Dr Kieran Seyan

Chief Medical Officer

Dr Kieran Seyan has worked for Online Doctor since 2015 and is the Chief Medical Officer. He oversees all clinical practice, prescribing and is responsible for digital operations. After qualifying, he worked in a range of GP practices and hospitals, gaining experience in general practice, urgent care and sexual health medicine. 

GMC number: 6104204

Roles & responsibilities

• Strategic development and execution of company initiatives
• Overall responsibility for governance and digital operations

Specialist areas

• Thought leader in asynchronous prescribing, Digital Health, Organisational Health, Clinical Governance and MedTech

• Digital medicine
  

• Volunteer doctor (Humla, Nepal)

• Health needs assessment of two Nepali communities and subsequent recommendations for future interventions for health
• Creating a syllabus and examination for future training of health workers
• Health worker training – observing clinics, one-to-one tuition, debriefing after clinics, teaching common clinical conditions in four health posts

Qualifications & memberships

• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (University College London)
• Bachelor of Science Primary Care and Population Sciences (University College London)
• Diploma of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (University of Liverpool)

• NHS General Practice (2018-2022)

• GMC Expert Witness for Online Prescribing (General Medical Council) (2018-2022)

• Member of Royal College of General Practitioners
• Member of European Society of Sexual Medicine
• Member of British Medical Association

Research & publications

• An evaluation of remote algorithm-assisted consultations for the safe prescribing of progesterone-only pills in a digital setting. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. November 2022
• Digital Healthcare Access and use by Transgender Individuals Digital Healthcare Access and use by Transgender Individuals. European Society of Sexual Medicine - 22nd Congress. January 2020
• Mitigating Pre-Treatment Macrolide Resistance in Mycoplasma Genitalium: The role of online Sexual Health Services Providing Chlamydia treatment. International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections - World & European Congress 2018
• The standardised admission ratio for measuring widening participation in medical schools: analysis of UK medical school admissions by ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and sex. Kieran Seyan, Trisha Greenhalgh, and Danny Dorling. British Medical Journal. June 2004
• “Not a university type": focus group study of social class, ethnic, and sex differences in school pupils' perceptions about medical school. Trisha Greenhalgh, Kieran Seyan, and Petra Boynton. British Medical Journal. June 2004