Dr Olivia Kessel

Dr Olivia Kessel

Henley-On-Thames, England, United Kingdom
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Dr. Kessel’s background blends her entrepreneurial mindset with direct healthcare…

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Experience

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    Henley on Thames

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    London Area, United Kingdom

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    London, England, United Kingdom

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    Leicester, United Kingdom

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    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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    London

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    Maidenhead

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    Swaziland

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    California

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    Johannesburg Area, South Africa

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    Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Education

  • Royal College of Surgeons

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    Activities and Societies: Swimming team and competed in Irish National Gourmet food and wine - final year held title of president

    Medical, surgical and obstetrics degree

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    Activities and Societies: Psi Chi Honorary Society

    Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

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    Activities and Societies: Psi Chi Society

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Volunteer

    Shanti AIDS

    - Present 25 years

    Health

    Volunteered to assist mothers mainly heroin addicted or in recovery who had a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS.

  • Volunteer

    Saint Esperanzo Hospital Antigua, Guatemala

    - Present 25 years 7 months

    Children

    Finding that severely handicapped children in a charitable hospital were not getting much stimulation, I convince a US physical therapist who was traveling through the region to educate the staff to optimize their resources for the betterment of the patients

  • CEO Founder

    WellCell

    - 3 years 1 month

    Health

    Founded a not for profit in California and launched in Swaziland with a primary focus to improve the adherence to medications for chronic disease patients
    • Enabled patients to become actively involved in the healthcare management utilizing behavioural modification in a reward based system
    • Created and implemented chronic disease management software which utilized simple mobile phone technology to improve adherence and health care outcomes in patients with HIV, diabetes and hypertension…

    Founded a not for profit in California and launched in Swaziland with a primary focus to improve the adherence to medications for chronic disease patients
    • Enabled patients to become actively involved in the healthcare management utilizing behavioural modification in a reward based system
    • Created and implemented chronic disease management software which utilized simple mobile phone technology to improve adherence and health care outcomes in patients with HIV, diabetes and hypertension (HTN)
    • Developed comprehensive web-based database driven application to support local NGOs and clinics
    • Appointed local distributor and support organization to support Swaziland clinics and expand into other Southern African countries
    • Deployed in a resource limited setting and handed over on-going running to local community leaders

Publications

  • Building the case for clinical care in the home at scale

    Presented at UK House of Lords in 2015 as a co-creation of an expert panel supported by Healthcare at Home chaired by Christine Outram

  • How Abbvie Care is putting patients at the centre and why this is good news

    PM article

  • Use of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) and Emtricitabine (FTC) in pregnancy: data from the antiretroviral pregnancy registry (APR)

    Presented at the South African AIDS Conference

  • Use of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) and Emtricitabine (FTC) in pregnancy: data from the antiretroviral pregnancy registry (APR) – A closer look at Zambia ed the INTEREST Conference Zambia

    Presened at the INTEREST Conference Zambia

  • Fasciotomy, chronic venous insufficiency and the calf muscle pump.

    Arc Surg Dec:133(12):1356-61, 1998

    Other authors
    • •	Bermudez K., Knudson MM., Morabito D.

Courses

  • • Biotechnology Marketing and Business

    UC Santa Cruz

Languages

  • French

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Organizations

  • Psi Chi Honorary Society

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