Global Virus Network elects Dr Azad Moopen to its Board

The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition of the world's leading virus researchers working together to prevent illness and death from viral disease, today said it has elected Indian physician and philanthropist Dr Azad Moopen to its Board of Directors.
"Dr Moopen is an innovator in expanding access to healthcare. His insights will help GVN expand its global reach, particularly in India, and help us achieve our goal of establishing a worldwide safety net against viral disease, including those that are known and those that are yet-to-be-discovered," GVN Co-Founder Dr Robert C Gallo said in a release issued here.
Dr Moopen is the Chairman and Managing Director of Aster DM Healthcare, a healthcare conglomerate in the Middle East and India with more than 200 network units inclusive of Hospitals, Medical Centers, Pharmacies, Diagnostics and Specialty Centers, Healthcare Consultancy service, academics and Research to a medical college and an advanced medical city.

"Collaboration among the public and private sectors is essential as we work as a global community to stem the spread of deadly diseases. I look forward to working with the Board and the GVN Centers of Excellence to stop viral diseases in their tracks," Dr Moopen added.