Dr Waheed Arian

Biography

Waheed Arian is a former Afghan refugee, who is now an NHS emergency doctor, author of best-selling memoir In The Wars and founder of the pioneering charity Arian Teleheal, which works directly with clinicians on the ground in low-resource and war-torn countries. He is also founder of Arian Wellbeing, an innovative digital mental health service that provides trauma-informed and culturally appropriate psychological and exercise therapies. 

As an adviser, he helps global organizations and governments with the development of their healthcare and education systems. Dr Arian is an NHS Innovation Mentor and was appointed in 2019 to the WHO Roster of Digital Health Experts. Recognized as a UNESCO Global Hope Hero and a UN Global Goals Goalkeeper, in 2021 he was named Doctor of the Year and chosen by The Times as Person of the Year. In 2022 he was given The World Citizen Award from Turkish Radio and Television. In 2023, Dr Arian was selected as one of 18 high-powered commissioners by The Times Health Commission to review the UK health and social care.

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