Dr. Abed el-Salam Massalhah
Chairperson
Dr. Massalhah holds Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Nursing from Tel Aviv University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Yarmouk University in Jordan. With a specialty in intensive care for children and infants, particularly in neonatology, Dr. Massalhah currently oversees the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the French Hospital in Nazareth.
Dr. Roseland Daeem
Board Member
Dr. Daeem has been a Board Member since 2006, and is also the former Chairperson (2009-2013). She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Pofpular Culture and Descriptive Ethnography. Dr. Daeem is also a lecturer at the Arab Academic College of Education in Haifa.
Dr. Jamal Daqduqi
Board Member
Dr. Daqduqi is a psychologist specializing in trauma therapy, with an M.A. Psychology from the University of Padova and a Ph.D. Psychology from the University of Milano. He is Director of the Centre for Psychological Services in Kafr-Kanna.
Professor Zaher Azzam
Board Member
Dr. Azzam is a graduate of the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and a Research Fellow of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. He is currently Head of the Department of Internal Medicine, Head of the Inpatient Ward at Rambam Health Care Campus, and Professor (Medicine) at the Technion.
R.N. Mary Tannous
Board Member
R.N. Mary Tannous is a retired nurse and the former Deputy Supervisor General of the Ministry of Health in Acre. She is a also co-founder of the Friends-to-Marrow non-profit organization. Her focus was on genetic counseling and the early detection of congenital anomalies.
Dr. Iyad Khamaisi
Board Member
Dr. Khamaisi is a specialist in internal medicine, gastroenterology and hepatology. He is the Director of the Advanced Endoscopy Unit, and an attending physician in the Department of Gastroenterology at the Rambam Health Care Campus. Dr. Khamaisi received his M.D. from the Tel Aviv University, and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Ruth & Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology.
Dr. Mubadda Naoum
Board Member
Dr. Naoum is a senior doctor at the Saint Vincent De Paul Hospital in Nazareth, also known as the French Hospital. He is also Head of the Anesthesia and Operating Rooms Department there.
Professor Muhammad Bashouti
Board Member
Professor Bashouti received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology. He is also Principal Investigator with the Molecular Optoelectronics Laboratory at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and the Photonic Nanostructures research group at the Max-Plank Institute for History and Science in Germany.
Dr. Nasrin Ghanem-Zoubi
Board Member
Dr. Ghanem-Zoubi is Director of the Endemic Infections Unit at the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, having led the establishment of the clinic for infectious diseases at the hospital. She is also a senior clinical lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine at the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology.
Engineer Nasri Saeed
Board Member
Mr. Saeed is the Director of Economic Development at the NGT HealthCare, which supports and invest in startup companies in the fields of biotechnology, bio-convergence and medical devices. Having graduated from Germany, Mr. Saeed is a expert in electrical engineering and electronics.
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Engineer Wael Omari
Board Member
Mr. Omari holds a B.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering (specializing in zoology), and a B.A. in Nursing from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with a specialty in intensive care treatment. He served as President of the Galilee Assembly in the years (2004-2008).
