Technology Magazine May 2019 | Page 389

Bashar Balish

“ In my personal opinion , health care IT is no different than any other tool that physicians and nurses use ”

— Bashar Balish , CIO , Ministry of Health Strategic Partnership
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EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Bashar Balish

A graduate of Damascus University , Bashar has a bachelor ’ s degree in medicine . He is also a certified Health Care CIO . Bashar joined Cerner in 2011 as a client executive , and has held a variety of roles with the company , including business development executive , client result executive and senior operation leader . During this time Bashar has helped Cerner significantly expand its global ITWorks footprint . Bashar has more than 18 years of experience in health care . Before joining Cerner , he held different leadership and business / product management roles with GE and Carestream “ Kodak ”, covering Middle East Africa region .
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