Prof. Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Al Ansari is a highly accomplished Bahraini healthcare executive, medical educator, and strategist. He currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) in the Kingdom of Bahrain, a role he has held since November 2023. With a distinguished career spanning more than two decades, he has held pivotal leadership roles across Bahrain and the Gulf region, shaping healthcare policy, advancing clinical excellence, and driving medical education reform.

Prior to his current position, Dr. Al Ansari served as the CEO of Government Hospitals in Bahrain (2020–2023), where he led the country’s largest hospital network and played a key role in preparing public hospitals for the implementation of the national health insurance system.

His earlier roles include:

• Director of Training and Planning, Supreme Council of Health (2019–2020)
• Acting Director of Training, Ministry of Health (2019–2020)
• Director of Training & Development and Head of Research, Bahrain Defence Force Hospital (2013–2019)
• Medical Education Consultant, King Fahad Medical City, Saudi Arabia (2014–2016)
• Medical Education Consultant, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia (2014–2018), where he successfully led the transformation of a traditional six-year medical curriculum into a five-year hybrid program incorporating problem-based and case-based learning.

Dr. Al Ansari holds two PhDs – one in Medical Education (2013) and another in Leadership and Change in the Healthcare Sector (2021). He also earned a master’s in health Professions Education from Maastricht University and a Master’s in Leadership and Change from Antioch University. His clinical credentials include a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery and membership in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (MRCSI).

A strong advocate for evidence-based leadership and academic excellence, Dr. Al Ansari has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed publications in areas such as healthcare policy, education, psychometrics, leadership, and clinical innovation. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (2025–2028) and serves on several advisory boards, including the Bahrain Council for Health Professions Studies and the Supreme Committee for Sports Medicine.

He is widely recognized for his leadership in:

• Health system transformation and regulatory excellence
• Medical education innovation, including the development of simulation centers and hybrid curricula
• Healthcare quality and patient safety, with accomplishments such as achieving Australian accreditation for Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC), ISO 15189 accreditation for pathology laboratories, and eliminating infection rates in surgical and neonatal units

Dr. Al Ansari’s leadership was especially impactful during the COVID-19 pandemic, during which he oversaw the management of eight treatment facilities, covering over 2,000 hospital beds and more than 6,500 employees, ensuring efficient resource allocation and uninterrupted critical care services.

In recognition of his outstanding national service and contributions to the healthcare sector, he has been honored with several prestigious awards:

• Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa Medal for Medical Merit
• Medal of Strength
• Medal of Gallantry
• First-Class Military Service Medal