Dr. Zeenat Sulaiman Khan

Dr. Zeenat Sulaiman Khan

  • Regional Chief Executive Officer Aga Khan Health Service, East Africa (AKHS- EA)
  • | Nursing Session

Dr. Khan provides strategic leadership to a senior leadership team comprising four CEOs for the AKHS-EA clusters and heads of finance and business development, quality and patient safety and human resources, and information technology. She also oversees various infrastructure and facility development projects, including developing Kisumu hospital expansion, a comprehensive oncology building in Dar-es-Salaam, and establishing the network of offsite and specialized clinics across the region. As Regional Director, Capital Projects of AKH, Dar Phase 2, Dr. Khan has led the consultants and contractors to successful completion of the project within time and budget (US$45m). In addition, she led accreditation of JCIA and SafeCare in various hospitals and offsite and specialized clinics. Dr. Khan has 30+ years of healthcare experience, with expertise in hospital and nursing administration, quality improvement, and patient safety. Dr. Khan will be presenting on Day 1 of ICON 2022 at the Nursing Department session. She will be covering the topic “Nurses Making Sacrifices Above and Beyond the Call of Duty.”