Board of Advisors

Dr. Bogdan Chiva Giurca is the Founder and Chair of the NHS Social Prescribing Champion Scheme (2016-2021), which consists of thousands of UK junior doctors and medical students. Over a four-year period, the scheme has delivered over 700 teaching sessions in all UK medical schools, as well as developing a National Consensus for Teaching Social Prescribing. As the founder of the world’s first International Social Prescribing Day, Bogdan has acted as an international champion, raising awareness of the subject globally. His work has influenced national healthcare policy and has driven key changes within the medical school curriculum, contributing to several peer-reviewed publications and policy documents including the Global Social Prescribing Playbook (2021), NHS Long Term Plan (2019), Universal Personalized Care: Implementing the Comprehensive Model (2019), GP Partnership Review (2019), as well as authoring three books on medical education. Bogdan is currently working as a medical doctor within the London, South Thames Foundation School, Development Lead for the Global Social Prescribing Alliance and Clinical Champion Lead at the National Academy for Social Prescribing, as well as a Collaborator for the Harvard Global Health Institute.