained his Masters in Health System Management and Masters in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom.
Dr Fahmy started his medical career in France, first working as a doctor in a ski resort clinic, followed by positions in the emergency departments of several local hospitals. He then went into private practice and completed a thesis based on the clinical findings of Rudolph Virchow and disease and experimental pathology in 1994.
The following year, he joined Service Medical International and worked in remote areas including Kinshasa in Democratic Republic of the Congo, China and Nigeria.
In 1997, Dr Fahmy joined International SOS as a Clinic and Assistance Centre Doctor working in Indonesia, followed by Vietnam. In 1998, he moved to Beijing as a Clinic Doctor and joined the Hong Kong office in 1999. Dr Fahmy was promoted to Deputy Medical Director in 2000 and to Medical Director in 2005.
To date, he has completed missions including, but not limited to, Mainland China, Hong Kong (SAR), Indonesia, Nigeria, and Vietnam. Dr Fahmy speaks French, German, and English.
He obtained a diploma in Emergency Medicine from the University Necker, as well as a diploma in Aviation Medicine from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He has also obtained his Masters in Health System Management and Masters in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom.
Dr Fahmy started his medical career in France, first working as a doctor in a ski resort clinic, followed by positions in the emergency departments of several local hospitals. He then went into private practice and completed a thesis based on the clinical findings of Rudolph Virchow and disease and experimental pathology in 1994.
The following year, he joined Service Medical International and worked in remote areas including Kinshasa in Democratic Republic of the Congo, China and Nigeria.
In 1997, Dr Fahmy joined International SOS as a Clinic and Assistance Centre Doctor working in Indonesia, followed by Vietnam. In 1998, he moved to Beijing as a Clinic Doctor and joined the Hong Kong office in 1999. Dr Fahmy was promoted to Deputy Medical Director in 2000 and to Medical Director in 2005.
To date, he has completed missions including, but not limited to, Mainland China, Hong Kong (SAR), Indonesia, Nigeria, and Vietnam. Dr Fahmy speaks French, German, and English.