Mzulungile Nodikida

Chief Executive Officer, South African Medical Association

Mzulungile Nodikida is Chief Executive Officer of South African Medical Association, in the role since February 2024.

The South African Medical Association is the professional body for doctors in South Africa and has opposed the National Health Insurance Act. Nodikida joined its board in 2018 and became chief executive in February 2024.

In the job

  1. SAMA made representations to the health minister arguing that unemployed doctors should be employed in public hospitals, where rural rosters have gaps. Source

  2. SAMA said it had hosted its first roundtable on AI in healthcare in 2024, with the American Medical Association and South Africa's science ministry, giving it a mandate to lead on clinical and ethical governance of the technology. Source

Career before

  1. Clinical operations, Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital
  2. Chair, Eastern Cape branch, SAMA
  3. from 2018Board member and head of finance and risk committee, SAMA

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University of Villa Clara, Cuba; Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Colleges of Medicine of South Africa; MBA, Rhodes University; Executive Master of Public Health, Peking University

Sources

  1. bhekisisa.org
  2. dailymaverick.co.za
  3. itweb.co.za
  4. unisa.ac.za

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