Lisa Braganza

Regional Medical & Scientific Affairs Director, Asia Pacific at Abbott

Speaker

Dr. Lisa Braganza is a pharmaceutical physician and Regional Medical & Scientific Affairs Director with more than 18 years of global healthcare and biopharmaceutical industry experience. She has led medical strategy, launch readiness, regulatory engagement, and evidence generation across more than 13 Asia-Pacific markets, including Japan, China, Australia, Korea, India, and Southeast Asia. She is passionate about translating scientific evidence into clinical impact, advancing equitable patient access, and building capable medical organizations that deliver measurable health outcomes across diverse healthcare systems.

Recognized for aligning medical excellence with business priorities, Lisa has successfully driven product registrations, launched innovative healthcare technologies including a first-in-class traumatic brain injury diagnostic, and built high-performing multicultural medical teams. Her expertise spans emergency medicine, infectious diseases, intensive care, cardiology, dermatology, market access, and real-world evidence generation.

Qualifications: MD in General Medicine (Vinnitsa State Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Ukraine), Executive Programme in Business Administration (Indian Institute of Management, India), and Postgraduate Certification in Health Economics (University of Aberdeen, UK).