Dr. Mukesh Thakur is an internationally acclaimed physician, educator,…read more and healthcare leader whose work has transformed clinical medicine, patient outcomes, and healthcare delivery across the UK, ME & USA.
Dr. Thakur has completed his M.B.B.S. from the Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of hospitals, Mumbai, India. He completed his postgraduate medical education and training form the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom, MRCP (UK). He pursued the Super Specialist Training in the UK, by the Joint Royal College of Physicians Training Board, JRCPTB UK, where he obtained a dual CCST (UK) in General Internal Medicine and Acute Internal Medicine —becoming one of the first physicians in the UK to complete comprehensive Super Specialist Training Program across ten subspecialties, including Cardiology, Neurology, Respiratory Medicine, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Critical Care, Geriatrics, Stroke and Infectious Diseases.
Dr. Thakur was appointed one of the youngest Directors of the Training Program at the Yorkshire and Humber Deanery, UK, where he trained hundreds of specialists in Cardiology, Neurology, Pulmonology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Infectious Diseases, etc., to complete their Super Specialist Programs. For his phenomenal contributions in the field of clinical medicine in the UK, Dr. Thakur was awarded the prestigious Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, UK, becoming one of the youngest Fellow from India to sign on the Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, UK. Recognized as an expert in Medicine, he was called upon by the Health Education England & JRCPTB UK to write the curriculum for use of simulation in Clinical Medicine.
Dr. Thakur was invited to Qatar to establish the region’s first Acute Internal Medicine Department at a 960-bed university hospital serving over two million patients. Under his leadership, the hospital was ranked among the Top 100 Worldwide (2023) and became the first international pilot site for the IHI Value Improvement Program. He also led national initiatives in clinical transformation, pandemic preparedness, and quality improvement, contributing to one of the world’s lowest COVID-19 fatality rates.
He has also served as the assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College (USA), a mentor for postgraduate Master’s program at John Hopkins University (USA). He is an Improvement Advisor at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), (USA) and an alumnus of the Harvard University (USA).read less