Jamiu Busari

Prof. Jamiu Busari [MD, PhD, MHPE, CCPE, FRCPC (hons)]

Jamiu Busari is an associate professor of medical education at Maastricht University (NL) and an adjunct professor and scientist at the Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University (Canada). He is also a consultant pediatrician at the Horacio Oduber Hospital (Aruba). Jamiu is a Certified Canadian Physician Executive, Harvard Macy Scholar, and an HBS executive education graduate in Managing Health Care Delivery.  He is a former executive member of the Netherlands Association for Medical Education (NVMO) and a founding member of ​‘sanokondu’ (an international community of practice dedicated to fostering health professional leadership education worldwide). Jamiu is a public speaker, writer, and clinician educator. As a healthcare leader, he is a fervent advocate for DEI and social justice. He is a member of the University of Maastricht’s advisory council on Diversity and Inclusion and associate editor for ICEnet Blog , Clinical Medicine and Research and Commisioning editor for BMJLeader. Jamiu’s activities as a clinician and educator have been recognized through various awards, which include the Educational Leadership Award 2015 (World Education Congress), Clinician of the Year Award 2015 (Maastricht University), the International Residency Educator Award 2016 (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada). In 2017, he received the Critics’ Choice Award (Association for the Study of Medical Education) and the Jan Heijlman Prize for Best Teaching Specialist in 2022 (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam). In 2023, Jamiu was awarded an honorary fellowship by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Jamiu is happily married and has two children, aged 15 and 12.