Dr. Paul Setlak
r. Paul Setlak is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Al-Ghaf Dynamics, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is a healthcare leader, strategist, clinician, and innovator with more than two decades of international experience, the majority of which has been spent in the Middle East, followed by experience in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.
Dr. Setlak earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Midwestern University, completed postgraduate residency training with a focus on Emergency Medicine and Critical Care at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Management from Loyola University Chicago.
Throughout his career, Dr. Setlak has received extensive training and developed deep expertise and practical experience in clinical research across complex therapeutic areas (e.g., oncology, critical care, immunology, and infectious diseases), emergency preparedness and response, public health strategy, and digital technologies along with advanced data.
He has served as a clinician, professor, and researcher, and has held global leadership roles within top-10 pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies. His operational leadership in emergency preparedness and response also led to the successful launch of his first start-up in that sector.
With more than twenty years of multidisciplinary experience, Dr. Setlak focuses on integrating strategy, innovation, and operational execution to develop impactful healthcare, public health, emergency response, and digital solutions that advance health systems and improve outcomes across the Middle East.