Dr Afzal Chaudhry is a Consultant Nephrologist and the Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) at Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust (CUH). From an education perspective he is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge and was previously (2005-2011) the coordinator for the 1st year clinical course in the School of Clinical Medicine during which he completed a MA in Medical Education being admitted as both FHEA and FAcadMEd.
On an informatics front Dr Chaudhry leads the CUH eHospital programme, delivering a trust-wide HIMSS Stage 6 electronic patient record, and the Informatics component of the Population and Quantitative Science theme in the Cambridge NIHR Biomedical Research Centre. He is also an Associate Site Director for the Cambridge Health Data Research UK site.
In 2017 Dr Chaudhry was recognised as the UK CCIO of the Year, in 2018 he received a Special Recognition Award in the UK Government sponsored Public Sector Paperless Transformation Awards, and in 2019 he was awarded both ‘CDO of the Year’ and “Digital Ambassador of the Year’ and the Digital Technology Leaders Awards.
Nationally Dr Chaudhry chairs the UK Renal Data Collaboration harmonising data flows from all UK renal units, and is also: (i) Vice-Chair of the PRSB (Professional Record Standards Body), (ii) a member of the steering group for the national NHS Digital Academy, (iii) a member of the UK HIMSS Advisory Council, and (iv) a member of the KLAS International Advisory Board.
His approach to teaching / education is consistently grounded in the context of the strong clinical basis to his work with particular emphasis on observational learning (MA thesis), communities of practice and the “patient as an educator”.