Dr Keerti Gedela is a Consultant Physician and researcher at 56 Dean Street, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, specialising in HIV and sexual health medicine. She has an MSc in Tropical Medicine & International Health and is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and an honorary senior lecturer at Imperial College.
She has worked as an infectious diseases and HIV physician, researcher and lecturer within Southern Africa (Johannesburg, Soweto, Zambia), India, Brazil and Indonesia. Her experience includes senior clinical, technical and leadership roles in diverse healthcare settings within programme development, clinical care and education. She has provided senior clinical support for hospital and outpatient care in central and rural settings, also focusing on building clinical research capacity. Her project work has involved negotiating with multi-sector organisations and stakeholders from WHO/UN Agencies, Ministries of Health, non-governmental and commercial/creative agencies to local community organisations and patient groups.
Keerti is currently leading projects with a UK-Indonesian multi-disciplinary and multi-institution collaboration. Her current work focuses on implementation science, clinical/social science research and utilising creative public engagement in low-and-middle income countries to drive innovative and sustainable healthcare solutions.
