Dr Saira SiddiqueFounder

Pakistan - Islāmābād

Dr Saira Siddique is the Founder and CEO of medIQ Smart Healthcare. With a vision to transform the way healthcare is currently delivered, Dr. Saira is passionately working for improved delivery of quality healthcare to a diverse range of populations at the point of need, innovative health financing strategies and use of technology to create an inclusive digital health ecosystem.

medIQ is ‘Pakistan’s First Integrated Virtual Care Platform’ providing on-demand “patient-centered” healthcare services at the point of need, available anywhere anytime. medIQ is connecting customers, health services providers and companies to put great care within everyone’s reach. Starting as a platform to connect patients with health service providers for on demand healthcare delivery, medIQ has developed into a complete plug and plug solution for companies who want to deliver virtual care. The B2B virtual care solution powered by medIQ provides customizable technology stack, comprehensive network of health service providers, end to end support by medIQ’s experts with patient data is stored in HIPPA compliant Electronic Medical Record system. medIQ is positioned to meet the demands not just of insurance companies and corporates but also of social franchises as well as hospitals.

Dr Saira Siddique is a seasoned public health expert, a trained health economist and a social entrepreneur with more than 2 decades of work experience. She is a medical graduate from Rawalpindi Medical College, Masters in Public Health from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and PhD in Health Economics from University of York. She has worked globally and locally with public and private healthcare institutions and development sector in health sector reforms, health care financing and health insurance. She has also served as founding CEO of a Public Sector Company (Punjab Health Initiative Management Company) responsible for implementation of pro poor micro health insurance program (Sehat Sahulat) in the province of Punjab. During her 3 year tenure there, the Company moved from the status newly established entity to an institution covering 3 M families with a budget of 18 B PKR in 14 districts of Punjab.