Oscar Lyons is a researcher, educator and doctor who specialises in healthcare leadership development.

Oscar worked as a doctor in Hauora Tairāwhiti and Counties Manukau (Aotearoa NZ) before completing his DPhil in “Evaluating Medical Leadership Development Programmes” at Oxford University.

After his DPhil Oscar was the first Programme Director for the Oxford University MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership. He now runs Thrum Leadership Ltd., a spinout from his DPhil research that supports real-world impact from leadership development in healthcare through evidence-based programmes and research. Oscar is Associate Editor of BMJ Leader, Assistant Director of the Green Templeton College Health Systems Development Centre, and Module Lead for Oxford University’s MSc in Surgical Science and Practice. Oscar spends his spare time singing in bands, playing bass, cycling and rowing.