Sohail Akhtar
Senior Medical Officer
Waikato District Health Board
New Zealand
Biography
Sohail completed his basic medical degree from Pakistan. Moved to South Africa in 1994, completed psychiatric training and became Dipolmat in Mental Health from College of Psychiatrists of South Africa in 2000, worked as a Senior Medical Superintendent at Polokwane/Mankweng Hospital Complex, and Thabamoopo Psychiatric Hospital in South africa. Completed Post Graduate Diploma in Public Management from Regenesys School of Public Management, South Africa. Moved to New Zealand in 20003, worked as a Senior Medical Officer, in Psychiatry, Completed, Post Graduate Diploma in Addiction and Co-existing Disorders, from University of Otago NewZealand in 2012, Complted Masters in Addiction from University of Otago in 2017. He is the Senior Medical Officer in Community Alcohol and Drug Service of Waikato District Health Board, Hamilton, New Zealand. He is Member of RANZCP vocational CPD programme and Member of National Association of Opioid Treatment Providers, New Zealand and contributed in drafting the National Guidelines of Opioid Substitution Treatment.
Research Interest
Opioid Substitution Treatment