 In 2004 – 2006 Almaz Sharman was USAID Country Office Coordinator for Kazakhstan; he served as a primary liaison official for the US Government assistance program with the Government of Kazakhstan, U.S. Embassy, USAID contractors and grantees, and international donor organizations.During the last several years, Sharman concentrated on healthcare management and academic medicine.He was founding CEO of the National Medical Holding, a project initiated in Kazakhstan's capital city of Astana with six modern hospitals including National Centers for Cardiac Surgery and Neurosurgery.