Media Release
Ajman, Feb 6: The new Board of Governors (BoG) of Gulf Medical University (GMU), here, headed by the founder, president of the BoG, Thumbay Moideen, met on Saturday, February 4, to deliberate over the future strategic plans while reminiscing the accomplishments of the year gone by.
Also attending the meeting were professor Hossam Hamdy - chancellor of GMU and professor Gita Ashok Raj – provost of GMU. Other members of the board include professor Richard Raymond – president and CEO of Medical College of Wiscosin, USA; Dr Lorenzo. M Leoni – managing partner TiVenture (Agrie Invest), Switzerland; Dr Mohammed Amin Al Awadi - assistant undersecretary for Training & Planning – ministry of health, Bahrain; professor Nadia Badrawi - vice president and founder – ANQAHE , Cairo, Egypt; Dr Tayeb A Kamali - director general, education and training, ministry of interior - Abu Dhabi, UAE; professor Salem Chouaib - director of research, Institute Gustave Roussy, Paris, France; Feroz Allana - director, IFFCO Group of Companies, Sharjah, UAE; Hamid Taylor - general manager, Finance House, Abu Dhabi, UAE and Akbar Moideen Thumbay - vice president - healthcare division, Thumbay Group - Ajman, UAE.
The BoG discussed strategic plans to make GMU one of the leading international universities in education, healthcare and research. “The university is expanding its networks of affiliated Thumbay academic hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and diagnostic labs. The Thumbay academic hospital network will have a total of 1000 beds in the UAE, 1500 beds in India and 750 beds elsewhere in the Gulf and Africa by 2022, taking the total number of hospitals to 15 worldwide. The Gulf Medical University - Ajman will soon become a full-fledged university with engineering and management courses in addition to medicine. The group also plans to open three new university campuses across 3 different countries. By 2022, Thumbay Group plans to add 25 Thumbay Labs and 100 Thumbay Pharmacies,” explained Thumbay Moideen, detailing the strategic objectives.
Professor Hossam Hamdy, the chancellor said that GMU was undergoing a major transformation. New strategic objectives have been identified and the expansion plans aim to develop the university into the first private academic health system in the region. “Our transformation into an academic health system will not only impact the health of the community, but will also contribute in a big way to advances in education, healthcare and research, in addition to significantly improving the quality of patient care,” he added.