Dr Friedrich von Horsten

• Delivered high quality primary, preventive, and emergency care for asylum seekers on an extremely remote atoll in the Indian Ocean.
• Rotational position with down time spent in Cape Town.

• Doing locum assignments in primary care during breaks from rotational commitments

• Managed both short-term and long-term contracts for International SOS.
• Engaged in varied roles within military, mining, and hospital settings. Long term contracts have all been on remote settings, predominantly in the mining, oil and gas sector.
• Handled clinical, administrative, and educational responsibilities. Provided clinical expertise in primary, emergency, and occupational health care. Managed administrative tasks to optimise human resources, operational workflows, and quality standards

Long term contracts:

• Senior Medical Officer - Exxon Mobil EEPCI Kome Oil Field, Republic of Chad (12/2019 - 02/2023)
• Chief Medical Officer - Ambatovy project, Madagascar (09/2018 - 11/2019)
• Chief Medical Officer - Oyu Tolgoi mine, Rio Tinto, Mongolia (8/2017 - 3/2018)
• Chief Medical Officer - Newmont Ahafo mine, Ghana (10/2013 - 2/2016)

Short term or locum contracts:

• Healthcare Advisor - Sakhalin Clinic, Russian Federation (09/2018)
• Senior Medical Officer - RMIT University, HCMC, Vietnam (08/2018)
• Occupational Health Advisor - Talatona Clinic, Angola (06/2017 - 07/2017)
• Senior Medical Officer and team lead for Australian Federal Police - Lae, Papua New Guinea (1/2017 - 2/2017)
• Senior Medical Officer - Newcrest Lihir mine, Papua New Guinea (11/2016 - 1/2017)
• SMO - Freeport-McMoRan Grasberg mine, Indonesia (9/2016 - 11/2016)
• SMO - Australian Defence Force project PukPuk, Lae, Papua New Guinea (7/2016 - 8/2016)
• CMO - Airways Clinic, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (June 22 - July 5, 2016)
• Expatriate Medical Advisor - HCMC IntlSOS Clinic, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (6/2016)
• Emergency Medical Officer - IHMS, Lombrum Naval Base, Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (2 - 6/2016)
• Senior Medical Advisor - Freeport-McMoRan Grasberg mine, Indonesia (07/2015)

• Facilitated setup of medical centre for Congolese refugees in Uganda
• Coordinated and managed administrative tasks to support team objectives and goals
• Provided assistance for procurement, human resources tasks and contributed to planning initiatives

• Contributed to two major projects with this NGO in a hands-on capacity
• Coordinated aid efforts in Greece during 2015 Migrant Crisis aftermath. Delivered medical care to refugees and asylum seekers in Skala Sykamnia, Lesvos over two months. Oversaw arrival of boats during varying hours to ensure seamless operations. Delivered primary and emergency care to arrivals at northern part of island
• Managed project transfer to Oinofyta following EU-Turkey migrant deal. Provided medical care and managed health care facilities in refugee camp. Worked predominantly with Afghan and Syrian asylum seekers

• Coordinated setup of OCHA-supported healthcare facility and field hospital between Mosul and Erbil. Managed activities at Hassan Sham U2 IDP camp. Involved in administration and health care activities
• I returned to the same project a second and third time in 2018 and 2022, and provided primary care and emergency care of Iraqi IDP's unable to return to Mosul.

• Worked in the department of internal medicine at Livingstone Hospital. Provided outpatient and inpatient care. After hour care also performed in the emergency unit.
• Experience gained in managing a very wide variety of acute and chronic illnesses especially HIV-AIDS and tuberculosis. This was during the initial ARV rollout phase during South Africa's HIV-AIDS crisis.

• Internship completed at Frere and Cicelia Makiwane Hospitals in East London.
• Experience gained in the major medical domains.
• Rotations completed in internal medicine (4 months), Obstetric & Gynaecology (4 months), Paediatrics (4 months), Surgery (4 months), Family Medicine (4 months), Anaesthesiology (1 month), Orthopaedic Surgery (2 months), ENT (1 month)