several years, Sharman concentrated on healthcare management and academic medicine. He was the founding CEO of the National Medical Holding, a project initiated in Kazakhstan's capital city of Astana with six modern hospitals, including the National Centers for Cardiac Surgery and Neurosurgery. Under his management, NMH hospitals have become accredited by the Joint Commission. Currently, Almaz Sharman serves as a member of the board of the National Center for Cardiac Surgery, where the doctors have performed implantations of heart Ventricular assist devices, Heart transplantation, and other technologies. In April 2010, Dr. Sharman was appointed vice-president of the Nazarbayev University. He has worked to establish the Academic Healthcare System at Nazarbayev University, integrating patient care with biomedical research and education. Almaz Sharman founded the university's Center for Life Sciences, a biomedical research organization focusing on genomics and personalized medicine, translational research, regenerative medicine, and clinical research. In 2012 Almaz Sharman was elected President of the Academy of Preventive Medicine, Kazakhstan's leading non-governmental multidisciplinary organization which addresses major public health concerns in Kazakhstan. He is current member of the American Public Health Association. In 2014, Dr. Sharman co-founded the HealthCity LLC, a private network of community-based centers for personal medicine and a diagnostic clinic in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He also founded Medtronic country office for Kazakhstan. Dr. Sharman is a member of the International Commission on tuberculosis and co-author of the report entitled “Building a tuberculosis-free world: The Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis”. The report, which was published in the prestigious international medical journal The Lancet, sets out targets to eliminate tuberculosis within a generation. Authors stress the need for accountability in TB - assessing progress in 10 high-burden countries and announcing the launch of The Lancet TB Observatory – an independent annual report evaluating progress towards the 2022 UN High-Level Meeting targets. Dr. Sharman designed www.symptomaster.com, a technology product that helps patients to assess more than 100 symptoms and to make informed decisions about their health. In addition, he developed www.zdrav.kz, an extensive medical database of more than 1000 diseases and conditions. Currently, he concentrates his efforts in designing a mobile application called NutriSteppe that motivates users to choose healthy diets. Dr. Sharman is chairman of the Board of Bulat Utemuratov Charity Foundation that is actively involved in supporting projects in the field of health, culture and education. The Foundation concentrates its efforts on supporting children with autism spectrum disorders (ADS), natural disaster