Dr Sam Shah is Chief Medical Strategy Officer at Numan and was previously Director of Digital Development for NHSX. Sam is a clinician working in digital health and healthcare technology. He is the Founder & Director of the Faculty of Future Health where he is leading the establishment and development of programmes in digital health, public health and clinical leadership in conjunction with COMD, Ulster University.

Sam has previously worked on a number of initiatives across the NHS, including the flagship project to digitise urgent care. He had two main portfolios in the NHS spanning digital development of the health ecosystem and some national technology programmes. He has supported the development and adoption of a number of technology projects in England but has also worked with digital health start-ups from across the world. Sam is one of the inaugural members of the NHS Digital Academy. He has also previously been clinical lead supporting the delivery of the NHS England urgent and emergency care programme as well as chair of the clinical reference group for 111 Online.

He graduated from Queen Mary University of London with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) and holds an MSc in Health Economics with Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London. Sam also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Health Leadership from Imperial College London and is undertaking a Major Programmes Leadership degree at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.