A Chat with Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite: Extensive experience in global health, health systems and science-based policy making; CEO, HealthAI; Founder and President of the UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health

This week, Stephen Ibaraki has an exclusive interview with Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite.

Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite is a Portuguese Canadian medical doctor with extensive experience in global health, health systems and science-based policy making. Before joining HealthAI, Dr Baptista Leite was a 4-term Member of Parliament in Portugal on health and foreign affairs committees. He is a city councillor in Sintra, having served in the past as Deputy Mayor of Cascais./p>

Before his role in parliament, Dr Baptista Leite was a practising physician for seven years, including a 5-year infectious diseases residency and an internship at WHO. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he volunteered as a medical doctor in the Cascais Hospital COVID Emergency Room from March 2020 to May 2021.

Dr Ricardo is also the founder and president of the UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health.