East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust logo Programme Manager - Electronic Patient Record implementation (NHS)
Former Head of Digital innovation delivery, NHS
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Dimitri Varsamis PhD is a senior healthcare strategist and programme leader with two decades of experience spanning national English NHS policy, hospital-level transformation, international digital health, and commercial health technology.
He is currently Programme Manager for the implementation of an Electronic Health Record system at an NHS hospital, which is the first-of-type roll-out of the specific product in the UK.
Most recently, Dimitri worked at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), to design and deliver the assessment of digital capabilities and their potential for international engagement.
Previously, he was Europe Director for Healthcare Strategy at UiPath, a global NYSE-listed software company, working to support healthcare providers and agencies become more productive and efficient through the use of Automation and AI.
At NHS England he was Head of Digital Innovation Delivery, responsible for a £3.5 million Adoption Fund to accelerate implementation of patient-facing innovations. Before that, as National Senior Policy Lead for Digital Primary Care, he oversaw the national General Practice contract and financing to roll out digital services across all 6,500 GP practices in England.
Earlier in his career, Dimitri worked in a wide range of national policy areas at NHS England, including maternity, stroke, diabetes. He also worked on frontline improvement and redesign roles for local NHS services in London. He began his career at the Healthcare Commission and the Care Quality Commission, contributing to national regulatory assessments and service reviews.
Internationally, Dimitri represented the UK on the EU Joint Action on Chronic Diseases, co-authoring European policy work on diabetes and multimorbidity. He was a 2019 Churchill Fellow, conducting comparative research on digital primary care in the USA, Australia, and New Zealand, and has published with the WHO European Observatory. He served at the UK Government’s Department for International Trade (Healthcare UK) as Assistant Director for NHS commercialisation, working with health systems and companies on international partnerships.
Alongside his professional roles, Dimitri has long been active in teaching, mentoring, and governance:
- He is Co-Chair of the HIMSS UK and Ireland committee and sits on the IEEE AI and Climate committee.
- He is an honorary fellow at City St George’s University, London and has taught on executive leadership courses at City’s and Imperial College’s Business Schools.
- He advises health-tech start-ups and scale-ups, and has mentored clinicians, graduates, and early-stage entrepreneurs through programmes such as the NHS CEP programme, the Diana Award, the Prince’s Trust.
- He served as trustee of Pharmacy Research UK, founding member of the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council, and member or chair of several charitable committees.
Dimitri holds a BEng in Medical Electronics from the University of Kent, an MSc in Medical Diagnostics, and a PhD in Biosensor Development both from Cranfield University.
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