Dr. Nighat Arif Keynote Speaker

Dr. Nighat Arif is a family GP with expertise in women’s health and family planning, practicing in Buckinghamshire. She provides consultations in American English, Urdu, and Punjabi, fostering trust within her community. As a medical educator, she teaches trainee GPs and speaks at national and international conferences.

Her professional experience includes serving as Lead Clinician at a residential Dementia center and working with Oxford Mental Health NHS trust in both general adult psychiatry and elderly psychiatry. Her exceptional community outreach work earned her a nomination for the Bevan Prize for Health and Wellbeing. She authors medical blogs offering patient advice on common conditions and has published several academic papers.

Dr. Arif’s medical expertise has been featured in numerous publications including MegsMenopause, Stylist Magazine, OK, Red, Good Housekeeping Magazine, and Women in Medicine Magazine. Her television presence includes roles as resident doctor on BBC Breakfast, This Morning, and BBC LookEast, where she provides medical news updates. She participated in the ‘Wake Up To The Menopause’ campaign on BBC Breakfast and contributed to Channel 4’s documentary “Davina McCall: Sex, Lies and the Menopause.”

As an advocate for organ donation in BAME communities, she has appeared on BBC Breakfast to promote awareness. Her radio presence spans multiple platforms, hosting the Sunday Breakfast show on BBC3 Counties Radio and appearing regularly on Times Radio, TalkRadio, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Asian Network, and BBC Berkshire.

Dr. Arif maintains a strong social media presence through her verified TikTok account, where she shares daily informative and uplifting content with her 100,000 followers. She frequently appears as a guest expert on podcasts, including Her Spirit with Louise Minchin and Annie Emmerson, the HuffPost Podcast, Surgical Spirit, and the Sikh Forgiveness podcast, discussing topics ranging from menopause to mental health.

She is particularly passionate about destigmatizing menopause discussions, especially for women who speak English as a second language. Her charitable work includes serving as an ambassador for Roald Dahl’s Marvelous Children’s Charity and Her Spirit. She is also a member of Team Halo, working in partnership with the United Nations, and serves as the online health expert for NOON, a platform supporting women in mid-life.