MBChB, AF-HEA, MMedSci (Distinction), EMBA (Merit), MD
Senior Director, Global Medical & Evidence: Video & Digital Media Strategy, Bayer
Honorary Lecturer, Hull York Medical School
Co-founder, Undoctored Truths Alliance
I am a physician, educator and broadcaster who now builds systems that carry science to the people who need it. For twenty years I have worked to close the gap between what is known and what people are able to know: at the bedside, in the lecture theatre, on live television through the pandemic, and now across global digital media at Bayer. I am happiest catalysing the communication of science and improving clinical care.
Dr Kishan Rees is a physician, educator and broadcaster who leads global video and digital media strategy at Bayer. A Sky News health contributor through the pandemic, and at the BBC before it, he was named the PM Society's Pharma Marketing Pioneer 2025.
Dr Kishan Rees is a physician, educator, broadcaster and systems builder. He leads global video and digital media strategy at Bayer, directing digital patient and scientific engagement across cardiovascular, renal, oncology and women's health. He trained in surgery and emergency medicine, was a BBC health contributor from 2015 and a Sky News health contributor through the COVID-19 pandemic, and holds an MD in public health communication. In 2025 the PM Society named him its Pharma Marketing Pioneer.
Dr Kishan Rees is a physician, educator, broadcaster and systems builder with a twenty-year career spent closing the gap between what is known and what people are able to know. He leads global video and digital media strategy at Bayer, directing digital patient and scientific engagement across cardiovascular, renal, oncology and women's health. Named the PM Society's Pharma Marketing Pioneer 2025, he has delivered user-generated content strategies globally in a highly regulated industry, and led media capability for the Bayer-funded Heart & Kidney Care Alliance, a collective of 22 patient organisations globally. Having completed core surgical training, he then navigated emergency medicine, NHS innovation and broadcast media as a Sky News health contributor. His MD research on medical communication during COVID-19 gives academic rigour to his content work.
Dr Kishan Rees leads global video and digital media strategy at Bayer, directing digital patient and scientific engagement across cardiovascular, renal, oncology and women's health.
Named the PM Society's Pharma Marketing Pioneer 2025, he has successfully delivered user-generated content strategies globally in a highly regulated industry.
Building Bayer's digital media capabilities delivered the Heart & Kidney Care Alliance, a collective of 22 patient organisations, to global audiences, driving health equity through professional and patient content co-creation.
Having completed core surgical training, he then navigated emergency medicine, NHS innovation and broadcast media as a Sky News health contributor. His MD research on medical communication during COVID-19 provides academic rigour to his content work.
Kish specialises in building high-performing, intergenerational teams that combine world-class creativity with scientific rigour. He cascades that communication across global and local teams, with proven strategies that unlock authentic engagement at enterprise scale.