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Dr. Heba Alkhashnam
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Head of plastic and reconstructive surgery unit, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Hospital Dr. Heba Alkhashnam is an accomplished double-boarded plastic, reconstructive, and aesthetic surgeon and a surgical oncologist. She holds a medical degree from University College Dublin and advanced qualifications from top French institutions, including the Université Paris Descartes and Sorbonne University, she has held key roles at prestigious centers like Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus.
A prolific researcher and dedicated educator, she actively contributes to international surgical training.
Dr. Alkhashnam is also the President of the Kuwait Oncoplastic and Breast Reconstruction Association, a member of the French Society of Plastic, Kuwait Plastic Surgery Society, and Kuwait Society for Plastic, reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery.
Dr. Faisal Al-Tarkait
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Dr. Faisal Alterkait, MBBS, MRCP, CCT, is a senior oncologist and the Head of the Oncology Department at Jaber Alahmad Hospital, Kuwait. A UK-trained doctor at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, he completed his medical training at the University of Newcastle and specialist oncology training in Leeds, earning his CCST. Dr. Alterkait has a wealth of experience, having served as a Consultant at Shrewsbury Royal Hospital and as a Gynaecology and Urology Oncology Consultant in Leeds. He established the oncology department at Jaber Alahmad Hospital and previously served as the Head of the Breast Cancer Unit at KCCC, Kuwait. He is actively involved in various oncology-related committees in Kuwait.
Dr. Lamia Malek
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Dr Lamia A Malek.
Consultant general surgery
Head of breast unit in jaber hospital
Vise president of Kuwait oncoplasty and breast reconstruction association
Dr. Asma Al Failkawi
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Consultant radiologist FFR RCSI
Head of radiology department Amiri hospital
Dr. Tareq Mandani
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Dr Tareq Mandani Malallah Mohammad, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCPC, DAB
Tareq Mohammad completed his elementary studies in Kuwait. He pursued his secondary education in the Republic of Ireland where he obtained his Bachelor of Medicine degree from The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and practiced there as a physician for one year at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin and in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. His interest in anatomic pathology leads him to join the anatomical pathology program at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, spending five years there including one year of Head and Neck fellowship training. Later he joined the dermatopathology fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles to be the first Kuwaiti physician certified by the American Board in the subspecialty of Dermatopathology.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Medical Board Certifications:
Pathology-Anatomic, Canadian Board of Pathology 2014, American Board of Pathology, 2015
Dermatopathology, American Board of Pathology, 2017
Fellowships:
Head and Neck Pathology, University of British Columbia, Canada, 2014-2015
Dermatopathology, UCLA School of Medicine, 2015-2017
Residency:
Anatomic Pathology, University of British Columbia, Canada, 2010-2014
Bachelor Degree:
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, MB, 2003
Dr. Wadha Alyagoot
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Specialist General Surgery
Dr. Ibtisam Albader
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Dr IBTISAM ALBADER FRCSC, FRCSeng
Current positions:
Chairperson Department of Surgery Adan Hospital Kuwait
Chairperson Faculty of General Surgery Kuwait institution for medical specialization (KIMS)
Head CSC DDI
Assistant professor, General Surgery, Department of Surgery College of Medicine, Kuwait University.
Dr. Asma Al Failkawi
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Consultant radiologist FFR RCSI
Head of radiology department Amiri hospital
Dr. Tareq Mandani
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Dr Tareq Mandani Malallah Mohammad, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCPC, DAB
Tareq Mohammad completed his elementary studies in Kuwait. He pursued his secondary education in the Republic of Ireland where he obtained his Bachelor of Medicine degree from The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and practiced there as a physician for one year at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin and in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. His interest in anatomic pathology leads him to join the anatomical pathology program at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, spending five years there including one year of Head and Neck fellowship training. Later he joined the dermatopathology fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles to be the first Kuwaiti physician certified by the American Board in the subspecialty of Dermatopathology.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Medical Board Certifications:
Pathology-Anatomic, Canadian Board of Pathology 2014, American Board of Pathology, 2015
Dermatopathology, American Board of Pathology, 2017
Fellowships:
Head and Neck Pathology, University of British Columbia, Canada, 2014-2015
Dermatopathology, UCLA School of Medicine, 2015-2017
Residency:
Anatomic Pathology, University of British Columbia, Canada, 2010-2014
Bachelor Degree:
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, MB, 2003
Dr. Heba Alkhashnam
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Head of plastic and reconstructive surgery unit, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Hospital Dr. Heba Alkhashnam is an accomplished double-boarded plastic, reconstructive, and aesthetic surgeon and a surgical oncologist. She holds a medical degree from University College Dublin and advanced qualifications from top French institutions, including the Université Paris Descartes and Sorbonne University, she has held key roles at prestigious centers like Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus.
A prolific researcher and dedicated educator, she actively contributes to international surgical training.
Dr. Alkhashnam is also the President of the Kuwait Oncoplastic and Breast Reconstruction Association, a member of the French Society of Plastic, Kuwait Plastic Surgery Society, and Kuwait Society for Plastic, reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery.
Dr. Mervat Alsaleh
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A. Associate Professor department of surgery ,college of medicine & chairwoman department of surgery
B. Consultant general surgeon and Oncoplastic & reconstructive breast surgeon
M.B.B.S. ,King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Fellow of the royal college of surgeon, Edinburgh F.R.C.S. (Edinburgh, England)
Fellow of the American college of surgeon F.A.C.S. (American College of Surgeons)
Fellow of the royal college of surgeon , London F.R.C.S. (London, England)
15.12.96 – till date :Associate Professor, College of Medicine, Kuwait University,
10.03.09 – 01.09.2014: Chairperson, Department of Surgery ,College of Medicine, Kuwait University
15.12.96 – till date: Consultant Surgeon, head of unit D, Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital,
18.02.10 – 01.09.2014: Chairperson, Department of Surgery ,Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital
Since Feb.2009 :Chairperson of the Organizing Committee of the Annual Kuwait Breast Diseases and
Oncoplastic Reconstructive Surgery Conference for 5 conferences ;next 6th meeting will be held on November 2017
Since Dec. 21 – 22, 2002: External Examiner in the Arab Board Exam, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Examiner in the KIMS post graduate surgery board
Examiner in the royal college of surgeon London .
Member of the following international organizations:
Member in the association of breast surgeon and oncology surgeons UK
Feb.2009 :Member in the surgical oncology committee in the Arab Medical Association Against Cancer (AMAAC)
Feb. 2008: Member and Kuwait representative of the NCCN- MENA breast cancer guidelines committee (national comprehensive cancer network-middle east edition)
Jun. 2004, 22: Member in the American Society of Breast Surgeons &women surgeons
Jan. 01, 1996 – Nov.: Member of Association of Surgery of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care (IATSIC)
Since 1995 : Member in the international society of Cardiovascular. surgery
Since 1993: Member in the International Society of Surgeons (ISS)
Publications: 30 papers published in surgery
Dr. Khalid Alkhaldi
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Dr. Khaled Alkhaledi
FRCSI
Chairman of the surgical oncology department at KCCC
EX- chairman of the Kuwait oncology association
Dr. Lamia Malek
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Dr Lamia A Malek.
Consultant general surgery
Head of breast unit in jaber hospital
Vise president of Kuwait oncoplasty and breast reconstruction association
Dr. Wadha Alyagoot
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Specialist General Surgery
Dr. Essa Lari
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Senior specialist General and Breast surgery
Breast surgery unit, Jaber Al-Ahmad hospital, Kuwait
Dr. Salah Fayaz
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Consultant Clinical Oncologist, KCCC
Dr. Faisal Al-Tarkait
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Dr. Faisal Alterkait, MBBS, MRCP, CCT, is a senior oncologist and the Head of the Oncology Department at Jaber Alahmad Hospital, Kuwait. A UK-trained doctor at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, he completed his medical training at the University of Newcastle and specialist oncology training in Leeds, earning his CCST. Dr. Alterkait has a wealth of experience, having served as a Consultant at Shrewsbury Royal Hospital and as a Gynaecology and Urology Oncology Consultant in Leeds. He established the oncology department at Jaber Alahmad Hospital and previously served as the Head of the Breast Cancer Unit at KCCC, Kuwait. He is actively involved in various oncology-related committees in Kuwait.
Dr. Abdulwahab Altourah
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Dr. Abdulwahab Al-Tourah, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., FRCPC
Dr. Abdulwahab Al-Tourah is a consultant medical oncologist at Kuwait Cancer Control Centre since January 2020. Currently a member of the Breast and Lymphoma units as well as head of department of medical oncology. He previously worked as attending staff medical oncologist and clinical associate professor of medicine at BC Cancer and University of British Columbia, Canada
His professional interests include, teaching, cancer outcome research, cancer drug evaluation, clinical trial research and clinical care quality improvement and safety in the cancer care setting.
Dr. Mohammad Khalaf
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Chairman- Babtain Center for burs, plastic, and reconstructive surgery
Consultant Plastic Surgery
FRCS Glasgow
Chairman Mortality and Morbidity Committee – Ibn Sina Hospital
Ex-chairman Kuwait & GCC Plastic Surgery Society
Ex-Chairman of Pan Arab Plastic Surgery Society
Ex- Co IPRAS society
Chairman of Kuwait – Plast conference
Member of the committee of the Authority of Medical Responsibility
Dr. Sara Alyouha
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Senior specialist plastic surgery
Assistant Professor Kuwait University
Dr. Khaled Altarrah
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Khaled Altarrah
MBChB MRCS PhD FRCS(Plast)
Dr. Yaser Hasan
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Bio
Dr. Francois Calaud
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Consultant at the Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology at the National Centre for Cancer Care & Research.
Obtained his Bachelor’s in Medical Sciences from Damascus University, Syria in 1996.
Obtained his Qualification in Medical Oncology in 2008.
Former Assistant Professor at the University Hospital of Creteil.
Sub Specialty in Breast Cancer and is a Current Core Member of the HMC Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer.
Active in Participating in Clinical Trials in France and Publications.
Speaker in many Breast Conferences Locally and Internationally.
Dr. Salha Bujassoum
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Senior Consulant, Hematologist/ Oncologist
Chairperson of Medical Oncology and Palliative Care Medicine Clinical Leads of Breast Cancer MDT and Director of Cancer Genetics Clinical Associate Professor Medical collage Qatar University
Dr. Heba Alkhashnam
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Head of plastic and reconstructive surgery unit, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Hospital Dr. Heba Alkhashnam is an accomplished double-boarded plastic, reconstructive, and aesthetic surgeon and a surgical oncologist. She holds a medical degree from University College Dublin and advanced qualifications from top French institutions, including the Université Paris Descartes and Sorbonne University, she has held key roles at prestigious centers like Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus.
A prolific researcher and dedicated educator, she actively contributes to international surgical training.
Dr. Alkhashnam is also the President of the Kuwait Oncoplastic and Breast Reconstruction Association, a member of the French Society of Plastic, Kuwait Plastic Surgery Society, and Kuwait Society for Plastic, reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery.
Dr. Mervat Alsaleh
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A. Associate Professor department of surgery ,college of medicine & chairwoman department of surgery
B. Consultant general surgeon and Oncoplastic & reconstructive breast surgeon
M.B.B.S. ,King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Fellow of the royal college of surgeon, Edinburgh F.R.C.S. (Edinburgh, England)
Fellow of the American college of surgeon F.A.C.S. (American College of Surgeons)
Fellow of the royal college of surgeon , London F.R.C.S. (London, England)
15.12.96 – till date :Associate Professor, College of Medicine, Kuwait University,
10.03.09 – 01.09.2014: Chairperson, Department of Surgery ,College of Medicine, Kuwait University
15.12.96 – till date: Consultant Surgeon, head of unit D, Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital,
18.02.10 – 01.09.2014: Chairperson, Department of Surgery ,Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital
Since Feb.2009 :Chairperson of the Organizing Committee of the Annual Kuwait Breast Diseases and
Oncoplastic Reconstructive Surgery Conference for 5 conferences ;next 6th meeting will be held on November 2017
Since Dec. 21 – 22, 2002: External Examiner in the Arab Board Exam, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Examiner in the KIMS post graduate surgery board
Examiner in the royal college of surgeon London .
Member of the following international organizations:
Member in the association of breast surgeon and oncology surgeons UK
Feb.2009 :Member in the surgical oncology committee in the Arab Medical Association Against Cancer (AMAAC)
Feb. 2008: Member and Kuwait representative of the NCCN- MENA breast cancer guidelines committee (national comprehensive cancer network-middle east edition)
Jun. 2004, 22: Member in the American Society of Breast Surgeons &women surgeons
Jan. 01, 1996 – Nov.: Member of Association of Surgery of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care (IATSIC)
Since 1995 : Member in the international society of Cardiovascular. surgery
Since 1993: Member in the International Society of Surgeons (ISS)
Publications: 30 papers published in surgery
Pr. Corinne Balleyguier
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Pr Corinne BALLEYGUIER, MD, PhD, Radiologue.
Chef de service, Service d’imagerie diagnostique, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
Chef de département du Département d’Imagerie, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
Spécialisée en imagerie de la femme, sein et pelvis féminin.
Dr. Magali Lacroix
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Bio
Dr. Benjamin Verret
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Medical Oncologist Working at the Medical Oncology Department, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Involved in Breast Cancer and Sarcoma/Gist Teams, with a Special Interest in Translational Research, Molecular Biology and Personalized Medicine
Received his Medical Degree from Paris Diderot University in 2018 and got a MSc from Paris Saclay University in 2018
Assistant Professor at Gustave Roussy since 2019
Member of ESMO, GSF-GETO and French society of Cancer
Member of the Adolescent and Young Adult Team at Gustave Roussy
Principal Investigator or Sub-Investigator of more than 30 Clinical Trials (phase II/III) Ongoing at Gustave Roussy
Dr. Nicolas Leymarie
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Doctor of Medicine – October 2009, University Paris Diderot Faculty of Medicine Lariboisière Saint Louis, Paris
Master of science “Surgical Science” – October 2012, University Paris Est – Créteil
Head of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in “Gustave Roussy” Cancer Campus, Grand Paris (Villejuif)
Clinical Activity in Breast Reconstruction, Head and Neck Reconstruction, Skin Surgery, Oncologic Surgery and Microsurgery from October 2009 until Today
Senior Consultant in “Hôpital Marie Lannelongue” (Le Plessis Robinson)
Senior Consultant in “Clinique de l’Yvette” (Longjumeau)
Has 53 Publications Referenced on Pubmed
Founder and Co-Director of the “Paris Breast Rendez-Vous”, France’s Largest Annual International Congress Dedicated to Oncological, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Breast Surgery
Dr. Françoise Rimareix
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Medical Director of Gustave Roussy since September 2021
Plastic Surgeon and Senologist, Specializing in Prosthetic Breast Reconstruction, Microsurgery and Oncoplastic Surgery (since 1997)
Former Head of Oncological Breast Surgery Department, Gustave Roussy (2007-2016)
Former Head of Ambulatory Surgery Unit, Gustave Roussy (2016-2018)
Former Head of Operating Room Department, Gustave Roussy (2018-2021)
Head of Teaching Surgical Techniques of Oncoplasty and Breast Reconstruction in Breast Cancer since 2008 (DUI), Faculté Paris XI
Member of: the French National Academy of Surgery, the European Surgical Society of Oncology (ESSO), the French Society of Oncological Surgery, the ONCOROP Network
Active member of the French Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SOFCPRE). Senology chapter member
Full Member of the French Society of Senology and Breast Pathology (SFSPM)
Dr. Sofia Rivera
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Head of the Radiation Oncology Breast Group and Head of Unit in the Radiotherapy – Department of Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, university Paris Saclay.
Senior Radiation Oncologist: Board of Breast Tumors.
Gustave Roussy Clinical Research Board Member, Head of Quality Assurance Committee.
Coordinator of Risks Associated with Health Care for Gustave Roussy.
President of Unicancer Group of Translational Research and Development in Radiation Oncology: UNITRAD.
PhD in radiobiology: “preclinical evaluation of HDAc Inhibition in Combination with Ionizing Radiations”, INSERM 1030 “Radiothérapie Moléculaire”, Gustave Roussy and University Paris XI. (2016).
Dr. Faisal Al-Tarkait
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Dr. Faisal Alterkait, MBBS, MRCP, CCT, is a senior oncologist and the Head of the Oncology Department at Jaber Alahmad Hospital, Kuwait. A UK-trained doctor at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, he completed his medical training at the University of Newcastle and specialist oncology training in Leeds, earning his CCST. Dr. Alterkait has a wealth of experience, having served as a Consultant at Shrewsbury Royal Hospital and as a Gynaecology and Urology Oncology Consultant in Leeds. He established the oncology department at Jaber Alahmad Hospital and previously served as the Head of the Breast Cancer Unit at KCCC, Kuwait. He is actively involved in various oncology-related committees in Kuwait.
Dr. Anwar Alnouri
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Dr. Anwar Alnouri, a consultant medical oncologist at the Kuwait
Cancer Control Center since 2015
He graduated medical school from the Arabian Gulf University in
Bahrain. He then completed his residency in Internal Medicine at McGill
University followed by two fellowships in Medical Oncology and Clinical
research in medical oncology with breast Cancer being his topic
He is currently the head of breast cancer unit. He is also the program
director of the medical oncology program at the Kuwait Institute for
medical specialization
He is currently the head of the breast cancer unit
Dr. Abdulwahab Altourah
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Dr. Abdulwahab Al-Tourah, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., FRCPC
Dr. Abdulwahab Al-Tourah is a consultant medical oncologist at Kuwait Cancer Control Centre since January 2020. Currently a member of the Breast and Lymphoma units as well as head of department of medical oncology. He previously worked as attending staff medical oncologist and clinical associate professor of medicine at BC Cancer and University of British Columbia, Canada
His professional interests include, teaching, cancer outcome research, cancer drug evaluation, clinical trial research and clinical care quality improvement and safety in the cancer care setting.
Dr. Shaker Bahzad
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Shakir is a specialist in clinical as well as molecular genetics. He is also a board-certified clinical and anatomical pathologist. He achieved his MBBS from Kuwait University and went on to AP/CP at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and then genetics at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada. He works at the Kuwait Medical Genetics Center running general, hemato-, and cancer genetics clinics. He is the unit head of the Molecular Pathology lab at Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Ministry of Health, State of Kuwait. He is a tutor and board member of the Kuwait Institute of Medical Specializations’ Pediatrics, Pathology, and Clinical Chemistry residency programs.
Prof. Emad Rakha
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Professor of Breast Pathology and Honorary Consultant Pathologist at the University of Nottingham (UoN) and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.
Works as Senior Consultant Hamad General Hospital in Qatar.
Medically Qualified and Gained Master and MD in Pathology (by examination), PhD in Molecular Pathology (Breast cancer) from UoN.
Obtained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists by Examination.
Co-Director of the PathLAKE and Co-Chair of the UK Interpretative EQA Breast Pathology Scheme.
Organiser of the International Nottingham Breast Pathology Masterclass.
Published more than 530 Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals.
Editor of the Rakha and Ellis Breast Pathology Textbook to be Published with Cambridge Publisher End of this Year.
Senior Author of the UK HER2 Guidelines and Authored the UK RCPATH Breast Pathology Guidelines.
Awarded the BCRF-Larry Norton Award for Excellence in Breast Pathology at the International Society of Breast Pathology Meeting at the USCAP meeting in Baltimore.
Ms. Reaam Abbass
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Dr. Reaam F. Abbas
physical therapist and certified lymphedema therapist in Jaber Alahmad Hospital – 2022
physical therapy bachelor degree – Kuwait University collage of Allied Health 2012
diploma of complex decongestive therapy – FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Science Graz / Austria 2017
worked at the Kuwait Cancer Control Center (KCCC) for 10 years
member in Kuwait Oncoplastic & Breast Reconstruction Association
Dr. Nourah Ibrahim
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Ms. Mae Al Hajjaj
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Masters of Library and Information Science, University of Southern California
Bachelors of International Relations and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas, Austin
Past President, Sorptomist Kuwait Educator Women’s Activist
