Bizuayehu Gashaw Andualem is a highly accomplished healthcare professional with a proven track record of leadership and management in various roles. With a strong passion for improving healthcare outcomes, he has dedicated his career to driving positive change and delivering high-quality services to communities in need. His commitment to improving healthcare outcomes and his ability to drive positive change make him a valuable asset to any organization. Bizuayehu's academic background is rooted in biomedical science, with a bachelor's degree from Jimma University, Ethiopia. He furthered his education with a master's degree in healthcare and hospital administration from the same university, and he earned his PhD in biomedical sciences at Bahir Dar University, demonstrating his commitment to advancing his knowledge and expertise in the field.

Bizuayehu's professional journey spans over two decades, with experience in various leadership roles. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of MeDx Ethiopia and Vice Board Chair of the Governing Board of the College of Medicine and Health Sciences/Tibebe Ghion Specialized Hospital at Bahir Dar University. He has served as the Deputy Head of the Amhara Regional Health Bureau, Chair of the Governing Board of University of Gonder Teaching Hospital, Chair of the Governing Board of Bahir Dar University's Tibebe Ghion Specialized Hospital, CEO of Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, and Head of the South Wollo Zonal Health Department. In these roles, he has consistently demonstrated his ability to develop and implement effective strategies, manage resources, and improve healthcare outcomes.

Some notable accomplishments include establishing medical oxygen plants that provided affordable access and fast response and strengthening the universal health coverage system through community insurance, emergency surgery at primary health units (PHUs), mid-level health workforce development, and standardizing healthcare facilities at the optimum quality level by preparing guidelines and creating a "fast track" blindness prevention strategy that provided eye operation opportunities for over 300,000 people. He also has extensive experience in research: he has published over 35 peer-reviewed articles and 2 book chapters.

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Bizuayehu's leadership and management style are characterized by his ability to inspire and his personal commitment to improving healthcare outcomes. He is proactive, strategic, result-oriented, and motivated to handle new challenges. His ability to build trust with key partners and stakeholders and initiate and execute university-industry linkage and public-private partnership on strategic issues (notably dialysis service) has been instrumental in driving his success.

Bizuayehu possesses a range of skills and expertise, including healthcare management and leadership, strategic planning and execution, corporate leadership, management and governance, university-industry linkage, Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), program development and evaluation, resource mobilization and management, community engagement and mobilization, and policy development and implementation.