Recognition
Dr Arian’s work has been recognised with numerous national and international awards, including honours from Cambridge University, the Royal Society of Arts, and the UK Prime Minister. His story has been widely featured in global media, including a BBC documentary, and he continues to inspire audiences worldwide through events and his best-selling autobiography, In The Wars.
Dr Arian’s achievements have been recognised with a number of national and international awards including:
- Honorary Doctor of Science from Chester University (2025)
- Honorary Fellowship from Cambridge University (2024)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (2023)
- UK’s Who Cares Wins ‘Best Doctor’ Award (2021)
- The Times – Persons of the Year (2021)
- Rotary International Peace Award (2018)
- UK Prime Minister’s Points of Light Award (2018)
- UN Global Hero Award (2017)
- NHS Innovation Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow and Mentor (2017)
- Health Service Journal Highly Commended Rising Star Award (2016)
Dr Waheed’s successes and story have been covered by numerous media organisations around the world, including through the Waheed’s Wars documentary by John Simpson, the BBC’s Foreign Affairs Editor.
He has created events to share lessons he has learned and inspire people from all walks of life across the globe, so that they can fulfil their full potential and can contribute positively to their societies.
Penguin Books published Dr Arian’s best-selling autobiography, In The Wars: A Story of Conflict, Survival and Saving Lives, in 2021. (Link here.)
Dr Arian’s insights on resilience changed our approach to staff wellbeing.
His keynote sparked a movement for compassionate leadership in our entire organization.
A natural communicator, Dr Arian’s lived-experience, strategic leadership and incredible innovation bring a credibility to his well-being vision which few can match
Your use of technology to connect medics across the world is giving people injured in conflict access to the very best medical advice and support. You should be tremendously proud of the impact your work is having. I wish you every success as you grow the project to reach even more medical teams working in some of the most testing circumstances across the world.
I should like to express my sincere gratitude to you for having participated in the Global Hope Coalition Joint Action high-level panel discussion entitled "Women, Children and the Trauma of Extremism.
We felt deeply honored by your participation and appreciate the fact that you took your time to share your views.
We're getting a glimpse of the future here, and I think what Dr Arian is doing represents something very special. The art and the science of medicine know no national boundaries. If anyone exhibits that, then it's Waheed and his work.
What Dr Arian has achieved is nothing short of incredible. Drawing on his own life experiences as a refugee and also as a newly qualified doctor assisting medics in conflict zones, he has developed a totally new idea that uses easily accessible technology to save lives in some of the most challenging environments on earth.
I would like to sincerely thank Waheed for what his charity is doing. His work has saved the lives of many and he has proved that when people work together, even when it is across great distances and perhaps without ever meeting in person, we can achieve great things
Winner of the Rotary International Peace Award 2018
UNESCO Global Hero Award 2017
UN Global Goals Goalkeeper 2017
The UK Prime Minister's Points of Light Award (2018)
Health Service Journal Highly Commended Rising Star 2016
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