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MENA Chapter

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Chapter was established in December 2019. The launching took place at the 4th International Conference on Mass Gathering Medicine in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and was led by the efforts of Dr. Anas Khan.


The goals of the MENA Chapter are to:

  • Define relevant disaster and mergency health care practice issues in the region; including Mass Gathering Medicine, Emergency Medical Response, and CBRN;
  • Promote the importance of disaster and emergency health care through publications, social media and other media, and conferences and other professional events that provide a platform for to showcase the Chapter’s activities in the MENA region;
  • Develop, promote and exchange scientific and professional information relevant to the MENA regional;
  • Develop disaster health care cooperation through the MENA region; and
  • Inform and advise the WADEM BoD on matters related to the Regional Chapter.

MENA Chapter Leadership

Taha Masri, MD, MS, FIBODM
Chair
Director, Disaster Medicine Section, Emergency Department

King Abdulaziz University Hospital
Eman Alshaikh, MD, FIBODM
Co-Chair
Emergency Consultant - Rashid Hospital Trauma Center

Dubai Health
Loui K. Alsulimani , MBBS, SBEM, AHS-EM, HPEd
Educational & Innovation Lead
Associate Professor and Consultant, Emergency and Disaster Medicine

King Abdulaziz University
Mohammed Sultan, RN, MSN, PhD
Research Lead
Senior Specialist

Crisis and Disaster Management Center - Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia
Zainab Alhussaini, MBBS, SBEM
Secretariat
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medical Services

King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences ZainabAlHussaini