Dr. George Cheriyan

Dr. George Cheriyan is the CEO of American Mission Hospital, a not-for-profit mission hospital in Bahrain, and the oldest hospital that exists in the Middle East. He trained in Pediatrics and Neonatology at the Hospitals for Sick Children in London and Toronto and worked as consultant neonatologist in the National Health Service in the UK before joining Saudi Aramco in 1991. In his 18 years at Aramco, he has held various positions including the head of neonatology and the chair of the Healthcare Quality council. He trained as an improvement adviser at The Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in Boston and received healthcare management training at the Harvard Business School before taking up his present appointment. George is also a part of the team bringing The Global Leadership Summit to Bahrain for the first time in the spring of 2019.