Dr Magdy Ishak

Professor Magdy Ishak was born in Egypt in 1947, and currently lives in London, UK. He graduated from Ain Shams Medical School in Egypt and was trained as an Orthopaedic and Spinal surgeon in the United Kingdom. During his Medical career, he pioneered the work on lower limb graded pressure stockings which reduce the risk of DVT and Pulmonary Embolism in orthopaedic surgery, currently these stockings are used worldwide in all type of surgeries. 

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Ishak was instrumental in the adaptation of the ISO 9001 in healthcare accreditation, he was chosen by his peers as an Honorary Companion Charter Institute of Management, he also teaches Healthcare management, was made Freeman of the City of Glasgow for his Civic work.

He is a former senior judicator in disputes between government and private healthcare providers in the UK. Ishak is one of the early participants in PPP and has three major projects with the NHS including the Neuroscience Institute and brain injury in Bristol.

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Ishak is member of the IOD since 1986, and former director the Supervisory Board of London Middle East Institute SOAS University. Ishak is one of the leading entrepreneurs in UK healthcare, He is a former founder and CEO of Scotcare group, Crestacare PLC, and Covenant Healthcare Group, Optiv group, AA aromatherapy, and Chairman of Magdi Foundation Egypt, Chairman of MY Global Heart Foundation USA, trustee of both the British University Egypt and New Giza University

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Ishak is the former Chairman of the Egyptian Medical Society-UK, Vice Chairman of the British Egyptian Society,