 | Dr. Nashat Nafouri Regional Ambassador in Saudi Dr. Nafouri is an advocate in Total Quality Management, Excellence Models, Strategic Planning, Healthcare Governance, Performance Management, Leadership Coaching and Mentoring, Excellence & Safety Cultures, Infections Prevention and Occupational and Environmental Health and Clinical Laboratories Accreditations with over 25 years of experience, tangible achievements and proven track records. He serves on the Saudi Quality Council (SQC) Board as an Executive Officer and Chairman of the Healthcare Interest Group (HIG). The group that put the foundation of quality in healthcare institutions since established in 2003 and made remarkable milestones in advancing quality culture in the health community at national and regional levels and just held its 20th annual meeting in 2024. He currently serves as Organizational Excellence and Quality Consultant at the Security Forces Hospital, Makkah which resulted in achieving the silver level of the prestigious King Abdulaziz Quality Award in its 7th cycle, 2024. He also served as Organizational Excellence and Quality Consultant at King Salman Medical City and Madinah health cluster to lead the city’s effort toward King Abdulaziz Quality Award and Joint Commission International accreditation. Nashat is engaged as ISO series trainer in SASO project for improving quality management in Saudi’s manufacturing factories in line with KSA 2030 vision toward internationalization of Saudi products. He is currently becoming a registered Associat Consultant with British Standards Institute (BSI) for many ISO series including ISO 9001, 14001, 22000, and 31000. He has many professional affiliations to advance clinical laboratories quality in the region by being the ambassador of the Program Office for Laboratory Quality Management (POLQM) of the University of British Columbia, Canada, where many quality professionals were recommended by him, graduated and leading quality in their organizations now. Nashat in his capacity as regional representative keeps on promoting prominent non-for-profit standards organization including the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI), USA and formerly the Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA), USA. Dr. Nafouri had an academic fingerprint as former lecturer in the Community Medicine Saudi Fellowship Board, part-time faculty member at the American University of Cairo for the Infection Prevention & Control and Quality Management courses and former faculty member at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard. He has many publications, instrumental research and workshops that are searchable on the internet in the fields of his expertise. In 2019, Dr. Nafouri has been recognized as quality giant by Professor Mohammad Zairi, the head of the European Center for Best Practice Management for his valuable contribution, dedication, and commitment to promote quality on a sustainable basis in an unrelentless manner for 25 years. He is the 2015 Quality Leadership Award winner endorsed by the World Quality Congress and Awards and Asian Confederation of Business. Nashat earned his B.Sc. in Medical Technology from the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 1991 then completed his post graduate Diploma in Biotechnology from British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, Canada in 1998 and finally achieved his Ph.D. in Business Administration with Healthcare Quality Management focus from the International Washington University, USA in 2005. Emails: nafourin@gmail.com nafourin@qualitylogic.com.sa Linkedin profile URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nashat-nafouri-28090921b |
